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tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:/feed Jeremy Philip Galen 2014-09-28T02:30:01-07:00 Jeremy Philip Galen https://jpg.svbtle.com firstname.lastname@example.com Svbtle.com tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/quicktype-ios8-big-deal 2014-09-28T02:30:01-07:00 2014-09-28T02:30:01-07:00 QuickType in iOS 8 -- a bigger deal than it might seem at first
One could conceivably claim that convenience is the mother of all communication. By "mother" I of course mean a set of other metaphors including but not limited to progenitor, caretaker, instructor, guardian, and then maybe conscience, nudge, antagonist, friend, ally and eventually (in dotage) a responsibility.

According to this claim there must thus be a theoretical point in ancient, pre-recorded time when inconvenience reigned supreme, unchallenged by our fretful attempts at being comfortable. In this hazy era we were likely as haphazard as Lucretius' "dust motes dancing in the sunlight" – mere atoms in nature. But whenever it was that a creaturely commitment to convenience developed and managed to puncture this regime, forms of communication must have rapidly been born. For how else, could we have set about working well with like-minded members of our species?

After the arrival of formal language systems (the true sea change) the task has fallen upon technology to serve as the catalyst for all the subsequent step changes in the relation between convenience and communication. Given how far we've come already and how much we can imagine growing from here, let's hazard a guess that communication is in that golden period of pre-adolescence, the pre-teenage pause during which, for the most part, mother and child are aligned.

With iOS 8 and the introduction of QuickType Apple is bringing us a meaningful step closer to the tumult of adolescence, that period of continuous change and growing pain, where whimsy rules the day and emotionally charged interactions explode unpredictably.

We've grown quite used to AutoCorrect, the robotic system for fixing typos and finishing words as we type them. With QuickType, though, I don't just have a computer helping me finish the words I type; I now have a computer on hand to help me choose the words. I could easily have an entire conversation merely by continuously selecting one of the three or four words an extremely intelligent machine presents me with. While the result may not be perfect or complete, what communication event ever is?*

AutoCorrect has caused a lot of ink to be spilled because it produces comic misunderstandings through accidental exchanges. QuickType is an intervention and not an aid, but I have yet to read any jeremiads about the damage it is going to do to our unique voices or how it might corrupt the youth. Is this because QuickType is so extremely helpful?

My mind wanders to the role rationality plays in communication. The philosopher Donald Davidson once put it, "rationality is a social trait. only communicators have it." If convenience starts nudging communication to get better grades and work harder and clean up its room and be on time, what will happen to rationality? Suffice it to say, one of the most exciting parts about adolescence is fantasizing about becoming an adult.

*My first use of QuickType (above) felt like a true shortcut, on par with when I learned something like command + v; and we all know that ease is addictive.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/metrics-and-melancholia 2014-04-08T08:37:36-07:00 2014-04-08T08:37:36-07:00 Metrics and Melancholia

"Objection to scientific knowledge: this world doesn't deserve to be known."
 -Cioran

Perhaps the only thing worse than doing something wrong and not knowing about it is doing something wrong and knowing too much about it.

I'm in awe of a new product called Automatic designed to make me a "smarter driver." More than any other recent promise of digital-personal-metrical accountability, Automatic touches on a behavior I'm convinced I could actually modify. I feel as though what I eat, how many steps I take, how deeply I sleep etc. are all fully deterministic expressions of my genome: how can I possibly use data to peel back layers of historical anxiety compounded by decades of familial and cultural reinforcement?

But my driving style strikes me a priori as something that hasn't ossified yet. Driving isn't a dictate of nature, it's not something I was born doing, I had to learn how to do it. I've never had insight into how I drive until now. Now I know the nature and frequency of my sins (hard accels, hard brakes, speeding) and the idea isn't merely to become better in an abstract sense; if I reform I shall save money on gas. A surfeit of incentives.

I HAVEN'T CHANGED A THING ABOUT HOW I DRIVE

In a way, I think we all yearn for a position of naïveté in certain realms of our lives, probably because knowledge can be rather disappointing. Certain knowledge can even clearly be disempowering, most especially the types of knowledge that promise empowerment.

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to eat food without a mental model of the Calorie. Wouldn't it be a more immediate relation to the experience? On balance I'm sure that ubiquitous nutrition labels have improved our lot, but how do we account for the quiet, small personal tragedy created by a willing, fully-informed transgression such as eating something in conscious spite of its caloric content?*

Our era is especially well-designed to lull us into a conviction that two oft-related terms are actually unimpeachably equivalent. The two terms are knowledge and power, and personal data is its most dulcet lullaby.

The dream of personal data is that they inform our steps toward self-actualization and affirm our belief in perfectibility – in other words, the golden road to expiation.

The nightmare: awash in useless data we continuously mistake for significant, we cling to particular points for buoyancy but they are merely flotsam in a sea of sin you can't do anything about.

*Not all metrics, of course, are malevolent. Consider the iPhone's battery consumption indicator, which you can change from qualitative to quantitative display with a simple toggle in your settings. Damn it's empowering to know a percentage in this case.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/tyranny-of-miscommunication 2014-01-12T11:42:08-08:00 2014-01-12T11:42:08-08:00 On the Tyranny of Miscommunication
If I could dedicate my life to exploring one paradox, I would choose the relationship that rhetoric has to miscommunication.

Like other humans, I've been making sounds and hoping to be understood for as long as I can remember. Being understood is incredibly gratifying – it's bound up in the intoxicating affair of external validation. Being misunderstood, however, ranges from merely irritating to completely horrifying. The worst experiences of miscommunication are akin to madness. Indeed, couldn't we describe insanity as the self-fulfilling paranoia of being misunderstood?

At first blush, rhetoric might seem to pave the road to miscommunication; what could possibly be less effective than colorful or expressive language? Effective communication would seem to depend on the opposite of rhetoric. Wrong! In hinting at the possibility of miscommunication, rhetoric crucially reminds us of how important the meaningful conveyance of information actually is.

I've come to view miscommunication as a metaphysical kingdom, a realm that persists alongside the everyday highly functional discourses of exchange, self-expression, seduction, invention, story-telling and jurisprudence.

A taste of pure rhetoric puts us into contact with that other realm and keeps us sane.

My credo:

Rhetorical flourish is our best defense against the potential tyranny of miscommunication.

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Consider the example above. It comes from an automobile owner's manual*. It's a thoroughly unnecessary bit of extravagance in a setting one would least likely expect it, an improbable place for poetry. The laws of physics cannot be repealed. Whether the private joke of translators or an earnest remark from technical writers, it is a fine example of rhetoric because it is so thoroughly superfluous and also terrifically entertaining. The bare message is that though a fancy technology can now prevent you from skidding, you must never forget that man and his contraptions can't defy nature.

Would that communication technologies came with such a tidy warning.

Technology exerts exogenous pressure on us to rid communication of rhetoric. Technology dazzles us with the promise of thorough, exhaustive, perfect communication. Like a system that "recognizes unstable driving conditions," systems of communication from morse code to Snapchat momentarily purge instability. Eventually, though, as we grow familiar with the medium, we become comfortable with the art it gives rise to.

In this light, rhetoric too is a law of physics.

*Manual comes from the Latin "manus" (hand) and then "manualis" (fit for being hand-held) and has clearly given us the word "handbook." Needless to say, handbooks exist solely for doing or fixing. Their language skips the mind and the heart and flows straight to the hands. The handbook is a conversation between two unthinking machines.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/a-short-checklist-for-avoiding-mediocrity-in-the-gamefication-of-loyalty 2013-12-01T12:12:51-08:00 2013-12-01T12:12:51-08:00 A Short Checklist for Avoiding Mediocrity in the Gamefication of Loyalty

 Artwork courtesy of Gabriel Schama

I've been a member of United's Frequent Flier program since my father enrolled me in 1995. After nearly 20 years of collecting and redeeming miles for award travel, I recently became a Premier Silver member (the entry-level echelon of elite status, earned by actually flying 25,000 miles in a calendar year) for the first time.

Miles programs are oft-touted as the canonically well-constructed and successful loyalty game; my experience "winning" the game has taught me otherwise.

CELEBRATE progress–duh!

When I earned Premier Silver I received no email, no on-site megaphone, nothing to congratulate me on the accomplishment. I grew up watching my father flash a plastic card at check-in, and though I've been a Premier Silver member for a few weeks now, nothing has arrived in the mail for me. Perhaps they've discontinued the plastic shenanigans? Fine, but how about my first check-in after earning the status? It would be so easy for counter representatives or kiosk screens to congratulate me.

COERCION can never be more obvious than the short term hedonic payout

Leading up to my glorious admission to the club I found myself booking slightly more expensive tickets on United in order to reach the 25,000 qualifying miles in time. This is patently how the game works, but it doesn't quite feel good because of the soupçon that I was, in effect, wasting money. I found myself verifying the United program rules, ascertaining the benefits of membership, etc. There are cheap, simple ways to make this experience better, such as a post-booking email reassuring me that I've made the right decision. You're almost there, fool! would go a long way.

WINNING can simply never be a worse experience than playing

My single most important reason for playing the game is the prospect of a free upgrade to first class. Something for nothing is the sucker's Shangri-La. A free 5th cup of coffee may be fungible with a permanent 20% discount, but the former is several times more attractive than the latter. So far, on United, I have not received a free upgrade, and thus I was having far more fun looking forward to indelible specialness than I'm actually having as a Premier Silver member.

INTERMEDIATE SUCCESS cannot breed contempt for the game

Before my last three flights I've squinted up at the screen near the gate only to discover that I'm hopelessly far down on the list of standby upgrades. I've never been higher than #7 and when queried the airline officials have told me that earlier spots go to the more frequent fliers. I'm so far from winning the next tier of status that I want to give up on the game right now. Does this pathetic thermometer seduce you in any way?

Of course I won't stop playing, however, largely on account of the consolation prize, namely the continued accrual of reward miles through my linked credit card. But now there's a bitter taste in my mouth that free travel simply won't expunge…and I'm less loyal than I was beforehand.

REWARDS can't cannibalize one another

So far I have enjoyed one small perk of having status: automatic assignment to boarding group 2, right after the really special people. But the most disappointing experience has been the following: in order to find out whether a free upgrade to first class would come my way I apparently have to wait at the gate until boarding is done. How dumb is this? I essentially sacrifice a sure thing (hassle-free boarding experience, the second-best reward) for a slim shot at the best reward (free upgrade).

CONTINUED PLAY should have no substitutes

During college I used to derive tremendous pleasure from charming counter representatives into giving me a free first class upgrade. The required badinage came naturally to me and though I often struck out I occasionally won. That game–the game of obtaining confidence–yielded superior results to the current one I'm playing. I suppose it was harder but now I'm liable to switch back to it as it was a lot more fun.

It seems like a relatively inexpensive proposition for a business like an airline to diversify it's allocation of specialness and to make all frequent fliers feel like the primus inter pares. A bad game has too many winners; a truly awful game makes winners feel like losers.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/thoughts-on-over-thinking 2013-11-25T22:35:57-08:00 2013-11-25T22:35:57-08:00 Thoughts on "Over-Thinking"

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If momentarily granted dictatorial control over parlance, the first phrase I'd eradicate is "You're over-thinking it."

It's a vile phrase. In most contexts it amounts to little more than a verbal tic, a way for lazy interlocutors to buy time. In some cases it's actually pejorative and can be a form of bullying. By deploying this horrid bit of rhetoric you're not telling people that they are inaccurate or irrational or misinformed, and you're not arguing with a specific point or the premise of dispute, you're simply accusing them of adding complexity. How dare you!

Unlike other verbal cruft which we bandy about with impunity, the continued use of "over-thinking" as an insult comes at a dear price. The chief reason is that it's impossible to differentiate over-thinking from mere thinking, and thus hostility to one is by necessity hostility to the other.

Furthermore, the phrase is dismissive in a noxious way because it momentarily challenges another person's openness to enlightenment. Is there a greater intellectual crime? You leave a movie and your date ventures out on an exegetical limb. He or she searches for evidence in support of truth claims, thumbing through disparate threads that require organization. Can you live with yourself for brushing aside another being's curiosity? Are you prepared to cut short someone else's process of stumbling from indeterminacy to clarity? Can you tolerate interfering with another human's emergence from self-imposed immaturity?

If you don't want to wake up in a world where someone else can arbitrarily pronounce your own happy cognition invalid, join me in abstaining from recourse to this sloppy locution.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/bob-galen-pious-reply 2013-11-17T08:33:42-08:00 2013-11-17T08:33:42-08:00 Bob Galen: A pious reply to his son's heresy

Last week I shared some thoughts about how tasks can be oppressive. My dear father, an inveterate list-maker and task-completer, emailed me this thoughtful reply.

Dear Jer,

You challenge the Task Model with a concise, rational and appealing argument. You ask, "isn't life little more than the sum of the tasks you complete?" Further, you say, "tasks are pragmatic because they can be completed. And people clearly derive satisfaction from completion." People aren't the only ones.

If you came from an Abrahamic religion and have the Old Testament as your theoretical framework of life, you can't help but notice, in the very beginning of this Holy Book, that according to Genesis, God had a list to work from and it was very clearly spelled out in terms of what would be done and in what order.

In fact, God derived so much satisfaction from completion of all the tasks that s/he called the final day Holy. Now if you follow this framework, you no doubt will recall that God said, "Let us make a being in our image, after our likeness, and let it have dominion…" Thus God created us in the divine image. So who are we to challenge this model? To make lists of tasks and complete them and derive satisfaction from their completion? This is embedded in our very DNA and divinely inspired!

All that said, I have to agree with your three elegant corollaries. Tasks not only feel oppressive, they are oppressive. The list most certainly breeds all sorts of counter productive neurotic behavior. It is actually worse than you can imagine! What to do to change this is a non-trivial task. For example, when I awoke this morning and had coffee, I reviewed my flip chart (see above) and the first item on the list for today was "reply to Jeremy"!

So there you have it, now what do we do?

Have a nice weekend,

Love,

Dad
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/tasks-are-oppressive 2013-11-13T23:09:33-08:00 2013-11-13T23:09:33-08:00 Stop thinking about your work in terms of tasks
I recently came across a work of art in my home that really helps visualize one of the risks that are run by breaking work down into discrete tasks:

 Emergen-C, Abandoned

We're always liable to be interrupted during the completion of tasks. Despite the noble work task management does to limit this liability, the risk of interruption never quite goes away.

The Task Model

The task model for conceiving of and discussing work makes a good deal of sense–it's rooted in our most common vocabulary for discussing the past and our role in it. This may sound reductive, demeaning, unpalatable or even rude, but isn't life little more than the sum of the tasks you complete?

Break down a week, day, or hour, and the only way you can really talk about it is in terms of what happens and what you achieved. You, the world you experience, and the stuff you want to do and get done for the portion of your life that you're conscious. The template is basically "I want this to happen by that time and here's my plan." True for big plans and small plans alike.

Tasks are pragmatic because they can be completed. And people clearly derive satisfaction from completion. But tasks are oppressive because they can sometimes persist in theoretically begun or partially completed states. Is there any more irritating experience than passing by your kitchen sink and discovering a pathetic pile of powder at the bottom of a glass?

The paradox of finding work more manageable when it's not atomized

What alternative is there to conceiving of work in terms of tasks? Try to train yourself to think of work as a non-partitive experience of your priorities. In other words, conceive of work as a flow, like electricity or water, and not as units or modules in sequence.

After spending your entire life building lists and prioritizing items on it, a day of non-partitioned work may be liberating. Despite what you've been trained, it may be the tasks and not the work that's overwhelming.

I think there are at least three elegant corollaries here:

Less compulsion. Tasks, like reducing your inbox, create the conditions of possibility for compulsive behavior. Tasks share attributes with one another and thus their successive completion forms a habit.*

No task abandonment. This can't exactly happen if you have a fundamentally non-task based conception of work. The glass containing Emergen-c power is always about to find the spout.

The death of multi-tasking. What is multi-tasking anyhow? Aren't we always doing this? ie, Are we ever doing just one thing? Or aren't we never doing this? ie, Is it really ever possible to do more than one thing at once? Why do people like this concept?

Tasks feel oppressive because they are endless and they create the illusion that mastery is unattainable. The list, not the labor, is your enemy.

*Something similar is going on with today's highly viral list-making online content producers. Their titles alone inspire clicks because, shit, there's a list waiting for me and I can handle a list of '27 things people wish they told themselves / their parents / cats / twentysomethings.'
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/on-the-power-of-examples 2013-10-20T14:05:35-07:00 2013-10-20T14:05:35-07:00 On the power of examples

Damn this is some good signage, right? I took this picture on a bike ride in Lands End yesterday and I've been thinking a lot about it since then. There's something incredibly efficient about the way it's formulated.

There are of course several ways this sign could have been written, and I keep imagining the municipal conference room where some functionaries had to reject proposals until they came upon this winning formulation. Chief says "Alright everybody listen up, we really need to get the message across, people keeping dying out there on Painted Rock, it's just so beautiful that they aren't heeding our normal warnings."

"Let's spell it out in plain english," ventures one cautious subordinate. "'Severe Risk of Death' will work perfectly, as always" he suggests.

"But the kids these days don't believe in signs. And some of them are only enticed by risk," replies the Chief. "We need to give the people a justification for our capricious decrees."

"The problem is that the cliff has such a lovely name, Chief," says another sycophant in the room. "We need to make the deterrent personal somehow."

Indeed, it's hard to read "People have fallen to their death from this point" without immediately considering that the very same could happen to you. Even without knowing who these people were or when they died, the imagery is powerful: numerous bodies falling, battered against jagged crags as they tumble to the sea below. This isn't just death, it's an experience of dying. In advertising something similar is going on with those graphic, gratuitous color pictures of various cancers on the exteriors of cigarette packs and the same is true when weight loss systems or balding cures sell you on John Doe's individual results. "A" doesn't merely do "B" but has literally, historically done "B" for "C."

Our Inner Aristocrat

The problem is that people have this magical ability to believe in their own exceptional status. Consider the people who hopped the guard rail in my photograph. They read the sign and basically figured that though people have fallen to their death from Painted Rock, it won't happen to them because they're special or better or luckier or what have you. Even with a vivid rationale on offer, they have the temerity to think that the rules don't apply to them.

Though the happiest people fight against and ultimately vanquish this narcissism, most people probably don't. This is why the very best providers of hospitality and other services prey so capably on private fantasies of exceptionalism. It's hard to turn down an opportunity for the world to confirm what you've always privately suspected about yourself.

The exception swallows the rule when everyone is unique and special, however. Pardon the prognostication, but after the epoch of customization (with its endless groveling about the "bespoke") comes to an end I predict conformity will slowly obtain a special allure. When standing out will have lost its charisma, examples of fitting in will be the only believable ones. And when that day arrives, perhaps the Painted Rock sign might merely have to say "People agree the danger of visiting this point outweighs its beauty" to be effective.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/what-is-the-difference-between-sharing-and-selfexpression 2013-10-07T10:22:00-07:00 2013-10-07T10:22:00-07:00 What is the difference between sharing and self-expression?
People often use these two words interchangeably and it makes me rather nervous. I am uncertain they mean exactly the same thing, and I'm convinced it matters.*

Here are 4 propositions representing distinct options for modeling the relation between sharing and self-expression: A) Sharing is a subset of self-expression or B) Sharing is a superset of self-expression or C) All sharing is self-expression or D) No sharing is self-expression

In Option A sharing is a subset of self-expression. Restated: all sharing is self-expression but not all self-expression is sharing. This is a pretty intuitive option because it pretty much makes anything I say or express or convey a form of self-expression. This is a self-flattering view, but it unattractively waters down the meaning of self-expression.

For example, when I share news about the government shutdown (a mere fact in the world), does it really matter that I'm the one sharing it with you?

One might counter with the claim that in the context of my complete freedom to share anything I choose, it does matter that I've chosen one fact in the world over another. I have selected to share certain facts and not others with you, which of course could say something about me. It could say something about me, but it need not necessarily. Thus Option A is quite weak.

Option B, where sharing is a superset of self-expression, could be restated as "all self-expression is sharing but not all sharing is self-expression." This is quite satisfying if you view self-expression as a special set of personal conveyance or communication. In this view, self-expression consists of the cases where what I'm expressing truly represents me, my self, in a way that's more meaningful than ordinary/bland/unidentifiable statements. People like this view because it dignifies and elevates their unique experiences of the world, their opinions, beliefs, perspectives, memories, fictions, and fantasies. All they need to do is leave my mind and they become atomic units that could only have come from me.

But what if I were to throw a rock through my neighbor's window because her music is too loud? This could easily be construed as self-expression but what exactly would I be sharing, my opinion that her music is too loud or my opinion that I don't share her taste? All ambiguous remarks, to say nothing of irony, seem to be examples of self-expression that may not constitute successful sharing. And of course we have a whole set of quite common and satisfying experiences of self-expression that one enjoys in solitude. Consider the writing of a diary or the preparation of a meal that one consumes alone. Option B clearly has its own shortcomings.

This brings us to Option C where there's complete coincidence of sharing and self-expression, a model in which all sharing is self-expression. This could at first seem like a compelling picture of things but it would debase self-expression without rewarding us in any way. Don't we intuitively want self-expression to be something other than the mere exchanges, something more than generic transactions? I think we could live with this model briefly but it would trouble us over time.

Option D would be the model in which no sharing is self-expression, the complete non-coincidence of the two. At first this is an odd, unsettling model because it's challenging to make sense of self-expression entirely outside the context of sharing. There's something elegant, though, in thinking of self-expression as independent from the messy chaos of sharing. But take art or argument or criticism and remove the recipient–what really remains? Can we really pretend that sharing presupposes an audience and self-expression doesn't? Is sharing always dialogical where self-expression is monological?

At this point you probably have concluded that there's an easy way out of all this. Why can't we just live with the idea of a classic Venn diagram, where some sharing would be independent of self-expression and vice-versa? Where the two overlap would be the cases where something magical happens, and quite simply, whatever is being shared also expresses something fundamental about a self out there somewhere.

I detest this way out, however. I think it's exactly the type of loathsome neglect that lands us in the place we've found ourselves, sloppily using words as if they're synonyms that thoroughly index the same concept. What's worse we remain vulnerable to a subtle exploitation, which is that we can be convinced over time that what we're sharing truly represents us when we're not quite sure we want this to be the case. More problematically, we could be convinced that what we think represents us is merely 'a fact in the world' that could have been shared by anyone.

I'd like to share that attempting to differentiate sharing and self-expression makes me far more nervous than my experience of people using them interchangeably. And if I can be permitted a final self-indulgence, I'd like to suggest that our contemporary commitment to high frequency self-expression may in fact stem from the crisis that this intractable problem gives rise to.

*I should state outright that this post is not the claptrap of a persnickety opponent of laissez-faire linguistics, i.e. I'm not just concerned about proper usage. What concerns me is distinguishing sharing from self-expression conceptually.
 tag:jpg.svbtle.com,2014:Post/living-with-distraction 2013-09-23T23:20:22-07:00 2013-09-23T23:20:22-07:00 Living with distraction: a rejoinder to Louis C.K.

 source: Teamcoco.com

Over the last few days I've rewatched Louis C.K.'s Conan clip several times and talked of it with anyone who will listen. His point of departure is the case for denying his children smartphones, but he soon dwells on a much more disturbing subject, namely the threat that continuous connectivity poses for selfhood.

The bit is funny because, like pretty much all good standup, it is at once patently obvious and painfully true: solitude is a challenging experience and we're hopeless at turning down an opportunity to feel part of the human community. Even if the gesture of inclusion is shallow and short-lived, like a text message, we spring for it instinctively.

What's really interesting here (and probably the source of the routine's comic weight) is that he's willing to go out and admit that a text message from a friend momentarily resolves the existential anxiety he refers to as "that thing, that forever empty." It's an absurd proposition, really, but of course there's some uncontroversial truth to it: when we're even mildly entertained it's hard to be sad; when stimulated it's hard to be bored; when communicating with other people it's hard to feel alone.

The somber note of his routine is the suggestion that we're worse off for being able to run from solitude so easily. He implies that empathy will be harder to develop. I have to disagree, at least in one very important respect.

Mental discipline is the great differentiator of our era

The fact that distraction is increasingly inexpensive shouldn't be seen as ineluctably tragic; instead we should think of the onslaught of opportunities for diversion as offering us a fundamentally new form of fitness.*

Armchair prognostication is a hazardous endeavor, but here goes nothing. If Louis' kids and their peers grow up inundated with unconscionable possibilities of diversion, won't they have even more respect for the discipline that overcomes them? Won't they value even more highly than we do the will power needed to establish a life that doesn't merely consist of diversion? Won't all their accomplishments, their inventions and creations and new forms of expressions, won't they seem all the more prodigious because they were achieved despite the distractions? Is this ever not the case in history?

Selfhood is always already about overcoming distractions; the chief distraction for the self has always been society. A pocket sized always-on communication device is a privilege. It raises the bar. It's harder than ever to know oneself and harder than ever to find the time and force of will to keep a thoughtful journal or read a difficult book. But whenever you actually do succeed, doesn't it feel good?

*The evolutionary undertone here is intended. Though it would be hard to conceive of reproductive advantage through mental discipline alone, its presence to varying degrees could easily beget most or all of the sexual selection criteria of the future.


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This one-button pedal will help players perform macro actions using just their feet, freeing up both hands for other important uses. For just $30 you can get your feet in the game and gain some extra advantage on screen.

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Federal government streamlines, expands COVID-19 benefits program
Access to and eligibility for the federal government's COVID-19 emergency benefits have been the subject of numerous emails from Coronavirus Brief readers. Today, Ottawa announced that it has streamlined the program and said Canadians who are struggling financially can now expect payments within weeks.
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) collapses the two previously announced benefits into one as the government struggles to cope with an unprecedented volume of employment insurance (EI) claims.
CERB offers income support for up to 16 weeks to those who lose pay because of the pandemic. A government news release said the "simpler and more accessible" program will cover Canadians who lost their jobs, got sick, are under quarantine or have to stay home because of school closures.
It's available to wage earners, contract workers and self-employed people who don't qualify for EI. Dozens of Canadian business groups, meanwhile, are calling on governments to make a "national effort" to protect jobs and keep essential goods moving during the COVID-19 crisis — one that would include direct income supports for laid-off employees.
Mandatory isolation orders for international travellers kick in at midnight, health minister says
All travellers returning to Canada — with the exception of what the federal government calls "essential workers" — will have to enter a mandatory 14-day quarantine as of midnight, federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu said.
Starting Thursday morning, Canada Border Services Agency officers will inform all returning Canadians and permanent residents of the new orders to begin isolation at home, and tell them that they are forbidden from stopping along the way.
The minister said officials will begin taking down contact information at the border to follow up with returning travellers and will be enforcing random inspections.
Hajdu told the Senate that individuals who exhibit symptoms will be banned from taking public transit to their places of isolation — but later clarified that all returning travellers will be forbidden from taking city buses, trains and subways.
In this time of social distancing, what is permitted in terms of going outside and getting some exercise?
Under social distancing guidelines, you can go out for groceries and other necessities — and you may also go out for some exercise.
Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Toronto, said going for a jog with one other person is OK as long as you keep a two-metre distance from each other.
What about team sports? "Playing soccer, basketball or other team sports with friends is not social distancing," said Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto's medical officer of health. She added that exercise doesn't necessarily require leaving your home.
What if you don't want to go outside? "Staying home can still mean staying active," de Villa said. "You can try free live-streamed online fitness classes, or apps to guide your in-home workout."
(An important note: These recommendations apply to people who are symptom-free, have not recently travelled internationally, have not been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are practising social distancing.)
Why Canada's COVID-19 response could be derailed by a swab on a stick
Shortages of testing swabs and laboratory chemicals, along with a bottleneck at provincial laboratories, means Canada has not been able to ramp up its capacity to test Canadians for COVID-19.
"Everything is a choke point. If it wasn't yesterday, it will be today or tomorrow." said Dr. Allison McGeer, an infectious disease researcher at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto.
Most hospitals keep a short-term supply of swabs, which works in normal, non-pandemic situations. But now, Canada is competing with the rest of the world to buy everything from swabs to masks to testing kits — including the U.S., where many of these products are made.
"The supply chain for the clinical labs for actual tests is getting to be very constrained, to the point where we're probably literally days away from running out of key components," said Jim Woodgett, director of research at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute.
Currently, most provincial labs are running at full capacity, with each PCR machine able to do about 96 tests every three to four hours. That's not fast enough, writes CBC science correspondent Kelly Crowe.
More than half of reported COVID-19 cases in Canada now caused by community spread
More than half of Canada's COVID-19 cases are caused by spread in the community from an unknown source, and experts say that signals there could be a silent epidemic happening across the country.
Of the 1,352 cases that the Public Health Agency of Canada has provided epidemiological data on as of yesterday, 53 per cent are a result of infection from community transmission, while 44 per cent are tied to travellers and people who came into close contact with a traveller who tested positive.
Community transmission is the spread of an illness with no known link to travel or previously confirmed cases, which suggests a growing number of cases are likely going unreported across the country.
"If a virus is now spreading in the community, what that means is that we don't have a really good ability to be able to monitor where that virus is, who it's going to and who that person has contacted," said Jason Kindrachuk, an assistant professor of viral pathogenesis at the University of Manitoba and Canada Research Chair of emerging viruses.
Bringing hope to Regina, one heart at a time
Heather Getz created a Facebook page called Hearts YQR with the goal of sharing images of hearts in windows around Regina. Getz said she was inspired by a woman in B.C. with a similar page and decided to start her own when she couldn't find one locally.
"Watching for hearts on people's houses makes you feel connected and it gives the kids something to watch for, too," Getz said. "I hope it helps them to feel connected, and then they're not all alone right now. Social isolation can be a tough thing for people."
In addition to hanging signs and hearts in windows, some children went out to tape up paper hearts around their street so people had something to find when walking around.
"There's still joy and there's still hope," Getz said. "I want people to remember to stay strong and to stay healthy and that even though we're physically apart that we are all together."
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A while back I had the idea of starting a series on TAY where I would pitch some game concepts that have been stagnating in my brain. I was going to call it "The Bullpen," because of all the pitches. Get it? Like in baseball? Anyway I had what was to be the first installment all written up, but for whatever reason I never got around to posting it. Good thing I didn't, because my very first pitch was for a game that had already been made… several times over. The idea was for a beat-em-up game with rhythm-based elements. After a very small amount of research, I found that many variations of this idea have already been released. Hell, itch.io has a page titled "Rhythm Games Tagged Beat 'em Up." So my article was obsolete before it was even conceived. Still, it seems like a waste to never share it with anyone, and I'm having trouble summoning the motivation to get any real writing done today. I therefore present to you: The Bullpen: Rhythm "Beat" 'em Up.
[Welcome to the first article in what I hope to turn into an ongoing series: The Bullpen! So named because I will be pitching game ideas, some of which I've been sitting on for years. If you still don't understand, "the bullpen" is a term in baseball for where the pitcher warms up his arm. Get it? Pitches? Anyway, my goal here is simply to casually lay out some of the concepts for games I've come up with and hopefully spark some creative discussion in the process. If you've had a similar idea, think that the concept is too close to an existing game, or think that you can improve on my pitch, please let me know! Let's get right into it, I'll be leading this prospective series off with a concept I came up with five or six years ago: a rhythm-based 3D brawler.
I've really only got the core concept thought out for this one, so a lot of this is going to be improvisational. The idea is a God of War style (or, uh, old-school God of War style now I guess) 3D brawler with elements of a rhythm game. There would be a simple combo system tied to the beat of the music. Mashing attack buttons wouldn't get you far, you'd have to use the right attacks in the right order as the music dictates. You wouldn't be locked into following the rhythm, but you would do essentially no damage if you ignore it. Other than that it would be a completely normal brawler, you would have full control over your character's movements. This way the rhythm elements would feel more organic, since you would choose how to play around them and use them to your advantage.
The combo system would have to be more complicated than just attacking to the beat, however. Otherwise it isn't more than a simple, annoying gimmick. So in addition to attacking with rhythm, specific types of attacks on different beats would gain an extra power bonus. On top of that, different enemies could be weak to certain attacks, forcing you to consider which enemies to target based on which attacks the music is calling out. Elite enemies and bosses could change weaknesses mid-fight, signaled by a visual cue like a color change or something similar. Success and failure would be determined by how well you plan out your combos based on the patterns in the music.
The visual presentation for such a game would be critical, especially in how the attack cues are symbolized. A Parappa the Rappa or Guitar Hero style scrolling music sheet would be obnoxious to follow at the same time as the action, so the call outs would have to be simpler and more global. Perhaps the color of the environment or the main character's outfit could correlate with different kinds of attacks. I think color would be the best indicator since it's so immediately distinguishable, but something subtler like a change in the main characters fighting stance could also work. That would be the functional aspect to the visuals. On an artistic level an electronic/cyberpunk aesthetic seems most appropriate, but just about any setting could work so long as it matches the music. In fact, varying the setting throughout the game would allow for a broader range of musical styles, adding variety to the core gameplay as well as the presentation.
Since this idea is inherently goofy with regards to worldbuilding and the suspension of disbelief, the story would have to be fairly light in tone. I do think the musical combat system should be explained in universe, but it should be done so in a way that is as self-aware as possible. The plot could be something as simple as an evil corporation trying to destroy all of the music in the world, or perhaps a fleet of alien invaders with a weakness to grooving out. Anything with an excuse to fight with The Beat would work fine. The focus of this game would lean heavily on the gameplay and aesthetics.
Let's see, that covers the basic premise, gameplay, visuals, and story. So there you go. A quick warmup pitch for the series before I get into some of my more complicated ideas. I just kind of built the bones of this one, so any additional ideas or feedback would be great!]
Yeah maybe hold off on that feedback. This is the Sir Hippo of the present at the helm now, by the way. It's almost sad going back to read this thing, knowing how perfectly it describes games like Terrorhythm. They aren't well-known, but it wasn't hard to find them. It does say something interesting about the idea though. Obviously I wasn't the only person to find the combination of genres appealing, so perhaps if I didn't sit on the idea for so long something could have been made of it. That was really the original intent behind The Bullpen: to get these ideas out there to intrigue and inspire people.
So maybe it's worth giving the series another shot. I have plenty of other game ideas, I'll just need to be sure to look into them a little more closely before I write an entire article. It's certainly a possibility, and what better time to exercise new ideas than during this creatively exhausting writing challenge? Who knows, you might be reading some proper articles from The Bullpen in the near future.


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By the decision of AMU Council adopted June 5, 2014, AMU VIII Congress is scheduled for October 6, this year. The President, two vice-presidents, new compositions of the Council and the Audit Commission for the next three year period will be elected.
All the members of the Union have the right to vote and to be elected to all organs of AMU.
The AMU Annual Session-2014 will be held on October 4-5, 2014 (Saturday and Sunday). Those who plan to make a report at the Session (usually not more than 20min) are kindly requested to send a notification to the email address email@example.com of AMU until July 15.
A booklet with the report summaries (not more than two pages each) is planned to be published. Texts in LaTeX format should be presented before September 10, 2014. The template can be found here.


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Physiotherapists help patients with physical difficulties resulting from illness, injury, disability or ageing to improve their movement and reduce the risk of further problems arising in the future
As a physiotherapist you'll meet with patients to assess their physical problem/disorder. Having made a diagnosis, you'll then design and review appropriate treatment programmes using a range of techniques, including manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and electrotherapy.
As well as treating patients, you'll also promote their health and wellbeing and provide advice on how to avoid injury and self-manage long-term conditions.
Patients can include children, the elderly, stroke patients and people with sports injuries.
As a physiotherapist, you'll need to:
- work with patients who have a range of conditions, including neurological, neuromusculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory, sometimes over a period of weeks
- diagnose, assess and treat their physical problem/condition
- develop and review treatment programmes that encourage exercise and movement by the use of a range of techniques
- involve parents and carers in the treatment, review and rehabilitation of patients
- educate patients and their carers about how to prevent and/or improve conditions
- write patient case notes and reports and collect statistics
- liaise with other healthcare professionals, such as GPs, occupational therapists and social workers, to exchange information about the background and progress of patients, as well as to refer patients who require other medical attention
- keep up to date with new techniques and technologies available for treating patients
- supervise student and junior physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers
- be legally responsible and accountable
- be caring, compassionate and professional at all times
- manage clinical risk.
- Jobs in the NHS consist of nine pay bands and are usually covered by the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay rates. Starting salaries for qualified physiotherapists (Band 5) range from £24,214 to £30,112. Senior physiotherapists can earn between £30,401 and £37,267 (Band 6).
- As a clinical specialist/team leader, you can earn between £37,570 and £43,772 (Band 7).
- Salaries for advanced practice, extended scope or clinical lead physiotherapists are around £50,819 (Band 8a), rising to between £52,306 and £60,983 (Band 8b) for consultant physiotherapist roles.
- Salaries rise to in excess of £60,000 (Band 8c) for management roles such as head of service.
- Salaries in private practice are higher and it's possible to achieve a salary of around £75,000 with the right combination of skills, knowledge and experience.
Those working in London and the surrounding areas may receive a high-cost area supplement of between 5% and 20% of their basic salary.
Salaries and conditions of work in the private sector may vary from those in the NHS.
Income figures are intended as a guide only. Check AfC pay rates for the most up-to-date NHS salary details.
Working hours
Physiotherapists typically work 37.5 hours a week, which may include evenings, nights and weekends. As a sports physiotherapist you're likely to work at the weekend, and in private practice your hours will reflect the needs of your clients.
Locum and part-time work opportunities are also available.
What to expect
- The work may be physically demanding, with busy caseloads. Although patients' problems may be complex, physiotherapy is a very rewarding job.
- As a physiotherapist, you're under contractual obligation to maintain patient confidentiality.
- If employed by the NHS, you may be based in hospitals, health centres, clinics or GP surgeries. Physiotherapists working in the community may need to visit patients in their own home. You may have to travel between appointments if working in the community.
- Self-employment and private practice work is possible.
- There may be opportunities to work abroad to further your experience. Do your research and check whether registration is in operation in the country you want to work in.
To practise as a chartered physiotherapist you must be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). To achieve this, you must successfully complete either an undergraduate or an accelerated postgraduate degree course in physiotherapy approved by the HCPC. All degree courses also hold Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) accreditation.
For a place on a full-time undergraduate course, lasting three years (four in Scotland), you'll typically need two or three good A-levels (or equivalent), including a biological science (biology or human biology) and/or PE. You'll also need a minimum of five GCSE passes at grade C or above, including maths, English language and sciences.
Part-time courses are available at several universities, although some of these are aimed at physiotherapist support workers, already working in a healthcare setting, who want to become chartered physiotherapists.
To be accepted onto the two-year accelerated postgraduate course, you'll usually need a 2:1 degree or above in a subject such as biological or behavioural science, psychology, physiology or sports science. Both routes include a mix of theory and practical training. Entry requirements vary depending on the course provider. For a list of courses see CSP Physiotherapy degrees.
You will also need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
From September 2020, all pre-registration undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy students can receive funding support of at least £5,000 per year. There is up to £3,000 further funding available for eligible students. You don't have to pay it back and are still able to access funding for tuition and maintenance loans from the Student Loans Company. For more information, see Health Careers.
You'll need to have:
- excellent communication skills
- interpersonal skills to establish a rapport with patients and their families
- team work skills to collaborate with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses, occupational therapists and social workers
- problem-solving ability
- tolerance, patience, sensitivity and tact
- organisational and administrative skills
- a firm but encouraging and empathetic attitude
- a genuine concern for the wellbeing and health of patients
- a real interest in anatomy and physiology
- the ability to work under pressure and manage your time effectively.
Work experience
Employers want to see that you've researched the profession and have a good understanding of the role. Try to visit a local physiotherapy department and ask to shadow a physiotherapist to get an idea of what the work is like and whether it would suit you.
It's also useful to get some voluntary or paid experience in a health or care setting to show your interest in the area. There may be opportunities with private physiotherapy clinics, sports clinics, football clubs, special schools and units, and nursing homes.
Voluntary work for charities such as the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance may also be valuable. This experience will help when applying for jobs. Working as a physiotherapy support worker provides a valuable insight into the role and shows your commitment.
The NHS is the major employer of physiotherapists. Your skills are needed in most departments, such as:
- elderly care
- intensive care
- mental health
- occupational health
- orthopaedics
- outpatients' departments
- paediatrics
- stroke services
- women's health.
You may also work in the community, for local authorities or the private sector in:
- private hospitals and clinics
- GP practices and health centres
- schools and children's centres
- nursing homes and day centres for elderly people
- charities and voluntary organisations, particularly those serving people with disabilities
- sports clinics, professional sports clubs, gyms and leisure centres
- the armed services.
Some physiotherapists work in a variety of settings. For example, you may work part time at a sports injury clinic and have another part-time post with an NHS or private hospital. Another option is self-employment.
Look for job vacancies at:
- Health Jobs UK
- NHS Jobs - for vacancies in England and Wales.
- NHS Scotland Recruitment
- Physiotherapy Jobs
Specialist recruitment agencies such as Maxxima also advertise vacancies.
Professional development
Once qualified, you're likely to receive clinical supervision on the job and mentoring support. You'll be encouraged to develop your knowledge and skills by attending briefing sessions, short courses and reflective practice programmes. This contributes to your continuing professional development (CPD), which is a requirement of continued registration with the HCPC.
In Scotland, newly qualified physiotherapists can access Flying Start NHS. This programme supports your learning during your first year of practice in NHS Scotland.
Membership of the CSP provides access to advice and career development opportunities, as well as the chance to network with colleagues. The CSP lists details of post-qualifying courses and available events. These can range from short one-day courses to postgraduate certificates, diplomas and MSc qualifications in areas such as advanced physiotherapy, manual therapy and sports therapy.
With experience, there are opportunities to undertake further training in areas such as injection therapy and supplementary or independent prescribing. In order to be able to prescribe, you must successfully complete an HCPC-approved training programme in prescribing and have an annotation (mark) on your record on the HCPC register. You can then prescribe all licensed medicines that are within the scope of physiotherapy prescribing practice. For more information, see the CSP – Medicines, prescribing and injection therapy.
Once you're working in an advanced practice role, you can join the Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Network (APPN).
Career prospects
If you're working in an NHS hospital, there's a defined career structure. You can work your way up from a physiotherapist to a specialist and then on to advanced level.
You may begin in a rotational role, working in different departments to get more experience in different specialties, e.g. outpatients and orthopaedics. Following this initial clinical experience, you may choose to specialise in a particular area of practice such as critical care or with a specific group of patients, for example the elderly or children.
Advanced practitioner roles vary considerably and can include requesting investigations, ordering radiographic imaging and blood tests, and making management decisions based on investigations. With further training you can also provide injection therapy and prescribe licensed medicines within your scope practice.
There are opportunities to move into a management post within physiotherapy services, with responsibility for strategy, budgets and staff, or into general health service management. You may also decide to get into teaching, training or research.
Alternatively, you may choose to work in private practice and then progress to open your own practice and become self-employed.


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Indica marijuana strains have its origins set in Hindu Kush, India. This strain is known to help in the relaxation of your body and mind. Because of its sedative effects, Indica strains are recognized to treat headaches, migraines, anxiety, stress, depression, insomnia, and chronic pain. The Indica strain is best used during night time, after work or when about to sleep. This is not recommended for day time use unless you work nights. Some Indica dominant hybrid strains are not for beginners because most of the relaxing effect hits you almost immediately and leaving you couch-locked.
Most, if not all of us, work hard during the day leaving us wanting for a calm and relaxed afternoon or night out with friends. Whatever your plans at the end of the day are, here's 10 of the best Indica strains for Relaxation and their effects to help guide you on what type of high you want to achieve.
1. Granddaddy Purple
Granddaddy Purple is an Indica-dominant hybrid with 80% Indica and 20% Sativa. This is a cross-breed between two indica strains namely Big Bud and Purple Urkle. It is commonly called GDP. The effect is immediate and will bring help you relax almost immediately. The aroma would help you achieve complete relaxation as it spreads the scent of grape and berries. Couchlock is unavoidable as you feel yourself getting tired and sleepy at the same time. Granddaddy Purple is undoubtedly one of the favorites once relaxation comes to mind.
2. Skywalker OG
Skywalker OG is an Indica-dominant hybrid with 85% Indica and 15% Sativa. This is a cross-breed between Skywalker and OG Kush. The effect is the same as Granddaddy Purple where it quickly gives you an intense high. This is definitively not for beginners and the high lasts for hours. Couchlock and munchies are two of the effects so take this before going to sleep or if you are aiming for a relaxing weekend. The aroma is sweet, earthy and fruity like blueberry.
3. Blue Cheese
Blue Cheese was made as a result of a cross between Cheese and Blueberry strains. Its ratio is 80% Indica and 20% Sativa. Because of its parents, Blue Cheese has a rich aroma because it is a mix of cheesy and fruity scents. It has a calming effect that gradually leads you to sleep. Beginners can give this a go because it is soothing and stimulating at the same time.
4. Pennywise
This strain has Harlequin and Jack the Ripper to call as parents. Its ratio is 80% Indica and 20% Sativa. The effect of this strain hits you quickly which starts from your head and working its way down to your body. At the onset, it helps increase creativity and focus until your energy slowly drains away making you search for the nearest couch to lounge at.
5. Bubba Kush
Bubba Kush was supposedly created by crossing Northern Lights and OG Kush. I say supposedly because the actual origin of this strain is highly debated upon. The aroma plays around between chocolate and ammonia. The effects initially start with fogginess in the head then going down to the body. This strain is not highly sedating because you can still make conversation and maintain focus but makes your body relaxed and comfortable. This is great for unwinding in the afternoon.
6. Northern Lights
This is another strain with mysterious origins. No one can definitively say where this strain comes from. Northern Lights is the recipient of many awards because it is well balanced. The effect is immediate making your body numb and wanting to just laze around. Together with this total relaxation is the feeling of euphoria. Some also reported that they remain creative and focus as well.
7. Grape Ape
Grape Ape is resulting from Mendocino Purps, Skunk and Afghani cross. The has a grape-like scent thus the name Grape Ape. The high comes slowly and much like Northern Lights provides a balance between relaxation and inducing focus and creativity. It is not highly sedating and will not knock you out. Be wary of consuming this because of its slow effect because you might end up smoking more that you need.
8. Romulan
This strain was named after a Star Treck race because of its effect. Some say you will feel your forehead stretching after a hit of this strain very much similar to the Romulan race in Star Trek. It deep tranquil effects is very quick and immediate leaving you wanting to stay in one place to enjoy the cerebral stimulation. The scent is also one for the books because it is a mix of a lot of things such as pine, citrus, wood, and spicy.
9. Shark Shock
Shark Shock is a cross between White Widow and Skunk #1. It has an aroma of dank fruity sweetness. The effect is instant but is again balanced between complete relaxation but giving you a dose of creativity and focus. It is best during the afternoons when you want to have a relaxing chat with friends and going home afterward to a warm bath.
10. Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice is a mix of G-13 and the Hash Plant. This strain also won a couple of awards such as the 2004 High Life Cup. It is best to be used during the evenings because of its mellowing and relaxing effect that slowly hits you. After a while, it will lead you to a nice and tranquil sleep so be sure to be near your comfortable bed when taking this.
Final Thoughts
In this age where productivity is one of the number one requirements for an employee, we are left stressed and anxious at the end of the day. We have left craving for a massage, a hot bath, and a long and restful sleep.
These, at times, cannot be achieved because our mind is still racing from all the activities and all the thinking that we had to do during the entirety of our long and stressful day. Some people opt to take sleeping pills, maybe a glass of wine or if you are aiming to go organic, marijuana is an all-natural option. The list is long for the best indica strains for relaxation.


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34 weeks and 39 weeks
I can't believe I have a three week old baby girl as I sit down to write this post. The whole pregnancy feels like a lifetime ago. I'm glad I took notes through it all because I don't think I'd remember everything that happened if not!
So up until the third trimester I would say my pregnancy was smooth sailing. It kind of got a bit crazy though once I got to 28 weeks. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining; I know so many woman have to go through much worse things, but I still want to share my experience!
The first day of my third trimester I was booked in for a scan to check up on bub. At the 20 week scan there were some choroid plexus cysts present on her brain, so the scan was to check that they were gone, which they were! But the scan also showed that bub was measuring below the 10th percentile in size, which was about 2-3 weeks behind. We saw the doctor soon after the scan and we were told that they couldn't see any obvious reason why bub's growth was behind but they would do fortnightly scans to keep an eye on it. At each scan bub crept up in the percentiles and by the 38th week she was back up to the 40th percentile! The doctor just put it down to the fact that she was a small baby. It was still stressful nonetheless, especially those first two weeks after the first scan when we didn't really know what was going on!
Another problem arose when I saw the midwife at 29 weeks. My blood pressure reading was 150/90. My bloods and urine tests came back showing no signs of preeclampsia but from then on I was monitored weekly to keep an eye on it. My blood pressure never got much worse but it never got much better either! It became mentally exhausting, all the appointments and not knowing what each one would bring. On more than one occasion a check up with the midwife in Smithton ended up being a trip to Burnie to be monitored for a few hours. I know it was all worth it to keep bub safe and healthy, but I definitely was sick of the hospital by the end of it! At 34 weeks the doctor put me on blood pressure medication which helped somewhat, but towards the end my blood pressure crept back up. I saw different doctors each week which meant I kept getting told different things. One doctor told me I'd be induced at 37 weeks and another told me I wouldn't have to be induced at all! I ended up being booked in to be induced at 39+3 weeks. I was so glad to make it that far because things felt so uncertain at times.
As for the normal pregnancy symptoms, there were plenty of those too! I felt awful while I was still working. Getting through each day was a struggle. I finished working at 35 weeks and within a few days I started feeling great! And I did for the rest of the pregnancy! My body just really needed the rest. Some other symptoms I experienced include:
• Pelvic Bone Pain – This was awful! Most days I was so sore, I felt like someone had whacked me in the crotch with a cricket bat!
• Increased IBS – I've suffered from IBS since I was in high school. While pregnant, it was so much worse. Not sure if this was from the anxiety of everything happening or the pregnancy itself. Probably both!
• Lower Back Pain – I think this was definitely a given. The more weight that went out the front, the more painful my back was!
• Bad Circulation – I noticed in the last few weeks that all the veins in my feet and hands started to bulge, and my legs would go purple if I stood still for too long. I was definitely swollen all over towards the end too.
Sitting here now with my healthy and happy baby in my arms makes all this seem so insignificant, but at the time it did seem like a big deal. It sure is a relief to be able to hold my precious girl and not have to worry if she was okay or not while she was inside my belly!
My next post will be my birth story, which I am so excited to share!
Thank you for reading!


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Open Research Agenda Setting and the Human Brain Project
Consulting and engaging the public in the beginning of a scientific process, the agenda setting and recognizing the benefits of engaging multiple actors in setting the agenda, is beginning to take place in more and more countries. These activities strengthen the selection of research priorities and are a complement to more traditional research agenda setting.
This webinar was arranged by The Human Brain Project (HBP) Stakeholder Forums, and provided an opportunity for HBP researchers and stakeholders outside HBP, to exchange experiences, ideas, considerations and concerns. The webinar was held on December 6th, 2018.
The webinars include four guest presentations related to Open Research Agenda Setting, and was followed by a facilitated plenary discussion.
You can read more and find the program, materials and videos from the webinar here or explore the materials below.
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Presentation (PDF): Open Research Agenda Setting in a Global Setting by Carthage Smith Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry OECD.
Presentation (PDF): Does Open Research Agenda setting work, how could it be done and what do you gain from it? by Niklas Gudowsky Researcher at the Institute of Technology Assessment (Austria).
Presentation (PDF): The James Lind Alliance approach to research priority setting by Toto Gronlund, Senior Advisor at the James Lind Alliance.
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Chemical engineers must have working knowledge of both chemistry and engineering principles. They work in many different fields, including energy, environmental science, biomedicine, electronics, food production and materials science. Chemical engineering schools exist all over the United States, giving students who want to major in chemical engineering the choice of large universities or small colleges to earn an undergraduate or graduate degree in chemical engineering.
East Coast Schools: Collaboration
According to the 2014 "U.S. News and World Report" rankings, the school with the highest ranking in chemical engineering is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is a relatively small chemical engineering school -- about 700 graduate and undergraduate students -- and is noted for its cross-discipline collaboration and research between chemical engineering and biology, cancer research and manufacturing. The State University of New York at Buffalo is a less expensive option than MIT, but it also ranks in the top 100. SUNY-Buffalo emphasizes chemical and biological engineering together as their research emphasis on modeling of cells, tissues and organs.
West: Excellent Research Laboratories
"U.S. News and World Report" included several western schools in its rankings for the top 100 chemical engineering schools. The California Institute of Technology, located outside Los Angeles, offers students the opportunity to work with supercomputers at Cal Tech Concurrent Supercomputer Facility or study at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In Seattle, some of the University of Washington's chemical engineering research emphasizes work on the environment and cleanup of polluted areas.
South: Nanotechnology
Georgia Institute of Technology is ranked in the top ten chemical engineering schools by "U.S. News and World Report." Georgia Tech's research emphasizes renewable energy, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has a relatively small engineering school that is ranked in the top 50. Vanderbilt's Institute of Nanoscale Science of Engineering researches all aspects of nanotechnology: sensors, nano-optics, nanoscale instrumentation and fabrication at the nanoscale level.
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Iowa State University does chemical engineering research in biocatalyst and separation engineering, reaction engineering and catalysis, crystallization, transport phenomena and thermodynamics. The Illinois Institute of Technology has four centers of research, geared mostly towards the combination of electricity and chemicals: The Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering; The Center of Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering; the Energy + Power Center and the Particle Technology and Crystallization Center.


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Retreat to Jim Corbett National Park for a séance with nature
If you are a wildlife enthusiast, you must have heard of the famous Jim Corbett National Park- one of the most well-known tiger reserves in the country. The heritage park was set up in 1936 and is one of the national parks in India. Named after the legendary hunter Jim Corbett, this is one essential center piece to tourism in India as it draws tourists from all over the world. It is here that the British hunter, famed for his marksmanship, fell in love with the wildlife and shot more animals with his lenses than his rifle.Known for its cool, dense forests which are abode to some of the most resplendent big cats this side of the equator, the Corbett Tiger Reserve is a big tourist magnet in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
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Tourists travel to Corbett with the foremost intention of sighting a tiger. However, tiger sightings may take some luck and well, long time. But it is always advisable to be armed with your camera lenses. You never know when you will chance a rare and unique tiger sighting.
There are 200 odd tigers in the reserve and your best chance of a sighting is around late in the season that extends from April to mid of June. This is ideally the time when the forest cover is low and the big cats are lured out to search for water from their hidden den.
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However, Jim Corbett National Park tourism is not restricted to the rare tiger sightings alone. The natural eco-diversity of the park is a joy to behold and not only for a nature lover- it's easy to get drawn into the pristine nature of the surrounding. A variety of wildlife and avian species call the cool forests of the park their home. Animals that might frequent your path in the park include elephants, langur monkeys, sloth bears, peacocks, chital, sambars and barking deer. You will also find a variety of trees here, such as sal.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he will soon be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would be the first meeting between the two leaders since errant Syrian fire downed a Russian military plane last month, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday.
Netanyahu announced the proposed meeting at the beginning of Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting. He said that he would meet with Putin "in order to continue the important inter-military security coordination" in Syria. He added that, despite the diplomatic fallout since the incident, "Israel will act at all times to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria."
However, the Post observed that since the downing of the Russian plane, which the Russian military blamed on Israel, "there have been no reports of Israeli action against Iranian or Hezbollah targets in Syria."
Though the Russian government usually publishes readouts of calls between Netanyahu and Putin, the Kremlin only listed Netanyahu as being one of the world leaders who sent birthday wishes to Putin.
The meeting would be the fourth between Netanyahu and Putin over the past two years. They most recently met over the summer, before Putin met with United States President Donald Trump. At the time, Netanyahu said that he had received assurances from the Russian leader that the latter would not allow Iranian troops near Israel's border.
Despite the tension over the downed plane, Israeli and Russian delegations are beginning a two-day meeting to bolster economic ties between the two countries, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Among the topics to be discussed are trade, pension payments to Russian immigrants in Israel, health, and education.
Israel is also engaged in talks with member states of the Russian-dominated Eurasian Customs Union on establishing a free trade deal.
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Far Cry: New Dawn was confirmed last night at The Game Awards with a trailer showcasing a surprisingly colorful post-apocalyptic setting, a pair of new villains, and familiar guns-and-vehicles gameplay in what appeared to be a very Road Warrior-like story about an oasis of civilization struggling to survive in the midst of depredation and horror. Now we've got a new video that digs deeper into what we can expect in our return to Hope County, 17 years after the bombs fell.
My theory that we might play the game as Far Cry 5 psycho-villain Joseph Seed is apparently off the mark, as the hero in New Dawn will be a brand new character coming to Hope County for the first time. There will be some returning characters from Far Cry 5, however, although they'll understandably be changed by the passage of time (and a nuclear war). Some of the returnees were chosen by the writing team for specific narrative purposes, but others were apparently brought back mainly because they're fan favorites: I'd guess that number would include Hurk's mom, Nick and Kim Rye, and maybe that Sharky guy with the flamethrower. Hurk himself is an inevitability.
One character who won't be back is Boomer, the faithful dog companion. "Boomer is dead," creative director Jean-Sebastien Decant reveals in the video. "It has to be said. I won't say what happened, but 17 years—woo." There will be a new dog, though, named Timber, and unlike Boomer he'll have the ability to actually ride around with you in vehicles. There's also a giant boar you can befriend named Horatio, who looks like he'll be really handy in a fight.
Far Cry: New Dawn will be centered around an outpost named Prosperity that you'll be able to build out over the course of the game. Opposing your efforts are the Highwaymen, a gang of roving bandits led by "the twins," Micki and Lou. But the game will also enable players to roam beyond Hope County in "expeditions" to other unique locations that aren't part of the open-world map.


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• #1701
Have they got Kanye on board yet?
• #1702
Ed, man. I'd just leave it. Feeding the trolls.
• #1703
Texas sizes ten four, blocked and deleted
• #1704
Trump isn't a white supremasist.
• #1705
Just a plain old racist.
• #1707
Does this mean my 'Make fixies sweet again' baseball cap is problematic?
• #1708
Probably, always something to winge about
• #1709
I have green swarfega purely for the nostalgia feels.
• #1710
If it counts as a LFGSS cap, I'm in. List:
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• #1711
how about some make swarfega green again caps?
• #1712
Someone will cry its offensive to the orange stuff.
• #1713
how about some make swarfega green again caps?
I would definitely wear one of those.
• #1714
In DT lessons at secondary school if you couldn't find your pencil case you'd often be able to find it at the bottom of the 50L tub of (green) swarfega.
• #1715
slight change of topic - our work cycle scheme is through evans, and i was told by a colleague recently that he wasn't allowed to top up his voucher when he went to pick up a new bike.
evans have always allowed me to do this in the past. (£1000 voucher, then add £500 cash etc)
can any current evans employees shed any light?
• #1716
I'm ex employee, but the only people who weren't allowed to top up were LFB for us, everyone else could spend as much as they wanted plus the £1000 voucher
• #1717
The Cycle to Work scheme has been changed (it now allows employers to offer vouchers >£1000), but it has removed the loophole that allowed individuals to "top-up" the voucher in cash.
I don't think there's anything to stop the bike shop from splitting down the bike into a chunk that is priced at the voucher value, and dealing with the remainder as an separate transaction. But that would require goodwill and the ability to make decisions by the staff member you were talking to (seems unlikely under the current Evans regime)
• #1718
I had looked at buying a frame set through my cycle to work scheme previously and at the time they said it had to be a full bike so not sure if they would be able to?
• #1719
as far as i'm aware, you can spend the voucher on components, it doesn't have to be a full bike (unless that's changed as well??)
for clarity, i'm talking about evans own 'ride-to-work' scheme, which may differ slightly to other cycle schemes.
• #1720
All of the individual schemes are simply the operation of the overarching government initiative (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-to-work-scheme-implementation-guidance)
• #1721
Cyclescheme; There is a scheme for bikes and then one for accessories.
If you do a top up technically you are on dodgey ground as the £1000 is owned by your employer. So you buy a bike for £1500 and something goes south you loose £500...
• #1722
The employer gets the employee to buy them out. Presuming they can.
• #1723
You'll get taxed as a defined benefit which happens if you resign within 12 months of the scheme.
• #1724
I've always wondered this, had a guy I worked with that got a £4k mtb on it.
• #1725
Rules changed late last year, 1k limit lifted and you'll submit a quote for what you want and get a voucher for it which you'll redeem the bike through the scheme.


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Akshay Kumar has turned 50 today. On this glorious occasion, Sajid Khan, who has directed the actor thrice and who's been an old friend, posted some wonderful things about Akshay. Initially, he uploded a slightly old picture of the two and wrote a lovely message about the superstar and even lovingly calling him Sundi, that is Akshay's nickname and also the name of his character's alter ego in last year's comic caper Housefull 3.
Later, Sajid Khan posted a video on his Twitter timeline that is bound to make Akshay Kumar fans happy. It features Akshay as a judge for an event held in Bhaidas College, Mumbai where Sajid Khan studied. Sajid claimed that this was his stage debut as a judge. In the 63 second long video, Akshay Kumar can be seen on the stage, wearing tight jeans and checkered shirt. He is sporting long hair and is seen exchanging notes with fellow judges.
Akshay Kumar featured with Sajid Khan in the latter's debut film Heyy Babyy in 2007. He also worked in Sajid's next two films – Housefull in 2010 and Housefull 2 in 2012. All the three films were huge hits. However, Sajid Khan lost out to directing Akshay Kumar in Housefull 3. It remains to be seen if both would collaborate once again in Housefull 4.
1990.. @akshaykumar s stage debut as a judge????for my college event in bhaidas.27 years later sundi looks the same! #HappyBirthdayAkshayKumar pic.twitter.com/jz0bP9edBJ
— Sajid Khan (@SimplySajidK) September 9, 2017
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I am new to this site, so if theres any way I can improve my question please tell me!
In Alpha Sapphire, I got a Diancie from another player by trading. I was unfamiliar with pokémon and had no idea of its rarity. Recently I have found out that it is a rare event exclusive pokémon. I am unfamiliar with events and how to obtain pokémon from them, can someone explain how players obtain Diancie? Also, how can a person obtain a shiny Diancie?
Diancie at the moment can only be obtained by event distributions. The first one was in Japan from July 19 to September 30, 2014 when the movie was first released. Diancie was soon obtainable in the US on October 27 to November 16, 2014 and it was obtained by inputting a serial code in the Mystery Gift option in the home menu. The codes were always random and they were given out in Gamestop. (The cards are the ones shown on the image below!)! Now a days, Diancie isnt that hard to find since a lot of people cloned it when it was first released in Japan, so a lot of people do have multiple Diancies.
A shiny Diancie is impossible to obtain normally because its shiny locked. However, due to Power Saves existing and the QR exploit, people are now able to obtain a shiny Diancie without fail.
If you really want to obtain a Shiny Diancie, you may want to look here for a tutorial on how to do so on IGN: Click here. However do it at your own risk since its rumored that this can ruin your game but I'm not sure. You may also want to look for the QR code for Diancie. You can use this one here but it may be a little blurry.
Hope this helps!
Sources: Bulbapedia, Serebii, and IGN