I now know that we don’t become ourselves by ourselves. Many of us labour under the false belief that we must prove our strength and capabilities and need to do this ourselves, alone, as proof of our independence and strength. It’s just that I belatedly, mindfully and with more grace, have started to ask for help. It's not because I've never had help - none of us, without an exception, achieve anything of worth alone. I admit this is the newest step in my tried and tested formula. Most of the time we need to work, work, work. There’ve been times when I’ve felt like the energy driving the work wasn’t even all mine, like I’d tapped into a universal energy around me - but that’s a special and, for most of us, rare experience. You can, however, be in the flow, in the zone and on your destiny path fulfilling your soul’s purpose so it feels effortless. You cannot produce work without effort, it’s physics. I hear so many people say something along the lines of, ‘if it’s right, it should be effortless’ but this is BS. Once the seed is in the ground it needs water, nutrition and sunshine to grow - and so do you. Next up, add the energy - you can do it, put your back into it! Yup. Whatever your method, the outcome will be the same you will have sown the seed in fertile ground. Perhaps you can visualise it, repeat it to yourself 10 times, write it on a piece of paper and put it in a dream box, or pray for it. Say to yourself, ‘I will.’ and cement it, really mean it. Then, you must crystalise your intention. You are in control of these forces and not enslaved by them. What it does mean, is that your trust in yourself and the universe has to exceed your fear. It doesn't mean it’ll be easy either - you have to be determined. It doesn’t mean you won’t have fear or doubts indeed, that’s why you need courage. This belief isn’t about having all the know-how, skills, funds, strategy or whatever you think you need. If you don’t believe in your ability, capacity or the possibilities open to you, if you don’t believe the universe is on your side, then you’ve already set yourself up to fail. Dreaming isn’t just the little film you play out in your mind - that visualization is only a part of the equation, one ingredient.Īnd so! Here’s my home-made recipe for making your dreams come true.Īnd as much trust and faith as you can get your hands onįirst, mix absolute trust and hope together - believe that it can and will happen.This is the fertile ground your dream-seed needs in order to germinate. What I can say, with absolute certainty, is that most have. Not all have come true, a few thankfully so. I don’t have enough paper to tell you all the dreams, big and small, that I’ve had over my four decades. And thus began my journey into wilder and more challenging medicine. I ended up treating two trekkers for life threatening high altitude emergencies but gratefully returned everyone safely after a stunning trek. Charity, travelling, exercise and medicine all rolled into one literally seemed like my dream job.Įight years later, as a trainee anaesthetist I joined 28 trekkers as their charity doctor as we embarked on a Himalayan adventure in Ladakh, India. Cue Light Bulb dreamer moment realising, ‘that is SO cool, when I grow up and become a doctor, I want to do that’. On the trip, I met the doctor accompanying the 30 riders she was in charge of our healthcare on the two week trip. I remember pausing, thinking - feeling a sliver of the responsibility I was asking to take on - what a good question! I replied that the most important thing was doing my best and that the rest was out of my hands.Īs a medical student, I joined a charity bike ride we were to cycle 485km from the Great Wall of China to Tiananmen Square to raise money for Mencap. At the only interview I was granted, the examiners at the Royal Free Hospital medical school asked me what I would do if a patient died in spite of my efforts. Well, I wasn’t going to give up on my dream and applied anyway. The only two exams I didn’t fail that first term were maths and chemistry because they needed symbols not language.Ī few years later, my teachers didn’t believe my grades were good enough to get into medical school and I should consider studying chemistry or biology instead. It was a painful time of identity crisis, being bullied and failing exams something I wasn’t used to as a good student. When we moved to the UK from Syria when I was 12, I barely spoke English. When I was a child, I’d dreamed of being a doctor. One of my favourite things whether sitting or walking is creating a full blown fantasy - running wild with a story unfolding in my head with colours, sounds and smells.
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Hanners, Interim CEO, Keck Medicine of USC Washington, Senior Vice President, Human Resources Visit for current information send questions to call 21 (lines open daily until 9 pm PST.)įelicia A. The health, safety, and well-being of our community is the highest priority of the University of Southern California. We look forward to making the vaccination program more broadly available when supplies are regularly delivered to our clinical locations, and we come ever closer to the end of the pandemic. We appreciate our community’s patience and cooperation as we work through the vaccine rollout during this period of shortages. 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As of March 1, LA County has opened eligibility for all employment-based categories in Phase 1B, including education, childcare, emergency services, or food and agriculture sector employees, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. When the lift of an aircraft is greater than the force of gravity, controlled flight becomes possible as the Wright Brothers demonstrated to the world in 1903. Gravitational force is the reason why objects drop to the surface of the earth, and is also the force that an aircraft’s airfoils must contend with to create lift. For example, gravity on the moon (a much less massive object than earth) is only 1.62 m/s 2. It is important to note that in accordance with Newton’s Second Law of Motion, F = ma, gravitational force is intimately tied to an object’s mass and varies in direct proportion to this value. This force has been calculated to be approximately 9.82 m/s 2, and is often called ‘g’, as you likely recall from high school physics class. On and near the planet Earth, the gravitational force of our planet is so great due to Earth’s large mass that all other gravitational forces are essentially negligible. All objects exert a gravitational force over one another and this force is unique because it can act over very large distances. This means that it acts on objects to change their rates of velocity. Let us take a closer look at exactly what the force of gravity is and how it affects the human body, both on the ground and during flight. The multitude of satellites currently orbiting our planet provide a constant reminder of the accuracy and applicability of Newton’s Laws. The fact that heavier-than-air aircraft can travel with intention to and from various points on earth, suspended in the Earth’s atmosphere demonstrates our current understanding and manipulation of gravitational forces. The basis of these laws and our current understanding of Newtonian gravity are integral to many technologies today. The development of Newton’s three laws of motion further explained the general behavior of forces and more specifically the way in which gravity behaves. …and so it was that the mysterious force of gravity was revealed to Isaac Newton and the human mind for the first time.įrom observing and contemplating that everyday occurrence of a ripened apple falling from a tree, the young Isaac Newton began to understand (and later to mathematically demonstrate) one of the four fundamental forces of nature. Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground, thought he to himself.” 1 It was occasion’d by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood. “ After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden and drank thea, under the shade of some apple trees…he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind. A model that has run out of steam and is depleting the planet’s resources (employees, raw materials, etc.). The brand is, in fact, part of a business model that treats clothing as perishable goods, to be discarded after being worn only a few times. The second pitfall is the CSR dimension, which Fashion Nova only partially implements – through its Curve line. For a brand that was essentially built on social media, the threat is hardly harmless. Furthermore, lawsuits cost a lot, not only financially but also in terms of reputation. The Fast Fashion model can certainly prosper easily in the USA thanks to legal loopholes, but this isn’t really the case on our older continent. Fashion Nova was even sued by Versace in 2020 for counterfeiting. Fashion Nova’s business model is “inspired” by creations from luxury brands and major designers, offering virtually identical replicas at lightning speed. The first reservation is regarding intellectual property violations. However, in our view, this model poses two major pitfalls. 95% of them are sold for less than $60.įashion Nova’s talent for catering to and interacting with its customer community is well recognised. 600 new references are added every week, following market trends. Fashion Nova only needs 24 hours to create a prototype, shoot it with a model and put it online. The brand uses a thousand local suppliers to manufacture its products. A true lesson on the art and style of crowdsourcing.įashion Nova’s business model? Identifying a garment that captures the attention of fashion fans on social media and quickly offering them a copy at an extremely competitive price. Monitoring influencers’ posts closely and consistently, assessing engagement rates and looking at comments is one of the building blocks of its meteoric ascent. The brand thus focused on the social media of fashion fans: Instagram. Fashion Nova is taking the Fast Fashion sector by storm, despite the outcry from some members of the public that rightly criticise the company’s disastrous impact on the environment.Ī runaway success, established by Fashion Nova’s ability to identify, understand and anticipate customer needs. An exponential rate of growth in sales (+600% in 2017) and soon to have 20 million followers on Instagram. Mentally, an out-of-balance water element is associated with addiction, repressed emotions, or a lack of creativity. Water imbalances can manifest in shifts in the quality and amount of fluids in the body, including saliva, digestive juices, joint fluid, reproductive fluids, and blood. The water element helps us connect to our feelings and emotions. Water is soothing, cleansing, sustaining, and nourishing. Photo: /BriBar Water Element (Jal)Ĭorrelating mood: flexibility, fun, creativityĬhakra: Second ( sacral )-sense of pleasure, flow, sensuality We may also experience exhaustion, weakness, lack of flexibility or loss of appetite. When the earth element is out of balance, issues with our skin, hair, muscles, and bones may crop up. It also represents the structures of our bodies-bones, flesh, skin-and helps give us shape. The earth element is cool, heavy, rough, and stable. The most dense of all the elements, earth makes up the solid matter of the universe. Photo: /Alexander Fattal Earth Element (Prithvi)Ĭorrelating mood: calm, grounded, safe, reliableĬhakra: First ( root )-sense of being, survival, stability, support Here’s more on each element, including the emotional and physical properties of each, their associated chakras or energy centers, and descriptions. Meaning that a hot, sunny day may call for cooling foods, like cucumbers, while chilly weather calls for hot tea and warm stews. “Knowing all of this helps us make dietary and lifestyle changes to support these subtle changes, balancing them with opposite qualities,” Deva continues. So when it’s raining, we experience more of the water element. “As the outside world’s environment changes, so do the elements within our bodies,” Deva says. Our day-to-day environment, life stressors, even seasonal changes can also unbalance us. “Generally, what takes us out of balance, more often than not, is going overboard with our dominant nature or way of being,” Umana explains. Knowing your dosha-along with what shifts you out of balance-is the first step in understanding how to best incorporate the five elements into your life. The pitta dosha is a combination of fire and water. The combination of elements that are most dominant within you makes up your dosha.Īir and ether create the vata dosha. According to the ayurvedic system, each of us is born with a unique combination of the five elements-some more dominant than others, says mindfulness coach Brenda Umana, MPH, RYT-500. Each has an energy correspondent among the chakras. The elements correlate with the senses and with particular body parts and functions. In Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga and one of the oldest medical systems still practiced today, those five elements are prithvi (earth), jal (water), agni (fire), vayu (air), and akasha (ether or space). “ the building blocks of the universe, as well as our bodies…everything is created with different combinations of these five elements.” “The five great elements, or panchamahabhutas, are thought to have originated as the universe, so they are as old as can be,” says Anjali Deva, certified Ayurvedic practitioner and founder of Rooted Rasa. Earth, air, fire, water and ether are elements of a universal theory of creation that has been part of many ancient practices and eastern philosophies for millennia. It’s a serene moment, one that evokes the elements of nature. As the sun warms your face, listen for the trickle of a stream nearby. Feel the dirt under your feet, a breeze tickling the back of your neck. Stop and imagine quietly standing barefoot out under the open sky. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Penguins are so adorable that you might love them keeping on your desktop to dedicate this Christmas to animals. Till then wait for his welcome by keeping this charming Free Animated Christmas wallpaper for desktop. The red sleigh with Santa in it is soon going to arrive at your place with his reindeers. How do you think Santa Claus would come to your residence? Yes, these reindeers with beautiful horns look so fascinating when running amidst the fir tree and snowfall and dark sky. This could be calm Free Animated Christmas wallpaper for desktop with all those cherishable reminiscences. Making snowman is another such fun by putting life into it and making it wear hats and scarves. Snowy landscape when begins to embellish the Christmas tree and snowflakes on the roof tops, you play snow fights with your friends and siblings. You may also create your own Free Christmas wallpaper with you standing next to your decorated Christmas tree. What decorate it naturally are those white snowballs and snowflakes which will make your desktop perfectly authentic for Christmas. You will definitely love the jingling of bells in the neck of the reindeer just stepping outside your house.Īnother cherishable stuff about Christmas that everybody loves is the decoration of tree with bulbs and string lights and ribbons and glitter. Not only the simple Free Animated Christmas Wallpaper for Desktop but you may try a gif with a scintillating glittery effect tied together with ribbons. The sound that makes you smile instantly revealing the fact of arrival of Christmas is the melodious jingle of Christmas bell. The ultimate positivity of this wallpaper shall be absorbed by you to keep the complete upcoming year happy. And the joy of this wallpaper is doubled when you link with the cherishable memory of dad dressed up in Santa’s attire wished you Christmas merrily. Santa walking all over the snowy landscape carrying his heavy bag of gifts and awful surprises for his children may be the perfect wallpaper for your desktop. And believe it or not, in the months that I had owned the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, I had never needed to use a power button. The (nearly) invisible power button of the 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. So I started searching for the power button on the MacBook Pro… On old Macs, the power button was useful for a similar method - shutting off the Mac and then turning it back on. On just about every recent Mac I’ve ever owned, there’s a simple method of doing a force restart - just hold down the power button until the machine reboots. I waited about a half-hour and finally decided it was time to force quit the laptop, reboot, and see if that solved the problem. The next time I looked at the MacBook Pro screen, it was black except for a progress bar that didn’t seem to be making any progress. I did so and then followed the prompt to log into iCloud. During the installation process, my MacBook Pro restarted several times, and at one point, I was asked to log in. This all happened while I was upgrading the MacBook Pro to macOS 10.13 High Sierra beta 8. Update: Ma– This tip also applies to 2018, 2019, 2020 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 MacBook Air With Touch ID models. Fortunately, I was able to figure it out, so I thought I’d pass along this tip to readers of the Rocket Yard who might also run into this situation. I have a very embarrassing admission to make: after 33 years of being a Mac user, I was completely stumped when I recently tried to force quit and restart my 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. # We initialize a few things that are needed by this script - there are no other requirements. # You need to have downloaded the Chocolatey package as well. 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The packages found in this section of the site are provided, maintained, and moderated by the community. An excellent tool for anyone looking to convert content from DVDs and Blu-ray discs The direct advantage of the decryption capability is that you can create backups of your discs, so you will at least have a digital copy of the content to rely on in case of damage or loss. This is because the files can be converted into an open and free format, namely MKV. Therefore, you don’t need to worry about whether the output will be supported by a smartphone, tablet, computer or home theater. The app is capable of reading and decrypting discs that are protected under the latest AACS and BD+. It can read all discs, including those with protection encryption In addition, the tool keeps meta-information, including any special features or settings, such as menus, audio language or subtitles, for instance. As far as the conversion is concerned, you will be happy to learn that it can go as fast as your drive can read data.Īs previously mentioned, the tool preserves the audio and video quality and, although it keeps most of the information, it has been reported that there is not any noticeable loss of quality. Focused on simplicity, the tool enables you to convert your content with just a few clicks. The program comes with a minimalistic, old-school interface that is easy to navigate, regardless of your experience with similar tools. Preserves the audio and video quality along with all metadata MakeMKV is a one alternative to consider, especially as the program is known for its reliability in preserving most information without making any changes. If you are part of the latter and want to make sure that you can enjoy your content on other, modern devices, then you will need a specialized tool to help you with the conversion. Then again, there are plenty of people out there who still own and use Blu-ray and DVDs. Nowadays, most of the content comes from streams provided by various online services. If you don’t like the results, the filler can simply be dissolved and broken down by having hyaluronidase injected. “This also means that a non-surgical rhinoplasty isn’t a permanent fix. One of the reasons non-surgical nose jobs have become so popular is because it is reversible. Non surgical nose job has been increasingly popular over the past few years getty Temporary And Reversible Outcome “A traditional rhinoplasty takes anywhere between 2-4 hours to do, whereas the non-surgical version can be performed in around 30 minutes.” Unlike a surgical rhinoplasty, there is little to no recovery time - if you got it done during your lunch hour, for example, you’d be fine to go back to the office afterward.” Says Dr Cavale.įurthermore, Dr Cavale points out that a non surgical nose job procedure is quick to perform. “One of the big pros of non-surgical rhinoplasty is the downtime afterward. Both Dr Shotter and Dr Soni stress that regardless of whether it’s non-surgical or a surgical rhinoplasty you opt for, it’s important to be in safe medical hands who have significant experience with the facial anatomy. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Dr Cavale’s speciality includes rhinoplasty, breast augmentation and breast reductions ( “The advantages of a non-surgical rhinoplasty is that you do not have to undergo the recovery and swelling that surgery would involve.” Dr Soni adds. This can often have a massive impact on the patient’s wellbeing.” Says Dr Naveen Cavale, a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon who works both in the NHS and privately at the Cadogan Clinic in London. “If doing a surgical rhinoplasty we can also address other issues such as breathing difficulties by restructuring and reshaping the nose. Before you make a decision on which method to go for, here’s what you should know about non-surgical nose jobs.Īnother limitation of the non-surgical nose job procedure is that only the appearance of the nose can be altered. However, doctors and aesthetic practitioners warn that it is not for everyone. The filler used is typically hyaluronic acid-based, which means that it will dissolve over time. The popularity for non-surgical nose jobs has risen significantly over the past year thanks to its non-invasive nature and relatively low cost compared to the surgical method. A non-surgical nose job can’t reduce the size, but the benefits can include disguising bumps, contouring the nose whilst giving it a straighter appearance. A non-surgical rhinoplasty, or a “liquid” rhinoplasty is the non-surgical equivalent of the conventional method, and involves injecting fillers into the nose for reshaping purposes. Rhinoplasty, or commonly known as the nose job, remains one of the most performed and enquired about procedures, and involves altering/shaving the bones and cartilage to change the size and shape of the nose. Scott announced on her live broadcast that she has instituted a program, new to her late husband's minestry, conducting services at remote locations such as San Quentin prison and at the church's mausoleum near Berkeley, in Northern California. "Pastor" Scott continues to teach every Sunday at the Los Angeles University Cathedral on Broadway, in Los Angeles, California. Gene Scott announced her United States citizenship on her live broadcast in September 2005. She has not been on the staff of any other church. She has no other theological or higher education but claimed on a broadcast in 2006 to have completed learning on her 17th language. Scott in 1994 and that she learned a great deal from him before he ordained her as a minister. Scott's "Resurrection message." She has also stated that she became a couple with Dr. Scott has said that she was raised Catholic, a faith which she abandonded after hearing Dr. Scott claimes to have studied closely with Dr. Scott on their live church service broadcast. whom she married in the year 2000, as announced by Dr. "Pastor" Melissa Scott, born in Italy on Apis an immigrant, recent American citizen and Protestant who was ordained by her late husband Eugene Scott Ph.D. Loyal who have devoted their lives to it, not for the poor, homeless, meek, weak or disenfranchised. It's prosperity for her church and the most Recently, Pastor Melissa Scott raised eyebrows within her church by an about face plan to teach the prosperity doctrine, with a catch. Scott's novice sermons, replacing the classics of Mr. The new broadcast locations and times are filled with Ms. Scott's teachings, Melissa Scott has removed the internet archived teachings Dr. While preaching to be a messenger and steward of Dr. Religious group watchers are baffled with her methods of banning loyals and harrassing newcomers for their time and money. swank condominium and further her own celebrity preacher and singing acclaim. This is amid court documents and reports that she has been liquidating cars, horses, and real estate that Gene Scott acquired through church donations, to buy herself a downtown L.A. Gene Scott died of terminal prostate cancer in 2005.Ĭontrovery surrounds "Pastor" Melissa Scott as she hammers volunteers for free servitude, demands money to pray for callers and insists that those who have stayed in her church double and triple their monetary giving and time to help her make ends meet. Some doubt the credibility of Gene Scott's claims that Melissa spoke 15 languages and has an IQ of 186, particularly when Gene Scott's doctors had to tell her to stop feeding Gene Scott herbs which were interfering with his prostate cancer test results and treatment. In 1996, Melissa divorced Paul Pastore and Gene Scott divorced his second wife Christine. Melissa was one of the group who vied for Gene Scott's attentions and assets. Melissa became coupled with Gene Scott in 1995 during his pony girl phase of paying models to attend his church in the front row, while requiring the rest of the audience to stand and give the ladies an ovation when they entered. The two formed Barbie Bridged Entertainment which has grown to an international producer and web producer of pornographic video movies featuring teen agers and every conceivable combination of erotic thrill. Melissa performed as Barbie Bridges in adult photos and videos produced by Vivid Productions. The couple moved to North Hollywood and wed in Las Vegas in 1992 then began their work as pornographic producers and directors. Pastore, an aspiring adult movie producer. The family moved to Canada then to Massachusettes where Melissa met and later married Paul J. Melissa Scott was born April 12, 1968, as Melissa Pauline Peroff in Italy. "Pastor" Melissa Scott, widow of Gene Scott, has taken over the Los Angeles University Cathedral after Gene Scott died in February 2005 from terminal prostate cancer. |
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