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The road to recovery
Rock bottom! There is nothing like it.
When you are deep in the pit of despair and nothing can pull you out of it, don't worry! From experience, I have learnt that repetition is the Mother of Learning. So, when you are there at rock bottom, lie down, close your eyes and repeat the following words over and over again: I hate my life! I hate my life! I hate my life! I hate my life! Don't get up. Continue lying down and dwell on the very thought that you hate your life. As negative as this may seem, this is the beginning of the journey on the road to recovery. Recovery simply means getting out of the dark pit, fighting the demons inside your head and cleaving to the inner hope that you instinctively have.
Your brain has been programmed
The most amazing thing about human life is that your brain has been programmed with three incredible truths:
- Your mind does not acknowledge age. Even at 50, your mind will feel young.
- Your mind was not created to acknowledge death. Even though you age, your minds does not comprehend death and therefore inherently you do not accept that you will eventually die.
- Your mind repels negativity. Repeating negative words mentally empowers your mind to employ survival strategies.
Absolute anger or absolute fear
I believe there are only two things that can trigger a person to commit suicide: absolute anger or absolute fear, but not both. Other than these two emotions, no matter how depressed you become, you will not harm yourself.
Anger is a very dangerous emotion. Anger retaliates in spitefulness. You may become so angry that you want to spite the world and your actions are proof of this. While you cannot plan your emotions, you can learn to control them. In life you will always be confronted with situations that seem unmanageable and your reactions to these situations are impulsive.
There are different types of anger. Different emotions trigger the types of anger. Short outbursts of frustration or anger are good. No-one wants to bottle up their anger. This will only feed negativity. A fit of rage is more extreme. You will find yourself shouting whilst physically breaking, punching or kicking things. Violent reactions like these are coping mechanisms, but very damaging. The damage not only affects your health, but your relationships with other people.
The most dangerous anger is suppressed anger. Over time it poisons you completely: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. When you don't allow yourself to vent your anger, express your frustration, you become a living time bomb. When anger is a resident emotion, it feeds depression and anxiety. Eventually it will lead to self-destructive thoughts and deeds.
The most important thing to remember about anger is that it is an emotion and it can be controlled, which is easier said than done. There are three words that you may need to reflect on to understand how you can control anger: forgiveness, gratitude and compassion.
Like anger, fear is a demon within you that you need to control. Fear is the opposite of faith. The truth is that when you fear, you have very little or no faith. Fear feeds anxiety and anxiety kills.
When you have low self-esteem and a lack of confidence in life, you live a life where you do not trust yourself. When you don't trust yourself, you end up trusting no-one. You wear a mask every day as a coping mechanism so that no-one will see your insecurities and imperfections. Negative thoughts linger in your mind and you become afraid. You look for a safehold, a place where you feel comfortable. This doesn't have to be a literal place. It may be figurative, like intoxication of alcohol. You end up fearing the world outside and yearning to be in your safehold all the time.
There are many different things that you may fear, like the fear of being alone, the fear of imperfection, the fear of aging and the fear of death. It is important that you work towards overcoming these fears. Before you can do this, you need to get to know yourself; strengthen your strengths, and acknowledge and accept your weaknesses. Once you start focusing on your strengths, you will build your self-confidence. When you feel better about yourself, you will learn to push fear aside. Again this is easier said than done. Practice eventually makes perfect.
Taking control
It's natural that you will always become angry and you will always fear. This is not something to worry about. You cannot stop experiencing these emotions, but you can control the degree to which you become angry or afraid. You need to recognise the emotion and take control of it.
Your mind is full of thoughts and mental stories. No-one perceives your thoughts and mental stories the way you do. Only you have the power to change these stories. Only you can control your emotions!
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Practical Leadership for Biopharmaceutical Executives
by J Chin
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The biohealthcare executive in upper-middle management confronts leadership challenges unique to their industry: they manage highly specialized knowledge workers and innovators, compete at the speed of technology, work in a highly regulated environment where "free speech" often does not apply due to patient safety and privacy concerns, and increasingly are leading virtual teams who may be located in different parts of the world. Practical leadership for biopharmaceutical executives is a guide that strips away the theory and meets head-on the practical leadership challenges these executives face on a daily basis, and provides these "innovator leaders" with the tools to lead effectively in the face of technological complexity.
Focuses on personal leadership, where the executive has an opportunity to manage his/her own effectiveness as a leader and manager, and engage with their own career development and method of contribution within their chosen industry
Discusses particularly the unique leadership challenges in biohealthcare: an industry that is at once highly innovative and emotive. Biohealthcare companies are often viewed with suspicion by the consumers who question corporate motives, and product marketing and sales practices. The effective biohealthcare leaders are well aware of these emotive features, and embody ethics through action - not just lip service
Includes real life examples, including a series of both phone-based and email-based interviews of executives
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Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
List of abbreviations
Author's note
About the author
Chapter 1: 'Leadership' as a phenomenon
Qualitative research methodology
Data analysis
Objectives of this book
Chapter 2: Seven managerial leadership competencies
Leadership competence versus capacity
Competence in role: competence for tasks required of the leadership role
Autonomy-cohesion: competence in imparting autonomy and creating cohesion
Trust: competence in creating trust and working from trust
Steadiness amid uncertainty: competence for effectiveness amid incomplete/imperfect facts and/or tension
Balanced execution: competence for balanced execution in the face of increased complexity of role
Communication: competence for expressing clearly, to the scale appropriate to the audience, and with the intended result
Growth/cultivation: competence for developing current and future capability in self and others
Chapter 3: Three commitments of pharmaceutical executives: presence
The purpose of maintaining presence
Motivating and energizing employees
Energized teams brim with ideas
How team creativity is compromised
A biopharmaceutical executive's communication awareness
Case illustrations of managerial communication failure
Debriefing the case illustrations
Chapter summary
Chapter 4: Three commitments of pharmaceutical executives: stewardship
Authority to give people jobs (assign them tasks)
Case illustrations of poor stewardship of managerial authority
Debriefing the case illustrations
Authority to give people objectives (assign a direction)
Authority to serve industry and company
Chapter summary
Chapter 5: Three commitments of pharmaceutical executives: development
Prerequisites in personnel development
How an executive uses the 'stretch' approach in development
Consistency of process in development
Individual contributor to first-line manager: key development challenges
Capabilities today, capabilities tomorrow
Spotlight on field medical science: a case of developing employees in a novel role
The biopharmaceutical executive's own leadership development
Knowing that one does not know: blindspots
Chapter summary
Chapter 6: Self-concept as 'leader'
Origin of leadership self-concept
Leadership self-concept in executives' managerial awareness
Role of structure in managerial leadership
Chapter 7: Conclusion: a new model of biopharmaceutical executive leadership
Appendix 1: Executive demographics
Appendix 2: Aggregate descriptions of subjective experiences of leadership
Appendix 3: Sample interviewee descriptions for 'presence'
Appendix 4: Sample interviewee descriptions for 'stewardship'
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Only Michael Schumacher has had more success in Formula 1. And Lewis Hamilton might yet haul him in. For DW's Mark Hallam, Hamilton's "greatest rival" Fernando Alonso summed up the Brit's place in the sport's history.
It's been Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel vying for world championships in most of the last nine seasons. Hamilton now has five titles to Vettel's four, and the German's error-prone season doesn't bode well for Ferrari in 2019.
Hamilton delivered a series of vintage performances this year: besting Kimi Raikkonen one-on-one in Ferrari's backyard in Monza, recovering from 14th on the grid to win on Vettel's home turf in Germany, delivering a qualifying lap for the ages to claim pole and later the win in Singapore, and looking imperious all weekendat Japan's technical and challenging Suzuka circuit. As Hamilton's form improved, Vettel's dropped off; a tight title race morphed into a bit of a walkover.
But in many ways, Hamilton's career is better defined by its connection to another, less decorated rival — Fernando Alonso.
Back in 2007, few would have given the rookie British driver any chance of keeping pace against a 26-year-old Alonso. The Spaniard was the 2005 and 2006 world champion — the youngest in the sport's history until Vettel came along — and the man who had just brought a decade of Michael Schumacher dominance to a shuddering halt.
'He showed talent from day 1′
But, as Alonso himself said earlier this month, Hamilton "showed talent from day 1." He finished on the podium in his first ever grand prix and within six races, he'd picked up a pole position and a win. Most astonishingly of all, it took 10 races until Hamilton finally failed to finish in the top three.
Hamilton became such a threat to Alonso in 2007 that the two really couldn't co-exist at McLaren. Team boss Ron Dennis didn't want to stifle Hamilton's fairy-tale rookie season, while Alonso felt he wasn't getting the team-leader treatment he'd been promised when signing up as the hottest property on the grid.
An amusing commercial for team sponsor Santander — depicting Hamilton and Alonso racing to be first to get from the track to their hotel rooms, all to the tune of "Anything you can do, I can do better" — was just a little too on-the-nose. The uneasy alliance couldn't last. The upshot — virtually unthinkable 12 years ago — is Fernando Alonso retiring from F1 with just the 2005 and 2006 championships to his name, as Lewis Hamilton claims his fifth drivers' title.
Probably Michael, Fangio, Senna, Prost, Lewis'
Alonso, asked to rank his F1 top five, included the man who scuppered his shot at a spot among the most successful in the sport — choosing Michael Schumacher, Juan-Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Hamilton.
It's extremely difficult to argue with this selection, despite other strong candidates. Perhaps Jim Clark had the potential to join this exalted company, but for his untimely death at Hockenheim in 1968. Some might argue for Fangio's great 1950s rival Stirling Moss, five times a championship runner-up. Niki Lauda won three titles despite his life-threatening crash, even while taking a four-year break from F1 in his prime.
And a few could ask what might have been for the man from Oviedo, if Hamilton had never joined Alonso at McLaren.
'Arguably the greatest I've driven against'
Hamilton himself hinted at this when Alonso announced his retirement from F1 earlier this season, saying Alonso was probably the best driver he'd ever competed against, and that he deserved greater success in the sport. Never shy of lacing his compliments with some criticism, the Brit also suggested Alonso perhaps wasn't as sly or as shrewd outside the cockpit as he was speedy behind the wheel.
"It's not just about being a great driver it's also how you maneuver, how you play the game," Hamilton said. "Like a chess game, it's how you position yourself — all these different things that are also part of the package."
In 12 seasons on the grid, Hamilton has shown this mix of pure pace and political guile. Moving to Mercedes from McLaren ready for the 2013 campaign seemed a bold if not suicidal career move at the time; six seasons and four world titles later, it looks like a stroke of genius.
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Some of you will be spending time on planes and trains this summer. There is nothing better than to sit back and relax with some light reading. Here are two books by author Elly Griffiths. "The Crossing Places" is the first in a series about archaeologist Ruth Galloway. "The Zig Zag girl" is the first of (at the present time) three books about Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens. I have read both and can recommend them.
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway Mysteries)
Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy.
Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth's remote home?
The Zig Zag Girl (Magic Men Mysteries) Paperback
Another death, another magic trick, and still no killer. But when Edgar receives a letter warning of another "trick" on the way—the Wolf Trap—he knows the Magic Men are in the killer's sights.
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"An absorbing read, the debut of another great series." —San Jose Mercury News
"A labyrinthine plot, a splendid reveal, and superb evocation of the wafer-thin veneer of glamour at the bottom end of showbusiness . . . Thoroughly enjoyable." —Guardian
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Laia Gomez, M Isabel Lopez, Jose María Ruiz-Moreno, Montserrat Roura; Risk factors, clinical characteristics and management of patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization in clinical practice: Mypathway study. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2016;57(12):2479.
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To describe risk factors, clinical characteristics and general disease management of patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV) vs. patients with high myopia (HM) without CNV.
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We performed an observational, retrospective cohort (review of medical records), cross-sectional, and multicenter study. Two cohorts were designed: cohort-1 and cohort-2. Patients over 18 years, with visual impairment (BCVA ≤ 20/30) due to myopic CNV, and diagnosed between 6-36 months prior to the study inclusion were included in the cohort-I. Those patients over 18 years, diagnosed with HM (without CNV) and with medical history of HM since >36 months were included in the cohort-2. Nineteen centers throughout Spain participated in the study which consecutively recruited the first 10 patients with mCNV and 3 with HM.
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A total of 185 patients were included (137 in the cohort-1 and 48 in cohort-2; 143 eyes cohort-1 and 81 eyes cohort-2). The two cohorts (cohort-1 vs. cohort-2) showed similar characteristics according to sex (female: 82.5% vs. 79.2%), age (median [SD] of 55.1 [12.8] vs. 54.8 [13.8] years) and Body Mass Index (25.8 [5.3] vs. 24.2 [2.7] kg/m2). The main risk factors for developing mCNV (cohort-1 vs. cohort-2) were: family history (48.2% vs. 37.5%, non-significant [NS]), smoking history (24.8% vs. 12.5%, NS) and overweight/obesity (29.2% vs. 10.4%, p=0.027). At diagnosis, the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) [cohort-1 vs. cohort-2] was 54.0 (17.2) vs. 70.5 (16.4) letters, and at the study visit was 61.2 (18.2) vs. 70.7 (15.2) letters. For cohort-1, the median (Q1, Q3) BCVA change from diagnosis was +5.0 (0.0, 15.0) vs. 0 (-5.0, 5.0) letters. The mean (SD) retinal thickness (diagnosis vs. study visit) was 287.3 (95.2) µm vs. 257.5 (67.3) µm. Therapeutic management in cohort-1 was mainly by antiangiogenic drugs (79.7%; median of 1.8 [1.0] injections per patient).
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The most important risk factors for mCNV were family history, followed by smoking history and overweight/obesity, being more frequent in mCNV than in HM patients without mCNV. Overweight/obesity was significantly more frequent in patients with mCNV. The therapeutic management with antiangiogenic was the most common treatment for mCNV, showing an improvement in BCVA from diagnosis vs. HM patients without mCNV.
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York Revolution Game to be Fundraiser for Families of Fallen Heroes
April 10, 2018 - Atlantic League (AtL) - York Revolution News Release
(York, Pa.) - The York Revolution announced today that 50% of the proceeds of its May 13 game will be donated to funds created to support the families of York City Firefighters Zachary Anthony and Ivan Flanscha and Deputy U.S. Marshall and York resident Christopher David Hill.
The Sunday game against the New Britain Bees is the Revolution's annual "Emergency Responders Day" event, when local police officers, firefighters, and EMTs receive free tickets to the game and their families and friends enjoy discounted tickets.
Anthony and Flanscha died as a result of the collapse of the Weaver Organ and Piano building last month. Hill was killed serving a warrant in Harrisburg in January.
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No stranger to wars and invasions, Iraqis have for many years struggled to rebuild. Their road to recovery became even steeper following ISIL's occupation of parts of the country and the bloody military campaign against them.On this edition of Assignment Asia, CGTN's Meng Qingsheng travels to different towns in Iraq as people rise from the ashes of conflict and try to start life anew.
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The Belmont neighborhood just north of uptown has received a grant to create a "Better Block," a two-day, pop-up style project that's meant to showcase better urban design and get residents involved in improving the area where they live.
Organized by the Dallas-based Better Block Foundation, the event is scheduled for Sept. 23 and 24, at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Harrill Street. It's the foundation's first Better Block program in the Carolinas.
The city of Charlotte has awarded the neighborhood a $21,750 grant to pay for the program, which the neighborhood has to match with more than 470 hours of volunteer work. Jason Roberts, head of the Better Block Foundation, visited Charlotte last month to discuss the group's mission of rapidly building new neighborhood facilities, such as bike lanes and outdoor patio seating for residents, even if it breaks local regulations.
"You can break any rule you want, as long as you wear an orange vest," Roberts joked.
Based on initial surveys of residents, ideas for what the Belmont project could feature (temporarily, at least at first) include:
▪ Bus stop shelters
▪ A grocery store or market
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Ten Men is made up of Rhode Island men from diverse walks of life who share a common vision — a world without domestic violence.
While most men do not and would never use violence in their relationships, many men remain silent in the face of other men's violence because they do not know what to do or how to help. Ten Men is committed to breaking that silence.
For more information or to find out how you can get involved, contact our Men's Engagement Coordinator, Lee Clasper-Torch, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We're calling on men to help create a future without violence.
Most men are not violent, but the majority of intimate partner violence is perpetrated by men. Oftentimes, men stay silent in the face of other men's violence. We need men to speak out, speak up, and challenge the harmful gender norms that allow abuse to go unchecked in our communities! Click here to listen to the public service announcement voiced by Ten Men members for our June 2019 public awareness campaign.


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Rod Thomson For conservatives, the idea that free speech — that most integral of constitutional protections ensconced in the First Amendment — is now under full-scale assault culturally, corporately and governmentally is not exactly news. We've been feeling the hammer
Fighting For Liberty In The Fog Of Cognitive Dissonance
by KrisAnne Hall, JD The Southern Poverty Law Center has put me on their "anti-government extremist hate group" list for four years in a row now. I have yet to comprehend how teaching the Constitution, the very document that created government,
Supreme Court's Christian Baker Opinion Is No Win For Freedom Of Religion
By KrisAnne Hall, JD The U.S. Supreme Court rendered its opinion on a highly anticipated case regarding the right of a baker to refuse to design and create a wedding cake for a gay marriage ceremony based upon his religious
Constitutional Scholar KrisAnne Hall's Open Letter to #Walkout Kids
Dear #NationalSchoolWalkout Students, I weep with you. I am also proud to see you standing for what you believe in. However, what you ask for will not bring the results you desire. These problems in society have never been a result
3 Data Points That Crush The Gun Control March
Rod Thomson As we head into another energy-draining, media-drenched, wrong-headed protest by angry liberals in this weekend's highly publicized anti-gun march in Washington, responding to the salvos of misinformation becomes a real challenge. Those who understand and appreciate the Second
Beware The Siren Call of Government Control On Gun Sales
By KrisAnne Hall, JD With major retailers such as Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods among others deciding to not selling semi-automatic rifles to people under 21 years old, many people are citing federal anti-discrimination laws as a way to stop
Global Progressives Pushing "Assault-on-Marriage" Bill In Florida
Rod Thomson Sherry Johnson has an unnervingly awful story that somehow fell within the bounds of the law. Raped and impregnated at age 10 in 1971, she was forced to marry her rapist by a Florida judge at age 11
Freedoms Are Expanding Under President Trump
Rod Thomson There is an ongoing narrative in the media and by Democrats that President Trump is a threat to everything American, that he is fascistic and that our most basic freedoms are under assault. Therefor, all must #resist! But
First They Came for Confederate Monuments…
Rod Thomson It's a story as old as civilizations passing away, history looping without end… First they came for the Confederate monuments, because they represented those who fought to maintain slavery. Then they came for Confederate flags, because banning them
Who's To Blame for the Events in Charlottesville? Charlottesville!
Rep. Julio Gonzalez, M.D., J.D. The events that transpired in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 were truly vile and disgusting. Set into motion under the guise of protesting the city's decision to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from


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As streaming music becomes more popular with consumers, the agency that processes much of the licensing income behind outlets like Pandora and Sirius XM has quickly grown to be one of the music industry's biggest sources of royalties.
The agency, SoundExchange, a nonprofit group that pays performing artists and record companies when their music is played on Internet and satellite radio services, said on Thursday that it paid $773 million in royalties in 2014. That is a 31 percent increase from the year before, and more than triple what it paid as recently as 2010, when SoundExchange distributed $251 million.
The amount of royalties generated each year by the 15-year-old SoundExchange is now close to what is paid by Ascap and BMI, which handle the songwriting side of rights for radio, online services and other outlets and have been some of the music industry's oldest financial engines. BMI, founded 76 years ago, paid $840 million in royalties in its most recent fiscal year.
In a statement, SoundExchange's chief executive, Michael Huppe, called 2014 "a banner year for SoundExchange" and trumpeted the organization's move to monthly payments to its thousands of members.
But SoundExchange also faces challenges. The panel of federal judges that sets its royalty rates, the Copyright Royalty Board, is hearing arguments about webcasting services like Pandora for the years 2016 to 2020; as in past years, the proceeding is contentious, with Pandora, iHeartRadio and other music outlets asking for lower royalty rates and SoundExchange asking for more. The judges' decision is expected by the end of the year.


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Dec 10, 2017
Meet: CNU Holiday Invite
Location: Newport News, Va.
The Short Story: The Rams competed in their first meet of the new season on Saturday at the CNU Holiday Invite. VCU was out of the blocks quickly taking several first and second place finishes. Junior Marcus Finnie leapt to first place in long jump for the second consecutive year.
- Finnie cleared 23'4'' (7.11 meters) on his way to a first place position. His jump was four inches farther than his mark in the 2016 invite.
- Junior Devin Bethea jumped to a new best with a 47'4'' (14.42) triple jump that was good enough for second place amongst a field of 11 competitors.
- Freshman Xyan Xrichardson began his collegiate career with a third place finish in high jump after clearing 6'8".
- The 4x400 meter relay team was the second to cross the finish line, beating out 16 others.
- Sophomore Ian Davis' 8.36 in the 60 meter hurdles finals earned him a third place overall finish.
- In the 200-meter dash Jamik Alexander ran the third fastest time at 22.34.
- Freshman Jacob Greenless took second in the weight throw during his first ever college meet. The Woonsocket, R.I. native set the mark at 14.41m.
The Rams won't run again this December. They return to action Jan. 6 when they travel to Fairfax, Va. to compete in the GMU Father Diamond Invitational.


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This photo set is a current project by Swiss photographer Sebastian Magnani. The pictures were shot in various locations and explore the effects rendered by a spherical mirror lain on the ground. I find the relationship between the ground and the sky, as reflected in the mirror, to be super intriguing. It's not often that we get to look at the floor and at the sky at the same time and it's interesting to see how they may or may not be related. The mirror is the connecting point between them here and sometimes, what's reflected in it can explain what we see on the ground. In other cases though, it's like they're two different worlds. What I also like about these pictures is that the floor serves as a sort of frame for what's reflected in the mirror and I think it's a fitting one because it's what naturally falls under this reflection.
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In Episode 01 of NastyAscanBe.Com, The devious playboy, Mike Gardener (Lorenzo Loretto) never really got over losing his personal play toy Tracy Miller (Melanie Woods) to his childhood nemesis Darryl Carter (Ricky Lawson). So it's not enough for Mike to fuck Tracy behind Darryl's back, Mike feels the need to let Darryl know that he's fucking his lady. While Mike is away fucking Tracy, and many others, Mike's professional girlfriend Danielle Cooper decides she will enjoy the perks of being an executive and give her new trainee, Tim a very close inspection. Finally, Darryls' jealously and rage reach the boiling point and leads to an event that will change the lives and the future for each character. Fasten your seat belts and watch The Pilot Episode of; NastyAsCanBe.Com .
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So right off, either this sounds delicious to you, or it sounds terrible. Right? Well for me, when I first encountered this pasta side at a restaurant years ago, I thought, "Yum, that sounds delicious." And it was. But I needed to make it at home and not have to go out to eat just to have some. And so, Tuna Pickle Pasta was born.
I used bread and butter pickles instead of dill, but you can try it both ways to see which you prefer. I love how easy this dish comes together and that you can equally taste the pickles and tuna with each bite.
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Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Police in New Orleans snapped photos when they came across an unusual sight -- a group of zebras out munching grass.
The New Orleans Police Department, Seventh District, shared photos to Facebook showing the zebras enjoying a grassy snack next to a city street.
"Last night, Seventh District Officers Koeller and Washington were on routine patrol when they encountered three zebras grazing on Lake Forest Boulevard!" the Facebook post said.
Police later explained the zebras were actually being supervised by trainers and were preparing for a performance with the Universoul Circus, which was setting up nearby.


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Together with a wonderful group of scholars, architects and artists, I will participate at the Third International Conference on Architecture and Gender, this time aptly titled MORE: Merge, Open, Resignify. Expand.
It will take place at UniFi School of Architecture in Florence on 26-28 January 2017. I am looking forward to this conference, since I have participated in all International Conferences on Architecture and Gender, and it is wonderful to see this project unfold.
On the conference's website you can read several interviews to some of the participants, including Núria Lombardero, Joyce Hwang, Patrícia Pedrosa, Martha Thorne and myself among many others.


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So what can you do from a practical perspective to help yourself during labour? What birth choices might you like to consider? Where do you want to give birth? What about pain relief? All these choices can seem a little overwhelming, so dip in and out of this section during pregnancy. But do gather as much information as you can, the magic of a birth plan is in the MAKING of it! If you don't know all your options, you don't have any! The articles below will start to uncover the evidence behind many of your birth choices, cover a lot of the 'what if' situations that make arise (and how to make those positive). Know what you're after? Use the search tool below or simply have a browse!
Place of Birth Choices
One of the first decisions you will make around your birth is both which trust to book your care with and where you would like to give birth. Did you know you can book you care under ANY hospital in the entire country if you wanted to? It doesn't have to be your nearest. You don't even have to see your GP first, most maternity units will have a 'self referral' system online.
Once you have 'booked' with the midwife you might start considering where you would actually like to be to give birth. You have three main options when accessing NHS care. Hospital (Labour Ward/ Delivery Suite), Birth Centre (Freestanding or attached) or home. You may also be considering private care, be that from an independent midwife or private obstetrician (These are likely to look like VERY different choices, so do your research first!). You are also within your rights to access no care at all, though I would urge you to consider that choice very carefully. All women should have the option to consider all places of birth, though some may be more suitable than other in some circumstances. Have a read around what these options may mean for your birth, and use the handy decision making tools in the next section to help you decide!
A 'home from home' environment either freestanding or attached to a hospital.
Whether you're considering a home birth at this point or not, have a read to see what it might look like for you!
Wave goodbye to hypnobirthing and a positive birth then right? WRONG! If being on the Labour Ward feels like a safe and positive choice for you, then there is PLENTY you can do to make it positive.
Elective caesareans, (where you choose to have one in advance), for whatever reason and the options that may be available to you.
Pain Relief Options
Whether you're hoping to avoid it all, or jumping on anything you can get your hands on, it's important to understand the risks and benefits of all your choices AND how you can make those choices positive!
Narcotics in labour are often an option people feel most anxious about using. What are they, how do they work and when are they helpful?
A look at the evidence around Gas and Air in labour.
Understand a little more how TENS machines work and why they may help.
Ok, maybe don't go filling your hospital bag with a pack of 'easy peelers' just yet, but I've been reading into the research behind aromatherapy use during birth this week!
Ok, so let's talk pain relief and Hypnobirthing. Contrary to popular belief, these two things are NOT mutually exclusive.
Water can be used as a comfort measure during labour, and some women choose to birth their baby in the pool too.
Birth Choices
Starting to think about what you might like your birth to look like? Who do you want there? Where do you want to be? What if you're offered interventions? What can you to make things as positive as possible? Scroll through the many articles in the birth-ed® Hub for TONS of hints and tips to help you decide!
The Best Books for Pregnancy and Birth
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Step by step instructions to do perineal massage
What sort of monitoring should you have in labour? A look at pinnards, dopplers, CTG, FSC and Telemetry monitoring.
Information and resources for women diagnosed with GBS
Things moving slowly? Stopping and starting? What to do?
How do you decide what position to be in during labour?
If you've had a very quick birth before (or even if you haven't), this post has some helpful ideas of how you might prepare for a quicker than expected labour.
Read this any time of the year, about how to help bring labour on!
I've spoken before about the words I'd love to ban using around birth and pregnancy (namely 'allowed' and 'have to'), but this one always gets me!
Hands up anyone who's been told their baby is 'too big' so they 'have' to be induced? I want to share a direct quote from the NICE guidelines (that should be followed by all hospitals) to clear this up!
One of the biggest fears of women about to give birth is tearing. Here are TONS of tips of how to reduce the chances or severity of tearing in birth.
Wave goodbye to hypnobirthing and a positive birth then right? WRONG! If being on the Labour Ward feels like a safe and positive choice for you, then there is PLENTY you can do to make it positive.
Around 1/3 labours are induced in the UK currently. So this one is SUPER important to read, it could very easily be you!
Back to Back babies! Also known as 'posterior' 'OP' or 'occipital posterior'. But what does that mean?
Have you been offered a 'stretch and sweep'.. do you actually know what is it, what it involves and what it might mean for your labour and birth?
The importance of eating and drinking in labour.
Water can be used as a comfort measure during labour, and some women choose to birth their baby in the pool too.
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Fancy a date? No not that kind of date, though I'd totally advise squeezing in as many cinema trips and dinners out as you can before the baby arrives! Oxytocin, bonding and all that!
Elective caesareans, (where you choose to have one in advance), for whatever reason and the options that may be available to you.
Cutting the cord! We've often thought about WHO's going to 'cut the cord', but have you given any consideration as to WHEN they're going to cut it?


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Celebrate the very best of international short filmmaking with us at the New York Short Film Festival. The Festival is a week of screenings in Manhattan's vibrant Greenwich Village, providing ample opportunities for short filmmakers to showcase their achievements, learn from fellow filmmakers, and build contacts for future collaborations.
Short Block 3, Friday Nov 2 at 9:30pm
Ripples by Jared Chinigo
The Bump by Michael Izquierdo
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Most of the debate around Manning and Snowden focuses on what they did and whether they are heroes, traitors, or something in between.
And that's exactly the way our leaders want it.
Because that keeps the debate off the fact that our government is spying on us; that the fourth amendment is in shreds; that the degree of government intervention in our lives is not warranted by the nature of the threat we face; and the breakdown in the media coverage of the Patriot Act in particular, and national security in general, made these leaks essential if we are to have a functioning democracy.
Let's take a look at each in turn.
Our Government is spying on us and lying about it: After a series of lies by public officials, it is now official – our government is not simply collecting aggregate information, it is actively spying on individual US citizens, to a degree never practiced in history. Our phone calls, emails, texts, financial information, web habits – detailed data about individuals -- are being intercepted, collected and shared by the federal government for purposes not authorized by the law. DEA (including their top secret Special Operations Division) and the IRS have been given access to NSA data collected under the rationale of assuring national security and protecting us from terrorism.
It gets worse. We have video tape of the head of NSA lying to Congress under oath about the program. We have the President telling us things that are manifestly untrue. These aren't subtle spins, they are intentional deceptions stated in public and recorded for posterity.
Our leaders are lying to us, they've been found out, and yet the press and the pundits continue to talk about the personal lives of Manning and Snowden and whether they are traitors.
Patriot Act, Smatriot Act – The Fourth Amendment prohibits this kind of behavior: At a time when conservatives are quoting the outdated and archaic Second Amendment at every opportunity they get and using it to justify a national garage sale on assault rifles, it seems preposterous that the press and the American people are blithely unaware that the Patriot Act stands in direct contradiction to any reasonable reading of the Fourth Amendment. Yet check out its last clause:
…. no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Obviously, the founders never meant to allow a random witch-hunt involving hundreds of millions of American citizens performed on less than hearsay.
In fact, it has recently come to light that in 2011, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court found that NSA deceived the court and violated the Constitution in the administration of their domestic spying program.
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This same court, by the way, has approved all but .03 per cent of the requests it has received to issue warrants authorizing surveillance. Something Obama referred to as part of the "rigorous over site" that protects our rights in the application of this illegal law. Oh, and Chief Justice "Citizens United" Roberts has appointed all the current members to the FISA Court.
But hey, pay no attention to that stuff– let's examine the personal lives, peccadilloes and motivations of Manning and Snowden …
Terrorism is not an existential threat, so why are we sacrificing freedom to defend against it? It is axiomatic that our response to threats and risks should be proportional. That is, we should not give away more money, freedom, or opportunity than is warranted by the nature of the threat. For example, we don't let the fact that some 33,000 people a year die on the road make us ban cars. Nor do we let the 30,000 plus people a year killed by guns cause us to ban guns.
So why do we hand over long-cherished and hard fought freedoms so cavalierly to prevent a threat that historically has only killed about 220 a year?
Yes, we should confront terrorism, and intelligence and good policing has proven to be the most effective way to do so. But it does not warrant gutting freedoms American men and women have fought and died to protect.
The press's malfeasance threatened democracy – Manning and Snowden's acts remedied that. Here's the deal. Americans were – and to some extent still are – profoundly ignorant of how completely these programs usurped their rights and violated our principles. This isn't a failure of citizenship alone. It is a failure on the part of the press to report on or investigate things they thought would be unpopular or bad for business. Just as the press's cowardice allowed us to be deceived into the Iraqi War, so too did the press's failure to inform the people about the profound and illegal changes embedded in the Patriot Act enable government to snatch away long-held freedoms.
Manning revealed the brutality and ineffectiveness of our wars of occupation, and Snowden revealed the extent of illegal government surveillance – both things the mainstream press failed to adequately cover.
In the end, democracy can only flourish when government is transparent and the press is diligent in assuring that citizens have access to the information they need to make informed choices.
Manning and Snowden did what an effective press used to do – they revealed the truth to the people. They are heroes by necessity. But their deeds have meaning only if we the people, pay attention to the real issue their stories address – wholesale criminal acts by government that have gone virtually unreported by a feckless press.


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Video: Martyn "Great Lengths"
*Inhales sharply*. This is stunning. Unfortunately embedding has been disabled so you have to click the image or this link in order to watch it, but please do. Directed by Dutch film maker Ramón Maria Gieling, the title of my post is misleading for this is indeed a film, "with its own secret story to tell" as Gieling describes his work. Lovely to see an electronic producer get in front of a screen with such confidence.


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Now that I live in Barcelona it is always a bit strange going back to London and experiencing the hustle and bustle of the city that I worked in for over ten years. Seeing familiar faces rushing to and fro. The shops and cafes I once frequented still packed with customers buying a quick lunch before returning to their desk and of course the bars and pubs full to the brim of an evening with my friends and colleagues still in need of a pint come 5pm. I miss London, so I am always delighted when I get a chance to visit my old stomping ground and reminisce about my time as a 'city girl'.
Reminiscing is particularly easy when you find yourself on the street you actually worked on for over a year in the area that you spent most of your career. This is where I found myself the morning of my stay at the Go Native Apartments on Creechurch Lane. I know this area really, really well and yet I didn't know there were 11 luxury serviced apartments literally opposite the last office I worked in before I moved to Barcelona. Searching for the apartments I found myself standing in a familiar courtyard owned by one of those pubs I was telling you about – The Old Tea Warehouse. The scene of many a drunken evening with colleagues. I really couldn't believe that there were serviced apartments here, the entrance was shared with a pub! This fact could turn a lot of people off staying at the apartments or, for others, it could be conveniently positioned within staggering distance. You certainly can't argue that the apartments aren't in a central location – just off Leadenhall Street in the centre of the City.
I was keen to see more. I have booked hundreds of serviced apartments over the years and the quality can be extremely varied. Prior to arrival at the Go Native Apartments guests are emailed a security code for the mailbox that contains their keys. It is a really simple process. The ridiculously slow lift on the other hand was a little more time consuming and certainly added to the anticipation. After what seemed like forever I opened the door to the apartment and was really surprised. Pleasantly surprised… the apartment was lovely, it was beautifully decorated and absolutely spotless. The apartment had two double bedrooms one with an en-suite, separate bathroom and a large living / kitchen area. I had quite a bit of work to do during my stay so the big living space with a huge table was perfect for me to work from. Although, I must say I spent more time than I should have admiring the decor in the apartment and thinking about how it would fit in my home.
The following day I made my way to Go Native Monument, just a ten minute walk down the road. Although not quite as grand as the Creechurch Lane apartment the Go Native apartments Monument are just as lovingly decorated and comfortable. The location was, again, incredibly central and pretty perfect for guests working in the City. The kitchen was fully equipped (I must confess I ordered a takeaway) and the space was big enough for those wanting to do a little work before retiring to the super comfortable bed. In both apartments the WiFi was faultless.
Why book Go Native for your boss? I have booked and stayed in many serviced apartments over the years and I think both apartments (Creechurch Lane and Monument) are fantastic quality and good value. If you were to book a client, contractor or manager in one of the apartments they will be very pleased with your choice.
Practically Perfect PA received complimentary accommodation at Go Native. Our opinions are entirely our own. Advertised minimum rate per night is £162 (October 2014).


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In 2017, more than 466 million Americans travel for business purposes. The objective of a business trip varies from one person to another. Some travels to close a business deal, some to engage prospective customers, and some to attend training.
Whatever the purpose of your trip is, one thing is for certain, you want to get the most out of it. And yes, I'm talking about in terms of business development and having a great (personal) time while you're at it. After all, you will be giving up precious time you could otherwise spend with your loved ones for this trip.
A successful business trip starts with good preparation. Good preparation done in advance before your trip helps keep the costs low and allow you to better respond to possible incidents. It also helps to reduce avoidable events such as running late to a meeting or forgetting important material that is crucial for the trip.
In this article, you will find several tips for the US business travelers who are traveling for business purposes both within the US and abroad.
9 Preparation Tips for Your First Solo Business Trip
Tip 1: Prepare your business material and equipment
The main objective of your business trip is, well, business. So make sure you set your priorities correctly when you're preparing for the trip.
If this is a trip where you will be meeting someone — a prospect for example — they will expect that you have a well-defined goal and that you have decision-making authority. And if you don't, at least have the courtesy to know what your decision chain looks like. The very last thing you want to do for a sales meeting is not being able to close the deal.
Prepare yourself well in terms of content — that could be presentation slides or products that you will be doing a demo on. Make sure that you're well equipped to achieve the goal of this trip. What equipment? Some examples are your laptop computer, digital camera, pocket wi-fi, etc. Also, let's not forget the power bank.
Remember, since you're traveling alone, there won't be anyone else to back you up if you forget something.
Tip 2: Organize your travel info
Compile all the information you need, arrange them by a specific order; for example, by day.
Keep important documents and information with you (or close to you) at all times.
For examples, your plane tickets, the info about the hotel, the timetable of the meetings, who will be present, the topics you want to discuss during the meetings and all the important mail correspondence.
If you're traveling by flight, these documents are going into the flight cabin with you in your carry-on bag. Airlines do mess up check-in luggage somewhat frequently.
Tip 3: Check your travel insurance
Check with your employer beforehand which travel insurance you have. The importance of having a travel insurance cannot be overstated.
For example, if you get sick during travel, it costs you a fortune to be looked after. If you do not have insurance, you must pay this out of your own pocket. And you can only hope that your employer will reimburse this afterward.
Or suppose you have lost your luggage. Who then covers your costs? If you have good travel insurance, you can buy new clothes and things at their expense.
Yes, it is normal for employers to cover travel insurance for their employees who are traveling for business, but it does not harm to double check before your trip. Also, knowing the coverage of the insurance allows you to make the best decisions should an unfortunate event happen.
Tip 4: Demand some luxury from your employer
Luxury will not be the word you want to use when approaching your boss, but that's essentially the idea.
Business travel is demanding work. It takes you away from your friends and family entirely during the trip. Not to mention the toll it takes on the health and well-being of the employee (that's you).
As an employee, you should demand some luxury in return. After all, you are doing this for the company's sake. For example, do you have a night flight? Then ask to travel in business class. If you have more leg room, you will sleep better, and you will perform better the next day. That pays off for the company.
It often happens that you arrive early in the morning after traveling all night and that you have your first meeting immediately at 8 o'clock. If you have not slept well, it will be a very long day.
Other ideas are expense account, better hotel, and better rental car.
Tip 5: Travel Light
Do not take too much luggage with you.
If it's possible, bring all your stuff in a carry-on bag. This way you do not have to spend hours waiting at the luggage carousel at the airport for your suitcase. Or run the risk of losing your stuff in the transits.
We did an article on what to pack for a short business trip.
Tip 6: Bring a little gift
Bring some thoughtful presents for the people you are meeting. For example, chocolate, candies, or perhaps some local specialty.
You have more flexibility in terms of the presents that you're bringing if you're visiting your colleague from another location. However, if you're meeting a client, make sure you check with your HR on the policy on bribery so that you don't accidentally cross an invisible line. Sometimes, there is a limitation on how much you can spend on the gift for a prospective client.
Tip 7: Have some wiggle room in your schedule
Do not overload your schedule. Make sure that you have sufficient free time between your appointments. Why? Because of Murphy's Law — anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
For example, if you have to take a taxi in big cities such as New York or San Francisco to go to an appointment, you can easily get stuck in the traffic for hours. It is best to anticipate this before your trip even begins.
You want to have the flexibility to extend a meeting for, sayan hour, if that's all it takes to reach the meeting objectives. The last thing you want to happen is triggering a domino effect that causes you to be late to the rest of the appointments you have for the day.
Tip 8: Take some time off
You are traveling for business, alright? But that doesn't mean you shouldn't have some leisure time on your own. Between appointments or after work — perhaps even take a day off — do some sightseeing.
Visit a popular landmark at the locale. This may seem like lost time, but it is by no means: it gives you a moment of relaxation and it helps to you to have a deeper understanding of the place that you're visiting. All this will help you to connect with your colleagues or customers.
If you do not make time for this, you're missing an important aspect of business traveling.
Tip 9: Invest in relationships
Do you regularly go to the same destination for your business travels? Invest in the relationships with your customers and colleagues. A simple gift that does not cross the bribery line is a good start.
If you're traveling to a different country where they speak a different language, make sure you learn a few phrases in their language. Showing interest in other people's culture and languages is a great way to connect with them.
Invite your customers or colleagues to dine out, pay a visit to their family, go for a drink, play sports together. This creates a business friendship that you can call upon if you have problems have.
Have a productive and fun trip
Keep these tips in mind and you will be successful on your first business trip. Before we let you do, remember to keep emergency numbers close by so that you know how to get help should an emergency arise. Happy traveling.
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Beckah finished the Kickstarter Exclusive Variant cover this week. Only 100 copies of this cover will be printed, and it's available on our Kickstarter! Are you a comic book collector? Then this is a double whammy because each copy will be signed, numbered, and have an inside sketch by MBB illustrator, Rebeckah Murray!
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March is here and that means Winter is almost over! Probably. The weather doesn't know what it's doing lately. Luckily for us, we do. We're opening this month's groupthink!
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