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Why habit tracking apps alone can't help you keep your New Year's resolutions
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They're less about distilling your life into a series of data points and more about becoming your ideal self: If you use their app, you too can become a person who practices good habits. You can become someone who exercises and meditates every day and always drinks eight glasses of water.
Habit apps can work, but only if you actively monitor the data from the app each day and use it to analyze how you can change: if you actually use the device and take its data and turn that data into knowledge, then it can actually improve your odds of changing.
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"There is not an app that gives you some magical ability to change. The way that you change is you spend the time necessary to look at the change you want to accomplish, to try and figure out each day why you're getting closer or farther away from it, to give yourself rewards in order to encourage that habit to thrive, and then to actually commit to it and to make that data into actual knowledge about why you behave the way that you do." - Charles Duhigg
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Having no routine or structure is so much more draining mentally, physically, and emotionally than any routine could ever be.
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"Good habits are hard to form but easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to form but hard to live with."
If you immediately check your email or social media accounts when you wake up in the morning, you're starting your day off in reactive mode instead of proactive. It means spending the best part of the day on other people's priorities.
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90% of your daily decisions happen automatically, many shaped by your environment. Thus, most decisions are a habit, not a deliberate choice.
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If you know that you will eat junk food because your refrigerator is filled with it, remove all the junk food.
Just as removing friction aids in doing the activity more often, adding friction can aid to remove the bad habit, by making it difficult or cumbersome to do so.
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[Podcast] In The Workplace, Ep 19 - Managing All Talent in the Workplace
by NBO
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Today we're going to talk about talent. Not just the management of talent, but "All Talent". You think about the organization and teams, you may have people who are considered talent for promotion, so they're on executive resources and they're identified. But isn't the entire team and all in the organization, weren't they all hired for their talent. We need to be mindful of that because a team is made up of a group of people, individuals - All Talent.
And the question that begged every day is: Is it the right talent for the team and for the organization? We measure who they are at great expense to the organization. We know their MBTI scores, their DISC scores, their performance productivity scores, so we know who they are but don't we also need to know what they have done? And don't we have to assess what is it that we need to make our group, team, organization the most efficient and productive.
I'll tell you a couple of stories. One is about a branch manager for IBM many decades ago named Bernie Curran. He was in Wall Street, New York and he had an algorithm that he used in the recruiting and in the development assignments for his people. He knew what he needed on his team to succeed, and he made sure that each member of the team participated in the contribution to that success. So he had non-negotiables - because it was a technical team, the non-negotiables were the value systems, the behavior, and the technical skills that were needed for the job. He also had negotiables and that was on what did the team need to be better. Did they need people who could influence others and other teams in the organization or with customers? Did they need somebody with enthusiasm that could help keep the team motivated? You can go on and on in this algorithm of assessment - What do we need to improve ourselves and be better.
Another is a sixth century saint, Saint Benedict - one of the fore founders of leadership. Saint Benedict, who used to live in a tree as a hermit, said when he started his monastery a group of monks: We have to make this a select group. We have to make sure we have the right people. So he began what we would call an apprenticeship, and for most it went about two years. And that was after they've been vetted for their behavior, their value system, and as individuals what could they potentially do in his particular order. This long apprenticeship allowed him to weed out the people that didn't fit because he wanted an organization that could achieve its vision. That could achieve the missions and they could take responsibility for all facets of a growing organization.
Another individual that I mentioned only briefly but for your thinking is a Catholic bishop - Bishop Hsin. Many have seen him on television. He was one of the first televangelist, very flamboyant in his enthusiasm and in his knowledge of the Bible. Quite a guy, but he lived in a cell. He had a cot. He had a night stand with a light and his Bible. He gave away his winter coat year in and year out to those that needed it more than he, but he never forgot his values. He never forgot why he was there and he never forgot his job was to build the organization.
So leadership today gets used - political leaders, management and bishops in churches. They get used to largesse, they get used to it. They get used to power, prestige etc. The leaders who are effective through history always remember their roots, their values, their morality, their philosophy on life and how they treated others.
So the key is what do people do - their interaction with others, who has good ideas, who is influential and enthusiastic as some - and how does the team achieve their goals and how do they help achieve the team's goals.
So the metrics that we need to focus on to achieve our goals are not just, did we make our targets but did we get better - better as individuals, better as groups and better as an organization.
All Talent, in talent management is about who you are, as well as what you are and are you getting better.Topics: Growth & Productivity , Human Resource , In The Workplace (Podcast) , Learning & Development , NBO Podcast , Talent Management


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"Progress begins at the edge of your comfort zone…"
In order to learn, grow and improve it's necessary to get comfortable being uncomfortable. It's a cliché but it's said for a good reason. It's true.
The more you are prepared to put yourself in uncomfortable situations, the more comfortable you will become with it. Remember, if it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you…
What happened before?
Think back to anything you've ever tried new before. You were probably nervous, worrying about what might happen. How you would perform. "What if I can't do it?" "What if I look silly?" What if, what if….
Then you did that thing. You realised that it wasn't that bad and you were fine and everything was OK. The more you did that thing the less of a worry it became and you got comfortable doing it.
A new job
This is a perfect example of it. You have an interview, you get the job and it's time to start. You're understandably nervous about performing well, making a good impression and getting on well with your colleagues.
By lunchtime on the first day you feel more relaxed. Before you know it you're out for work drinks and everyone's new best friend.
Always appreciate the journey
Maybe you never look back on those experiences and reflect on them? These kind of experiences are what help you grow and change, so reflecting on them is important.
Try reflecting on one of these experiences where you were nervous but after the event felt totally comfortable. How does it make you feel?
It's like a muscle…
It will feel hard to use it at first, but the more you use it the better you get at using it. The stronger you become at flexing that uncomfortable situation muscle skill.
Are you in a comfort zone at the moment, not doing anything that is pushing you physically or mentally?
List down 3 things you want to do that are outside of your comfort zone
What's stopping you from doing them?
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It was a big summer in the Big Apple for the New York Mets' newest young star, and his eye-popping power numbers were rewarded on Monday after Pete Alonso was awarded the National League Rookie of the Year Award.
Alonso was the biggest bright spot of the Mets' disappointing 2019 campaign, smashing 53 home runs and driving in 120 runs in a campaign that finished as one of the best for a rookie in the history of the league.
The Florida native's mark of 53 long balls is the new record for the most home runs hit in a season by a first-year player. He didn't only hit for power, though, also posting a .260 average and a .358 on-base percentage that turned him into one of the best hitters in baseball in 2019.
Alonso beat out the Braves' Mike Soroka and the Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr., the other two finalists, to win the award. He was the near-unanimous winner of the award, receiving 29 first-place votes to Soroka's one.
The affable "Polar Bear" is expected to continue to produce for the Mets in 2019 as they look to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season.


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Description : Enjoy this Winter track before it's too late!
The stems are available here for remix.
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mp3 vocal only: https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/9822/hotbox-vocalstem-by-virginiaslimm-128bpm-dub-acapella
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This is so cool ,loving the bass line ,nice work
I like this a lot, its very original. It reminds me strangely of a really old track by White Noise called 'Love without sound'. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Awesome, awesome, awesome track. Very creative and fresh to the ears. Killer drums and bass sound, sits well in the middle and makes good room for the vocals. I can hear everything clearly, all instruments are well tucked and balanced. Man, love the vox, like Spd2 mentioned below, certainly complements the music. Since I've been here, this is the best I've heard...just f***n awesome. Very generous for the download, you get a fav from me. 10/10.
Those mallets accompanied by the arp is very creative. Love the depth you created with the music. Sounds clean on the monitors. That robotic effect on the vocals sounds very pleasing. And I love that bass line. How about some vocal automation on certain long words you drawn out (heavier reverb on those parts). I heard the delay throws, quiet but noticeable. Very good work. Peace & Blessings.
Kool upload I enjoyed it ....Nice synth work. keep grinding
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Virginia Slimm - HOTBOX [2016]
In my hot box my heart light glows
Under 7 days of snow
I need to break out
Before I lose my mind
hot box (4x)
When my heart breaks my dark light shows
With your old hate we fan the coals
We need to cool out
Let things stratify
If we don't break out
we live broken lives
Hot Box (4x)
From my head space a black star flows
Eating everything I know
It makes me sweat
forget forget
I need to freak out
I need to satisfy
If I don't break out
I'm gonna die inside
I need to get down
Don't give a fuck about them
If we don't break out
We're only losing time
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In my hot box my heart light glows
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This track is finished but i walays looking for any collab for a future track. Especially with vocalists. Contact me !
Description : Dub track i just finished. Worked hard on this sound and i don't know about the result. I hope you'll enjoy it! smooth sound, minimalistic dub.
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Description : Not sure what category to put this under. I have just started producing songs using loops this week, so please be gentle :)
Description : Here is my most recent song, and one which I considered keeping under wraps until my album was released. With the Halloween thread, I thought this may be a chance to raise up the "funny ha ha" or "funny strange" vibe, and tuck under the nervous laughter. It was not made for this holiday or the related thread, but simply to express something which I think about regularly. I'm sure you'll get the impression!
Any masking, distortion or cross modulation is entirely intentional. This is, after all, intentional electronic brain manipulation.
Description : Vocal Stem is available for download.
Place your verse in the middle and add any instruments you like to play. This is why I left so much space on the track.
Video and track stems are linked in my profile page. Click the avatar and grab hi-res files. :)
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Description : Les Fleurs du mal (feat. ade1980):
A melt between rap and dub. hope you will enjoy it, it will be my last track until the end of this year ------------
Bassline, drums, piano and vibraphone: composed by Bleep / Vocals by ade1980 ---------- https://soundcloud.com/plagia_h/les-fleurs-du-mal-feat-ade1980
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Description : Here is my initial contribution to the Loop Challenge started by FreeRadical. Here's the thread; https://www.looperman.com/forum/thread/182711/loop-challenge Thanks to him and all that are getting involved! The full quality wave version is available here https://soundcloud.com/spivkurl/breaking-blue-16-master-c
I used all three loops given to me by M8TN -
All three were made by the excellent MrRobot! I ended up using this track as an opportunity to try out the Parallel Killer Guitar that I finished putting together not long ago. These are amongst the first recordings of the guitar. So I guess this turned out like what I would call "hard dub" or maybe it's just dub-glitch... totally not dubstep...heh. I was going for a tape recorded feel on this one for the most part. Hope you enjoy it!
Description : Here is the long overdue "culmination" of a collaboration between Promenade2239 and myself. Not too long ago he uploaded an inspiring finished version based on this song idea, and it is located here... https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/171320
Included here is Promenade on synthesizers and samples, as well as quite a bit of rhythmic, vocal and arrangement manipulation. The vocals and guitars (classical and electric) were recorded by me, and I did some synthesis and the initial drum loops.
We spent a lot of time and effort developing the idea together. This became especially apparent when I gathered all of the stems I wished to incorporate into this version, and they totalled 85! All in all, it was an extremely valuable experience for me, and I learned so many things (even about myself).
Please leave your comments if you have any, and I will try to reply as I get caught up! Thank you for listening!
Description : updated a loop from refl3x called skrillex-summit-lead
Description : "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet". Composed in Magix. Enjoy and God bless.
Description : A terrible song back from when I relied too heavily on loops.
(Vocal Sample from Night of The Living Dead by George Romero, which is in the Public Domain.)
Description : Huge thanks to Mr. Looperman for creating this site!
This is a collaboration with an amazing singer who I met on this site.
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Description : DivineMofo presents his take on a Halloween Themed Dubstep track. I used some of the horror loops from looperman. Enjoy :)
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Description : Eden is not a garden, God is not my master... I am only a speck of dust who looks for a spiritual resonance...
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Tex-Mex Rolls
November 23, 2015
I have a serious obsession with Mexican food. There are weeks where I eat rice, beans and salsa almost everyday. Of course, with out the oil. There are so many plant-based Mexican recipes out there, but I figured I would share my favorite one with you! This is perfect for an afternoon snack or even for dinner. This recipe is completely plant-based and low in fat. Feel free to add avocado to your rolls for a creamy texture!
1 piece of whole wheat Lavash bread (I get mine at Trader Joe's)
Chopped Romaine
Corn (I use frozen corn)
Nutritional Yeast
Low sodium Black Beans
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
dash of Garlic
1. First, we will make the black-bean dip. Open and rinse your can of black beans. In a food processor or blender, add the beans and spice. Mix until relatively smooth
2. Lay your Lavash bread down and spread the black bean dip. Next, add the rest of your toppings. Lastly, roll it up and cut into small pieces!
3. I like to sprinkle some Nutritional yeast on top and dip in Sriracha.
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Just recieved a copy of this book. Very interesting concept.
I have a new falcon coming soon, and am thinking of trying to develope it in the way described. There will have to be some adjustments made for the east coast environment I will be hacking in, and I was wondering what others think of the method, and how they might have implemented it.


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Should is my all time least favorite word. It's this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.
After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'"
It is sometimes braver to run. She who runs from her enemies until she has the strength to do otherwise is both brave and wise.
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Did you?" Redd turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed?"
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Did you?" Redd turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed?"
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I miss tarty tarts.
I'm stronger than you are, Redd.
Redd Towers Apartments, whose advertising slogan, 'If you lived here, you'd be home by now,' did little to fill vacancies.
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I'd say she's ready, wouldn't you?
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You see, I'm not above helping an unfortunate soul find new purpose in life ... so long as it benefits me
The sudden loss of her father was like living with a wound that would never heal, yet her memories of him were fading more and more every day.
That's your problem, isn't it, Madigan? Too much feeling.
Off with their heads!
A person's voice can have such a powerful experience on the listener, very different from looking at the words on the page.
Ooh, the staring at threads class. My favorite.
But I killed you," Alyss said. "Did you?" Red turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed?
I've finished running from you, Redd. It's time for you to run.
Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.
Most of life is unbearable. It's unbearable but we bear it
Be the best. There is no second place.
One hat, one hatter. - Millinery Code
Off with their heads!" the woman screamed. "Off with their stinking, boring heads!""
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Jennifer Woods Edwards, a former honor graduate of Eufaula High School, is seeing the tradition going in the family. Her twin sons, Hayes and David Edwards were recently names, respectively, valedictorian and salutatorian and Houston Academy in Dothan.
The Edwards' twins are the grandsons of Bill and Robbie Wood of Eufaula.
Hayes Edwards managed a 4.82 grade point average, which just barely managed to top his brother David's 4.76 GPA.
Hayes Edwards will be attending the United States Air Force Academy, where he will major in Aeronautical Engineering. Hayes will attend cost free (a $416,000 value) in return for a commitment to serve as an officer in the Air and Space Forces.
Some of Hayes' honors include National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, National Honor Society, and Band Captain. He was a part of Houston Academy's Math Team as they won the 2020 AISA High School Mathematics Contest.
David Edwards will be attending the University of Alabama where he will major in Aerospace Engineering. He received the National Merit Finalist Scholarship package as well as the National Merit University of Alabama scholarship ($1,000 annually).
Some of David's honors include Headmaster's List, AP Scholar, National Honor Society, National Merit Finalist, and the 2020 United States Presidential Scholars Program. He was a also part of Houston Academy's Math Team as they won the 2020 AISA State High School Mathematics Contest.
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How to stay healthy during the holidays
It's hard to believe that it's already the end of the year and with Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's fast approaching this is the time when we come face to face with our greatest temptations and potential environmental hazards. An endless array of sumptuous food, delicious drinks, and hours of holiday travel make this perhaps the hardest time of year for all of us to keep ourselves safe and healthy. So here are 10 holiday health tips to keep you on track:


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Patrick Mahomes and Britanny Matthews are one of the most adorable couples, they recently celebrated their 7th anniversary; sharing their long love with the world. Living the sweet life with their Pitbulls Steel & Silver, the couple is not married but is not afraid to talk about it.
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Reid, in Sydney's inner west, is one example. It was a marginal Liberal-held seat but one that Labor should have been able to seize.
Its candidate, Sam Crosby, had been on the ground campaigning for more than a year while his Liberal opponent, Fiona Martin, was only pre-selected last month when Craig Laundy pulled out.
Laundy, a key ally of Turnbull's, was a popular local member and there were fears that his last minute decision to quit politics would hurt their chances in the diverse electorate.
Martin, a child psychologist, was a strong campaigner and her inexperience did not hold her back.
On the back of a historic state election win, the Coalition hoped that the strength of the Liberal brand in the NSW would help save the furniture. It did more than that.
In NSW, voters backed in a stable and united state government by returning Gladys Berejiklian's team to power in March.
Two months later, it managed to ensure Labor's poor showing in the state election was replicated in the federal poll.
The Coalition will pick up at least two seats from Labor. The only outlier is Warringah.
Barrister and former Olympian Zali Steggall has achieved the upset of the election by ending former prime minister Tony Abbott's two decades in parliament.
Warringah was the most talked about seat in the campaign and early into the count it was clear that Abbott was facing a huge swing against him. The trend continued as more booths were counted.
Within an hour of the polls closing in the eastern states, reports were coming out of the Steggall camp that the champagne corks were already popping. Her win is momentous.
Across the harbour, in the city's equally well-heeled eastern suburbs, there was another battle underway between an independent and a Liberal.
The Liberals are expected to make a comeback in Malcolm Turnbull's former seat of Wentworth, which was won by Kerryn Phelps in a byelection just seven months ago.
Phelps is a high-profile doctor and campaigner on social issues, most recently in the same-sex marriage debate. Her win, just like Steggall's, was seen as momentous in October.
Senior Liberals were on Saturday night maintaining it was «still too close to call» and the Phelps' camp was cautious. «It would be an amazing win,» a source close to Phelps said as the vote continued.
But Dave Sharma is ahead and likely to be the next member for Wentworth.
Just like Reid, Lindsay should also have been an achievable win for Labor.
Instead, in western Sydney, the Liberals were on track to take Lindsay from Labor. In what was once Labor heartland, the Liberals have moved in. They did it in the state election, when the party also retained the state seat of Penrith in March.
The only seat that bucked the trend for the Liberals in NSW was Gilmore, which Labor will win.
Two of the three south coast state MPs whose seats cover the Gilmore electorate secured swings to them in the state election. But voters felt differently when it came to the federal choice.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison hand-picked Warren Mundine to run in the seat after Ann Sudmalis quit parliament citing «bullying, betrayal and backstabbing» from her colleagues as a reason.
But parachuting in a candidate proved to be a wrong move, and Labor's Fiona Phillips will win the seat.
While brand Liberal has clearly held up in NSW, questions will be asked about whether Labor's performance in the state election had contributed to their fortunes federally.
Ironically, NSW Labor held off electing a new leader to replace Michael Daley until after the federal election to ensure they were not an unwelcome distraction to Bill Shorten.
Instead, the party will now be looking for new state and federal leaders.
Alexandra Smith is the State Political Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.
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OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has restored the second-degree murder conviction of a Halifax-area man who admitted to repeatedly burning his girlfriend's body but insisted he didn't kill her.
A jury convicted Paul Trevor Calnen of the second-degree murder of Reita Louise Jordan, 35, in March 2013.
The man from Hammonds Plains, N.S., pleaded guilty to burning her body and scattering her ashes in a lake, but maintained he did not cause her death, claiming she accidentally fell down the stairs.
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned the murder conviction in 2017, in part because the lower court judge did not properly instruct the jury.
The appeal court said the trial judge erred in denying Calnen's request to remove second-degree murder as an option for the jury, and replace it with manslaughter. But one appeal court judge dissented, giving the Crown the right to appeal the decision, which it did.
In a divided decision released Friday, the Supreme Court concluded that evidence of Calnen's conduct after Jordan's death was admissible in determining whether he caused her death and whether he intended to kill her — two essential elements of second-degree murder.
The court also concluded the trial judge's instructions to the jury were adequate, and the fact he did not instruct them about general propensity reasoning — concluding someone has committed an offence based on evidence of the accused's bad character — did not amount to a "reversible error."
"The risk that the jury would engage in general propensity reasoning based on the evidence of the accused's after-the-fact conduct was considerably offset by the trial judge's introductory and final jury instructions, which were neutral, fair and balanced," the 137-page judgment said.
"The trial judge's opening instructions and his answer to a question from the jury insulated the jury from reasoning that the accused's guilty plea to indecent interference with the victim's remains meant it was more likely that he committed second-degree murder."
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Of the panel of five Supreme Court of Canada judges, one dissented from the decision and another dissented in part.
The decision said Jordan was living with Calnen at the time of her death.
The sexual relationship, which appeared to have been fuelled by their joint use of crack cocaine, was coming to an end.
Text messages revealed Jordan was planning to move out of Calnen's home, and that there was a heated exchange between the two.
Calnen claimed that Jordan took a swing at him in anger, missed, and fell down the stairs.
He said he tried mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but decided she was dead.
Rather than call for help, Calnen used crack cocaine and decided to remove Jordan's body.
Over the following weeks, Calnen went to great lengths to destroy her body, first hiding it on a logging road in Ingramport, N.S., and then transporting it to another logging road in Pleasant Valley, N.S., a few days later.
On a third logging road, he gathered branches and trees and built a large fire to burn her body. But he received a call from the police, so he put out the fire and put the remaining portion of Jordan's body — the torso — into a canvas bag.
A few days later, Calnen finished burning her remains in the fire pit behind his home. He then put her ashes in a bucket, drove to a lake near her family cottage, and placed her ashes near a diving rock.
The following night he took body parts not consumed in the fire and used a boat to put them in the same lake.
"He told the police that he put her remains in the lake because that is what he and Ms. Jordan had discussed previously about what they each wanted done with their respective remains," the judgment said.
Prosecutor Jennifer MacLellan said she was pleased that the Crown's appeal was successful, and believes the decision will impact other cases where the accused's conduct after an offence plays a role.
"We feel this is an important issue for this and other cases and for the state of the law in Canada. There seemed to have been some reticence from some courts about using this evidence," said MacLellan at the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service office.
"It's an issue that's come up in a number of cases and a number of matters that we even have ongoing, so having the use of post-offence conduct and what we can do with it … is going to be very important for other cases."
Calnen's lawyer, Peter Planetta, described Calnen's case as a "roller-coaster."
"We obviously really believed in our argument. Mr. Calnen maintains his innocence, and we went to the top court in the country and they made their decision and we respect that, but we're obviously very disappointed," said Planetta at Halifax provincial court, where he was appearing on another matter.
"What Mr. Calnen acknowledged doing after the fact was reprehensible, and it would have an impact on the jury — it makes him look bad — and may misled them into thinking that, well, he's guilty because he looks bad in this other regard."
Calnen was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years. He received a concurrent sentence of five years for indecently interfering with human remains.
Planetta said Friday's decision restores the trial judge's sentence.


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The priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say: Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.—Micah iii. 11.
E furon le sue opere e le sue colpe
Non creder leonine ma di volpe.
Pulci, Morg. Magg. xix.
Chrysostom would fain have taken Philip with him, for Philip grew more and more endeared and more and more useful to him. But Philip, as manager of the Archbishop's household and an assistant in all matters of business, could not be spared for a long absence from the Patriarcheion. To take Eutyches would have been pleasant, but it seemed undesirable to expose his youth to the inevitable hardships of rough travel; and Chrysostom, who hoped for the day when he might be a presbyter or a bishop, and all that such an officer of the Church should be, was unwilling to disenchant him too painfully by those glaring contrasts between the ideal and the reality which would confront him at every turn in the now corrupt, superstitious, and simoniacal churches of St. Paul, St. Philip, and St. John. So Chrysostom took with him the graver David, whom he esteemed no less highly for his work and character, but whose grave temperament had not the buoyancy and brightness which often refreshed him in the other two. David also was considering the question whether he could face the responsibilities of the presbyterate; but he had been more familiarised than Eutyches with the existence of ecclesiastical unworthiness by his longer and more varied experience.
So Chrysostom set sail, accompanied by the Deacon Heracleides—a man of the highest worth—by some other 319 presbyters and deacons, and by David. He had already sent before him Cyrinus of Chalcedon, Paul of Heraclea, and Palladius of Helenopolis, who were to act as his assessors. In the guileless straightforwardness of his disposition he was unaware of the fact that the first two were wholly out of sympathy with himself, even if they had not yet assumed the attitude of his open enemies. Still more generous and guileless was the arrangement which he made for a substitute to supply his place in the pulpit of St. Sophia during his absence. He appointed the worthless Severian of Gabala to fulfil this function, and Severian of Gabala was a contemptible intriguer of the most vulgar description.
Gabala was a town of Galilee, and its bishop under ordinary circumstances would have been of less account in the great world than one of our obscurest country clergymen. But Severian was ambitious, and regarded himself as an orator. He did not mean to hide himself at so dreadful a depth below the surface as Gabala, and so long as he advanced his own position he cared very little what became of his sheep in the wilderness. He separated himself from them for years, with little loss to them, but without the smallest compunction, so long as he fancied he could further his private interests. Wealth, rank, fame, Court favour—these were the dazzling lures which the devil dangled before him. This clerical opportunist would hold no views which were not popular; would express no opinion which would tend to hinder his advancement; would reject no alliance, however contemptible, which seemed likely to elevate him ever so little in the direction of the inch-high dignities which he coveted, and which a diseased ambition represented as enormous altitudes. With the whole meanness of his soul he was exclusively devoted to
This bubble world,
Whose colours in a moment break and fly.
He was thus in every respect the antithesis to Chrysostom, whose simple godliness, apostolic simplicity, and transparent guilelessness he despised from the whole height of his own inferiority.320
Severian's appearance reflected his character. He was unctuous and portly. His hair was oiled and curled in a manner which would have reminded our latest Laureate of an Assyrian bull. His face was broad, his features regular, his dress irreproachable, and he had gained a character for boundless affability by cultivating a smile so sunny that it would have ripened a peach. He could never contemplate the short figure, humble dress, and brusque manners of Chrysostom without an inward murmur against the indiscriminating obliquities of fortune. How much more popular and imposing a Patriarch he would himself have made! He could see himself, in his own ecstatic imagination, sailing through the small pomposities of gorgeous functions in a manner so supremely ornamental that, externally at least, the whole Church could not have failed to be edified. He would have outshone Nectarius himself! Whereas this John of Antioch, who wore no vestments to speak of and gave no banquets, relied on mere goodness and spirituality, and was only cared for by the poorer classes. He had been fired to struggle out of his provincial obscurity by the 'success'—for so he enviously regarded it—of Antiochus, Bishop of another Syrian town—Ptolemais. Antiochus had left his diocese for the grander and more glaring theatre of the capital. He had been asked to preach in St. Sophia; had created a certain reputation for eloquence; had for a time been 'the vogue' in fashionable circles; had been introduced at Court; and whenever he condescended to go back to his humble 'throne' at Ptolemais, went back with a purse heavily replenished, and in a blaze of popularity. And yet Severian was quite convinced that, as an orator, he could easily surpass anything which Antiochus could do.
So he occupied himself some time in preparing and committing carefully to memory a stock of sermons; and when he felt sure that they were polished into sufficient sonorousness and inanity, he set sail for Constantinople, convinced that no misfortune could happen to the barque which carried Severian and his sermons. Arrived at the capital, he waited on the Archbishop, treated him with abject deference, and begged that he would ask him to 321 preach in St. Sophia. The invitation was not difficult to obtain, for strangers, and especially bishops, were frequently requested to deliver the sermon; although the people were so much fonder of hearing Chrysostom that, even in the Cathedral, they would sometimes venture to clamour and remonstrate if they saw anyone ascend the pulpit in his place.
So Severian was asked to preach, and, selecting the sermon which he regarded as most original and striking, and practising it in his lodging before a large silver mirror until he felt himself perfect in the most accidental and spontaneous gestures, he seized his chance. At first the people were inclined to titter at his harsh and unfamiliar Syrian accent; but as soon as they grew accustomed to his voice they were delighted with the apparently unpremeditated flow of sonorous, vapid, and conventional rhetoric. It tickled their ears without in the least disturbing their consciences, or giving them the trouble of thinking of anything which might interrupt their vices or ruffle their self-satisfaction. The aristocratic world was specially delighted. These sermons were charmingly short and exquisitely unctuous. One had time, when they were over, to go to the theatre. There were no offensive attacks on dress; no stringent demands for self-denial; nothing to disquiet the serene conventionality of routine religionism, or to force the hypocrite to look inwards at the many-headed monster of his own ill-regulated passions. Here indeed was a delightful preacher! Castricia, Marsa, Epigraphia, could listen to such sermons for ever without being tired! How immensely superior to the crude violence and uncourtly personalities of the Antiochene intruder, for whom they had no one to thank but the wicked Eutropius! Severian was such a dear man! The female world of Constantinople was soon at his feet.
So the Bishop of Gabala was successful beyond his wildest dreams, and—heaven of heavens!—the Emperor and the Empress themselves actually asked that he might be presented to them. In spite of the obsolete canon which forbade the transference of bishops to other dioceses, Severian might be translated. If he could only kick down the humble and hated ladder by which he had ascended, he 322 might—who knows?—become Patriarch of Constantinople itself! Oh! Paradise!
Such was the man whom, in his guilelessness, Chrysostom left in his place to be the moral instructor of the people. It was not his fault. He was himself intensely humble. He was so generous a critic that, always seeking the good in every sermon, he thought every sermon good, and better than any which he could preach himself. Apart from such glaring evidence as could not be disputed, he would not believe that anyone could be actuated by rivalries so base as those of Severian; nor could he even conceive of a character which, under its film of iridescent semblance, could conceal such Dead Sea depths. No other bishop equally well known happened to be then present in the capital. Philip grumbled openly; Eutyches shook his innocent head; David would not breathe one syllable of approval. Serapion declared quite plainly that he regarded Severian as a designing hypocrite. Chrysostom's best and wisest presbyters—Tigrius, Germanus, Cassian—expressed their serious doubts about the man and his aims, and the sincerity of his teaching. Bishop Palladius did not hesitate to tell the Patriarch privately that Severian was no better than an unsavoury windbag. But Chrysostom's charity would think no evil; and, in deed, it was difficult for him to make any other provision, for the Emperor, who had some right to ask, had, at the instigation of Eudoxia, made it his personal request.
But though he left the pulpit to Severian, he would not entrust to him (as he wished) the management of the diocese. He left that in the stern yet faithful hands of the Archdeacon Serapion.
No sooner had he set sail than he was glad that he had not taken Eutyches with him, for it required a hardy frame to bear the trials of the journey. His ship had barely reached the Euxine when a north wind broke on them with unwonted fury. They had to take refuge under the promontory of Triton, and there for two whole days tossed at anchor in the storm. The delay was so unexpected that the captain had not even provisioned his ship, so that, to add to their misery and sea-sickness, they were actually 323 starving. Then, fortunately, the wind changed, and they arrived safely at their destination.
The first thing to be done was to provide Ephesus with a new and worthy bishop. The only way to satisfy the factions which existed was not to exalt one set of partisans over another by electing their candidate, but to appoint someone who had never coveted the office. Accordingly, Chrysostom presented to them his friend and fellow-traveller, Heracleides. Heracleides had only been a deacon for three years, but he was a man of mature age, of learning, piety, wisdom, and knowledge of the Scriptures, and for many years he had lived with an ascetic community in the Sketic desert. He was in every way fitted to adorn his high office; but he was too good a man for that age and that country, and the unwished-for elevation which he won by the eloquence of his friend only plunged him within a few years into an abyss of misery and ruin.
The next step was to inquire into the case of the simoniacal bishops; and at this stage of the proceedings, Antoninus being dead, to whom he had sold his silence, the miserable Bishop of Valentinianopolis reappeared on the scene. 'I implore your Piety,' he said, 'to readmit me to communion with my brethren, and to allow me now to produce my witnesses against the six bishops whom I accused.' Such was the indulgence with which the man was treated that his excommunication was removed and he resumed the role of accuser. The six bishops stoutly asserted their innocence; but they were overwhelmed with the counter-testimony, not only of lay persons, both male and female, but of ecclesiastics. Some even of their own presbyters, in whom they had trusted, inculpated them with proofs of the time, place, character, and exact amounts of the bribes by which they had purchased the titles of 'your Piety' and 'your Sanctity.' When they were no longer able to deny, they confessed, and humbly begged for pardon for their simony, though not, apparently, for their persistent lying. They could only offer a twofold plea, and each plea was disgraceful to the Church in general. First, they argued that they were not conscious of doing anything wrong in their trying to purchase the gifts of God with money, because it was a regularly established 324 custom, so that they were very far indeed from being the sole offenders. Next, the reason for their offence was the same which existed in the case of many others. They were curiales—that is, they possessed farms of more than twenty-five acres in extent, and therefore, in the horrible pressure of taxation in troubled times and under an Administration at once feeble and corrupt, they were not only compelled to pay taxes, but to enforce the payment of them by others. This was a duty onerous and odious, and, being purely secular in its character, Constantine had excepted the clergy from the burden. The consequence had been that many had purchased bishoprics without a single call to the office, or qualification for it, solely because they wished to be exempted from the trouble of civic obligations. All that they could now say was, 'Habetis confitentes reos.' They threw themselves and their acknowledged guilt on the mercy of the Patriarch and his commissioners. Two things only they asked: the one that, although they forfeited their sees, they might still be allowed, as ex-bishops, to communicate with their episcopal brethren within the rail of the sacrarium; the other, that the money which they had simoniacally expended might be restored to them. For, they said, the greed of the Bishop of Ephesus had demanded large sums, and in order to become bishops they had been forced to strip themselves of all their own possessions, and even of the furniture and jewels of their wives.
All their requests were granted; only since the Church could not repay them their vilely-expended money, they were allowed to recover it from the heirs of Antoninus in the courts of law. Chrysostom was afterwards accused of haste, violence, and arbitrary injustice; but so far, at any rate, he and his fellow-judges seem to have gone to the extreme verge of a too compassionate leniency.
Whether his subsequent proceedings were less anxiously merciful, and more summary, we cannot judge, for we only have the testimony of his enemies. He was accused of having traversed Lycia, Pamphylia, Phrygia and Pontus, and there, with usurped jurisdiction, without even the excuse (as at Ephesus) of any appeal to his intervention, to have accused, judged, and condemned no 325 less than sixteen bishops, one of whom, Proæresius of Lydia, had been accused by himself alone. It was said that, in spite of the canons, he had sometimes ordained as many as four bishops at a time, that he had appointed new bishops proprio motu, without even consulting the local synods, and in spite of their wishes; and that this had been done so carelessly that, in some instances, he had consecrated unenfranchised slaves of a character actually criminal.
Probably there was no truth in any of these allegations, although it is possible that Chrysostom, filled with shame at the condition of the Church, thwarted on every side by perjury and chicanery, and anxious to get back to the duties of his own diocese, may have been carried into hasty measures by the passion of his reforming zeal. As for his jurisdiction in Asia Minor, it rested on prescription. It was only actually established fifty years later, by the Council of Chalcedon, but no one seems at the time either to have challenged or doubted it. Chrysostom clearly thought that he was acting within his rights, and was only obeying the painful commands of duty. As for smaller matters, multitudes of canons existed which, by universal consent, had come to be treated as obsolete almost as soon as they were enacted; and a man like Chrysostom, who viewed all questions in the large air of moral and spiritual obligations, was not likely to worry himself with the chicanery of niggling scrupulosities in which small and peddling minds find their chief delight.
But even now this disastrous mission was not to close. On his way back through Bithynia, Chrysostom stopped at its capital, Nicomedia, to bring under his patriarchal censure this time not only a bishop, but an archbishop, and one of the strangest specimens whom the office could produce. He was an Italian named Gerontius, and had been half-physician, half-necromancer at Milan. He figured as a sort of fourth-century Paracelsus or a nineteenth-century Mahatma; but whatever skill or knowledge of medicine he possessed, he eked it out with theurgic pretences. He professed to wield a power of evoking demons and subjecting them to his control, and he was anxious 326 to add sacred claims to those of his worldly profession. He boasted that on one occasion he had seen one of the horrible night-spectres known as an Onoskelis, which sometimes appeared in the guise of an ass. But the piercing gaze of Gerontius had penetrated the disguise; he had seized the ghostly impostor, thrown a halter over its neck, and compelled it to work in grinding a mill! He so completely took away the character of the harmless donkey that it was henceforth regarded as a subjugated demon!
This charlatan had managed at first to deceive the great St. Ambrose, who had ordained him deacon, but who, on discovering his quackeries, had chased him out of the Church of Milan. He then transferred his practice to Constantinople, and used his spells and sorceries among Easterns, who were more deeply sunk in superstitious credulity. Here he in some way came across Helladius, Archbishop of Cæsarea and Exarch of Pontus. Having obtained a footing at Court as a physician, Gerontius, with an eye to future favours, had been able to render Helladius a service by procuring a first-rate military commission for his son. Helladius, by way of gratitude for this use of backstairs influence, was required to ordain him, first presbyter, and then Archbishop of Nicomedia. At Nicomedia, in his double capacity of healer of souls and bodies, he had acquired great popularity. Ambrose, indignant at the elevation of so flagrant an impostor, had written urgent letters to Nectarius, entreating him to free the Church from the disgrace of such dubious presidency. The easy-going Nectarius was too timid to incur the displeasure of the degenerate Christians of Bithynia. Not so Chrysostom. He summoned Gerontius before him, cashiered him from his office, and gave the Church a worthy prelate in the person of Pansophius, a philosopher and a Christian, who had been the tutor of the Empress Eudoxia. The Nicomedians, however, were anything but grateful. As though their city had been devastated by a pestilence, they went through their streets in funeral apparel, chanting doleful litanies over the catastrophe which had happened to them, in order to induce the Almighty to restore to them their 327 bishop. Not content with the signs of public mourning in Bithynia, their fellow-citizens at Constantinople tried to excite odium against the Patriarch by there adopting a similar method of expressing their displeasure.
And thus, as though the hatred which Chrysostom had created by his fearless righteousness in the corrupt Church of his own city had not been sufficient, he had now evoked hurricanes of calumny, which were henceforth to burst upon him from every province of Asia Minor. Every bad, mean, and worldly ecclesiastic gnashed upon him with his teeth, as it had been a ramping and a roaring lion.
Nor was this the worst. He had bean repeatedly apprised by letters from his faithful Philip and Serapion that Severian was abusing his position to intrigue against him. Lies and sneers and misrepresentations were rife, and not a few of them could be traced back to Severian.
There were in those days no 'religious' newspapers, but the battling coteries of unscrupulous partisans served the same purpose of puffing all their own adherents, and of blackening all who did not agree with them. Severian had two plans—the one to pander to his own popularity, and by any amount of flattery and compromise to ingratiate himself with the powerful; the other, to omit no opportunity of surreptitiously creating an unfavourable opinion of Chrysostom. By these two means he hoped in time to supersede him. Even his sermons, which might otherwise have been described as 'syllabubs whipped in cream,' abounded in innuendoes and side-allusions, which were intended to glance off and to wound the hearts of Chrysostom and his adherents.
Of all this Chrysostom was warned; but he was too magnanimous to stoop to resentment of small annoyances, or to contentions with unworthy antagonists. The spirit in which he acted in the face of even the grossest perversions of truth as regards himself was that of the inscription on the wall of Marischal College, Aberdeen: 'They say. What say they? Let them say!' He got the thing done, and let them howl.
But at last he was informed of an incident which demonstrated the unfitness of Severian for the sacred 328 functions assigned to him, and was too flagrant to admit its being passed over in silence. What that was we shall hear a little later on.
The machinations of his enemies throughout the Church, and above all of the corrupted clergy, had been deadly and incessant. Among these there were two who would have been willing at any moment to take his life, if opportunity should offer. He had excommunicated them both: one for detected adultery, the other, whose name was John, for murder—since brutality of passion had made him actually beat to death a young slave who had offended him. But with them were joined all those whom he called 'the priests who ate at Jezebel's table,' and all those whom his witty friend, Bishop Palladius, describes as the 'belly-worshippers, table-giants, and women-hawks,' who disgraced the ranks of the priesthood. The people, however, knew how to estimate these gentlemen by a very different standard from that of their own exalted spiritual pretensions. They showed themselves profoundly indifferent to the lies which false monks and cunning priests had let loose. When their weary Patriarch landed from his returning barque they thronged the quay and the streets in myriads, received him with louder bursts of acclamation than were ever vouchsafed to Arcadius or Eudoxia, and pressed forward in such countless numbers to kiss his hand that his way to his palace was very slow. He bade them meet him in St. Sophia, and there poured forth into their enraptured ears the expression of his heartfelt gratitude for a fidelity which had withstood the assault of so many open attacks and secret machinations.
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This week we bring you mind words of the awesome Foz Meadows, author of the outstanding portal fantasy An Accident of Stars, described as "an epic adventure unlike any I've read before" by Andre Norton award winning and Nebula-nominated author Fran Wilde. If you're in the US, you lucky devils can read it right now – An Accident of Stars is released in the US today, and in the UK on Thursday.
One film:
The Wolf Children.
One book:
The Goblin Emperor.
One story:
Dragon Age.
One song/record:
The Hamilton Broadway cast recording.
One creative person you always wanted to be:
Kate Elliott.
One book/author that's been unjustly neglected:
Ariah, by B.R. Sanders.
Ideal dinner party guests:
The Crystal Gems.
The biggest influence on your writing?
Kate Elliott, Katharine Kerr, Robin Hobb and Tamora Pierce.
Tell us a joke
Donald Trump.
What do you sing in the shower?
Hamilton, the Steven Universe theme song, Hozier, Halsey, quasi-embarrassing nineties indie rock.
Any notable pets?
I've had three cats, but none right now.
What do you say when people ask "Where do you get your ideas from?"
Answer with "the same place you get your questions".
Favourite building or structure?
The Big Merino, because Australia is ridiculous.
What keeps you awake at night?
A potent blend of insomnia and shipper feels.
The last time you cried?
This morning, watching Inside Out.
If you weren't a writer what would you be?
Favourite fancy dress costume?
Princess Mononoke.
Got an irritating/bad habit?
Compulsively clipping my fingernails.
Favourite word?
I'd like to say something clever and intellectual, but on the basis of the evidence, it's probably 'fuck' and all its variations.
Who plays you in the movie?
Ryan Reynolds.
And what's the pivotal scene?
The shocking revelation that I'm really six cats in a trenchcoat.
We're buying… what'll you have?
Carbs and alcohol.
Favourite possession?
My mental health.
Last dream of note?
I lived in a house where it was always Halloween, with a Vortex of Perpetual Wednesday in the front yard, next to a mechanical, shapeshifting building occupied by a family indentured to Renault, who used them in their commercials (the mecha-house was so it didn't look like they were shooting each add in the same place). My subconscious is fucking wild.
Favourite item of clothing?
My Iron Bull/Krem Aclassi tank.
Would you write full time if you could?
In a heartbeat.
Do you plan in detail or set off hopefully?
A little of both, interspersed with screaming into the void and trying not to get distracted by fanfic.
Complete this sentence: Rewriting is…
The fucking devil.
Complete this sentence: Blogging is…
A compulsion.
Complete this sentence: I owe it all to…
People I met on the internet.
Would you rather fight one giant mecha or ten duck-sized cyborgs?
Duck-sized, but I'd prefer to make them my minions.
What's your karaoke song?
The last time I did karaoke, my publicist talked me into rapping Alphabet Aerobics. Happily, there is no footage of this. (I can confirm that it was AWESOME though – Penny)
If you could ban one thing from the Earth, what would it be?
Racist cops.
Tipple of choice?
Bourbon and coke.
What are you going to do right now when you've finished this ordeal?
AO3 and chill.
Thanks for your thoughts Foz! An Accident Of Stars is released on August 2nd (US/Can) and August 4th (UK).


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Mosopefoluwa Oikeh, a postgraduate student studying an MSc in Environmental and Petroleum Geochemistry, writes about Women in Engineering. Here's part 1 of her blog celebrating International Women in Engineering Day:
I began to show interest in engineering and science as a child after my elementary education. At elementary school, I was introduced to subjects related to engineering like introduction to technology and general science. I found this subjects more interesting and applicable, as there were practical sessions for some topics.
Careers in science and engineering are prestigious professions in Africa and if successful as a female, you become an icon even though the chances were slim. However, as a child I wanted this prestige and this birth my interest in science and engineering. In addition, I had two science teachers while at college who spurred my interest in chemistry and physics because of the teachers' creative teaching styles and practicality of the subjects.
My ambition is to be competent at providing engineered solution to issues that affect the environment. I aspire to research ways to harness carbon capture potentials of so called greenhouse sources e.g. landfill and oil polluted soils.
The decision to study geology and petroleum geology as first and second degrees respectively informed my choice of specialising in environmental science. This human activities and impact on the environment increased my awareness of our endangered earth. I believe It is not just enough to create problems in a bit to harness energy, it is safe and responsible to solve the environmental problems that arise in the process
Environmental engineering is one field I am also interested in and plans to gain professional qualifications in this area as well.
Currently, I am doing a postgraduate taught programme in environmental and petroleum geochemistry. This course addresses issues with pollution, assessing and quantifying pollutants, mapping pollution sources and its fate in the environment. I am happy the knowledge gained so far is helping so well in progressing my career
Newcastle University's career service has been a very helpful medium. It organises career sessions involving talks from industries and professionals in my field. It also provides information about job and research opportunities which may not be opened to the general public. The library resources are wonderful, accessible and up to date.
My advice to young girls is to identify their passion, pursue it with vigour and strive to be the best at it. As a girl, you are not an alternative or option, but a necessity. This statement remains true in any chosen career- as long as you are competent in your chosen field. I hope to inspire young girls first by being a role model to influence those around me. Also, I aim to utilise opportunities I have to creatively teach science subjects to inspire the young ones.


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