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Posted on February 7, 2020
As of today, the music video for 'Clarity' is out and available for you all to watch! I'm so excited for you guys to see it. Richard Sanderson and Lois de Silva did such an amazing job and I'm so proud of the result. I hope you love it as much as we do.
Again, this video is different from anything I've ever done. They'll be a Behind The Scenes of the video video coming soon where I'll talk about it in detail but the idea of the double version of myself was really fun and having animation was really cool. And working with Lois was such an amazing experience; we went to college together and I've always wanted to work with her so getting to do that so early in my career was so special. She's so good at what she does and she was so enthusiastic and professional about the project. I'm so, so happy with the final result and I hope you guys love it too.
Category: depression, mental health, music, self harm, video, writing Tagged: addiction, animated video, animation, clarity, clarity music video, depression, honest, honest ep, lauren alex hooper, lois de silva, mental health, mental health in the media, mental illness, music video, richard marc, richard marc music, richard sanderson, self harm, video
Posted on January 19, 2020
Today I posted a new video, telling the story behind the inspiration, the writing with Imogen Davies, and the production of my current single, 'Clarity.' I'll let you watch the video but again, it does relate to mental health so I wanted to post it hear, as well as on my social media. I haven't explained the experience that gave me the idea because I don't want to get in the way of the way someone applies the song to their life or interprets the story. It's a song about something difficult so I feel weird saying, 'I hope you like it!' but I hope, when you listen to it, it means something to you. I hope it makes you feel something.
If you haven't heard the song yet, you can buy or stream it here and the music video will be out soon.
Category: depression, mental health, music, self harm, video Tagged: behind the song, bts, clarity, cowriting, honest, honest ep, imogen davies, inspiration, lauren alex hooper, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, production, recording, self harm, singersongwriter, single, songwriter, songwriting, story, video
Posted on March 1, 2019
Self harm (also described as self injury) is still a topic that people struggle with. That's understandable. It's a hard thing to think about. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't. So, since it's Self Injury Awareness Day, I thought I would write down some of things that I've learned, things I've found useful, things that I wish other people had known during my 'self harm journey…' So, without further ado, here are some dos and don'ts for talking about self harm, from my experience at least…
I hope these things have been helpful and I'd love to know what else you would add to this. Awareness and understanding are so important and every conversation matters. And if you're someone that struggles with self harm, I hope you remember that you're doing the best you can. Obviously everyone wants you to be in a place where you don't feel you need self harm but that's a really big thing. It's not a place you can necessarily get to over night but every day that you get through – every hard moment – is a success, however you get through it. It's a process and whatever speed you travel through it is okay. Living is hard. You're doing fine.
More information here.
Posted on October 10, 2018
(Trigger warning for self harm.)
Today is World Mental Health Day.
If I'm honest, I'm not really sure what to say. I'm in the middle of the worst depression I've ever experienced and I'm very aware that my perspective, my opinions, my hopes are distorted by that. If this was a video, I might just sit and cry. But this day is important so I'm trying to pull myself together and put something out into the world that is (hopefully) positive (and maybe helpful).
This year's theme is the mental health of young people. When it comes to things like this, I've never felt comfortable talking about anyone's experience but my own. So that's what I'm going to do. I hope that's okay with you guys.
My experience at secondary school was a very mixed one. I spent the first three years dealing with some complicated health problems but by the time I reached Years 10 and 11 (ages fifteen and sixteen for those of you who don't know the education system in England), I felt really settled. I loved learning, particularly English, Maths, History, Psychology, and Philosophy (real shout out to my teachers in all of those subjects). I got real satisfaction from working hard and that was reflected in my grades. I came out of secondary school with not unimpressive grades, especially when you consider I missed most of the first three years. So I felt pretty good about going into Sixth Form (A Levels/ages seventeen and eighteen).
But that was when it all started to unravel. I really, really struggled. I'd gone from completing the work with ease to barely scraping by. I couldn't understand it: I was trying so hard and it didn't seem to make any difference. And I couldn't see it at the time, but my anxiety was getting worse and worse and what I now know to be depression was creeping in. But I didn't know it was happening so I just kept pushing forwards. I spoke to a couple of people about the high anxiety I was experiencing but each one told me that anxiety is normal and that was the end of the conversation.
It all came to a head when I failed an exam, something that had never happened before. I'd been told I was all set for an A* and I came out with a U. I was absolutely devastated. I know now that our worth as human beings has nothing to do with grades but I was eighteen years old: I had only ever been valued based on my grades. It's no one person's fault but that's how the education system in this country works. It needs changing.
But back to this little story. I don't remember much after I opened the envelope and saw that U but I ended up in one of the less used college toilets, self harming repeatedly with a broken paperclip. I don't know how long I was there (long enough that the automatic lights went off and I was plunged into a very appropriate darkness) but at some point, my friends tracked me down and coaxed me out of the stall. I still remember seeing my reflection: my make up all down my face, my hands shaking, and the scratches barely hidden by my long sleeves. One friend took me to a nearby café, bought me a hot chocolate, and just talked to me. And eventually I told her what I'd done. Her kindness and gentleness was so healing, not for the whole problem but for that very difficult day. I will never forget it and I don't think I'll ever be able to repay it.
After that, I dropped out of that course and clawed my way out with two A Levels and an Extended Project, far less than I and everyone had expected of me. I went straight into a music course but had to drop out two days in because my anxiety was so bad that I just couldn't cope. I spent a year grappling with the anxiety and depression, trying the first of many antidepressants (so many) and trying to retake some of the exams in the hope that I could improve my A Levels (I didn't end up opening the results of those until after I finished my degree, three years later, but that's another story). During that year, I tried desperately to get help from the NHS to no avail: my anxiety was so bad that talking to people I didn't know was practically impossible and they refused to help me if I wouldn't talk. Eventually we were forced to go private, something that I'm endlessly, endlessly grateful has been possible. And I only managed to get my diagnoses when my university said they weren't able to help me if I didn't have an official diagnosis.
It still upsets me to talk about. I asked and asked and asked for help but no one either seemed able or willing to help me. I would not be as twisted up now had that not been the case. The information and support was not available to me, it wasn't available to my family, and it wasn't available or deemed important enough (I'm not sure which is worse) to the medical professionals I saw. That has to change. It is not acceptable.
Now that I've told my story, I want to include some other important, relevant stuff.
The first thing is that I want to link you to Hannah Jane Parkinson's recent article in The Guardian. She makes the very important distinction between mental health and mental illness. And this is where, I think, physical health and mental health are most comparable: your mental health is something you take care of (or don't) everyday, by eating and sleeping well, exercising, talking through your emotions, and so on. Mental illnesses, similarly to physical illnesses, can be caused by not taking care of your mental health but there can also be genetic factors, environmental factors, and just hard stuff going on in your life.
And of course, there is overlap between these two lists.
Where we go from here, I'm not sure. The information about mental health and mental illness is spreading and spreading and more and more people are speaking up. Now we need the right systems to support it: doctors, treatment, government officials who advocate for positive change. For now, that's all I know. For now, I'm just trying to manage one day at a time.
(And a gentle reminder, my debut single, 'Invisible,' which I wrote about my experiences with my mental health is available on iTunes and Spotify and all those places and all proceeds go to Young Minds, a charity that supports young people in their mental health.)
Category: about me, anxiety, depression, diagnosis, emotions, medication, mental health, response, school, self harm, tips, treatment, university Tagged: advice, anxiety, depressed, depression, family, friends, health, mental health, mental health awareness, mental health blog, mental health blogger, mental health blogging, mental health in the media, mental illness, mental illness awareness, mental wellness, school, secondary school, self harm, sixth form, sixth form college, tips, wmhd, wmhd18, wmhd2018, world mental health day, world mental health day 18, world mental health day 2018
Posted on March 19, 2018
Trigger warning for self harm. Please don't read this if it's something that will upset you or trigger you. I only want this to be helpful, never harmful. I also want to add that, while I'm not promoting or endorsing it, I'm never going to say, "Just don't do it." It's just not that simple. My hope is that more openness on this subject will make it easier for people to access support and therefore not feel the need to do it.
It's been on my to do list to write more about self harm ever since I posted the first piece. It's one of those things that I will never get tired of talking about, never get tired of raising awareness for. There are so many misconceptions around it. I mean, I get it: there's something inherently un-understandable about wanting to hurt yourself, unless you've gone through it. And even then, it's massively complicated. Feelings are weird and pain is weird; it's not surprising that people struggle to make sense of it. But I'd like to think that things will get better, hopefully sooner rather than later.
I was inspired to write this post after watching a YouTube video, 'Living With Self Harm Scars' by Claudia Boleyn. I've been watching her videos for more than a year now and I particularly love her videos about mental health. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and self harm still aren't commonly talked about so to find someone describing their experience, both positive and negative, and giving advice is invaluable. And to find someone so thoughtful and eloquent is even better. I really relate to a lot of what she says.
She'd posted a video in which she wore a short sleeve shirt that exposed some scars from self harming and had received several messages about how validating it was to see someone with visible self harm scars, without shame or drama. So, as a response, she'd decided to make a video discussing the importance of living with these types of scars, which I found both interesting and useful, even as someone with ten years of experience with self harm. She put into words so many emotions that I've felt but for a long time couldn't vocalize. Had I had something like this when I was younger, life would've been very different.
The video isn't necessary for the rest of the post to make sense but I really recommend watching it:
(EDIT: The video has now been made private but as I said, it's not necessary for the rest of the post. I'll update if this changes.)
Some of the things she says are so true it's painful.
One of the biggest things about self harm is the release you get from doing it. My emotions get so strong sometimes that I feel like there isn't space for anything else in my body, in my brain. There isn't the space for my lungs to expand; I can't breathe. It almost feels like the emotion is crushing me and the only way to survive is to open up my skin so that it can escape. It's like a pressure valve. Once I've done it, I feel like everything stabilises and I can think more clearly. If there's a problem, I can deal with it and if there isn't and it's just an overload of emotion, I can take care of myself a little better than I could if I hadn't. As heavy as it sounds, Claudia describes it as 'a way of not killing herself,' which is a feeling I can empathise with. I'm sure many others can too. I'm not saying it's a good thing and I'm not encouraging it. It is NOT a healthy coping mechanism. But that logic isn't very persuasive when you're dealing with such overwhelming emotions. Claudia also talks about this: "It's not good for you in any sense… but it's something. It felt like doing that at least proved that there was something there… And it just felt like this huge build up of feelings and I had to do something to get rid of it and doing that… was something." I can completely relate to that and I think that's a feeling that is often exacerbated by how difficult it is to get a diagnosis because having something is better than having nothing.
In my experience at least, trying to cut myself off cold from the only thing that helps me get through doesn't help; it just makes the need worse and then there's potential for me to do more damage. So I do my best to be safe while working on my issues in therapy so that one day, I can stop because I'm okay and not because I'm suppressing the urge. Because if that's the case, I'll always come back to it. To quote Claudia: "If you're a self harmer then I think it's always in the back of your mind as, like, a coping mechanism… The problem is: it's always there so you always have to avoid it and avoid triggering it." To give up self harming is a really big ask, and an even bigger one if you're trying to do it without support. And if it's too much for you, or for you to do all at once, that's okay. I don't feel ready to stop but one step at a time. The fact that my therapist supports this is a huge deal to me and it's one of the things that told me that she was the right person. This has greatly lessened the pressure on me and has helped both me and my family to work through it a bit. I used to feel so guilty that I was hurting or upsetting them so I hid it and that was doing it's own kind of damage. But now that we have a plan, now that we're moving in a forwards-like direction even if it isn't always easy, everyone seems to be coping with it better. I can't imagine what it's like for them to see me in that place but you can't put that on top of the emotion that makes you want to do it; it will eat you alive. I think the only way forward is to try and talk about it with someone and do what you can to avoid it if possible.
I don't have quite the same experience as Claudia does. That's fine. Every response to self harm is a valid response. However you feel about it is okay; it's your struggle. She talks about feeling annoyed and upset about having self harmed and wishes she hadn't done it whereas I'm not (yet?) in that place. She talks about how it releases all that feeling but then you wake up the next day and feel like you've let yourself down. But, while that is quite a negative response, the way she talks to herself is very positive: "I'm just taking it as a stepping stone and saying, 'Okay, you took a step backwards but you can take five hundred more steps forward. It's fine.'" She talks about having a certain pride about them because they're proof that she got through a really tough time. She can look at them and feel compassion and forgiveness for the version of herself in those moments: "It's a part of me and it's a part of my past and that's okay. And I wouldn't erase it and in a way, I wouldn't want to because I've learned so much going forward."
For me, self harm is usually a survival strategy. It's getting through a moment that I feel like I can't possibly get through. Maybe it's the worst possible way to get through it but it's better than not. So when I look at the mark the next day, or the next month, or the next year, I remember that moment: I remember getting through. I remember feeling like I can't survive another second and then I remember the calm afterwards. I remember that I did what I had to do to survive. I wouldn't say I'm proud of that – or proud of the scars – but I'm certainly not ashamed of it. Maybe one day I'll find something that gives me that feeling without doing any damage to myself. How wild and glorious would that be?! But that's the end goal, not the next step.
My other use for self harm is to mark a traumatic event. I think one of the hardest things about struggling with your mental health is the fact that people often can't see what you're going through and I needed it to be seen. I felt so traumatised by the strength of the emotions and by the meltdowns and I just couldn't process that without a physical, identifiable injury to associate it with. Again, I'm not saying that this is a good method of coping but it was all I had at the time. Now, I have other things to try. I haven't yet found anything that works but what's important is that I'm trying, even if I don't want to sometimes. This is a whole other issue that I do want to talk about at some point: to someone who hasn't ever self harmed, the idea of not wanting to stop doing something that is so bad for you is weird, but is a feeling that is often associated with self harm. That feeling can be very isolating because many people don't understand it, and many more react badly to begin with. And feeling misunderstood can really exacerbate the feelings that lead a person to self harming. I think that discussing self harm and learning about it can only help with that. There will be people who say that bringing awareness to it will encourage people to self harm and while that may be true to a certain extent, the amount of people it could help would massively outnumber that.
People do ask about the scars. I've personally never had an unkind response to them; it's usually just awkward. Even if someone doesn't actually bring them up, I see them notice and it can get really uncomfortable because no one knows how to handle it. Claudia mentions being embarrassed about people seeing them and talks about how she has tried in the past to cover them up. Sometimes that's just easier. It's so complicated and it's hard when people don't get it or jump to conclusions. There's the typical, "You're asking for attention," which has always frustrated me no end. I'm not sure when asking for attention became such a negative thing. Of course, there will always be people who abuse the compassion of others, but I would hope that our first reaction would still always be to try and help. If someone is asking for attention in some way, they probably need it, even if the reason why isn't immediately apparent. I never tried particularly hard to hide what I was doing because I think that, subconsciously, I wanted someone to draw attention to it and see what I was going through. But at the same time I didn't feel able to talk about it.
Sometimes people see the scars and assume that you're 'showing them off' when you don't cover them up, which is weird to me. I'm not sure why you'd want to 'show off' or 'flaunt' the evidence of a moment where you'd gotten so low that you had to physically take it out on your body. When you think about the lengths people go to to hide their scars – wearing long sleeves in a heat wave, making endless excuses as to why you can't go swimming, hiding them with make up or bracelets or tattoos, spending every second thinking about your scars and how you're going to make sure that no one sees them – it's clearly not a straightforward issue. And as Claudia says, it's not showing off; it's a form of body positivity, of learning to be comfortable in your skin, regardless of what that skin looks like. That is a hard thing; it's something that should be supported, not torn down.
There's obviously a lot more to talk about when it comes to self harm but this is already a lot longer than I'd originally intended it to be! This is something that makes me really emotional and fired up so I could probably write a book on it. It's so important to talk about and talk about openly and honestly. I wish I'd found someone writing about it or recording YouTube videos about it when I'd started struggling with all the things I talk about on this blog. Had I, and the people around me, had more knowledge and awareness about all of this stuff, my 'mental health journey' would've been very different.
Category: autism, depression, emotions, mental health, response, self harm, therapy, treatment, video Tagged: actuallyautistic, actuallydepressed, asd, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autistic, autistic adult, claudia boleyn, cutting, depressed, depression, emotions, feelings, mental health, mental health awareness, mental health blog, mental health blogger, mental health blogging, mental illness, scars, self harm, self harm awareness, self harm scars, self injury, self injury awareness, trigger, trigger warning, tw, youtube, youtube video, youtuber
Posted on December 5, 2017
Over the years, I've had periods of feeling really far away. It often overlaps with my bouts of depression but sometimes it creeps in out of nowhere and I feel completely lost, untethered from everything around me. It fades in and out like a fog, sometimes with no warning and often there's nothing I can do to dissipate it or avoid it. It can be really scary, especially when it first started to happen, but at the same time, it's like I can't really feel that fear or any of my emotions. I've described it in different ways but they all describe the same feeling: feeling completely disconnected from myself. But I thought I'd include a few of those descriptions because they give more of a sense of how it feels:
To be completely honest, I'm not sure what causes it, given the overlap of the different mental health problems I struggle with. This is something I have a lot of anxiety about, not being able to pinpoint where individual problems come from. Everything's connected to everything else. Everything influences everything. But from my own reading, it seems to be common in depression and in Borderline Personality Disorder. It's often a coping mechanism for stress or overwhelming emotions. The Mind website has a great page about this. My experiences line up best with the description of 'Depersonalisation'.
I still haven't found anything that does much to help it but there are a few things that give me a few seconds of relief, of connection. Usually, it's about tapping into my senses. That seems to bring me back to the world a little bit. So things like opening windows, sitting in the sun, touching leaves or flowers, stroking a pet, having a cold shower or holding something cold… they don't fix it but they do have a positive effect. Even if it's tiny, they do create small positive spikes in my mood. They're like stars in a suffocatingly dark sky. With this, it's more about getting through it than trying to fix it. It's about creating one moment after another to carry you through to the other side.
I want to add that I've also used self harm to 'wake myself up' from this. I'm not advocating it; it's dangerous and damaging and really difficult to get free of. But if nothing else, I'm honest and it has helped. When I'm in a really bad place, I don't want to hear that I shouldn't do it because it feels like the only thing that helps but when it's not quite so bad, I try really hard to find other ways to cope. I try the things I've listed or I try to distract myself. I don't want to get too far from the point of the post so I'll come back to this in another post but I felt like I had to include it here.
Friends and family have asked me what they can do to help and if I'm honest, I don't really know. It can be hard to think about that when I'm just trying to get through it. But I do want to help them help me. At some point, I will write more about this, but I do find it really helpful when the people around me let me set the pace and decide what I can and can't manage. Sometimes a push is helpful but in this situation, it isn't. A sense of control grounds me a little bit. Plus, there are some things that are just really hard to manage when you feel like you can't connect to your emotions. For example, I find it really hard to write songs and be creative when I feel so disconnected from everything. So being able to (and feeling safe to) adapt my activities does help. And talking. Talking it through, figuring out solutions, letting off steam. That really helps.
Category: bpd, depression, mental health, self harm, tips Tagged: advice, borderline, borderline personality disorder, bpd, depersonalisation, depression, dissociation, emotions, feelings, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, self harm, self injury, senses, sensory, sensory information, tips
Posted on September 9, 2017
A little while ago, I discovered Sophie Mayanne's Behind The Scars photography project. I was scrolling through Instagram, probably procrastinating, when I saw a photo of a young woman unashamedly showing off her scars. I was intrigued by the story behind that post – while I've never been actively told to hide my own scars, it often feels like I'm expected to cover them up. This is particularly true of self harm scars, I think. As I said, I've never had someone specifically tell me to hide them but I still feel that there is an expectation that I should, either because I should be ashamed of them or because they might upset people. I protest this and so does Behind The Scars. This ever-growing collection of photos allows people to show their scars and tell the stories behind them. I don't think I can describe it better than Sophie herself does: "Behind The Scars is a celebration of beauty, of flaws, of battles won and obstacles overcome. It is about survival, living beyond that and capturing the memories. It is a truly honest depiction of how our history, shown through these scars, does not define us but compels us."
I was instantly a fan and applied to take part. It took a bit of planning and rearranging but come the day of the shoot, I arrived with only a little anxiety. I've had photos taken before, for my music projects, but they've always been taken by people I already know. So I was a bit nervous about that. I had also been nervous about my difficulty with eye contact (thank you for that, ASD) but Sophie was very reassuring and put that fear to bed very quickly.
The shoot itself was a very positive experience and made much easier by the presence of a little dog, Carla. Animals always put me at ease (to the point where both my cat and my dog frequently accompany me to therapy sessions) so that was a lovely surprise and did make me feel less anxious. Anyway. I had expected to feel very self-conscious but I didn't. In fact, I felt strangely in control and comfortable in my body and that is something I'm really grateful for, grateful to this project for. And even though I often get very anxious about not knowing how to do something, I didn't feel that as strongly as I sometimes do: Sophie was great, telling me where to stand and what she wanted me to do. I never felt judged and if a particular pose felt unnatural, we were on to the next one straight away. And suddenly we were done.
The other part of the project involves writing a little bit about your scars or your experience of having scars. I thought a lot about what I wanted to say and eventually, I came up with this:
"I've struggled with self harm on and off for about eight years but it's gotten worse as my mental health has worsened. The compulsion, for me, is two fold. Because of my Autism, I feel emotions really strongly and when it gets completely overwhelming, the only thing that helps is self harming, like all the emotions can escape. It's like my version of a pressure valve. I also do it when something very upsetting happens, like I'm trying to represent that distress in a tangible way and show that it's changed me. I think a lot of people don't understand it and almost don't want to because it's a hard thing to think about but I think the only way to help someone who is self harming is to try and understand it. I didn't talk about it for a long time because I didn't have the words but then I realised how much it would've meant to my younger self to know that other people were struggling with the same things. So it's time to find the words."
My lasting impression of Behind the Scars, and of Sophie, is sincerity, and personally, I can't give it higher praise than that. It's been a couple of weeks now since the shoot and I love the photos. They look like me. I know that sounds odd, but how many photos have you seen of yourself that just don't look like you? But these do. These photos look like me.
"If these images help us to think differently about scarring, and for those that "wear" these scars, to look differently at not only the imperfections, but the individuality these marks might engender, then for me, I would deem the project a success." – Sophie Mayanne
A massive thank you to Sophie for taking these photos and for the Behind the Scars project as a whole. You can see more of the photos from the project here and here and, if you'd like to help her get Behind the Scars to New York, you can find the Kickstarter here.
Category: about me, autism, event, mental health, self harm Tagged: anxiety, asd, autism, autism spectrum disorder, behind the scars, depression, event, mental health, mental illness, photography, photography project, photoshoot, scar, scars, self harm, self harm awareness, self harm scars, sophie mayanne
Hi! I'm Lauren Alex Hooper. Welcome to my little blog! I write about living with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as several mental health issues. I'm a singersongwriter so I'll probably write a bit about that too.
My first single, 'Invisible,' is now available on iTunes and Spotify, with all proceeds going to Young Minds.
My second single, 'Bad Night,' is also now available on all platforms and is the first track from my new EP, 'Honest.'


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Well that is pretty much the Portuguese part of our February adventure. But still to come is our excursion to Spain and The Man revisiting The Rock after 35 years!
Blogging from 'ABroad' about many of the different issues that affect the international community at home and abroad in the hope that this will encourage understanding and tolerance.
What a handsome group. The bridge is a disappointment, though. It seems to have great architecture in your picture.ReplyDelete
Great pictures; the sunshine looks wonderful. I'm Portuguese but have never paid that country a visit. Someday....ReplyDelete
Looks very invitingReplyDelete
The tilled seat is so much nicer than plastic white chairs dont you think?ReplyDelete
You are having such a great time, which is wonderful! This is what I miss about living in Europe, seeing different countries, different cultures without having to travel far.ReplyDelete
I enjoyed sharing your trip with you, and look forward to your next share.ReplyDelete
Fabulous old bench all right. It looks like a wonderful time! :-)ReplyDelete
Loved seeing these photos. We went to Portugal last year, we loved it all but the coastal area down South which was so windy and very English! Have a good day DianeReplyDelete
it all sounds so exciting... and i am incredibly impressed by the lay called jack with her living and transport arrangements. hope you carry on having as much fun. jxReplyDelete
What a lovely trip!! And such lovely pictures!
Portugal is still unknown to us, we got lost in Greece somehow although I have a portugees friend. Seeing this makes my urge stronger, it really would be nice to pay this beautiful country a visit!! We haven't been to Spain either, come to think of it.....seems we have some travelling to do
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It's a typical tendency that individuals need more self-governance, authority, and restraint however when they understand that such things likewise require control and obligation, at that point all of a sudden decentralization progresses toward becoming something to be dreaded. Comedic figure battling frantically to convey decentralization to the majority, and after excruciating hardships he shows his innovative redeeming quality to the general population just for them to disregard it, and laugh at his naivety.
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Just like crypto, the cruel the truth is that a larger part of cannabis stocks will either fall fiat or end up being crafted by go getters. Yahoo Finance presently records 24 cannabies stock tickers, while different sources place the quantity of organizations being developed at 64. As for Tilray, a half year on from its pinnacle, the stock cost has sunk by near 65%. The cryptocurrency space contains 2,064 coins and tokens. A little more than 100 cryptocurrencies may make it out of 2,064 by the assessment of Matt Hougan.
Here we have the very meaning of a bubble, with everybody endeavoring to get before it pops. Anyway bubbles aren't all terrible. The bubble may help over the long haul. Thinking back to Tilray Inc. regardless of sinking throughout the previous a half year it's valuation is as yet 349% higher than it was at the initiation of its $17 per square IPO. Hougan abandons us on a positive note, anticipating what may rise up out of the winnow that clears out 95% of the altcoins market.


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Fox News anchor Jenna Lee surprised her audience on Friday as she announced her decision to leave Fox News.
Jenna joins an increasingly long list of Fox News personalities who have either been forced out or quit in recent months.
It has left the former leader in cable news trailing in the ratings and decimated a once loyal viewer base.
I've decided it's time for a change and has chosen to leave Fox News. I love being a journalist. I believe it's what I'm called to do. I have some really big ideas on how to better serve you in that particular arena. It has truly been a privilege serving our viewers.
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EHCC to Honor Founder Frances Chang Sherrard
The East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center will honor the former President of the East Hawai'i Cultural Council, Frances Chang Sherrard, at a ceremony marking the opening of the exhibit Expression of the Female Deity on Friday, May 3, at 6:00 p.m. The exhibit is a retrospective of artist Mayumi Odaʻs work, including silk screen, wood block, intaglio, and calligraphic art that will be on display throughout the month of May at EHCC, located at 141 Kalākaua Street.
The public is invited to the ceremony marking Sherrardʻs vision to create a Hilo cultural nexus. Her efforts began in the late 1960ʻs when she lobbied the County Council to transfer stewardship of the Center to culture and arts organizations. The Public Works Committee of the County Council nixed the idea in July of 1978, but Sherrard and representative organizations persisted.
The Honolulu Advertiser reported in 1978 that then-Councilman James Dahlberg said, "We have given the shaft to the arts and cultural commuity.... Itʻs shameful what we have done." But, eventually, the Center won approval and the lease changed hands in 1980.
Sherrard served for years as the Chair of the Center, noting in a newspaper interview in 1980 that, "We see it as a means of creating a stimulating environment, conducive to the development of a creative citizenry." The EHCC team landed a grant of $50,000 from the State of Hawai'i to renovate the former District Courthouse and Police Station, beginning with getting rid of termites and reinforcing the aged structure. Under a dollar-a-year lease with the County of Hawaiʻi, the Center was granted status on the State and National Register for Historic Places in 1979, and continues today as a locus for visual and performing arts in downtown Hilo.
An interesting display of newspaper articles and other material chronicling the colorful early years will be shared when Sherrard is recognized on May 3 rd . The information was given to an EHCC Board Member by the late journalist, Hugh Clark, who tracked and filed information on the arts on the Big Island for decades. One such item noted, "During the Mayorʻs race two years ago, unsuccessful candidate Dante Carpenter said he would move the Mayorʻs Office and some departments from the present County Building to the ex-Police site if he were elected." The move, however, was not enacted when Carpenter later won the Mayoral race in 1984.
Sherrard, a beloved Hilo leader and educator, was Principal at Chiefess Kapiʻolani Elementary school for thirteen years. It was a task she performed with first-hand knowledge because she, herself, was a Kapʻiolani student. Sherrard was the receipent of the Zonta Club Rose Award in 2014. She is a fixture at cultural and arts events even today, where she is welcomed and hailed for her decades of diligent, productive work that ensured a downtown piko for East Hawaiʻi arts and culture.
Photos from the exhibition and honoring of Frances are located here!
Stop by to see the exhibition and leave a message for Frances in a booklet we will give to her after the show ends!
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The Selection Committee this year acknowledges Dr. Edmond Ma as an outstanding young researcher in view of his significant contributions in two major research areas, namely, the development of luminescent probes and computer-aided drug discovery. In particular, Dr. Ma and his collaborators have concentrated on using computer-aided molecular modelling for the rational design of ligands against biomolecular targets. Their work on investigating the binding mode of active compounds to biomolecules and on the lead optimization of hit compounds has appeared on the front covers of high-impact journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Dr. Ma has published over 100 journal papers, many appearing in top-tiered journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. He has an h-index of 28 and a citation count of over 1800, which is truly exceptional for a young researcher of his age.
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As a rising scholar in his field, Dr. Ma has been invited to serve as editorial board member (Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group), guest editor (Methods; Impact factor: 3.641) and reviewer for various drug discovery and sensing-related journals. He has also on several occasions been invited to deliver lectures at international conferences and workshops as a keynote speaker, such as at the 1st International Congress of Advanced Materials and the 15th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis. Furthermore, he was invited by the Croucher Foundation and the Royal Society to attend the 2nd UK-Hong Kong Frontiers of Science Symposium as one of 70 outstanding early-career scientists. Dr. Ma has moreover been featured by the prestigious journal Chemical Communications as "a leading emerging scientist in the early stages of their independent career", and was invited to contribute an article to the special issue "Emerging Investigators 2014" in the journal. Additionally, Dr. Ma has been featured by ChemPlusChem as a rising star of the future, and was invited by the journal to contribute an article to the Special Issue "Early Career Series" in 2014. Dr. Ma's contribution to this series, judged to be highly important by the referees of the article, led to his invitation for an interview aiming to showcase the research careers of talented people who will shape the future of interdisciplinary research in chemistry. These invitations clearly demonstrate his growing academic prominence in the field.
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2019 Theme: "Dot-Dot-Dot." This is the Library's logo and, additionally, in writing, when you end a sentence with an ellipsis (3 periods) , you leave the reader wondering & wanting more… Submit photographs that leave us with questions & make us want more. Open to: Fairfield County residents in grades 6-12. To Enter: Fill out the submission […]Find out more »
Opening reception: Friday, June 20, 6-7:30, Sheffer Room gallery, in conjunction with the exhibit ART & TEXT Westport type expert Ilene Strizver looks at the basic elements of typography and how the choice of font and text layout design are essential to successfully conveying the message. This display is in conjunction with the Sheffer Room main […]Find out more »
Opening reception: Friday, September 20, 6-7:30 Artist-to-Artist Talk with Miggs Burroughs: Tuesday, October 1, 6-7 pm Westport artist Nancy Landauer's work often has a retro look and always includes text to convey a message or simply add pattern and texture. This exhibit is part of a fall group show by 13 Fairfield County libraries sharing the common […]Find out more »
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3 from 6-7 pm Selections from the Westport Public Art Collections, these prints, drawings and photographs feature images celebrating dance. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3 from 6-7 pm Image: "City Center Ballet #2" by Philippe Halsman (Westport Public Art Collections, Database #1309)Find out more »
This is a delightful way to take a walk and read Sarah Faire and the House at the end of the World by Alex Giannini. The first day is a part of the Earthplace Festival, which is a ticketed event. Partner & location: Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center, 10 Woodside Lane Storywalk® is a registered […]Find out more »
Buttons, buttons, who has the buttons? You do! Bring in a photo, draw a picture or clip out a cartoon and turn it into your personalized button. The buttons measure 2 inch or 1 inch in diameter, so pick a section of a photo that will fit. Limit 2 buttons per participant.Find out more »


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Paddy Power Betfair Fined for Allowing Wagers Made with Stolen Money
Added: October 18, 2018
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) found famous gambling firm Paddy Power Betfair guilty for failing to stop wagers made with stolen money. The UKGC highlighted two instances where the company allowed significant wagers, one being wagers from Simon Price. Price, the former executive of a Dogs Home, embezzled US$1.2 million and blew an estimated US$857 000 on the Paddy Power Betfair.
After Price's arrest, media reports stated that the stolen money wasn't repaid. However, UKGC slapped the company with a fine of US$2.9 million and confirmed that part of the fine would reimburse the Dogs Home.
The statement issued by the UKGC said: "As a result of Paddy Power Betfair's failings, significant amounts of stolen money followed through their exchange and this is simply not acceptable. Operators have a duty to all their customers to seek to prevent the proceed of crime from being used in gambling."
According to the UKGC, all these "failings stem from one simple principle: operators must know their customer. If they know their customer and ask the right questions, then they place themselves in a strong position to meet their anti-money-laundering and social responsibility obligations."
In addition to the wagers made with stolen money, the company also failed to adequately protect three gamblers who displayed visible signs of problem gambling.
Paddy Power Shares Grow Despite Fine
Despite the fine and damage to the brand, Paddy Power Betfair recorded an increase in the company's share price by 5%.
In response to the fine Paddy Power Betfair's CEO, Peter Jackson said: "we have a responsibility to intervene when our customers show signs of problem gambling. In these five cases, our interventions were not effective, and we are very sorry that this occurred." Jackson added: "in recent years, we have invested in an extensive program of work to strengthen our resources and systems in responsible gambling and customer protection."
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One Girl Can with the help of Beedie Foundation
International Women's Day is a time to reflect on gender equality and its importance all year-round. To ensure women and girls around the world get the support they need all year, Beedie Foundation is putting over $100,000 towards education in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Additionally, One Girl Can has partnered with 10 female-led brands to spread this important message.
Candid Conversations with Leaders in Life, Business and Philanthropy
When you hear the word philanthropy, what comes to mind? While we all choose to define philanthropy in a manner personal to us, the word itself originates from the Latin meaning, "love to mankind". In this new editorial, we will share intimate conversations with founder of One Girl Can, Lotte Davis.
Vancouver-area women empowering other women around the world
From building wells in Africa to teaching sewing in India, Vancouver-area women are helping to empower other women around the world. Read more about the impact that One Girl Can is having in Kenya.
Leading Ladies in Vancouver
Another year, another International Women's Day! Vita loves celebrating the fierce females around us and all the hard work they do—including One Girl Can founder, Lotte Davis!
Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver launches Philanthropic Stay to support charity that promotes gender equality in developing nations. Partial proceeds go toward supporting education for girls in some of the most marginalized regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. For every night booked, $50 will be donated to One Girl Can.
Beedie Foundation donates over $100,000 to One Girl Can in support of advancing gender equality.
Multi-year donation will fund the rebuilding of schools and education of girls in Africa
"Before she hits theaters in Terminator: Dark Fate, Canadian actress Mackenzie Davis is working to do some good in the world.
Davis, 32, has been named the new ambassador for One Girl Can, a Canadian registered charity whose missions it is to empower girls in Kenya and Uganda through education."
"I'm amazed each year how our support locally continues to grow. This is our fifth event, and our sponsorship has doubled from eight sponsors to 16, with significant companies like TD, Beedie, Odlum Brown, Deloitte, KPMG and more getting on board to support gender-based programs globally."
Lotte Davis (Founder) and Irene Muinde (Program Manager) were invited to CTV Morning Live Vancouver to talk about One Girl Can's fifth annual IWANTtoBE event.
"As our community in Vancouver has been rapidly expanding, the same has been happening in Kenya and Uganda," says Davis. "I'm really looking forward to bridging these two communities together in a meaningful way through our special guest. I think people will feel really connected to the tangible impact their support is having."
The fast-paced, inspiring IWANTtoBE event returns this spring in support of local charity One Girl Can, bringing together a community of like-minded Vancouverites, all in the name of eradicating poverty and gender inequality in Africa through education.
Changing education for the girl child is critical for global development. Lotte Davis, founder of One Girl Can, feels like it's her life's mission to ensure equal and quality education is given to girls in Kenya and has used her skills as an entrepreneur to build schools in some of the most impoverished parts of the East African nation. She spoke to CNBC Africa's Kopano Gumbi.
Just in time for International Women's Day on March 8, Vancouver actress Mackenzie Davis (of Tully and Blade Runner fame) has been named the new ambassador of One Girl Can. We caught up with Davis in advance of the official announcement to learn more about the charity, her connection to it and why she feels it's so important.
All children should have access to an education. Period. But there are many places in the world where access to education is still restricted, especially for girls.
Various international charities have long been stepping up to help change this, and the Vancouver-based initiative One Girl Can is one of them.
Just in time for International Women's Day, Vancouver actress Mackenzie Davis has been named the new ambassador of One Girl Can. The Vancouver Sun caught up with Davis to learn more about her involvement.
One Girl Can created a micro-project for each girl, telling her story compassionately and honestly and asking donors to fund her individual education, always taking care to ensure the campaigns were done in a sensitive manner that took into account the girls' privacy and individual preferences. Donors have the option of making a single gift or signing up for monthly recurring donations to a specific microproject.
Since 2008, AG Hair has donated a portion of each product sold directly to educate girls in Africa. A portion of the sale of every bottle goes to building schools in Kenya & Uganda.
"When I first starting going back to Africa, I was overwhelmed by how great the need was," says Davis, who over decades of visiting a dozen African countries has channelled her generosity. "I had read a lot and knew about the capacity women in underdeveloped countries had to create change, and the trickle-down effect that empowering one woman with education could have on her family and her community."
A young woman from Hong Kong who is skating all the way from Miami to New York (and then to Los Angeles) says she's showing humanity in its brightest light as she blades 6,000 miles across the country to raise money for the nonprofit One Girl Can. "I believe in the spirit of people, the goodness of people," she said.
Yanise Ho is seeing America in a unique way, skating from the East Coast (Miami) to the West Coast (Portland) with no money and no safety net, all to prove that the kindness of strangers still exists. She has already ventured thousands of miles solo and, in the process, raised over $13,000 to date for girls in Africa to continue their secondary education via the Canadian-based nonprofit One Girl Can.
"One Girl Can gives young African women a voice and empowers them to make positive changes in society," said Davis, addressing the room of difference makers. "This event is about more than just raising money," she added. "It's the ideal opportunity for our supporters to connect with how One Girl Can is able to make such a positive difference in Africa."
ONE WOMAN DID: At the Imperial Theatre on Main street, Lotte Davis saw $350,000 reportedly raised for the One Girl Can organization she founded. That will send 85 African girls to university and 95 to high school.
Proof that One Girl Can make a difference. Bianca Bujan shares Lotte Davis' story of how she started One Girl Can in the WestCoast Families Education Edition.
Wondering what it takes to start a charity? Lotte Davis started One Girl Can to build schools and careers in Africa. "We don't just build schools or offer scholarships. We nurture her and make sure that every single one of the girls is successful."
The Canadian Woman Helping Girls In Sub-Saharan Africa Stay In School. Fashion Magazine's Joy Pecknold traveled to Africa for a first-hand view into One Girl Can's activities.
"I believe in the ability of women to become leaders, no matter where in the world they come from."
Learn more about One Girl Can's founder, Lotte Davis, through her Lean In feature.
When the second of her two daughters moved out of the family home, Lotte Davis embarked on a project that would make her a mother again — to dozens of young women. Michele Marko sat down with One Girl Can's founder, Lotte Davis, to discuss her inspiration willpower and for the foundation.
NICHE Magazine highlights One Girl Can's record-breaking donations at the 2017 #IWant2Be Fundraiser, where all funds go towards building two science labs at a girl's school in Kenya, and will fund 36 new university scholarships for girls coming from one of the five high schools One Girl Can has built.
Jen Murtagh, guest post contributor, spoke about her recent life-changing journey to Africa with One Girl Can and Lotte Davis, founder of One Girl Can.
"Sam Sullivan's Public Salon brings together interesting people with interesting ideas for evenings that are meant to inspire and educate." Lotte Davis, Founder of One Girl Can, was a featured speaker on January 18. Follow the link below to watch Lotte's inspiring speech.
Lise Boullard from Vancouver Luxury Living magazine interviews Founder, Lotte Davis. The Vancouver-based magazine is run by Shaw TV and One Girl Can Fundraiser MC, Fiona Forbes.
Since 2008, AG Hair has donated a portion of each product sold to educate girls in Sub-Saharan Africa through its Every Bottle Counts campaign.To date, AG has raised $3.6 million for their effort to empower African girls.
"I grew up in apartheid South Africa, and here I was, successful as a woman, and I wanted to do something to help other women succeed," she explains. "And I knew without question it had to be in Africa, and had to be for women. I did not want to write a cheque, though. I wanted my arms right around it. And when I visited a slum school in Nairobi, that was it, I knew what to do." What emerged was One Girl Can.
Davis has also used her business to support her philanthropic work–AG's Every Bottle Counts campaign, it involves donating a portion of each sale to One Girl Can, Davis' charity that provides educational opportunities to girls in Africa.
Thousands of girls and young women are currently participating in One Girl Can, including coaching programs and workshops that offer one-on-one mentoring and help with post-graduation job searches. As Davis puts it, "With One Girl Can, we are not successful until that girl is earning a salary."


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Top tips for keeping horses comfortable this summer
With one of the hottest summers recorded for years, it has become extremely tricky to ensure your horse is comfortable at home and when out competing.
We have pulled together seven top tips and ideas to help you improve the welfare of your horse during this time, as detailed below.
Hang up "NAF Off Stick'em up" fly ribbons in your horses stable to get rid of the flies. These super sticky fly ribbons are great for trapping flying insects. Hang wherever flies are a nuisance. They are ready to use and disposable, with no poison or vapours.
Consider installing a rear top door in your stable. Not only does it give your horse a new perspective to keep them entertained in the stable, it also increases air flow during hot periods.
Are your windows a fixed pane?
If so, consider upgrading them to a Scotts louvred window instead. You can adjust louvred windows, allowing for greater air flow during the summer.
The louvred design offers controllable ventilation and combined with the grille gives maximum security. Louvred windows are available for brick or block built stables or for the renovation of existing timber stable buildings.
Place some of these ingenious traps in your horses field, the flies are attracted to the large metal ball which heats up in the sun.
This horsefly and wasp trap is an excellent solution to get rid of 95% of horseflies and wasps. It is designed to catch those aggressive insects which commonly create a lot of irritation to horses and livestock.
Free-choice access to a salt block is essential in hot weather.
Simple Systems provide great salt lick in a reusable tub trug that is suitable for the field or stable.
The AeroChill Horse Cooling Rug was the winner of the BETA Innovation award 2018.
It is great for using to travel to competitions in hot weather and for cooling horses, after work, to aid muscle recovery.
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The Nomad Horse Shower has capacity to cool off and wash down two event horses after a competition. It is ideal to ensure you can cool your horse off quickly and effectively after a competition.
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Today I want to show you the mani I wore to a fellow blogger's event. Sarah from Versass.com celebrated her 25th birthday bash in style and I wanted something simple but still interesting to compliment my outfit. I wore a purple and black leopard print dress and for my nails I went with two easy coats of Kleancolor's Metalic purple. I then added a coat of Essie's Luxeffects topcoat in Shine of the Times. I loved it! Simple but still striking. Here are some pics of the mani I wore along with a pic of my sisters and I. Good times.
Vee …xox…
After a couple days I decided to mattify my manicure with China Glaze's Matte Magic.
From left to right: Yours truly, Chachi, Mims
P.S Be sure to visit Sarah's blog (versass.com) for all things related to cooking, fashion and girly randomness. Loves her.


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Vintage cube, the best version of the best format, is coming December 19th!
Where else can you get board states like this? (Courtesy of a Karn reset ultimate.)
Or this? (Courtesy of Upheaval.)
Although a bounteously fun format, cube's sheer complexity can be daunting to new and seasoned players alike. I shall take you on the path of how to get into the format, how to improve, and how to improve even more. I've broken it down to ten levels of efficacy, starting with—!
Level One ♦ Try aggro
In vintage, legacy, and modern cubes alike, the same is true of aggro decks: they are the easiest to draft, the easiest to play, and the easiest to 3-0 with. They're gradually nerfed every season yet always remain a Tier One deck.
Article-length primers exist for more information, but let's cover a few fundamentals:
Level Two ♦ Learn the other tier one archetypes
Again, there are full length primers out there, but some highlights:
Green ramp
UX control
Reanimator and/or Sneak Attack
Level Three ♦ Learn the lesser archetypes
These are harder to put together and/or harder to play. Try the easier decks first.
Other combo decks
Mono black
4+ color
Level Four ♦ Know what goes where
"Is "Eternal Witness good in cube?" is the wrong question. "Where does Eternal Witness go?" is more helpful. Your mono green ramp deck doesn't want Eternal Witness. What would you get back with it, a dead Llanowar Elves? However, your deck with two Time Walks indeed wants Eternal Witness.
Often the answer is obvious. We can all look at Stoneforge Mystic and know to play it with Umezawa's Jitte and Batterskull. You might even know to play Upheaval next to artifact mana. But where do you put Bazaar of Baghdad?
(Reanimator decks can use Baghdad to dump targets in the graveyard. Some decks with draw 7's can make use of it as well, such as storm and something I'll mention later.)
This segues into our next level—
Level Five ♦ Know the combos
I don't mean the Kiki-Jiki / Splinter Twin stuff covered above (although those are good too). I mean the nice synergies, like Gifts Ungiven and Unburial Rites, or Mindslaver and Academy Ruins.
Novices will look at Soulfire Grand Master and think, "perfect for my red-white burn deck!" Mavens see it and think, "Infinite combo with Time Walk!"
An easy trap to fall into is, "It's only two cards. what are the odds I'll even get both at once?" And true, this will not happen every game. But even without any filtering or card draw, it will happen a couple of times in your three rounds, and it can often mean the whole game when it does. Plus there remains the fact—you can run card draw! And tutors, in vintage cube.
Level Six ♦ Know the traps
Every cube is saturated with powerful cards—that you should not play.
Necropotence, Moat, Show and Tell, Oath of Druids, Land Tax, Bitterblossom, Winter Orb, Fastbond, Deathrite Shaman... I won't say NEVER play them, but I will say play them rarely, with caution, and under limited, carefully planned circumstances.
Speaking of the sideboard,
Level Seven ♦ Plan for Game 2
A breakthrough moment in your cubing evolution is when you pass a pretty good maindeck card for a very good sideboard card.
It hurts to forego Jace, Architect of Thought, a perfectly playable four-drop. But you will get enough powerful four drops without him. You will not get another Vryn Wingmare if you pass it.
Is Timely Reinforcements a good card? Is it worth maindecking? No. Not even in a go-wide tokens deck. But you'll be glad you have one in Game 2 against red aggro. Also think about ways to hate on graveyard decks, ramp decks (can you kill an elf?), storm decks (discard and counterspells), and Kiki-Jiki decks (sorcery speed removal does not stop an EOT Pestermite).
Level Eight ♦ Distinguish between cubes
I've been talking mostly about vintage cube, as that's the one around the corner, but many of the specifics change for different cubes.
Level Nine ♦ Learn what wheels
This takes the longest, and as you can tell if you spend any time reading Twitch chat, most people are terrible at it. But when you spend Pack 1 going mono white, and pack 2 pick 1 forces you to choose between Silverblade Paladin and Swords to Plowshares, both extremely good for your deck, know that Swords is much less likely to make its way back to you. Every deck with white is looking at the Swords; only your aggro decks wants the Paladin.
In a format full of cards that would get p1'd elsewhere, what is still a p1 and what becomes a p8? The only way to get the intuition is to do a lot of reps. Don't only pay attention to the cards for your deck; look at what else you're seeing, and how late.
Know that the rules change in pack 3. Build-around cards like Sneak Attack, Tinker, and Channel get taken very early in pack 1. By the time we're in pack 3, few decks are still interested in those, so you might see one in picks 7 through 10. In pack 1, seeing one even as late as Pick 3 is extremely rare (and quite a powerful sign—if you see one pick 4 in the first pack, drop everything you're doing to accommodate it).
This does not apply to unilaterally powerful cards. Ancestral Recall is still a pick 1 in pack 3. I have literally splashed for it in my red aggro deck because of a pack 3 pick 1.
Level Ten ♦ Invent new strategies
After you're dozens of drafts deep, try something new! Make a weird three color combination of two strategies. Find new uses for cards you regularly see wheeling. Force yourself to play a card you haven't tried before. Cube will amaze you with its depth.
Necropotence is usually not great. But I once had one in a deck with both Demonic Tutor and Enlightened Tutor, meaning I was usually drawing 8 extra cards on Turn 3. I also had Bazaar of Baghdad in there. Pre-Necropotence, it helped me to find a Necropotence, which would undo all the card disadvantage. Post-Necropotence, it was just an extra 2 cards a turn at no real cost. And because I was so regularly paying exorbitant amounts of life, I even had a reason to use Timely Reinforcements in the maindeck!
You may have written off Yawgmoth's Will as a storm-only card, and generally it is. But one time I played it in a deck lucky enough to have both Time Walk and Ancestral Recall. It was extremely good.
Thus ends my advice. See you in the queues! Cotton