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Are narcissists here on the planet for some spiritual reason we may not know yet? Are they meant to make us appreciate the good
Everybody has their own unique reason and purpose, we are are all unique. This is not like a group of people would be made miserable for us to learn anything. That would be a horrible thing if somebody would be forced to be ill or miserable to teach other people. People become ill or damaged because of the imperfection of our world.We are all here to explore and find who we are. Narcissist don’t know who they are. They real self was imprisoned by their false self. Their defence mechanism took over the real self. If anything…I think their purpose might be to free their self and find out who they really are. But that would still be a generalisation and would not work for all people with NPD. What they can teach us? They can teach us how it’s important to love your children and be kind to them so they don’t end up with a personality disorder. They can teach us that we still have to work to improve the world and find a way to help all people, including those with NPD. During our life path we can meet many different people that can give us a personal lesson. But this always works both ways. You learn something from the interaction with the person and they learn something too. This is never one sided.How we see the world is mainly defined by what we have inside. If you have unconditional love and compassion inside you, you won’t see the world as cold and indifferent place. Of course we are just humans and when we are hurt, abused, unhappy, ill, miserable, we might have no love inside or our love is very far from unconditional. I believe that the emptiness narcissists experience is caused by lack of love. They have no love for themselves and for others. Emptiness is lack, something that is missing. Idealization is not love. Love is compassionate.There's is an interesting spiritual idea that states that our souls choose the lessons they have to learn during each lifetime. According to the idea we all chose our hardships ourselves and we do this for our own soul evolution. But then of course while inside our physical bodies we don’t remember anything outside of this certain lifetime. But in-between lifetimes we must have the ability to remember all our experiences, otherwise it would be pointless. I don’t know if I believe in this, I’m rather an agnostic by nature, which means I see multiple possibilities and I can accept some of them unless I have a good proof that it can’t be true. But I do like the idea. It gives a hope that even those of us who never got a chance to live a happy and fulfilling life (and, unfortunately, there are millions of such people) don’t disappear in eternity and continue their path somewhere else.
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Are time-based fees still preferred by both clients and providers of professional services? Why or why not?
Generally, consultants offer time-based fees because the consulant is not able to effectively explain his or her value proposition to the client. When I started my first consulting firm, we offered hourly and day rates to our clients. As time went on, and we saw the value in what we were providing, we switched to a project-based model with the option for monthly retainers. Consultants who can effectively show the client the value of the project, and who have enought clients under thier belt to offer social proof of that value, can and should work under project fee agreements. As Jim noted, scope-creep can become a problem when working on a project fee basis. Scope-creep occurs when a consultant offers a fee based on his or her understanding of a project, and as the project is carried out the client asks for this or that, items that are tangentally related, not part of the original intent of the consultant in offering the fee (the consultant charges a certain fee for a certain scope of work, and doesn't want that scope to "creep" into other areas). The best defense against scope-creep, and the best way to explain the value proposition of your project to your client are one in the same: a concise, well-written project proposal. Far too many consultants don't know how to craft a good written proposal that encapsulates and quantifies thier worth, while at the same time detailing the scope of the project and laying out a process for adding additional scope for an additional fee, as the project progresses. For those new to consulting, or those who have not yet mastered the art of writing a good proposal, I recommend Alan Weiss' "Getting Started in Consulting." This book is not strictly about proposal writing, but includes the best few chapters on writing a strong proposal that I have ever read in easy layman's language, and includes a sample proposal. The book can be found here (this is not an affiliate link): http://www.amazon.com/Getting-St...
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What is it like losing your son or daughter to cancer?
It will be five years this coming December when we lost our only daughter to an extremely rare form of cancer. More recently, I have been facing the challenges that come with having stage IV cancer myself - as well as taking care of other cancer patients in the continually changing landscape of American Healthcare. Quora has given me the opportunity to share what’s important in my life while there is still time. I’m still in remission and plan to keep answering questions as long as I can. Below is my experience of losing our daughter to cancer.Being a parent has been the most rewarding - and the most painful experience of my life. I can hardly imagine what my life would be like if I had not been a parent. I am grateful that my wife of almost 38 years has been there to help me through every parenting experience. My heart goes out to those single parents who have to do this without the support of a partner.I have had countless opportunities for emotional growth as a result of raising children. Until now, I haven't written specifically about the experience of losing our daughter. Please forgive the length of this Quora Share. Up until now, I have limited my writing to mostly medical topics, but this question caught my eye. I assume many may not read this because of it's length, but once I started writing, more and more memories came to the surface and spilled out on to the page.Following are some of the things I've learned about myself, some of the feelings I have felt, and how they have impacted my belief system.I have had the privilege of taking care of cancer patients for 35 years now (if you count residency). During the first five years after completing my residency, I was an associate professor of Radiation Oncology at the Baylor Medical School in Houston and director of the residency training program. We treated the kids with cancer at Texas Children's Hospital. My wife and I had three sons at that time, all under the age of seven. All of the young boys I took care of at work reminded me of my own sons. One of the main reasons I treated the children was because I was the youngest faculty member. It was a job that no one wanted to do. It was very sad, and it felt very threatening, so they gave it to the person with the least seniority. (They claimed that since I had taken my specialty boards more recently than anyone else, I was probably more current on all the pediatric treatment protocols, but I knew that they really just didn't want to do it). My wife and I were blessed with a fourth son a few years later and we debated about trying one more time for a girl. Finally, in 1991, our daughter was born. By this time I had made the move out of academia and into private practice. We had moved to Oklahoma City, which was a much nicer city than Houston in which to raise a family. We had the usual challenges that went with raising children in the nineties and two-thousands. Katrina was a really beautiful girl (see photo). She was never snobbish - she was friends with everyone in her class and managed to meet kids her age from all over the country. She was extremely bright, outgoing and enjoyed performing in the theater in high school. Her four older brothers loved her and always seemed to get along with her (even though they didn't always get along with each other).Everyone had made it through the teenage years before Katrina got sick, so at least there was a minimum of coexisting emotional turmoil during that time. Katrina had a breast mass when she was about fifteen which, on biopsy displayed some bizarre features that were hard to classify. Of course a biopsy is just a small core of tissue from a 14 gauge needle, so there wasn't a lot to process for special testing. Nevertheless, when the entire mass was removed, it turned out to be a fibroadenoma - a relatively common benign breast tumor and there was no sign of anything out of the ordinary. Whatever they hit with the biopsy needle, it was the only microscopic evidence of anything abnormal. Katrina was popular in High School (an experience that neither her mom nor I had had when we were that age). Everybody loved her - she was nice to everyone - especially those classmates who were insecure about themselves. She decided to go into nursing after high school - the only one of my children with any interest in medicine. (I am extremely proud of all my children. Unlike many of my colleagues, I didn't have any expectations that they might choose a medical career. I just wanted them to be happy and at some point be able to support themselves.) She went to the University of Tulsa, about a hundred miles from home. She joined a sorority, Chi Omega, and was admired and loved by all her sorority sisters. Just as in high school, she was kind to everyone, including the girls who were insecure - she had empathy for everyone. When we went for parents day, we walked with her across campus to the football stadium. She stopped every fifty feet or so to introduce us to some of her friends. There were just a few kids that we passed on the way that she didn't seem to know. I had the privilege of going to "Dad's Day" during her freshman and sophomore years - some of my fondest memories of spending time with her.While at college, she had noticed a mass in her breast in the same location as the previous one. She knew that fibroadenomas frequently recurred, so she wasn't too concerned about it. With her busy social calendar, she didn't see her doctor until it was several centimeters in size. Her doctor sent her for breast imaging right away and the radiologist called the breast surgeon immediately. She had it excised and we went with her to meet with the surgeon for a post-op visit. She told her that she had a phylloides tumor. She said these are almost always benign, but unfortunately hers was malignant. It's really hard to describe the feeling that immediately followed. It felt like the floor had fallen away and that the whole fabric of reality was unraveling. I have long understood that denial is an automatic response that takes over to protect us from being overwhelmed when we encounter some unacceptable aspect of reality - I guess that was what was going on - Nothing seemed real. No, I thought - I must have the cancer - that would be OK - she can't have cancer - Oh, God NO, please, this can't be real. This can't be real. This can't..... We went immediately to the pathology department to check out her slides.The Komen "Race for the Cure" happened soon after her surgery and a few of her sorority sisters came to visit her the night before. When we went to the event the next day, about 25 more of them surprised her at the race.A phylloides tumor arises from signNow tissue in the breast (as opposed to carcinomas, which arise from the ducts or glands). An older term is cystosarcoma phylloides, since, like sarcomas, they arise from signNow tissue - and look kind of like sarcomas under the microscope. Phylloides tumors (actually, they call them phyllodes tumors now, but when I went to medical school, they were spelled phylloides) make up less than 1% of all breast tumors - and malignant phylloides tumors make up a very small percentage of those. They are more common in women over forty, and rarely occur in twenty year olds. Overall, there are less than fifty cases in the US every year that are even remotely similar to what my daughter had.Malignant phylloides tumors are made up of an epithelial component and a signNow tissue component. In her case the sarcomatous part looked like a rhabdomyosarcoma under the microscope. This is a sarcoma that most commonly occurs in children - I had treated many children with rhabdomyosarcomas when I was in Houston, so I kind of knew how to do that. As it happened, two world renowned experts (a pediatric oncologist and a pathologist) on rhabdomyosarcomas (rhabdos for short) practiced at our local children's hospital, so I took her slides to the pathologist the next day. I looked at them through the teaching head of his microscope - most of the tissue looked like the familiar "rhabdo" but parts looked bizarre - I had never seen a malignant phylloides tumor before. I talked to the pediatric oncologist at length. He said there was no precedent for treating a malignant phylloides tumor with the combination chemotherapy one would use for a rhabdo, but he was going to an international conference the next week and he would ask the other experts there and get some opinions. (BTW, I am the medical director for the Procure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City. One nice thing about that is that we could get everything we needed done immediately.) We got staging studies, including a PET scan, which were all negative - after removing her breast, she had no measurable evidence of cancer in her body. Her surgeon put in a port for chemotherapy. We took her to the Dana-Farber Cancer Center in Boston. (The proton community is fairly small, so I knew quite a few docs at Mass General, where they have a proton center, so I was able to get her into Dana-Farber right away - the same group of Harvard Radiation Oncologists work at both places.) We met with a surgeon, a radiation oncologist and a medical oncologist in a very efficient multidisciplinary clinic. They summarized their recommendations - a combination of drugs like those used for adult sarcomas - very toxic with a pretty low response rate. Katrina was otherwise healthy, though, and should be able to tolerate treatment well.I got a call from the rhabdo guru I mentioned above. He was back from his conference. Non of his colleagues who studied rhabdomyosarcomas had any better ideas about what to do. At least Katrina had the benefit of opinions from all the world's experts. I took her to a classmate of mine from medical school - a very good medical oncologist in community practice. Soon, she started chemotherapy (the chemo was so toxic, it could only be given during admission to the hospital). She was admitted to the hospital for five days for each round of chemotherapy - once every month. I think she was able to repress much of her fear, since, after all, her daddy was a cancer expert and would make everything turn out OK. I am grateful she felt comforted by that - even though it was just her perception - I knew it was not reality. (I had learned a long time ago, that there's really very little that doctors can do for people. A trillion cells are each running countless biochemical processes in every human being. What we can influence is an infinitesimal fraction of what we can't. Whatever you chose to believe about a Higher Power in the Universe, there's certainly one making all this happen. Human beings have a tendency to just look at what we can control and assume that that's very close to everything. We live our lives in a constant state of denial. Until we face something in our life over which we are clearly powerless, it's easy to maintain that illusion. It's the same way with knowledge. We understand only a little, but if we continually focus on what we do know, and ignore what we don't, we can create the illusion that we "know everything". For example, we have learned a little about how the brain works - functional MRIs, EEGs, PET brain scanning, understanding the biochemical mechanisms of neurotransmitters, developing drugs that alter those neurotransmitters, etc. So many people think that just because we understand what we do, that a complete understanding of how our mind works is just around the corner. The reality is that today we are no closer to understanding why consciousness exists than we were a hundred years ago. Until humans get even remotely close to an explanation for the phenomenon of consciousness, I will continue to believe that there is a benevolent Higher Power running everything. I frequently tell people to throw out everything about religion that doesn't work for them and focus on developing a practical relationship with whatever they conceptualize their Higher Power to be - as long as it's consistent with their experience.) Katrina was being admitted for her fourth cycle of chemo when she showed her oncologist a lump that had popped up in her mastectomy scar. Her surgeon removed it (and took out her tissue expander at the same time) and it was indeed a recurrence of her cancer. Restaging once again showed no evidence of metastatic disease, so we stopped the (ineffective) chemotherapy and my partner gave her radiation therapy to her chest wall to sterilize any residual microscopic cancer cells remaining after surgery. Everything was looking good. She could have her breast reconstruction performed further down the line. She had almost no side effects from her radiation therapy and her hair started growing back. She went back to school.She came back home for a follow-up PET/CT scan and we were once again looking forward to celebrating a good result. Katrina, her mom and I would always go into the radiology reading room as soon as her scan was done. The radiologist was delayed this time, so I pulled up the scan and started reviewing it. There was a hot spot on one of her thoracic vertebrae. I remember being baffled as I looked at it, wondering what could cause that sort of artifact - it wasn't there on her prior scan. The PET was hot, but the CT looked OK. When the radiologist came back, he was very kind and didn't just say something like "Well, this looks like cancer here." He could tell that I was involuntarily experiencing reflexive denial, so he simply suggested we do an MRI - just to clear up the "artifact" question. I watched the monitor as she had the MRI, my wife sitting beside me. The MRI was unmistakable - I felt the same way I had in her surgeon's office the day we first learned of her diagnosis. I told my wife - "It's cancer - it's metastatic - she's no longer curable." When Katrina got out of the scanner, she could tell by looking at us that it wasn't good news. I told her that there was cancer in her vertebra and that we would treat it with radiation therapy. She didn't ask if it meant that she was terminal and I didn't tell her. When my patients are ready to know the answers to the really big questions, they will ask me. I think it's unkind to take away someone's denial, just because I want them to "know the truth". Denial serves an essential survival function. It allows people to continue living from day to day, whereas knowing the truth might make them shut down and give up right then and there. When they are ready to move beyond denial, they will ask those questions. I showed my daughter the same compassion I would show one of my patients. She said, "Well, let me know when I have an appointment with Dr. P (my partner) - I'm going back to school tonight."She had Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy to the vertebra, which controlled the cancer for quite some time. A little while later, she developed metastatic disease in her femur. Fortunately, we knew a world class orthopedic oncologist who performed a hip replacement. She had several more courses of radiation therapy and a few more surgical procedures over the next year and a half, but no more chemo.The usual treatment for a rare cancer is to have "best guess" chemotherapy and when that fails, there's always a "second line" chemo (it's second line because it has less chance of producing a response than the "first line" does). Then there's third line, etc. At least we knew enough to stop putting her through the discomfort of more chemotherapy. Her hair grew back. She finished her semester at school.As time went on, she came to understand that she wasn't going to survive the cancer, but we rarely talked about it. She decided not to take any more classes in college, but wanted to keep living in an apartment in Tulsa, because that's where most all of her friends were. We took out a home equity loan so we could afford to do whatever she wanted. She remained active in her sorority.She had a twenty-first birthday party in Tulsa and then we flew eighteen of her friends to Las Vegas with us and she had a twenty-first birthday party there as well.We went to Europe for an extended vacation, which included a cruise around the Adriatic Sea - she met a young man on the cruise (from Scotland) with whom she fell in love. He felt the same way about her and came to America to visit for six weeks - they had no illusions about her life expectancy, but both of them enjoyed being together. She gave him an "out" due to her condition, but he didn't want to take it.She loved the Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball team and we managed to get season tickets - she went to every home game including one that was only four days before she died.One day she was driving through an intersection and was literally "hit by a Mack Truck" - it was a dump truck that had run a red light. It fractured the vertebra that had been treated with radiation - over the next few months the residual cancer grew through the cracks in the vertebral body and around her spinal cord necessitating one more operation to remove the cancer and stabilize her spine.Toward the very end, her back pain required high doses of narcotics to control. She never wanted Hospice - she just wanted her family to take care of her. Her two brothers who lived out of town both came home for the last couple of months of her life, so she had her Mom, Dad and four brothers with her every day, not to mention almost daily visits from a host of friends.Finally, the cancer filled so much of her lungs that she became hypoxic and lost consciousness for the last 36 hours of her life. When she stopped breathing, I tried to clear her airway and was tempted to ventilate her, but I realized that anything I did would only add minutes - or at most an hour to her life - still, even though she had been unconscious for over a day, it was hard to let go - it made me realize how hard it must be to "pull the plug" on a loved one.We cried, we prayed, we thanked our Higher Power for the twenty one and a half years that we got to have her with us.We had a funeral in Oklahoma City and a Memorial Service in Tulsa. All together, more than a thousand people came to the services - a testament to how many friends she had (and how many friends we are blessed to have).About a year later, we went to Scottland to visit Mark, Katrina's Scottish boyfriend, and his family, whom we had gotten to know via the internet. We sprinkled some of her ashes at the origin of the River Dee, before it winds its way down through the Scottish countryside to signNow the North Sea at Aberdeen - a place Katrina would have wanted to visit if there had only been time. There will always be a hole in my soul that will never again be completely filled, but today it is mostly filled with fond memories of our time together.The stages leading to Acceptance include Denial, Anger, Bargaining and Depression.I've come to understand how denial can take over and protect my psyche from being overwhelmed by realities that are too terrible to experience at a conscious level. Denial is like a parachute that slows my decent so that I don't suddenly slam into unpleasant truths.I experienced relatively little anger on my journey toward accepting my daughter's death. I think gratitude is the best antidote for self pity (I think that self pity and anger are two sides of the same coin), and I was fortunate to be able to feel grateful every day that I got to spend with Katrina - and now - everyday that I get to spend with all my other loved ones. I don't think that feeling grateful is something I can will myself to do - like all my other feelings, it is a gift. Nevertheless, it seems to displace anger, just as water displaces oil.I have seen thousands of cancer patients and their families spend much of their remaining precious time "Bargaining" for a cure - another round of chemo, an expensive new drug, a clinical trial (with little chance of success) or going to Mexico to take laetrile - motivated by their fear of death, they continue to grasp at straws, even though fighting the inevitable saps their strength and robs them of the enjoyment they might have today. I am grateful to all those who've demonstrated this behavior to me, so I didn't have to waste my time (and my family's time) "bargaining". Instead, we had that much more time to spend enjoying the wonderful gift of each day. It was reasonable to try the chemotherapy, but when we saw that it wasn't working, we were able to move on.Depression (or at least profound sadness) is an unavoidable part of the journey toward acceptance. I think this is what I feel while the chemicals in my brain re-equilibrate - while the synaptic connections reorganize - while the changes occur that allow me to get to a state of Acceptance - the state where I'm OK with what had previously been an unacceptable fact of reality.Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. I believe that nothing happens in this universe by mistake. "When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation - some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment." I don't waste my time arguing with those who wish to believe that "if I like something it must be God's will and if I don't like it, it must not be God's will" - or those who wish to believe that "God takes care of the big things, but leaves the little things to chance". Today, my Higher Power is everything - and I choose to believe that every sub atomic particle, every quantum packet of energy is in exactly the state it's supposed to be in at this instant. Of course, what I believe about these things is beyond the signNow of investigation by the scientific method and I don't expect anyone to believe anything that can't be scientifically validated. This is just what I believe - and if it works for you too, please use it, but regardless, I hope you find some philosophy of life - some belief system - that gives you comfort when life brings you experiences that are so terrible, they seem impossible to survive.Gary Larson's answer to What is it like to lose a child?
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What impact did current BJP government make in your day-to-day life?
What impact did current BJP government made in your day-to-day life? I will keep my points very specific to the impact I have felt personally. I will not boast about all the government policies and their benefits on people outside of my knowledgeDigital India impact:My parents got their passports in 3 weeks without giving any bribe. (Though the police officers asked for a bribe, I told my father to ignore them as now the police can’t hold on to a passport without any proper reason. Everything is tracked online). I still remember the hassle I went through in 2013 when I applied for my passport. It took 3 months and INR 2600 bribe to get that.I had a query wit...
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Who was the greater warrior in Mahabharat, Karna or Bhishma Pitamah?
Karna’s achievements were better than Bhishma and Drona. Please refer Karna Parva book. Also, even when Arjuna didn’t attack Bhishma furiously, Bhishma could not cause much damage do Pandavas. Bhisma had no clue to counter Arjuna’s Aindra weapon. Karna clearly countered Aindra and other astras of Arjuna.1) Section 90 of Karna Parva:"Then Karna, with a number of whetted shafts endued with great energy, cut off the string of Arjuna's bow. Similarly he cut off the second string, and then the third, and then the fourth, and then the fifth. The sixth also was cut off by Vrisha, and then the seventh, then the eighth, then the ninth, then the tenth, and then at last the eleventh."KARNA CUTTING OFF ARJUNA'S GANDIVA STRINGS 11 TIMES CONSECUTIVELY. This was a feat which none had achieved. Neither Bhishma nor Drona.2) Section 146 of Drona Parva, Krishna says "For the present, O Partha, it is not proper for thee to fight with Karna.The latter hath with him the blazing dart, like a fierce meteor, that Vasava gave him. O slayer of hostile heroes,he hath kept it for thy sake, worshipping it with reverence." (Fine, that was a normal situation, Krishna stopped Arjuna to fight, that's fine)But again, in Section 173 of Drona Parva,Krishna says "I do not, however, O sinless one,regard the time to have come, O mighty-armed one,for thee to encounter the Suta's son in battle. The blazing dart, resembling a mighty meteor, given himby Vasava, is still with him, O thou of mighty arms, kept for thee with care,by the Suta's son. He keepeth that dart by him, and hath now assumed a terribleform."(This was unacceptable since Karna was smashing away everyone and Yudhishthira was panicking)3) Section 182 of Drona Parva,When Dhritarashtra (enquiring Sanjaya) and Satyaki (enquiring Krishna) regarding - Despite every night Karna and Kauravas discussed the usage of Indra’s dart (which Karna had for the sole purpose of killing Arjuna), why he did not use it against Arjuna during the brief encounters they faced in the 6 days, for which Krishna says“'Karna having assented to this, saying 'So be it' (the desire of) slaughtering the wielder of Gandiva, O bull amongst the Sinis, was ever present in Karna's heart. “””I, however, O foremost of warriors, always used to stupefy the son of Radha”””. It was for this that he did not hurl the dart at Pandu's son, owning white steeds.”Thus, Krishna not only prevented Arjuna from facing Karna, Krishna created illusions on all the 6 days on everyone of Kuru army (especially Karna) to forget the usage of Indra’s dart. (Despite every night Karna and others debated to use it on Arjuna, they still forgot due to Krishna.4) Section 180 of Drona Parva,Krishna says “When his car-wheels will sink in the earth, availing thyself of that opportunity, thou shouldst slay him in that distressful situation. I will make thee a sign beforehand. Warned by it, thou shouldst act. The vanquisher of Vala himself, that foremost of heroes, wielding his thunder, is incapable of slaying the invincible Karna while the latter stands weapon in hand.”Krishna knew that Arjuna could never defeat Karna in a fair fight in the Kurukshetra War and had already given the hint to Arjuna that that was the only way Arjuna could ever defeat Karna as per the above point.5) Section 124 of Bhishma Parva,Bhishma said this when Karna met him with tears, “I know thy prowess in battle, which can with difficulty be borne on earth by foes! I know also thy regard for Brahmanas. thy courage, and thy great attachment to alms-giving! O thou that resemblest a very god, amongst men thereis none like thee! For fear of intestine dissensions I always spoke harsh words about thee. In bowmanship, in aiming weapon, in lightness of hand and in strength of weapons, thou art equal to Phalguni (Arjuna) himself, or the high-souled Krishna! O Karna, proceeding to the city of Kasi, alone with thy bow, thou hadst crushed the kings in battle for procuring a bride for the Kuru king! The mighty and invincible king Jarasandha also, ever boastful of his prowess inbattle, could not become thy match in fight! Thou art devoted to Brahmanas; thou always fightest fairly! In energy and strength, thou art equal to a child of the celestials and certainly much superior to men. The wrath I cherished against thee is gone.”A proof that Karna helped Duryodhana in marrying Banumathi by fighting with other kings which included Jarasandha too and Karna defeated everyone - for Duryodhana.6) Section 252 and Section 253 of book 3,Again, for Duryodhana, Karna conquered the entire India, conducted Vaishnava sacrifice and made Duryodhana the emperor!7) 5th and 6th points clearly establish that Karna cared for Duryodhana and it was not just about killing Arjuna. We never went to their palace and witnessed how they cared for each other. It is ridiculous to say that both maintained their friendship forindividual aspiration or mutual ambition or something. As per Section 92 of Karna Parva, Duryodhana wept badly, lost senses when Karna died. (There are also a lot of instances in Karna Parva when Karna gave priority for Duryodhana rather than his personal fight / rivalries with the enemies)8) Section 180 of Drona Parva, Krishna says“Devoted to Brahmanas, truthful in speech, engaged in penances, observant of vows, kind even unto foes, for these reasons Karna is called Vrisha.”9) Section 49 of Karna Parva,“Then Salya addressed him, and said, “Do not, O Karna, seize this best of kings. As soon as thou seizes him, he will reduce both thee and me to ashes.”The reason why Karna did not seize Yudhishtira.(In the same parva, before this section, you can find that Duryodhana wanted either Yudhisthira seized or Arjuna slain (Section 36 of Karna Parva). I am not able to find in which Parva I read that Yudhisthira should not be killed since if that happened, Arjuna would destroy everyone in anger – told by Duryodhana.)10) Section 66 of Karna Parva,Yudhisthira told that he never had a wink of sleep for 13 years due to fear of Karna.I don’t have patience to search in which parva it is mentioned that Yudhisthira feared Karna more than Bhishma and Drona. But section 66 of Karna Parva proves it.11) Section 3 of Santi Parva,"Unto the cheerless and trembling Karna, prostrated with joined hands upon earth, that foremost one of Bhrigu's race,smiling though filled with wrath, answered, 'Since thou hast, from avarice of weapons, behaved here with falsehood, therefore, O wretch, this Brahma weapon shalt not dwell in thy remembrance 1. Since thou art not a Brahmana, truly this Brahma weapon shall not, up to the time of thy death, dwell in thee when thous halt be engaged with a warrior equal to thyself! 2 Go hence, this is no place for a person of such false behaviour as thou! On earth, no Kshatriya will bethy equal in battle.' Thus addressed by Rama, Karna came away, having duty taken his leave."Thus, from the above, you can observe that Parashuram told Karna in a gentle way that his Brahmastra alone would be forgotten when he faced a "warrior equal to his prowess" and also said "On earth,no Kshatriya will be thy equal in battle". Despite cursing, he counterpraised Karna.12) Section 90 of Karna Parva,“when the hour of Karna’s death came, the high Brahma weapon that the illustrious Bhargava had imparted unto him, escaped from his memory”In the same section 90, if you read further, you canfind the statement as below“Trembling at the shock, Karna then displayed his activity to the utmost of his power. Steadying himself by a powerful effort he invoked the Brahma weapon”Thus, Karna used Brahmastra despite forgetting. Becauseof Parashuram’s counter praising that no Kshatriya would be Karna’s equal.PS: He used it thrice against Arjuna (Section 89, Section 90 after forgetting for a moment, and again in Section 91) Thus, Karna made the praise of his Guru truthful by invoking Brahmastra 3 times and proved his Guru’s fact that that Karna was a better warrior than Arjuna, if they were by any means equal, Karna could have never used Brahmastra even once!13) Section 46 of Drona Parva,"The preceptor then, slowly and with a smile,said unto Karna, 'Abhimanyu is young, his prowess is great. His coat of mail is impenetrable. This one's father had been taught by me the method of wearing defensive armour. This subjugator of hostile towns assuredly knoweth the entires cience (of wearing armour)'."A fact that Abhimanyu wore defensive armour.Again, below is a proof on Section 38 of DronaParva,“Though afflicted in battle by Radha's son withshowers of weapons, still Subhadra's son who resembled a very celestial (forprowess) felt no pain.”My point is, degree of hardness varies, property and behavior of armour varies when comparison is made for normal armour and defensive impenetrable armour. For your info, when someone pierced an opponent with fierce shafts, the armour would fall down or get shattered into pieces byunable to withstand the impact of arrows. (As what happened when Karna shattered Yudhisthira’s armour to powder / pieces and as how Arjuna shattered Karna’s armour into powder / pieces and finally, the dress or skin would be exposed when the armour fell down. But that was not the case with Abhimanyu. He felt no pain and was able to fight without any problem.As per Section 180 of Drona Parva, Karna’s natural born armour was literally impiercable. Not even Sudharshana chakra or any astra could harm Karna if he possessed his natural armour forever.Degree of hardness of armours:Karna’s natural born (Not even piercable) > Abhimanyu’s defensive armour (Can be pierced but cannot be shattered into small pieces and cannot make the armour fall down from the body. Also there won’t be any pain despite getting pierced) > Normal armours (Can be shattered into minute pieces)I am not sure of the hardness of Duryodhana’s impenetrable armour which he wore at the end. I guess it is stronger than Abhimanyu’s but weaker than Karna’s natural armour.14) Karna used Pasupata astra. Proof – Section 60 of Karna ParvaKrishna says “Yonder Karna urges forward the mighty car-warriors of the Dhartarashtras towards the son of Pritha with the weaponscalled Sthunakarna, Indrasjaha and Pasupata, and with clubs and other weapons.”15) Section 56 of Karna parva -“Indeed, neither Bhishma, nor Drona, nor any other warrior of thy army had ever achieved such feats as were then achieved by Karna in that battle.”16) Around section 36 to section 46, Salya would constantly scold Karna and constantly praise Arjuna. Karna couldn’t bear the scolding and thought of even getting down the chariot. Salya scolded Karna as per the plan of Yudhisthira. (Udyoga Parva - Section 18 - Yudhisthira, advised Salya to scold badly. And in Karna Parva, it’s clearyly mentioned that Salya would even get permission in the beginning itself that he could say whatever he want but Karna should not mind it). Seriously - 10 sections of scoldings on Karna?? (Kudutha kaasuku melayae pesitaan Salya!)17) Section 87 of Karna Parva -Imagine Krishna’s and Arjuna’s reaction - when they finally see Salya and Karna on the opposite, Salya says “If, O Karna, the white steeded Arjuna slays thee in battle to-day, I myself, on a single car, will slay both Madhava and Phalguna.” Just imagine the reaction of them - actually Yudhisthira sent Salya to scold Karna, the reverse happened. (Salya was transformed slowly by Karna’s lightness of hands, in releasing huge number of arrows per second,etc. when you read the Parva, you would know how slowly Salya stopped scolding after initially scolding Karna for some 10 sections of the Parva and became a fan of Karna at the end)18) In Section 90, Again Krishna helped Arjuna by lowering the chariot when Karna used the infallible and irresistible Nagastra (The weapon he greased, oiled, worshipped and maintained for many years for killing Arjuna) and a snake would enter after Karna takes that weapon. Whether the snake entered or not entered, the Nagastra which he clearly protected for many years for killing Arjuna, would have surely killed Arjuna. (Refer Karna Parva) (Because Nagastra is infallible and irresistable)19) Bhishma and Drona were convinced that they could never defeat Arjuna and co. At least Bhishma tried faintly but Drona did not even try to defeat Arjuna and co. Arjuna used Indra astra on in the presence of Bhishma and made a blood river to flow in Kurukshetra with a heavy slaughter. Bhishma could not or did not counter and just looked angry at Arjuna. Seriously?!!! Drona - on the other hand, tried to send away Arjuna so that without Arjuna, he could seize Yudhisthira. (Finally he couldn’t seize Yudhisthira despite Arjuna went away for 2 days) (Read Bhishma Parva and Drona Parva by pressing “CTRL+F” of Arjuna. And during the encounters with Arjuna, they both never had any advantage or upper hand over Arjuna.20) The duty of a captain is to bring the team together and not create a rift in the team. Bhishma rated Karna as half a rathi when he was actually a Maharathi warrior (That too equal to 2 Maharathi warriors). Drona sided with Bhishma and rated Karna as half a rathi! I mean, being a captain and vice captain, why did they wanna destabilize a person’s manhood / bravery by degrading the person with false lies / false certificate? Is this right? So, Karna told that he would not fight as long as Bhishma fought! Bhishma gladly accepted it. (Finally, Karna outshined both Bhishma and Drona with a very huge fashion as per my above and below points - that too he fought for just 7 days against Bhishma of 10 days and Drona of 16 days) I judge a person’s character by his actions and not speech. This is a lack of maturity by both Bhishma and Drona and an unacceptable behaviour.21) Again, Bhishma’s and Drona’s failure to accomplish their oaths - As I said, I judge a person’s character by his actions and not words. If they could able to take an oath and stand by it, why couldn’t they give their best or at least try to their best? I agree Arjuna was better than them both but did they even had any shot at killing the 5 Pandavas. Thus, their character and attitude - I again rate below Karna.22) Karna fought with Rakshasa Ghatodgaja at dead night, I mean, none could have ever achieved that feat - super human achievement it was. Alone, single handed, without the help of Drona or Kripa or Ashwattama, he repeatedly defeated Ghatodgaja. Every time that Rakshasa was defeated, every time the Rakshasa used severe illusions and tricks along with more and more prowess. Entire men were astonished, Pandavas and allies watched the show with astonishment without blinking their eyes whereas Kauravas were literally terrified with fear and crying “Everything is gone, everything is gone”. Karna never displayed even slightest of fear. He killed the Rakshasa after repeatedly defeating it.23) Karna had a real shot or upper hand at killing Arjuna unlike Bhishma and Drona. Karna clearly countered Arjuna’s Indra astra by using Bhargavastra! Did Bhishma? Nope. Heavy slaughter happened to Kauravas due to Arjuna’s Indra astra and it caused a blood river flow in the presence of Bhishma. Karna routed the Pandavas, Panchalas along with all allies by entering into the middle and attacked them with all Celestial Divya astras! Broke the armour of Yudhisthira. He used Brahma astra, Bhargavastra, Pasupata astra and diverse celestial astras so that he could finally have an encounter with Arjuna. And he invoked Brahmastra 3 times against Arjuna by proving that no Kshatriya could ever be Karna’s equal by breaking Parashuram’s curse. Apart from Brahma astra, he also used Vayavya, Varuna astra (to counter Arjuna’s Agneyastra and as a result of excess Varuna astra - his wheel sank in the slushy earth) and used diverse celestial weapons wisely not only against Arjuna but also against entire enemies when he became the captain and shouldered up the responsibility.24) Karna broke 11 strings of Arjuna’s Gandiva - Did Bhishma and Drona break a single string?25) Karna had a real shot at killing all the 4 Pandavas but let them go away as per the promise to Kunti. Did Bhishma and Drona have any chance to kill 4 Pandavas or did they even create any chance to kill them? When Karna had a real chance at all the 4 Pandavas, did Bhishma and Drona have any chance at killing even a single Pandava?26) (Section 91 of Karna Parva) Even when Karna’s wheel sunk badly and his car tilted badly, Karna had a real shot at killing Arjuna when he made Arjuna lose his Gandiva from his hand’s grasp for the first time ever (An unimaginable feat). Arjuna trembled like a mountain in an earthquake, Gandiva fell down but Karna did not kill Arjuna. He took the time gap to retrieve the sunken wheel. Did Bhishma and Drona accomplish any of the above points?27) But why I like Karna is, unlike Bhishma and Drona, he fought by keeping his words. He assured Duryodhana that he would kill Arjuna and he fought for it and had a real chance when he made Arjuna lose his grasp on Gandiva by making it fall. Also he possessed Indra’s dart and the infallible Nagastra (Krishna lowered the chariot and saved Arjuna from certain death). He promised Kunti that he would not kill the other 4 Pandavas and he kept his words by letting them go (Refer Karna Parva) He didn't kill those 4 Pandavas though he had the chances, due to his promise to Kunti.28) My personal opinion is, I rate everyone as good, but extremely exceptional and best - I rate Karna and Arjuna. Not even Bhishma or Drona. They both never had any upper hand against Arjuna. Also, though their wisdom was high, they lacked street smart attitude. (Please don’t say they were compassionate and affectionate with Arjuna, that’s why they could not defeat Arjuna, that’s an utter false statement if someone says. It was actually Arjuna who felt affectionate and could not attack Bhishma and Drona. Even then they both could never have any upper hand over Arjuna. And they themselves repeatedly agreed that they could never have any upper hand over Arjuna.)29) Finally, regarding other points,A) I beg to differ regarding Karna calling Draupadi a whore. Karna laughed and teased / scolded Draupadi and Pandavas in Sabha Parva, I clearly read that Parva by using “ctrl+f” Karna. No where Karna called Draupadi a whore. He was left to shame in public in Draupadi’s Swayamwara when Draupadi told him she would not marry a Suta when Karna was exactly aiming for the fish target. (A feat which only Arjuna had accomplished in lifting and stringing that bow when every other king failed).She also teased Duryodhana that he was also a blind just like his father, which I don’t think she should have told such that others could hear. Thinking in mind is fine (not sure) but teasing an emperor along with the son (Karna’s best friend) and that to be heard by others, that’s definitely wrong. I am not defending Karna but I feel that any normal human being would have a grudge against Draupadi if he had been in Karna’s position in the above two circumstances. Thus he laughed at both Pandavas and Draupadi and gave insults but never he called her a whore!!! I clearly read the entire parva. Then what about Arjuna deciding to kill Yudhisthira in anger in section 69 of Karna Parva. It’s all human emotions. I don’t defend Karna’s actions as well as Arjuna’s behaviour to kill Yudhisthira. But these don’t determine the character of a person. Does it mean Arjuna is bad? Nope. These are clear emotions which get released in the form of words or behaviour.B) Regarding Karna donated everything so that he could get punya to defeat Arjuna, that’s a big joke. Again I used ctrl+f in Ashwamedha parva. Never he told such. Prove me by saying the section number.C) In Draupadi’s Swayamvara, the fight between Karna and Arjuna were close and equal. None had any upper hand. PS: I read it. Karna would be shocked when he heard the Brahmana (Arjuna) saying that he knew Brahma astra (Since Karna did not know that at that time). But the fight between them and their verdict - they were both equal.30) Epilogue:Regarding Mahabharatha itself, what we actually have is Vaisampayana's and not Jaimini's. They both were disciples of sage Vyasa and as per their profile and resume / Curriculum vitae, I prefer Jaimini over Vaisampayana. Jaimini's Mahabharatha was not supportive of Pandavas and not supportive of Kauravas. His writing was neutral. Sadly, his Mahabharatha was lost and only bits and pieces are available and considerable portion of Ashwamedha Parva. In Jaimini's Ashwamedha Parva, during Arjuna's conquests, even Arjuna could not defeat a demon. Bhima too. But that demon was defeated by Vrishaketu (Karna's son - whom Arjuna brought up affectionately as his own son). When that demon enquired his identity, Vrishaketu replied that he was the grandson of Surya and son of Karna. He was one of the last human beings to have known the knowledge of celestial weapons.My point is, under the name of Vaisampayana, lot of interpolations and manipulations have occurred in many ancient years by many writers / sages, which is clearly acknowledged by many researchers. Karna had two sons as per Jaimini, but in Vaisampayana's Mahabharatha, it was like 7 to 8 sons. Seriously, how can I accept this. And Vaisampayana never mentioned in Ashwamedha Parva that the demon which even Arjuna could not defeat, it was defeated by Karna's son. Also, Karna’s wife committed Sati after his death. Alas, not even told in our Vaisampayana Mahabharat. Also it was not mentioned who performed his last rites. Vaisampayana was a good writer and also the other sages / writers who interpolated the Mahabharat by using Vaisampayana’s name but I feel Jaimini’s neutral epic with equal weightage to everyone in Mahabharat would have been the best to be read.I am not a hater of Pandavas; I even like the way Vaisampayana has written Vyasa’s Mahabharat with respect to Dharma, philosophy, ancient Gods, sequences, etc. BUT, what i can’t accept is the weightage he’s shown towards Pandavas dharamas and less number of pages for Kauravas and Karna - I can’t accept that. Let any author write it neutrally with equal weightage and as a reader, let me decide what is good and what is bad and let me choose whom I like and whom I don’t like. And you were telling some times that Sanjaya said this, that, and Sanjaya might have been biased, etc. but remember that it’s Vaisampayana the Kingmaker of this epic and not Sanjaya! No one else. (If Vaisampayana can introduce 6 new sons of Karna in the war suddenly out of thin air, then anything is possible) (Contrary to Jaimini’s 2 sons of Karna). Thus, I feel little suspicious towards Pandavas and little sympathy and admiration towards Duryodhana and co. That’s it. In those days, for a king to accept a low caste as a friend and giving a kingdom instantly (Anga to Karna), that was an unimaginable feat! (I don’t care about selfish moto or whatever, none during those times would have that kind of broad mindedness, that’s my point). That temple in Kerala - you listen to the village tribe story in that temple village. They worship Duryodhana because, in that area during those times, those tribes were not supposed to give food or water to high class Kshatriyas, but Duryodhana got water from them and they were shocked to find out that Duryodhana was actually the emperor and asked for forgiveness. But Duryodhana smiled and told them that any human who brings water to a thirst man and he would not differentiate or degrade someone with caste at that moment and then he prayed to Gods that that particular tribe should not face any evil problems. The location where he prayed - they built temple for him! (Other minor deities are his wife Bhanumathi and few others). I don’t try to make ends meet or balance something or justify something. My point is, lot of emphasis on Pandavas’ dharma was there but not much weightage to anyone in Kauravas including Karna. Simple. And again I say, Thus, I feel littleeee suspicious towards Pandavas (Including Vaisampayana and other interpolators and manipulators of this epic under the same name called Vaisampayana) and little sympathy and admiration towards Duryodhana, Karna and co. That’s it.(Though I'm already convinced by our Vaisampayana's writing itself that Karna was the greatest, imagine how much happy I would be if I read a copy of Jaimini which was a neutral epic and not entirely supportive of Pandavas)
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What is the dark side of being a model?
HiI have gotten a peek at the industry, through hobbyist modelling.Most professional models enter the industry in their teens - between 13–16.15 year old Laneya Grace; ft. in ‘Wake Me Up’ - Avicii.It is a winner-take-all market.They are independent contract workers, not employees and thus miss out on certain benefits and protections.There is a constant influx of young, beautiful girls entering the industry - seniority does not bring privilege for the vast majority.The successful models work internationally and have to relocate frequently. They can be cramped together with other young models in so-called ‘model apartments’.These model apartments are an integral part of the Fashion Industry.In many cases, models say, it's the agencies that rent housing that can rake in as much as five times the market rate.The Model Life - BTSThe industry can be all-consuming — they forget, or are simply unable to maintain their familial bonds, relationships, and education - a lot of these girls do not have an exit-plan for when they age - fade out of the industry!Occupational hazard:Models can get invited to a lot of exclusive parties, since promoters will seek them out and treat them lavishly, as the models are the honeypot — the bees: DJs, musicians, producers and other connected people need a form of currency, as well as trophies, after all…They can get drunk off the attention, status and fawning, as well as the somewhat subtle negative feedback, that keeps them on their toes and in competition with each other. Most of them may even be aware of this, with a mature mindset - yet it is ridiculously hard to keep your head on at all times, especially in a circus environment. It can cause temporary blindness or tunnel vision. Just noise and movement - flashes of vibrant colour. It ends, over and over again. And then it fades.Some get used, abused and discarded all the while being fed a rich diet of gold-flecked brownies. [1]Agencies regulate: If the face is the body, then the body is the mind, and the agent is your paramour.At best: Reminding them that they are part of the team and that the finished product is more than the sum of its parts - it can be art.At worst: Reminding them that they are walking coat-hangers. They are replaceable, flawed and cookie-cutter - acting as blank canvases, where photoshop will erase any sign of their self.Implying that they might get more work if they could somehow lose more wight or outright telling them that they need to lose weight - leading to obsessions with their body and eating disorders.When 19-year-old Swedish model Agnes Hedengård was told by her current agent that she was “too big” for the fashion industry, she was completely shocked. After all, her BMI was 17.5, not only under the fashion standard, but also considered medically underweight. [2]Not properly vetting the people who get to work with these young, exhausted, jet-lagged, sometimes lonely, somewhat impressionable and so, particularly vulnerable group of girls, and boys.Plying them with drugs - molding the muse (the fainting waif, heroin-chic). [3]All the stereotypes are true. They aren't even stereotypes—they're just true. My coworker just got back from the menswear shows in Milan and supposedly one of the big designers passed around a chalice of cocaine at an after-party… You can guess about the partying culture based on the overall vibes from the brand itself, you know? [4]Encouraging romantic, publicity and sexual affairs — for “exposure”.Not hearing them out - dismissing their concerns and problems.Fun fact: Models don’t own their photos. They can get sued for posting paparazzi photos of them on their social media. [5]Financial — The Nature of the BeastShe remembers being told that the rent was so high because the agency knew it would never "make the money back" from some of the other models living there.Only the top-models make a lot of money.They tend to have poor financial literacy - they are young, sometimes drop out of school, party, drugs etc.Instability: they live paycheck to paycheck, most of the jobs don’t pay well, or at all (editorials can be done for exposure).They sometimes need to borrow money in advance and many models end up in debt rather than earn money, but they don’t necessarily have to pay this back. [6]Making matters worse, many of the runway shows Fox appeared in paid only in free clothing. Even when jobs did pay, it took months for her to receive any money — and the paychecks were eaten away by commissions, fees and other expenses owed to her agency. This forced Fox to rely on cash advances from her agency (which typically charge fees of around 5%) to pay for food and other expenses. All of this left her even further in debt. [7]Object & SexualFormer Victoria’s Secret model Kylie Bisutti revealed that her agent told her at age 16 “All models have topless shots”. At that age, girls are so desperate to break into the business, they’ll do things they might be uncomfortable with in order to get a leg up. Especially if they’re being told it’s the “normal” practice by their agents.But the reality is that men and women in the industry are for the most part treated equally badly. We are products and we are sexualized. Photographers, casting directors, and even our own agents become our unsuspecting predators. [8]What looks good on camera, may not translate to real life - this can be particularly true for very skinny models who would look more healthy and feminine with more fat on them - they can lose their lustre.The models who get caught up in live fast-die young lifestyle can speed up their ageing and lose their looks, and thus their career.Flying internationally, going to castings, meeting potentially a new team or lone photographers at weird locations and odd times comes with certain risks.The higher-tier models may get work as escorts for very wealthy men. A few of them may even help procuring younger models…Prodded, primped, moved, positioned, touched… stroked — and worse?In the bigger cities, well-connected individuals networks that will alert to models who are short on cash/need a place…Terry Richardson, Jared Leto have both been accused of very, very disturbing things involving teenagers. Many times. [9]Many of these girls who are assaulted [as models] aren’t older than 15 years old,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “And I stand here to say how ashamed I am of myself for not having had the tools or the resources or guts to stop it…I wouldn’t have even called it a secret,” she said. “It was just sort of common hearsay that this list of photographers were pigs...I had to make the appointments with [these men]. It would make me gag, but I had to do my job or I’d be fired.” [10]Fame and GlamourYou become public property - strangers think it is okay to criticise, compare, dig, obsess, stalk, spread rumours about you. You lose your privacy. [11]You are in more danger. Predators may try to traffic you, or even murder you. [12][13]There is pressure to get touch-ups (plastic surgery e.g. fillers for cheek, chin, upper-eye lift, mild refining of nose etc.), especially for lingery models, as they are still very skinny (camera add pounds), and not many manage to keep their breasts, or shape.Models have also been called out for photoshopping their pics, in some cases to make themselves look even skinnier.THE WINNER:Some of these models may experience special treatment and be shielded from the abuse - I mean it would be terrible if the models who raise to the top started speaking about the abuse they suffered! Such models may include Adriana Lima, Emily Didonato and Christy Turlington. Unfortunately, these models help create the dangerous illusion, perhaps unaware, that the profession and that certain individuals in the industry are safer than they are and that it is industry standard! [14]The secrets of Rocha’s success, and that of the dozens of girls who have come before her, have much less to do with Rocha the person (or the body) than with the social context of an unstable market. There is very little intrinsic value in Rocha’s physique that would set her apart from any number of other similarly built teens. Rather, the social processes that bequeathed cultural value on Rocha reveal how market actors, in the face of uncertainty, make decisions by thinking collectively…Today, this casting director still cannot see what it is about Rocha that makes her a winner. “But now,” he explained, “it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter what I think now. Like she is, you know, it right now.” As in the fable of “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” even if one does not believe in the legitimacy of a social order, one obeys its conventions due to the belief or calculated guess that other people find the social order legitimate and will obey. [15]The advent of social media and its impact on the industry and the end of the super-model eraNyane - 1.2M foll., wig business with photographer partner; Ambar Driscoll - 186.6K foll. gf of Caspar Lee a famous YT personality, half-Indian model; Elisabetta Soskic - 21.5K foll., Serbian model and dancer, only 55 photos on her feed as of now.Nataniele Ribeiro, a Brazillian model who fell under my radar almost a decade ago, who was seen as Adriana Limas’ potential successor - has all of 500 followers, as of now. Nataniele Ribeiro (@nanycribeiro) • Instagram photos and videosNepotism, or shortcut through being on/growing up on reality TV: The Hadid sisters, the Delevingne sisters, the Kardashians/Jenners, Hailey Rhode Bieber (5″7), Sofia Richie (5″5), Lilly Rose-Depp (5″3) and Kaia Gerber.Co-occurrence? These girls have been thought as having diluted the prestige of the supermodel title. Some models resent them as they are the top of the food-chain. Some think that they simply lack the charisma, confidence and presence of the original supermodels, such as Linda Evangelista and Gia Carangi.Models who hope to make it big can enter the fashion industry through social media, that is, if they have a big enough, engaged following and a marketable brand that the agency is willing to attach its name to.This means more competition for agency models.Models are encouraged by agencies to manage their social media presence and gain a large amount of followers, which may be less true for the big agencies. Models with more followers may have an edge when it comes to getting work.Unfortunately, all that glitters is not gold. [16]A different take: Rick Ross's answer to What is a model's life like?Footnotes[1] Supermodel Karen Mulder arrested for threatening to attack plastic surgeon [2] Victoria’s Secret Angels Come Forward To Expose Shameful Modeling Industry Secrets[3] 'Heroin chic’ and the tangled legacy of photographer Davide Sorrenti[4] https://www.vice.com/en_uk/artic...[5] The copyright lawsuit accusing Gigi Hadid of posting a paparazzi photo she didn't have the rights to has been thrown out[6] The fashion models struggling with a life of debt[7] The 'model apartment' trap[8] Why Modeling Agencies Suck: 11 Models Reveal Why Having An Agent Is So Overrated – The H Hub[9] Another Woman Has Accused Terry Richardson Accused of Assault[10] Modeling Agencies Enabled Sexual Predators For Years, Former Agent Says[11] Why does Kylie Jenner look a decade older on her 22nd birthday?[12] https://www.quora.com/share/What-has-been-the-craziest-weirdest-and-or-most-disgusting-thing-you-have-ever-either-done-yourself-or-watched-someone-do-to-themselves-or-to-someone-else-9?ch=10&share=d4466b40&srid=9KmJ[13] Why Are Gruesome Photos of a Murdered 17-Year-Old Girl Still All Over Instagram?[14] Christy Turlington: fashion industry is 'surrounded by predators' [15] The last word: What makes supermodel Coco Rocha hot?[16] Ashley Mears' "Pricing Beauty": What a sociologist learned by moonlighting as a fashion model.
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What are signs of someone being a hoarder?
There’s no guarantee, but here are some frequent clues suggestive of hoarding:The person won’t open the door more than a few inches if you knock;Curtains are always drawn;There is paper taped over the windows, or those translucent stickers you can get at the hardware store;The same light is always on in the evening, but never any others, suggesting the person sits in one place (usually by the TV) and rarely goes into rooms that are stuffed with hoarded materials;The house reeks of cat urine;You see the person carrying lots of thing in, but their weekly trash pickup is very modest;The person lives alone;If you live next door, you start having a vermin problem, such as rats, mice or cockroaches;The person looks around to see if anyone is watching them when they are carrying things inside;They never put their recycling bin out;You observe the person poking in other people’s trash;Broken windows or similar visible damage is not repaired;Window air conditioners are not removed in the cold weather (usually because the person can no longer access them).Some of these can be signs of financial distress or physical infirmity rather than hoarding. Never leap to conclusions.Society still tends to consider hoarding an eccentricity, rather than a self-destructive mental illness that can create a serious threat to health, finances and life itself. If you identify hoarding, you have limited leverage unless it is directly impacting you. You can try calling your municipality’s department of social services, but don’t be surprised if they make you feel like a rat, or tell the hoarder who complained.
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Who is the greatest among Karna, Arjuna, Ekalavya?
Simple answer is Arjun. Let's contemplate on the qualities of the 3 in detail.ARJUN: Arjun had such a personality which was liked by everyone. Every mother wanted a soon like him. Every woman wanted a husband like him. Every person wanted him as a friend, Including Sri Krishna. He wanted to learn archery and all other shastras to establish the rule of Dharma. Maharaj Pandu and Maharani Kunti had taught and nurtured him for the same. Infact they desired him to be a noble warrior while they were conceiving him through Indra. It's called Garbha Sanskar. This is something Eklavya and Karna missed. Arjuna's skills: Arjun never slept while he was in the gurukul of Dronacharya. In the day he used to learn new skills and in the night he practiced them. He is called by the name Gudakesh for that. There is no chance that anyone else in the world would be a greater skilled archer than Arjun. He fought the war of Kurukshetra only because Sri Krishna wanted him to fight. He did not have any ego. There is not a single person who was hurt by Arjun. EKLAVYA:Eklavya wanted to learn archery to protect his pack of dogs. He was of the Nishad tribe. They were hunters. He wanted to become the best hunter among them. He had a pack of dogs with him while he went for hunting. But he was not expert in archery. For that reason he wanted to learn it. He was passionate for becoming a hunter gatherer. Dronacharya knew his motive so he declined to teach him. Dronacharya wanted to teach only to noble princes who would have noble cause to become a Kshatriya. Eklavya did not listen to Dronacharya and kept on learning archery. This is disrespect towards his guru. Dronacharya instantly made his assessment of Ekalavya. For that act of Eklavya, Dronacharya asked his right thumb. After many years though Drona took mercy on him due to his Guru Dakshina, took him to Mandar mountain and taught him archery without the use of thumb. He taught Eklavya just what he needed. Thus, he could protect his pack of dogs and do nothing else. In short, Eklavya surely would have become an accurate archer, BUT averse to Dharma. Just like the terrorist killers of Peshawar who wield AK 47s. Dronacharya averted the making of a mighty potential ally of Duryodhana.KARNA:In some regards similar is the case with Karna. He lacked noble values. He was very easily allured to join Kauravas, who performed only sins throughout their reign. He lacked intelligence. Just see how Karna had to maintain the association of Kauravas till the end of his life for their little mercy. He could have easily come out of the mafia by the help of Sri Krishna, Bhishma or Yudhushthira. If he desired to. With regards to his archery skills he was never better than Arjun. Arjun defeated him at Virat war, Draupadi Swayamvar, and at the end in the final war. He had also ran away from fighting with Chitrarath gandharva. Even Bhima defeated him once in the Kurukshetra war. Even Abhimanyu was superior to him. That's why Karna become one among the pack of Kauravas, who fought Abhimanyu simultaneously. He was even cursed to forget his silks at the urgent time. Regarding his education, the gurus rejected him not because of his low birth but because he lacked the qualities of the nobility, just like Eklavya. In those days your skills did not entitled you to higher education. But the purpose why you want to learn the skills was important. With regards to this point, we can say the assessment of Ashwathama by Dronacharya was a great failure of Dronacharya. He taught Bramhastra to Ashwathama who used it rashly.Concluding in short, Making it simple.Eklavya = Basic Values/Purpose + No Chivalry + Potential Expert in SkillsKarna = Purpose of Personal Ambition + Pseudo Chivalry, Whimsical + Between Intermediate-Expert in SkillsArjun = Noblest Purpose of establishing the rule of Dharma + Chivalrous + Expert in SkillsFor his first quality of purpose Dronacharya wanted Arjun and not Eklavya to become the most skillful archer. This assessment of Arjun by Dronacharya was the greatest success of Dronacharya.In the end Arjun is the greatest among the 3.
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Why are voter ID laws so controversial? Assuming that state issued photo IDs are made easy to procure, then what's the problem?
The simplest place to start is that Voter ID laws have an impact on the outcome of an election. People who are engaged in society almost all have a legal form of ID, and they skew Republican compared to people who are living off the grid for any of several reasons, who generally skew Democratic. Though there have been exceptions, with 2008 being the best and most recent example, Republicans tend to be more likely to vote than Democrats. Even in states where there is no voter id law, this is an undisputed fact on the ground. It's an old not-joke that Republicans love to see bad weather on Election Day, because it makes a Republican win slightly more likely. Polls of all registered voters usually show Democrats two or even more percentage points ahead of where they appear if the poll is of likely voters.Republicans like democracy. The question is whether it is defined as rule by a majority of all citizens, or by a majority of those who cast a vote. Obviously what a Republican would like to see is that every eligible voter in the country would register, educate themselves, and come out and cast a Republican vote. Even if they could get away with it, which they plainly could not, Republicans do not want to win elections by manipulating the outcome. They have a partisan motive to suppress turnout, and when they've been found guilty of doing that, they often end up literally behind bars. Republicans obviously do not have a partisan motive to increase general turnout.It would seem that both parties could agree on any system that allows every voter an equal opportunity to cast a legal vote. But there is no such system. The Republican will say that we have a system that is easy enough, and makes it possible for anybody who wants to do so to cast a vote. The Democrat will say that low turnout is proof that it wasn't easy enough. When it comes to balancing expense versus achieving universal voting, Republicans have a political motive to remove obvious obstacles and then let the people who want to vote cast their votes. It is equally partisan to suggest an extreme on the other end; we could conduct elections much more like the way we do a census; we could hire millions of people to go to their houses and collect their opinion, whether they had any interest in providing it or not. It would come closer to the ideal of democracy.We spend money running elections. We could install more voting machines in more voting locations, and boost turnout slightly. The cost would be high. At some point surely even someone who is dedicated to the notion that every citizen should vote will perceive a crossover point at which collecting more votes is not worth the cost. But it seems inevitable that a small government party will come into conflict on this issue when debating with a party that will directly benefit from more spending.With no voter id law whatsoever, it's harder to vote if you're poor. It is also harder to eat well and harder to get a good education and harder to get to work. All are rights that we want to work very hard to guarantee to every American. But we can't make it equally easy for poor people to do much of anything - your life isn't equal to prosperous citizens when you don't have any money. As of today, almost all Americans can request an absentee ballot by telephone, fill it out, mail it in, and have their vote counted. I am unaware of laws that require forms of ID that are expensive to obtain. I would like to learn more. It is my understanding that voter id laws include provisions to make the process of obtaining an ID no more difficult than voting itself.And a word about racism follows.A hundred years ago in many areas of this country you could legally discriminate on the basis of color. (Obviously you could do that much more recently, as well: I myself went to a legally all-white school as a first grader. I am that old.) Later, you could charge a poll tax. As a shameful but interesting bit of ephemera from the elections of years past, I have a poll tax receipt signed by my grandfather in 1932. The poll tax was $1.00, and that was a sufficiently high fee to prevent most African Americans from voting. The question now is whether the cost of an ID card is high enough that it prevents many minorities from casting a vote. Because of a legacy of centuries of racial discrimination, anything that impacts the poor impacts a higher percentage of minorities than whites. However, in any given income bracket, whites make up the majority. A policy that adversely affects the poor affects more white people than black people. This math isn't difficult, but it means that disproportionate impacts on African Americans are also primarily visited upon whites. If I had a political strategy that called for reducing black votes and getting white votes, a poll tax (or any poverty-driven mechanism) would be illogical in the extreme. Those who try to make a case that Republicans are in favor of laws that do not maximize the turnout of poor voters have an argument, because more government money could pay for more mechanisms to gather votes. Those who try to make an argument that Republicans are in favor of laws that are aimed at hurting minorities are at best mistaken, completely and utterly. If they have signNowed this conclusion without thinking through the math, they are expressing a valid concern that has to be discussed and addressed. If they are saying that the voter id laws are racially motivated even though they understand the math, and are merely asserting this accusation because it is damaging to the Republican Party, they are engaging in a common form of partisan politicking. In this case, it strikes me as being far out of bounds, both because it ascribes completely unacceptable moral qualities to Republicans with no evidence, and because it serves to shed heat on the discussion instead of light. It is demagoguery, and I condemn it in the strongest terms I know how to express politely.
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