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Now excuse me while I let my brain die.
November 28th, 50,335 words!
I was planning on writing a short story about my neighbour from the other day (you will have to wait, sorry) but I have better news; I just finished Nanowrimo! Yes, that's right, I have finished this sucker early and I'm all ready to break my face with a stupid ass grin. No more rushed writing or feeling like a muppet. I get to relax for a little bit and then slowly write my next story for December, but no it won't be a full novel only a novella, which I will be so grateful for.
Now excuse me while I let my brain die.
November 27th, I'm so close to the edge.
This is why I avoid boys. They drive me insane.
So I didn't delete Rodger's number, in fact I haven't stopped kissing him.
Everything is so confusing. There has never been a spark between us yet I feel something different towards him, and it is growing. He seems to be on my mind, a lot, which is annoying when I'm trying to plot a story (I will be working on a twist and instead of talking it out in a pretend interview on TV which I find helps organises the thoughts, I'm having fake conversations in my head with him about my stories. Quick, get me therapy) I'm checking for messages more than before and looking forward to seeing him.
I don't want this. I can feel the changes happening already and it scares the shit out of me. I don't want to be dependent on anyone else for anything, especially for happiness. How is that someone else can affect me so much?
I feel like I'm teetering on the edge. If I go back now, I can be the old me. Is it pathetic that I don't want to change? But if I continue and let myself fall... I don't know what's on the other side. Will I be just another girlfriend? Or will I find a happy medium?
I don't know.
So much for just having fun in the moment.
This girl needs therapy
God, it feels so good to write my thoughts and emotions down. Very therapeutic and it cleans my pallet after forcing 1,667 words out for that novel.
For the past few weeks it has been a zoo inside my head, all noise and colour and roaming animals looking for weaknesses in their enclosures so they can be the centre of attention.
Life is crazy complicated. I'm not entirely sure what is right and wrong anymore (I understand murder for pleasure is wrong, I'm not a complete loon). So many possibilities and so many missed chances. Will I regret my life? Should I be the small town normal girl and fall in love, get married and have a kid ASAP (not necessarily in that order) or the rebel without a cause normal and party on dude, or be the career woman and forsake all others in pursuit of world domination?
I have no idea though I do know one thing; if I continue to do nothing then nothing will change.
I have just sent off my next three manuscripts to the wonderful editor, Juanita. Now I need to do some actual work on Blair again, ten thousand words left and about six days to do them (sighing heavily). When will it all end? I need ice-cream and a cup of tea. Now.
Today is officially my day to be alive. Yes I had a crap day at work (never ever work for family, free board, food and love is not worth the aggravation) but I have received the best email ever. The amazing editor Juanita Kees has just told me to send my three novella manuscripts in early and she will get to work on them ASAP, instead of waiting for January it will all be getting done now! Yes! And this also means I can release these books early. Pure PopAsia, Beta and Summertime Madness will be available (hopefully) early January. Now I just have to go home and do one last edit on them all.
Oh and I still have to do my writing for the day... this is going to be one very long night.
So happy!
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The Maya developed the practice of using time periods even longer than the 18,980-day Calendar Round believed to have been invented originally by the Olmec. For the Maya, the basic unit of time, a day, was called a kin. In the second order, 20 kins made up a uinal. In a vigesimal system the third order would be 20 uinals but, instead, 18 uinals made up a tun. Thus a tun was 360 kin (days). Time keeping units then returned to factors of 20 moving up to each successive level. In this way the Maya recorded references to vast spans of time in their effort to tie current events to their past history and folklore.
The table below shows the five levels used to record significant dates in the Maya Classic Era (200 – 900 CE).
The Maya are often credited as the first people to establish a chronological record of dates beginning with a fixed day in the distant past from which to number each day uniquely. They identified the beginning of recorded time as the date when they believed the world last came to an end and was recreated anew. They believed this occurred at the close of a Great Cycle of 13 baktuns (1,872,000 Kins). Thus their "chronological count," called the Long Count, is really another cycle, this one of 5,128 years. The end of the current Great Cycle is approaching soon, due on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012.
Mayanists recognize that early Mesoamerican astronomers may have created the Long Count by targeting this particular end date. It is a date that has special meaning in Maya cosmology and, perhaps not coincidently, is also related to the movement of equinoxes relative to other heavenly bodies. After all, the precession of the equinoxes was known to many ancient Old World cultures, including the Egyptians and Greeks. In 2012 there will be a unique conjunction of the Winter Solstice sun with the crossing point of the Galactic Equator and the ecliptic.
A Mayan date begins with a Long Count, which consists of number and time period symbols arranged vertically in carvings called stelae and in books called codices. Figure 5 shows Tikal Stela 29, which records the Long Count date
8 baktun 12 katun 14 tun 15 uinal 0 kin.
Mayanists write this date as 126.96.36.199.0 using a shorthand notation called the Goodman notation. The date probably corresponds to July 8, 292 CE.
Figure 5. Tikal Stela 29 records the Long Count date 22.214.171.124.0
The beginning of the current Great Cycle was written not as 0.0.0.0.0, but rather as
184.108.40.206.0 4 Ahau 8 Cumku.
See this date on the sketch of Quirigua Stela C in Figure 6.
Figure 6. Sketch of Quirigua Stela C
The 13 in this date refers to the number of baktuns and each successive 0 refers to katun, tun, uinal and kin values, respectively. The Ahau and Cumku numbers correspond to the Tzolkin and Haab dates.
Figure 7. The Dresden Codex
During the Classic period the Maya placed their lunar series glyphs between those of the Tzolkin and Haab dates, demonstrating a clear grasp of the moon's changing appearance in the sky. They found that 4,400 days equaled 149 moons, corresponding to a lunation value of 29.53020 days. In the Dresden Codex they laid out the number of days between 405 consecutive lunations, cleverly interpolating lengths of 29 and 30 so that the actual discrepancy in the appearance of a new moon was no more than one day.
Figure 8. Pages from the Dresden Codex
Returning to the Maya computation of the length of a solar year and the significance of 1,101,600 days, the Maya observed that in the year 220.127.116.11.0, Midwinter Day, or the Winter Solstice, occurred on 0 Yaxkin for the second time since the recreation of the world in year 220.127.116.11.0. This is 1,101,600 days after the beginning of the current Long Count, which, again, they denoted as 188.8.131.52.0 or 13 baktuns and which probably occurred in Gregorian year 3114 BCE.


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The first verse in the Bible tells us when, who, and what it is all about. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). It is planet earth that was made to support biological life (Isaiah 45:18), not Venus, not Mars or any other planet in our solar system or beyond. Earth was created for an ultimate purpose and that was a place for His ultimate creation : man. These first ten words in this very first verse in Genesis chapter one are very important. You either believe them by faith or you scoff or mock this verse in disbelief.
This very first verse disproves that God used the Big Bang as means to create the universe. Where does the Big Bang Theory fit in, when in the beginning God created first a physical universe (space) and then the earth to be the first thing in this physical universe, all on the same day.
The Big Bang Theory has been accepted by a majority of scientists today. According to this theory, in the beginning, there was no matter, just nothingness. Then this nothingness condensed by gravity into a single, tiny spot; and decided to explode. This explosion produced protons, neutrons, and electrons which flowed outward at incredible speed throughout empty space; for there was no other matter in the universe at this time. As these protons, neutrons, and electrons hurled themselves outward at supersonic light speed, they are said to have formed themselves into typical atomic structures of mutually orbiting hydrogen and helium atoms. Gradually, the outward-racing atoms are said to have begun circling one another, producing gas clouds which then pushed together into stars billions of years ago.
But how can this be when a vacuum has no density. It is said that the nothingness got very dense, and that is why it exploded. But a total vacuum is opposite of total density. There would be no ignition to explode nothingness, no fire and no match. It could not be a chemical explosion, for no chemicals existed. It could not be a nuclear explosion, for there were no atoms! There was no way to expand it. How can you expand what is not there? Even if the magical vacuum could some how be pulled together by gravity, what would cause the pile of emptiness to push outward? Where did the gravity come from? And if the gravity brought it together, it would keep it from expanding. How could such a dense hot spot no bigger than an atom produced all what we have in the universe today (planets, stars etc.)?
The Big Bang Theory is a bad scientific model. It does a very poor job of explaining the universe that God actually built. And as we know from Scripture, God did not use the big bang to create, He used His powerful spoken word! "For he spake, and it was done, he commanded and it stood fast". (Psalm 33:9)(KJV)


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Your first-year will be filled with many weird and wonderful moments.
You will make new best friends, stumble into the wrong lecture theatre and try your hand at cooking for the first time.
But what else are you in for? Let's find out...
1. Walk into the wrong lecture theatre - It is very easy to get lost when you don't know your way around campus and every lecture theatre has the longest name. Try accessing them from the back end, so you don't end up walking into the wrong one in front of 200 students.
2. Go to a flat party with strangers - You will undoubtedly attend a Freshers' flat party with people you met only an hour ago. What better way to make friends than in a noisy, overcrowded student flat?
3. Visit a friend at uni - Going to see other universities is one of the best parts of being a student. You will make student mates across the country and enjoy comparing other campuses to yours.
4. Buy 'student' clothes - After a couple of months at uni, you will find yourself on ASOS looking at culottes, puffer jackets and maybe, even making a trip to the charity shop.
5. Forget to do seminar prep - With a buzzing social life, it can be difficult to stay on top of your academic work. You will turn up to a number of seminars or tutorials with no preparation whatsoever. Learn to think on your feet, freshers.
6. Get Freshers' Flu - The worst part of first-year is accepting your deteriorating state of health. You are tired, sore and ill for a large part of the year. It's totally worth it though. Get yourself some cold and flu tablets.
7. Host a flat Christmas dinner - Your flat will try to make a classic English Christmas dinner, and almost burn down the kitchen in doing so. Don't even attempt to cook an entire turkey - buy it ready-made.
8. Realise you actually have to study - It is very easy to forget about your academic commitments when everyone is partying, socialising and having fun all the time.
9. Decorate your flat for literally every holiday - You will soon find yourself addicted to Poundland's decoration section. Whether it's Christmas, Halloween, birthdays, St. Patricks Day or Easter, your flat will have seasonal decorations.
10. Experience a high school breakup - Whether it's your heart that's broken or your flatmate's, you will experience this at some point. When you live in such close proximity, breakups kind of take over the flat and everyone experiences them.
11. Go on a wild night out with people you have just met - When you know no one, basically every night out turns into an opportunity to make new friends. Sometimes liquid courage does just the trick in awkward social situations.
12. Get roped into a strange Freshers' event - Freshers' Fairs are filled with the weirdest events. Maybe you will go rollerskating, participate in 'stitch 'n' bitch' or go on a day out with strangers - Freshers' does it all.
13. Join too many societies - It can be tempting to join every society under the sun during your first few weeks. There is so much on offer. Remember that you are here to do a full-time degree and not to become a pro at every single sport.
14. Meet your uni best friend - It is so exciting when you finally meet someone you really get along with. You have a partner in crime for all your campus adventures and a shoulder to cry on when you are feeling homesick.
15. Go home - Going back to your hometown is bittersweet. You will be happy to see your family but you may also find yourself missing the independence you had at uni.
16. Freak out about exams - It's all fun and games in first-year until the exams and deadlines hit. You will get instant flashbacks to highschool exam season and the panic will set in.
17. Struggle to check out a library book - The library systems can be very confusing. There are so many barcodes, numbers and titles it is virtually impossible to find your book. It would help if people actually put them in the right slot as well.
18. Pick up new phrases - When you live with people from all over the UK and world, you are bound to pick up some random phrases and words.
19. Dress up in ridiculous fancy dress - Sports societies will have you dressing up in the most embarrassing outfits. You will find yourself wasting money on costumes for the whole of first-year.
20. Cook a disastrous meal - Student cooking is one of the most challenging parts of uni life. Trial and error is the only way to survive, and often this involves a lot of overcooked and ruined meals.
21. Get homesick - This is inevitable when you spend months away from home. You may miss your family, home comforts or the culture - just remember that it's not long until you can go home again.
22. Feel sad about first-year being over - At the end of first-year, the dread of second-year will start to set in. Your year of carefree fun is over and it's time to start worrying about academia...
23. Finally, do a proper grocery shop - After a few months, you will realise that buying a few odd bits of food in Sainsbury's isn't the most cost-effective way of shopping. You will finally do a big shop and SAVE SO MUCH MONEY.


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FAYETTE, Iowa (Dec. 12, 2016) – Upper Iowa University students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to provide creative writing submissions to Upper Iowa's literary journal, Volga River Review. Photographs are also being sought to consider for the front cover of the publication. Any subject will be considered, but pictures featuring nature and/or UIU are encouraged.
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Dynamic worship is essential to attracting a diverse community to our congregations. And, it has been noted, the so-called "post-modern worshipper" (aka "younger people") that so many congregations seem so intent on attracting often have a very different way of looking at and experiencing the world.
Here you will find articles, resources, and links for designing and implementing vibrant and spiritually alive contemporary worship that will appeal to the "post-modern worshipper" and, if done well, to most people of whatever age.
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The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 percent and the deposit rate is 1 percent. The Banks October projection for global economic growth appears to be intact. There is nascent evidence that the global economy is stabilizing, with growth still expected to edge higher over the next couple of years. Financial markets have been supported by central bank actions and waning recession concerns, while being buffeted by news on the trade front. Indeed, ongoing trade conflicts and related uncertainty are still weighing on global economic activity, and remain the biggest source of risk to the outlook. In this context, commodity prices and the Canadian dollar have remained relatively stable. Growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter of 2019 to 1.3 percent, as expected. Consumer spending expanded moderately, underpinned by stronger wage growth. Housing investment was also a source of strength, supported by population growth and low mortgage rates. The Bank continues to monitor the evolution of financial vulnerabilities related to the household sector. As expected, exports contracted, driven by non-energy commodities. However, investment spending unexpectedly showed strong growth, notably in transportation equipment and engineering projects. The Bank will be assessing the extent to which this points to renewed momentum in investment. CPI inflation in Canada remains at target, and measures of core inflation are around 2 percent, consistent with an economy operating near capacity. Inflation will increase temporarily in the coming months due to year-over-year movements in gasoline prices. The Bank continues to expect inflation to track close to the 2 percent target over the next two years. Based on developments since October, Governing Council judges it appropriate to maintain the current level of the overnight rate target. Future interest rate decisions will be guided by the Banks continuing assessment of the adverse impact of trade conflicts against the sources of resilience in the Canadian economy notably consumer spending and housing activity. Fiscal policy developments will also figure into the Banks updated outlook in January.
Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, third quarter 2019
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Let me start off first by saying one thing: I'm not a fan of this rematch nor am I a big fan of either wrestler. However, I still consider myself a wrestling fan and there's no bigger event during the summer than Summerslam so it's all relative. The question that seems to be on everyone's mind is should Roman Reigns be the man to challenge Brock at Summerslam after the WWE seemed hellbent on forcing this match yet again at Wrestlemania?
Yes. Yes he should. The reason why? There's a much bigger match in John Cena vs Roman Reigns that could rock the New Orleans area for Wrestlemania 34 and engage more viewers. We've already seen Brock vs Reigns at Mania just two and a half years ago, and Brock has gotten lazier since that time, and Reigns hasn't got much more popularity. Now, this isn't like a huge clash of titans where their popularity rivals each other and the feud is fresh and new to us. We've seen this movie before. Paul Heyman comes out, puts over Reigns as a worthy opponent, Brock and Reigns have a face off and promo back and forth, then we head to Brooklyn for their title match. I get that the WWE will market this as the battle between two men who both defeated The Undertaker at Wrestlemania, but those accomplishments seem so miniscule now when we look at them. The match with Reigns and Taker, as well as the match with Brock and Taker are both forgettable, making their amazing feats just seem standard.
Reigns and Brock could have ended up on a different path, but if I'm WWE, I have my mind set on two goals going into Wrestlemania 34: saving Braun vs Brock for Mania, and pushing Reigns vs Cena. I think if the plan is to allow Brock to hold the belt until Mania, there's no need to give Reigns another Mania title match and main event. It's been overdone the last three years and each time, the audience seems to be out of it. It was sad watching the crowd seem disinterested for a 3rd straight Mania main event, even against a legend like The Undertaker. For me, the smartest choice here is to have Roman fight Brock at Summerslam, and allow Braun or another nemesis to cost him the title, setting up a future title shot for said nemesis, and setting up a feud between Reigns and the culprit going forward. Personally, if I'm the WWE, I'm turning Finn Balor heel at the end of the Summer, putting him with Gallows and Anderson, and allowing him to dethrone Brock for the title heading into Mania season. Why Finn? I think the rematch we need to see is Seth vs Finn while both are 100% healthy and for the Universal Title, as Seth's long journey is capped off by a title win at Mania, three years after his huge MITB cash in. Brock holding the title for a year does nothing good for the company, and a heel Finn with Gallows and Anderson spells a huge fall Shield reunion that ends up with the final chapter being Seth vs Finn for the title at WM34.
After the short-lived Shield reunion, I'd expect to see Reigns go after the free agent Cena, who is the only active legend that Reigns hasn't beat yet. While I'd never want to see Reigns win another Mania match, the vibe for the crowd during a Cena vs Reigns match is much more epic than a Brock vs Reigns match for a title we rather neither man hold. The thing is, the Shield Reunion, a heel Finn Balor, an epic Seth vs Finn title match, as well as a possible Brock vs Braun battle and Reigns vs Cena can't happen at Wrestlemania unless we get Brock vs Reigns now, at Summerslam. For the WWE, take the smart bet here and pull the trigger on Reigns vs Brock now, and watch how the domino effect can work in your favor.
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I was particularly interested to visit the Brandon Street Night Market at Canal Mills because my family used to own the land when it was previously a furniture wholesaler.
The last time I had been in this particular building it was actually a furniture showroom for contract furnishings.
Times change and now the business is closed and the land is being put to good use as club and events space.
Based just outside Leeds city centre, it position on an industrial estate next to the Leeds and Liverpool canal should mean no complaints from the neighbours.


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There are many types of essay checkers that comes with unique features and perform various skills.
These easy to use tools are efficient in proofreading your work and acts as your savior in many panic situations.
Here, we are listing some free and online essay checking tools that are much popular among the people who relentlessly rely on the technology for correcting the quality of their work.
Be you are a Mac user or a Windows one; these are the essentials.
#1: Grammarly
There are many Grammar checking sites that claim something but offers something else.
You pay them a fortune for proofreading your work but what is the use if even after that they don't provide substantial help.
For these times, you should rely on Grammarly.
It is known as the World's most Accurate Grammar checker that can fix around 250 types of Grammar errors.
It is a very proficient Essay Checker, which is used by especially the students all around the globe.
Its features include doing contextual spelling checking, grammar checking, sentence structure checking, punctuation checking, plagiarism scanning, vocabulary enhancing and also a choice is given to adjust the checks for genre-specific writing styles.
#2: WhiteSmoke
With the gradual use of technology in the world, people trust the machines more than anything. Daily one or the other application is launched to make the people's work easier. The technology of the tool WhiteSmoke is advanced and has been evaluated for its linguistic skills and other benefits.
This essay
The products of WhiteSmoke are based on the Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology that hosts your writing to a whole different level.
#3: AfterTheDeadline
Owned and maintained by the company Automatic, this tool offers various ways to combine other plugins. WordPress is its sister company, and that's why it can be integrated with the same.
AfterTheDeadline is one of the easiest tools to check grammar and other sentence making errors on the fly.
#4: PlagTracker
In this world, where no one is behind to cheat or fraud; plagiarism checkers are
PlagTracker is beneficial for the teachers, the students, blog writers, website owners, novelists and any other person who writes and want to write profoundly.
The tool gives a quick scanning to more than 20 million copies. If you want to buy this checker, then its paid version comes for $14.99 per month.
If you don't want to risk your life for being penalized, then you must use PlagTracker to be cent percent sure.
#5: ThePensters
The free online tool for checking grammatical mistakes and plagiarism ThePensters aims to help the students to avoid any kind of trouble while submitting thesis, assignments or dissertation in their academic institutions. It is like an Essay
With this tool, one can easily spot any alike part in their work, that of some other author/writer and can gets rid of that.
It's at your service 24/7. You just have to register yourself on the site. Feels this a 'huge task?' You also have the option to check your work 5 times a month as an unregistered user.
Copy/paste your text in the given dialogue box, wait for a few seconds and Voila! You get the report with every error highlighted.
Final Words!
Plagiarized and grammatically wrong work is never accepted anywhere. So, to improve your English, to make your work errorless and to get rid of some copied text, the usage of the above-mentioned Essay checkers are kind of mandatory.
There are many other online essay checker and corrector tools as well. But, I personally use Grammarly and recommend you the same. Just go and have a look at their tool.
Don't forget to mention your experience of using these tools in the comments below.


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Print version ISSN 0102-311XOn-line version ISSN 1678-4464
Cad. Saúde Pública vol.25 supl.3 Rio de Janeiro 2009
Reviews in Epidemiology: diversity in the research agenda
This issue of Cadernos de Saúde Pública/Reports in Public Health (CSP) is a continuation of the initiative started in 2008 to offer our readers an annual supplement featuring reviews in epidemiology. In 2008, the supplement was launched during the 7th Brazilian Congress of Epidemiology and the 18th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, held in September in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Cad Saúde Pública 2008; 24 Suppl 4).
The quantity and quality of articles submitted to CSP for the journal's regular review section, including theoretical essays, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, provide the basis for our effort to publish an annual supplement in this thematic area and bear witness to the vigor of the respective Brazilian research. At present, we can still not guarantee that this yearly initiative will be confirmed over time, but there is no doubt that it represents a key trend in epidemiology in many countries. The questions addressed by contemporary epidemiology are increasingly complex and subtle. They demand redoubled efforts, and whenever possible they should include populations from diverse social and cultural contexts. Such characteristics are central to contemporary social epidemiology and are associated with more refined analytical methods that allow evaluating possible complex associations that incorporate the biological, clinical, and psychosocial dimensions of human health-disease processes.
The thematic range of reviews in current Brazilian epidemiology can be verified in this supplement, which includes various articles not only on communicable and non-communicable diseases, but also on other health problems in addition to clinical epidemiology. The latter are part of a broader context of interactions between individuals and social groups with certain social configurations and environments, whether natural or subject to clear anthropic pressure, as in the case of the magnetic fields associated with long-distance high-voltage power transmission lines.
Other reviews selected for this supplement extend beyond the analysis of specific health problems to include broader public health issues like gender, aging, and stressful life events. Meanwhile, epidemiology has interacted successfully with other disciplines, like health economics, and has focused on analyses of various aspects of clinical practice itself, including the urgent need to evaluate medicine rigorously and minimize its adverse and unwanted effects, as in the analysis of iatrogenic practices.
In addition to measuring health problems and evaluating their possible associations with biological and daily living variables, contemporary public health researchers have also targeted their efforts on fostering and carefully evaluating initiatives in the field of prevention and health promotion, such as encouraging active, non-sedentary lifestyles and balanced eating.
We thus hope that this annual initiative by CSP will continue in the future, aimed at epidemiology attuned to different complex and dynamic societies and with contributions by diverse sciences and practices, which have experienced an expansion in new knowledge in recent years.
I. Bastos
Editor of Review Articles
Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Mario V.
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.


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The Ministry of External Affairs is the Indian government agency responsible for the conduct of India's relations with foreign countries. The Ministry is responsible for the country's representation in the United Nations and advises other Ministries and State Governments when the latter have dealings with foreign governments or institutions. The current Minister of External Affairs is Sushma Swaraj.
The Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) is Malaysia's leading independent private Think Tank which is committed to the development of Asian leadership and strategic thinking. ASLI's vision is to create a better society. ASLI's mission is to help organisations enhance competitiveness, leadership and strategic capabilities through its public programmes, conferences, publications, policy research, business councils and CEO peer groups. ASLI provides trusted insights to governments, businesses and the diplomatic community. It also acts as a knowledge channel through interaction and dialogues with thought leaders. ASLI's value propositions are its valuable insights, high-level interaction, thought-leadership and in-depth research studies. ASLI provides insights, ideas, implications and interactions.
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water is an independent, not-for profit policy research institution. CEEW addresses pressing global challenges through an integrated and internationally focused approach. It does so through high quality research, partnerships with public and private institutions, and engagement with and outreach to the wider public. CEEW has been ranked as India's top climate change think-tank two years in a row (ICCG Climate Think Tank Ranking). The Global Go To Think Tank Index has ranked CEEW as
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The Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology (COMCE) is an initiative of the Mexican private sector to have an organization dedicated to promote foreign trade, investment and the development of technology. The national organization of COMCE was integrated in 1999 as a result of the merger of two private sector organizations: the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Affairs (CEMAI) which had been created in the 50's, and the National Council for Foreign Trade (CONACEX). COMCE is a private, non-profit organization representing the Mexican business sector in the international area. It plays a leading role in the promotion and implementation of policies designed to help Mexican companies insert effectively into globalization. Promotes Mexican exports, foreign direct investment to Mexico and technology transfer and development. COMCE bases its operation in about 70 bilateral business committees with different countries, maintaining and developing the objectives of COMCE with any given country. Bilateral business committees are composed of business leaders with extensive international experience, which aim to promote the business interests of Mexico in the respective country.
India and Bangladesh, being the closest of the neighboring countries, have felt the need and desire for economic and bilateral trade cooperation on a long-term sustainable basis. Trade between the two countries has been growing rapidly since the early 1990s. India and Bangladesh offer natural markets for each other's products. In their mutual trade, they enjoy the advantages of reduced transaction costs and quicker delivery due to geographical proximity, common language, heritage and physical infrastructures. On that ground, formation of a joint business chamber to boost trade between the two countries was a long felt necessity of the business communities of both the countries.
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In recognition of an illustrious milestone in its history, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce chronicles its journey as a legendary institution in the Asia Pacific region; a celebration of a 175 years of exemplary service to the business community in Sri Lanka. When the Chamber was founded on March 25, 1839 under the British Rule, the Coffee industry took precedence over the current prime commodity 'Tea' which has now excelled as the leading export commodity in Sri Lanka. The agriculture based services provided by the Chamber to its members, gradually elevated to value added services. Over a period of years, the Chamber which plays a catalytic role in the development of the business sector, changed its focus on identifying key issues to assist in the development of strategic plans to meet new challenges and opportunities. With the close rapport maintained with the Government sector, the Chamber continued to strengthen its role as a channel between the Government and the Private sector.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, being the first to be established in Sri Lanka, is the prime mover of the Chamber movement in Sri Lanka. It was also the first Chamber to be represented in the Senate and House of Representatives in the days of Ceylon, first to be accepted as an affiliate member of Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry (CACCI) in 1983. Since then the Chamber has been a pioneer in introducing a diverse range of services to Sri Lanka, of which many will be highlighted in the following pages. The Chamber also has the unique feature of a Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Trade Associations, Regional Chambers, Employer organisations and Bilateral Business Councils in Sri Lanka; claiming this status having formed alliances with 20 Regional Chambers, 38 Trade/Product and Service Associations and 21 Bilateral Business Councils.
The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) was established in July 2004 as an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The establishment of ISAS reflects the increasing economic and political importance of South Asia, and the strong historical links between South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Business leaders from 18 Latin American countries are members of the Business Council of Latin America (CEAL), a non-profit network established in 1989. CEAL fosters regional integration and international interactions through the active role of entrepreneurs. CEAL comprises representatives from all productive sectors – agribusiness, mining, manufacturing industry, banking, services — and stimulates cooperation between business and other social actors. Starting in 2002, Basic Education is the major ongoing social project of CEAL. The roster of CEAL includes some of the most prominent business leaders from all over Latin America. The mission of CEAL is to stimulate the participation of entrepreneurs in cooperative exchanges, particularly in fields in which the private sector can contribute to strengthen reciprocal ties and promote social and economic progress. CEAL is a response to global trends that gained momentum in the 90s, such as market liberalization, trade opening, and privatization. These conditions have strengthened regional integration in the Americas and prompted the private sector from Latin America to become more internationalized. Integration in the world economy relies on the leadership and commitment of the Latin American business community. CEAL is fully aware of this responsibility and therefore its main objective is to encourage private action as an agent for change.


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Everyone loves the idea of working from home.
It is arguably the best of both worlds -you get to be home with your children, and available for household management tasks, you don't have to commute, or listen to your annoying cube-mate open mouth chew his lunch, or deal with office politics, or even put on pants, while also making money for the finer things in life, like food and shelter.
But, as someone who has worked at home part-time or full time for over 8 years, there are struggles not often appreciated by the work in an office world.
For example, you HAVE TO be home with your children. On snow days and teacher work days and all kinds of other days when them going somewhere is out of the question.
And, you are generally expected to manage the household and the kids as if you were a stay at home mom. You don't have to listen to your annoying cube-mate be annoying, but you also don't get to see your work husband or work bestie very often. In fact, you may never know the joys of a work husband or work bestie at all.
And, don't even get me started on wardrobe concerns. When it's time to go into the office for a meeting, you're trying to jam yourself into the same, strangely tighter, top and pants every time because your idea of "work clothing" is yoga pants and your husband's hoodie.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my work at home mom life.
But work at home mom life has its struggles and these are totally for real.
10 Work at Home Mom Truths That Will Make All WAHMs Say Yasss
People Think You're a SAHM
I really cannot tell you how many times I've been volunteered to pick up all of the neighborhood kids on an early snow release day from school by the mom who put on Facebook, "Call Amanda, she's home."
Yesssss, but I AM WORKING.
And That You Don't Reallllly Work That Much
I guess they assume that because you spend the day in your pajama pants you're also spending the day asleep.
Only You Probably Work More Than Most
Because your employer rarely respects regular work hours, especially if they work at home too. They email you when ideas hit them at 11pm, and often expect you to answer, even if the next day is a Saturday. Plus, no snow days, few holidays, no sick days either. Like, you have to be dying to get a day off. And, if you own your business it's usually worse! As a business owner you have a constant need to hustle and you tend to do that at every chance.
Which is Why You're Always on Your Phone
You don't like it any more than your husband, your kids, or any of the other people in your life, but it's the only way you can enjoy the other perks of being a working from home mother.
Pro Tip: Turn of notifications and only allow yourself to check email, etc at certain time intervals so you can actually get something done.
It's Also Pretty Lonely
You have no one to complain to about weird Dwight. Or creepy Creed, or stuck-up Angela, or sad Toby, or lazy Stanley. There will be no Jim to secretly crush on and no Pam to be besties with. You won't even be able to bad mouth your annoying boss because he's probably reading all of your interoffice email.
Bonus: You can cuddle with your dog while you work.
And You Really Don't Have a Lot of Time for Other Things
Contrary to popular belief, when you work at home full time, you don't really have time to watch Ellen every afternoon or spend your mornings in Target. Yes, you can often have more control over your schedule so that you can go to your kid's Halloween party at school or break away to get your kid to the orthodontist, but you have to pay for that by finishing up a project after dinner or on Sunday morning before heading to brunch (ask me when I wrote this!).
Getting Chubby is So Tempting
Because you can't do the whole I-will-eat-a-caupcake-for-breakfast-and-take-the-stairs thing at all. And even if you could, all of the cupcakes are just right over there in your pantry, calling your name all day. No one has that many stairs in their house.
Your Kids Don't Care if You're Working
Everyone in the world has proof of this thanks to the now famous BBC Dad. His baby and preschooler bippty bopped into that room like he was Skyping with grandma, proving that they give zero you know whats about you or your "important interview".
My son once peed in the potty right behind me during a work video chat -it was as epic as it was horrifying.
And It's Easy AF to Get Distracted
By Facebook and Twitter and your husband and your kids and your mom who called at noon because she knows it's your "lunch time" (even though lunch time isn't a thing that exists in your world). There are things at home to distract you and your TV and your dog barking at the neighbor who decided to drop by and ask you about that tree you were talking about cutting down.
But You Still Don't Have Time for Housework
That's why it's in shambles. Because you're working on work, not working on laundry or dinner or bathrooms or any of that other stuff your family thinks you should easily be able to get done. Lucky for you, since you're such a killer WAHM, you can also hire a cleaning lady on the sly and not even bother to tell them. 😊
Want to learn more about being a work at home? Stay tuned to the blog this week and next for more great tips and be sure to join us in the mom.life app for more discussions and info!


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Fiery Librian Julieanne Lynch is an author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Julieanne lives in Northern Ireland, where she works on her Shadows Trilogy and other series full-time. Before becoming a writer, she considered a few different career paths, a rock star being one of them. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at The Open University, and considered journalism as a career path. However, she decided writing was the way for her and believes all of her education and reading prepared her for it.
An avid reader, Julieanne has always had an encompassing fascination with folklore. When not writing, she enjoys crime series such as Criminal Minds, CSI, NCIS and Cold Case, and loves anything with Vampires, listening to metal, meeting new people, drinking lots of green tea, and sharing her dreams with her children. She is a self-professed goth wanna-be,and is happy when left to write into the early hours of the morning.
Julieanne also writes under the pen name J.A. Lynch
Julieanne's YA series, The Shadows Trilogy, is published by Vamptasy Publishing and thus far contains In the Shadows. It follows the war between vampires and shadow creatures. Giselle Bergman, an 18-year old human girl, falls victim to a scheme by one of her closest childhood friends, and embarks on a journey that sees her become the center of a battle between good and evil.
Living on the razors edge, Giselle Burgman's life is torn apart by her cheating boyfriend. Little does she realise that he is the least of her worries when her long term friend Alex introduces her to his family and a new, darker world. A world of lies, deceit and corruption. Thrown from one problem straight into another, the razors edge gets thinner and sharper, testing Giselle's sanity and vitality. Not even she can hide when living within the shadows.
Within the Shadows
Giselle has barely had time to accept her new life, never mind the prospect of motherhood, but she finds herself, yet again thrown into chaos, only this time there is more than just her life at stake. With vampires and shadow creatures vying for her life, can Giselle escape the darkness consuming her, or will she finally descend into the world of shadows?
Escaping Shadows
Only the truest of love can overcome the darkness of the unknown, where one girl finds eternal happiness, another is damned from existence.
Can true love really free you from the shackles? Or is temptation a road well traveled?
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Expansion of Sartorius Stedim Cellca
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• Laboratory and office facility to be constructed on the site by 2019
Göttingen/Laupheim, December 14, 2016 – Sartorius Stedim Cellca based near Ulm in southern Germany, continues on the growth track. At the end of November, the company in its eleventh year since its founding purchased property of more than 6,000 square meters at Ulm's Science Park III at Eselsberg to build a new laboratory and office complex. The new facility, which will approximately double the company's space, is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019. So far, Sartorius Stedim Cellca has been located in a rented building in Laupheim.
"Our new site's proximity to universities and research institutes in Ulm's Scientific Park offers an excellent environment to promote our growing business for which we are also seeking additional highly qualified staff," commented Managing Director Hugo de Wit. "Besides the advantages offered by this research environment, its conveniently accessible location was also decisive for us. We need to be within easy reach of our international customers," continued de Wit.
Sartorius Stedim Cellca develops and markets platform technologies, such as cell lines and associated services, for customers in the biopharmaceutical industry. Since 2015, the company has been part of the biopharma supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech and currently employs 80 people.


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Love Means Taking Responsibility
I know I run the risk of seeming old-fashioned or conservative with this article, but I don't think there's anything wrong with either. Being closed-minded, bigotted, and unteachable are obviously wrong, but agreeing with time-tested principles, seeking to grow in timeless virtues, and building on the good work compounded over time is not only not wrong but beneficial in my opinion.
It's also very easy to prove that many of our opinions, for all ou pretenses of being progressive and empowerd, are just as, if not more, closed-minded, bigotted, and unteachable.
When a person's "progressive" viewpoint causes them to be unable to even consider another viewpoint, this so-called progressive is closed-minded. When a certain "empowered" person uses their power to tear others down, either overtly or covertly, that person is bigotted.
You see, it's not having a viewpoint that makes one closed-minded. It's a mind that is unable to consider other view points – rationally – meaning objectively, meaning with principles that help determine the veracity and value of an idea. The most closed-minded mind is not the critical mind, but the mind that won't criticize itself. When we are not willing to look for the faults in ourselves before we look at others, and more than we look at others, we will inevitably be closed-minded.
It's not having a viewpoint that makes one a bigot. Someone can have a totally opposite position as mine on a topic and still not be a bigot. A bigot is someone who is obstinately devoted to a belief system. The belief system people are devoted to today is not even religion. It is the belief of the "Primacy of Me", meaning, "My thoughts, my feelings, my opinions, my challenges, my experiences, my struggles, my causes, and my everything come before those of others." It's easy to blame a religious fanatic or extremist of being bigoted. It's much harder to admit our own bigotry, simply because self-awareness, honest to goodness self-awareness, is not a natural ability but a skill that must be developed. The truth is this: Our picture of ourselves, the really good or really bad picture, is most usually not accurate. Humans are incredibly prone to believing the surface, the surface of others and ourselves, and thinking that is who they or we are. That's the surface. The tip of the iceberg. Who I am, who you really are, is much more than our surface persons. Reflection, the act of looking at ourselves honestly, will teach us deeper and deeper things about ourselves, and I don't think it's possible for one to journey deep into their own soul and not find darkness. I know this from my own experience. This is why I know I can be bigoted. The undeclared but many times lived-out ideology of the Primacy of Me is strong in me. This inevitably makes me bigoted many times.
This introduction is necessary to open our minds, first to our own closed-mindedness and bigotry, which have made us too sensitive, too easily offended, too easily fatigued by rational discussion, but also to put my readers in a position of consideration. To park preconceived notions, particularly about love, and look at the merits (and demerits) of this point, which is:
Love Means Taking Responsibility. There is no such thing as love without responsibility. If someone says he or she loves but is ignorant to the responsibilities of that love, that person will be a unsatisfying lover. If someone says he or she loves but is unwilling to take responsibility for that love, that person does not love, but merely feels sentiments of romance, and will someday fail.
Loving someone, being a lover, is not merely a feeling, but a role, and like every role, come with responsibilities. Any role that does not come with responsibilities is a meaningless role. Everyone likes the idea of a no-pressure love, a natural kind of love that requires no effort. This is a mirage. It does exist, but it doesn't last. And usually it spoils us from reaching a greater kind of achieved love, one that blooms not simply because of the randomness of natural causes, but what that flourishes because of the careful cultivation of those who cared for it.
Love means taking responsibility over the flourishing, including the satisfaction, of that which you love.
Being someone's lover means taking responsibilty over that person's flourishing. What does it mean to take responsibility? I like to think of responsibility as having two important parts: the power and the accountability. Being responsible means we have the power and abilities to live in such a way that leads our lover towards flourishing, but this also comes with the accountability, meaning there are consequences for us, when we fail to do this, even if we failed because we were ignorant of our responsibility in the first place.
When we have a feelings-first approach to love and don't have an understanding that love comes with responsibilities, we will be able to rationalize any act if it means making ourselves feel better, even if these acts are things would hurt our lover. This is dangerous for both men and women, for both parents and kids, and for all our other relationships.
When we forget that love means taking responsibility we start evaluating our situations based on feelings and will be unstable. People won't be able to rely on us if we are like this. How can we say we love someone when that someone can't rely on us, much less trust us?
Let me put it simply, when you say you love your company, it means you have a responsibility to perform and make the performance of those around you better.
When you say you love your spouse, you have a responsibility to make sure that spouse is better today than when you first committed to him or her.
When you say you love your kids, you have a responsibility to learn how to become a better parent, to master your issues, and to love your kids with wisdom.
When you say you love the poor, you have a responsibility to improve their lives.
If you say you love your country, you have a responsibility to improve that country.
A one-question diagnostic to ask yourself is this: Is this person closer to God, more fulfilled, wiser, more disciplined, and healthier because of me? In other words, is this person better spirit, soul, and body?
To love someone, to love a person, means taking on the responsibility of that person. And what is a person? In a simple way, a person is a Spirit, Soul, and Body. Of what value is someone's love if it does not improve others Spirit, Soul, and Body.
This is the simple responsibility we all have: To improve the Spirit, Soul, and Body of those we love.
This abstract, undefined, feelings-based, and worthless kind of love is why relationships breakdown. So many lovers are searching for who knows what. No one knows because they're chasing an ideal feeling of constant security, comfort, and happiness. Any relationship with a person (or persons) like this will fail, even if they stay together. Just like not getting fired from a job is no achievement. Staying in a failed relaionship is, in my opinion, not necessarily an achievment in itself if it does not achieve something greater.
This is why I am very careful with saying, "I love…" I don't love ice cream. I like it. I don't love Batman. I like him. I don't love coffee. I like it. I have no responsibility to care and improve these things. I love Yasmin. I love Elijah. I love my work. I love my Spirit, Soul, and Body.
And it's because I love God first.
Loving God first means I am responsible to Him first. What does He want from me? To love Him and others. What does it mean to love God? It means to love Him Spirit, Soul, and Body. What does it mean to love God in Spirit? It means to meditate on His word, to pray unceasingly, to connect with other believers, to preach the Good News, and to serve others. What does it mean to love God with your Soul? It means to cultivate your mind, your will and your emotions to make wise decisions, to have self-control, and to empathize with others. What does it mean to love God with your body? It means to train your body to be as effective a vessel of good as possible. To love God doesn't simply mean to "feel that God is here" or to play worship songs or to give tithes. I am responsible to become a certain person for Him. I am responsible to develop my talents and please my Master. I am responsible to love my neighbour. I am responsbile to love my enemies. I am responsible to live in such a way that pleases Him. I am responsible to repent of my many sins. I am responsible to be a better and better person that others may become better and better people.
When you see a fanatically religious country full of corruption, injustice, and lack of excellence, you'll find a people who do not understand that love means taking responsibility.
When you see a team who are full of ideals but can't set aside personal issues to work well together, you'll find a people who do not understand that love means taking responsibility.
When you see a couple who can't agree or follow a budget, who can't agree on or follow a purpose together, who claim more than they give, you'll find people who don't understand that love means taking responsibility.
When I look at my own life, at the many areas I have not improved, I am driven to repentance and change because I have conveniently isolated that area when I am responsible to God.
Is it possible to not take on the responsibility? Absolutely. But this is not love. At least not the kind of love that will last and bloom. Besides, when we do not seriously take on our responsibilities for those we love, we provide proof of what we really love: ourselves.
I was talking to a young man about this, and he really seemd bothered by this idea. The idea that love has an element that is natural, that requires hard work, and even forcing one's self to do things we don't necessarily want to do. People hate this idea of having to be responsible for others. I asked him, "Do you like the little prince." (And most hipster millienneials do.) "I love that book!" He said. "I've read it a few times." I reminded him of a part of the book that goes:
People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose."
He was quiet. This hipster millennial, who loved the idea of romance, with a mind filled with ideals, whether it's ideal ministry, ideal office, ideal work, ideal relationship, or ideal home, who loved romantic books like The Little Prince, had failed to understand the very point of that book: "You're responsible for what you love." And the full passage is even more meaningful:
"It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important…People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose."
People wonder why relationships breakdown. Man has been around for centuries. We know why they breakdown. As much as we want to think "Things just didn't work" or some external circumstance made the break necessary, the reality is simpler and hits closer to home. We have separated the responsibility of love from the romance of love, and it leaves us all dissatisfied. We have stopped spending time on cultivating our roses because we have forgotten that love means taking responsibility – no matter how we feel.


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All of a sudden, the driver veers off the road. It is fairly apparent that he is attempting to drive off the cliff, but the guard rail keeps the car from going over the side. A man jumps out waving a gun so the officers can see it and then points it at his own temple.
At this juncture, the camera shows several snipers ascending a nearby building and the officers from the 15 cars spread out with guns drawn. In a matter of moments, we see a SWAT team arrive.
Here's my question: What is the purpose of the snipers? Our friendly narrator (I believe it's one of the officers in the helicopter) tells us that it's obvious the man wants to kill himself. He has not made one aggressive move toward the officers and there are no innocent bystanders nearby, yet there is a group sharpshooters on a roof with this man in their sights.
The narrator continues by telling us the police want to do everything possible to keep the man from harming himself. So, why the need for snipers? Do they want to shoot him before he can shoot himself?
After peppering the poor fellow with numerous rounds of rubber bullets and tear gas, the SWAT team moves in and apprehends him without further incident.
But why the snipers? At the risk of a very bad pun, isn't that a bit of overkill?


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Con oltre 15 anni di esperienza nel settore del retail di moda, mi definisco un esperta di visual merchandising.
Negli ultimi anni, ho costruito una rete di clienti principalmente tramite YouTube e Instagram.
È grazie a queste due piattaforme che i negozianti, i brand e le scuole mi trovano e mi chiedono di lavorare insieme ai loro progetti.
Oggi principalmente svolgo attività di consulenza per negozianti indipendenti che desiderano aumentare le loro vendite utilizzando il visual merchandising ed insegno in workshop, master class, lecture in università e master.
Collaboro anche con diverse associazioni di categoria, quindi con negozianti di tutti i tipi e di tutta italia, per condividere le mie conoscenze di visual merchandising da usare come leva per fare più cassetto.
Visto che tutto questo non sembrava essere abbastanza, a Giugno 2016 ho iniziato a collaborare con Fabio Colturri, fondatore di Haigō, a questo progetto ambizioso.
Fabio mi ha contattato via Instagram per chiedere un consiglio: in modo diverso da altri, che semplicemente chiedevano formule magiche per arrivare al loro obbiettivo senza fatica, Fabio mi ha raccontato del suo progetto di aprire un concept store di design a Milano basato su esperienze "analogiche" e multisensoriali: Haigō.
Ho visto subito le grandi potenzialità del progetto e ho deciso di farne parte perché lo considero un'opportunità per innovare il futuro del retail italiano.
Oh si! Quasi dimenticavo.
Sono anche una mamma single, ho 2 bambini (10 e 5 anni); ho anche un cavallo che ama le coccole come un gatto: se mi segui su Instagram probabilmente li hai già visti tutti e 3 🙂
Chi è felice con una sola vita?
Il mio background
As a kid
I grew up in Milan raised by a high-fashion tailor and a sales manager of luxury fabrics. Both my parents wanted me to be a school teacher.
By growing up in a fashion environment I developed a strong passion for what happens "behind the scenes".
As a kid, I only wanted to play with Barbie's boutique, setting windows and styling Barbie's mannequins to attract other dolls inside my boutique and change my clothes for each occasion.
I always wanted to follow some sort of artistic path but I was really bad in two subjects (believe it or not): art and English.
So, as my parents kindly suggested, I ended up attending a teaching school learning about philosophy, anthropology, and psychology.
After two years I was fed up: I decided to switch to an art school and start all over again.
It wasn't easy.
High school was not the brightest period of my life, the only two highlights were:
- I discovered Caravaggio and his art, that I still love and feel so deeply connected with.
- I followed the rise of Tom Ford and the glorious renaissance Gucci in 1995. His work as Creative Director for the brand is a very strong inspiration for me even today.
Once I got my diploma, I wasn't sure on which school to attend next: I was hesitant between Marangoni and IED.
Fees were quite high and I couldn't make up my mind, so my mum suggested to start working in a showroom -since she was working in one-to see if I could figure it out.
Long story short: never get back to school ever.
Work experiences
The first job was folding t-shirts, thousands, all to be folded in the same dimension, the range of color, on the same shelf. A million times a day.
Just folding.
While working as a showroom assistant, I always offered myself to stay for the night shift to help the visual merchandising team on anything they needed.
It's from these experiences that everything bloomed. I followed my dream to be a Visual Merchandiser for different brands, between Italy, Russia and UK (where I lived for 3 years); you can check my full work experience here.
In 2009 I moved to Japan for 7 months without a job or a master plan, neither knowing the language. Just, you know, to challenge me. I worked a few months for Roberto Cavalli Japan as Visual Merchandiser and also got to see Mount Fuji (Woop Woop!).
Then it was time for a big decision: with the money in my pocket I could live one more month in Tokyo or three months in New York City.
I pick the second and booked the flight. In Manhattan I found out that some of the dreamy 5th Ave's window displays weren't that cool, so I started to take pictures and create YouTube videos where I explained and analyzed their weakness. I never expected that it could turn into a chance to gain new clients: trust me it was January 2010, not yet the multi-billionaire Youtuber era.
Some independent retailer contacted me with asking to re-make their windows, so I started my career as a freelance in New York and moved it to Milan in March 2010


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Authors: Rodney Bartlett
This article may appear highly speculative at first glance. But it's evidence-based since Relativity (vital to the concept of resurrection) has successfully met all challenges during the past century. The immortality and negative temperature parts are based on much more recent science papers, but those papers are based on the thermodynamics which originated in the 19th century - modern labs confirm its ideas and are discovering more applications. I hope readers can appreciate that the evidence pointing to immortality and resurrection does not need to be limited to medicine, but can be interdisciplinary and embrace physics. Albert Einstein (1879-1955), one of the greatest physicists of all time, said he regretted not making a bigger contribution to medical science. Perhaps the time has arrived when the world will finally understand and appreciate this man more completely ... by realising that his physics will one day have applications in fields like resurrection of the deceased and normalisation of health through the universal gravitational field. The 2013 physics paper "Negative Absolute Temperature for Motional Degrees of Freedom" (Braun, S. et al.: "Science" journal, Volume 339, Issue 6115, pp. 52–55 [2013]) adds the topic of immortality by speaking of negative temperatures below absolute zero. Traditionally, going below absolute zero has been regarded as impossible since this is the temperature at which all atomic motion ceases. However, the authors of the 2013 paper maintain it's possible because a more rigorous definition of temperature is "a trade-off between energy and entropy (disorder)". The first sentence in the Abstract of the 2016 paper "Cosmology with negative absolute temperatures" by J.P.P. Vieira, Christian T. Byrnes and Antony Lewis - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2016, August 2016 (reference 2) says, "Negative absolute temperatures (NAT) are an exotic thermodynamical consequence of quantum physics which has been known since the 1950's (having been achieved in the lab on a number of occasions)."
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What Disease Causes Excessive Sweating?
Mayo Clinic experts state that excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) occurs when the sweat glands produce more perspiration than necessary to cool the body. In some cases, this may be the side-effect of taking certain medications. But there are also specific medical conditions that can cause excessive sweating. The Mayo Clinic cautions that excessive sweating can be a symptom of many physical conditions, so always see a doctor to address specific concerns.
If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, seek emergency treatment immediately.
Conditions Affecting the Heart
Excessive sweating—specifically night sweats—can be a symptom of endocarditis, in which bacteria or germs spread from another part of your body to damaged parts of the heart. This can result in life-threatening complications when left untreated, the Mayo Clinic notes. In addition to excessive sweating, some other symptoms of endocarditis can include fever and chills, body ache, shortness of breath, tiredness, pale skin, and a new or more-pronounced heart murmur.
A heart attack, which occurs when a blood clot obstructs blood flow through a major vessel that delivers blood to the heart, can also cause excessive sweating. Other symptoms include a pain that endures for more than a few minutes that may radiate beyond the chest to the shoulder, back, arm, and even the teeth and jaw. Other symptoms can include faintness, nausea and shortness of breath, the Mayo Clinic reports.
Anxiety Disorders
Normal sweating occurs during times of emotional duress, such as stress or embarrassment. Generalized anxiety disorder can also cause excessive sweating, the Mayo Clinic says. Anxiety disorders, which may affect relationships and interfere with daily life, have other symptoms. These can include diarrhea, nausea, difficulty concentrating or sleeping, feeling "on edge" and obsessive worrying.
Certain Cancers
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia can also cause symptoms of excessive sweating, according to Mayo Clinic experts. Leukemia, a cancer that affects body tissues, including bone marrow and the lymphatic system, can also cause symptoms of weight loss, frequent fatigue and infection, fever and chills, shortness of breath, and easy bruising or bleeding. Excessive sweating usually occurs at night, the Mayo Clinic notes.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that starts in the lymphatic system, may have no other symptoms than swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin in its first stages. But as the cancer progresses, symptoms similar to those noted in leukemia may arise, including night sweats—as well as tiredness, fever, weight loss, swelling or pain in the abdomen and itchy skin.
Thyroid Disease
The medical condition of hyperthyroidism (the most common cause of which is the autoimmune disorder Graves' Disease) can also cause excessive sweating. Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone, which affects the body's metabolism. Those with hyperthyroidism may also notice other symptoms, such as rapid and sudden weight loss, difficulty sleeping, anxiety, intolerance to heat, increased appetite, an irregular or rapid heart beat and a fine tremor in the hands.
Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis, or TB, generally affects the lungs and is spread when someone contracts the airborne bacteria through exposure to a person with the disease. The Mayo Clinic notes that most people who acquire the bacteria don't show symptoms of TB. But those with active TB may experience excessive sweating at night, along with a persistent cough, fever and chills, tiredness, suppressed appetite and weight loss.
Other Causes
Excessive sweating may not be the result of a physical malady, but a symptom of stress, hot flashes during menopause, or the side-effect of taking certain medications (such as beta blockers and tricyclic antidepressants), Mayo Clinic experts note. But excessive sweating can also have no underlying cause. This type of sweating, known as focal hyperhidrosis, typically begins before the age of 20 and occurs mainly during the day, subsiding at night. Focal hyperhidrosis is suspected to have a genetic component, the Mayo Clinic reports.
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I definitely have felt like a little fish in a big pond in the blogging industry - it's impossible to compete. I'm just enjoying blogging for myself, and focusing on myself in the process! xxReplyDelete
Jessie | allthingsbeautiful-x
Girl, I totally feel you. I've upset myself a few times in the last 2 years with regret for not being 'bigger' when the others in our little group have done amazingly well for themselves! But hey, I chose to prioritise other things when the catalysing factor kicked in for the blog industry, and that's something I'll have to live with. So happy to have you back my love <3ReplyDelete
So glad to see you back.ReplyDelete
Obviously, at the end of the day this is your space and is ultimately your decision.
The break and comeback could see a whole new direction for you and I look forward to seeing what happens with your little space. :)
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Engagement, to me, is such an interesting transitional period. It's not married, and it's not single, and it's not just dating. It's a "mostly committed" stage, that can still be exited if necessary. I've met couples who take engagement very seriously and hurry toward the wedding, and then I've met others who have long engagements and aren't in any hurry to get married. My engagement was short and sweet- two short months. He made sure to not ask until he was ready to be married. I had some ideas of what I wanted the wedding to be like before Josh popped the question, but when he asked and I accepted, we got married two months later. We had already talked about getting married before the ring, and for us, it was a serious "let's do this now" thing.
How much of a commitment do you think accepting an engagement ring should be? Should it be a firm promise, or should it be a lighter, less-serious, "let's start planning a future wedding in a year or two" agreement?
On another note....
Thomas proposed to Rivers in a photo booth- like, they pushed the "take pictures" button, he popped the question, she said yes, and the photo booth is taking pictures the whole time. So, I asked Rivers what face they both had in that last picture in the photo booth, and they showed me.
Rivers and Thomas are having a Natchez, Mississippi wedding, and they had some connections at Frogmore Plantation. It was an awesome place to take pictures with a rustic background. Thomas works in farming and has all his life, so I wanted to incorporate that into the shoot. Rivers will have to deal with him being gone a LOT during planting and harvest seasons.
When I asked them if they'd like to kiss during the engagement session, they told me that they always kiss before they leave a room. I think that's a pretty neat tradition to have, and a good habit within a marriage!
So, we tried to get Thomas's dog to hold the ring on his nose. He'll usually do it for treats, but he apparently knew that he wasn't going to get to eat the wedding ring, so he wasn't too interested in holding the ring.
|The replicated photo booth engagement picture. Priceless.


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In an industrial setting or other large facilities complex such as a prison, hospital, or plant, facilities managers carry a heavy burden.
They have to remain focused on the safety and security of employees and others on-site. They have to constantly evaluate physical risks and vulnerabilities, as well as other important concerns about security.
You need a comprehensive plan, one that includes physical, informational, and operational security. And it all has to adhere to your operations budget.
Physical security is the use of fire alarms, burglar alarms, digital camera systems and other technologies designed to detect, deter, and react against threats and other liabilities. Surveillance considerations are a big component of this.
If you're a facilities manager responsible for the safety of your employees, customers, and premises, consider the following points when assessing a new or replacement surveillance system.
Network Connectivity
Managers must decide whether their surveillance system will be analog or, Internet protocol (IP). Both options have their advantages and disadvantages. IP surveillance technologies offer more coordination elements than analog. But if an IP surveillance system is not properly integrated, there is a higher chance that problems could occur. IP cameras are able to use transmission via a computer network, which is usually a shared building network.
Storage Options
Another point to consider is the length of time your company needs to keep the recorded video. The video retention standard is 30 days, although it might be a good idea to retain video for longer periods if you want to protect yourself from unforeseeable legal action. For instance, companies might want to retain video footage from escalator areas to meet the statute of limitations period for injury cases. While this period typically covers two years, it varies in every state. The statute of limitations for personal injury in Louisiana is one year.
Appropriate Housing
Protect your investment. When thinking about where you'll mount your surveillance equipment, consider environment, location, and reachability. If a camera is installed outside the building premises, it should have a weatherized enclosure to prevent moisture from damaging the camera. For especially dirty areas, dust-proof enclosures are a good idea.
Proper Signage
Correct signage for a surveillance camera system is important. You'll need to make sure the wording conforms to legal best practices. Without proper signage that states the use of the camera system, your business might be exposed to unnecessary liability. For example, if the surveillance cameras are not actively monitored and are being utilized solely for investigative purposes, the signage should not indicate that surveillance is in progress. In addition, overuse of cameras can also be a basis for liability.
When it comes to security systems, policy compliance should be clearly defined and implemented within every business or organization. All policies and procedures must take into account the company's budget allocation, benefits to employees and customers, and applicable aspects of the law to avoid potential complications and the waste of company resources.


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tune in a single season. They would be led into the ring, where they would take their nourishment like human babies, their overgrown size making this infantile operation very comical and absurd. The sight captivated the heart of every woman who attended the show.
The eagerness of circus proprietors to procure animal monstrosities for exhibition purposes has called forth many laughable communications from persons who have curiosities of this kind to sell. I remember going one morning into the office and reading a telegram which came to Mr. Barnum. It was as follows:
"Baltimore, Md.
"To P. T. Barnum: I have a four-legged chicken. Come quick."
The circus of the present day is not complete without the side shows and the after concerts. For my own part I can honestly say that I never in my life heard a concert announcement made in my show without feeling like getting up and leaving in disgust; but all classes of show-goers must be pleased, and there is one class which demands the concert and another class that wants the side shows.