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SO, the following entry is every little detail of my day at the hospital that I can remember!!! It's really long and you might not want to read it! :) I have really written it for myself... I don't know, writing everything out in great detail like this helps me process things. And I am fascinated by the fact that there are lots of things about the day that I don't remember, or have really skewed memories of. Because in general, I have an excellent memory. And I know it's normal that my memories of Tuesday are distorted, and that it's due to stress, pain meds, anesthesia, Percoset, ETC... but I find it fascinating that reality might be vastly different from my memories in some places, and when people who were actually there that day, or who talked to me that day, tell me what REALLY happened, and it's so different from what I remember... it's just wild! Like, Andee says she talked with me on the phone that night about how awesome it was that the cancerous tumor was out of my body and apparently I responded with a total lack of enthusiasm, like 'yeah, whatever.' HAAA! Don't remember that at ALL!!
Anyway. Even though the following novel-length post is more for me than you, I don't MIND if you read it, which is why I'm posting it.
7:00 am: My cell phone alarm wakes me up. As I reach for it, I notice that it's still dark outside, which means that it's early, and I wonder, why would I want to get up now?? I almost turn the alarm off and go back to sleep. And then I remember, oh, right, I have surgery today. It seems ridiculous.
7:30 am: Mom, John, and I leave for the 90-min drive to the hospital. I sit in the backseat, quietly, obsessively sticking the thermometer in my mouth every 20 mins or so to make sure I don't have a fever anymore. I hold my comforting objects, and listen to the Sigor Ros meditation song on my MP3 player. I make a shopping list of items I'll need post-surgery, in case one or more of my family members gets restless during the hours and hours of waiting around the hospital while I'm in surgery and needs a task. Ginger tea, canned soup, Arnica.
8:50 am: We arrive at the hospital, park, enter the building, and promptly get lost. We're simultaneously looking for my dad, and reception area 3S, where I'm supposed to check in. Suddenly, I accidentally bite my lip, which is already chapped, and it starts bleeding and won't stop. I dab at it with a tissue and it just keeps bleeding, and I can taste it, and it's making me mad.
9 am: We find my dad, and we all go to 3S, the mammography department. I check in while still holding a bloody tissue against my mouth and it's embarrassing and annoying.
9:10: The nurse (or maybe she was the mammography person? There were so many people...) calls me into a small side room. She closes the door, snaps a hospital bracelet on my wrist, looks me earnestly in the face, and asks me my name and what procedure I'm in the hospital for today. I tell her, "I'm having a lumpectomy," and she asks me where. "Uh, my left breast," I reply, feeling like I'm in the Twilight Zone - does she not know why I'm there? She must, or else she wouldn't be part of my team right now. Is she checking to make sure I'm mentally with it? Is this some kind of trick question? WHAT? She leaves me alone to put a gown on, and then goes to get my mom. There's a knock on the door as I'm doing the snaps on the gown, and I say "Come in," thinking it's my mom, but it's a male doctor I haven't met, and a female med student. He asks if it's okay with me if she's there, and it is - I'd rather HE leave. My mom comes in, too. He - I don't even remember his name - explains the procedure that's about to happen, with the wires and mammo and ultrasound and stuff, and I start to cry, mostly because I don't want him doing it. Then another male doctor enters the room, tells me his name (which I forget) and shakes my hand, and sits down next to the first guy, and asks if I have any other questions. I had too many but couldn't think of any polite ones, and ended up bluntly asking, "And what is YOUR role?" Meaning, who the hell are you and why are you here? Why are there TWO of you male doctors? He hedged - "I'll be overseeing the procedure, helping with it, doing it..." It turns out HE was the doctor in charge, and the first guy, who explained it all to me, was the resident who was assisting. This was confusing to me, and it seems like it should have been the other way around - the doctor in charge should have been the one to explain the procedure to me and then the resident should have been introduced as the assistant. Or at least they should have been both meeting with me together, instead of having the doctor in charge just breeze into the room at the last minute like an afterthought. Maybe most women wouldn't have a problem with that. But I had already explained during my surgical consultation the month before that I am very uncomfortable with male doctors and would like to have female doctors as much as possible, or at least be prepared in advance for the male doctors. At some point during all this, someone asks for my name and birthdate again.
Unknown time that felt like an eternity: the awful wire-insertion processes with mammo and ultrasound, as already described in a previous entry. Someone makes me repeat my name and birthdate again, despite the fact that I'm crying and can barely squeak it out. Then my mom and I returned to the mammo waiting room, where my dad, stepdad, and now also brother, sister-in-law, and niece were waiting for me. I gently hugged people, feeling fragile with the wires protruding from my breast. How to explain the wires? They were not thin like acupuncture needles, as had been my dad's hope. They were more the thickness of the kind of staples that come out of a normal desk stapler.
Approximately 10 am? 10:30?: All 7 of us stumble and fumble our way up to 4W, the Same Day Program Area. I check in at the desk, and have to answer the same batch of questions I've already answered, beginning with, yes, my name and birthdate. The receptionist also asks if I want to give visiting clergy permission to visit my room. UH, NO. My family chuckles behind me. I feel funny sitting in the chair answering the in-take questions with an entourage of family members there. Then we all go sit in the pre-surgery waiting room. I'm glad to have another annoying form to fill out (updating my list of medications and supplements), so I don't have to think about what to think about while I'm there waiting. A nurse calls my name from the doorway, and I get up and go to her. She makes me spell my last name and recite my birthdate before we go down the hall. I start to get nervous - what's happening now? Is this it? Do I get to say goodbye to my family first? She assures me I'll be in a pre-op room for a while and that my family members can take turns coming in to see me one last time before surgery.
11 or 11:30? Who knows?: A nurse hands me a gown and tells me how to put it on, then leaves, letting my mom in on her way out. There is no door, just a curtain. I promptly forget what she says about the gown, and put it on but can't figure out where the heck the ties tie together. It leaves big gaps in front and I have to awkwardly hold the gown closed. I open the curtain to signal that I have the gown on (sort of!), and then lots of nurses, it seems like, are in and out of my little room doing stuff. It's possible that it was only one or two nurses, but everything is blurring together at this point. A nurse asks me for my name and birthdate, and I dutifully recite the info, but this time ask WHY. She tells me it's their policy to be extra extra careful about making sure they have the right patient and right procedure at all times. Even when it seems silly, they have to ask these questions over and over. Someone tells me I should go to the bathroom. I say okay but then they keep going with other stuff. The anesthesiologist comes in and starts asking me questions, at the same time as a nurse is trying to start an IV in my arm, and it's hard for me to focus on both at once. I ask if I should go to the bathroom before getting the IV in, and the nurse says no, I can just bring the IV bag in with me when I go to the bathroom in a few minutes. The anesthesiologist asks me to take a deep breath and then blow out, pretending like I'm blowing out birthday candles. I do that, and it's absurd, like pretending to blow out birthday candles is the "next step" after being asked to recite my birthdate a million times. He asks me when the last time I ate was, and I say, last night at 7 pm. Another nurse asks me what procedure I'm having done and on what breast, and I start to giggle uncontrollably, asking if she wants to see the wires and magic marker Xs all over my breast herself. She asks when I last ate, and I practically shout, "I had egg foo young! At 7 pm last night!" and my mom and I are giggling out of control now. A nurse takes my BP and it's elevated, thanks to the laughing fits. I intuitively turn to look at the curtain, several seconds before K pokes her head through it, smiles at me, pokes her head back out. I ask a nurse if I can keep my own socks on, or if I really have to wear those hospital socks that were given to me with the gown, and he replies with a touch of amusement, that believe it or not, I have to wear the hospital's socks with the no-skid rubber pads on both sides, for liability purposes. So I don't slip. I giggle more. I'm lying in a bed. How could I slip? I can't wear my own socks? K comes in, and I'm so loopy. I think the first thing I say is, "K, I put the gown on backwards!" and she laughs at me. Then she starts talking about my blog and I'm shocked that she reads it. I don't even remember giving her the URL. I don't remember all of what she says or what we talked about, but I remember being glad to just see her comforting face. I grin and ask her if she wants me to tell her my name and birthdate and why I'm there, joking that for a while I thought everyone kept asking me that to make sure that I was okay in the head. She laughed and said something about how she wishes I could be conscious during surgery so I could keep talking to her. Haha, I would've been glad to keep chatting with her, but I'd prefer it to be over lattes, instead of while she was slicing into my boob! She has me sign a consent form I think I already signed earlier. In the middle of signing, I pause to blurt out, "OH, you wanna know something funny?!", and she must think I'm nuts. "The nurse on the phone yesterday told me not to wear deoderant because the alcohol in it makes it a fire hazard in the OR!! Can you imagine if my armpits burst into flames in the middle of surgery?!" She laughs with me, and says she's never heard them saying that before, and she'll have to look into that! Ha! I think I say something about being glad surgery didn't have to be post-poned, and K nods in agreement, saying she's glad I'm there. "Well, not really REALLY glad you're here," she amends with a sympathetic smile, and I know she means she wishes I didn't have cancer so I didn't have to be there with her at all. And then it's a good thing I put the gown on backwards, because before she leaves me, K has to reach in and quickly feel the wire to make sure it's okay. And yup, it is.
When K left, a nurse told me she'd go get my family to come see me before I went to the OR, but I reminded her that I was supposed to pee first...it was awkward timing, me trying to go to the bathroom while hooked up to the IV with the IV bag hanging on the door, while my family waited in the hall for me to be back in the bed so they could come in. It would have made MUCH more sense in the following order:
1. Britta pees
2. Britta gets the IV put in
3. Britta's family comes in to say goodbye.
I don't see what the problem with that would have been?? Anyway...
Then everything blurs together even more. I remember someone, probably the anesthesiologist, saying he'd "give me a little squirt of something" in the IV to start relaxing me on the way into the OR. I think this is when I lay back against the half-reclined stretcher, had the poofy hat thing put on my head (it has a simple name - why can't I remember it?), and then my family came a couple at a time to say goodbye before I went into the OR. I have vague memories of them coming over to kiss me one at a time, and standing around my bed, and I felt kind of like Dorothy gazing dopily at her family when she goes "And YOU were there, and YOU..." I remember being wheeled down the hall in the stretcher and it felt so weird, like something in a movie. I made the effort to smile and wave at my family members lining the hallway. Then I was in the OR and I was surprised by how much stuff was in there - it's not like on TV. I was expecting a big, mostly empty room, with a table in the middle and some surgical instruments or something. Instead, there were lots of lights and stuff on the walls and I don't know, just STUFF. I couldn't look around much, but it just felt surprisingly cluttered to me. I remember K's face. And I remember having to scoot, with assistance, from the stretcher to another bed or whatever. I think K asked me what kind of music I wanted to listen to, and I think I laughed and replied that I wasn't going to be able to hear music for very long. I don't remember when, but at some point, I heard someone say in amusement, "I haven't even given her anything yet!", so I assume I was giggling. And I THINK I remember someone telling me to think of a nice place to go to, or something like that... and then I tried to do that but... that's all I remember!! Weird, no one said anything like "Okay, count down from 10," or "Here comes the anesthesia"... There was no transition like that. My memories of the OR just suddenly stop there.
1:15-ish??: I am suddenly aware of my surroundings again. Or at least, aware of my own consciousness again. Sort of. I seem to be back in the very same place that I started, the room where I was before they wheeled me into the OR, but it was really the "post-op" area in an entirely different place and just LOOKED like the pre-op area. My head felt heavy, I was dizzy and woozy, and I was shivering under the blankets that were wrapped around me. I don't think I was babbling like an idiot. I think I asked normal questions like "How did it go?" (Very well!) Oh, and I asked if I still had my underwear on! And yes, I did! Hilarious. I probably do not remember much about this time, or about how long it lasted. I remember lots of people talking to me, but I don't remember what they were saying.
3:00-ish??: I'm allowed to get up, get dressed, and sit in a wheelchair to be wheeled out of the hospital! Mom tells me that Finnie is down the hall, eagerly waiting to see me to give me a picture she drew, and very much looking forward to seeing me in a wheelchair. HAHAHAAAA! She gives me a receipt that she scribbled on the back of, and tells me it's a picture of the windy roads so that the foxes can't eat the people. Something like that.
I'm happy to go home.


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McKenna's Songwriter of the Year win was revealed during the 2017 ACM Party for a Cause: Songwriter Showcase on Friday night (March 31); Cam helped make the big announcement.
Las Vegas is going country.
Last night, the ACM Awards co-hosts expanded their Haggard repertoire with a rollicking rendition of "Ramblin' Fever" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In 2013, the show was watched by 15.5 million people, according to the Nielsen company, outdrawing the rival Country Music Association Awards show held the previous November for the first time.
They joked about having a bar set up behind their awards show set.
Russia investigation: Who is Clint Watts
Pledging cooperation, Burr and Warner said they would steer clear of politics in their panel's probe of Russian meddling. The different approaches being taken by the two committees is drawing notice on both sides of the Capitol.
While this will be Bryan's fifth time hosting the show, that doesn't mean he's perfected his craft, at least according to Bentley. "There is a very strong base of country fans, I think, that are just very dedicated to country music", he said.
Brett Eldredge and Old Dominion have been added as performers joining the lineup of previously announced solo performances by Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Jon Pardi, and Chris Stapleton. Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley sat down with Great Day Tampa Bay Host Stephanie Webb to talk about all the juiciness that they have planned.
This year's ACM Award nominees for Album of the Year include Black by Bentley, Dig Your Roots by Florida Georgia Line, HERO by Morris, Ripcord by Urban and The Weight of These Wings by Lambert.

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New Ofcom Report UK – Highlights
Posted on August 10, 2011 by digitalsilence
A new Ofcom report was released last week, which gives an insight in to our Digital habits as a nation. You can read the report here, but here are some items it highlights, evidence which DigitalSilence has refered to over this … Continue reading →
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What is DigitalSilence?
Posted on August 8, 2011 by digitalsilence
DigitalSilence is committing to 3 days without technology and reconnecting with reality. We all recognise the importance of the digital world around us and for most it seems impossible to live without. Checking social updates, surfing the web, watching … Continue reading →
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Are You A Victim Of Phantom Vibration Syndrome?
Posted on August 8, 2011 by digitalsilence
Martin Linstrom from the Fast Company has written a cracking article about 'Phantom Vibration Syndrom'. It's a challenge to all of us who check our phones for non existent messages but don't know why! read it out here. Are we becoming … Continue reading →
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Physical Reality
This page is renewed on May 30, 2016
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A personal research project of the owner of this website.
The most fundamental law of physical reality is phrased in terms of a commandment:
"Thou shalt construct in a modular way".
The foundation of physical reality is necessarily
simple and can easily be comprehended by skilled scientists. The extension of
this foundation appears to be stringently restricted by rules that are set by
the structure of this foundation. The foundation is not accessible for
observation. Thus statements about this foundation cannot be verified by
At first sight, physical theories use several mathematical methodologies that do not have many direct interrelations. The owner of this website has discovered an extension to Dirac's bra-ket notation that allows the definition of a category of operators with the help of functions and number systems. This extension is called the reverse bra-ket method.
The reverse bra-ket method can create natural parameter spaces from quaternionic number systems and can relate pairs of functions and their parameter spaces with eigenspaces and eigenvectors of corresponding operators that reside in non-separable Hilbert spaces. This also works for separable Hilbert spaces and the defining functions relate the separable Hilbert space with its non-separable companion. The method links Hilbert space technology with function technology, differential technology and integral technology


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Guest blog post by Daniel Ruyter is co-founder of Alpha Tree Marketing, a firm that consults with small businesses on social media marketing, SEO and Pay-Per-Click marketing.
It's true – anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can create a website these days. But managing the site and running it successfully depends on how good the content is, how dedicated the owner is and, ultimately, the traffic to that particular site.
So the question of the hour is how does one generate traffic to your site? The first answer to this question is, of course, put readable and interesting content on your site. But is that the only requirement to generate traffic? Definitely not! You need to do something extra to increase the number of people visiting your site. Below are a few tips that
The Use of Social Media
We all know just about everyone is using social media these days. From businesses to personal accounts, the trends in social media are undeniable. But how does a website owner take advantage of social media to increase traffic?
Share and Share Alike
Sharing on social media sites should very much be a two-way street. Self-promotion can get very old, so it's important to make sure that you're sharing other people's content and interacting with them as well. Social sharing is very much a "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" environment, like it or not.
Make It Easy to Share Your Content
Facebook publishes statistics periodically and their stat for average friend count is 190. That means that the average Facebook user has 190 friends. If you have a site that has 500 'likes', you have the potential to be in front of 95,000 people! Be sure to place a share button clearly visible on each site post. This will give the reader an option to share it on his or her Facebook, Twitter or other social media account, which will in turn reach the friends of your friends! This can continue like a chain reaction and give you exponentially higher traffic than you could get normally, without any sharing! This is the very definition of content going viral!
Interact With Your Followers
Having a social media account for your site is only the first step in being successful through social media. The second step is to actively participate. Make sure that you keep it active with questions and conversations. Your social presence shouldn't be static. Keep your fans interacting with not only you but each other by including some questions, surveys or even the occasional contest. Interaction is key to engaging your fans and followers!
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Gabbar Is Back Box Office collections have been consistent! The long weekend has worked in the favour of Akshay Kumar starrer movie.
In spite of mixed reviews, with the negative ones dominating more, the viewers rushed to theaters owing to the good word of mouth promotions from those who have already watched the movie.
Gabbar Is Back is a perfect example of how the critics' review doesn't always match with that of viewers as the movie opened to 75 % occupancy on the opening day and made a record collections of Rs 13.05 crores making it the highest grosser of 2015.
On Day 2, the figures were expected to go higher but sadly they took a dip and the movie just grossed Rs 11.35 crores. But on Sunday, the film picked up!
At the end of two days the film's total collections were Rs 24.40 crores. According to trade experts, the film has grossed Rs 15 crores, bringing the three days total, the first weekend Box Office collection to Rs 39.41 crores.
The film was made with a budget of Rs 75 crores, so recovering half of the investment in three days is a good thing. Read to know what the other film released this year grossed on day 1.
Mr. X
Emraan Hashmi Starrer Mr. X grossed around 4. 9 crores on Day 1. The movie was a big flop.
Ek Paheli Leela
Sunny Leone starrer Ek Paheli Leela grossed around Rs 5.30 crores. The movie was an average hit at the Box Office.
Detective Byomkes Bakshy
Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Detective Byomkes Bakshy grossed around Rs 4.20 crores on the opening day. This movie was an average hit.
Anushka Sharma starrer NH10 made around Rs 3.35 crores on the opening day. The movie fared well compared to the budget of the film.
Dirty Politics
Mallika Sherawat and Om Puri starrer made around Rs 1.18 crores on opening day. The movie was a big flop.
Ab Tak Chappan 2
Nana Patekar starrer Ab Tak Chappan made around Rs 1.5 crores at the Box Office, it made more than Dirty Politics.
Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhoomi Pednekar's Dum Laga Ke Haisha grossed around Rs 1.12 crores on the opening day. The movie was a hit.
Varun Dhawa, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi and Nawazuddin starrer Badlapur made around Rs 7 crores at the Box Office on the opening day.
Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arjun Rampal starrer Roy grossed Rs 10.40 crores on the opening day at the Indian Box Office.
Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush starrer Shamitabh grossed around Rs 3.5 crores at the Indian Box Office on the opening day. Yet another flop movie.


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Life insurance companies often run a test on your labs called a CDT, sometimes randomly and
sometimes in connection to elevated liver functions. If for some reason you care, CDT stands for
carbohydrate deficient transferrin. What you need to know is that if your CDT is positive you will be
declined because you are currently a heavy drinker. The test is so accurate that no retest is allowed.
Risk Life has poked and prodded at this hard line stance and we have been convinced by underwriters
and medical professionals that the test can't be pushed to positive by a binge or a few drinks a day. A
positive test indicates long term heavy alcohol use and companies don't want anything to do with it until
you have gone through treatment.


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Article prepared by Dubai based blogger Annie Grijalva.
This post was inspired by a question I got from you guys: Is it better to be an entrepreneur or to have a full time job? I totally get this question thus I decided to sit and write about this. I could go on and write a book about this question. I mean many entrepreneurs out there claim that their lives are much betters than being "trapped" in a 9-pm job. I don't agree with that at all. I have met people who love their jobs and find fulfillment in their every day tasks. Anyways, entrepreneurs can also find themselves "trapped" between emails and conferences that you don't necessarily want to attend. These observations lead again to the question: Is it better to be an entrepreneur or to have a full time job?
In order to figure this out, let's start this debate with 5 simple questions:
1. What challenges would you prefer to deal with?
You do need to know that in any case, be it working as an entrepreneur, or as an employee or as a mom helping around in the house or becoming a backpacker and travel the world, all those lives come with ups and downs. There is no perfect life yet you have the power to chose what type of problems you want to deal with. For some people, it makes sense to deal with problems like dealing with clients and internal issues managing their own business For some other people it makes sense to deal with a boss and funky coworkers. This is your choice. I am not saying that you need to quit your full time job and start selling lemonade, I am saying if your full time job gives you fulfillment, then you are at the right place. The only reasons why a whatever job its okay is when you are going through a life transition (like you are saving to travel the world) or when you are in a part time job so you can do your creative passion after work, whatever! The point is enjoy what you do. Our days are counted here so, why wasting them like that?
2. How do you see yourself living your everyday life?
Personally, I don't fancy the idea of having a regular job just to text and work here and there, get out a lot for cigarette breaks and complain about work. Or just going to a job 9-5pm to count the days until the weekend arrives, then go out on Thursday night and drink the night away. I can only work in a full time job (which I have done in the past) if its in a great work environment and if the projects that I have to handle require some level of creativity or entrepreneurship. I don't see myself working for decades in a desk, I guess this has also something to do with our generation. This is why top companies like Google and Pinterest are investing so much on making the work environment so lively.
3. What is it exactly that you enjoy doing?
I love experimenting with words, ideas and meeting new people. I am super curious and I love talking about new ways to grow my business. I started doing my own business not to become rich but to have the wonderful feeling of waking up every day in the morning knowing that I am going to work in a place that I love with good people and definitely with good coffee. If you are not sure what is it that you enjoy doing, I recommend you to read the book "The crossroads of Should and Must" by Elle Luna. I read it all the time to discover new skills and fun things that I love to do.
4. Are you aware of the sacrifices that it takes?
This life of entrepreneurship requires sacrifices like not having a big job tittle to show off, being flexible with your schedule to work extra hours instead of watching Netflix, becoming minimalist with your wardrobe or waking up early in the morning for that business breakfast or workshop. But that's okay for me. The other sacrifice is that you can't just text and wait for your paycheck. You have to move a lot because those paychecks are up to you. And of course, wearing multiple hats such as following up with payments and invoices with clients playing accountant and going to networking events playing Business Development manager. On the other hand, when you have a full time job the sacrifices that you have to do are that your schedule is not flexible, the paycheck will be the same through the year, no matter how much you work and of course, to stand funky coworkers and bosses here and there. You have to do something that you're aware of the sacrifices that it takes. You see? None of these lives are easy at all, its just a matter of choosing the lifestyle you would like to have.
5. What type of rewards are you looking for?
Naturally these sacrifices have rewards. Working on your own projects allows you to be flexible with your schedule, to go out to events and sleep late, to set up your own goals and write your own paychecks etc. Now on the other side, having a full time job allows you to have a sustainable income, health insurance for you and your family and a fixed schedule. If you're looking to make yourself super wealthy then a job won't give you that, you would need to pursue a career that involves more sales/commissions related rewards. If you're looking to have a sustainable income to pay off some debt, then a job might be a better route.
Its all about finding fulfillment in what you do, be it a full time job or building a career as an entrepreneur. The grass is never greener on the other side, both sides have challenges and rewards, its up to you to chose which challenges you want to deal with and the amount of rewards you are willing to work for. At least that's what I think.
What do you you guys think? I would love to know your thoughts about this question.
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Beautiful 1847 Rogers Brothers Is Daffodil Silverplate Flatware 81pc Set No Mono
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Smartphones are proving increasingly popular among prepay users, with more than 60% considering one as their next purchase.
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The survey claimed mobile content and apps are not the only drivers of smartphone adoption. Around 51% of consumers said they would buy a smartphone despite not being interested in mobile content or apps. Around 62.5% of smartphone owners regularly consume that content. Ronan de Renesse, principal analyst for mobile content, apps and mobile broadband at Analysys Mason said: 'The remaining 37.5% represents a potential opportunity for mobile operators to sell additional mobile data packages. The second and third-most popular services after applications – mobile web browsing and email – are entirely dependent on data services.'
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After a serious crash in the first turn that caused a restart of the 250 LCQ in Phoenix, here's an update on Jimmy Wilson.
Jimmy Wilson was discharged yesterday from Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix following successful surgery to install a plate and screws to stabilize his fibula and clean up some of the soft tissue damage. The outlook is good. He'll be going to California for Anaheim 2 and then home to an ankle specialist for follow-up. Rehab should begin in 6-7 weeks with the possibility of riding in 8. That's the thought today, but final judgment comes after seeing the specialist.
Jimmy wants to thank everyone for the well-wishes he has received. But a special thanks goes out to Doc Bodnar and the Asterisk Mobile Medical crew that took such good care of him, Randy from Michelin, his mechanic Kyle, and all the other folks that helped get him freed from the bike. Even though he wasn't able to walk away from this one, he believes that the braces he was wearing and the Gaerne boots really did their job and prevented further injury. With that, Jimmy would like to thank all of his sponsors for their continued support: 7th Gear Lube / Michelin / Nicholson Honda / DeCal Works / SoCal Racing / Factory Connection / Gaerne / Works Connection / Scott Goggles / NBT / VP Racing Fuel / ICW / Twin Air / Boyesen / Arai / Tri-Starr / White Brothers / Renthal / Stomp / CEET / IMX / ProClean.
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ThoughtBox has launched a new maths app for kids in conjunction with Easons' new Easonology environment.
Easonology is a new "experience designed to offer children, teens and adults a creative environment where they can explore and interact with books, games and technology".
ThoughtBox's new, free iPad app for Eason's aims to help children reach a better understanding of mathematics.
"We have spent four years researching the educational space and understanding the way kids and tweens use and engage with technology and games. This is where our strength lies: we don't just build – we respond to needs, wants, trends, patterns and behaviours. We build products with kids for kids," says ThoughtBox CEO Cristina Luminea.
"We see this [deal with Eason's] as one of the many partnerships with companies to come, both here in Ireland and abroad," adds Luminea.
ThoughtBox has released a number of educational maths apps as part of its Numerosity suite, which won multiple awards around the world since release, including Apples App Store Best of 2012 in 15 countries and Best Educational and Gaming App at The Appys.