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Shirley Owens
Reflection- Get What You Want By Daring To Dream Big - re convo with Debbi Dachinger
"Without accountability, we can't accomplish all the things that we need to accomplish to get what we want." -Shirley Owens
Today, Shirley reflects on two important aspects of getting what you want: networking and accountability. She explains how utilizing your own network can give you assuredness and trust in who you are hiring, while honoring them as the experts they are in their field. Shirley is also big on accountability. Accountability breeds results. Don't miss out on today's episode.
01:48 Honor Your Network
05:00 Be Accountable To Yourself
How To Accelerate In Getting What You Want. Listen in as @SfbaldwinOwens shares two of the most important things you need in order to reach your goal.
03:29 "Think about your network and who you can utilize in that to build whatever it is that you're trying to build. Don't be afraid … treat them the experts that they are." -Shirley Owens
06:33 "Without accountability, we can't accomplish all the things that we need to accomplish to get what we want." -Shirley Owens
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Debbi Dachinger is a media personality and Media Visibility Expert who has been interviewed on over 1000 media outlets. She's a syndicated award-winning Radio and Podcast Host, a Keynote Speaker, a Certified Coach, and author of three international best-selling books. She's also been recently nominated for two People's Choice Podcast Awards. As a Media Visibility Authority, Debbi coaches on how to write a page-turner book and teaches The Ultimate Visibility Formula- How to be Interviewed on Radio and Podcast Shows in 60 Days or Less. Now in its 12th year, Debbi hosts the Dare To Dream Podcast. Her passion is helping her clients become distinguished go-to experts in their chosen field. Here is a link to sign up for Debbi's Ultimate Visibility Formula: https://www.debbid.net/visibility
Shirley Owens: Hello, and welcome back to Get What You Want Podcast. I am a little under the weather today. My voice is a bit scratchy, but hopefully it's new and exciting for you guys. So I wanted to talk today about my conversation with Debbi this week, and we covered two things that have stuck out for me. So I wanted to talk about both of them.
One, how are we using our network? Because last week, Scott and I talked about networking and how important that was, so I thought that'd be a good segue into this week about talking about how we use our network. Do we give everything of ourselves to them for free? Do we expect things back for free? Or do we exchange services? One of the things that Debbi and I talked about, and that I do is I like to hire my network for the things that I need. And that's not that I don't share, like myself, I'm super happy to give free a lot, and I have served, and given a lot of free advice, or sessions, or whatever because I love doing that. But there's also some value in being hired. So I like to honor and value my network if I can to become one of their clients or to have, to use their services, whether it be, I mean, it doesn't even matter, even landscaping, house cleaning, and then all of these other services that we use, book coach, programs, life coaching, all the things that we could possibly need.
So recently I hired one of my friends to come to Arizona, she lives in California, to come to Arizona and helped me start my podcast. And there were a ton of things that needed to be done. And she's always so good about giving me advice, and in fact I have a few friends, a lot actually, friends in the podcast world who have given me so much advice, and I am so grateful for that. But this weekend I needed to really get a ton of things done, and I thought, you know what? I'm going to hire her. She came out here, we spent three days together, and we work probably 30 hours in those days, and we got a ton of stuff done. And I felt like it was awesome because she honored me as a client and I honored her as an expert, and we were able to get a ton of stuff done, and it was so worth it. And the reason that I hired her was because I trust her because she is part of my network. She's one of my good friends. And like I said, it wasn't that she wouldn't have done it for free because she probably would have, but it was really felt good to me to honor her in that place.
So think about your network and who you can utilize in that to build whatever it is that you're trying to build. And don't be afraid to hire people, or to join their programs, or to treat them as the experts that they are.
"Think about your network and who you can utilize in that to build whatever it is that you're trying to build. Don't be afraid … treat them the experts that they are." -Shirley Owens
I know that I have a ton of my friends who have done that for me, and it's a wonderful place because how are we going to referrals? And how can we refer out? And there is this network of, personally most of my business network and my personal network are one, and I have a really good balance of separation between the two, and I think it's easy to do that. So that was one of the things I want to talk about because I think it's really helpful to look within your network within the people that you trust, to see how you can utilize them in your life in getting what you want, and then honor them by hiring them to do that for you.
The other thing I want to talk about, which is kind of different, but we definitely branched off into this as accountability. Again, we're in the new year, accountability is a huge thing. We talk a lot about being accountable to others, finding an accountability coach, or a partner, or a friend, or relative, or just someone to be accountable to, and I do love that, and I think that that's super important that we have that in our lives.
The other thing that I've been thinking a lot lately, and you're going to learn more about it in the upcoming week or two of episodes is being accountable to yourself. I think it's super important to be able to look at yourself as an accountability coach. I did this when I started a diet, a couple of years ago. I started the diet before I knew that I could, like that I had the food to do it with. So the first day I starved, and I talked about this in my next episodes, so I don't want to go too much into it. But what happened was I was home a lot alone, and I didn't really have anyone to be accountable to except for myself. I mean, like my husband is there, like I could've cheated at any time. And I remember other people saying, Oh, I could never do a diet because I'm home so much, or I'm alone so much that I would cheat. Well, I thought about that during that time, and I was not going to cheat on myself. So I held myself accountable for that, and it really plays into a lot of things. Like I've taught that to my kids, and to clients, and friends that when we're accountable to ourselves, wow, it's crazy because that makes us be accountable 100% of the time.
So that was just something, as we're building this year, as we're building stages, and building tools, and adding to our box of how to get what you want, I want you to start thinking about accountability. Where are you going to get that from? Are you going to reach outside of yourself, which is perfectly fine to have accountability coaches, it's so helpful. But are you also going to look inside and see how you can support yourself in that area? Because without accountability, we can't accomplish all the things we need to accomplish to get what we want.
So I'm going to leave those two things with you today. I love you all. I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Debbi, and next week's going to be a great conversation, so have a great weekend, and I'll see you next week.
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Option 24/7 for Wiltshire's buses
Looking forward for Wiltshire's public transport
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Campaigning for a sensible bus solution and not against anyone!
Oh my goodness - Radio Wiltshire had me featuring as a campaigner yesterday morning ... and colloquially it's against bus cuts. But actually I'm campaigning for a better alternative / system to what we have at the moment.
There could be (and indeed there was in the headline / tone) doom and gloom. From the County person responsible (Phillip Whitehead) on the need to save money. From the passengers saying what hardships to their bus would bring. And from a bus operator saying how seriously it would effect his business. There are acknowldged problems that savings in subsidy must be made, yet people must get to the shops, the doctors, college, work - and this in a county where the population density is relatively low.
To campaign against is negative. To campaign for a better approach that saves necessary services, makes better use of resources, and provides an environment in which bus use can grow is something for us all to get involved with, take pride in, and work together on.
For the current passenger there's a service which provides for their need to travel - it may be modified to combine needs, may be a little less convenient, but it's secure.
For the potential passenger it provides a way of leaving the car at home, or of not having (a second) car at all. It provides a way of getting to education and work that couldn't otherwise be reached. For visitors from further afield, it provides a way of seeing the county and reaching attractions without having to drive on the left,or join a tour group. And as people get older and can't drive, it provides a way of being able to stay independent in their home, of getting out and being encouraged to exercise.
For the bus operator it provides a more stable and more cost effective solution for the future. I noted a local bus operator quoted on local TV this morning that the cuts would put his business at risk, when what's needed is co-operative and long-term development
For the Council tax payer an optimised network solution reduces the need for / level of subsidy required.
For the Councillor and for the MP it provides an innovative solution that doesn't cost a fortune with meaninigful contribution in the hands of the local people in areas where services run .. and that's a vote winner for them.
Can't be bad ... what's stopping us?
See Option 24/7
(written 2016-01-17)
Z511 - Public Transport - Road
[4703] What do people use the bus for in Wiltshire - survey interim results. - (2016-07-11)
[4692] How are bus support payments currently calculated? - (2016-06-07)
[4690] Buses in Wiltshire - potential changes and where we stand at the moment - (2016-05-30)
[4683] Saudi Arabia or Weymouth? - (2016-05-22)
[4670] The end, or the start? - (2016-04-05)
[4667] Wiltshire Supported Bus consultation - final few days - (2016-03-30)
[4664] Mallory Place bus stop - services to Bath - (2016-03-25)
[4660] What is happening on the 231 bus? What are you going to do about it? - (2016-03-04)
[4654] Getting to the Royal United Hospital - the Hopper and the alternatives - (2016-02-24)
[4648] Why is bus funding a much hotter topic than a new set of traffic lights? - (2016-02-16)
[4639] Working out the costs of running a bus service through the day - (2016-02-06)
[4636] Rail user groups worried about what is happening on the buses - (2016-01-31)
[4631] What would the Wiltshire Council bus cuts mean for Melksham? - (2016-01-25)
[4629] Making travel time useful time on public transport - (2016-01-22)
[4619] Buses - not about the buses, but about the people who use the buses - (2016-01-10)
[4615] Questions for First (West of England) - (2016-01-05)
[4592] A comparison of the public transport alternatives to the Royal United Hospital, Bath - from Melksham. - (2015-12-06)
[4547] RUH Hopper - experience and thoughts forward - (2015-10-20)
[4546] Is the RUH hopper a limited, duplicate service running unnecessarily and at high cost? - (2015-10-18)
[4500] The TransWilts Community Intergrated Transport Corridor - (2015-05-29)
[4425] A Welsh valley - what the transport looks like in 2015 - (2015-02-14)
[4290] National Express replaced by train and by Megabus from Chippenham to London - (2014-07-16)
[4286] Reaction in Radstock to new First bus prices - (2014-07-12)
[4263] Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge, public transport over Easter (2014) - (2014-04-12)
[4257] Over a pound a kilometre - my bus in Weston-super-mare - (2014-04-06)
[4247] You wait a long time - then buses come in threes. It's timetabled that way! - (2014-03-09)
[4240] Melksham Rail Link - (2014-01-27)
[4228] Mallory Place, The Spa, Wellington Drive, Melksham - a Christmas present for you - (2013-12-26)
[4194] TransWilts Link - meeting notes from 19th October - (2013-10-20)
[4192] A positive progress behind the scenes - (2013-10-14)
[4191] Getting people to and from Melksham Station - not 20 but 700 times a day - (2013-10-12)
[4190] A radical proposal - a cheap and effective way to provide home to city commuter transport - (2013-10-11)
[4186] Melksham to Bath and Zigzag buses - at a turning point? - (2013-10-06)
[4181] Grumbling about trains? Buses can be far worse! - (2013-09-29)
[4179] Changing transport and destinations - looking forward to a good future - (2013-09-19)
[4171] Mapping road accidents in Melksham and elsewhere too - (2013-09-12)
[4152] Why are bus fares so high? - (2013-08-18)
[4150] Melksham Regular Public Transport Map - as at August 2013 - (2013-08-09)
[4149] Bus changes to Bath - good idea, but I despair at information available - (2013-08-08)
[4143] Bus times - Melksham to Bath from 28th July 2013 - (2013-07-25)
[4124] Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge bus changes next month - (2013-06-26)
[4123] New timetables from 28th July - bus routes 271 and 272 - (2013-06-24)
[4113] Wiltshire and Melksham Transport - what is going on? - (2013-06-09)
[4111] Zigzag bus - forward for the future, or decaying service? - (2013-06-09)
[4108] The painful cost of local travel to Melksham - (2013-06-01)
[4032] Easier public transport from Melksham to Bristol Airport - (2013-03-06)
[4023] Melksham to Chippenham (Station) bus services - times and routes - (2013-03-01)
[4022] A request for all of Melksham transport groups to work integrated - (2013-03-01)
[3951] Christmas Bus Schedule for Melksham - First Bus - (2012-12-14)
[3938] A long overdue meeting - a steeping stone towards coordinate transport user inputs - (2012-12-02)
[3937] Agenda for Wiltshire Link Travel groups meeting, Saturday 1st December 2012 - (2012-11-27)
[3929] Melksham Bus Issues - to be raised at First Bus Customer Panel - (2012-11-21)
[3904] Want to help us improve transport in Wiltshire? Here is how! - (2012-10-26)
[3893] Public Transport across Wiltshire - a new map - (2012-10-13)
[3879] Mixed mode travel - Information systems - (2012-10-03)
[3877] Public Transport Services - from and to Melksham - (2012-10-01)
[3866] Celebrate! Buses from Meksham to Bath - (2012-09-18)
[3849] New bus times - Melksham to Bath - (2012-08-25)
[3699] Bristol 50? Bristol 25? - (2012-04-17)
[3631] Getting around Dublin by public transport - some observations - (2012-03-01)
[3580] Melksham Area - buses, trains, cycles, and roads. Meeting, 17.1.2012 - (2012-01-15)
[3579] Transport in Cambridgeshire - seen by an outside observer. What can Wiltshire learn? - (2012-01-15)
[3564] I wish I was not a special case - (2011-12-29)
[3523] When competition is not a good idea - Melksham Bus Absurdity - (2011-11-16)
[3504] Coaches from Trowbridge and Melksham to London - (2011-11-01)
[3487] Public transport - road and rail - (2011-10-19)
[3486] How important is public transport to people in the Melksham area? - (2011-10-19)
[3471] Vintage Bus Running Day in Warminster. An example of good bus practise. - (2011-10-09)
[3404] Buses on the Cambridge Guided Busway - (2011-08-24)
[3301] Using public transport - USA style - (2011-05-25)
[3290] Changes (and no changes) at Melksham bus stops - (2011-05-15)
[3194] Buses - what they cost and their future direction in the SW and in Wiltshire - (2011-03-06)
[3126] Car Parking in Melksham - thoughts on the proposed scheme, and wider thoughts too - (2011-01-09)
[2983] Strong arm tactics in the bus industry? Poor result for the customer! - (2010-10-03)
[2958] What do these road markings mean? Could Confusion Kill? - (2010-09-17)
[2933] Bath - Melksham - Devizes buses from September - (2010-08-23)
[2919] London to Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Bradford-on-Avon, Chippenham by public Transport - (2010-08-13)
[2903] Bath to Devizes bus via Melksham - changing again in September - (2010-08-04)
[2857] Park and Ride at Batheaston - will it solve Wiltshires Ills? - (2010-07-06)
[2791] Bath to Melksham buses - times - (2010-06-03)
[2789] Melksham to London (Heathrow, and Central London) - (2010-06-02)
[2771] Melksham to Calne by public transport - (2010-05-20)
[2672] Dear Planners, please provide viable alternatives - (2010-03-11)
[2662] Is Melksham public transport actually used? - (2010-03-05)
[2533] Five guests, three groups, one car - (2009-12-11)
[2522] Integrated public Transport - what could be done for Melksham - (2009-12-01)
[2515] Why we have two buses an hour - but not a half hourly service - (2009-11-28)
[2431] Moving busstop! - (2009-09-30)
[2372] Public Transport from (and to) Melksham on Sundays - (2009-08-23)
[2268] Westbury Bypass Refused - looking forward - (2009-07-04)
[2083] Do you support a decent train service? Please sign up! - (2009-03-15)
[2075] Supporting Parkinsons and Trains - (2009-03-11)
[1777] The Rise and Rise of First Bus Fares - (2008-08-29)
[1723] Bath - Melksham - Devizes. Bus route changes, new timetable - (2008-07-26)
[1668] Talk on TransWilts train service to Green Party - (2008-06-07)
[1567] Melksham - Swindon. Train v Bus v Car - (2008-03-07)
[1560] HST Power Car TravelWatch SouthWest - (2008-03-01)
[1511] Buses from Well House Manor, Melksham, to Bath - (2008-01-18)
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game - (2007-11-11)
[1315] Two years of campaigning for a train service - (2007-08-22)
[1254] Comparing bus stops - (2007-07-01)
[1125] Train service - petititon reply - (2007-03-31)
[1085] Lawrence Webb's Melksham Taxi service - (2007-02-18)
[818] Heard, yes. Considered, no. The case for the train. - (2006-07-30)
[764] Journey planning - Xephos v Transport Direct - (2006-06-16)
[474] Vintage Bus Day - (2005-10-23)
[459] Kiss and Ride - (2005-10-09)
[187] a popular bus number - (2005-01-23)
[119] PHP course. Come by train. - (2004-11-15)
Z407 - Option 24/7 - the way forward for Wiltshire buses
[4694] Supported Bus Services in Wiltshire - analysis of written-in comments - (2016-06-11)
[4693] Wiltshire supported bus service consultation, early 2016 - interim results published - (2016-06-09)
[4691] Real life PHP application using our course training MVC example - (2016-06-05)
[4669] Buses - how did we get into the situation we are in? - (2016-04-02)
[4658] The end of competition on a bus route - the effects from then end of the 234 - (2016-03-02)
[4657] Rumours of bus changes by First in Wiltshire - what we know and suspect - (2016-03-01)
[4630] The story behind the bus cuts, and what they could mean - (2016-01-24)
[4625] Where does Wiltshire bus subsidy money come from? - (2016-01-19)
[4621] The power of scripting - (2016-01-12)
Rambling from Westbury
Where does Wiltshire bus subsidy money come from?
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Caching results in an object for efficiency - avoiding re-calculation
Singleton design pattern - examples and uses
Frosty morning, beauty of Wiltshire
Perl 6 - a Practical Extraction and Reporting example!
Pressure selling in the fire safety business
21 places to get your train and bus timetables for TransWilts
Web Server Admin - some of those things that happen, and solutions
Misusing statistics? - the seedy side of election campaigning
Spike solution, refactoring into encapsulated object methods - good design practise
Challenging the IT course business model
A brilliant finish to 2014 training and business guests, and a look to 2015
Segmentation Fault, Segmentation Violation, Bus Error, Stack Smashing
Good, stable, reliable local businesses
Making a personal gain from a more expensive business hotel stay
A busy January
A busy week, and a long flight
Business meetings in Melksham - Well House Manor
Over a hundred welcoming businesses - Melksham Town Centre
Bus stop audit - what is missing?
Spike solution, refactored and reusable, Python - Example
Annual Accounts - a big job for a small business
The difficult interface between the business, council and voluntary sectors
Busmans Holiday - I like being a busman
A busy day at Well House Manor - so come in and make it even busier!
Solution looking for a problem? Lookahead and Lookbehind
Spike solutions and refactoring - a Python example
Melksham Visitors Map - Bus routes and train lines to and from the town
Go green - business seminar in Melksham
Melksham government and business organisations
Wiltshire Business Support Service
Melksham Business Newsreel
Bus top - colours of London
Keeping Business Local. But is that realistic?
Niche businesses in Melksham. From glass painting to Tcl and Lua courses.
The changing Hotel and Bed and Breakfast business in Melksham
A busy start to 2012
Melksham - Business to Business Speed Networking - build ahead for 2012
Busy weekend of contrasts.
Where do businessmen stay in Melksham?
Another busy Week at Well House Manor ... pictures from the midweek
Business, priorities, and volunteering
How fast is your Internet access? Do you need something faster for your business or home?
Pay and refund scam - alive and kicking against Melksham businesses
A busy morning for railway announcements
Campus - answer to business questions
Solution looking for problem
Melksham Campus - any last minute inputs from Melksham businesses?
Well House Manor - a home from home for the business and leisure guest in Melksham
Catchable fatal error in PHP ... How to catch, and alternative solutions such as JSON
Links for social media, microblogs and business networking
Lunch for Melksham Businesses
Insurance against any errors - Volcanoes and Python
Keep your business customer-friendly!
Jargon busting
Opportunities for Melksham - new businesses in the town
Should the public sector compete with businesses? and other deep questions
Syncronise - software, trains, and buses. Please!
Wiltshire Council ask how they can help businesses
Perl - the duplicate key problem explained, and solutions offered
A small business, facing a big government questionnaire
Comparing floating point numbers - a word of caution and a solution
Melksham Hotel, B and B or business accommodation?
Snow scenes - and how snow effected our business
Melksham buses to/from Chippenham, Trowbridge, Bath, Devizes, London
Businesses effected by road works in Melksham
Everyone is in the customer relations business
Melksham Business Map - Chamber of Commerce, Tourist Information and Town Council
We have lost a regular business guest
Make your business a DESTINATION business
Business Networking for Melksham - 23rd April
Web Site Loading - experiences and some solutions shared
Well House Manor Hotel - on plan for 2009 business guests
Telling Google which country your business trades in
Training Course and Business Conference Technology
Businesses in West Wiltshire - networking
Calling on Melksham / Trowbridge / Devizes / Chippenham businesses
Ongoing Image Copyright Issues, PHP and MySQL solutions
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A little touring help during a business trip to England
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Tim Hortons has earmarked a prime city centre spot to open its first Birmingham branch.
The coffee giant has lodged a planning application to take over the former Thomson travel agents on 113 New Street - directly opposite Starbucks.
The planning application states a full planning application has been filed "for the change of use from Retail (Use Class A1) to Restaurant/ Café (Use Class A3)".
The brand which opened its first UK restaurant in Glasgow in May, is a national institution in Canada.
It prides itself on freshly brewed, well priced coffee and delicious donuts as well as other freshly made snacks including bagels and breakfast muffins as well as a more charming friendly service than you'd find in other big name chains from across the pond.
There are more than 3,000 outlets in Canada, as well locations in the U.S and in the Middle East.
One of their most popular drinks is a 'double double'. The coffee contains two 'creams' and two sugars – twice the regular amount.
Hortons also serves sandwiches, soups, various baked goods, breakfast muffins and their signature Timbits - fluffy sugar balls made from the inside of ring donuts.
Named after the famous Canadian hockey player, the company boasts that eight out of 10 cups of coffee sold across Canada are served at Tim Hortons outlets.
Other UK Tim Hortons include Cardiff, Manchester and Belfast.


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The Greek Philosophers was originally given as a twelve-week teaching seminar in 1993 at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. It was published in The Psyche in Antiquitity, Vol. I.
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In this remarkable series of 12 lectures, Dr. Edinger demonstrates the major impact the Greeks had on the development of the Western psyche. He systematically describes a history of the early Greek philosophers and how their way of being underwent a profound, far-reaching change, which essentially resulted in the death and resurrection of God. We are able to listen firsthand to Edinger's piercing insights into how figures such as Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates laid the foundation for our own modern psyche. The series includes a previously unpublished question and answer section after each lecture.
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Hasse Thomsén (* 27. Februar 1942 in Göteborg; † 26. April 2004 in Kungälv) war ein schwedischer Boxer. Thomsén war Bronzemedaillengewinner der Olympischen Spiele 1972.

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1970 war Thomsén schwedischer Meister im Schwergewicht (+81 kg) und gewann die skandinavischen Meisterschaften 1972. Im selben Jahre startete er für Schweden bei den Olympischen Spielen 1972, bei denen er nach Siegen über Jean Bassomben, Kamerun (4:1), und Carroll Morgan, Kanada (KO 3.), und einer Halbfinalniederlage gegen Ion Alexe, Rumänien (5:0), die olympische Bronzemedaille.

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1973 bestritt Thomsén seinen ersten Profikampf gegen Mariano Echevarria welcher Unentschieden ausging. Auch seine restlichen vier Kämpfe waren wenig erfolgreich. Er verlor einen und die drei anderen wurden unentschieden gewertet.

Boxer (Schweden)
Olympiateilnehmer (Schweden)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1972
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Geboren 1942
Gestorben 2004
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Hopeless romantic? Yes. Chick-flick binger? Obviously. Date night obsessed? Need you even ask? The answers to these questions may differ between each person, but no matter who you are or what you do, there's love in all of us. It's what we need to survive, it's the reason behind most stories we're told and songs we hear. It's what makes us human. (That got deep fast!) But the thing is, love comes from many different places and is shared between many different people. While there is no doubt that I love love and will tear up at the slightest sign of romance, I wanted to talk about a different aspect of love in this post. Forgetting, just for a moment, about the chocolates and the teddy bears that are passed between lovers on Valentines Day, or the 'his and her' Valentines gift guides found everywhere online, to focusing on what we sometimes (or often) forget: self-love.
To be clear, self-love isn't self-obsession or vanity. Those two traits are not exactly key for good relationships (well, maybe it works for other people - I'm no relationship expert). When I think of self-love, a term that is equally frightening and beautiful at once, I imagine being happy in yourself, in spending time alone, doing things you love, looking after your health (physical and mental), creating a space of positivity that follows you wherever you go. I imagine being completely at peace with who you are, but also allowing yourself to accept your downfalls without punishing yourself afterwards.
With the day of love looming (like, tomorrow!) I wanted to put a spin on the conventional celebrated love. So, with that in mind, here are six things I like to do to maintain a sense of self-love.
Such a cliche this one is! But I really love a good pamper session. I'm grateful that I am able to do these things, because they absolutely make me feel calmer and more at peace. It doesn't even need to be a bubble bath - just a normal one is something I always look forward to. Whether I take a book to read or just simply enjoy the warm water and the feeling of a mask, bath time is a huge 'me time' occasion.
I could go to a coffee shop by myself easily, and sit there while my mind wanders. I can do the same thing in bookshops. Spending hours paging through books and taking in that new-book smell. It's the simple pleasures that make my heart content.
I definitely couldn't leave this one out, though I suppose it's not a typical self-love activity.. or maybe it is? Either way, it's on my list! I don't spend a lot of time watching tv, so when I do I want to watch something that I'm really going to enjoy and that will allow me to relax completely. This is why I mostly opt for romantic comedies or animations and the likes. When I sit down to watch a cute movie or series, I can feel my whole body unwind and I just feel happy. That's the simplest way to put it. And adding a bowl of popcorn takes that pleasure to a whole new level!
I love flowers. Really, really, really love them. Having a vase of flowers in my room or on my desk is something that genuinely excites me. When I walk into a room and I see the stunning, vibrant colours and I smell the different scents, life seems more positive - crazy! But true. Seeing such beauty around me instantly makes me appreciate life.
This could appear a little abstract at first, seeing as there's so many feelings and sensations, and I could be talking about anything! However, I'm merely speaking about giving myself a chance to work through my emotions. There's no point in getting upset because you're feeling upset in the first place (does that make sense? In my head it does!) Giving myself the time to properly feel what's going on requires me to practise patience with myself - which I still have to do, again and again. I'm also not saying though to keep yourself sad constantly, that's not wise. But rather to give yourself the time to work through the sadness you feel, or the excitement, nostalgia, happiness, etc, and just accept that emotion. With this allowance to feel, comes the responsibility to keep moving forward - something I struggle with, but continually work on. And through that I'm able to keep on loving myself.
When you sit back for a while and think about how you look after yourself, you begin to realise that it doesn't take much to love yourself. Kind words, positive thoughts, animal cuddles, bubble baths, candles - whatever it is that puts you 100% in touch with yourself is what you must do more of.
I hope this post gives you a slightly different perspective to what 'love' is, or what it doesn't have to always be. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in for a cute date and a bunch of flowers! But I have to love who I am too and be kind to myself, as well as my significant other.
What are your self-love ideas?


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MARCHANT, Eric Lachlan
18 Boulcott Street, Wellington
Miss R. MARCHANT (sister), Timaru
No. 1 Stationary Hospital
New Zealand Medical Corps
Marama, then transferred to Moldavia
Mentioned in Despatches; Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. Military), London Gazette 3 June 1919
Karori Crematorium, Wellington
Eric Lachlan Marchant was the older son of Frederick William and Sarah (née King) Marchant. His father had come from England and married in New Zealand. He later returned to England for his health and died there. His mother, a sister of Truby King, died in Dunedin in 1927. Major E. L. Marchant was in the Marquette disaster. He was mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. Military) (London Gazette, 3 June 1919]). Eric returned to New Zealand aboard the "Chupra", one of 732 soldiers who arrived at Lyttelton on 28 July 1919. The "Chupra" left Tilbury on 8 June, and went by Port Said and Colombo. About half way across the Indian Ocean the transport ran into a monsoon, all on board having a fairly bad time for three days. "They are the most contented and best behaved lot of men I ever had anything to do with," said the officer commanding the troops on board. . . . The vessel is most unsuited for a troopship as there is practically no deck, but-the men made the most of their time and contrived to get a good deal of pleasure out of the voyage." There was no sickness on board;and the food was stated to have been good from London to Port Said, and from Colombo:to New Zealand, but between Port Said and Colombo the meat was affected by the heat, and the men could not eat it. Apart from this the men had no complaints to make except that they did not like the way they were cooped up, witli practically no opportunity of getting any exercise.
Eric's younger brother, Captain Frederic Norman Marchant, died of wounds in Egypt in 1916. Eric married Kathleen Maud Lucas on 20 July 1921 at Auckland. Kathleen died in 1935, and Eric married Estelle Mary Hooper in 1936.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 March 2020]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 March 2020]; Karori Crematorium record (Wellington City Council) [25 March 2020]; New Zealand Times, 4 July 1919, Evening Post, 29 July 1919, Timaru Herald, 29 July 1919 (Papers Past) [March 2020]


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Statement by Alan Kelly T.D on the death of Dr. Syed Waqqar Ali
Commenting on the passing of Dr. Syed Waqqar Ali, a doctor in the Mater hospital who died of Covid-19, Labour Leader, Alan Kelly TD, said:
"I would like to offer my condolences and those of the Labour Party to the family and colleagues of Dr. Syed Waqqar Ali.
"The death of Dr. Ali is a reminder of the dangers of Covid-19 and the sacrifice made by frontline healthcare workers throughout this pandemic.
"Dr. Ali provided selfless emergency care as a locum Consultant in the Mater Hospital and is a true hero.
"My thoughts are with Dr. Ali's wife and children at this time. Ar dheis dé go raibh a hAnam dílis.


anle138b (above) is the most promising experimental compound right now for treating prion diseases. It's not a cure, but has delayed disease considerably in animal models, and that's why this month we're running a Microryza crowdfunding campaign to test it in a model of GSS, a genetic prion disease.
Just a few days after the paper on anle138b [Wagner 2013] was published, a medicinal chemist pointed out to me that some methylenedioxyphenyl compounds have been known to inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes, an effect which can lead to adverse interactions with other drugs.
So I wondered, how big a concern is this for anle138b? I had to do a lot of reading to get up to speed: first, what are cytochrome P450s? Second, why is inhibiting them bad? And most importantly, does this methylenedioxyphenyl group definitely spell trouble?
The short answer is no. Methylenedioxyphenyl groups are found on multiple approved drugs, and whether they cause trouble is specific to each molecule they're part of. Only experimentation can tell, and so far there's no sign that anle138b is problematic at the doses used in preclinical studies.
Cytochrome P450s (CYPs for short) are enzymes involved in, among other things, breaking down drugs. A review of the top 200 most prescribed drugs in the U.S. reported that 75% of them were metabolized (as opposed to excreted directly in urine) and of those, 75% were metabolized by CYPs [Williams 2004 (ft) - Fig 1].
There are 57 different CYP genes in humans, and different drugs are metabolized by different CYPs. CYPs are pretty fascinating: CYP2C9 has polymorphisms that determine how quickly it can metabolize warfarin and therefore what dose you need. According to my 23andMe results I'm a slow metabolizer and need a lower dose than most people.
The interaction between CYPs and their drug substrates is often a two-way street. Many drugs either activate or inhibit particular CYPs [reviewed in Lin & Lu 1998]. CYP inhibition is the basis of some adverse drug-drug interactions [Guengerich 2008]: one drug inhibits the CYP that is required for metabolism of the other drug. That's why people on statins always turn down my offers of grapefruit. Grapefruit juice contains bergamottin, which inhibits CYP3A4, which is required for metabolism of most statins [Bailey & Dresser 2004]. That inhibition leads to increased drug concentrations and a risk of overdose.
Above: my primary motivation for keeping my cholesterol naturally low is to be able to continue to enjoy delicious grapefruit.
This brings us back to methylenedioxyphenyl. This chemical group can inhibit cytochrome P450s [reviewed in Murray 2012]. In fact, a few methylenedioxyphenyl compounds, especially piperonyl butoxide, are actually valued for this property in commercial pesticide synergists [Franklin 1976 (ft)]. The term "synergist" here refers to the fact that while piperonyl butoxide doesn't necessarily have insecticide properties itself, by inhibiting insects' CYPs it prevents the insects from breaking down the primary insecticide, thus reducing the amount of the primary insecticide that needs to be applied.
Higher molar mass compounds do seem to require larger doses in order to be toxic, though the variability in LD50 among the four similarly-sized molecules around 160 g/mol says that size isn't everything.
To the extent that size does matter, anle138b, at 343 g/mol, ranks pretty well: it's slightly larger than the widely-used Paxil (329 g/mol) or piribedil (289 g.mol), and much larger than safrole or ecstasy. anle138b is about the same size as piperonyl butoxide (338 g/mol), which has an LD50 on the order of 7 g/kg in rats - that's a huge dose. Based on body surface area conversion from rat to human, that's like an 80g dose for a typical 70kg human. By contrast, even the largest dose of anle138b used in [Wagner 2013], 10 mg/kg/day in mice, translates to about 2.2 g/day for a typical 70kg human.
But LD50 just refers to acute toxicity of a single compound, which isn't always the source of concern. Instead, just as for other cytochrome P450 inhibitors such as bergamottin, the danger in some methylenedioxyphenyl compounds lies in potential interactions with other compounds – for instance, some of them make barbiturates longer-lasting [Franklin 1976 (ft)].
But that doesn't mean that methylenedioxyphenyl compounds are all to be avoided. In fact, odds are good that you've already consumed some today. That's because another property of methylenedioxyphenyl compounds is that many of them are aromatic and delicious, and they're not uncommon in spices: piperine in black pepper, myristicin in nutmeg, and sesamin in sesame all feature this group [Murray 2000 (ft)].
Above: three common spices whose aromatic molecules contain methylenedioxyphenyl groups.
When I was searching for papers about methylenedioxyphenyl, Google autocomplete also led me to another fortuitous discovery: this group also features on methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), better known as ecstasy. (For the record, anle138b bears no other chemical similarity to ecstasy). Methylenedioxyphenyl also appears in at least three legal drugs: piribedil (for Parkinsonism), tadalafil (for erectile dysfunction) and paroxetine (an antidepressant). For many years, paroxetine, better known as Paxil, was among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S., with about 3 million prescriptions in 2006. Tadalafil is better known as Cialis or, in France, "le Weekend" due to its longer half-life than Viagra.
Clearly, methylenedioxyphenyl compounds are a diverse bunch. From what I've read, I understand they are not global inhibitors of all CYPs – different methylenedioxyphenyl compounds complex with different CYPs, leading to differing potential for toxicity or drug-drug interactions. As one relatively recent example, goldenseal extract was found to inhibit none other than CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 – the same two cytochrome P450s mentioned above with regards to warfarin and statins respectively [Chatterjee & Franklin 2003 (ft)].
That's why when I told another medicinal chemist who works down the hall from me that anle138b had a methylenedioxyphenyl group, her reply was that there's no way to predict how a molecule will behave based on just one chemical group. Only experimentation will show what CYPs a given molecule interacts with and whether it causes any adverse interactions.
As mentioned above, piperonyl butoxide is useful as a pesticide synergist even though it doesn't kill insects on its own. Interestingly, piperonyl butoxide is used as a synergist specifically with rotenone, an insecticide which turns out to reproduce many features of Parkinson's disease in rodents [Draper 2002, Sherer 2003 (ft)]. anle138b was actually tested therapeutically in a rotenone model of Parkinson's in mice, and was found to reduce alpha synuclein aggregation and improve Parkinsonian behavioral phenotypes with, again, no reported toxicity [Wagner 2013].
Of course, anle138b is in its beginning stages of testing and there is still the possibility that we will discover adverse reactions. Thankfully, it's one of a class of compounds – diphenylpyrazoles – most of which seem to have anti-prion activity, and so if the methylenedioxyphenyl group does prove problematic, the drug development effort may be able to fall back on one of those other compounds.
But there are good reasons why anle138b is the drug candidate at this point. It's the culmination of almost a decade of high-throughput screening and lead development – starting from n-benzylidne-benzohydrazide [Bertsch 2005] and then the diphenylpyrazoles [Leidel 2011], Armin Giese and colleagues synthesized 150 variants looking for the compound with the greatest inhibitory effect [Wagner 2013]. Both anle138b and the runner-up, sery335b, had the methylenedioxyphenyl group on that particular corner of the molecule [Wagner 2013 - Supp 1]. It stands to reason that this group must somehow be contributing to anle138b's anti-prion effects.
In light of these data, it is hard to imagine wanting to fall back on a less effective drug even if anle138b did prove to have adverse interactions or long-term toxicity. Prion diseases are completely untreatable at present and the average time from first symptom to death is on the order of several months [Pocchiari 2004 (ft)]. Efficacy has to come first – if treated patients live long enough to see problems with chronic effects of a drug, then they're already luckier than any patients who came before them.
But this is all getting ahead of ourselves. At present, there is no evidence for any toxicity or adverse effects at all of anle138b at the doses used therapeutically. Although methylenedioxyphenyl groups can act as cytochrome P450 inhibitors, every molecule has to be evaluated individually. The existence of multiple approved drugs that contain methylenedioxyphenyl groups demonstrates that this chemical group by no means precludes a drug from being safe and useful.


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A Quick Guide to the History of Electric Vehicles
As electric vehicles grow increasingly widespread on the roads, it is important to look back at their long history of innovation. Read about how far this technology has come over the years, and where it is now.
The History of Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise due to rising fuel costs, improved battery technology, and stricter environmental policies. Today, EVs like the Tesla Roadster and the Nissan Leaf are well-known and popular among consumers. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EV sales had increased from 450,000 in 2015 to 2.1 million in 2019. Experts expect this number to continue growing as automakers shift their focus from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to EV production. Over 500 different EV models are projected to be available by 2022.
While EVs have gained recent popularity and adoption, they were created over 100 years ago. Read on to learn more about the history and evolution of EVs and their effect on the world.
What is an electric vehicle?
Unlike a traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle that uses gasoline or diesel, an EV uses electricity as an energy source. EVs rely on lithium-ion batteries and lead-acid batteries for their electricity. To refuel, most only need to visit a charging station to recharge their batteries, which can provide up to 200-300 miles of driving per single charge. EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than gasoline engines, with fully-electric vehicles emitting none at all.
There are three basic types of EVs. Each type relies on electricity to a different degree.
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are fully electric, using only a rechargeable battery. They do not have an ICE and thus produce zero emissions while being driven.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have both a rechargeable battery and an ICE. When a PHEV uses up its electricity, the vehicle switches over to using the ICE. This dual system allows for a greater travel range.
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are like PHEVs but do not use charging stations to recharge. Instead, their batteries rely on electricity generated from regenerative braking, a process that converts the car's frictional energy into electricity. HEVs use their batteries to improve fuel efficiency and conserve fuel.
For a more in-depth look at electric and hybrid vehicles, check out Samsara's Complete Guide to Electric Vehicles for Fleets.
The birth of the electric vehicle
EVs would not exist without the invention of the electric motor, which existed as far back as the early 19th century. Several scientists constructed electric motors to power small, battery-powered model cars. Later, scientist Robert Anderson designed larger motors for electric locomotives and electric carriages. Unfortunately, these machines were not very practical because of the power limits of their batteries. However, such advancements showed the electric motor's potential for powering vehicles.
American chemist William Morrison developed the first electric car in 1890. It held six passengers and had a top speed of 14 miles per hour. While it was essentially an electric wagon, the car resulted in greater interest and advancements in EVs.
The electric vehicle's golden age
Inspired by Morrison's electric car, automakers created their own EV models. For example, before founding Porsche AG, Ferdinand Porsche developed the world's first hybrid vehicle in 1898.
The development of personal vehicles helped spur the great popularity of early EVs. Consumers were turning to newly-invented motor vehicles as an alternative to horses. These early vehicles were powered by steam, gasoline, or electricity. However, steam vehicles had a long startup time and needed refilling with water often. The gasoline car was hard to operate due to its gears and hand crank. It was also noisy and emitted an unpleasant exhaust. These disadvantages made both technologies unpopular.
But early EVs had none of these issues. They were quiet, easy to operate, and did not produce unpleasant emissions. EVs were especially widespread in urban areas because their range was appropriate for brief trips around the city. EV charging also became much easier as electricity grew more accessible. These factors caused EVs to have a "golden age" at the start of the 20th century.
By the early 1900s, EVs had grown in popularity. A third of vehicles on the road were electric, and a transportation business in New York City used a fleet of over 60 electric taxis.
The fall of the electric vehicle
After a period of popularity, EVs experienced a decline in the 1910s. Engineers like Thomas Edison and Henry Ford saw greater potential in the gasoline car and shifted their focus to it. In spite of their difficulties, gasoline cars still outranged and outsped EVs. Also, due to the discovery of large petroleum reserves, gas prices dropped, making gasoline cars cheaper to operate than EVs.
Consequently, gasoline cars saw many developments. The difficult hand crank was replaced with Charles Kettering's electric starter, making the vehicles much easier to operate. Invention of the muffler reduced engine noise. Henry Ford's mass-produced Model T brought gasoline cars' price down to less than half of an EV's price. Over time, the price of gasoline cars fell even further, and the price of EVs continued to rise.
By the 1910s, most EV manufacturers had stopped production. Until the 1960s, EVs largely remained obsolete, while ICE vehicle development progressed at a rapid pace.
Reviving the electric vehicle
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, high gasoline prices and gasoline shortages sparked the American government's interest in EVs. The Department of Energy supported EV research and development, and automakers produced EVs again. For example, General Motors designed an urban EV prototype, and the American Motors Company produced electric delivery jeeps for the postal service.
Despite the public's renewed interest, EVs made in the 1970s were still slow with limited range, remaining impractical compared to ICE vehicles. Automakers improved them in the 1990s, when there was another surge of interest in EVs due to government sustainability regulations. Car companies made electric versions of their popular models, resulting in improved performance comparable to ICE vehicles. However, consumers' interest declined once again, although research on EVs continued.
The electric vehicle today
In 2000, the Toyota Prius launched worldwide as the first mass-produced HEV. Its success resulted from consumers' greater environmental awareness and high gasoline prices. From 2000 to 2010, The Prius was the world's best-selling HEV and paved the way for modern EVs.
In 2006, a startup company in California called Tesla Motors announced the production of a luxury BEV able to cover over 240 miles with a single charge. Named the Tesla Roadster, it was released in 2008 to great success. Other major automakers also sped up their production, with the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt releasing in 2010. Like the Roadster, the Leaf was also a BEV, while the Volt was the first PHEV on the market.
Though consumer interest remained high and automakers continued to produce EV models, EVs remained less accessible due to the limited availability of charging stations. To address this issue, the Department of Energy, automakers, and other businesses installed 8,000 charging stations across the United States. Improved battery technology also increased the range of EVs while lowering their prices, making them more affordable and accessible.
Currently, there are a wide variety of EV models available on the market, ranging from SUVs like the Tesla Model Y to sports cars like the BMW i8. With gas prices rising and EV prices falling, large numbers of consumers and businesses are now turning to EVs as a greener alternative.
Important milestones for the modern electric vehicle
In the past two decades, the electric vehicle has seen significant developments that have affected the technology greatly. Below is a timeline of modern EV milestones:
General Motors releases the EV1. It is the first mass-produced modern BEV from a major automaker. While the EV1 was popular with customers, GM eventually destroyed most of them, believing that they were unprofitable.
Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors delivers the first Tesla Roadster. It is the first highway legal BEV to run on a lithium-ion battery, and the first to have a range of over 200 miles per charge. While it was in production from 2008 to 2012, Tesla sold around 2,450 Roadsters in over 30 countries.
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the world's first mass-produced highway- legal BEV, is released.
The Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are released. The Nissan Leaf eventually overtakes the Mitsubishi i-MiEV to become the world's all-time best selling BEV.
The Tesla Model S is released to great acclaim. It receives many awards, such as the 2013 World Green Car of the Year and the 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year. Time Magazine includes it in its Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012.
BEV sales surpass 1 million vehicles.
The Tesla Model 3 is launched. As of March 2020, the Model 3 is currently the best-selling BEV in the world. To date, Tesla has delivered more than 500,000 units.
Tesla, Inc. produces 1 million electric cars — the first automaker to do so.
Why invest in electric vehicles for your fleet?
While EVs have been historically popular as a personal transportation method, they also bring many benefits to fleets. Their low or even zero emissions let fleets stay compliant with government mandates and meet their carbon emission goals. Thanks to being lighter and using a less flammable power source, EVs are safer than ICE vehicles. Some manufacturers have placed EV batteries in safer parts of the vehicle to reduce the risk of fire during a collision.
Also, EVs are a cost-efficient alternative to ICE vehicles. Modern EVs' improved battery technology and greater driving range allow them to perform similarly to ICE vehicles while saving on fuel costs. A report by the US Department of Energy shows that BEVs and PHEVs have a typical energy cost of $50-80/month, in contrast with $160-200/month for ICE vehicles. EVs are also relatively less prone to maintenance issues, reducing costs of maintenance and repair.
Innovative EV fleet management platforms like Samsara allow you to monitor your EV fleet's condition. They can reduce range anxiety with real-time information and alerts, ensuring that EVs are charged properly. With real-time data, GPS, and other technologies, these platforms offer various features that maximize an EV fleet's efficiency. For example, Samsara's platform includes optimized EV route planning so drivers can get to the closest charging station quickly.
Electric vehicles continue to advance
Today, EVs have come a long way since Morrison's first electric car, surpassing even more recent models like the Toyota Prius. The rapid advancement of EVs has resulted in efficient green alternatives like the Tesla Model 3 that change the way we think about transportation and energy. As EVs and their associated technologies become more advanced and widespread, they will become as functional and accessible as ICE vehicles.
With their environmental benefits, EVs are just as important to commercial fleets as individual consumers. Fleets can take advantage of EVs to lower both fuel costs and emissions while staying environmentally friendly. Samsara's EV-specific tools help you transition to an electric fleet and help you monitor and manage your EVs.
To learn more about EV fleets and Samsara's EV fleet management platform, reach out for a free trial today.


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From Oakland, CA, this is Middle-Aged Queers with some Punk
by Middle-Aged Queers
This song was originally a commentary on suburbia but took on additional meaning for us during the pandemic. The chorus of 'Home is where we hide' became a suggested method of survival that was only afforded to some, while others are martyred as 'essential workers' or 'health heroes.
Sell The Heart, Say-10, Outpunx, Wingnut
https://www.instagram.com/middleagedqueers/
Melodic punk rock with a hardcore and rock and roll twist
by Nick G.
So, I'm a 16 year old punk rock musician from San Antonio Texas. This track came from a back and forth challenge of who could come up with the strongest way to say "No u". I think after listening to this track, You'll see that I won the challenge ;).
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social-distortion
the-raconteurs
Circle Jerks
The Dead Boys
Teen Cool
The Thumbs
The Swifts
We are a high energy pop-punk band from Denver, Colorado. If you love Pop-punk with a lot of hooks and melody, The Swifts are the band fo you!
Some Kind Of Nightmare
We are San Diego's own full time touring punk rock band, Some Kind of Nightmare.. In 2013 we quit our jobs, threw out everything we owned to hit the road full time, and never looked back. And after six and a half years of touring virtually nonstop across the states, we're still not slowing down.
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Many confuse social selling with social media marketing. They think it's about getting thousands of online followers, LinkedIn connections, and Twitter followers, blasting out messages, and getting people to buy based on the call-to-action in those messages. While it's possible, it's an aspect of social media marketing — which isn't very scalable if you happen to be in a company with 500 salespeople. It's unlikely that 500 individual salespeople will each be industry experts with thousands of followers. Expecting them to generate business from total strangers by leveraging the power of a compelling tweet? Not very realistic.
What is possible, however, is using social media to add people, opportunities, and information to your network. If you look around, you'll see that's what the most accomplished sales professionals are doing today.
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ADT Will Become a First-Time Super Bowl Advertiser This Sunday
The spot was made by agency Bear in the Hall
By Patrick Kulp
Security firm ADT will appear in the Super Bowl, but hasn't yet revealed its ad.
Home security company ADT will make its Super Bowl debut this Sunday with a 30-second spot.
The ad, produced by New York City creative agency Bear in the Hall, will run just before the start of the third quarter. A brand spokesperson declined to reveal any details about creative direction or which particular products will be featured.
The brand latched onto another cultural moment last year when it created branded content in partnership with The Incredibles 2, imagining why a family of superheroes might need its own security system.
ADT isn't the only home security brand advertising in the Big Game for the first time this year. Boston-based SimpliSafe is also running a 30-second ad during the first quarter that the brand says will touch on fears about big tech, the 24-hour news cycle and "more hyper-contemporary causes for concern.
For all the latest Super Bowl advertising news—who's in, who's out, teasers, full ads and more—check out Adweek's Super Bowl LIII Ad Tracker. And join us on the evening of Feb. 3 for the best in-game coverage of the Super Bowl commercials anywhere.
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Root & Rebound Offers Help to People with Criminal Records Attempting to Overcome Legal Barriers
The organization is seeking to partner with others to bring their unique model to other states
Root & Rebound—Our Story—A Post for Reentry Central
By Katherine Katcher, Founder & Executive Director
via Reentry Central (www.reentrycentral.org)
Root & Rebound's mission is to increase access to justice and opportunity for people in reentry from prison and jail, and to educate and empower those who support them, fundamentally advancing and strengthening the reentry infrastructure across the state of California. Root & Rebound works to bring reentry legal information to a wide range of people impacted by and working at the frontlines of the criminal justice system–individuals, loved ones, and advocates–by creating tools, resources, coordination, and readiness support that take the guesswork out of reentry and give people the resources to find their own way.
I founded Root & Rebound because I believed, after working on prison and criminal justice issues in law school, that the system of reentry was broken, but a place of great hope. When people have the chance to do better, to try again in society, they are filled with motivation, passion, and determination. I saw that in a moment where people with records needed support to do better, they were set up to fail.
Over the last forty years, as mass incarceration grew in our country, so did legal barriers that had been established in almost every area of life for people with a record, including an inability to get an ID or open a bank account, enormous court debt, denials of employment, housing, and public benefits. The American Bar Association has determined that nationally, people with criminal convictions face up to 44,000 federal, state, and local restrictions—not including illegal discrimination.
When we began our work, our question was how a group of attorneys could effectively help to improve the lives of people in reentry in the face of so many legal barriers. In our first year, we served over 100 clients through a traditional direct service model and tried to practice as "generalists," taking on issues as they came up: when people in reentry had issues, we worked with them intensively to find solutions. We learned about parole and probation conditions, employment and housing barriers, family law and child support, and court ordered debt, among many others. Yet we soon realized that if we wanted to make a bigger impact on such a massive issue, we needed to think differently about the role we could play and the solutions we as attorneys could develop.
With more than 50,000 people in reentry from prison and jail in California alone and thousands of barriers across all areas of life—there needed to be a broader solution. We needed to serve as a resource that could meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people grappling with these issues across the state who would never be able to make it to our office for support. We also found that information on the law, legal rights, and navigating systems was buried and impossible to find. If we, as attorneys, found it difficult to answer these questions and help our clients navigate obstacles in reentry, how could we expect our clients to do so–or the social workers, family and friends, and case managers who worked with them?
Across the nation, these groups are the frontline supports for people in reentry and also lack the necessary legal guidance to navigate critical and often crippling issues. The lack of an integrated, knowledgeable, and supported reentry infrastructure undermines the spirit and intent of reform efforts to reduce incarceration levels.
In essence, we came to see that legal support for this population needs to be large-scale and far-reaching in design to meet the enormity of need, and cannot follow the traditional legal aid model of one attorney per client, working on one specific issue or area of the law. As a 2013 study from the National Center for State Courts found:
"Much of the national discussion about equal access to justice has centered on more funding for legal services…(Yet) without proper skills and knowledge about how the courts can help them and how to avoid further such problems, individuals in difficult circumstances may find themselves entrenched in poverty and legal problems. Education should be part of any strategy to ensure equal access to the courts. Many individuals are not even aware that their problems may have a legal resolution."
So, six months after starting our small legal office, we began working on the first step of solution—a comprehensive resource that could answer these questions for the tens of thousands of people in need across the state. After 14 months of research and writing by a team of 2 staff, 4 law clerks, 10 interns, and countless volunteers, we published the "Roadmap to Reentry: A California Legal Guide," in May 2015.
Available in print and online, the guide covers the major barriers in reentry in nine areas of law and civic life: housing, public benefits, parole & probation, education, understanding & cleaning up your criminal record, ID & voting, family & children, court-ordered debt, and employment. It is meant for a broad audience: people preparing for and in reentry as well as their families, social workers and case managers, teachers, community supervision officers, and attorneys.
To bring this information to more communities, we partner with organizations across California who are working to support people in reentry, and their families, so that we together can ensure each person coming home is reentry-ready. We conduct trainings on this material throughout California for people in reentry, their friends and family, case managers, social workers, attorneys, and community supervision departments. We work to create online resources, video and web content, interactive toolkits, and other educational material, based on the guide.
To provide direct technical assistance, we run a weekly reentry legal hotline, the first in the United States—a free resource, staffed by attorneys and law student volunteers. Through the hotline and letter writing, we provide more direct assistance on individuals' specific cases and issues. Using the "Roadmap to Reentry" guide as the frontline tool, our staff answers reentry-related questions, helps solve issues, and provides critical resources and information.
To further policy reform and create broader systemic change, Root & Rebound documents the barriers on the ground and the experiences of individuals and communities in order to partner with national policy reform groups and litigation firms to inform these groups about major issues we hear and see on the ground.
Through this feedback loop, we push for an improved reentry infrastructure that will better prepare and support people before and during their reentry and lower recidivism rates, resulting in fewer people in prison and jail.
Although the "Roadmap to Reentry" guide is currently California-specific, our model is highly replicable and we hope to have the opportunity to expand to other states in the coming years. If you or your organization is interested in partnering with us in bringing this model to new states, please reach out!
We hope you will take a moment to learn more about our work and the issues we are so passionate about!
You can do so by visiting our website (www.rootandrebound.org) and watching our Stories of Reentry campaign (www.rootandrebound.org/stories-of-reentry).
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Q: Динамический цвет точек в scatter plot Пишу визуализацию алгоритма-классификатора knn через sklearn и matplotlb. Последняя функция, которую хотел бы добавить: по нажатию мышки на график отображалась бы точка и предсказывался бы ее класс. Точка отображается, класс предсказывается верно, но цвет точки не меняется (т.е. 0 класс - фиолетовый, 1 - красный и т.д.). Использую цветовую карту. Не могу понять в чем проблема, ведь то же самое сработало раньше, когда я окрашивал фон за точками. Вот функция, которая вызывается при нажатии кнопки мыши:
def onclick(self, event):
        axes = event.inaxes

        if axes is None:
            return

        if (self.dot or self.dot_text) is not None:
            self.dot.remove()
            self.dot_text.remove()

        x = event.xdata
        y = event.ydata

        label, prob = self.knn.get_prediction([[x, y]], prob=True) #предсказание класса и вероятность точности

        self.dot = plt.scatter(x, y, c=label, s=60, #пытаюсь установить цвет точки, как цвет ее класса
                               cmap=self.cmap, edgecolors='black', linewidth=2)
        print(label)

        self.dot_text = plt.text(x, y, 'Класс {0}\n С вероятностью {1}'.format(
            label[0], round(
                            prob[0][int(label[0])], 3
                            )
        ))

        plt.draw()

На картинке ниже точка должна быть зеленого цвета, но она всегда фиолетового (что соответствует 0 классу)

UPD: Спасибо за помощь, прикрепляю исправленный код, если кому-то пригодится.
Исправления коснулись только функции scatter, в нее нужно было добавить нормализацию, а в параметр цвета вместо списка одного элемента labels передавать сам элемент - labels[0].
self.dot = plt.scatter(x, y,
                               s=60,
                               c=int(label[0]),
                               norm=plt.Normalize(vmin=0, vmax=self.num_classes-1),
                               edgecolors='black',
                               cmap=self.cmap,
                               linewidth=2)

A: Если просто раскрасить точки в  цвета класса и количество классов заранее известно то так:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.colors as mcolors
x=[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
y=[10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18]
label=[0,1,0,2,0,3,0,4,5]
plt.scatter(x, y,
            c = label,
            cmap = mcolors.ListedColormap(["b", "g","r","y","c","k"]))

Если надо использовать свою палитру, то так:
plt.scatter(x, y,
            c = label,
            norm = plt.Normalize(vmin=min(label), vmax=max(label)+1),
            cmap = "nipy_spectral")

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The 2011 Drama Desk Award Winners
May 24, 2011 May 26, 2011 Categories Awards, Off Broadway, On Broadway7 Comments on The 2011 Drama Desk Award Winners
Outstanding Musical The Book of Mormon In Transit Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical See Rock City & Other Destinations Sister Act The Kid Outstanding Play Nick Stafford, War Horse Jon Robin Baitz, Other Desert Cities Adam Bock, A Small Fire Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Motherf**ker With the Hat Samuel D. Hunter, A Bright…
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And the Theatre World Award Winners Are…
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Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart) Desmin Borges (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity) Halley Feiffer (The House of Blue Leaves) Grace Gummer (Arcadia) Rose Hemingway (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) John Larroquette (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) Heather Lind (The Merchant of Venice) Patina Miller (Sister Act) Arian Moayed…
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What Do You Think of the 2011 Tony Award Nominees?
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The 2011 Tony Award nominees have been announced. So what do you think? You gonna tune in to the ceremony on June 12 to see who wins? Best Musical The Book of Mormon Catch Me If You Can The Scottsboro Boys Sister Act Best Play Good People Jerusalem The Motherf**ker with the Hat War Horse …
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The Reviews for Sister Act are In…
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NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: "When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all's right in the kingdom of musical comedy at "Sister Act." Who could resist the vision of a stage full of saintly sisters flaring their gams in unison like…
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An Exciting New Season Begins!
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I hope you all had a wonderful summer. I escaped to Maine and I'm afraid summer-stock ate up all of my free time, so that (and the lack of any real exciting Broadway news) has keep the blog pretty quiet this summer. But never-fear, I'm back again and vow to maintain a more consistent posting…
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2010 Olivier Award Nominations and Winners
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The West End's Olivier Awards nominations are out and lots of trans-Pacific transfers are on the list, including the Broadway transfer of Spring Awakening, now on the West End, and the West-End transfers of A Little Night Music and Billy Elliot, now on Broadway. The official awards ceremony took place on March 21. Here are…
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Broken Trail, the made-for-TV western starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, set a ratings record for AMC cable channel Sunday.
Part 1 of the two-night production was seen by 9.8 million viewers, making it the most-watched cable telecast of the year. The audience was almost three times larger than the next largest attracted by AMC.
"Broken Trail has been a labor of love and I am very proud of the project, so obviously I am honored by the nation's wide response," said Duvall, who also served as executive producer.
"The western film genre has helped tell the story of America, and it is this style of movie-making that will always be ours. "
Directed by Emmy Award-winner Walter Hill, the film features Duvall and Church as a pair of cowboys on an epic journey driving 400 horses from Oregon to Wyoming at the end of the 19th century.
"Broken Trail is the kind of original that easily builds on AMC's heritage of quality movies from every decade," Ed Carroll, president of AMC, said of the first movie made by the cable channel.
"Our established leadership in the western genre, combined with the first-rate talent on the project, made Broken Trail the ideal vehicle to launch AMC's expansion into high-profile originals."
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Feb. 12, 2016, Canada – Double Nickel biofungicide is now available for use by Canadian growers of fruiting and leafy vegetables, potatoes, grapes, strawberries, tree fruit and other crops. Double Nickel represents a new generation of fungicides and bactericides that have biologically based active ingredients, are of low risk to the environment and are sustainable crop protection solutions, according to a press release. Manufactured by Certis USA, Double Nickel is registered for use in five countries, including the U.S. where it has been used by American growers for more than two years.
Double Nickel is a naturally occurring strain (D747) of the beneficial rhizobacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. B. amyloliquefaciens rapidly colonizes roots, leaves and other plant surfaces to prevent establishment of disease-causing fungi and bacteria, such as powdery mildew, Botrytis, bacterial disorders, damping off, and root and crown diseases, such as ythium, rhizoctonia, Fusarium and sclerotinia.
The release adds that Double Nickel uses multiple non-toxic modes of action to control and suppress diseases. 1) Its metabolites kill fungal pathogens by damaging cell membranes. 2) The metabolites control bacterial pathogens by disrupting cell walls. 3) Double Nickel triggers a SAR/ISR response from the plant prompting it to defend itself against pathogens. 4) Double Nickel prevents infection from pathogens through competitive exclusion. These multiple modes of action make the FRAC 44 biofungicide highly effective in the field.
Double Nickel is of low risk to bees and beneficials, according to the press release. It has a four-hour re-entry, can be applied up to and including the day of harvest, at low use rates. Double Nickel is residue exempt, so there are no minimum residue level (MRL) issues limiting the export of treated crops.
The biofungicide is available as Double Nickel 55 WDG and in a liquid concentrate (LC) formulation. Double Nickel 55 leaves no visible residue on the crop.
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U.K. plays down Prince Harry kidnap plot
Buckingham Palace on Friday termed "irresponsible" reports that a kidnap threat forced Britain's Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a farm in Argentina.
Nov. 26, 2004, 10:38 AM UTC / Source: Reuters
Buckingham Palace on Friday termed "irresponsible" newspaper reports that a kidnap threat forced Britain's Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a polo pony farm in Argentina.
A spokesman for Harry, son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, played down front page reports in most British newspapers that armed police foiled a plot to kidnap the young prince.
"I have seen the headlines. It is just hugely irresponsible," the royal spokesman said, declining to categorically deny the stories.
"We never comment on security matters," he added.
Harry, third in line to the throne, arrived back in Britain early on Friday and made no comment to waiting reporters.
The Times of London trailed the story on its front page with the banner headline: "Kidnap threat forces Prince Harry home."
Murder suspect allegedly tips off police
Citing the Argentine newspaper Pagina 12, the Times said a murder suspect in the local underworld tipped off the Argentine government about a plot to kidnap the prince.
The Times report said 15 armed officers were sent to patrol the ranch, in Lobos in the Pampa region, 60 miles southwest of the capital Buenos Aires.
It said police fired shots into the air on Wednesday night after detectives suspected kidnappers were near the ranch.
Local police told Reuters on Thursday that shots were heard near the horse ranch, but said this was nothing unusual.
The mayor of Lobos, Gustavo Sobrero, attributed the shots to hare hunters in comments to radio station Mitre on Thursday.
The British Embassy in Buenos Aires would not comment.
The 20-year-old prince arrived at the ranch less than a month after scuffling with a photographer outside a central London nightclub.
Harry earned the reputation as a royal "wild child" after revelations that he smoked marijuana and drank when under age.


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Pumphrey Law Blog Does Leon County Need More Gun Control?
In the wake of two children being killed and 19 others being wounded by gunshots early Monday morning at Club Blue nightclub in Ft. Myers, Florida, gun-control activists are seeking stricter gun laws to be put in place to prevent tragedies like this from reoccurring.
Advocates of stricter gun control laws believe that cities are not safe because there are too many guns being produced and sold. Gun control advocates also assume that legislation making it harder to purchase a firearm would instantly stop gun violence, thus, making America safer.
However, over restricting a United States citizen's 2nd Amendment right to bear arms would be unconstitutional and factual data does not establish fewer guns equates to less violence. In fact, according to a CDC study, suicides account for roughly 64% of all gun-related deaths.
In the Sunshine State, it is not illegal to possess a firearm. However, Florida Statute § 790.01 makes it illegal for a person to carry a firearm in public without a valid Concealed Weapons Permit. Unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon in public without a valid Concealed Weapons Permit is considered a criminal offense and can result in the person's arrest.
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Growing competition on digital platforms precipitated the rise of content marketing—an ambiguously termed, "organic" form of advertising that uses storytelling and mimics real journalism to convey a company's messaging to their audience. "Content marketing" is often a soft sell, falling short of explicitly pushing a customer to make a purchase. Soon after, brands started investing more in content syndication, which meant boosting featured articles and organic press mentions as a way to disseminate their messaging using "real voices." Even so, brands still had to reach their audience through intermediaries. While content marketing was a step toward vertically integrated advertising and gave brands ownership over the message, they still didn't control distribution.
Today, in an attempt to lower growth costs even further and control more of their destiny, some consumer brands are more deeply building on the content marketing and syndication model by integrating content with commerce. It strives to rebalance the winner-take-all press landscape—of particular importance for younger, smaller companies, which are unable to compete for headlines with reigning brands and therefore cannot tap into organic traffic and co-signs. This hybrid discipline is a truly vertically-integrated, direct-to-consumer model, in which brands own their content, commerce and distribution.
But striking this symbiosis isn't easy. Media brands and commerce brands have long existed independently—albeit a task that is increasingly hampered by intense competition in each sector—but combinations of the two spheres have produced mixed results. Many of these media organizations turned to commerce in order to secure greater revenue streams for their struggling businesses—for others, commerce quickly surpassed content, transforming the organization entirely.
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Johnson told he must have a plan to save retail jobs during pandemic
Boris Johnson was pressed yesterday to formulate a "comprehensive plan" to save retail jobs after the collapses of Arcadia and Debenhams.
Sir Keir Starmer asked the prime minister to "work with us, with the trade unions and the sector to finally bring forward a comprehensive plan to save retail jobs and provide the sector with much greater support" during the pandemic.
The Labour leader also asked Mr Johnson what he would do to "protect the jobs and the pensions of all those affected by the closures".
The prime minister said that the government would do "everything we can to restore the high street", which included "getting on with our programme of rolling out the vaccine and sensible tiering measures".
He also faced calls from Conservative MPs to extend the business rates holiday. Mr Johnson said that the Treasury was "considering responses to the call for evidence on business rates ahead of the review's conclusion in the spring". Rates are due to return to normal in April, but many Conservative MPs want the holiday to be extended by up to 12 months.
Darren Jones, Labour chairman of the Commons business committee, wrote to Alok Sharma, the business secretary, asking for details about how the government planned to address large-scale retail failures such as those of Arcadia and Debenhams.
In his letter, Mr Jones asked whether the government planned to introduce "specific support schemes for large retailers whose collapse would precipitate mass redundancies" and whether this support "will be over and above provisions already available to workers that have lost their jobs". He also called on the government to assess the impact of the failure of large businesses on female workers, part-time and low-paid staff and to outline how they would be supported.
"The government should be doing more to find a solution to commercial rent debts, as well as support for small businesses in the supply chain," he said. "I hope the secretary of state will look again at setting up a retail task force with tenants, landlords, banks, supply-chain businesses and ministers to find solutions before more damage is caused."
Ed Miliband, Labour's shadow business secretary, said: "We have an emergency on our high streets, with an estimated 20,000 shops closing and 200,000 workers losing their jobs."
He added that the government should extend the rent evictions moratorium beyond December, increase support for hospitality businesses and address "the massive disadvantage high streets face around business rates compared to online retailers".
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Chilli (then know by rescuer as Kili) lived with about 30 dogs and 10 cats in a yard. It is thought he lived there for about a year. The owner filled the place with animals that she could not care for and would regularly beat them, often with sticks and metal poles. She would leave scraps for the cats but never fed the dogs, they scavenged for food. It was a small town, news got out about the animals and rescuer Slavica visited and tried to feed them and help. Chilli used every opportunity to escape through the gate when she came and went, but did not know what to do, he would stand in the street and then returned to the yard knowing nothing else. He was the thinnest and most tortured there. Slavica recalled to me "I could hear him screaming whenever I left him. When I finally had him he was so scared, so thin, he just fell to the ground time and time again expecting to be beaten".
Eventually Slavica convinced the owner to let her take him. With the help of Blind Dog Rescue UK he was brought to the UK. In the hands of fosterer he underwent an operation to investigate the eye injury which had just sealed up, his eye was found to be pushed back right into the socket and badly damaged, the result of many beatings, usually with sticks. His skull is damaged and he carries many scars and even to this day doesn't like to be touched in some places.
In foster with Sian Porter he gradually came out of his shell from a very timid and troubled dog to a more confident lad, but still with many hang-ups. After three months in foster we were sent his picture by a friend, I just knew he was the one for us and we set about adopting him.
We adopted him in July 2013, the 'smiling picture' was taken after the first full day with us. He soon bonded with our two labradors and still has a very special bond with Shona. Sadly we lost Harvey but then gained another BDRUK dog in Ace, another 'one eyed wonder'.


"A man must exist in a state of balance between risk and safety. Pure risk leads to self-destruction. Pure safety leads to stagnation. In between lies survival and progress". These are the words of Barry, a multitalented German, promoting the new beer called 'Wild Fire'.


A man constantly strives to attain a stage of a balanced life, professionally as well as personally. However, in this race, people tend to neglect the fact that they can never pour from an empty cup. Thus, to attain their professional ambitions, a person should be mentally and physically sound to give the bring the best to the table. Mentioned below are five ways to understand how health has a significant impact on your career.
A healthy mind and a healthy body are always able to bring the best outputs. When you feed your body with healthy meals and follow a diet rich in all the vital minerals, then your body becomes capable of handling certain arduous situations. When you grow internally strong, you're able to handle all the problematic situations thrown at you during the working hours. You become more efficiently decisive thereby, increasing your work rate.
Good sleep at night is often underestimated by the people, however, it contains a whole bucket of merits. A human body requires adequate rest to get recharged for the hustle and bustle for very next day. While sleeping, the body regenerates and refreshes the damaged cells to make your body feel relaxed. This facilitates you to wake up fresh and recharged to face all the situations at work or in your life.
According to a survey, a person who's unable to get a proper night sleep depletes his capabilities and thus, spoils the job he's investing his time into. Such a person is often unable to control his emotions, exercises poor judgments and loses control over his temperament which is absolutely not healthy for a good professional life.
Stress comes handy when you're trying to do something great and big with your life. Ambitions require your hard work and stress could come along with it. Therefore, keeping your body healthy could help you to deal with stress like a pro. A healthy mind is calm and is thus able to sort out the complications. Professional life would become a lot easier if you have the full support of your healthy mind and body.
Everybody carries a dream that they want to accomplish before their life ends. Often when a person enters into the phase where they have to earn for living, they leave behind their aspirations and dreams. A healthy body is energetic enough to cooperate not only to handle work but also save stamina for your passion. No matter how difficult you might think this task is, but a healthy body can easily carry both the jobs with care.
When your brain is refreshed and has nothing to worry about the complication going in the systems of your body, it becomes more attentive and creative. Feeding your mind with positivity and healthy meals might keep it working creatively throughout the working hours. Moreover, it would help you work smartly and efficiently.
Thus, a person must pay extra heed to their health and must invest their time in toning up their mind and body. Safeguard and ensure your future by using platforms like iSelect that provide a thorough comparison of several health insurance plans that will hold your hand through all the ups and downs of life.