Knowledge Is Power But Knowledge Without Action Is Useless
All the reading you do will only have entertainment value if it does not change your behavior and the way you think. Understanding something brings this change in the way you think and behave, where as merely knowing something makes no difference to your life.
Knowledge is power only when it changes your life. To truly understand what you learn, you must apply.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand. - Albert Einstein-
https://ofpad.com/knowledge-is-power-knowledge-without-action-is-useless/
All the reading you do will only have entertainment value if it does not change your behavior and the way you think. Understanding something brings this change in the way you think and behave, where as merely knowing something makes no difference to your life.
Knowledge is power only when it changes your life. To truly understand what you learn, you must apply.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand. - Albert Einstein-
https://ofpad.com/knowledge-is-power-knowledge-without-action-is-useless/
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Basking in reflected glory (BIRGing) is a self-serving cognition whereby an individual associates themselves with known successful others such that the winner's success becomes the individual's own accomplishment.[1][2][3] The affiliation of another's success is enough to stimulate self glory. The individual does not need to be personally involved in the successful action. To BIRG, they must simply associate themselves with the success. Examples of BIRGing include anything from sharing a home state with a past or present famous person, to religious affiliations, to sports teams. For example, when a fan of a football team wears the team's jersey and boasts after a win, this fan is engaging in BIRGing.[4] A parent with a bumper sticker reading "My child is an honor student" is basking in the reflected glory of their child.[5] While many people have anecdotal accounts of BIRGing, social psychologists seek to find experimental investigations delving into BIRGing. Within social psychology, BIRGing is thought to enhance self-esteem and to be a component of self-management.[1]
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The Number of Stray Dogs Worldwide Is 200 Million (WHO)
This number is very debatable and much higher. Not every culture thinks it’s cute to have Fido sleep on the bed or eat with its hoomans at dinner. Many people find pet-human relationships gross. In other countries, families already share their beds. Free-ranging dogs don’t get invited into the house even if they own at least one dog.
A considerable problem is abandonment and no spaying/neutering programs to make sterilization affordable.
99% of All Rabies Cases in Humans Are Caused by Dogs (WHO)
It’s a heartless statistic. Rabies is a horrific disease for humans and animals and is entirely preventable through vaccination programs. Yet over 150 countries can’t get it under control.
Thousands of people, 40% are children, die needlessly from rabies in Asia and Africa. The cost of fighting rabies is $8.6 billion annually. You’d think that would buy some vaccines.
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/dogs/how-many-dogs-are-in-the-world/
This number is very debatable and much higher. Not every culture thinks it’s cute to have Fido sleep on the bed or eat with its hoomans at dinner. Many people find pet-human relationships gross. In other countries, families already share their beds. Free-ranging dogs don’t get invited into the house even if they own at least one dog.
A considerable problem is abandonment and no spaying/neutering programs to make sterilization affordable.
99% of All Rabies Cases in Humans Are Caused by Dogs (WHO)
It’s a heartless statistic. Rabies is a horrific disease for humans and animals and is entirely preventable through vaccination programs. Yet over 150 countries can’t get it under control.
Thousands of people, 40% are children, die needlessly from rabies in Asia and Africa. The cost of fighting rabies is $8.6 billion annually. You’d think that would buy some vaccines.
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/dogs/how-many-dogs-are-in-the-world/
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Why Do Songs Break Grammar Rules?
October 7, 2023
Hello! Our question for today on Ask a Teacher comes from a reader in Brazil.
Question:
I have an easy question. Why does Sir Elton John use “don’t” and not “doesn’t” in the song This Train Don't Stop There Anymore?
Thanks
Luiz, Brazil
Dear Luiz,
That’s a great question. As an English teacher, I often hear things in songs that do not follow grammar rules. Sometimes, I believe it is because the songwriter wants to speak in a way that is used by another community. Also, informal, or everyday, language is often not completely grammatical.
Let’s look at some of the words of This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore. It appears in a collection of songs called Songs from the West Coast, published in 2001. The songwriter Bernie Taupin co-wrote this and many other songs with Elton John. Taupin wrote the words and John wrote the music. Taupin said he was always interested in “Americana,” the culture and history of America, and in country and western music. That helps explain the images and language he put into this song.
In the first part, the singer says he does not believe in miracles anymore and has lost strong feelings about romantic love. The second part brings in images of an old kind of train:
I used to be the main express
All steam and whistles heading west
Picking up my pain from door to door
Riding on the storyline, furnace burning overtime
But this train don't stop
This train don't stop
This train don't stop there anymore
The singer tells us of the strong emotions he once had by comparing them to a fast, or express, train. The high, sharp sound of a train warning people of its approach is called a whistle. Old trains used to be powered by steam engines that let out whistles as they passed through towns.
If we connect these words to the earlier part of the song, we can get a picture in our mind of a lonely, isolated place. A town where the train no longer stops is usually a quiet place with little activity. We can suppose that town is like the singer’s heart.
My understanding of the song is that the singer is saying he no longer wants to be in love because the feeling is too strong. Continuing the image of the train, he sings,
It really means my engine's breaking down
What do you think, Luiz? Would the song be just as good if Elton John sang, “That train doesn’t stop there anymore?” Maybe it would not have the quality of informal language Taupin was hoping for.
learningenglish@voanews.com.
https://t.me/MkNotes/1593
October 7, 2023
Hello! Our question for today on Ask a Teacher comes from a reader in Brazil.
Question:
I have an easy question. Why does Sir Elton John use “don’t” and not “doesn’t” in the song This Train Don't Stop There Anymore?
Thanks
Luiz, Brazil
Dear Luiz,
That’s a great question. As an English teacher, I often hear things in songs that do not follow grammar rules. Sometimes, I believe it is because the songwriter wants to speak in a way that is used by another community. Also, informal, or everyday, language is often not completely grammatical.
Let’s look at some of the words of This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore. It appears in a collection of songs called Songs from the West Coast, published in 2001. The songwriter Bernie Taupin co-wrote this and many other songs with Elton John. Taupin wrote the words and John wrote the music. Taupin said he was always interested in “Americana,” the culture and history of America, and in country and western music. That helps explain the images and language he put into this song.
In the first part, the singer says he does not believe in miracles anymore and has lost strong feelings about romantic love. The second part brings in images of an old kind of train:
I used to be the main express
All steam and whistles heading west
Picking up my pain from door to door
Riding on the storyline, furnace burning overtime
But this train don't stop
This train don't stop
This train don't stop there anymore
The singer tells us of the strong emotions he once had by comparing them to a fast, or express, train. The high, sharp sound of a train warning people of its approach is called a whistle. Old trains used to be powered by steam engines that let out whistles as they passed through towns.
If we connect these words to the earlier part of the song, we can get a picture in our mind of a lonely, isolated place. A town where the train no longer stops is usually a quiet place with little activity. We can suppose that town is like the singer’s heart.
My understanding of the song is that the singer is saying he no longer wants to be in love because the feeling is too strong. Continuing the image of the train, he sings,
It really means my engine's breaking down
What do you think, Luiz? Would the song be just as good if Elton John sang, “That train doesn’t stop there anymore?” Maybe it would not have the quality of informal language Taupin was hoping for.
learningenglish@voanews.com.
https://t.me/MkNotes/1593
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