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The Productivity Project
Several years back, after I graduated business school, I received some full-time job offers, but decided to turn them down. Why? Because I had a plan.
For exactly one year, I would follow my passion and devour everything I could get my hands on about the subject of productivity, and then write every day about what I learned on a site I named A Year of Productivity.
Over the course of my experiment, I had the chance to interview my favorite productivity gurus from around the world, read countless books and academic articles on productivity, and (my favorite part) conduct numerous productivity experiments on myself, where I used myself as a guinea pig to explore how to become the most productive.
For some strange reason, the project took off. By the time I finished my year-long experiment, my work had been read over one million times by people from almost every country around the world, and the project received some media attention as well. I was even invited by Penguin Random House to write a book, which we called The Productivity Project. To date, the book has gone on to become a bestseller in four countries, and has been translated into seven languages!
I quickly realized something as the project came to a close: I didn't want to stop! I wanted to continue to write, experiment, and explore what it meant to become productive–not just because I had achieved some success with the project, but because I had helped so many people over the course of my journey, and wanted to help even more people going forward.
A Life of Productivity
That's when A Life of Productivity was born—and why I continue to write a weekly productivity column on this site to this day.
There is nothing I'm obsessed about more than becoming more productive, besides helping other people become more productive. This site exists solely for that purpose—that's why you won't find any ads or sponsorships on here (apart from the occasional annoying newsletter popup!)
If you're curious to dive in deeper, here are some of the top articles I have written so far, and some of the productivity experiments I've conducted!
What makes me tick?
I guess I should introduce myself, eh?
My name is Chris, and I live in Ottawa, Canada with my girlfriend Ardyn and our turtle Edward.
Just like some people are wired to be interested in sports, music, or comic books, I have always been fascinated by productivity. So you can get to know me a bit better, here are a five things that make me tick:
3. I grew up in Canada, and have lived here all my life. If you notice a lot of politeness in the way I talk, this is why. I currently live in the nation's capital, Ottawa, and absolutely love it here. If you come to visit, I'll treat you to poutine and a beaver tail.
4. I've had some neat work experience. I was fortunate enough to work a few fun co-op internships throughout University, including one where I independently hired about 200 co-op students for a global telecom firm. I also worked a few corporate jobs throughout University so I could graduate with as little debt as possible.
5. A few of my favorite things in the world: Green tea, writing, typography, space, technology (I'm a huge nerd), Oxford commas, and em-dashes—they're so versatile!
Jump In
Here are a few great launching off points if you're looking for something to read! Enjoy, and welcome!
- The best articles I've written (so far)
- The weird productivity experiments I've conducted
- A few post categories I think you'll find especially helpful: Time, Energy, Attention, Health, and Technology


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Jay Chou Releases Teaser for his 13th Album "AIYO, NOT BAD."
Jay Chou has finally returned as the singer songwriter we know and love. This is first time since his debut in 2000 that Jay Chou has made his fan wait this long for a new album. The singer, actor and director is now back in the music scene in full swing after taking a two year break directing and filming his musical film, The Rooftop, and traveling the world for the Opus 12 Tour.
"AIYO, NOT BAD" is not only Jay Chou's 13th album title, but also his infamous catchphrase, reflecting Jay Chou's creative sense of humor for this album's concept.
His single, Shoes Extra Large, is a witty rap that brings out the characteristics of Charlie Chaplain - the inspiration for his songs and photos for the upcoming 13th album.
Let's take a look!
Listen to the teaser for the new single and watch the behind the scenes of the photoshoot!
"AIYO, NOT BAD" will be released on December 26th. Are you anticipating the album?

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What is a business visionary? All things considered, in the United States of America there are two sorts of extremely fruitful business visionaries. There is the business sector business visionary and there is the political business visionary. The business sector business person profits in the free market by conveying the most minimal costs and the best quality and administration to its clients and the buyer. The business sector business person wins markets and demolishes the opposition since they are better and more productive.
The political business visionary uses the impact with government through different strategies, for example, campaigning, political crusade commitments and systems administration with government civil servants to either win government contracts and profit or utilize this impact to get the legislature to make new principles and directions and he is industry.
The political business visionary will likewise utilize his impact to get government bureaucratic administrative bodies at all levels of government to assault his opposition. There is a major distinction in business sector business visionaries and political business visionaries. Tragically, honest to goodness Capitalism getting clobbered by political business visionaries urging government organizations to continually assault market business people. You can also search for Paul Bola California if you want to get great motivation becoming an entrepreneur.
The economy and the free market and private enterprise so far as that is concerned works better with the most effective organizations contend on a level playing field where the purchaser and the purchaser votes with their dollar for the best items and administrations at the most ideal costs. There is nothing amiss with free enterprise there is just a major issue with the way it is connected in United States of America. It should be possible a great deal better.


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hurry up to find the best wine vault
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everyone would be happy to hold a tasty wine
enjoy it and go out again have a walk
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kiss the dealer if you lose, go home and cry
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Thanks for indulging your driver with last week's detour, folks!
Now, it's back to our regularly scheduled ride…
Christian – night cabbie, best friend and Spermula band mate, called me late last night with some juicy gossip. (Actually, 4am is simply "morning" for the day driver.)
Apparently, a politically-active firecracker we know named Tyler (works for Luxor Cab) was involved in a high speed chase around Union Square. It was with some rich kids come in from the 'burbs of Marin – from over the Golden Gate, to drive around San Francisco for some late night fun egging cars. But Tyler is NOT one that you egg! (He once slashed the tires of a Lyft on Polk Street just cause the dude was breathing. And with the driver STILL in the vehicle, engine running!)
Story goes that around three in the morning, Tyler was in the Westin St. Francis cab line in trendy Union Square across from the plaza. He was blasting techno full volume from his taxi while waiting for his turn to bribe the doorman for an airport… and with his windows ALL down. So, these kids come rounding the corner from Post Street, screeching tires and hanging out of their Cadillac Escalade all yelling obscenities – unquestionably, hopped up on goofballs, before proceeding to bombard Tyler and the whole of the INSIDE of his Luxor with eggs! (They made a real yolk of his cab!)
Note: Christian says he thinks it was the loud techno that got the Marin Boys' attention.
Anyway, TYLER GIVES CHASE!!
The Escalade led, ZOOMING around late night partiers and cable cars, running circles (and red lights) around the square at high speeds, with red light cameras FLASHING on them every couple blocks! And this, with Tyler in HOT PURSUIT in his taxi and yelling over his CB radio for Luxor's dispatch to call the police!
Eventually, the cops DID catch up to the chase and Tyler fell back, lest he get cited, too. (Not sure how he'll handle the red light cameras.)
Ultimately, the Marin Boys, not being from the city, took an ignorant turn down Powell Street thinking that they could access Market and maybe make their escape to the highway. (Best guess.) But SOUTH down Powell leads to a dead end at a pedestrian plaza just BEFORE Market… AT THE HISTORIC CABLE CAR TURNAROUND!! The Marin Boys crashed their Escalade into some cement pillars there, and then all jumped out trying to make a run for it on foot, to no avail. The cops were all over them. Apparently, it was quite the scene, with guns drawn and knees in the Marin Boys' backs, and such.
Needless to say, Tyler parked his cab and approached the scene to jeer the kids. Then, Tyler told the police he wanted to collect on the $100 vomit charge from their prisoners, for his impending cab clean up. It's a San Francisco MTA regulation: $100 for any bodily fluids dispersed in the taxi, resulting in the need for significant clean-up and/or time down. (It does not specify, human or chicken.)
I haven't checked if it's a full moon, but with this craziness in the air, I wonder what it portends for MY day! Hopefully, nothing. Hopefully, I will have a nice, boring Monday, with nothing to report to you. Okay?
On that note…
I'm in my "regular" Ford Fusion spare – 2976, and alcohol wiping her insides down, out in the Citizen's Cab lot. Think we'll start out mellow, just to keep things cool whilst I sanitize, with some KDFC 90.FM classical… Ah, Debussy!
Late in the day…
A boring day! (With mediocre money!) And nothing to report!
Suddenly, a voice rings out through the Fillmore "Jazz" district, as I roll through cruising for flags. And just when I was considering whether to quit while ahead. (Well, while mediocre.)
But that raspy, gruff sound that's breaking the Fillmore air, barking, "TAXI!" – though decidedly NOT jazz – still, tugs at my heart…
Someone needs a ride.
I pull hard over to the curb, and check my rear view to see from whence this plea originates… It's a down on their luck-looking black couple, who are now hobbling up towards 2976, from the bus stop at Turk in front of the police station. (And right across from where there was a recent gang hit, point blank, on a dude who was found at a considerable disadvantage, riding shotgun in a car trapped in the McDonald's drive-thru here. Which is also RIGHT ACROSS from the POLICE STATION! How embarrassing!)
As I continue to size up my new fares in the rear view, I take note as the skinny middle aged male half of the couple rushes for my back seat – with a brown paper bag in hand, obviously concealing a bottle, of something. It's more his female partner, with her dyed purple, straightened hair, and cane, ABOUT 500 POUNDS OF HER, that's "hobbling" towards the cab. And with a series of ripples emanating outwards from her MASSIVE thighs, out THROUGH her tight black yoga pants, with EVERY waddle…
Jeez. I feel for LaQuisha. This must be a rough life.
J.J. pops in back and slides over, before looking anxiously back through the rear window of the cab for his love, and holding the door open in anticipation. Or more likely, for fear that cabbie will drive off before she makes it. (I get the sense J.J. has not been treated well by other hacks.)
Two minutes later…
LaQuisha braces herself on the roof of the taxi, throws her cane in to J.J., and then slams herself into the back seat next to him. And 2976 sinks down low, REAL low, mainly on LaQuisha's side.
Then J.J. slurs, "Drivah! We makin'… cuple stahps. You kno dat Boos' Mo'bil ahn Ma'ket? Aht 6th? Mabee 7. Sumwher 'roun dere. Maybee 8thhh… I tell you, wher ta go. I di-rec you, drivah. 'N maaaan, don leeve us! You don woree… You gittin payed."
Then, a sweet voiced, seemingly emotionally intelligent (and seemingly sober) LaQuisha, "I apologize for my husband, driver. He's doesn't handle his liquor well. We need to go to Boost Mobile on Market, first. I'll need to run in there and pay my bill there. Could you please wait? Then, we'll be needing a ride to 8th and Mission."
Driver, "No problem. I will be your chauffeur. Like Driving Ms. Daisy… er, but in reverse! Boost Mobile on Market, it is. Then, 8th and Mission. But I forget exactly which block Boost is on… 6th or 7th sounds about right. But there are no left turns on Market, so it would be good to approach it from the right direction. You seem like good people, though. If we hit it wrong and there aren't any cops, I'll swing a U for you."
I check the rear view to find LaQuisha smiling big at my Driving Ms. Daisy remark. That's cool. But, whatever. This is my job. This is not even a case of white guilt. It's nothing. The only color I see here is green. Besides, I like driving "real people" as Ms. Palin puts it. It's sad that J.J. is even worried about getting ditched. (Though, I suspect he has good reason for concern.)
As we roll down Golden Gate towards Market, J.J. continues slurring out incoherent directions, mostly openly surmising about turns going the wrong way onto one-way streets, and flailing while trying to remember exactly which block "Boos Mo'bil" is on. J.J.'s WAY drunk, and still rambling about me not leaving them after the first leg of their ride.
Then, as we roll down McAllister, passing City Hall and the United States District Court, J.J. suddenly throws his now empty bottle out of the window and onto the sidewalk.
And LaQuisha is NOT happy! (Nor, am I.)
La Quisha, "J.J., what the hell you doin! Don't be disrespectin' our driver!! He's gonna git a ticket!!"
Then LaQuisha softens, as she looks to address Driver in the rear view.
"I am so sorry for my husband, driver. I'll keep a watch on him. He won't do anything like that again. I apologize."
Driver, "Yeah, probably not the best idea throwing liquor bottles out of the cab around here, what with all the cops around Civic Center and all. It's actually legal for you guys to drink in the cab. But not really to throw out bottles."
J.J. barks at the information, "Ye-ah! My lass drivah try 'n kick me owt fer drinkin'! 'N iss leegal!"
In an attempt to make light, for the sake of my now embarrassed LaQuisha, Driver laughs it all off nervously, with, "But it's NOT legal for ME to drink!"
And with that, I raise up my two-thirds empty water bottle, adding, "So don't tell anybody this is actually vodka I'm drinking! Ok!?"
I check the rear view…
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Investigators are moving quickly to seize the wide-ranging personal assets of the disgraced founder of an Iowa brokerage so they can try to reimburse thousands of customers and workers affected by his alleged $200 million fraud.
Former workers at Peregrine Financial Group Inc. and other companies controlled by Russ Wasendorf Sr. said they were stunned by the dramatic downfall of the prominent businessman and were trying to rebuild their lives after losing their jobs. About 75 of the estimated 250 Iowa workers affected attended a meeting Wednesday at a community college in Waterloo, where they learned about unemployment, job training and other benefits.
Wasendorf's business empire collapsed last week after he was found unresponsive in his car outside Peregrine's headquarters in Cedar Falls following a suicide attempt. He left a note in which investigators say he detailed how he embezzled customer funds for nearly 20 years and falsified bank records to fool regulators. Federal regulators shut down his firm, which was missing more than $200 million in customer accounts that it claimed to have, and it filed for bankruptcy.
Underscoring the diverse assets that investigators are trying to untangle, Wednesday's meeting drew workers from the brokerage, an upscale Italian restaurant that Wasendorf opened in Cedar Falls, the company's charitable arm, and Wasendorf's publishing company.
"It was shocking abruptness. You just don't see something like that coming," said Nick Kollasch, 25, who moved to Cedar Falls four months ago to take a job as a cook at myVerona, the restaurant. He said he's proud the restaurant raised the bar for fine dining in Cedar Falls, a town of 40,000 people, but he knows he will have difficulty earning the same salary elsewhere.
Wasendorf was arrested Friday at an Iowa hospital and charged with lying to regulators. Federal prosecutors say they will seek additional charges that could land Wasendorf, 64, in prison for the rest of his life. He hasn't yet entered a plea.
In portions of his note that have not been made public by the FBI, Wasendorf said he spent most of the missing money to prop up PFG and to pay its business losses and fines and fees charged by regulators, according to the Wall Street Journal, which received the statement from a "person familiar with the situation." Wasendorf wrote that a portion went to build its $24 million, state-of-the-art headquarters in Cedar Falls, the paper reported. Attempts by The Associated Press to obtain the same material were not successful.
A court filing in Peregrine's bankruptcy case shows roughly 24,000 customers had accounts with the firm and are missing money. An industry regulator told customers it's not clear when they will have access to their funds.
Officials appointed to manage the assets of the firm and those of Wasendorf say they have made progress identifying valuable real estate properties and a range of other companies that he controlled. They say Wasendorf owned two Chicago condominiums that property records show are worth a combined $1.3 million, plus the restaurant, the publishing company, a construction company and an aircraft firm that owned at least one jet.
The assets identified so far stretch from Iowa to Florida to Europe, according to a court filing. The receiver says it has been given expanded authority to take control of funds from companies controlled by Wasendorf and take all "necessary and appropriate" actions to seize his other assets.
"We are looking diligently to find assets that he owned or had control of," said Randall Lending, a lawyer for receiver Michael Eidelman. "We're working closely with the (bankruptcy) trustee to hopefully make substantial recoveries for people that lost money."
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked a judge to prohibit Wasendorf from "withdrawing, transferring, removing, dissipating, concealing or disposing of" any funds, personal property or securities that he controls.
Facing a freeze on his assets, Wasendorf learned he could not afford to hire Chicago lawyer Thomas Breen to represent him in the criminal case as he planned. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jon Scoles on Tuesday appointed federal public defender Jane Kelly to represent Wasendorf. Because of Kelly's recent appointment, Scoles delayed a detention hearing that had been scheduled for Wednesday until next week so she could have time to prepare.
In Waterloo on Wednesday, Wasendorf's former employees met for 90 minutes with local and state officials.
Jack Nees, 28, a server and bartender at myVerona, said Wasendorf dined frequently in the restaurant and was known to send back food if even the slightest thing was off. But he said he was happy Wasendorf had high expectations and was building the best restaurant in town.
"It's going to be a big loss for the community," he said of the closure. "There were a lot of people that really enjoyed it and it's unlikely we'll have something like that again."


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From Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen, and Libya the untold story fundamental to the unrest is about the hundreds of indigenous nations, communities and groups that have suffered long suppression by dictators. Libya is a clear example of a state where a leader of one small indigenous nations–the Gaddafi Tribe centered in the city of Sirte–has taken control of a state after a long battle for decolonization resulting in authoritarian rule over other indigenous nations and metropolitan populations. Members of the Gaddafi Tribe have been the primary beneficiaries of state power, wealth and influence with Muammar Gaddafi as Libya's ruler. Despite the Gaddafi Tribe's historical insignificance and it's non-existent role in the fight against colonialism, this small tribe has had a controlling influence because of Colonel Gaddafi. The Gaddafi tribe has remained steadfast in support of Muammar Gaddafi even as they have been called on to join the opposition in the current conflict. The Gaddafi Tribe is centered between the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi.
The Misurata tribe wields powerful influence in the cities of Benghazi and Darneh in the east of Libya while the Kargala, Tawajeer and Ramla tribes exercise considerable clout in the Cyrenaica region. Like many tribes or nations in the world families have a great influence linking families and nations together in alliances and cultural bonds. The el-Mahjoub family, Zamoura, and families of the Dababisa, Zawaiya and al-Sawalih include members who want to practice traditional ways while others seek to live an urban and often more secular way of life.
The so-called "civil-war" into which Britain, France, Italy and other European states have inserted themselves along with the United States and NATO involves mortal contests for power, influence and defense between the many indigenous nations and tribes. With more than 140 indigenous nations where one (Gaddafi Tribe) demands control over the state with limited power shared through appointments with a few other tribes one is not seeing a "civil-war" but a "Fourth World War." over control of a state. NATO is now part of the inter-national conflict favoring the Misurata tribe.
When the question is asked by US, European, and Arabic leaders, "Who is being defended and who is the enemy?" one must look into the history, ground level realities of Northern Africa and particularly Libya. Clearly in Libya the Benghazi revolt has at its core the various indigenous nations. Only 15 percent of the Libyan population has no tribal affiliation. They are mainly Berber, Turks, Greeks and descendents of Romans. Indigenous nations must be considered the central part of the solution to conflict in Libya and other states and state diplomacy must now employ "nation diplomacy."
Fourth World Geopolitics is at work in Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank and Bahrain. With fear of al Quaida in their hearts leaders of states' governments have plunged militarily into situations that require nuanced "nation diplomacy"–meaning a clear understanding of the family relationships in various indigenous nations and tribes as well as relationships between nations and tribes and the state and the history of these nations. Lacking this knowledge, states' governments blunder and awkwardly step into historically complex situations from which they are unable to extricate themselves. As we have noted in this column many times before, governments like the United States, Britain and France must retool their diplomatic skills to deal with a multi-lateral world not only of states' governments where there are many new power centers (read: China, India, Brazil, Singapore, South Korea), but the multi-lateral political world is populated by many hundreds of indigenous nations whose decisions, actions and interests now play larger roles in events often determining the security or existence of a growing number of modern states. Such is the environment defining the events of North Africa and in particular Libya.
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Top 10 Most Overrated Clothing Brands
There is more glamour in today's world than it could be found ever before. Everyone wants to look different and dress up in an elegant and adorable manner today. This is one reason why people spend more time in selecting their clothes and the brands they belong to. The most popular of these brands have taken the position of trend setters and have emerged as status symbols among the rich classes. However, different people feel differently about designer clothes. While some feel Armani is class, Valentino is beauty, Louis Vuitton is durability and Gucci is luxury, there are also people who would opt for alternatives that appear designer but do not carry a huge price tag with them. For people who are born with silver spoons in their mouth, the brand thing is the only way to go and most of them wear it because of the reputation associated with the name of the brand. While Dolce & Gabbana, Dior and Gucci still make sense to me as each piece is carefully and personally designed, there are brands which are making money for reasons I fail to understand. All popular designer brands are a bit overrated but some of them go over the top and become so annoying when they do not deliver as per their charge. Given below is a list of the top 10 most overrated clothing brands – brands that are good but not good enough for crying out their names so loud.
10. American Eagle Outfitters:
AE Outfitters is an American clothing retailer which is a favorite and much desired brand among teenagers. Though I personally prefer American Eagle to A&F and Hollister for some cute stuffs it offers but I don't see the deal in paying so much for something that is not even high-end, preppy and stylish. Thankfully the designs are subtle and the Eagle logo doesn't feature everywhere but that is no justification for so much hype which the AE brand brings along. After all, A&F, AE, Hollister, Aeropostale all appear the same, especially when every freaken kid in school is wearing them.
The Gap, also known as Gap Inc. is again an American multinational retailer of clothing and accessories. It includes the five popular divisions – Old Navy, Banana Republic, Gap, Athleta and Piperlime. When The Gap was launched in 1969, it signified style and affordability. However today, the brand is far from stylish and preppy. Plus its plainand apparel is simply overrated and overpriced. The brand which used to be excellent in the past is now just overdone. Still the initial buzz about Gap has kept it going.
8. True Religion:
True Religion is a California based clothing company which claims to sell premium handmade denim. The true religion brand jeans are the most expensive pair of jeans you will ever find, costing anywhere between 300$-600$. The clothing owes its high cost to fancy part production in America, but there is a large profit involved. No doubt the quality is much better than any ordinary jeans but the truth remains that nothing in the world can make a pair of jeans cost more than $75.
7. Polo Raulph Lauren:
Polo Raulph Lauren is a global multi-billion enterprise established by American fashion designer Raulph Lauren. Polo Raulph Lauren is particularly known for its high-end polo t-shirts, though they sell jeans, shirts, khakis and dress-up shirts too. Polo is overrated because of the premium status associated with it as the owner has always tried to target the high-end wealthy audience. Rich people are ready to pay five times higher for getting that much popular polo player stitched on their shirt. Moreover, high price of Polo does not mean use of rare and exotic fabric. Remember – you're paying for the logo and not the fabric.
6. Ed Hardy:
Ed Hardy is an expensive and overrated designer clothing line belonging to American artist Don Ed Hardy. The brand is known for its tattoo prints, loud colors, logos of skulls, snakes and hearts and also sewn sequins which often indicate inclination to pop culture. Though the brand is not in its peak popularity as it was in 2006 and 2007, it is still far from dying soon. What upsets me is that the brand offers ridiculously low quality garments, that too, at a hideously jacked up price. The whole buzz about Ed hardy is due to the new wave of urban hipster fashion it upsurged in the past. Most people still wear it to look cool and rich but the low quality spoils it for the brand.
5. Jack Wills:
Jack Wills, founded in 1999, is a British clothing line aimed at rich high school and university students. Well, to me, Jack Wills (JW) is Britain's reply to America's Abercrombie & Fitch, only that it is more exclusive for the ones who can afford it. JW has a traditional British heritage associated with it as it is inspired by vintage sportswear. All the popular guys and girls of British high schools wear it as it is the epitome of British preppy cool. Though it appears no more well made than anything up on the high street, people still buy a £60 JW hoodie, either to pretend they're rich or because they have little sense of spending money.
4. Lacoste:
Lacoste is a French company that sells high end designer clothing. The company has a green crocodile logo which appears on almost everything they sell. The quality is fine, infact better than Polo, but like all other designer brands, lacoste too is highly overrated. Lacoste is best known for its polo t-shirts but buying one means paying a hefty price. This is why wearing the crocodile is a status symbol (only if the on-looker can spot it). However, for me no t-shirt is worth more than 70$ (most lacoste items are priced above this). They are only meant to make you feel rich and serve no other purpose.
3. Hollister:
Hollister Co. is a company owned by Abercrombie and Fitch which sells out products like hoodies, t-shirts, polo shirts, jeans and other apparel targeting teens. Though Hollister is a bit cheaper compared to its parent A&F, the prices are still quite high for the boring stuff they sell. Tailoring to the surfer image, Hollister offers casual and laid back stuffs mostly sporting its obnoxious advertisement. The same quality of cloth can be acquired at Aeropostale for much cheaper rates. Every American mall has a Hollister store in it and the styles are so repetitive that anyone looking for preppy wear would be turned off. This is why I personally find Hollister to be very overrated.
2. Abercrombie & Fitch:
Abercrombie and Fitch is an over worn and overexposed clothing brand with almost every second American teen wearing it. The prices for most A&F clothes are ridiculously high, like $60-$100 for a casual t-shirt, which is just the same in quality as any t-shirt sold at an Old Navy store. Perhaps it is the most overpriced shop for mediocre clothing on the planet. Moreover, this brand has become so common that it has lost uniqueness and people who do not want to be clones just don't buy it. However, this brand is still the most popular casual clothing brand with a section of people crazy about it. People like it, or they don't, there is no middle thing when it comes to A&F.
Armani is an international Italy based fashion house which manufactures products under the sub ranges Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Armani Jeans, Armani Exchange and Emporio Armani. The Armani suits have always been too overrated, given their prices and the other brands they compete with. Though the designs are classy, the brand has witnessed quality dilution with so many Armani labels existent now that offer different levels of quality. Thousands of people around the world perceive Armani as the ultimate designer brand without much knowledge of other better brands like Zegna which provide superior fabrics. Hence these people over the world are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars for a single Armani piece. This is why, here, we rate Armani as the top most overrated clothing brand across the world.
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Are these like the most over priced common brands cause I would expect hood by air or some billionaire boys club on here
OMG!! Jack wills! I have it!!
I agree with every single listed brand except Lacoste!!!
where is Coach and Aeropostale


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I think when I got on pm 2 years ago I was so happy that someone was going to help stop the pain that I didnt realize just how much of my life I had to change. I feel so lucky to have a pm doc that I feel selfish to to be angry about
the things I cant do anymore. But in the past month I've been feeling so blah. I know I'm probably depressed and I do have a bottle of cymbalta infront of me that I'm afraid to take as I have a fear of meds(you wouldnt believe how long I stared at my first bottle of oxy before I convinced myself to take it!!) But I know eventually I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just do it. But do anti depressants make you feel happy and change the way you feel? what do they really do. I've beeen doing these treatments that arent working(everything for IC only works for 50% of people) I've always managed to convince myself that I would fall into the 50% for at least one treatment, and even though there isnt any treatment that has a cure they can help or cause a remission. But I feel like I'm running out of options and have finally realized this condition may be forever. And that thought is exhausting and overwhelming. Will anti depressants change that feeling or just help me to be okay with it. Because I dont have a paying job but have managed to stay active in my community, I have alot of time on my hands(hence why I'm on this forum 10 out of 24 hours) so I have a million hobbies, but how much longer can I really make soap and bath stuff...my husband wants to kill me because I've filled every cabnet with stuff we can never use up in this life time!! I guess I just want to know if anti depressants made a big diffrence in the way anyone feels. My doc perscribed them for pain, but I'm sure she thinks I'm becoming a little depressed too.
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Antidepresents are a lot like the other treatments you discribe. They each work a little differently and they work differently for different people. The one you are staring at is prescibed for people who's depression includes a lot of physical symptoms. It is not a happy pill. When you first take it you probably won't notice much of anything or maybe a feeling of your emotions being in a fog. After a while if this one works for you you, or the people around you, will begin to notice that instead of being detatched to grumpy as a baseline you will be a lttle more alert
, active and that you will be more likely to feel a little hope for the future.
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Posted 2/1/2008 10:42 AM (GMT -6)
Thanks for the replies...I'm just kind of lookind for someones own experience as to what an anti depressant did for them, not the text book descript
ion. I really do appriciate the replies though. Maybe I'll have better luck on the depression forum
Thanks for the suggestion gramps-to look at the precautions...I unfortunitly usually do...sometimes I'm so floored by all the warnings. Some seem like more trouble than any possible benefit!! But I'll pay special attention to these
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Posted 2/1/2008 12:13 PM (GMT -6)
Hi Hazel,
I too was afraid of taking antidepressants. After my son passed away I went emotionally down hill farther and farther. My doc offered help but I was going to 'tough it out'. Silly me. I finally couldn't take crying all the time and being so 'down' so I asked him for some help. It took trying several different antidepressants to find one that worked for me without too many side effects. That's very normal. Also, after a couple of years, if you still want/need to take them you may have to change. They seem to loose their efficiency. But how they worked for me is....it made me more like ME again. No 'highs' or euphoria, it just brings you back into balance and lets you return to who you were before. If someone who didn't need andipressants took them they would likely feel nothing. It's not going to make them suddenly happy. That's not how they work. They restore balance to the chemicals in your brain. I was silly to wait so long.
As for cymbalta, personally I wouldn't consider that a "regular antidepressant". Like sjkly said it's for people who have pain problems. But something like prozac, effexor, lexipro, celexa...those are the ones you'll most often see used for depression. I've tried all of those and right now am on effexor. But like Gramps said, be careful and follow directions very carefully. Keep in touch with your doc. It takes several weeks for the effects to start to show. For me it was less than that.
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Posted 2/1/2008 4:44 PM (GMT -6)
Thank you all so much for the replies. Part of me really wants to take it, and although I do feel depressed I dont know if its situational and just a down couple of moths or something that is going to continue and I should take the extra help. I hear what your saying chutzie, I too have a tendancy for the 'tough it out' way of going...but I guess when the help is there, its there and I should take advantage of it. Just like the forums..thought I could handle everything all myself...but even visiting here everyday has really helped me feel like I'm not alone. I'm glad I finally realized I dont have to be super woman...( like everyone around me doesnt see through that anyhow!!) I guess there is no harm in trying it.
But I totally understand how you feel Gramps when they push for a certain drug because they get something out of it. I heard Cymbalta is really hot on the market right now. I wonder what the docs get in return for pushing it??
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Posted 2/1/2008 4:52 PM (GMT -6)
gagabonnie-I'm with you, I wish there was a pill that would just make you happy with one dose. I too see everyone walking around so happy and wonder what it is I'm missing. But hopefully this cymbalta will work and I can get in on the secret too.
There is only one medication I've had that made me so happy I wouldnt care if my house is burning down. Its the one they give you if your really anxious right before going under the knife. I dont know what that stuff is, and the anetisia guy said its only used for sugery...and I can see why, but if they could bottle that...war would end!
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Posted 2/1/2008 6:53 PM (GMT -6)
I've heard of quaaludes. Too bad they dont make them anymore, because it sounds like we could all benefit from something like that, I would love to have a good laugh at my pain...what I wouldnt give to jump around, run, dance...Maybe they have something in the works that will make us forget what physical pain even is...ahhh, what a crazy dream!!
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Posted 2/1/2008 7:25 PM (GMT -6)
You can say that again...'certafiable' to everyone else
Hope your night is as pain free as possible Gramps...keep dreaming those dreams...stragber things have happened!!
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Posted 2/2/2008 11:23 PM (GMT -6)
It's important for all of us cp sufferers to know that the same neurological pathways & biochemistry that create chronic pain also create depression. It's related to the same neurotransmitters, and that's what effexor and cymbalta - more than the other anti-depressants like prozac - are designed to help with. The depression is definitely NOT in our heads, and the right anti-depressant, at the right dose can help you feel more like you. It's true as has been said anti-depressants aren't happy pills, and you have to take them every day for them to work. Frequently they take 4-6 weeks to reach maximum effectiveness, and you may have some side effects. Some common side effects can go away in a week or two, but your MD or pharmacist can tell you what to watch for. I'd just suggest you give consideration to trying one. Living with cp is bad enough; add depression and life really becomes bleek. I speak from one who knows. I tried cymbalta and it helped with the symptoms in my feet, but I had some problems because I also have a seizure disorder and the cymbalta seemed to affect that, but I had no other side effects. I'm seeing my neurologist this week and am going to ask for effexor, as I can't stand the depression and crying and feeilngs of hopelessness. Thank goodness for this board!
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Posted 2/4/2008 12:08 AM (GMT -6)
Thanx PAlady. I reallly had not even considered that the same neurological pathways are the same for cp and depression. That makes alot of sense. I just have a huge phobia of meds, which ironically I treated at one time with....meds. I dont know where it comes from or why. Actually scratch that, it comes from the place every irrational thought comes from, my parents:):). But its not just that I'm adraid, its an actual phobia. It even stretches to meds that I took at one time but havent taken in a while. Its crazy and I could probably beneifit from a good shrink!!! I'm completely irrational when it comes to that. Oh well, someone has to be crazy...may as well be me!
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Posted 2/4/2008 10:43 AM (GMT -6)
gramps, you're cracking me up! 714 sound familiar? LOL! :-D
hazel, I started taking lexapro a few years ago for depression - years and years of it since I hit puberty. My attitude was like that of my family: get over it, pull yourself up by your own bootstraps and get on with it. Sometimes that worked, most times not. I can thank my dog for finally getting treated. When he died, I completely fell apart. Cried all the time and just couldn't stop. I was lucky. The first pill made a huge difference. It's not a "happy" pill, but it clears the cobwebs out of your brain so life isn't just an overwhelming black hole. My brother has a very ill 4 year old son, and I had to do some big time PR work to get him to speak to his doctor about
his depression. He finally started lexapro a few months ago, and now he is dealing with everything so much better. He is simply amazed at the results.
One way to avoid side effects is to increase your dose much slower than the doctors usually recommend. Both me and my husband felt like we had a charcoal pit burning in our stomachs the first few days, so we cut the 10 mg pills in quarters. It took a couple weeks to get to the full dose, but escaped the gastro issues that way. I don't know about
cymbalta, but drinking is a huge NO NO with lexapro. My husband and a co-worker discovered that one beer too many lead to memory blackouts where the entire night was wiped out of their memories. Apparently that's not at all uncommon with lexapro.
If cymbalta doesn't help you, Lord knows there are plenty of others to try. Even if it doesn't touch your pain, having a clear head will still help you deal with it all better.
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ROFL! Thanks for the trip down memory lane Gramps. Maybe I should change my id to Grammy since I've just seriously dated myself. :-D
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Emily (The X-Files)
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Season 5
Episode 7
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|Written by
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John Shiban
Frank Spotnitz
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|December 14, 1997
|Running time
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"Emily" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of American science fiction television series The X-Files. It was written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz and directed by Kim Manners. The episode explores the series' overarching mythology.[2] The episode premiered in the United States on December 14, 1997 on the Fox network, earning a Nielsen household rating of 12.4 and being watched by 20.94 million people in its initial broadcast. It received mixed reviews from television critics.
The show centers on FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Scully fights to protect her daughter's life, while Mulder discovers her true origins. It is eventually discovered that Emily was created during Scully's abduction. Emily suffers from a tumorous infection and subsequently dies.
"Emily" is the second of a two-part story that began with episode six, "Christmas Carol". The young actress who originally played Emily was terrified of the hospital setting in the episode's sequel "Emily", and as a result the producers had to recast the role and reshoot all footage featuring her including her scene featured in this episode. Filming for the episode was also disrupted when angry demonstrators protested at one of the show's filming sites.
In a dream-like sequence, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) walks through a desert and picks up a gold cross necklace on the ground.
Continuing from the previous episode, agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) arrives at the hospital in San Diego where Scully introduces him to Emily. Mulder tells Scully that he had Melvin Frohike look into Emily's case: her surrogate mother is a woman named Anna Fugazzi (slang for fake), and there are no true records of how Emily came into the world. Mulder, along with Scully's family, attend a meeting regarding Emily's adoption at the San Diego Hall of Justice. Mulder tells the Judge that Emily was conceived from Scully's ova, which was taken from her during her abduction, which the Judge does not believe. Later, Scully receives a call from the County Children's Center that cuts off abruptly. She and Mulder head there, where they find Emily safe, but coming down with a fever. While examining the girl, it is discovered that there is a strange, greenh cyst on her back, and when a nurse pierces the cyst with a needle, green liquid comes out. The liquid causes the nurse to become gravely ill, yet Emily appears unaffected. Mulder believes that Emily has the same body chemistry that they have seen before with alien-human hybrids.
Dr. Calderon, Emily's doctor who works for a company called Prangen, refuses to give the County Children's Center access to Emily's medical records, prompting Mulder to rough him up. However, when security arrives, Mulder is forced to leave; later, he tails Calderon after he leaves his office. Scully has imaging tests conducted on Emily. Calderon goes to see the Dark Suited Men, one of whom kills him by stabbing him in the neck with an alien stiletto; both men then morph into Calderon. Mulder follows as one of them leaves. The results of Emily's tests show her to be suffering from a tumorous infection. The other Calderon arrives at the hospital and injects Emily with an unknown green substance; he escapes by morphing into someone else. Scully believes that he is continuing the treatments, and the Sims were murdered because they were trying to stop him. Mulder follows the first Calderon clone into a building, where he meets Anna Fugazzi, an elderly woman in a nursing home.
The doctor tells Scully that Emily is getting worse. A woman from the adoption agency arrives and wants to stop Scully from making decisions for Emily. Mulder connects the names of the women in the nursing home to recent births and finds that Dr. Calderon was treating them. Emily reacts badly to being placed in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Mulder finds medical records with Scully's name on them at the nursing home, along with a live fetus in a refrigerated chamber. Mulder finds Calderon entering soon after, and Detective Kresge arrives as well. Mulder and Kresge confront Calderon, who attacks Kresge. Despite Mulder's warning Kresge shoots Calderon, whose wounds cause him to spew green blood which incapacitates Kresge. Mulder quickly leaves the building to avoid being affected by the blood. Calderon morphs into Kresge, and deceives Mulder and escapes. Mulder returns to the hospital, where Emily has gone into a coma. Days later Emily has died. Mulder visits Scully at the funeral chapel, telling her that Kresge is recovering and all evidence at the nursing home and Prangen is gone. The only evidence left is Emily's body, but the agents instead find sand bags in her coffin along with Scully's cross necklace, which she had previously given to Emily.[1]
The young actress who had originally been cast to play Emily had severe nosocomephobia, which necessitated the show's producers recasting the role and reshooting all footage featuring Emily in the previous episode "Christmas Carol".[3] Director Kim Manners recalls, "I called Bob Goodwin and said, 'We're dead in the water here, pal. This little actress is not cooperating at all'. We recast that role and started up again the next day."[4] The show's casters replaced her with Lauren Diewold, who had previously appeared on an episode of Millennium. Due to the show's shooting schedule, the producers were unable to use Gillian Anderson to reshoot the previous episode's scenes, resulting in Anderson's double being used instead.[3]
The building used for the nursing home in this episode was picketed by anti-redevelopment protesters "a few days before shooting", because the building was slated to be converted into a condominium complex. Thus, the producers of The X-Files purposely kept a "low profile" by removing any information from their clothing that would indicate that they worked on The X-Files. A number of protestors were still protesting when production on this episode began, which resulted in the police getting involved.[3]
"Emily" premiered on the Fox network on December 14, 1997.[5] This episode earned a Nielsen rating of 12.4, with a 19 share, meaning that roughly 12.4 percent of all television-equipped households, and 19 percent of households watching television, were tuned in to the episode.[6] It was viewed by 20.94 million viewers.[6]
The episode received mixed reviews from television critics; many were more critical of the episode than "Christmas Carol". Todd VanDerWerff from The A.V. Club gave the episode a B and wrote that he did not "totally buy "Emily" […] even though I like large portions of" the episode.[7] VanDerWerff wrote positively of "most of the Scully scenes", noting that Anderson "found some of the raw sense of hope and loss" that the shots required.[7] However, he was critical of the episode's plot, arguing that it only "goes through the motions" and "is about everybody getting really worked up over a little girl we've just met."[7] He concluded that "two-parter is strongest when it grabs hold of this notion. But it's at its weakest when it turns into just another episode of The X-Files."[7] John Keegan from Critical Myth gave the episode a 7 out of 10, and wrote "Overall, this episode was not as strong as the previous installment, largely due to the shift from in-depth character exploration to a rehashing of earlier elements of the mythology. Emily is a good plot device in terms of personalizing the conspiracy's depredations just a bit more, but at times, it seems like the writers are victimizing Scully a bit more than necessary. Unlike the later mythology episodes, however, this one manages to avoid any unnecessary new elements."[8]
Other reviews were decidedly more mixed to negative. Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson, in their book Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen, rated the episode three stars out of five. The two wrote that "Mulder catches up with the store and immediately this all becomes a little more formulaic."[9] The two praised the episode's teaser, referring to it as "deathless prose", but were more critical of the plot, arguing that the episode "feels too soon to see yet more sequences of people standing around emoting as they watch the dying in the hospital", a reference to the show's earlier arc involving Scully's cancer.[9] Shearman and Pearson, however, did compliment the performance of both Diewold and Anderson, and called the finale scene "wonderful".[9] Paula Vitaris from Cinefantastique, on the other hand, gave the episode a negative review and awarded it one star out of four.[10] She heavily criticized the episode's characterization, noting that the episode's opening sequence was "ludicrous" and its revelations were "out of the blue".[10] Vitaris reasoned that, because Scully had spent time with her mother, remembered fondly her sister, and reconnected her faith in God in "Redux II", "this development just doesn't track." Vitaris also criticized Mulder's antics, calling him a "thug" for beating up "an unarmed man and kicking him while he's down."[10]
- ^ a b Meisler, pp. 87–96
- ^ Frank Spotnitz. The Truth About Season 5 (DVD). The X-Files: The Complete Fifth Season: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
- ^ a b c Meisler, p. 97
- ^ Hurwitz and Knowles, p. 121
- ^ The X-Files: The Complete Fifth Season (Media notes). R. W. Goodwin, et al. Fox. 1997–98.
- ^ a b Meisler, p. 284
- ^ a b c d VanDerWerff, Todd (30 April 2011). "The X-Files: "Emily" / Millennium: "19:19"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Keegan, John. "Emily". Critical Myth. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ a b c Shearman and Pearson, p. 130–131
- ^ a b c Vitaris, Paula (October 1998). "Fifth Season Episode Guide". Cinefantastique. 30 (7/8): 29–50.
- Hurwitz, Matt; Knowles, Chris (2008). The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series the Myths and the Movies. New York, US: Insight Editions. ISBN 1933784725.
- Meisler, Andy (1999), Resist or Serve: The Official Guide to The X-Files, Vol. 4, London: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-257133-1
- Shearman, Robert; Pearson, Lars (2009). Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen. Mad Norwegian Press. ISBN 097594469X.
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5 Rules for Curvy Dating Mastery
Rachel Estapa
Six years ago, I couldn't get a real date to save my life. I blamed nearly all of that on being a size 14/16 and used my weight as a shield to deflect getting rejected. When you're overweight you come up with all kinds of reason why dating sucks, like "guys are such jerks! They won't even LOOK at you if you're not a size 2!" or my favorite "Whatever, I just want a guy to value ME for ME -- not how I look." But let's be real here -- if you're overweight and single, it can feel like there's no hope in the world for finding a person that madly, truly, deeply loves YOU. Yes, even ALL of you.
Dating while being overweight isn't a death-sentence to single-dom at all, so here are 5 rules for curvy women who want pure dating mastery! And for added intrigued I've personally used all these rules in my dating life, which lead to one helluva man to put a ring on it :)
Curvy Dating Rule #1: Size matters only if you make it matter
There is nothing more unattractive than leading with your unhappiness. The mind is a marvelous tool when it comes to reality -- if you think your weight is a real factor to your lack of dates, guess what -- you're right! Not because a man told you so, not because COSMO said so -- it comes down to one raw, crippling belief that is holding you back: you're just too fat for love.
There are many people in the world that think large women are unattractive and there are many men that think skinny women are unattractive. Case in point? Don't assume your body-image hang-ups are how others see you.
If body-acceptance is a real struggle for you, it's important to work through it before you begin dating seriously. You'll just end up bringing your insecurities into the relationship and that's no good for anyone involved. Everyone has insecurities but knowing how to mange and work through yours is a major factor in dating success.
And you're in luck!! On February 9, 2013, health at every size (HAES) rock-star Golda Poretsky of Body Love Wellness, is hosting a "Body Positive Dating" tele-masterclass. This is truly a great resource to help you blast-through body/dating issues!
Curvy Dating Rule #2: Never lie about who you are & what you look like
The internet is amazing - I fell in love the moment I typed in "www" for the first time into a browser back in the late 90's. But with the internet's awesome-ness, the internet's cloak of deception has also emerged.
Any client I ever work with who wants to dip into online dating must follow my golden rule: never lie about your appearance! If you're dating honestly, you need to be open & clear about who you are because that is the solid foundation of any relationship. If you're lying about how you look, what's going to happen if/when you finally get to meet face-to-face? You'll feel unnecessary anxiety and maybe even rejection -- but not because of how you look necessarily, but because you damaged their trust.
Yes, it's scary to be that open, but putting the real you out there can mean only ONE thing: people will also positively respond to the real you and that'll give you one huge boost of confidence!
Curvy Dating Rule #3: You teach others how you want to be treated
Similar to rule 1, this one needs to go a little deeper into what your boundaries and expectations are in dating. Sometimes overweight women are also push-overs: they think that if they are overly nice and accommodating people will love them more. What ends up happening is you'll start to feel taken advantage of, that you're just settling, and people wont respect you.
Setting boundaries and being seen as a bitch are NOT the same thing; one is grounded in acting with confidence and grace, the other, out of fear of being taken advantage of. But at the end of the day, if you're dating someone who isn't respecting, considerate or honoring you, it's sending the message that it's OK to settle for less than the best. You deserve WAY more than that, so let people show you how well they can treat you!
Curvy Dating Rule #4: Always dress your most-fabulous!
I used to wear over-sized sweatshirts to parties in junior high because I thought they would hide my tummy better. And when I look back at those photos all I can see is an uncomfortable, poorly dressed girl -- and guess what, one who looks overweight too.
Dressing for your body says way more than your sense of fashion - it speaks volumes for how much you care about yourself and how you want the world to know about it. With the rise in tons of plus-size fashion bloggers (such as GarnerStlye), brands and clothing lines, there really isn't anything that's off-limits to women size 12+.
Whether it's grabbing coffee, running to the gym, out with the girls, off to work, or your first date with a new squeeze -- outfits and style are an import piece to feeling great about your body. Fashion is also an opportunity for people to see just how much you care about your self-worth. And trust me -- people LOVE seeing a well-put together plus-sized girl (just ask my co-workers who comment on my adorable outfits daily!)
Curvy Dating Rule #5: Learn how to attract & keep men that honor all of you
Dating is 90% mental; 10% physical. There is a craft to the art of attraction and it starts with your sexiest organ: the mind. Attracting the right kind of partner is about understanding and valuing yourself, and trusting that whoever you date will also hold their own self-worth in high regard. You can tell when you're not being respected, and the good men out there know the difference between a woman of self-worth and a woman of self-pity.
If you're curious about how to attract and keep good men, you'll want to check out my business mentor Marni Batista and her life-changing programs at Dating with Dignity -- get on her email list and open yourself up to a whole new world of dating goodies.
Don't allow yourself to hold back from being the light in someone else's life Love isn't just for thin people. Love isn't something that is denied to those who don't fit the mold. Love first and foremost, comes from a deep sense of unconditional SELF love. These five rules are just some of the life-changing ways love can enter into your curvy life, so go out there, practice them and even better -- write some love rules for yourself :)


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Our general Level I program gives you the opportunity to study and explore the diverse and multidisciplinary areas in the Social Sciences. It provides you with a year to discover and focus your academic interests, so you can then feel ready to apply to a program or combined program within the Social Sciences, or to combine your passion for Social Sciences with other subject areas outside of Social Sciences. Social scientists at McMaster come from a variety of backgrounds. They share a curiosity about individuals and society and use a number of approaches and research methods to advance our understanding of individuals, groups and social relationships and activities.
Study in the Social Sciences at McMaster will help you to engage with some of the most compelling questions in contemporary society: How did we get here? Where should we be going? How should we organize our economy? How do different institutions in society shape our experiences? How might we achieve a just society? Studying the Social Sciences will stimulate your curiosity, encourage you to seek the answers to important questions and develop the skills you need to engage the world around you.
Why Social Sciences at McMaster?
The Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University offers you an educational experience of the highest quality. After our students complete their studies, they enjoy considerable success whether they go to graduate school, continue their education in some other way or enter the job market.
The flexibility of your first year in the Faculty of Social Sciences will help you to discover your interests by giving you the opportunity to take courses from a wide variety of disciplines.
First-year courses are designed to provide an overview of each discipline and to help you to choose a major (or majors) best suited to your interests and learning style. Elective courses taken to complement your studies may be selected from other Faculties, subject to meeting prerequisites.
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Currently, we offer three affiliated certificates:
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Today Apple closed down the popular Topsy Twitter analytics service. They posted a poignant last tweet.
Techcrunch has provided more background on the closure. We are sad to see Topsy go; we were big fans and advocates. We know that many people will miss the service. Whilst BuzzSumo is not a perfect replacement for Topsy, here are 5 key searches that may help you.
1. Most shared articles on Twitter today or this week
Go to the Most Shared search tab in BuzzSumo's research section and enter a topic. Set the date filter on the left to 24 hours or last week or time period of your choice and start your search. When you have the results, simply click the twitter icon to re-sort the results to see the most shared today on Twitter. This feature is in the free version of BuzzSumo, so try it now.
2. View who shared posts on Twitter
Using BuzzSumo Pro you can click on 'View Sharers,' and we will show you who has shared that post or link on Twitter. In our upcoming version we will also show you the individual tweets.
Our view sharers will not only show you who shared the post but also information about the sharer such as number of followers, retweet rates and more. We will also show you the other content they have recently shared. You can export the full list of sharers and use this for your outreach work or Twitter tailored audience ads.
3. Top Twitter influencers for topics
Our free Twitter influencer search will find the top influencers for any topic. Just go to the Influencer tab in BuzzSumo and do a search which will return a set of results as follows.
BuzzSumo Pro users can export these lists, view the links these influencers are sharing and re-sort by reach such as followers, or engagement such as average retweets.
4. See content shared on Twitter by influencers
Using the syntax shared:@twittername you can see all the links a person has shared on Twitter and re-sort or export this data. Using the syntax shared_all:@twitterusername1, @twitterusername2, etc., you can see all links that have been shared on Twitter by all the people in your list.
5. See today's trending content
You can see what is trending today on Twitter and on other social networks by using BuzzSumo's Trending Now dashboard. This dashboard will show you the most trending content for set categories such as fashion and marketing, but you can also create your own custom Trending Dashboards for topics or domains. Below is a trending dashboard we set up for Topsy.
You can filter by time period such as trending content in the last 2 hours or 4 hours. You can also create RSS feeds to see your trending content in tools such as Feedly.
Bonus: See Twitter share counts for any page with BuzzSumo Chrome Extension
Topsy closing comes hard on the heels of Twitter closing down their share count API. However, if you still want to see the Twitter share counts for any web page you can do this with the BuzzSumo Chrome extension.
Bonus: See most engaging content on Facebook
With BuzzSumo you can also see the most shared content on other networks. You can also search for the most engaging content on Facebook for any topic, page or format using our Facebook Analyzer tool.
Below are the most interacted with posts about Donald Trump in the last week.
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Whilst we will not be a full replacement for Topsy hopefully we can help you with your Twitter analysis and also your analysis of other networks including Facebook.


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Cox Plate placegetter Yankee Rose has been installed the early favourite for the Group 1 $1m Crown Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on November 3.
Bookmakers at Ladbrokes.com.au have Yankee Rose as a clear cut $2 favourite following the fillies brave third placing behind Winx and Hartnell in the Group 1 $3m Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley last Saturday.
While the Chris Waller trained Winx was in a class of her own with a record breaking eight lengths win over her nearest rival, Yankee Rose worked to the line well to finish three quarters of a length behind Hartnell.
"She has won two Group 1 races, run second in the Golden Slipper and third in the Cox Plate in her first year of racing,'' trainer David Vandyke told The Courier-Mail.
"It was a thrill just to have a runner in the Cox Plate, but to see her making ground down the outside and being strong to the line was unbelievable.
"To be there and feel the atmosphere was such an experience.
"I was looking up at the grandstand and the crowd after the race and trying to take it all in.
"It was an amazing day and we were a part of racing history.''
Vandyke is certain that Yankeee Rose will come through her Cox Plate run okay and is now keen to head to Flemington for the Crown Oaks.
"This filly has just competed at the top level and was off the bit a long way from home, trying her guts out," Vandyke said.
"I'll keep an eye on her over the next four or five days, but at this stage she is going to the Oaks.''
The All Amercain filly is a winner of four of her eight race starts and include wins in the Group 1 $1m Inglis Sires' (1400m) at Randwick on April 2, day one of 'The Championships' during the Sydney Autumn Carnival and then returned to Randwick during the Sydney Spring Carnival to win the Group 1 $500,000 Moet & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on October 8.
Market order for the Crown Oaks at Ladbrokes.com.au: $2 Yankee Rose, $8 Tiamo Grace, $9 Eleonora, $13 Sebring Dream, Smart As You Think, $17 Missrock, Moqueen, Sezanne, $26 Bella Sorellastra, La Luna Rossa, My Girl Chilly, Peeking Duck, $31 Cross Stitch, $41 or more the rest.


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The soldiers arrived in two C-130 Hercules aircraft and were received by the Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, the Estonian Minister of Defence Jüri Luik, The Estonian Chief of Defence Riho Terras and the Danish Ambassador to Estonia, Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard.
The 200 Danish soldiers will, within the auspices of the 1st Estonian Brigade in Tapa, be part of a British led Battlegroup of approximately 1,000 soldiers.
The primary task for the Battlegroup and the Danish contingent will be to strengthen NATO's deterrence and defence profile by unequivocally demonstrating alliance solidarity and the will of NATO to defend its populations and its territory. Although prepared to participate in defence tasks the daily life of the Danish soldiers will consist of various military exercises and showing their presence in Estonia.
In addition to personnel, Denmark will also contribute with armoured personel carriers and armoured fighting vehicles, which will arrive in Estonia later this week by the Absalon class support ship Esbern Snare.
Photo: Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces
Photo: Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces
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