text:
Skye Wheatley has shared some candid insights into exactly what it's like to be a new mum.
Former Big Brother star Skye Wheatley welcomed a baby boy with partner Lachlan Waugh on Christmas Eve – and already she is sharing details of her new mum experience on Instagram.
The 24-year-old shared photos of the birth and of her first moments with her son on Tuesday, writing, "Everyone meet Forest Van Waugh. 8lb 9oz born on the 24:12:18 at 16:55pm…I got the best Christmas present of all time."
Hey lovers! Sorry I've been M.I.A just casually pushed a baby out ma clacker ????????????????♀???? most rewarding, intense, and wonderful experience of my entire life. We couldn't be more in love ❤ everyone meet Forest Van Waugh ???????? 8lb 9oz born on the 24:12:18 at 16:55pm ❤❤❤???????????????????????????????????????? Christmas Eve has always been so special to me and now it's even more meaningful ???????????????????????????? so blessed and lucky I can't believe it ???????????????????? Merry Christmas everyone! I got the best Christmas present of all time ????????
A post shared by ???????????????? ???????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????⚡ (@skye.wheatley) on Dec 24, 2018 at 11:31pm PST
The following day, on Wednesday, Wheatley proudly shared an Instagram story of her post-pregnancy body in her bathroom, with the caption: "Bod update."
"This is what mum life really really looks like".
The story was a photo of Wheatley in maternity underwear; "breast feeding bra, popped belly button, hospital undies, giant maternity pad."
Wheatley added that her 'new-mum look' came complete with "swollen eyes".
Image: Instagram
Wheatley has also shared other photos of adorable little Forest, in his crib by the Christmas tree, and buckled in safely on his first car trip.
Just seven hours ago, the proud mum added a photo of herself in bed, to her Instagram stories, reassuring other mums, "I know I look tired but it's honestly not even bad, I don't know why people try and worry you!"
Explaining that she was "soooo stressed" she wouldn't get enough sleep, Wheatley said she feels "totally fine" and is "taking in every moment."
Obviously embracing her new role, Wheatley also wrote;
"Being a mum is honestly the best thing I've ever experienced."
Wheatley announced her pregnancy in June of this year, with a photo of herself and Lachlan. The couple have been together since November, 2017.
"Couldn't think of anything better than starting a family with this handsome man," she wrote at the time.
skye-wheatley
SS 2 years ago
To add to the comments, every baby is different. My first slept 7 hours straight each night after 5 days (once my milk came in). She honestly slept like a dream. Number 2 came along born with a congenital abnormality and then the fun really started.
Guest 2 years ago
#humblebrag
It's not as though she looks anything but curated and perfect in that "hot mess" pic.


Well, Anthony Braxton seems to be trying to create a similar situation with his Ghost Trance Music (GTM). A preoccupation of the composer/reedman since at least the mid-1990s, GTM compositions are usually played by larger bands and include a repetitive — and nearly identical theme — leavened by improvised solos.
Like the unique soundworlds created by other distinctive improvisers such as AMM or The Necks, to truly appreciate GTM you have to accept Braxton's compositions on their own terms. Each time you have to simultaneously focus on the leitmotif that controls the piece's shape as well as listen to the instrumental work around it.
That's certainly true with these two long — around 58 minutes each — pieces recorded on a California foray by Wesleyan professor Braxton and his cohorts, all of whom except reedist J.D. Parran, percussionist Kevin Norton and bassist Joe Fonda, were at one point Braxton students.
Because of this great influence —- and the band room full of saxes and clarinets the reedmen play — it's difficult to pinpoint individual solos. One is tempted to ascribe most of the solo work to either Braxton, who variously plays alto, F alto, soprano, and C-melody saxophones and flute plus Bb, bass and contrabass clarinets; or to Parran, another Free Jazz veteran who plays soprano and bass saxophones and flute.
On "Composition No. 209", for instance, several themes, variations and solos seem to appear at the same time as the music propels the ensemble from percussion-reed textures that resemble the sound of busy manual typewriters to a merry go round of high, wiggling vibrations. Peeping through this dense curtain of notes are false register growls, clarinet glissandos, tongue slaps and bass saxophone snorts. With the massed horn section polyphonically repeating the initial theme every few minutes or so, other solos are sometimes clocked within the reed fanfare. Someone does, however, produce foghorn-like contrabass clarinet noises, a pastoral flute passage and some shrill New Thing-like alto sax overblowing.
Meanwhile Norton marshals his hocketing vibe impulses into a veil of shimmering tones, guitarist Kevin O'Neil reverberates flat-picked lines and Fonda's well modulated bass line appears and then vanishes again. Thanks to the scraped guiro-like tones, descending guitar licks and bass continuum, the piece has enough of a foot-tapping beat to not descend into mesmerizing trance music. But with the horns usually operating in slurred unison, no one, except for Braxton as a composer really makes a standout impression.
Slightly longer, "Composition No. 210" is more of the same, though the ululating tones do sway at a slighter faster tempo. Early on one of the saxists — Braxton? — comes out with a snaky, double-tongued reed abrasion. Considering the appreciative applause that greets this departure from the other strained, whistling horn timbres, the audience at this 1997 club gig may have yearned for more committed soling as well.
Later on, however, the few other demonstrations of extended reed techniques including nasal alto honks, an oomph pah pah ostinato from the bass saxophone and a weedy tone that could come from an oboe don't call forth the same reception. That could mean that the crowd was finally committed to the ins-and-outs of the composition or had inured itself against further outbursts.
Here again, among the accordion tone suggestions that come from the combined horns and the odd, curt reed peeps and beeps, Norton is a stand out. Besides outlining a standard repertoire of ruffs, rolls and flams from his kit, he produces shattering electronic-like cymbal resonation and puts pressure on the hard wood of his marimba's keys to give a steadying rhythmic direction to the concluding section of the performance. O'Neil too acquits himself with stuttering flailing on the portion of his strings below the bridge.
In conclusion, before exiting with whole note chirping that's almost mainstream mellow, an alto saxophonist — Braxton again? — honks out more New Thing-like glossolalia after a whining clarinet has gathered all the horns into tone-passing circles like a sheep dog rounding up his flock.
Braxton followers will no doubt welcome this newly revealed chapter in his oeuvre, while neophytes may look for a smoother entry point to his massive catalogue. It's a credit to his vision that both pieces are never less than improvisationally exciting. Still, with its overriding tonal similarity, a little GTM goes a long way, and no one except the Braxtonphile should attempt to listen to both CDs here in one sitting.


text:
var assert = require("assert");
var path = require("path");
var Promise = require("nodegit-promise");
var local = path.join.bind(path, __dirname);

describe("Branch", function() {
  var NodeGit = require("../../");
  var Repository = NodeGit.Repository;
  var Branch = NodeGit.Branch;
  var branchName = "test-branch";
  var fullBranchName = "refs/heads/" + branchName;

  var reposPath = local("../repos/workdir");

  beforeEach(function() {
    var test = this;

    return Repository.open(reposPath)
      .then(function(repository) {
        test.repository = repository;
        return repository.getMasterCommit();
      })
      .then(function(masterCommit) {
        test.masterCommit = masterCommit;

        return test.repository.createBranch(branchName, masterCommit, true);
      })
      .then(function(branch) {
        test.branch = branch;
      });
  });

  it("can create a branch", function() {
    var branch = this.branch;
    var masterCommit = this.masterCommit;

    assert.equal(branch.name(), fullBranchName);
    assert.equal(branch.target().toString(), masterCommit.sha());
  });

  it("can delete a branch", function() {
    var repo = this.repository;

    Branch.delete(this.branch);

    return repo.getBranch(branchName)
      // Reverse the results, since if we found it it wasn't deleted
      .then(Promise.reject, Promise.resolve);
  });

  it("can see if the branch is pointed to by head", function() {
    var repo = this.repository;

    return repo.getBranch("master")
      .then(function(branch) {
        assert.ok(branch.isHead());
      });
  });
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Cyrtodactylus pinlaungensis, the Pinlaung bent-toed gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to Myanmar.

References

Cyrtodactylus
Reptiles described in 2019
Reptiles of Myanmar
Endemic fauna of Myanmar

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
package org.josql.functions;

import java.io.File;

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;

import com.gentlyweb.utils.Getter;

import org.josql.QueryExecutionException;

import org.josql.expressions.Expression;

public class MiscellaneousFunctions extends AbstractFunctionHandler
{

    public static final String HANDLER_ID = "_internal_misc";

    private Map accessorCache = new HashMap ();

    private Random rand = new Random ();

    /**
     * Return the current date.
     *
     * @param zeroTime If set to true then the date returned will have it's time fields
     *                 set to zero.
     * @return A date object.
     */
    public Date now (boolean zeroTime)
    {

	Date d = null;

	if (zeroTime)
	{

	    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance ();

	    c.set (Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,
		   0);
	    c.set (Calendar.MINUTE,
		   0);
	    c.set (Calendar.SECOND,
		   0);
	    c.set (Calendar.MILLISECOND,
		   0);

	    d = c.getTime ();

	} else {

	    d = new Date ();

	}

	return d;

    }

    public void cache (List   allobjs,
                       Getter get)
	               throws QueryExecutionException
    {

	int s = allobjs.size ();

	for (int i = 0; i < s; i++)
	{

	    Object o = allobjs.get (i);

	    try
	    {

		this.q.setSaveValue (o,
				     get.getValue (o));

	    } catch (Exception e) {

		throw new QueryExecutionException ("Unable to get value from accessor: " +
						   get +
						   " from object: " +
						   i,
						   e);

	    }

	}

    }

    public void cache (List       allobjs,
                       Expression exp)
	               throws     QueryExecutionException
    {

	Object co = this.q.getCurrentObject ();

	int s = allobjs.size ();

	for (int i = 0; i < s; i++)
	{

	    Object o = allobjs.get (i);

	    this.q.setCurrentObject (o);

	    try
	    {

		this.q.setSaveValue (o,
				     exp.getValue (o,
						   q));

	    } catch (Exception e) {

		throw new QueryExecutionException ("Unable to get value from expression: " +
						   exp +
						   " from object: " +
						   i,
						   e);

	    }

	}

	this.q.setCurrentObject (co);

    }

    public double abs (Number d)
    {

	return Math.abs (d.doubleValue ());

    }

    public int random ()
    {

	return this.rand.nextInt ();

    }

    public int random (Number n)
    {

	return this.rand.nextInt (n.intValue ());

    }

    public double randomDouble ()
    {

	return this.rand.nextDouble ();

    }

    public Object saveValue (Object saveValueName)
    {

	return this.q.getSaveValue (saveValueName);

    }

    public Object savevalue (Object saveValueName)
    {

	return this.q.getSaveValue (saveValueName);

    }

    public Object save_value (Object saveValueName)
    {

	return this.q.getSaveValue (saveValueName);

    }

    public String fileExtension (Object f)
    {

	if (f == null)
	{

	    return null;

	}

	String n = null;

	if (f instanceof String)
	{

	    n = (String) f;

	}

	if (f instanceof File)
	{

	    File fi = (File) f;

	    if (fi.isDirectory ())
	    {

		return null;

	    }

	    n = ((File) f).getName ();

	}

	return n.substring (n.lastIndexOf ('.') + 1);

    }

    /**
     * Call the specified accessor on the object.
     *
     * @param oExp The expression to use to evaluate to get the object.
     * @param accExp The expression that is evaluated to get the accessor.
     * @return The value returned from the accessor.
     * @throws Exception If there is something wrong.
     */
    public Object accessor (Expression oExp,
			    Expression accExp)
	                    throws     Exception
    {

	// Get the value for the object.
	Object o = null;

	try
	{

	    o = oExp.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
			       this.q);

	} catch (Exception e) {

	    throw new QueryExecutionException ("Unable to evaluate expression: " +
					       oExp +
					       " to get object.");

	}

	Object a = null;

	try
	{

	    a = accExp.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
				 this.q);

	} catch (Exception e) {

	    throw new QueryExecutionException ("Unable to evaluate expression: " +
					       accExp +
					       " to get accessor.");

	}

	if (a == null)
	{

	    throw new QueryExecutionException ("Accessor expression: " +
					       accExp +
					       " evaluates to null for object: " +
					       o +
					       " returned from expression: " +
					       oExp);

	}

	// Co-erce to a string.
	return this.accessor (o,
			      a.toString ());

    }

    /**
     * Call the specified accessor on the object.
     *
     * @param o The object to call the accessor on.
     * @param acc The accessor.
     * @return The value returned from the accessor.
     * @throws Exception If there is something wrong.
     */
    public Object accessor (Object o,
			    String acc)
	                    throws Exception
    {

	if (o == null)
	{

	    return null;

	}

	// See if we already have the getter.
	Getter g = (Getter) this.accessorCache.get (o.getClass ().getName () + acc);

	if (g == null)
	{

	    // Create a new Getter for the class of the object.
	    g = new Getter (acc,
			    o.getClass ());

	    this.accessorCache.put (o.getClass ().getName () + acc,
				    g);

	}

	return g.getValue (o);

    }

    public Object ifThen (Expression ifcond,
			  Expression thenVal)
	                  throws     QueryExecutionException
    {

	if (ifcond.isTrue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
			   this.q))
	{

	    return thenVal.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
				     this.q);

	}

	return null;

    }

    public Object ifThenElse (Expression ifcond,
			      Expression thenVal,
			      Expression elseVal)
	                      throws     QueryExecutionException
    {

	Object i = this.ifThen (ifcond,
				thenVal);

	if (i == null)
	{

	    return elseVal.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
				     this.q);

	}

	return i;

    }

    public Object eval (Expression exp)
	                throws QueryExecutionException
    {

	return exp.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
			     this.q);

    }

    /**
     * Evaluates the type expression to produce a object whose type
     * should be compared against the class gained from evaluation of the
     * clazz expression.
     * In effect the following is performed:
     *

     *   obj.getValue (q.getCurrentObject (), q)
     *     instanceof clazz.getValue (q.getCurrentObject (), q).getClass ()
     *

     *

     * This is really just a thin wrapper around {@link Class#isInstance(Object)}.
     *
     * @param obj The expression that represents the object to
     *            against.
     * @param clazz The expression that represents the class of the type
     *              to compare against.
     * @throws QueryExecutionException If either of the expressions can't
     *         be evaluated.
     */
    public Boolean instanceOf (Expression obj,
			       Expression clazz)
	                       throws     QueryExecutionException
    {

	return Boolean.valueOf (clazz.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
						q).getClass ().isInstance (obj.getValue (this.q.getCurrentObject (),
											 q)));

    }

}


See lots more footage on Renee's blog here.
And for goodness sake be careful next time you're at a swimming hole.
if you don't know what your doing in Maui, you could die!!!!
Commando is not for people that don't know the land and all of the rescue efforts, although much needed, are expensive to the locals and costs tax dollars.
The county spent nearly $20,000 on helicopter rescues in the last fiscal year, a figure that doesn't include personnel costs. They are putting together a measure that may require tourists and hikers to pay for the rescue, just as you would in an ambulance.
I am very happy that they were rescued, but as a warning to others, do not go where you are unfamiliar! Many people die in Maui. It's not all paradise if you have lived there, you would agree with what I am saying! Peace and Aloha to all.


text:
//Media 多媒体控件
(function(window,document,undefined){

	window.Media=function(media){
		/*===========================
	    Model
	    ===========================*/
		var s=this;
		s.media=document.querySelector(media)||new Audio(media);
		/*===========================
	    Method
	    ===========================*/
	    s.playAudio=function(loop){
			s.media.autoplay = true;
			s.media.loop = loop || false;
			s.media.play();
			return s;
		};
	    //判断视频加载状态
	    s.isReady=function(){
	    	if(s.media.readyState!=4){
				console.log("视频尚未加载完成,状态:"+s.media.readyState);
				return false;
			}
			return true;
	    };
		//暂停与播放
		s.resume=function(){
			if(s.media.paused){
				s.media.play();
				return false;
			}else{
				s.media.pause();
				return true;
			}
		};
		//全屏与非全屏,w3c推荐标准,但尚未兼容
		s.fullScreen=function(){
			if(s.media.requestFullscreen){
				s.media.exitFullscreen();
				return false;
			}else{
				s.media.requestFullscreen();
				return true;
			}
		};
		//播放时间
		s.durationTime=function(){
			if(!s.isReady)return;
			if(arguments.length>0){
				s.media.duration=arguments[0];
			}
			return s.media.duration;
		};
		//当前时间
		s.currentTime=function(){
			if(!s.isReady)return;
			if(arguments.length>0){
				s.media.currentTime=arguments[0];
			}
			return s.media.currentTime;
		};
		//音量,值为0.0到1.0
		s.volume=function(){
			if(arguments.length>0){
				s.media.volume=arguments[0];
			}
			return s.media.volume;
		};
		//音量值大小
		s.volumeLvl=function(){
			var volnumber=s.media.volume;
			if(volnumber==0){
				return 0;
			}else if(volnumber>0 && volnumber<0.3){
				return 1;
			}else if(volnumber>0.3 && volnumber<0.6){
				return 2;
			}else if(volnumber>0.6 && volnumber<0.9){
				return 3;
			}else{
				return 4;
			}
		};
		//设置播放速度,默认为1.0秒
		s.rate=function(){
			if(arguments){
				s.media.defaultPlaybackRate=arguments[0];
			}
			return s.media.defaultPlaybackRate;
		};

		//是否支持此视频
		s.isSupport=function(mediaPostfix){
			var maybeMedia="";
			var probablyMedia="";
			switch(mediaPostfix){
				//音频
				case "aac":maybeMedia="audio/mp4",probablyMedia="audio/mp4; codecs=\"mp4a.40.2\"";break;
				case "mp3":maybeMedia="audio/mpeg",probablyMedia="audio/mpeg";break;
				case "vorbis":maybeMedia="audio/ogg",probablyMedia="audio/ogg; codecs=\"vorbis\"";break;//后缀通常为ogg
				case "wav":maybeMedia="audio/wav",probablyMedia="audio/wav; codecs=\"1\"";break;
				//视频
				case "h.264":maybeMedia="video/mp4",probablyMedia="video/mp4; codecs=\"avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2\"";break;//后缀通常为mpg4、mp4、mov
				case "theora":maybeMedia="video/ogg",probablyMedia="video/ogg; codecs=\"theora\"";break;//后缀通常为ogg
				case "webm":maybeMedia="video/webm",probablyMedia="video/webm; codecs=\"vp8, vorbis\"";break;//后缀通常为webm
			}
			if(maybeMedia!="" && probablyMedia!="" && (player.canPlayType(maybeMedia) || player.canPlayType(probablyMedia))){
				return true;
			}
			return false;
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		/*===========================
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	    ===========================*/
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		s.onDataunavailable=function(callback,detach){
			event("dataunavailable",callback,detach);
		};
		//当前帧已下载完成,readyState值为1
		s.onCanshowcurrentframe=function(callback,detach){
			event("canshowcurrentframe",callback,detach);
		};
		//可以播放时,readyState值为2
		s.onCanplay=function(callback,detach){
			event("canplay",callback,detach);
		};
		//播放可继续,而且应该不会中断,readyState值为3
		s.onCanplaythrough=function(callback,detach){
			event("canplaythrough",callback,detach);
		};
		//所有媒体已加载完成,load有可能会被废弃,建议使用canplaythrough
		s.onLoad=function(callback,detach){
			event("load",callback,detach);
		};
		//媒体的第一帧已加载完成
		s.onLoadeddata=function(callback,detach){
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text:
Brotha Lynch Hung – Mannibalector
RAPPERSE.COM February 5, 2013 December 20, 2022
Download music album Mannibalector by Brotha Lynch Hung, released on February 5, 2013. ℗ Strange Music / RBC Records
1 Brotha Lynch Hung Newsflash (Intro) 00:46
2 Brotha Lynch Hung Krocadil 04:24
3 Brotha Lynch Hung Bacon N Eggs (Skit) 00:46
4 Brotha Lynch Hung, Trizz MDK 04:52
5 Brotha Lynch Hung Disappeared 03:19
6 Brotha Lynch Hung Fu**ed Up (Skit) 00:20
7 Brotha Lynch Hung, Bernz, Wrekonize Eating You 04:45
8 Brotha Lynch Hung, Yelawolf Tha Package 03:24
9 Brotha Lynch Hung, COS, Irv Da Phenom Something About Susan 03:46
10 Brotha Lynch Hung The River (Skit) 01:27
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The Nazareth Factor Is Why Bosses Favor The Outside Expert Over You
10/20/2018 Justin Brady
Organizations are constantly scouring the earth for the talent or perfect expert that will provide the fresh edge and perspective needed to overcome the challenging obstacles that stand in their way to the top. In their pursuit of excellence however, you may be shocked to learn the criteria they use to define credibility and expertise may be severely flawed. I call it the Nazareth Factor and it severely damages our judgment.
Many of us can think to a time we made a recommendation to a boss, superior or heck, even a family member only to be completely brushed off. I know I've been in this boat before. It's frustrating, but the problem goes beyond simple indifference. Almost 25 percent of workers are ignored at work. What's more frustrating is when suggestions or advice are ignored but implemented later — with much fanfare — only when presented by an outsider or highly paid expert. Why are these recommendations perceived as bad ideas when suggested by employees, but suddenly brilliant when a lesser known individual suggests the same thing? Why are these outsiders perceived to be more credible? One reason may their anonymity.
If this sounds irrational, I'd agree with you. The degree to which we know and trust someone should enhance their credibility, after all, they have an intimate understanding of our challenges. Unfortunately, the scenario doesn't typically play out that way. Instead, distant individuals are the ones that are perceived as more credible. In the words of Mark Twain, "An expert is an ordinary fellow from another town." Could anonymity actually be to that individual's benefit?
I spoke with Dan Ariely, the two-time New York Times best-selling author, professor at Duke University, and noted researcher on irrational behavior. Not only does Ariely believe this bias is real, but he points to the underlying reason it exists. "Often, people give more benefit of the doubt to people who are coming from the outside," he told me.
Interesting evidence for this phenomenon can be found in Ariely's studies in online dating. After narrowing down factual options, instead of being cynical about others on a particular site, participants were remarkably optimistic in their view of complete strangers. Because they know very little about a person, Ariely discovered they interpreted that relational ambiguity in pretty much any way they wanted to. For example, if someone were to tell their potential date they liked music, Ariely told me the other was likely to just assume that their interests were similar, instead of perhaps stopping to think that perhaps their date's music preference would be repulsive."When people know little about a person, they appreciate them in a higher degree," Ariely said. This problem scales up far beyond online dating, however.
In yet another study Ariely conducted on salaries given to chief executives, the study showed a trend that CEOs who come from the outside tend to get higher figures compared to CEOs hired from the inside. "People have more faith and trust in CEOs hired from the outside, "Ariely said. "In fact they prefer them." So, are all the CEOs coming from the outside consistently more qualified than the ones already experienced in the company? Are they more devoted to the company? Not exactly.
In the journal Administrative Science Quarterly, Matthew Bidwell, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, discovered while external hires get paid up to 20 percent more, their performance reviews were worse than their internal counterparts. To add insult to injury, these highly paid outsiders, were 21 percent more likely to ditch the company that paid so handsomely to hire them and were also 61 percent more likely to be laid off or fired.
People tend to fill in these mystical character gaps in ways that favor the unknown individual. So, it makes sense when you fill these gaps with pixie dust and rainbows, this results in a pretty impressive individual and a very skewed comparison. After all, what normal individual can stand up against an outsider or expert made up of pixie dust and rainbows? "When we don't know much about somebody, we are more free to interpret their actions," Ariely explained. "We are positively disposed to think about people in over-optimistic ways, leading us to have this bias." In other words, when we go looking for a better expert or the next best thing, we tend to find them, even when they don't really exist.
Why then do we keep falling into this error? Why do we pay for lesser advice from unknown outsiders? Francesca Gino, a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Sidetracked, conducted an interesting study that may tell us why. It's as simple as attaching a dollar sign to the advice given.
"When you pay for advice, whether it's from a doctor, lawyer, or business consultant, you can be confident that you are accessing expert information. Yet my research shows that we are not especially focused on the quality of the advice for which we pay. Rather, the cost of the advice weighs more heavily in our decisions, even when free advice is of the same quality," Gino said.
Even though external talent delivers the same advice internal employees in the same roles have given, it is perceived as more credible, for the simple reason, it was paid for! This is because of what I call, The Nazareth Factor.
The Nazareth Factor
It turns out, the people we should trust most, who have a unique understanding of our situation, are overlooked. Instead, we favor distant and more expensive individuals, whose results are proven as poor. I call this phenomenon the Nazareth Factor, referring to an interesting Bible story from Mark, Chapter 6. After experiencing celebrity-like welcomes from city after city, Jesus is completely rejected when he returns to those he knows closely in his hometown. My favorite quote in this section sums it up:
What's this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" and they took offense at him.
It's obvious the implications of the Nazareth Factor are quite significant. The employees or friends that truly have an intimate understanding of your challenges are the least likely to have their ideas heard. This has tragic results, leading to employee disengagement. Disengagement destroys creative potential and overall, it's quite costly.
Gallup found that when employees ideas are ignored, 40 percent become disengaged, and this ends up costing U.S. companies $450 to 550 billion annually. The Nazareth Factor and the rejection that comes with it creates jaded employees and today, 70 percent of employees simply don't speak up with relevant advice they have that could save their company time or money. Trusting the team you've put in place is critical because they have a greater understanding of the problems you deal with on a daily basis (and not to mention they're drastically cheaper).
I'm not saying hiring outsiders is always a bad idea, there are good reasons. Evidence however, shows how catastrophic ignoring the internal talent you have is and how damaging the Nazareth Factor can be. Many leaders or teams believe their biggest challenge is simply finding that one genius who has all the answers, but in many cases that groundbreaking hero or heroes are already in your midst. What if your predisposition to favor outside and unfamiliar help, has caused you to overlook a Jony Ive in your very own organization?
Tangerine can relate. They are an award-winning design agency based in London. They design products from cell phones to the kitchen sink and have worked with big brands such as LG, Samsung, Toyota, Cisco and others. It turns out, they had the Jony Ive working at their company.
For years Ive's work went largely unappreciated by the clients Tangerine served. In 1992, even into his career at Apple, his innovative designs just piled up. Going unnoticed for years, he started contemplating leaving the company that he escaped to. Not until Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997 did all his designs receive the recognition they deserved. Ive had been there all along, but no one had noticed.
Employees, friends, and family feel the full weight of the Nazareth Factor. They are disregarded daily for irrational and foolish reasons. So I wonder, whose potential could you be ignoring?
This article originally appeared in The Washington Post.
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Clever design and a quirky artistic style make this gimmicky puzzle platformer worth playing.
One glimpse at And Yet It Moves should be enough to tell you that this is no ordinary platformer. You see a hasty sketch of a man ambling through a patchwork world of sharp textures bound by torn paper edges. But just as you're starting to appreciate the do-it-yourself visual appeal, the world shifts. Down is no longer down. The ground has become a wall, and the man is falling through space. The world shifts again, and the man lands safely on a surface that was a ceiling just a few seconds earlier. It's all relative in And Yet It Moves, a puzzle platformer that puts you in a world that you can rotate at will. You use this rotation mechanic to navigate a variety of clever situations, from open spaces in which you must fall around objects to tight passages in which you yourself are the puzzle piece. Many of the levels are devious and engaging, but the rotation mechanic is the lone gimmick that supports the action, and it starts to wear thin toward the end of the game. It may be a one-trick pony, but And Yet It Moves has enough cleverness and visual panache to make it worth a ride.
At its core, And Yet It Moves is a simple game. You move your paper character through the level, hitting checkpoints along your way to the end goal. Falling too fast or getting crushed will rip you to pieces, but you'll reassemble quickly back at the last checkpoint, none the worse for wear. You can jump and move left or right. You can rotate the world 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise, or spin it 180 degrees in one go. This meager set of abilities is all you have to work with, but the power of rotation gives you an astonishing freedom of movement. You can move along virtually any trajectory with the right combination of jumping and rotation. No matter which way the world rotates, your feet are always pointed down, so if you're in the air, you're always falling. If you stay aloft too long, you'll reach terminal velocity and rip to shreds when you finally hit the ground. Managing your speed is crucial, and you'll want to get accustomed to landing on sloped surfaces to lessen the impact and decrease the likelihood of death. Regardless of how careful you are, you'll die fairly often. Fortunately, generous checkpoints and almost-instant respawning keep death from slowing you down too much.
Death is just a part of the learning process, and it takes a while to recalibrate your spatial awareness. It's easy to confuse clockwise and counterclockwise when you're falling through space, but once you start to get the hang of it, you'll find yourself doing some pretty cool stuff. One of the early puzzles requires you to go through a passage blocked by a nasty horned toad. To sneak by him, you have to herd a flock of bats near him and force him to retreat. Bats always roost on the ceiling, and you always fall to the floor, but you have to rotate the world so that you and the bats end up in the same area. It's a tricky situation, and figuring it out is satisfying. There are a number of other environmental challenges like this that jibe well with the game's quirky charm, including moving a banana through a maze without bruising it too badly and sneaking past an oversized Venus fly trap.
The real challenge of And Yet It Moves isn't getting by the various creatures you encounter, but rather mastering your own movement. Every level is packed with situations that force you to calculate strange trajectories or fall a long way without gathering too much speed. Sometimes it's clear what you need to do and you just need to execute properly, which is easier said than done. Other times it's not so clear, and you'll do some serious trial and error (read: lots of dying) before you puzzle it out. There's a certain plasticity to these problems, so when you eventually succeed, you may or may not know exactly how you did it. You may feel like you somehow cheaped your way past an obstacle, but more often than not you'll just be delighted to be on your way. This flexibility means that you don't always have to hit upon the one specific solution, which gives the puzzles a forgiving feeling that makes And Yet It Moves very accessible.
The puzzles in which you also control a shadow version of yourself are particularly good.
The clever gameplay of And Yet It Moves is matched eloquently by its homemade paper-craft aesthetic. Levels look like they were assembled from high-resolution images that were printed out, casually ripped apart, and placed carefully to form the basic level structure. Roots crisscross the soil in the underground sections, and the rainforest areas feature explosively colorful flowers that are incongruously bounded by torn edges. Later levels get significantly wilder as brash textures set the stage for some of the more abstract puzzles. It's a truly unique look that gives the game a lot of visual charm, though the white-paper line-sketch protagonist doesn't bring a lot of character to the table. There is some ambient music that loosely fits the weird vibe, but it's pretty sparse and you'll probably prefer to use your own soundtrack. Muting the sound effects is also recommended. Every time you die, there erupts an abrupt, sibilant "TSOOTCH!" that feels like a brisk reprimand and is likely to grate on your nerves.
There are some really tricky parts, but you'll generally move through the game at a reasonable pace and beat it in a few hours. When you are moving confidently and rotating the world comes naturally, And Yet It Moves is engrossing and satisfying. Progress is your only reward here, given that the game has no narrative elements or sense of purpose. The mute protagonist has a few cute animations, but for the most part you'll rely on the joy of extra-spatial navigation to keep you interested. This joy does lose its luster as the game goes on, but the increasingly exotic level design manages to keep the good times rolling until the end. Those looking to get more out of the game can try for achievements and speed runs, and even if that isn't really your thing, it's worth competing against a top-scoring ghost just to see how people flirt with terminal velocity to pass levels alarmingly fast.
And Yet It Moves is certainly unique, and novelty is one of its main selling points. The clever rotation mechanic is fun to play with and satisfying to master, though you will yearn for a meaningful twist or a new gameplay device before all is said and done. Nevertheless, there's plenty of engaging puzzle action here, and it's all presented in a strange and delightful way. You may end up wishing it was more substantial, but And Yet It Moves has enough style to make it a fun, worthwhile diversion.
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25 Best Brunch Quotes That Pair Exceptionally Well With Bottomless Mimosas
By Destiny Duprey — Written on Jul 03, 2020
We all know that Sunday brunch is dedicated to the girls, and if you don't 'gram it did it really even happy?
Going out the night before is a highlight of the weekend. But, the most important part of your weekend isn't partying on Saturday nights; it is waking up at 12 p.m. on Sunday and calling up the girls for a brunch date.
Of course, you will all be indulging in some of the tastiest treats that will curb your hangover. The real star of the day will be your waitress walking over to your table with fresh mimosas. And not just any mimosas, they're bottomless — and you'll need some good brunch quotes for the perfect Instagram captions of your morning (or afternoon?).
For those of you who are not up to speed with some of the foodie lingo, any item that has the word "bottomless" in front of it simply means you pay a fixed amount for an unlimited amount of that item.
Whether that is bottomless fries or buffalo wings (my personal favorite), you will be getting your money's worth!
Brunch dates are essential to any friendship. Your friends agree that waking up at 9 a.m. is ungodly, and you all know that 'brunch' is short for, "Are you getting dressed up? Or are we going casual?" The answer is always 'dressed up', FYI.
If you've ever seen a group of girls that are dolled up and taking pictures of their meals, sorry, it's me. I am those girls. We can't help but feed our aesthetic desires and show our Instagram followers that we are sippin' on some of the finest champagne and eating the best meals in the city.
Some of the best memories are disrupted by the constant chattering and flashes from our phones taking an excessive amount of pictures that will most likely end up in the trashbin.
That is why I have found some of the best brunch quotes that not only remind you of the good times, but they also pair well with those bottomless mimosas!
Best Brunch Quotes
1. "We accept the brunch we think we deserve."— Unknown
2. "Brunch without booze is just a sad, late breakfast."— Unknown
3. "Champagne in the membrane."— Unknown
4. "Brunch so hard mimosas want to find me."— Unknown
5. "A Sunday brunch well-spent brings a week of content."— Unknown
6. "'Brunch!' scream chalkboards propped up outside every restaurant and cafe, in every city in the Western world, every weekend morning."— Rico Gagliano
7. "More than any other time of the day, we look to breakfast and brunch to revive and refresh ourselves."— Irma S. Rombauer
8. "Brunch is cheerful, sociable, and inciting. It is task-compelling. It puts you in a good temper, it makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings, it sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week."— Peter Joseph
9. "A special meal, often leisurely, occasionally decadent. A meal that's even celebrated by its own cocktails, such as the Bloody Mary or the Mimosa."— Kit Wohl
10. "Brunch is an opportunity to be a little naughty — or a lot extravagant — at the table."— Kit Wohl
11. "There is no other meal but brunch that can be stretched from 9 am until 5 pm, depending on who you are, your stage in life, and what your mood dictates."— Lonely Planet Food
12. "Breakfast is a meal but brunch is a culture."— Matt Basile
13. "Brunch is something people get behind and believe in. It's habitual, it's comforting, and it has the power to let you indulge, allowing you to be you in the most liberating kind of way."— Matt Basile
14. "Eat diamonds for breakfast and shine all day."— Unknown
15. "Brunch is not a meal. Brunch is a competition. And I'm winning."— Matt Bellasai
16. "Brunch: one meal to rule them all."— Unknown
17. "One of the main reasons I love breakfast and brunch so much is that it's the one meal where you can eat dessert as your whole meal."— Waylynn Lucas
18. "I just don't want to look back and think, 'I could have eaten that!'"— Unknown
19. "Move over, coffee. Today is a job for champagne."— Unknown
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20. "Waffles are just pancakes with abs."— Unknown
21. "The fact that brunch is not on the everyday 'schedule' in the same way breakfast, lunch, and dinner gives it an air of spontaneous, devil-may-care, unstructured abandon that we all deserve to indulge in from time to time."— Lonely Planet Food
22. "By eliminating the need to get up early on Sunday, brunch would make life brighter for Saturday night carousers."— Lonely Planet Food
23. "Brunch is breakfast without an alarm."— Unknown
24. "I've never had a bad day that started with champagne."— Unknown
25. "This coffee martini beans so much to me."— Unknown
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Ed Sheeran will hit #1 on the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart on Friday with = (Atlantic), which has earned 84k sales at the halfway point. Over on singles, his "Overpass Graffiti" looks set for the top.
Sheeran is currently outperforming the rest of the Top 40 albums combined. Leading on physical sales, downloads and streams, = could overtake Coldplay's Music of the Spheres (Parlophone) to claim the biggest opening week of 2021.
Elsewhere this week, a further eight new releases could land inside the Top 10. Former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft is at #2 with Acoustic Hymns— Vol. 1 (BMG), while the 25th anniversary re-release of Spice Girls' debut, Spice (Virgin), is on track to return to the U.K. Top 10 at #3.
At #5 are The War on Drugs' I Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic); Joe Bonamassa, at #6, could gain his sixth U.K. Top 10 with Time Clocks (J&R Adventures); and Mastodon's Hushed and Grim (Reprise) is #8. A remixed and updated version of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Relapse of Reason (Parlophone) is #9.
Motorhead's greatest hits collection, Everything Louder Forever (BMG), could earn the band their fifth U.K. Top 10 album at #10.
On the U.K.'s Official Singles midweeks, Sheeran has three songs in the Top 10. "Overpass Graffiti" is currently on track to debut at #1, while "Shivers" sits at #2 and "Bad Habits" is #5.
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To explore alternative applications of gallium(iii) oxide and co-precipitated Ga(iii)/M(ii) oxides (M-Mg, Ca, and Sr), we investigate the relative dehydrogenation/dehydration activity of nanostructured gallia for alcoholsviaelectronic structure calculations, reactivity tests and DRIFT-IR spectroscopy. Computing the relative reaction barriers with all electron DFT and split-valence basis sets for a panel of 11 alcohols suggested dehydrogenation to be the most active process catalysed by gallia for both primary and secondary alcohols despite its fundamentally acidic behaviour, which was previously suggested to foster dehydration. A key contribution in defining the most active channel is also provided by the interaction between the alcohol carbon skeleton and gallia surface. The only deviation from the relative reactivity just discussed is found for 1-phenyl ethanol, an outcome easily rationalized by the conjugated nature of the nearly-carbocationic TS leading to styrene. Catalytic tests on methanol, ethanol, and 1- and 2-propanol at 400 °C supported the proposed relative selectivity; besides, the recorded alcohol total conversions and product yields agree well with what was proposed by the DFT reaction profiles, thus demonstrating the predictive capability of the chosen electronic structure approach. Finally, temperature programmed DRIFT spectroscopy on the aliphatic C3 alcohols was able to characterize the adsorbed reactants, intermediates, and products, fully supporting the picture described by the theoretical modelling and the reactivity tests. In conclusion, the lower acidity of Ga(iii), due to its semi-metallic nature and its larger ionic radius, compared to that of Al(iii), leads to opposite selectivity in the competition between alcohol dehydrogenation and dehydration at 400 °C, with the oxide of the latter ion being known to preferentially produce olefins.
The competition between dehydrogenation and dehydration reactions for primary and secondary alcohols over gallia: unravelling the effects of molecular and electronic structureviaa two-pronged theoretical/experimental approach
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Press Release -- January 28th, 2014
Source: fibrenoire, FirstLight Fiber
FirstLight Fiber and Fibrenoire Team Up to Offer Connectivity between the US and Canada
Relationship provides customers with scalable, high-performance Ethernet connectivity across the border
Albany, NY – January 28, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber , a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating fiber optic networks in Upstate New York and Northern New England with connectivity to Canada, announced today a relationship to provide high performance Ethernet services between the US and Canada with Fibrenoire, a telecommunications company specializing in fiber optic connectivity services for businesses in Quebec and Ontario.
The relationship between the two fiber-based service providers allows the companies to seamlessly extend their respective footprints to enable scalable, high performance Ethernet services. Fibrenoire and FirstLight Ethernet services are MEF 2.0 compliant, ensuring added scalability and reliability. Through this relationship, FirstLight and Fibrenoire customers can easily source cost-effective, high capacity, standardized Ethernet connectivity, which prior to this relationship had been difficult for customers to obtain.
"Historically, businesses found it difficult to find connectivity across the border between the United States and Canada," commented Benjamin Desmarais, President and CEO of Fibrenoire. "We have worked with FirstLight [through the former TelJet] for several years, and in our pursuit to increase our capabilities into the US, syncing up with an independent carrier operating in Northern New England, like FirstLight, was a natural fit. Our companies are similar in many ways and our relationship with FirstLight allows us to leverage our combined strengths to provide our MEF 2.0 compliant Carrier Ethernet services to businesses requiring connectivity between the two countries."
"Fibrenoire's network complements the FirstLight network, extending our capabilities into new Canadian markets and allowing our customers to enjoy high quality services that don't stop at the border," added Patrick Coughlin, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of FirstLight. "This arrangement further demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with high speed, reliable services where and when they need them. This comes at the most opportune time, as bandwidth demand between the US and Canada continues to increase across a variety of industries, including finance, gaming, media and more."
To learn more about FirstLight, visit www.firstlight.net, or follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About FirstLight Fiber
FirstLight Fiber headquartered in Albany, NY, provides fiber optic data, Internet, colocation and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers in Upstate New York and Northern New England with connectivity to Canada utilizing its own fiber optic network, which spans over 190,000 fiber miles connecting in excess of 1,400 lit locations. FirstLight offers a robust suite of advanced telecommunications products, including dedicated Internet access, Metro Ethernet, traditional TDM solutions, SIP trunks, virtual PBX and audio-conferencing, managed commercial wireless systems, and Data Center Colocation. FirstLight's clientele includes national cellular providers and CLECs and many leading enterprises, spanning high tech manufacturing and research, hospitals and healthcare, banking and financial, secondary education, colleges and universities, and local and state governments. FirstLight is the parent company of New Hampshire-based CLEC, segTEL, and recently acquired the assets of Vermont-based CLEC, TelJet. FirstLight is a portfolio company of Boston-based private equity firm Riverside Partners.
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Floodgate is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1983.

It is a rare example of inter-novel continuity in MacLean's writing, as one of the characters in his previous novel Puppet on a Chain makes a re-appearance.

Plot introduction

A mysterious terrorist organization known as the "FFF" has detonated a mine which bursts dykes in the Netherlands and caused massive flooding of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Unless their demands are met (i.e. immediate withdrawal of all British military forces from Northern Ireland), they threaten to detonate more mines, flooding Holland beneath a wall of water from the North Sea.

Colonel van de Graaf, the Amsterdam Chief of Police, puts Detective Lieutenant Peter van Effen, a man with a sardonic sense of humor and many hidden talents, in charge of the investigation. Lieutenant van Effen is also an undercover operative with connections to a Dutch criminal gang; posing as a criminal explosives expert and with the help of fellow undercover officers Vasco (as a corrupt Dutch Army officer) and George (as a black market arms dealer), he sets out to infiltrate the FFF and sabotage their plans one way or another. Matters, however, take an unexpected and dangerous turn when van Effen's sister Julie and Annemarie Meijer (an undercover policewoman and the daughter of a powerful Dutch industrialist) are kidnapped and held hostage by the FFF.

Note
Remarkably, in the Dutch translation of the book (Hoogwater), the plot has been changed and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport had not been flooded. In the Dutch version only a Fokker Friendship is destroyed on the runway.

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External links
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Webb School Duo Wins National Honor for American Revolution Rap Song
Webb students Jonathan Yu '22 and Roy Zhang '22 have won an Outstanding Performance Award in the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Hamilton Education Program Online contest for a rap/hip hop song recorded for an Advanced Studies American Revolution course.
The honor – one of 10 awarded across the U.S. in 2020-21 – includes a trip in fall 2021 to New York City for a Q & A with the cast of Hamilton, a matinee performance of the play at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and a chance to perform their original work.
"I was shocked we won. It was really, really surprising," Zhang said.
Yu said the duo knew they faced a tough field of competitors.
"We knew it was a really competitive award. Although we were serious in making our song, we knew our other skills were not as profound as those of professional singers or music producers," he said. "I'm really happy and proud we received this recognition."
Zhang taught himself to write and produce music during the pandemic after the spring 2020 shutdown required him to return home to China. Yu said he's long enjoyed writing lyrics and poetry.
But the students didn't anticipate using those skills in class until Dr. Susanna Linsley asked for a creative capstone project for her fall 2020 history course. Students explored different perspectives on the American Revolution, using a multitude of primary sources, Linsley said.
"Everybody did great work," she said. "Some students created podcasts, some developed lesson plans for their younger siblings and Roy and Jonathan wrote an amazing song."
Zhang said he wanted to highlight hypocrisies in colonial America.
"In the class, one of the key questions I was asking myself was whether the American Revolution was really a revolution. Before the revolution, slaves and Native Americans were mistreated and afterward nothing changed for them," Zhang said.
Yu said part of his inspiration came from current events.
"In today's world, we're witnessing so many inequalities and injustices all around the world. We thought it would be cool to create a message about this in the form of a song," he said.
Yu wrote and recorded a verse of the song from the perspective of a slave; Zhang wrote a verse from the point of view of a Native American and added a chorus. Zhang merged the two for the class project.
In January, Linsley learned of the Hamilton contest and urged the students to submit their song.
Yu created a quick video of the song with lyrics scrolling across the screen and they sent it off to the New York institute, considered one of the nation's most prestigious groups dedicated to promoting history education.
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They each recorded parts of the song and were able to collaborate in person in April. They assembled a full music video in time for Webb's Jubilee, a celebration of visual and performing arts held each May.
"It just adds that magic when you see people actually singing in the music video," Zhang said. "Also, for me, I never thought I would ever be in a music video or make one. It was a completely new challenge for me."
Linsley said she wasn't surprised the students took home one of 10 national prizes.
"They communicated something important about the American Resolution, using language and rhetoric effectively. They did remarkable work. I'm not surprised that they won, but I am delighted. To be acknowledged like this is huge," she said.
Linsley said the work is also a testament to how Webb continued to set high academic standards despite the pandemic's disruptions.
"This is a tribute to what we were able to accomplish as a school this year," she said. "I'm just so proud of them."
Zhang and Yu said they aren't sure what's next for their musical endeavors.
"We don't have anything that's planned, but summer vacation is very long," Yu said. "We'll definitely have time. We just need to think about what the topic of the next song should be."
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This time of year the reply I often get from colleagues when I ask how their business is going is "Busy!" This is often said with shortness of breath, decreased blinking, and other physiological signs of anxiety. At the college I teach at, I often see my fellow faculty members commiserating with each other about how busy they are there. I think lots of us are busy, but I think it is time to re-evaluate if we are really busy, or hectic.
The way I differentiate between busy and hectic is simple: ROI and organization. When I am busy, I have most of my clinical hours filled, am up to date on my billing, know which week I am teaching on the syllabus, and returning phone calls or emails within 24 hours. I am also eating and sleeping well. That's "busy." When I am "hectic" I am thinking "oh my god I have too many patients to see;" forget to do my billing (or avoid it;) unfocussed when I get ready to teach; and start "saving" (read sitting on/avoiding) voicemails and emails. I also feel more of a pull to commiserate, to tell people how "busy" I am. For me, talking about how busy I am when I could be doing something more productive is usually a sign that I am hectic, not busy.
Once you have started to feel more stress in your practice, pause immediately and ask yourself if this is a prod from your psyche to take care of yourself. Have you done that? Good, if the answer is you haven't, and that you don't have time to because you are too busy, you're being hectic.
Really, I am suggesting it is that simple. Other than an opportunity to review for self-care there is NO ROI on being hectic. You won't get more patients, you'll get less. You won't have more time by worrying or commiserating, you'll have less. You may derive a sense of self-importance from how crazy things are, but you aren't really impressing anyone, including if you are honest, yourself. So put down the cross, we need the wood.
You may notice that some of these can also be signs of burnout: This is not a coincidence. I firmly believe that if you don't learn to distinguish between being hectic and busy, your business will fail. It will fail because you burn out, and or because you sabotage your income streams to the point where you have to close up shop and go work for someone else. And if you do that, you can guarantee they'll help you learn the difference between busy and hectic the hard way.
Wow — this article is SO true. For me, the distinction between "busy" and "hectic" is really the distinction between healthy and unhealthy. Charity begins at home, and self-care. You have to "put your mask on first, then help others" as the airlines say. Excellent article we all need to hear.
Ken, many thanks for the response, and I'm glad the article rang true. Please feel free to pass it on.
I think this is a great article, clear and constructive. Copies will be printed out and shared with my colleagues in our private practice! Especially at this time of year when most of us are pulled in different directions/considering doing things in a better way/goals/resolutions, etc. Great content.
Marta, thank you very much for the comment, and it is nice to know that the information will be disseminated even more. Please include my contact info on the copies, so that people know how to find me! And your checklist for Childhood Stress on your website is great!


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Today In Brewer History: Meet the Orioles
The franchise won their first game against future longtime AL East rivals 44 years ago today.
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On this day in 1969 the Seattle Pilots beat the Orioles 8-1 at Sick's Stadium. Outfielder Mike Hegan, shortstop Ray Oyler and catcher Jerry McNertney all had solo home runs in the game while Gene Brabender pitched a complete game for the victory with nine strikeouts. 8308 fans paid to see the first-ever meeting between these two teams.
A few years later, these teams became divisional rivals when the Brewers moved to the AL East in 1972. Their most notable contest was almost certainly the final game of the 1982 season, when the Brewers won 10-2 to clinch their first division championship. The Orioles were also the opposing team for Juan Nieves' no-hitter in 1987, the only one in franchise history.
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These two teams have not met since 2008 and are not scheduled to face off this season.
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United States' Megan Rapinoe, center, celebrates after scoring her side's second goal during the Women's World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between France and the United States at the Parc des Princes, in Paris, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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By ANNE M. PETERSON Of the Associated Press
PARIS — With a colorful vocabulary and manner to match her pinkish-purple hair, Megan Rapinoe stands out simply by being Megan Rapinoe.
She celebrated her two goals in the quarterfinal match against France at the Women's World Cup by raising both arms in victory, reminiscent of Russell Crowe in "Gladiator." Are you not entertained? She spawned many memes in the process.
"She's just a big personality both on and off the pitch," coach Jill Ellis said. "And I think she honestly thrives in these moments."
In securing the 2-1 victory that knocked the hosts out of the tournament, the United States now moves on to a semifinal match against England on Tuesday in Lyon. If they can get past the Lionesses, the Americans will get a shot at their second straight World Cup title and fourth overall in a July 7 final.
From a high-profile battle with U.S. Soccer over equal pay back home, to the exuberant celebration of every goal in the 13-0 tournament opener against Thailand, the U.S. team is unapologetically brash and confident.
If anyone embodies the U.S. ethos, it's Rapinoe.
She has five goals in this World Cup, tying her with teammate Alex Morgan, England's Ellen White and Australia's Sam Kerr for the tournament lead. She is the first player to score two goals in back-to-back games since Brazil's Marta in 2007: Rapinoe also scored twice in a 2-1 victory over Spain to open the round of 16.
And sometimes she gets just as much attention for what she does away from the game.
Rapinoe was at the center of a controversy in the days leading up to what was called Le Grand Match when video surfaced of her saying she wouldn't visit the White House if the team won the World Cup — and dropping in an expletive for emphasis.
While the interview was from January, it attracted President Donald Trump's attention and he tweeted: "Megan should never disrespect our Country, the White House, or our Flag, especially since so much has been done for her & the team." Trump added that he would invite the team to Washington, win or lose.
Rapinoe said she stood by the statement, with the exception of her coarse language. Then she went out and scored five minutes into the game against France.
"You can hear it in her comments and how she presents herself. She's a very experienced, eloquent person. I would just kind of point to the performance tonight and I'd say if anything this stuff just bounces off her, I think it even pushes her forward," Ellis said afterward.
Rapinoe has always been unafraid to speak her mind. She came out as gay in 2012 and is currently in a relationship with WNBA star Sue Bird. Rapinoe even joked about it following Friday night's victory, when asked if it had more meaning because this is Pride Month.
"You can't win a championship without gays on your team, it's pretty much never been done before, ever," she said. "Science right there."
Rapinoe has been particularly vocal about equitable pay and the treatment of female athletes, while also critical of FIFA for not investing more in the women's game.
She has pointed to the disparity in the prize money for the men's and women's World Cups. France, the men's winner in Russia, was awarded $38 million, while the winner of the women's tournament will take home just $4 million.
Two years ago, Rapinoe was in the news for kneeling during the national anthem. She said it was an act of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who knelt during the anthem to call attention to racial inequality.
U.S. Soccer responded by adopting a rule that says players must stand for anthems. She said she'd abide by it, but in France she has not sung the anthem or put her hand on her heart while it plays before each game.
Oh, and she can play, too.
Rapinoe won an NCAA title with the University of Portland in 2005 and made her senior national team debut the next year. She played in all six U.S. games at the 2011 World Cup in Germany, memorably picking up a microphone after a goal and singing Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."
One of her biggest moments as a player came in that tournament, when her perfect cross to Abby Wambach led to the tying goal in the quarterfinals against Brazil. The Americans advanced on penalties.
She also has an Olympic gold medal from the 2012 London Games, where she scored directly from a corner kick in the semifinals against Canada. She is the only player — male or female — to have such a goal in Olympic competition.
While France has seemingly cemented her legacy both on and off the field, she insisted that any drama she encountered didn't fuel her.
"I don't really get energized by haters, or all that," she said. "I feel like there are so many more people that love me, so I'm like, 'Yay! People love me! This is great!' I'm a little more energized by that."
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