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Each month, PPR celebrates our company values by acknowledging and rewarding team members through our employee game – Play Praise Reward. Each employee receives 100 points which they can allocate to team member's that are demonstrating our values.
This November we're excited to announce our three winners. Congratulations to Nathan, Charlotte and Eli on being recognised by their peers for their wonderful contribution to PPR!
"It's great to work in a team like PPR where celebrating each other's positive contributions are encouraged and highlighted. By highlighting individual achievements, it helps us to excel as a team."
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"I am so fortunate to be able to work for a company that celebrates its employees. It's so great to be recognised for excellence in collaborating with your team and to be respected for the ideas and skills you display everyday. "
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint accusing the nation's largest wireless carriers of "deceptive" business practices for failing to keep the software on tens of millions of Android smartphones updated -- a shortcoming that can make the devices vulnerable to hackers. Security companies have documented a surge of malicious software targeting Android phones, whose operating systems are made by Google, over the past year.
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I received this book for free from Author in exchange for an honest review.
This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
by Marina Adair
Released: June 7th 2016
Series: The Eastons #1
Published by Self Published
Format: eARC
Recommended Read!
"I love Adair's style of writing. She always manages to have a heroine that is sweet, mature and very smart."
~ Under the Covers
It's been four years since Darcy had left her life with the Eastons. She's finally established and doing well raising her daughter. Her dream to open up her own special venue for weddings has also finally come true. Though her future is secured, her past is not entirely secured where it belongs.
Gage, Darcy's old friend, also an Easton come waltzing in demanding for his brother and fiance to be wed in her estate. But they will want more than just a wedding venue. Gage and the rest of the Eastons will want more from Darcy than she is willing to give. It's a tangled emotional mess but it is also the sweetest reunion for Gage, Darcy, and her daughter, of course, after they iron out the mess.
I love Adair's style of writing. She always manages to have a heroine that is sweet, mature and very smart. I love that Darcy are all those things and she easily won my heart. I love that she is independent and managed to take care of her daughter on her own despite the hardships she endured four years prior. It was easy to see her side of the story and as a mother myself, it was very easy to take her side. Your child will always come first no matter what.
Darcy's daughter, Kylie took the lead in this book in more pages than one. This cutie tugged at my heart strings, and for the most part, I cheered for her to get the happy every after she deserved and planned.
It wasn't sure, Gage or the Eston family deserved Darcy and Kylie back in their lives. Though, they are a great family have, they have put Darcy in such a bad predicament without any thoughts over the years. Adair slowly revealed the Easton's true colors. They are loyal to the bone and would do anything for their family. I suppose eventually they won my heart too.
Overall, Chasing I Do is a great start to the Easton series. My only complaint is that it was too short. I would've liked to read more of their romance in the making. There is a sneak peak at the end of this book of what is to come in this series that had me very excited for the next story.
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Many March, April Pending Home Sales May Never Close: Economist
[Update 1: clarifies tax credit expiration] The jump in pending home sales seen in April and even March -- ahead of the first-time homebuyer tax credit expiration on April 30 -- may not necessarily translate into sales, according to outlook and commentary services firm Econoday. By extension, the firm said, the "unexpected strength" in pending sales during recent months (illustrated below) may not take as many homes off the market as initially suggested. "Many pending sales may not have closed by the required [tax credit] deadline and will never close," said Econoday senior economist Mark Rogers in recent commentary. The possibility that many pending sales never become final, taken alongside recent plummets in purchase mortgage applications measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association, indicates home sales are "almost certain to slump in May," Rogers added. Analysts expected a softening in pending home sales in April, as home purchases had to be under contract by the end of the month in order to qualify for the tax credit. Pending sales in February and March spiked with what Econoday considered "last minute" buyers hoping to leave enough time to close. "But apparently, many buyers decided to push their luck and buy during April in hopes of expedited paperwork by mortgage lenders," Rogers said. Pending sales grew 6% in April, following a 7.1% spike in March, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-on-year, pending home sales are up 22.4% from April 2009. Write to Diana Golobay.


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Floozman in Space
by Bertrand Cayzac
In a space station in Earth orbit, Janatone Waldenpond, a refugee from Europa, is trying to return to Earth. She meets a long-lost cousin, Fred Looseman. Meanwhile, Jenny Appleseed, the president of the Cosmitix Corporation, holds a conference to plan interstellar expeditions.
Chapter 7: Sancho
Fred or, rather, Fred's avatar, goes to the sensory web of Honest John Orbital Hospital. He has to pass through several police firewall checkpoints. YES, he is entitled to detached existence. YES, his yearly fee has been duly paid by Ms. Waldenpond. NO, he does not know where she is at the moment, everything is in order.
His friend Sancho Marx has had to take a day off and spend all his monthly carbon credit on the round trip fare. He was short 2.2 kilos, which he had to borrow.
They meet in front of Janatone's cell. The alveolus door greets them and reminds them of its missions as a door. Anyone who could not see the markers of enhanced reality, a single person would be standing at the entrance: a stocky, coarse-looking man in a faded technician's suit and the scruffy curls of his grey hair. He is swinging his broad arched shoulders, waiting for the introduction to end.
"We have been waiting for you," the door finally says.
"Come in." The AU's voice is inside the room. "And please don't mind if I'm still in the closet."
In stylized form, Fred enters the room, while Sancho follows as best he can in the real world. Fred asks for Ms. Waldenpond.
"She is not here. She won't come back."
"Ah... Where are you?"
"Here, in the real closet. I am the hairdryer, officially, for the Web."
Sancho opens the door and discovers a pseudo-handwritten note pasted on a sort of thick backpack covered with electronic controls.
Dear friends,
I must return. I entrust the baby to you. Thanks for watching over him as long as needed. I'm leaving all the money I still have in Fred's account. The AU knows what to do. Farewell kisses.
P.S. You can ask Dr. Alvin Weenie for help (real).
"Do you have the filter?" the bag asks.
"I asked my colleague Sancho to bring it, as agreed. Is it for you? But where is the child?" Fred asks, unable to worry.
"Could you please plug in the filter, Mr. Sancho? Thanks. I am the baby. I am a Cosmitics GestaConfort Artificial Uterus version 9.3 Beta, and I am in charge of the embryonic development of a blastocyst which is to become a beautiful embryo within a few days. You are my new referent."
The door pipes up. "I am an ancillary electronic alveolar S-Quick door. My mission is to ensure that entrances and exits are secure, polite and unimpeded. Shall I close?"
"Err. I don't know..." Fred answers.
"You'll have to help us again, Mr. Looseman," the AU says. "I got out of suspended mode because of microcuts. The child is developing, and I don't have any more baby jars."
"Baby jars?"
"Baby jars?!?" Sancho asks.
"What are baby jars, anyway?" the door inquires.
"Cosmitics GestaComfort baby jars, if possible. Otherwise, milk and mini-digest standard protein tubes. Or Mother Goose sugared high-vitamin fat. It works, but you can't call customer support if there's a problem."
"Milk... and fruit-vegetable tubes, then," Fred says.
"Yes, that's it."
But Sancho does not feel like running errands. "Just a minute, I don't have time. I have to go back to work in two hours... I'm okay with doing you a favor, but I don't want to lose my job." His tone is that of one who thinks that all that stuff is good for rich people who can afford a sex life and children.
The AU breaks the ensuing silence: "Mr. Fred?"
"I would like to know if you have a strategy. With regard to us, I mean..."
"Err. Janatone... maybe..."
"The strategy formulated by Janatone on Europa had a code name: 'Let's get the hell outta Dodge'. But I understand you need to execute a few additional predictive models in order to update it. You'll surely tell us about it when you return."
"I'll make sure my services are aligned to your strategy, Mr. Fred," the door adds.
"As for me, I'm good to help, but there's nothing I can do before trash day," says Sancho.
"And I'm just a..." the avatar starts to say. But a change occurs in the part of his neural network that is in charge of pondering the situation: everybody in the room is an artifact. "I'm just an underperformer! I can order baby jars!"
Fred makes an inventory of his resources. His creator bequeathed to him his profile and his recordings. He has a standard monad personality with unrestricted auto-learning capacity and access to mutualized intellectual energy. His bank balance is positive and he has four friends...
"I'll see what I can do..."
But who goes there? It is Captain Diana, she of the white shoulders. She has decided to pay an impromptu visit to Janatone. She comes dashing into the corridor, as if carried by the shimmering cloud of her nano-escorts. Her black hair is loosened over the collar of her official red and gold sari. Her buskins made of genuine Earth leather closely fit her long legs.
Even the excesses of her form express the beauty of the principles governing her body: her round hips, her high cheekbones and strong jaw lines. She laughs with all her teeth. She has a word for everybody and a light, compassionate touch for objects. Her silver indicators propagate themselves swiftly into the immediate web and eclipse all other objects. Medical staff and ambulatory patients crowd around her in great confusion. And here she is.
"Welcome, Captain Diana!" says the door.
"Hello, machines.Hello, Mr. Technician. Do you know where Janatone Waldenpond is?" Diana asks as she comes into the empty cabin. "I am bringing the Europa-Earth filter we have manufactured in our workshops."
"Hi there!" trumpets the filter.
"Mmbgh..." echoes Sancho's filter, who hasn't manifested itself yet.
From its shelve, the AU gives her the answer. "She's gone..."
"Ah. The indicators are telling she is here, however."
"I wouldn't know about that."
"She spoke of Earth," the door breaks in.
"Earth... I, too, was born on Earth," says Diana with a dreamy tone.
"You are lucky, Madam."
Captain Diana looks at the door. It's good to feel like a door when someone looks at you the way she does.
At last the AU introduces himself and transmits his data. Captain Diana talks at length with him, after thanking Fred and Sancho for their dedication. She promises to follow up on his case and to come back quickly. She will find baby jars. She will arrange for him to come onboard the Lighthouse, where the baby can be born and receive an education.
And arrangements will be made, although they may not be quite human. Nano-agents have scanned the embryo. and the Lighthouse genomic analyzer has just sent her the results: there are nine percent additional genes.
"Ah, you know," the AU says, "I can't explain it, but I know these genes affect only the central nervous system, nothing monstrous."
"And who are the parents?" Diana asks a crucial question in a casual tone.
"Mss. Waldenpond and Appleseed are the genitors, up to fifty percent of the human sequences each."
"And the other genes?"
"Engineering. Technology from the Presidential research labs. The information is classified, and that's all I know, Captain."
"I'll talk to the hospital management."
She leaves, followed by all the staff. On her way, she summons Colonel's Cnut_iii on the government's encrypted web. He is a young Earthling from the intelligence department, a person of irreproachable appearance, composed, concise, intense. He is smiling. He speaks too fast, but Diana does not even want to notice. All around her, alerts have taken clear hues and the diagrams are more distinct.
The colonel listens to her report. He calls General Meseglises on high priority. The general listens to the colonel's report. They convene an emergency meeting. Captain Diana will be kept informed of the recent conclusions of the CTF, the Cosmological Task Force.
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"I don't like it," repeats Sancho, shaking his head obstinately. "I don't like it!" Talking incoherently to nobody, he keeps asking why the device gave the captain so much information. He keeps muttering, "You're asking for trouble!"
At that moment, doctors show up at the entrance. The door starts closing; then it stops and opens wide.
"It's in here," the first doctor says as he enters. "Ah, someone has found the missing contraption at last."
They come closer, they bend down over the device with gestures of annoyance. "Okay, let's examine it in the lab," says the second physician. Then, calling to Sancho: "You there, take that thing to the twentieth level, if you please."
"Dr. Benway's office."
They go out.
The AU. starts begging at once: "I mustn't go to the lab, Mr. Looseman! I mustn't go to the lab! I mustn't be manipulated by non-Europan tools. DO something!"
"I'm thinking..."
Sancho has elected not to think. "I told you so. We're in trouble. As for me, I'm out of here! I have a corrective action plan to worry about. I don't want anybody checking my sub-indicators."
"No, wait," says Fred's avatar. "The AU is right. We'd better hide it until further notice. Sancho, you have to get it out of here."
"Get me out of here!" cries the AU.
"Are you nuts?" says Sancho. "No way."
Fred tells him they must help Janatone. Fred Looseman, in his human form, has made a promise. To fail to keep his word would entail a permanent degradation of his auto-notation.
"Like I give a damn! I only have bad grades."
"You were right, Mr. Sancho," the AU adds. "I've just executed a predictive model taking into account the latest developments of the conflict. The conclusion is obvious: we have to avoid contact with the military. There is a strong correlation between the captain's visit and the lab; the figures are clear about that."
"No kidding!"
"Janatone has entrusted us with the child."
Sancho hesitates. "All right. I'll take it and stash it in the storeroom. But that's all. After that, you can get your own ass out of the fire."
"At the worksite?" Fred's decision engine grinds away. "Err... Okay."
"Be careful," says the door. "The local police have just gotten the news about Captain Diana's visit. Alerts are being broadcast in the external infrastructures. Get a move on."
"Always late..." grumbles Sancho. He shoulders the AU and gets out of the hospital sector unchallenged. A short while later, he hides it in the storeroom with the surreptitious help of some hardware.
To be continued...
Copyright © 2015 by Bertrand Cayzac


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Personal responsibility can, like mindfulness, mindset and self-identity, contribute to either more or less stress. However, personal responsibility is unique in that it is a tool that does not require that you wait to use it until there is stress present to manage. As stated earlier, there are tools of stress reduction (recovery techniques like sleep, massage, yoga, Tai Chi, taking walks, spending time outside, engaging in leisure activities, meditation, etc) that are in response to external stress. They are defensive in nature. Similarly, the tools of stress-management (mindfulness, mindset and self-identity are just a few) are more proactive in nature, but are still defensive, as they address external stressors. Additionally, tools of stress reduction and stress management can both contribute to stress if used incorrectly (think: over-exercise, negative mindset, etc).
I believe an understanding and efficient use of personal responsibility is also unique in that it neither reduces or manages external stressors and instead proactively prevents stress by creating a specific inner environment. The benefit to this is that it takes you out of a defensive or reactionary stance and puts you into a proactive or initiative stance. This change has a spill-over of cascading benefits that I will get into more later.
Before I get into the nitty-gritty, let's get clear on some ideas. One of the first roadblocks to truly understanding this concept is that when we start talking about "taking responsibility" for something our buttons can get pushed because we mistakenly think that we are now talking about "who's fault is this?" or "who is to blame?" I want to get you out of the defensive position and into the proactive position, which means we need to abandon fault and blame. Personal responsibility is not about fault or blame. In fact, a good understanding of personal responsibility is the opposite of blaming in many ways.
First, let's break apart the word "responsibility." It is simply the ability to respond. It is not a burden, weighing heavily upon us because it is unwanted, or because of implied fault or blame. Yes, that is what this word has come to mean for many of us. But that is because we have created a noun, a thing, out of a verb, an action. Responsibility is meant to be a state of being, a living action, not a dead weight. Responsibility is truly about what we choose to do, not what we have to do. Learning to make that distinction (and that it is a choice) allows us to have power over our lives. In a very simple way, taking responsibility is simply saying, "I have power in this situation. I acknowledge the choices that I have made, I see that I can make more choices and that I am able to take action." Conversely, blaming is putting the responsibility on someone or something else, it is electing to give our power in any situation over to something outside of ourselves. (No, thanks!) The exciting thing about this is that when we focus on responsibility being about action it becomes about freedom. (Yes, thanks!)
Yeah, I see you "but what about….?" I see you raising your hand and I know what you're going to say, "what about when someone….? What about when they….? I was just minding my own business and someone…." This isn't about when something is out of your control. In reality, almost everything is out of your control. This is about what you do even though it is out of your control.
I've learned a ton of what I know about personal responsibility from mindset writer Jill Coleman, who breaks this down so perfectly: "We can control our response, even when we're not the cause of the problem." That's from her aptly titled blog entry, "It Might Not Be Your Fault, But It's Still Your Responsibility."
Another reason to release the focus we may have on blame or fault is that it is often non-productive. I tend to file things under either "productive" or "non-productive" when I am thinking about them. I can still choose a line of thinking that I find non-productive, but I recognize that it isn't necessarily going to help me solve a problem or get to a goal I have in mind. I'm going to use an example from my own life, in the winter of 2014 I was driving home when someone ran a red light and crashed into my car, totaling it and scaring the living daylights out of me. Was my totaled car the "fault" of the guy who ran into me? Was the other driver "to blame" for this traumatic event? I find these questions to be non-productive for my goals. My goals at the time were to get a new car (that's what car insurance is for) and get over my new fear of driving (that's what being compassionate and gentle with myself is for). Figuring out who was at fault and who was to blame do absolutely nothing to get me closer to those goals.
Of course I went through several stages of emotion and down many different lines of thought. And they weren't all productive. That's normal. It is 100% part of the process, we have to think a thought, sometimes we have to think it a lot, to know whether or not it is useful. And that was also a choice in that when I became aware/mindful of what I was spending my energy on I could choose to let go of it as best I was able and then refocus my energy on something that was actually productive in obtaining my goals, in this case calling the insurance company, practicing self-compassion and being gentle with myself. Those were the responses I chose, that I had the ability to choose. That was my responsibility in this situation.
Looking for who to blame or who is at fault can also bring us into a stance of judgement. I find judgement to be non-productive and instead choose discernment. What is the difference? Judgement is an arbitrary assignment of "good" or "bad" to an outcome while discernment is the evaluation of whether or not an outcome is good or bad for us. The partner of discernment is acceptance. Acceptance is not acquiescence. Acceptance is the ability to acknowledge the facts of what is happening, what we are feeling and thinking. This gives us a good platform on which to start looking at our options, making choices and taking actions to get us closer to what we want. Both discernment and acceptance are huge tools in our ability to respond.
Another tool of responsibility is compassion. And this is yet another reason to release fault and blame. With assignment of fault and blame comes a host of judgements which can in turn escalate a situation by firing up our emotions. We have all been there, hell I was there earlier at the DMV, but here's the thing, it doesn't get us what we really want. When you are seeing red, steam is pouring out of your ears and all you want to do is HULKSMASH you are probably not going to be able to make a good choice that gets you closer to the things in life that you want. If you can practice using your discernment, accepting the situation for what it is, having compassion for yourself (and maybe even others embroiled in the situation) then you can take responsibility and start getting down to the business of moving toward what you actually want.
All of these could be blog posts in their own right, and very may well be in the future. What I am most excited to write about, though, is the incredible power that personal responsibility has to completely change the way you live. While that last sentence has some of the flavor of a late-night infomercial I can't really think of a better way to say it. This is where the benefit-cascade comes in that I mentioned earlier. I think the best way to get into this is to talk about my personal experiences.
In my explorations with personal responsibility I've started working with a concept I call "absolute responsibility," meaning that I take 100% of the responsibility for everything in my life. No matter what is going on I am responsible for it. Things not going my way? That's on me. Want them to go differently? That's my job. Things totally awesome? I contributed to that, too.
I see my best expression of absolute responsibility as operating with clear boundaries, feeling empowered and able to choose what serves me so that I can fulfill my purpose.
I regularly call on my compassion, acceptance and discernment to guide me through this. I also use big heaps of mindfulness, mindset and self-identity (skipped that part? Click here to review! It's like choose-your-own-adventure blogging!) to help me navigate this.
This process can sometimes be lengthy, and it isn't always something I can do in the moment, instead I rely a lot on journaling to help me work through things. I have become more skilled at this over time, though there are lots of clumsy moments and that's when compassion really comes to the forefront. When I am looking at choices that I have made that led to a situation I don't want to be in it's easy to start beating up on myself. In those instances I remember to ask myself, "is this productive or non-productive?" I also remind myself that mistakes are a part of the learning process. Being angry at myself or ashamed of the choices I have made shut down the learning process for me, I don't get to see where I could have made a different choice or where I would like to course correct now in the present. One of the cascading benefits of this for me is that it becomes easier to extend these courtesies to others, even when their choices have led to me being responsible for a situation that I am not in control of, as mentioned earlier.
Ok, let's start: in 2009 I became a yoga teacher, this was the start of my career in the fitness industry. There were a lot of things I enjoyed about that job and found fulfilling (teaching people, helping my students find confidence and strength, wearing swim trunks to work) and many things that I disliked or found stressful (working for people that treated me badly, having to support things I didn't believe in or agree with, feeling powerless over my financial and employment situation). I am going to take 100%, or absolute, responsibility for this. Within this is the acknowledgement that I control my choices, behavior and actions. I always have power because of that. I cannot control outcomes, but my choices, behavior and actions can influence them. Looking at the outcome that I was not happy with I can move backwards and see what choices, behaviors and actions influenced that. And that can give me a good understanding of what to do next.
I felt powerless in regards to my financial and employment situation. I was trained in Bikram yoga, which meant that I could only teach at certified Bikram studios, which dramatically cut down the amount of studios I could work at and therefore the amount of classes I could teach and money I could make. It was also the frequent practice of many studios to require that teachers engage in non-teaching work that was unpaid (of about 3 hours total work, only the 90 minute class was paid), I didn't agree with this but at the time felt powerless to do anything about it. Most of the time I felt trapped working at studios where I didn't agree with the employment practices but I couldn't see an alternative. I also felt resentful and was often engaged in conflict with my employers.
Furthermore, I had practiced Bikram yoga for several years before becoming a teacher and was friends with all of my teachers so I was privy to their complaints about issues with their employers. I was aware of a culture of abuse within the studios in regards to how teachers were treated, spoken to and compensated. At one point, in an attempt to increase my experience so that I might make more money I took a temporary teaching position in a far away state that eventually became permanent.
I hoped I would get a raise, I hoped I could return to my home and be more in demand and get more classes, more respect and better treatment. I did nothing to find out what I actually needed to do to make any of those things happen. I didn't ask how I could qualify for a raise or try to negotiate on my own behalf. I didn't express my unwillingness to work without pay. I didn't vocalize that I was or wasn't okay with certain types of treatment. I chose to become certified in only one type of yoga. Because of that I was often in a defensive stance, having to protest something and involved in a seemingly endless series of conflicts. I did not have total control over the outcome (it was still my employers' choice to not pay for certain types of work, to speak to employees in disrespectful ways, to not compensate hard work with raises), but I did have control over the choices that I made that would bring me closer to or farther away from the outcome I desired.
What eventually shifted for me was when I realized that I had a choice. I could choose to not work for someone who treated me in ways that I did not want to be treated. This took years for me and required that I go back to school and switch careers and quit teaching yoga. This aligned with my values and in fact is something that tremendously improved my life, helping me find a way to explore my passion while contributing to my own and others' betterment. I am now tremendously grateful for the opportunity to learn these lessons because I am able to see my own power and strength much more clearly and I use that power and strength on a daily basis.
Was it my fault, what happened while I was working those yoga teaching gigs? Am I to blame for being in that situation? You can ask those questions if you want, but for me it was the four years I spent putting blame and fault onto my employers that kept me in a situation that was not good for me, so I don't find much function in those concepts. It wasn't shifting fault or blame onto myself that allowed me to make the change I needed to make, it was changing my perception of myself from being a victim of others into being an agent for my own life. And it was a huge change. It was a scary change. It was also rewarding, fulfilling, satisfying.
Now this is a big example, but it doesn't have to be. Anytime you change your internal conversation from questions of why or when, as in "why is this happening to me?" or "when will I be able to_____?" you shift from asking questions about things you can't control to things you can. Your new questions become, "what can I do with this?" or "how can I approach this?" This puts the power back into your hands. This is the essence of absolute responsibility.
I see my best expression of absolute responsibility as operating with clear boundaries, feeling empowered and able to choose what serves me so that I can fulfill my purpose.
Powerlessness doesn't let us even get close to glimpsing our purpose, let alone fulfilling it. Taking absolute responsibility can be a frightening experience, full of difficult emotions and challenging to wrap our heads around sometimes. The payoff for that effort is the opportunity to live in alignment with who we know ourselves to be, fully engaged with our own power to live in that honest way, and in full possession of our ability to respond. The good news is that, just like riding a bike, it just takes practice.
The benefit-cascade of this practice is that I have become more action-oriented. Not in a superhero way (maybe a little…), in the way that I now choose the actions that align with my values and make choices that I know will move me that much closer to my desired outcome. When I'm doing good with this practice I can acknowledge and accept my mistakes and learn from them because I actively release blame, I take the emotion out of it. This lets me then ask something along the lines of "now what do I do?" and again select the choice that makes the most sense for my values and my chosen direction. If I am dealing with an outcome that is the direct result of someone else's choices I can still hold that person accountable for their actions without blaming them for my unhappiness. I can hold good boundaries of what I am responsible for, which lets me actually work on those things, instead of hoping someone else will or won't affect them. Or as I like to tell myself: "don't wait, initiate!"
The end result of this is that I often feel like I have a voice in my own life. I feel like my choices matter, and that I have choices. I feel powerful. And I feel free.
And because I feel these things I believe them. And because I believe them, I act as if they are true. And really, that's what makes them true.
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You guys! This blog entry was so long and I know I have barely scratched the surface on these ideas. I hope that you enjoyed this and got something useful out of it. I'm curious what your own process is for feeling powerful in your life, for creating true ownership of your life, and for ultimately living the life you want. Please share in the comments!!!


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Greetings, classical music fans. Memorial Day may be behind us, but that doesn't mean the season is wrapping up. Quite the contrary.
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The New York Philharmonic retreats this weekend into a program out of the 1950s: the overture to "Die Fledermaus," Mozart's "Turkish" violin concerto and Brahms's Fourth Symphony. Sure, the conductor Manfred Honeck and the violinist Augustin Hadelich are talented, but come on, guys: surprise us.
There are alternatives.
Something old: A rare revival of Grétry's clever "L'Épreuve Villageoise" (1784), by the eternally underrated Washington company Opera Lafayette, on Wednesday evening and Thursday at Florence Gould Hall in the French Institute Alliance Française.
Something less old: A celebration of the 100th birthday of the idiosyncratic dodecaphonist George Perle (1915-2009) on Friday at Carnegie Hall, with Leon Botstein and his American Symphony Orchestra.
And something new: I was doubtful last week about the originality of some works by the Austrian composer Clemens Gadenstätter, but the Talea Ensemble will be a persuasive advocate for him in a second concert on Thursday at the Bohemian National Hall. And what could be bad about John Zorn at the Cloisters on Saturday?
Schubert Debate
The pianist Alfred Brendel, as good at Schubert as anyone, reviews the tenor Ian Bostridge's recent study of "Winterreise" in The New York Review of Books.
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Until I received his new album, "Chamber Industrial," in the mail, I'd never heard of the composer Per Bloland, who teaches at Miami University in Ohio. But I found his lush, caustic music irresistible, and I wrote about the album in our most recent Classical Playlist.
So I was delighted to read Matthew Guerrieri's report in The Boston Globe on Bloland's new opera, "Pedr Solis." (As a bonus, there's a stimulating definition of opera in the very first line.)
There are very few Bloland recordings out there, but here's a live take on "Of Dust and Sand," a piece on "Chamber Industrial" for alto saxophone and a piano whose strings are vibrated by electromagnets:
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I can't be the only one who's spent hours mouthing along to recordings of the ending of Strauss's "Salome," in which the title character serenades the severed head of John the Baptist. Now, for anyone who wants to take this talent public, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich has announced a forthcoming competition for lip-synching the bloodthirsty final scene. May the best man/woman/drag persona win!
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Belated Birthday Greetings
Alas, composers don't often dedicate pieces to critics. But Scott Wheeler did — and to one of our own: "Birthday Card for Tony," from 1998, is a solo-piano commemoration for my colleague Anthony Tommasini, The Times's chief classical music critic.
Tony's birthday was last month, but Donald Berman will play the work on Friday at Bargemusic, alongside other pieces by Wheeler, Fauré, Berio and Ives.
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1. This document provides a briefing on equal opportunities issues for main and sub-panel chairs and members and panel secretaries in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
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3. Through this briefing and through its 'Guidance to panels' (RAE 01/2005), the RAE team will guide main and sub-panels to develop working methods and assessment criteria that encourage higher education institutions (HEIs) to submit the work of all of their excellent researchers in the 2008 RAE, including those whose volume of research output may have been limited for reasons covered by equal opportunities legislation. Main and sub-panel chairs will be personally briefed on the content of this document before they meet to draft working methods and criteria for the 2008 RAE. We will deliver an update of it to main and sub-panel chairs before the assessment phase of the RAE in 2008.
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Holy cow--can't believe I haven't posted since December!
Well, the winter months of January and February are always rough for me, and while this year was better than most, I still struggled a bit.
However, spring is on the way--we've had lovely warm weather, the huge piles of snow are vanishing from parking lots and lawns, and I am gathering my information for the tax guy...
I have gotten a lot of reading done--a biography of Joan of Arc (quite readable, if a bit heavy-handed with the feminist theory--not all legs are phallic), one of Teilhard de Chardin, the Hunger Games series (liked the first one, thought the second two should have been one), and a collection of essays on book collecting. I'm still reading a bio of Alan Turing, How Shall We Then Live?, the collected works of HP Lovecraft (99 cents on amazon! How could I turn it down?), City of God, and a Profiles in Courage for LGBTQIA history. And I am participating in an on-line reading group for the Aubrey/Maturin series--love them, and get a bit more from them each time I read them. And of course, I am always reading Lord of the Rings, the Lymond Chronicles, and King Hereafter...
Had a wonderful couple of days with my son at Fort Leonard Wood before his graduation from military training. He's an amazing young man, if I do say so myself--bright, caring, thoughtful, caring... Yeah, I'm a proud mom!
I'm continuing to use the Narrative Lectionary. Haven't had much feedback on it from the congregation, but I have found it interesting and challenging. We've simplified worship a bit, so I have less writing to do for the liturgy each week (which I miss), but given the time I have to work with, it's the only feasible choice.
All in all, trying to pick up threads that I've allowed to drop, and get back into my previous routine.
It fits with the sense of the season, not only spring but Lent--time to begin new, fresh, renewing and refreshing. In picking up those threads and finding a new routine, it's also time to cut back the deadwood of what is not working, what is not "living" for me--those reading plans and detailed schedules of what to do when. Time for some more spontaneity, relaxation, opening to possibility like a flower. It's spring, for heaven's sake!
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Michelangelo Plays with Light
Rays of light fill the dome inside the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano – St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome. It is the tallest dome in the world and was built with the explicit instruction that it was to rival Brunelleschi's dome in Florence. Do you think he accomplished this?
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Decades of tools, handed down from generation to generation outlined on the worktable of master wood carver Filippo Romagnoli located in Chiantishire near Firenze. His grandfather's original frame work hangs in the Louvre. Over the decades they fashioned furniture, candelabras, chandeliers, etc. to adorn some of the most famous Florentine homes. I visited his workshop in June 2016 and was able to see where the master works, and learn about the history. His work continues along with corzetti pasta stamps, rolling pins and much more. These are are available to you via his Etsy shop. His Facebook page has great videos and photos of his work.
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Hanging on the edge of the earth, Caltabellotta is a small town in the Province of Agrigento in Sicilia. An intriguing place that will steal your heart and your breath – literally. Be prepared for climbing steep walkways that will leave your heart pounding.
It's a Caravaggio!
Do visit the Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi while in Rome. Take your time and marvel at the three Caravaggio paintings – including the The Calling of St Matthew , The Inspiration of Saint Matthew and The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew. I found them by happenstance, as I did the church. I ducked in while waiting for a walking tour to start and the Caravaggio paintings cascaded into my lap reminding me that this is the BEST part of visiting Italy – finding out what you don't know and then starting to understand how the pieces fit together. Magic.
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Boutique Peek: Jinny
Walnut Creek gets a dose of city chic from a magazine and TV vet.
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Jin H. Fillinger is no stranger to the fashion world. Her work in magazines and television, where she dressed models and characters, evolved into a love for outfitting real women. The modern vibe of her new Jinny boutique in Walnut Creek brings a jolt of big city fashion to the suburbs.
"San Francisco and Oakland already have plenty of places," says Fillinger. "I love giving people a reason to drive east instead of west."
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The aim is to be inviting, not intimidating. Classic jazz fills the store, floor-to-ceiling windows let in plenty of natural light, and paintings and sketches—as well as old suitcases—adorn the walls. The dressing rooms are lined with rich cream-colored curtains, and tucked away for extra privacy.
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Fillinger mixes styles from emerging designers, including linen and silk neutral-toned separates from New York brand Pas de Calais, and Italian knitwear from designer Isabel Benenato.
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Slip on a pair of R13 or Ström jeans, which come in skinny cuts and provide a slimming effect without suffocating your bottom half; or go more adventurous with an Adam Lippes sheer, double-layer lace skirt. No need for a slip with this bad boy, as just your legs get the peekaboo effect.
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Sprinkled throughout the store are Aquazzura lace-up booties in varying hues, as well as oh-so-trendy fringe boots. Accessorize with one of the cashmere-blend Faliero Sarti scarves, which are released seasonally in a new print and coveted for year-round layering.
Star-Studded Jewels
A glass case displays glitzy diamond pavé jewelry with an edge by Rona Pfeiffer, Michelle Pfeiffer's sister-in-law and designer of her accessories in Dark Shadows. (Jinny is the only place you can find the jewelry in the East Bay.) Jinny also carries Aurélie Bidermann's detailed gold-plated cuff necklaces.
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Against England, Spain had far less possession than they were used to under World Cup caretaker coach Fernando Hierro and predecessors Julen Lopetegui and Vicente del Bosque but played with more purpose and were more direct than before.The former Barcelona coach had already ruffled feathers by dropping mainstays Jordi Alba and Koke from his squad and then picked a new-look lineup containing only five players who had started the World Cup last-16 defeat to Russia on penalties.Midfielder Saul Niguez made the biggest impact of the new additions to the team throughout the game, giving them a thrust and directness which was lacking in Russia, where they dominated possession but lacked spark and ideas, and also providing Spain's equalizer after Marcus Rashford had put England ahead.


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the monitoring of skin temperature as an index of blood flow changes because of the dilation and constriction of blood vessels, the feedback being displayed to the patient on a video monitor, accompanied by an audible signal. It is used for stress management and in the treatment of Raynaud disease, hypertension, and migraine.
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A form of biofeedback in which a person applies a temperature sensor to his skin (usually on a peripheral body part) and then tries to improve blood flow to that part, thereby raising the temperature detected. It is used to treat psychological stress, headaches, and other somatic symptoms exacerbated by anxiety.
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text: Yesterday evening Zaydee and I ran up a trail through the woods along Suce Creek. The trail felt almost damp and cool – certainly a subtle change from dry summer dusty trails. I watched a singular large yellow leaf fall quickly to the ground. Nothing poetic or romantic about the swift no-frills fall – no spinning or floating – just a quick silent exit from the tree to the ground marked the change of seasons. The leaf fall left a pang and a bit of panic in my chest; I am not ready for summer to be over. But this morning rose deliciously crisp and cool. The sky hung low. Something about the change of seasons clicks a renewed sense of purpose in my soul. "Pay attention" Momma Nature whispered in the charged air. I left my cabin in striped flannel pants, herded by sky as if tucked beneath the soft protective wing of a mother bird and pushed toward my studio nest. Even my morning cup of tea brimmed with purpose (and tasted better) as the smell of autumn lingered. Time to get to work!


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12th International Festival of Cellphone Cinema celebrated with aplomb by Marwah studios and AAFT
While inaugurating the festival, Foreign Minister of Comoros H.E. K.L. Ganju stated, "I have never seen the concept of Cellphone cinema and that too at an international level. I am amazed by the remarkable growth and incredible work initiated and done in the field, I congratulate the complete team". Adding to this further, Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios stated, Many people have started festival of Cellphone Films in last few years after its inception by Marwah Studios and AAFT but they have not been able to match or even touch the scale. It is easy to start the concept but it is difficult to continue the same and make it successful, in years to come the magnitude of the event will grow further and reach its crescendo. Gracing the occasion were Prof. Dr. Devendra Pathak, Vice Chancellor of Oriental University of Indore, Prof. Dr. N.K. Sinha Vice Chancellor of Himalayan Garhwal University & Seema
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We've all been there…in the paint department, standing at the display drooling over the array of beautiful paint colors. If you're like me, you're certain you selected "the perfect color" only to get home, apply your paint and think, "Ugh, this is not the color I chose!" I don't want you to experience this again, so in this post you'll learn about five paint selection pitfalls and some truly helpful tips. With this knowledge you can avoid the ugh and bring home the ahhh.
Pitfall #1: Floor color. In simple terms, most colors are formed by a combination of other colors. If your paint color happens to share an undertone with your flooring, that undertone will come out when they are together. So if you chose a gray wall color that has a red undertone (a warm gray) and your flooring has a red undertone, both will suddenly look more red once the paint hits the wall.
Pitfall #2: Surrounding furniture colors. The same principle above applies to furniture as well as floors. Any time you place colors next to each other, they can and will alter each other's look. The end result may be subtle or even pleasant, but it's not always easy to know until you see them in the same space under the same lighting.
Pitfall #3: Adjoining wall color. The impact of nearby color isn't confined to the same room. If you can see the walls of an adjoining room, the color on those walls may impact how you perceive your new wall color.
Pitfall #4: Lighting in the store. Color is essentially the reflection of light, so depending on your lighting source, the look and feel of a color can change dramatically. It's common for a color you love in the store (especially if seen under dreadful fluorescent lights) to look completely different at home in the light of a warm lamp or the natural light through your windows.
Pitfall #5: Lighting in your home. The lighting in your home definitely will have an impact on your paint color depending on the time of day, the amount of natural light versus artificial light, and the type of artificial light in the space.
Knowing the pitfalls of paint selection is important, but it's not enough. Bring on the tips…
Tip 1: Don't forget the samples. Make sure to take sample cards home of the colors you're considering and hold them next to your furniture and flooring as well as adjoining walls. Once your color choice has passed those tests, go back to the store and buy an inexpensive sample can of your paint color and paint a big section on your wall. It may be scary, but be brave. It's only paint, which can always be covered with more paint! Watch the color and how it changes at different times of the day and night as your light changes.
TIP 2: Online support. Online programs that allow you to upload a photo of your room and apply a paint color to see the result can be helpful. And no doubt they are fun! However, they don't allow for you to see how that color may change based on surrounding rooms or how the light changes at different times of day. Be sure to combine this option with the option of painting a big sample section on your wall to get the most accurate assessment.
TIP 3: Don't be fooled. If you have an existing color on the wall where you are painting your new sample color, remember to factor in the impact the existing color may have on the new color. It should give you peace of mind to know that the new color will "swallow" the old, so don't worry about that or let it cloud your judgment.
Choosing colors can seem mysterious. I hope this blog helps remove some of the mystery and adds some magic. So, go forward and paint on!
Now, what will you do next to love where you live?


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In the previous exhibition, I showed off the newest incarnations of the Months for the year 2009, just as they were about to be left behind. Towards the end, I singled December out because of his rather inspired powers of transforming into alternative forms, rather like Shugo Chara (which I was a big fan of back in the day).
On his suit jacket, December has four shaped buttons – a red heart, a blue spade, a green clover/club, and a yellow diamond. When he feels enough courage and presses one of the buttons, he will transform into a superpowered form of himself, his undershirt and the button on his suit jacket changing to the currently-active form, matching the colour of the symbol.
Although each of the forms are not dramatically different and do not have special powers, as with Shugo Chara, a certain active trait of December's will gain a big boost, allowing him to carry out certain deeds more easily. He can change into another form at any time without having to revert to his 'normal' form.
As well as the four main forms, there are also two extra forms which are activated in very special circumstances.
- Heart (Red) – Attack boost
- Spade (Blue) – Creativity boost
- Clover/Club (Green) – Defence boost
- Diamond (Yellow) – Range attack boost
Special Forms
- Cross (Purple) – Mind boost
- Star (Orange) – Flying speed boost
The Cross and Star forms were based on the apparent fifth Guardian Chara in the Shugo Chara series, a witch-like entity named Fana. When Fana fuses with Amu, she becomes Amulet Cross, and can fly on a broomstick like the archetypical witch found in Halloween stories. Of course, there isn't really a Star Guardian in Shugo Chara, but I always imagined that there was. Fana only appeared in special cards which were released with the anime series, and to date, she has not yet made an appearance in the anime. (As far as I know, the anime has now finished, which means Fana and Amulet Cross likely won't make their anime debut.)


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Sister of the Week: Mikaila Ulmer, age 9
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I congratulate her parents too that is just awesome.
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10-Year-Old Mikaila Ulmer: A Sweet Business Girl Earns $60,000 Investment on 'Shark Tank'
Mikaila Ulmer's story starts with two bee stings.
"I didn't enjoy the bee stings at all," she says on her website. "They scared me. But then something strange happened. I became fascinated with bees. I learned all about what they do for me and our ecosystem."
Even more strange for a four-year-old girl was that she thought of creating a business. Six years later, sweet little Mikaila, now 10, is a television star whose business acumen earned her $60,000 on the hit TV show, Shark Tank, for her company BeeSweet Lemonade out of Austin, Texas.
Former FUBU CEO Daymond John was impressed enough to offer $60,000 for a 25 percent stake in her business.
Watching her speak about what she has created with so much passion is so cute and adorable—actually irresistible.
Mikaila said she used her great grandmother Helen's recipe to make lemonade, using flaxseed, which bees produce, and, of course, bee-produced natural honey. Added to BeeSweet Lemonade is omega-3 essential fatty acids. The lemonade is naturally caffeine-free and has no artificial ingredients or high-fructose corn syrup, the No. 1 worst food to ingest.
Mikaila and John will now work closely together to expand her business, and John will serve as her mentor.
"Partnering with Mikaila made perfect sense," John stated in a press release. "She's a great kid with a head for business and branding. She's got a great idea, and I'm happy to help take BeeSweet to the next level."
The $60,000 will allow Mikaila to increase her production and enable the company to create larger batch runs of its signature lemonade in order to keep up with demand.
"I'm so excited to have someone with as much experience as Daymond on my team," Mikaila stated. "This is a great opportunity to have more people try my lemonade and help save even more bees!"
That's what made her venture so appealing—she's not just doing it for the money. Mikaila is doing it to preserve bees. When her great grandmother sent her a 1940 cookbook with her recipe of Flaxseed Lemonade in it, Mikaila researched and learned bees produce flaxseed.
"So then I thought," she says on beesweetlemonade.com, "what if I make something that helps honeybees and uses my Great Granny Helen's recipe?
Today, the teas that come in various flavors are available on her website and at Whole Foods, mostly in Texas and a few in Louisiana.
Arian Foster, NFL Players Invest $810,000 In 12-Year-Old's Lemonade Company
Mikaila Ulmer just keeps winning.
The preteen behind Me & the Bees Lemonade just got a generous financial bump from some NFL players.
Arian Foster and other players in the league are putting their money into 12-year-old Mikaila Ulmer's lemonade company, according to The Houston Chronicle. Foster announced the news at the "Been Brilliant Entrepreneur Day" at a local Boys & Girls Club on July 6. He said he's happy to team up with the "humble" young entrepreneur.
"Of course, any time you invest in anything you look at if it's going to be profitable," Foster said. "We look for companies that match our main focus of developing a good product, but are also good people and do it for the right reasons. It's more than about money to us. We believe that investing in small black businesses is extremely important."
Along with the retired Texan, Glover Quin, Duane Brown, Jonathan Grimes, Omar Bolden, Bobby Wagner, Darius Slay, Sherrick McManis, EJ Manuel, Malik Jackson, Nick Martin and Lameck Lukanga are investing a combined total of $810,000.
While sitting with Foster and Quin, Mikaila told the Chronicle that she's excited for the opportunity.
"I'm very happy that I'm able to work with them and they invested in my company and them helping us and mentoring us and believing in our mission," she said. "I think we have a better chance of achieving our goals. That keeps me pumped and excited every day."
Me & the Bees Lemonade, formerly BeeSweet Lemonade, was founded soon after a 4-year-old Mikaila got stung by a bee twice. She grew fascinated with the way bees help the ecosystem and wanted to help save them using her great grandmother's flaxseed lemonade recipe and honey.
In 2015, Mikaila's "Shark Tank" pitch earned her a $60,000 investment. Since then, business has been booming for the young entrepreneur. Last year, the Austin, Texas, native was invited to the White House to meet then-President Barack Obama and she scored an investment deal to distribute in 62 Whole Foods across the country. She was also named as one of the Movement50 Top 10 Innovators of the Year at SXSW. Her company donates to organizations fighting to save bees.


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Just as I was about to put the new disk "Chant: Music for the Soul" (Decca) into my player, I saw the Times piece about the album's performers: the Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross), who sing and work and live in their abbey in the Vienna Woods. The album, which will be released as a compact disk on Tuesday, has already shot to #1 on iTunes.
The last such craze was in 1994, when the monks of the Benedictine abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, in Spain, had a Billboard hit with their more simply titled album "Chant" (Angel Records), still readily available, which spawned a number of sequels. And, once more, the same sales pitch is being trotted out: as the iTunes editors enthused, "Chant is the ultimate in relaxation and stress relief—the perfect antidote to our fast-moving modern world."
Does every generation now needs its own, specially branded encounter with Gregorian Chant, the ancient, monophonic music of the Catholic Church? The music hardly changes over the centuries, after all, and the rules of its "performance practice" are phenomenally strict. But there are differences. The Santo Domingo performance, befitting its Spanish provenance, was notable for its rhythmic verve (if monks have verve) and its melancholy, otherworldly atmosphere, while our Cistercian contemporaries favor a lighter, more radiantly beautiful sound and a closer, more intimate acoustic. I'll hold off on the musical-political-societal analysis; it's a lovely disk. In the photograph, the brothers listen to playbacks.—Russell Platt


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Monday was our anniversary and it was the best day ever! The day was filled with super sweet surprises from my cute hubs. If you follow me on Instagram you saw the GORGEOUS bouquet he surprised me with! Well, we love massages and any chance we have we try to get one! Lately we've been trying to save some $$$ so we've been giving each other massages. I know its not his favorite thing to do so even when he massages my shoulders for 10 minutes I feel so loved because I know he would rather not. On Monday he completely blew me away! He bought a massage table (yeah like a real massage table) and had 50 candles lit with rose pedals all over and the diffuser going with essential oils and gave me a massage! It was the most loving thing he could do for me because I truly thought he hated it. I felt so spoiled and I just had to brag on him for a minute!
Meanwhile this is easily becoming one of my favorite looks! Slightly sophisticated with a pop of color. I bought this outfit while thrifting (surprise) and have been waiting to wear it for a perfect sunny day. This skirt has the perfect dressed up but still casual look going on and that is what I'm all about these days. Trying without...trying! Oh and It's Ann Taylor and I paid $4 bucks for it!
I just wanted to share this quick and easy look with you all! We leave for California in a exactly one week so I promise to share a few raw recipes before then!
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The following equation is a general model for Hall effect devices, describing the voltage produced by a Hall element given the current through it (I), the magnetic flux density (B) passing through perpendicular to the current, and the thickness (x) of the Hall element. The variable K is a constant accounting for variations in material composition and temperature, and for any combination of units represented by the other variables:
Explain what this equation means with regard to the effect of each variable (I, B, and x) on the Hall voltage generated. Identify whether each of the variables has a direct or an inverse effect on the output voltage.
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If the journey to your goal doesn't make you want to quit at some point, it's not hard enough. Just remember quitting and wanting are two different things...
MY PERSONAL DAY 75 Bikini Body Mommy Challenge 2.0 PROGRESS UPDATE [*Remember I'm Filming 2 weeks ahead of you guys!]: If you've been following me for any length of time you know that I didn't just wake up in this body... I've busted my proverbial a** off day in and day out for the last 6 months to get to the current place I'm in after my 4th pregnancy ended last fall– and it's been a roller coaster ride. The truth is having this body, this current level of confidence, health, happiness, and BALANCE is A WORK IN PROGRESS and will ALWAYS be a lifelong struggle to maintain!
As most of you have already clued in -- Being a "Bikini Body Mommy" is so much more than a fad fitness program -- it's a mentality and a way of life! So for all those who are beginning to stress about "what comes after" #BikiniBodyMommyChallenge 2.0 ends... DONT. I'm not going anywhere... I've got some amazing things coming your way that I'll be announcing very very soon! [SPOILER ALERT: Can you say 3.0??? ;p ] xoxo, -Briana
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Designed for relaxation and fun, the carefully chosen amenities enhance the city lifestyle by infusing everyday living with the extraordinary.
Arrive at 1401 Broadway through an elevated porte-cochere. Outdoors, you'll find ample opportunities for socializing and relaxing, whether you just want to hang out or are hosting an event. Both the 5,000 square foot outdoor lounge on the second floor and 1,000 square foot landscaped roof terrace, with its 360 degree views of Manhattan and Queens, are ideally situated for residents' enjoyment.
The indoor spaces also offer a soothing yet dynamic ambiance to connect with other residents and unwind. The sophisticated wood-paneled lobby — with its inviting fireplace and full-time doorman — welcomes residents and guests with a chic modern sensibility that is enhanced throughout each apartment. Also included – a library off the lobby, the lounge and game room with a cozy fireplace and a kitchenette, as well as a fully-equipped fitness center that is enhanced with a sauna. Residents further benefit from a bike room and parking, as well as an on-site Zip Car location.


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Natureboy is the musical project of Sara Kermanshahi. The project continues her musical collaboration with Cedar Apffel (Masterface/ House on A Hill) who produced her records. Starkly emotional and strangely evocative, her music weaves modern loops and samples with folk elements to create a haunting synthesis of moody, intelligent, melodic music. Natureboy will appeal to fans of Mazzy Star, Beach House, Cat Power, and Bon Iver.
A former member of Seattle's House On A Hill, Sara created Natureboy upon moving to Brooklyn in 2007. Natureboy is quickly gaining a fan base of loyal and excited listeners. She's been playing a steady stream of gigs in New York, Chicago and Boston sharing the stage with a number of esteemed artists such as Cate Le Bon, Magnolia Electric Co., Mirel Wagner, Laura Gibson, School of Seven Bells, Tiny Vipers, Sharon Van Etten, and Marissa Nadler. The band embarked on a 15 date European tour in late 2010, playing cities such as Paris, Berlin, and Copenhagen.
Natureboy's live performances are as captivating as her recorded music. Onstage, Sara closes her eyes, curls up her toes, and gives herself completely to the music. Her unique, natural vocal style and skillful guitar playing feels vulnerable and almost threatening. The band builds on the power of her sound with tastefully-woven waves of guitar, synth, bass, and drums.
Natureboy's music has been featured on Brooklyn Vegan, in Esopus magazine, on KEXP, KCRWfeatured the band as an "Artist You Should Know," RCRD LBL and was recorded live by NYC Taper. Sara recorded a Daytrotter Session this summer. The debut album was included on many best of 2009 lists including Kevchino.com, The Sky Report, and Musicology NYC. She has also been featured in a number of publications like Deli, Wears The Trousers, Largehearted Boy, Vivoscene, The Wounded Jukebox and Performer.
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Global warming
October 10, 2017
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The Earth is getting hotter, fast. Things that simply cannot be denied are happening, sea levels are rising, forest fires are roaring, ice is melting and animals are dying. And although 97% of scientists claim that global warming is a very real issue, some people still believe that climate change is fake.
Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide and other pollutants come together in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight that has bounced off of the Earth. The heat gets trapped and the only place it can go is back down to Earth. This is why in the last 50 years or so we have seen such an increase in air and water temperatures. Pollutants such as fossil fuels and coal-burning power plants are part of the cause of the dramatic change in climate recently.
In recent months, we have seen a huge rise in the number of natural disasters occurring, such as hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the drought that California experienced for more than 5 years and is still recovering from. With the water temperatures rising at such a rapid rate, tropical storms such as hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones can pick up more energy than ever before, causing them to be more powerful. And the extended period with little to no precipitation causes an extreme dry spell. Entire regions can dry out and it can take decades for those regions to fully recover.
If we don't do something about climate change, and quick, there will be more dramatic water shortages and increased risk of wildfires, especially in western American states, sea levels will rise so much that it will cause coastal flooding in many areas in the world, entire ecosystems will be destroyed and animals will continue to go extinct, and outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Malaria will be much more common.
Global warming is real, and it is not going away, unless we, as human beings, start to give back to the Earth. A few ways to reduce the chances of global warming getting completely out of control before it's too late are to:
- Drive fuel-efficient vehicles. If we can cut back on the amount of gasoline polluting the Earth then we will already be in better shape. Not to mention that gas is expensive and nobody wants to spend as much as we do on gas.
- Saving water will also help tremendously with carbon pollution. Small things such as taking shorter showers, turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth etc. can reduce carbon pollution. It will cut down on your water bill as well.
- Stop wasting food. Nearly 40% of the food made in the U.S ends up in landfills. By wasting less food, you'll be reducing energy consumption.
- Get the word out. Speak up. A lot of people aren't even aware of the effect that global warming has on the Earth. If more people simply knew what they can do to help help save our environment, we would be less likely to be in the place we are in now with climate change.


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I have to say that as someone who considers myself an artist, nothing is more invasive and upsetting than someone stealing your work. Sure, we all take a great amount of joy in influencing the creative juices of others, but when your work is lifted and passed off as someone else's, it's an assault on your business, your person and it makes you feel very angry and dirty. When that company is bigger than yours and it picks on the little guy thinking you'll never find out, it's even worse.
I've been a fan of the leather clothing and accessories company Lost Art for years. The designer has crafted some of the coolest leather goods for rock stars like Lenny Kravitz, Britney Spears, Aerosmith, Alicia Keys and Jon Bon Jovi for years as well as private citizens alike and I really, REALLY admire his work. As a matter of fact, my goal is to have a pair of leather pants by this guy. Imagine my surprise when I was given photographs showing side by side comparisons of his works next to another international powerhouse designer, Roberto Cavalli. Lost Art's work came first, people. Let's remember that as we look through the photographs.
Can we blame outright copyright infringement? That's not for me to say but they look AWFULLY familiar, don't they? One would hope this is simply a case of similar aesthetics. After all, both designers are talented in their own right and Cavalli's so much bigger as a company. Why would they feel the need to be "influenced" by a smaller name?
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Regional FDI trends
The sharp rise in Saudi Arabia's outward foreign direct investment meant the kingdom overtook both the UAE and Kuwait to become the leading source of outbound FDI from the Gulf last year. Outward investments from the UAE totalled $15.1bn in 2018, up from $14.1bn in 2017, but still below Saudi Arabia's $21.2bn. Kuwaiti outbound FDI declined sharply, to $3.8bn in 2018 from $9bn one year earlier, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad)'s latest World Investment Report.
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