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Most Popular Winter Destinations in India
1.Ravishing Rajasthan There is nothing more regal than the Rajasthan hospitality. Rajasthan is land of desert, forts, palaces and colorful
attires. The best times to visit this Land of Land of Maharajas is during the winter months. The resplendent colours paired with the cold climatic conditions make Rajasthan extremely attractive. Coupled with traditional folk dances and the famed Rajasthan hospitality, there is something magical about visiting the different forts and palaces of Rajasthan. The capital Jaipur is the most popular place, visited by millions every year.
Places to visit: Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Ranthambore, Bikaner, Mount Abu
2.Kerala—God's Own Country The enchanting waterfalls, the tranquil backwaters of Kerala, the serene atmosphere and the hill stations makes the Kerala one of the most preferred tourist destinations, especially in the beautiful and chilly winter season. It is an ideal place to enjoy your winter vacations as it experiences moderate climate throughout the year. This state provides a variety of options to choose from. For beach lovers, it is the Kovalam, for backwaters its Thekaddy, Alapuzza and Vembanad. Then there is Munnar's lush tea plantation and salubrious weather.
Places to visit: Munnar, Thekkady, Wayanad, Athirapally waterfalls, Varkala beach, Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, Kumarakom, Kovalam, Alapuzza, Vembanad, Periyar
3. Kashmir—Paradise on Earth Kashmir shines like a jewel at the northernmost part of India and is known as one the most beautiful places
in India where time stands still. Here, water, in all or any forms, is one of Kashmir's charms. The land weaves a magical spell on tourists with its rivers, lakes and springs. The alluring and majestic sweeps of
forested mountains are tempered with miles of flowering meadows.
It is a beautiful place where delicious fruits likeapple, cherry, peach,
pear, plum, loquat, almond, walnut and pine nut grow in abundance .
The combination of snow-capped mountains and lush valleys in winter
makes Kashmir the top honeymoon and winter holiday destinations in India.
Places to visit: Srinagar, Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Dal lake, Leh, Ladakh,
Kashmir valley, Nubra Valley.
4. Auli, Uttarakhand If you are a skiing freak then Auli (which means meadow) in Uttarakhand is one of the best destinations to be in during winter months. A beautiful part of the state of Uttarakhand, this
valley is home to some gorgeous skiing slopes. The place is situated amidst peaks, dense cedar and pine trees and also offers amazing views of the Himalayan mountain range. It has fast caught up to the popularity of Manali and Shimla as skiing destinations in India in a short period of time.
5. Goa—Pearl of the Orient Goa, always a popular haunt for international tourists much for the vibrant nightlife, cruises, and beaches. As it is the time for Christmas and New Year, and people of Goa celebrate both these occasion. With great gusto and this tourist destination is best to visit in winters. Sandy beaches and presence of beautiful rivers has proved Goa to be a paradise for holidaymakers. A perfect celestial home for the wanderlust traveler, an ideal destination for adventure enthusiasts, Goa might be the smallest state in India but there is no dearth of exciting places to visit in Goa. Goa offers so many entertainment options, from dolphin and crocodile spotting, to island trips. There are plenty of other options for adventure sports in Goa.
6. Shimla—Queen of the Hills Shimla is an incredibly beautiful and romantic destination. There is nothing better than spending a romantic vacation with your loved one someone in the midst of snow. The mall road here is packed with beautiful and lovely couples as the snow covered peaks and good accessibility makes it one of the hottest destinations for honeymooners in the winter season.
7. Andaman Island The tranquil ambience and exotic marine life of Andaman Islands can be enjoyed in the winter months at its best. The islands of Andaman and Nicobar are hilly in places fringed with coconut palm, covered with tropical jungle and interspersed with flat stretches of crescent shaped beaches offering panaromic views to the tourist. The Cellular Jail at the Andamans is a historical site which speaks volumes about the freedom fighters of India who were imprisoned there all life.
8. Lansdowne—The Heaven in Uttarakhand Lansdowne is hill station that stands as beautiful as a picture. Refreshing air, alluring beauty and a glorious view of the snow covered peaks inspire peace and tranquility and makes Lansdowne one of the quietest hill stations of India and is popular since Britishers came to India. Shielded with the world's highest and most beautiful mountain ranges— the Himalayas, naturally Uttarakhand Hills are bestowed with extra ordinary beauty and most of it is unseen by the outside world. This makes Lansdowne an ideal location for eco-tourism and is best visited in the winter months. A pure, invigorate, bracing and clean environment makes Lansdowne a preferred destination to experience serenity and takes you away from the humdrum city life.
Places to visit: Garhwali Mess, Regimental Museum, Bhulla Tal, Tipn-
Top, Tarkeshwar Mahadev, The War Memorial, St. Mary's Church.

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David Yang's practice focuses on business litigation, complex commercial disputes and labor/employment matters. Mr. Yang's experience includes representing clients in shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, real property issues, disability discrimination, accommodation and harassment, sexual discrimination and harassment, age discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, defamation, anti-SLAPP litigation, wage and hour litigation, Private Attorney General Act claims, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, professional liability, legal malpractice, professional licensing, and fee disputes.
Mr. Yang is committed to his community, Mr. Yang currently serves on the board of the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California, an organization that promotes excellence in the practice of law, supports the advancement of Korean-American candidates to the judicial bench, hosts monthly pro-bono legal clinics for the local under-served communities, and fosters the development of the Korean-American community in Southern California. Mr. Yang served as President of the organization in 2019.
Bar Admissions
- California, 2009
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2010
- "Collecting Fees Ethically and Lawfully in California", Korean American Bar Association, 2019
- "The New California State Bar Ethics Rules: What You Need to Know", Korean American Bar Association, 2018
- "Facebookkeeping: When Can Your Blog, Tweet or Snapchat Violate Ethics Rules", Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2016
- "Collectability: The Oft Forgotten Requirement of a Legal Malpractice Claim" , Parker Mills LLP, 2015
- "The Mediation "Privilege": What Happens at Mediation Stays at Mediation", Korean American Bar Association, 2015
- "Contingency Fee Agreements and Structured Settlements", Parker Mills LLP, 2013
- "Pre-Litigation Demand Letters: Assessing the Thin Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Extortion", County Bar Update, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2012
Past Employment Positions
- Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, Law Clerk, May 2006 – May 2008
- Parker Mills LLP, Associate, April 2012 – May 2016
- Green & Associates, Associate, December 2009 – April 2012
Representative Matters
- Defended a majority shareholder of a large garment manufacturer and helped defeat a $7 million breach of fiduciary duty claim at a jury trial brought by the corporation's minority shareholder and former Vice President.
- Represented national law firm in a lawsuit alleging that attorneys unlawfully took company laptops containing clients' confidential information and trade secret information to their new firms in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
- Represented a church in commercial landlord-tenant dispute and secured eviction of tenant from multi-million dollar real property.
- Defended garment manufacturer clients in actions alleging the failure to pay commissions under the Independent Whole Sales Representatives Contractual Relations Act of 1990.
- Prosecuted multi-million dollar fraudulent transfer action on behalf of corporate client.
- Defended and prosecuted multi-million dollar breach of contract cases involving 1) the sale of goods governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and 2) the sale of goods governed by the California Commercial Code / Uniform Commercial Code.
- Defended utility companies in actions alleging negligence, nuisance, fraud and deceit, trespass, inverse condemnation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, battery, premises liability, and liability for injury under Public Utilities Code section 2106.
- Defended government entity successfully applying governmental immunities and equal protection defenses in an action alleging fraud, nuisance, and equal protection causes of action.
- Defended employer clients in actions alleging failure to pay overtime compensation, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, failure to provide accurate itemized wage statement, waiting time penalties, sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, unlawful retaliation, and failure to prevent harassment and retaliation.
- Defended employee clients in actions alleging defamation, intentional misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of loyalty, and breach of contract.
- Prosecuted claims on behalf of employee clients in actions alleging wrongful termination, statutory indemnity and implied equitable indemnity.
- Prosecuted commercial breach of contract case, obtained permanent injunction, and monetary judgement which included award prevailing party attorney fees on behalf of commercial landowner.
- Prosecuted commercial unlawful detainer cases for breach of commercial lease agreements, obtained evictions of commercial tenants and secured monetary judgements which included awards of prevailing party attorney fees on behalf of commercial landowner.


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Thirty-four-year-old Bradley Allen Caraway has been arrested and is facing charges of leaving the scene of an accident in relation to a single-vehicular crash that claimed the life of 25-year-old former University of Louisville in Kentucky cheerleader Shanae Moorman on Saturday, August 6 at around 3 a.m. along Interstate 64-East at the southbound lanes of the Gene Snyder Freeway.
In a statement, UofL's Spirit team coach Todd Sharp celebrated Moorman's life, saying: "A true fighter, she had battled cystic fibrosis her entire life. Despite the odds and being told it wasn't possible, Shanae went on to become a national champion cheerleader here at the University of Louisville and in the process, she inspired and gave hope to many children and parents that faced life with cystic fibrosis."
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Slightly belatedly, here's May's crossword.
I'd like to say that we left this one unpublished until now so that you could enjoy it with a glass of Cape red in front of a roaring fire, while the rain lashes down outside, but actually, there was just a bit of an oversight and it just didn't get uploaded on time.
Still, I suppose that if I don't tell you that, you'll never know.


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Digital Transformation brings back the notion that processes cannot and should not be entirely stripped of the person or role executing them. For years we have looked at a process as an idealization of how things happen, and stripped out the messy detail of who makes things happen. This is where knowledge expertise and experience improves or accelerates the process. Without it, we are simply looking at a system that ignores such accelerators just so we can have a lowest common denominator of predictable activity.
At the annual gathering of experts at Enterprise 2.0 Summit last week in Paris, Björn Negelmann, our maître des cérémonies, described how the term enterprise 2.0 is now in the trough of disillusionment (per the Gartner hype cycle definition). But as the many case studies by medium and large businesses alike at the event, the idea is still very active and productive. We heard great Europe-centered case studies from SIKA, BNP Paribas Cardif, Continental AG, BASF, Bayer MaterialScience, Sanofi, Bosch and others. Real ideas rarely die entirely; they morph into new forms. Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business therefore has a new label: Digital Transformation.
What is it exactly remains a debate because of the different starting points that lead us down this road. Some see it as transformations in marketing, others under HR, and still others under Information Technology. What is common is the recognition that (a) technology has reached a point where it is (b) fundamentally changing long-understood, documented, taught-in-schools approach to how we structure and operate our businesses. There are many technologies involved, but I'm more interested in the transformation itself.
Seeing the Big Picture of Transformation
To better understand transformation, lets look a case study shared at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit. Multinational chemical company SIKA AG has a challenge in working as a global organization, according to Charlotte Aguillar and Christian Frey. The producer of concrete mixtures, sealants, adhesives, grouting, waterproofing, and structural strengthening systems began over 100 years ago. But since 1971 it has grown into a multinational of 17,000 employees spread across 4 regions (89 countries) and 7 target markets. In 2013 alone, they acquired four other companies Everbuild (UK), S.A. de C.V. of Mexico and Texsa India Ltd, with regional expansion in 2014 to Sri Lanka, Ivory Coast, Albania, Nigeria and more. They have regional supply chains, and cross sell products to support airports, rail systems, hotels, manufacturing facilities, waste water treatment plants, stadiums and more. They also emphasize greater transparency, becoming one of the first Swiss-based companies to report their business activities and supply chain following the Global Reporting Initiative's latest standard.
Their challenge? While employees are located in offices and know people well within their regions, they didn't know too many horizontally across sites. More so, the regional offices have stronger decision-making power than corporate as a whole.
To help bring more people together and work as a unified organization, they started an enterprise social network project in 2012 they labeled GECO (Global Employee Collaboration platform) based on the IBM Connections product. They also emphasized their common global organizational values of empowerment and respect. However, they realized that they needed to change their communications strategy.
Emphasizing unified values had less of an impact than they realized because I would say the organization itself still sees itself as a collection of independents. They agreed the GECO platform would in the long run be the way how they bring people together. But they needed to first encourage participation in the platform, with the view that being in the shared environment would eventually help connect more people. To move the needle, they decided instead to move one thing at a time: transition their mode of work but stay with the current mindset. In other words, move off of phone and email into more work in GECO, but keep the individual mindset and show 'what's in it for me'.
CEMEX—one of the world's leading producers of concrete, aggregates, and mixtures—has been through a similar transition, but are further along. According to Gilberto Garcia, their Head of Innovation, they started their digital transformation about 5 years ago with two directives: on employee services & communications, and on innovation & collaboration. They emphasize global teams and social or peer-to-peer learning. One of their hallmark ideas is 'anyone can contact anyone'.
Using their enterprise social network, labeled CEMEX Shift, they have a number of identifiable successes. For example, innovations in how they package goods originated in their logistics group in Mexico leading to 20% reduction in damaged goods (broken sacks of product), which is now spreading across their company. They also have an online community for over 650 members who have developed three new global brands, after members shared over 3000 recipes for ready mix concrete products. These are but two of the wins for the organization, but the greater theme is that employees have moved beyond individual benefit and instinctively start thinking and working around shared goals and purpose.
[Note: Cerys Hearsey of PostShift has outlined a number of other case studies shared at Enterprise 2.0 Summit well worth a look.]
Shared Purpose as a Digital Transformation Directive
SIKA is a case study of a large organization in the midst of their digital transformation, while CEMEX is starting to capitalize on theirs. It has been two years since SIKA started with an ESN, but you can see IT is only a part of the issue. Their greater challenges are in the unification aspects in HR, and in Operations. Both organizations have looked into the first stage of transformation: getting beyond what the software can do and seeking processes they can change. CEMEX is entering a second stage where employees via openness and transparency see value in working with each other. Anyone can contact anyone in CEMEX, across their global system. SIKA on the other hand would like to see more people connect globally and get to that state. Their transformation challenge ahead is in that developing that shared purpose and identity.
In my closing keynote at Enterprise 2.0 Summit, I outlined some of these state transitions along the transformation journey (see Figure 3) as an example to describe the art of what is possible and what lies ahead. In the first transition, what many thought leaders and companies present at the event agree upon is we need to move beyond thinking of the software and enterprise social networking platform capabilities and into what processes and operations in an organization they may affect. Judith Will of BNP Paribas Cardif (their insurance unit) said, "Perhaps what you need is not a community?"—a proposition I have been stating for some years now, and the reason why I wrote my last book. This sounds controversial at first when so many keep asking to start a community for their team, customer(s), or business units. But the point is that many vaguely identify with the term, and associate it with the software, but what they really want is the feeling of community and participation. Unfortunately, software vendors often muddle the meaning toward a focus on tools by labeling their components as 'communities'. As has been said thousands of times before, it's not about the software, it is about building relationships and commonality, and the shared understanding.
When people work in business operations or processes together, they have a starting basis of commonality. There may be variations based on locations; there may be local skills, viewpoints, and approaches; but there is a seed idea. A group of people can use this seed and grow new ideas from it. This is why the first transition is in thinking of existing processes. It gives a strong basis for comparison, and measurability to seek that ROI. Technology is the lever to change how to do the processes.
Yet, to go beyond just thinking about how to do things, organizations like CEMEX, SAP, Buurtzorg, FAVI, and others (see my full talk at E2.0 Summit) have shifted to think about who makes them happen. This focus on who becomes their accelerant. If you want to get more out of the system, more ROI, think beyond the base level in executing processes, even social ones.
When we start looking closer at people, we begin to look at leadership and culture as the primary lever. The transition here is to look spreading decision-making across inside the whole organization, and as they develop more trust across all the people that make up the 'who', they can look to the next transition of really involving decision making by people outside the organization (partners, suppliers, customers).
The lever then is no longer the internal but global leadership, and a multi-stakeholder cooperatively created view of culture. These are not vision statements that some leader gets to make and disperse. These become collective network driven decisions. To understand all these transitions, we need to consider new views and measurement mechanisms that spotlight the evolution of culture at these various stages.
Rawn Shah is Director and social business architect at Rising Edge. He is speaking at a number of events on work culture and transformation, with the next one at HRTech Europe in March. He can be reached on LinkedIn or Twitter.


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text: top_dollar 650 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Floated 8 to TDL this past weekend. First time in a month Typically I go down to Leadwood, but I was with my buddy, and we were going painfully slow, so we took out at TDL. Water was about normal for this time of year, maybe a touch up, and there was a bit of a stain (3-4 foot of visibility). Caught lots of fish, nothing big. They were eating whatever we threw except topwater baits. I was using a chompers worm and a jerkbait mostly, also caught a few on a wacky worm, and a few on keitech. He caught most of his on a jig, and a ned rig. It was a great day, they were really biting well. We each caught well over 30 fish, almost all of them were 8-12 inches. My biggest was just shy of 15. Daryk Campbell Sr, Jadesjigs, Johnsfolly and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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You may know that Lady Bird is being touted as the "best reviewed movie of the year." You may also know it's a coming of age tale that takes place in California …
… and that Lady Bird is a girl graduating High School. BUT did you know that the actress playing her mother is the one who played Roseanne's sister on TV, Jackie? Well it is and she does a hell of a job. This is a limited release and the film partly lives up to the hype. It starts out belabored and long and the acting really sucks up until about the first boyfriend time.
After that the acting drastically improves and there are some truly touching moments. I'm writing a non-spoiler review here so I'll leave out the wheres and whens but trust me, they are there. My eyes needed a good washing and they got it!
There's a ton of good here but honestly, looking back at all the hype I read about this film, I have to wonder if everyone involved in publicity for the film paid a friend or family member to write a scintillating review. It's a great film but it isn't scintillating.
It's not as quirky as Napoleon Dynamite but it feels like it would be in the same category. Having said that, the relationships are like real and sometimes they are so real, you choke back some tears. It is NOT for everyone as the ads would suggest. This film will mostly appeal to millennial girls and their grandparents. Since I'm about the age of the latter, I guess that's why it spoke to me.


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Cobalt Data Centers has been designated as a Registered Hosting Center
Las Vegas-based Cobalt Data Centers has been licensed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board to host gaming operations embracing odds, bets and other regulated gaming at its Cheyenne Data Center.
The company is now a registered hosting centre in Nevada, meaning that operators in the state can entrust mission-critical gaming applications, including authorised wagering systems and other business infrastructure, off-premises at Cobalt's Cheyenne data center.
Commissioned in 2013, Cheyenne features the latest in redundant systems architecture, energy-efficient design, multi-factor security and customer amenities. Cobalt operates the facility in accordance with standards set forth by Uptime Institute for Tier III data centers and in compliance with its AICPA SSAE 16 auditors examination.
"Some of the biggest casinos on the Strip already trust Cobalt to host their non-gaming applications. With our NGCB registration, Cobalt becomes the one-stop, full-service hosting partner for licensees and unlocks all sorts of strategic options for an industry so vital to our State," said Jeff Brown, CEO, Thursday.
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Education Is Very Important
A person is always judged by good manners he/she has. Education is important as it teaches us to differentiate between good and bad manners and choose the right behavior that cultivates good manners. Good manners are important for kids to develop at a very young age. Kids must learn to be polite, learn telephone etiquette, socialize with other kids and develop values. All this can be taught at home as well as school. Teaching your children good manners creates a foundation for them that will follow them through life.
Education is important because it equips us with all that is needed to make our dreams come true. When we opt for higher education or masters, we need to choose the specialization field of our interest and talents. Most leading courses allow you to study all areas for the first year and to choose a specialization in your second year when you have more exposure and knowledge about these fields. The technical and analytical skills can be well explored in the area of one's interest.
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Not a lot to say about this one, but screaming about someone hitting his face in between hitting someone with a mask is probably what made me picture him looking like Cody Rhodes while I wrote this chapter. Ermac's own time for that, though... Yeah, dunno where that one came from.
Speaking of Ermac, Abe mentioned having based that slide forward off of one of Johnny Cage's special moves. Unusual to note.
Anyway, the unusual hair was all Abe's idea. I was a little unsure on it at first, but quickly grew to like it. It definitely stands out, and having doll-like hair fits him quite a bit.
Remind me later to ask you if you hear the voices of any of your characters. ^^
This page really came out badass, I think. Abe's use of the after-effect blury thing was just awesome. ^^


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In World of Warcraft, there is something that is called a Barbershop that allows you to change what your character looks like in some regards, as a real-life barbershop does. However, there are restrictions, and World of Warcraft players have been wondering why these restrictions are in place.
By "restrictions", they mean that many races in World of Warcraft are unable to change their skin color after their "base model" has been set in-game by the players upon creation, or at least not for free. For many, this is sad, because player customization is a key part of any MMO, RPG, or MMORPG experience. Yet, in World of Warcraft, it costs money to do so. In Europe (where this Battle.net topic originated), it costs 15 Euros to get it done.
This resulted in a large forum conversation that has been active since last year. Why should they pay to have something so simple done? Something that has been done in-game, and for free in other titles without so much as people asking for them? For example, in Xenoblade Chronicles X, there is a sidequest that upon completion, will let you alter your entire appearance, for just 10,000 in-game credits. Not real money, in-game credits. Yet, even if you just want to change one small thing about yourself, it'll cost you real money to get it done in World of Warcraft.
Players even noted that some races can change their appearance as it's part of their "culture", leaving other races high and dry.
This desire by fans has been so prevalent, that this thread has gone from August until now, which shows just how much World of Warcraft players want a little more freedom in regards to character customization. Will it ever happen? You'll have to ask Blizzard.


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Christopher Kaiser is from Los Angeles, California, where he trained at Los Angeles High School for the Arts. He spent his summers training at The Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet. Afterward, he was accepted to The Juilliard School, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and danced in the Edinburgh International Festival. He joined Alberta Ballet for three seasons before joining OBT. This will be his fourth season with OBT. He has enjoyed performing roles in Nacho Duato's Gnawa, William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman, and Paul Taylor's Sunset.


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I've written about how hard Mindfulness can be… and whilst this blog is new, me rambling on about Mindfulness and the need to feel safe first isn't because one of the very first things I teach all my clients is safe space work.
Safe space work wasn't ever really considered in my coaching or hypnotherapy training but once I started to work and train in trauma it was drilled in to us. A person must have adequate resources in place before they access the memories of trauma events… however to me, with my background in child development, it made sense that actually we all need to feel safe. If we have an insecure attachment developed in infancy then our whole limbic system has been shaped to not feel safe… Our actual brain structure built to view the world as unsafe before the age of 2!
So we do safe space work. Its beautiful and also once you close your eyes it's not where you think it's going to be. In fact I'd say 90% of my clients who say they know where they're going to use end up being in a totally different place one they close their eyes.
The purpose of this exercise is it begins to create new neural pathways of safe feelings which can be used, and importantly, reinforced when activated. Use it when triggered to send signals to your brain that there's no need for alarm. You're literally retraining your brain.
I use a different exercise with children which I'll post up too.
Read through completely first!!
Or you can work with a partner and get them to read through it while you tell them what you're seeing.
- Find somewhere quiet to sit
- Close your eyes and deep breath in.
- Now bring to mind a place where you feel completely safe, calm and still.
- It can be real or made up! Our brain doesn't recognise the difference so we can exploit this.
Now begin to talk out loud:
- Describe what you see
- What you hear
- Time of day
- Season
- The weather
- What you're wearing
- How you feel
- What you can smell
- What the colours are
- Use all your senses to bring the place alive
You're now going to activate Bilateral Stimulation (BLS) by crossing your arms over your chest and tapping on the opposite bicep left right left right.. keep tapping… keep your eyes closed.
You'll feel your eyes flicker. This is rapid eye movement as your brain begins to process this safe space. Keep your eyes closed through out the process with all your focus on this place you've created that makes you feel safe.
Tap for 60 seconds.
You've created your safe space. You'll be able to recall it even with your eyes open. Use it as much as you can and try to remember to use it when triggered in order to deactivate your fight/flight response.


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"The Mommy and the Swami" is the 12th episode of the first season of The Suite Life on Deck. Zack and Cody go to see the Swami, an Indian Guru. Meanwhile, Padma, the old roommate of London, come back to the S.S. Tipton to want the help of London to her mother thinks Padma has been on the S.S. Tipton.
After the S.S. Tipton docks in India, Zack and Cody go to see the famous Swami Banukapatu in order to find Nirvana, whom Zack believes to be a girl. However, the boys find out that Swami is just running a tourist trap in order swindle people out of their money. Meanwhile, Padma Shinivasanviswanathan, (London's original roommate), makes a return to the school when her mother, Gitanjali comes to visit. Padma threatens that she will tell Mr. Moseby that she got bribed if London won't help her trick Gitanjali that she's still attending Seven Seas High.
- (London is introduced to Padma's mother, Gitanjali)
- Gitanjali: Hello, I am Gitanjali.
- London: Ooh, that's kind of hard to pronounce. Got a last name?
- Gitanjali: Shrinivasanviswanathan.
- London: How about a nickname? You like "Buffy"?
- Padma's Mother: Then you must know London's roommate.
- Mr. Moseby: Oh, sure yes. Great girl, very smart. Ooh, funny too. She's into all that hog calling and square dancing, you know. (moves arm in circular motion and smiling while making tractor noise)
- Padma: Okay, we need a plan to stop my mother from taking me home. Well, come on, think!
- London: I do something nice like give you that necklace, and you repay me by making me think?
- Padma: That necklace was a bribe, and now your karma is coming back.
- London: My car is coming back, with my chauffeur and everything?!
- Padma: Oh, London, thank goodness you're here.
- London: Who are you?
- Padma: Padma.
- London: Huh?
- Padma: Your old roommate.
- London: Huh?
- Padma: Your maid.
- London: Huh?
- Padma: Student maid.
- London: Oh, hey! How have you been?
- Mr. Moseby: Cody, I find it admirable that you're pursuing spiritual enlightenment. Zack, why the heck are you going?
- Zack: Cody says we're going to find nirvana. I bet she's hot. (walks off)
- Cody: I'm going to tell him nirvana's not a girl after we reach the top of the mountain.
- Mr. Moseby: Cody, look, I have 300 guests coming on board in India, and my computer keeps shutting down.
- Zack: Sounds like every girl after Cody talks to them.
- Padma: If you don't help me, I will tell Mr. Moseby you forced me out, and you will be expelled.
- London: But if I get kicked out of this school, daddy will send me to military school! And I hate camouflage clothing! They're so hard to find in my closet!
- Padma's Mother: Padma has told me much about you in her letters. She says that you are a very studious girl.
- London: That's right! They don't get any studious-er than me!
- Cody: In order to achieve full enlightenment, one must give up their worldly possessions.
- Zack: I'm not giving up my cell phone. I just downloaded the new Funky Frog ringtone.
- (Funky Frog ringtone plays)
- Zack: Ribbit, ribbit!
- Padma: Just smile, nod, and don't say anything.
- (London is nodding her head and smiling)
- Padma: Perfect.
- (London is still nodding her head and smiling)
- We find out the surname of Padma and her mother is Shinivasanviswanathan.
- When Zack and Cody were on the Swami's mountain, he said one of the video games the Swami played was "Sitar Hero". This is a parody of Guitar Hero.
- This is the first episode that Bailey does not appear in. According to London, she went on a school field trip to see Taj Mahal.
- When Padma starts her Indian dance, one can see that London and Mr.Moseby—who should be hiding behind her, as in the following scene—are completely absent.
- The man from the call center tells Moseby to find the solution to his problem on their website to which he says he can't because his computer is frozen in reality since Moseby is out at sea he would not have internet access unless he purchases an internet package.
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2019 Bring It Home 5K Results
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2019 Saxtons River Firecracker 5K Results are Available
Thank you to all the runners who showed up for our little 5 km race on the Fourth of July. Thanks also to our great race crew that helped things go almost flawlessly – as flawlessly as can be expected without chip timing with this many runners. Thanks to our finish line photographer I have […]
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October 25, 2019 - Vancouver, B.C. - International Montoro Resources Inc. (TSX-V: IMT), (Frankfurt: O4T1), (the "Company").
Incentive Warrant Exercise Program:
Further to the Company's press release dated October 18, 2019, the Company announces that it has received conditional approval to the warrant exercise incentive program (the "Incentive Program").
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Benrubi Gallery is pleased to present Pitch, the gallery's second solo exhibition
by Lauren Semivan, after her 2013 exhibition, Observatory.
Building on the tropes of that previous show, Pitch explores the relationship
between the tactile realities of the photographic medium and the conscious
and unconscious contributions of the artist to the images she creates when she
photographs "hand-built, sculptural environments" of her own making. As with
the previous work, all images are made using an early 20th-century 8 x 10 view
camera whose large-format negatives are scanned and printed without digital
The images in Pitch are rhythmic, moody compositions built around the tension between starkly
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softer slurries of light and shadow. Semivan builds her sets over a period of days using black
charcoal, string, wire, paper, fabric, and carefully selected objects, continually monitoring the scene
through the lens at it develops. The elaborate constructions last only until they're photographed,
after which they're discarded as the stage is transformed for the next image.
Many of the images involve pieces of draped translucent fabric or animal pelts sidelit to create
patterns that call to mind clouds and waves and the rippled sand after the tide has retreated. The
effect is not so much of motion as of past activity—atmospheric, geological, cultural, personal—and
the changes wrought by time. In the most abstracted compositions, the ground is flattened until the
images seem as one-dimensional as paintings. Others acquire a depth that has as much to do with
consciousness as with space.
The tension between tangible and ephemeral, concrete and abstract, is given psychological weight
by the presence of the photographer in many images. Semivan uses her own body as the grounds for
the string arrays or draped fabric. In doing so she seems to insist that her images be viewed not as
"mere" abstractions but semantic communications—symbolic rather than literal, perhaps, but still
transmitting vital information from artist to viewer.
"My relationship to photography is essentially a continuous questioning about the world and my own
experiences," Semivan says of the current series. "These images are the result of a similar
continuous investigation into the invisible: an identification and interrogation of potential signals."
Lauren Semivan (b. 1981) was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BA in studio art from
Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and an MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of
Art. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at many galleries and museums such
as the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, The Griffin
Museum of Photography, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum and many more. In
2014, Semivan was a finalist for The John Gutmann Photography Fellowship and SF Camerawork's
Baum Award for Emerging Photographers. Semivan's work is part of permanent collections at the
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Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible (Hard Cover) Volume 1
On the run from the BPRD, a newly mutated Abe Sapien-more inhuman than before-travels across a United States transformed and overrun by monsters. Abe's search for the truth about himself-or his race away from his fate-mirrors the quest of an ancient necromancer to seize control of a world literally going to hell.
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Hello Readers!
The title of today's post couldn't be more true. I posted on Facebook a few times over the past couple months reporting my progress with finishing and editing The Edge of Snow and Dust. When I finished the complete rewrite it came in at about 200,000 words, or about 2/3 the length of the first Game of Thrones book. But through the power of editing I cut it down to 170,000 words. I then gave it one more pass and cut it down to 168,000 words. And with that…
I finished! My "Edit" book marker slid past the last page. And it felt great! Now that didn't mean I had reached the finish line, but I had finished telling my story. No more edits, no more rewrites, it was as I wanted it, and boy was it a journey. A wonderful person who accompanied me was a YouTuber named Martin Molin. Martin is a musician in a band called Wintergatan. It follows his journey as he builds a huge marble machine to play music. (https://youtu.be/C8qyVURtSZc)
I watched as he took big leaps forward, hit concrete walls, then found a way through them. He was experiencing on a big mechanical scale what I was on a small creative scale. As he tried to solve the marble lift portion of his machine, I would try to figure a way to connect two plot points together seamlessly. As he pushed forward, so did I. I would set a goal at 2,000 words a day but get so caught up in the moment of a scene, that I'd end the day with 6,000. I felt the thrill of writing again. And now as Martin said "It's been a journey, but we're now on our way."
My next post will focus on the next steps towards publishing The Edge of Snow and Dust: front matter and book size, book cover, pricing, and distribution.
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Out at the weekend #photography #art #Wednesbury
I was out at the weekend taking photos. The Sandwell Arts Trail was supposed to be launched and I have a picture in that so I popped down to Wednesbury art gallery. The exhibition wasn't launched and so I wandered around photographing the gallery with a particular interest in the design of the gallery. I like diffused natural light for my photographs and I think the paintings in the gallery look better in diffused natural light too. The light on the landing comes in through frosted glass skylights and makes it look great. It is perfect light for photography too.
The colour scheme is great too and reflects the light perfectly. Many of the painting have darkened with age and so need a lot of light for visitors to be able to see them properly.
In this picture you can see why the room in bathed with light and there were very few shadows. The Victorians really knew what they were doing when they designed this gallery. The ornate design is not only practical it gives the gallery prestige. In the long galleries those amazing skylights are covered over and I made a simple mistake. It is so dark I used my pop-up flash because I was too idle to take out a Speedlight. I also forgot to remove the lens hood which gave me dark shadows at the bottom of all the pictures!
As I went back out in the sunshine I saw this shot and it has plenty of depth and colour but look at the dark shadows that we always get with really bright sunshine.
Morrison's supermarket is opposite the art gallery in Wednesbury and it is a distinctive building. Notice the litter bin, it gives the image a bit of depth.
The art gallery and museum is a short walk from the Midland Metro stop at Great Western Street in Wednesbury and as I had some sunshine I took advantage of it to take more photos of the Metro. Again, notice the dark shadows. They are not a big problem in this picture but if you're photographing people the one side of their face can be in shadow and then you can use a flash even on a sunny day.
Out at the weekend
I was out at the weekend looking for more places to take landscape photos and on Sunday I drove down Sandwell Valley and took a few on the bridleway. I also looked around Walsall for interesting scenes. I often choose the canals and sometimes catch narrowboats navigating the locks as they go through Tipton. There are lots of interesting places around the Black Country.
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A term that in the last week has suddenly come to the fore front. No doubt though, when most people think of the term "Captain's Call" they will relate it to a sports usage whereby it commonly refers to the right of the Captain of a team to have the final say. Regrettably that is unfortunate because in sport you are generally dealing with a competitive embrace between two teams of equal size, on a controlled playing field, with one set of rules for everyone, and a policeman (referee) to ensure the rules are followed. The real world is very different.
The concept itself goes well back to the earliest days of shipping when the ship would be farewelled by its owners with the hope that it would make money and one day return to do it all again. As it can be seen, this is simply business in one of its earliest forms. The Captain was responsible for the ship and if it was damaged, lost its cargo, was robbed or whatever, it was the Captains fault; not the crew's as a whole, but the Captain's personally. In many ways this is still the case as the Captain of a ship will almost always be held solely responsible for the actions of his crew.
The key thing though is what actually is "the Captain's Call" and, more importantly, exactly how solo is it. In business we have seen many captains of industry, such as the Packers, Murdock's and others that have almost single-handedly managed major corporations using shareholders to fund their ventures ultimately with control passing within family hands. We have also seen others such as Bond, Skase, etc who were held in the same high esteem, regrettably for them though, for a much shorter period of time.
Back however to the issue at hand. A good Captain will always seek the solace of those senior and closest to him; in times of real crisis one hopes though that they are not all simply "yes-men." Alternatively the Captain may also choose those that he knows have some specialist knowledge or expertise that relates to the issue at hand. Correspondingly the Captain may opt for members of both of these groups, thus providing the broadest possible input. It does not matter that, either in groups or individually, these advisors differ, it is that they have some form of input be it constructive or otherwise that the Captain may consider in his or her deliberations.
The fact that a Captain's Call is made is usually an indicator of one of two key factors, firstly that time is short and that which is available is insufficient to have the usual decision process work, or in the alternative there is a difference of opinion between those responsible for the decision process and it becomes the Captain's responsibility to select the actual course of action that will be taken.
The Captain's Call is a powerful tool in business and I have often mused when in my various walks of life I have had performance reviews given to me with the words in it "is not afraid to make a decision"; to me it reflects that this is therefore considered the exception rather than the norm.
In business, the ability to assimilate knowledge from your advisors and staff quickly and make a constructive decision quickly, is what puts the successors in front, and those that can't behind. It is also the thing that will keep a salvageable business alive and capable of returning to growth.
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- Price$21,500
- Acres0.43
Marguerite Dr Unit 63, Coden
Beautiful Building Lot in Fowl River Estates in South Mobile County. Quite, peaceful Neighborhood minutes from Mobile and Dauphin Island.
Essential Information
- Price$21,500
- Acres0.43
- TypeLand & Lots
- Sub-TypeResidential Lots, Lot
- StatusActive
- AmenitiesNone
- UtilitiesWater-City
- ViewNone
- Boat FacilitiesNone, No Waterfront
- WaterfrontNo Waterfront
School Information
- DistrictHollinger's Island Elem
- ElementaryNot Baldwin County
- HighNot Baldwin County
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- Listing OfficeExit Realty Gulf Shores
Community Information
- AddressMarguerite Dr Unit 63
- AreaOther Area
- SubdivisionFowl River Estates
- CityCoden
- CountyMobile
- StateAlabama
- Zip Code36523
- Lot Description100x189, Less than 1 acre
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Don't laugh but at one time i wanted to know how to combine the IROC series car bodies with the Trans Am body from Rioux's 90 asa MOD to make up a MOD to represent our old Players Challenge Series. .This was quite a series. GM & Players sponsored an East as well as West coast series and these guys just thumped on their cars. They were kitted out street cars with racing suspensions & roll cages. They ran Mosport,Trois rivieres, Montreal, Quebec city. Pretty much any road course there was a race at GM would put their foot in the door and these guys would get to race. (and the dealers could sell alot more IROCs' the next week)
I had started on the IROC artwork for a carset to put on the 90s MOD wishing i had the Trans AM bodies to work with.
BUT: How many guys would have wanted this MOD? Not many folks who run NR2003 are even old enough to know about this series. So sometimes you just gotta give up. OH well. Jim.


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- All accommodation as per itinerary
- Shikara Ride over Dal Lake
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- Toll Taxes & Service charges
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- Any meals other than those specified in 'Inclusions'.
- Chained vehicle from Tangmarg to Gulmarg.
- Expenses of personal nature such as tips
- Any additional expenses incurred due to any train delay or cancellation
- Guide & Entrance fees during sightseeing.
- Transfer from Banganga to Vaishno Devi Temple
- Visit to Ganderbal and Thajiwas Glacier.
- Visit to Aru, Chandanwari, Baisaran, and Betab valleys.
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- Cable Car / Pony Ride in Gulmarg, Pahalgam, & Sonamarg.
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Katra To Srinagsr Package Day 1 – Jammu – Katra
Katra To Srinagsr Package Landing early morning at Jammu and exchange to Katra (50 kms – 1.5 hrs). Register with inn and procedure to Vaishnodevi Darshan, Please note : (Total 13 kms stroll to the sanctuary that takes around 4-5 hours). Enroute stops at Adhkwari Temple and darshan at Baba Bhaironath Temple is prescribed). Amid Summer and pinnacle travel season it might be prudent to begin the climb past night. When line tickets are bought the hold up period could be thirty minutes to 3 hours relying upon the hurry. Amid season Yatra Parchi (section tickets required to beging the tough walk), it is prescribed to buy ahead of time to dodge delays. Visitors searching for Helidarshan (Helicopter ride, darshan and back), morning flights are recommeded for best climate and slightest uncertainity. Return by late night.
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After a scrumptious breakfast, registration from the lodging and drive to Pahalgam.
Otherwise called the town of shepherds, Pahalgam draws in swarms of vacationers attributable to its bit by bit dropping temperature and the shimmering stream, Lidder moving through here. Additionally, extraordinary compared to other wellbeing resorts in the nation, this astonishing site is acclaimed for its immense glades, pine woodlands, pastures and a great climate. Its exciting beautiful magnificence is the purpose for some numerous Bollywood motion pictures being shot here.
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After Breakfast, Drive from Pahalgam to Gulmarg drive gulmarg, in transit visit Avantipur.
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Versailles has served as ripe inspiration for the last two high jewellery collections from Dior, with 2016's Dior à Versailles designs looking to its ornamental interior and last year's Côté Jardin jewels drawing on its stunning architectural gardens.
Now Creative Director Victoire de Castellane has taken her signature use of coloured gems and historical fascination with the royal château to reimagine its clandestine boudoirs and secret passageways for 2018's collection. The jewels tell these stories through designs with hidden features that are only revealed upon closer inspection.
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ANGLO Beef Producers announ-cement that it intends to close its Edinburgh-based Bathgate abattoir is symptomatic of the chaos in Britains sheep industry, says Scottish NFU president Jim Walker.
The plant, Scotlands largest lamb slaughtering facility, will close on Apr 10, removing a market for 500,000 finished lambs a year.
Mr Walker says the decision is a serious blow to the sheep sector, but it came as no surprise. "When ABP closed its sheep plant at Wellingborough, Northants, at the end of last year, it made it perfectly clear then that lamb slaughtering was no longer part of its long-term business plans."
Mr Walker hoped the unwelcome news would at least get the sheep industry to take control and find solutions to its problems. "That means adding value (to lambs) here in Scotland."
He believes excess capacity at other slaughterhouses in Scotland could take the bulk of the lambs formerly sent to Bathgate.
Margins for sheep abattoirs have always been tight. But the post-BSE legacy of high offal removal costs, coupled with sterlings strength and the collapse of the international market for sheep skins, means the job is no longer viable for many specialist plants.
ABP said it had no option but to face up to the current problems.
David Mitchell, chairman of the Scottish NFU livestock committee, said it was ironic that the area should lose such an important slaughtering facility at a time when an investigation is under way into how Scotland can improve the marketing of its lambs.
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Hey Occulties,
So, a common question I get is "Cat, why is this love spell stalling if I am not obsessive or doing anything wrong? I did (spell) and then (other spell) and here I am waiting."
The first answer that no one wants is probably...lust for results. I've had it and not wanted to admit it, and I'm no newbie. :/ Sometimes the obsession bug is hard to shake. Even worse, if you're truly sick with lust for results, you are probably trying to justify to yourself how you are not at all sick with this problem...hindsight is 20/20 - you'll see it.
The second (and second-most-likely as the above is the most-likely,) is probably that you're not working with the spellwork. Being rude, being pushy, acting rotten or overly cold, or demanding, or even crazy is not helping. You need to work WITH your spell. While someone has no reason to do anything if he or she knows you're invested in them (so don't beg, plead, or throw your heart on your sleeve,) they also aren't apt to make a move if you're always acting like a jerk or telling them to go pound sand. :P
The third is that if it's been hours or like 2 days or even just a week? The answer is you need to have more patience. ;) Spells rarely manifest overnight, and you need to give any working at least a few weeks to start showing results.
But let's assume, for the sake of argument, none of the above three factors are part of your problem. What else could be going on?
This happens here and there. For example, people use the intranquil spirit when still in a relationship (and often living with) the target, which isn't generally effective...or they lean too much on the sexual aspect and end up a "friend with benefits," when they desired a more romantic love. Or perhaps they forgo any sexual element and end up having a person who loves them, just not in any romantic or passionate sense of the word. So, if you're finding one spell is not bringing you the desired result, try a different spell. Try to keep romance and sexual passion a factor in your workings to avoid a totally sexual or totally platonic relationship.
If your intended can't date you because you work together, if he or she is otherwise involved with another person, or if any obvious obstacle to you getting together exists, you should attend to that in your spellwork. I've had a personal target who was just rotten at discussing his feelings in text or on the phone who took FOREVER to come through on a spell wired to make him do just that (admit being wrong, admit he felt bad,) because he had very little opportunity to see me face to face. Not all obstacles are as obvious as others, but if you can identify any possible hurdle, you need to address this in your spellwork
IGNORANCE OF THE TARGET'S NATURE- Some people, by nature, just can't be with one person. Other people seriously fear commitment, so having "titles" in a relationship is terrifying to them, even if they are perfectly fine with only dating one person. Some people are really opposed to ever returning to an ex. I could list many personality traits, but my point being, keep yourself knowledgeable about your target's mental and emotional make-up, and tailor your spellwork to get the best results you can without trying to outright fight a person's nature. I can't stand controlling people, for example, so if you worked on me and used a lot of controlling work, I would become combative and resentful.
Narcissists, borderline personality disorder, bipolarism, alcoholism, addiction to substances or habits, even Asperger's or mild autism - any mental disability or substance use (outside of perhaps cigarettes or coffee,) can blunt the effect of your work or even make it manifest strangely. While it can help, it may also hinder. Your intended may be, for all social reasons "normal," but when it comes to a deeper connection, their being a functional adult at work and on the surface may not be so true deep down. SOMETIMES alcohol can and does break down inhibitions (as do other substances,) but people often recant what they said under the influence once sober. Personality disorders like narcissism and borderline personality disorder are LEARNED (not something one can medicate,) and therefore are practically indefatigable if your target does not want to change. Bipolarism and schizophrenia can be hard to medicate, People with Aspergers often have no filter when speaking (moreso than yours truly,) and can be devastatingly mean without meaning to be. Autistic people are easily smothered and often shy or have a hard time speaking up. These are SUPER BROAD GENERALIZATIONS AND NOT EVERYONE WITH SAID ISSUES WILL FIT THE BILL OR COME CLOSE. My point is, if your target has these issues, you need to work around them or with them. You have to understand a narcissist is selfish and has a hard time understanding others when they are not present or fitting the right narrative in their life. You need to realize that using a spell to reconcile a person that uses guilt may overwhelm an alcoholic. You need to realize a bipolar person may be in hypomania and not rejecting you. Just because you make another feel loving towards you, it does not overcome their mental/addiction/emotional issues. If you love the person, but hate their issues, or if their issues will effect how they react (as opposed to the average person) you need to consider this before spellcasting and during the manifestation phase.
Were you crazy? Were they? Was anyone an amazing jerk? Is there a restraining order? Could there be? Or if it's less-recent, are they married, with kids and this having happened in the time you've been broken up....also, is there still a restraining order? Sometimes things go too far. One little spell (and sometimes many) may not mend those wounds or that distance. Sometimes time apart helps, but if anyone got on the "crazy train" and could be a guest on My Ex from Hell, or if someone is literally married, has a family and hasn't spoken to you since the Spice Girls were still a thing, you might not get results....ever. And if you do? It will take A LOT OF WORK. You can't fix "I ran over your mom, then spray painted your car with the word 'loser' and then got you fired" with one little spell. Be realistic. How bad is it? If it's bad enough, you might want to move on.
Similar to the above, but more assuming you're doing too little for a fixable situation, or you think one spell will fix all and protect against acting against the spell eternally, when in reality, much like dancing and hiking on a badly broken leg can injure the healing leg, so it is with acting in opposition to any spell...or taking an ibuprofen once for a headache will not solve all future headaches. If casting a spell once solved all of your problems, I wouldn't even work. ;) In reality, many spells do not have a life of 6 months time (some do), even if the results of a successful spell are permanent. So even if you curse me to lose an eye, while the eye may never grow back, the curse energy does wear off. If you reconcile with so-and-so, they may want to work on the relationship and you might even be happy for a time, but if you keep acting in the same manner that alienated them or refuse to address what split you up, they will eventually leave again. It is not that the spell failed...you got what you wanted and didn't keep it with you.
Sometimes you need to break a bone to set it. Sometimes you need to break off a relationship to make it work. As weird as it sounds, it holds true sometimes. Don't be afraid to let someone go if it's totally toxic. Use reconciliation work to make them beg their way back. Make that relationship what you need.
And sometimes, you just need a break from the spellwork. Take a few weeks off. It can actually help. Sometimes this helps by taking your focus off of the situation (alleviating lust for results that you didn't realize you even may have.) Sometimes it just saves money by stopping you from casting spells which may be excessive... Hell, sometimes it just works for whatever reason it works.
With all due respect, this is the case now and again...you just "got no game." It happens. If you constantly blunder at seduction, and tend to trip over yourself (figuratively,) this isn't the spell's fault. Unfortunately (or fortunately for some) I believe being good at seduction to be an inherent quality, like some people are good at math or at art naturally, and while some of us can learn to be good at it, there are just people with a natural gift for it....and some people, no matter how hard they work to learn it, will always be a bumbler in the world of seduction. Don't try too hard to make people like you, do be presentable, try to keep your manners, be patient and kind, and you should do OK. ;) Usually people who "suck at seduction" are the ones trying way too hard.
It's rare but it happens that people just can't have what they want, even if it is seemingly within their sphere of availability. :( in almost 15 years of working for the public at this writing, I've seen this only a handful of times.
The above is, of course, not an all-inclusive list but does cover the main culprits of why you might find your love spells not manifesting as you'd like them to. This is the reason that I "interview" all of my clients - to prevent or avoid much of the above. You can apply the same reasoning I use to your own workings, and bring more and better successes to yourself!
Many people do start out in spellcasting with a love working, so if you're just starting out using spellwork, don't get frustrated, - you may have to try and fail a few times before you get it right yourself. Just keep at it. None of us, myself included, was a perfect occult mastermind the first time we tried working a spell, so don't kick yourself or give up if you don't get the desired results the first time.
Happy Spellcastin'!