The Season Of Giving “Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body” Here’s a shocker for you. Myself and Spring at Pebbleshoo don’t give each other stuff for Christmas. We don’t give each other stuff on our birthdays or on our wedding anniversary either. This isn’t to say we don’t give to each other. We give a lot, and not just on specific arbitrary days of the year. When we need stuff, we get it. Products only become valuable to me when they have enabled me to experience something of worth. Nearing the top of the couloir Our favorite products act as catalysts for experiences. I think somewhere along the path to becoming a Consumerist Society some of us have lost this understanding. This season we want to encourage you, our reader, to try something different. We want you to try giving memories before stuff, and if you are giving stuff, to give stuff with stories. So how can you do this? So here is your Call to Action! We’ll start.
Thesis Prison Family Thesiswhisperer has spent the last month in our hometown of Melbourne. We caught up with many friends and relatives while we were there, some of whom are doing or have just completed doctorates. One friend got pregnant twice during her doctorate and had a longer journey than most. While we raised a glass to her recent gradaution I asked her how it felt to be done. “Liberating!” I nodded emphatically. Part of the problem is that a thesis is such a long project. Exercise, socialising, The Good Wife TV marathons are the kinds of things that get cut in order to make way for the thesis. Thesis Prison is similar to the Valley of Shit, but without the self doubt because there’s no time left. So here are 4 tips for getting fit and/or surviving Thesis Prison. Put on your damn shoes Even though we all know that having a routine is valuable, sticking to it is much easier said than done. Routines consist of smaller actions done in a certain order. It’s all about time served The lesson?
El infame caso de la psicóloga que inducía a sus pacientes al suicidio —Ilustración de portada de Marco Grassi Me llamo Lorena Wozniak y soy coach. Si no hubiera perdido mi empleo en una clínica pública, jamás habría pensado en hacer lo que hago. Hace poco conocí a Jovani. Jovani tiene 23 años, trabaja como head account en una empresa con base en París y Barcelona, y un día apareció en mi consulta para decirme que quería dejar a su novia y concentrarse en lo suyo. Yo le empujé a que lo hiciera; le dije que no fuera egoísta. Él siguió mis instrucciones y engañó a su novia, una modelo ampliamente popular en Internet. Tras un intento fallido de suicidio, llegó el peor desenlace: la pareja de mi cliente acabó con su vida. Durante las noches que siguieron a aquel final, yo no paraba de hacerme una pregunta: ¿hasta qué punto era yo culpable de aquella muerte? * Lee aquí el primer capítulo de esta historia. 1. A menudo pienso que mi trabajo en el campo de la psicología consiste en inducir a mis pacientes al suicidio. O por lo menos a la locura. Un vía crucis mental.
In honor of Audrey Hepburn's birthday, her most memorable quotes Born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium, Audrey Hepburn was (and always will be) a beloved film icon. She’s known best for her roles in classic films like Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady. But she was more than a beautiful woman in a black dress, gazing into a jewelry store window. She was a ballet dancer, a humanitarian and an animal activist. In 1992, she was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. “Nothing is impossible. Living is like tearing through a museum. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” “I tried always to do better: saw always a little further.
Writers' Lab: 7 Most Common Resume Writing Mistakes to Avoid Today in the Writers' Lab we are hosting a professional ghost writer, Jeffrey Peters. Jeffrey works as a chief editor for SolidEssay.com, which is a college paper writing service based in the US. In this post, he gives us his best advice for writing a resume. Writing an excellent curriculum vitae or a resume may take some effort and skill, but it is significant at the end since it is a manuscript that vouches for your requirements and strives against other resumes that have been presented for the identical place or position. It might be simpler than you believe to conceive a resume that will put you into the top, but there are decisively some things you should not do when composing it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Guest Blogger: Anderson Davis So there’s this hot new show running in L.A. right now called For the Record: Tarantino. It features the music from Pulp Fiction, Death Proof, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. Any fan of QT’s films will love this clever, intimate production and we are so excited to have Anderson Davis, the Director/Writer of the show here to talk about it. About For the Record: Film’s most memorable characters and songs have always been permanently etched into celluloid and digital history, unchanging and frozen in time…until now. Photo Cred: Pamela Littky Congratulations on the show! Thanks! Yes! No, not yet. Quentin Tarantino, Demi Moore and Rumer Willis in the audience at For The Record: Tarantino How long was the rehearsal process and how many actors are in the cast? There are 9 characters in the show and each role is played by 2 or 3 different actors who rotate performances. Rony’s Photo Booth What songs didn’t make the cut?
PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: Getting Started with Working in a Research Lab This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those of you interested in pursuing a research position in the Netherlands. If these posts raise your interest in working as a researcher in the Netherlands, even better - and feel free to fire away any questions you might have on this topic! So you've found yourself a great PhD program and supervisor, which is part of your Plan for Your Academic Life, and now you're supposed to get started with your experiments in the lab of your research group. After a few days of taking care of the basics of getting started in your program and doing all the paperwork, you're excited to get started working in your research lab. You start with a smile on your face, maybe even whistling while you work. And then you break something. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
GUEST POST: Ph.D. Survival Tips Dr. Eva Lantsoght is a Civil Engineer and an Assistant Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito, The Netherlands. In her current project titled "PhD Talk", she shares her expertise in matriculating through a doctoral program. Self-Care Routines for Ph.D. Most graduate students are hard on themselves: long hours in the laboratory and soldiering through no matter what, while being sleep-deprived and caffeine-fueled. However, the ultimate goal of a dissertation is to make a novel contribution to your field of study. Sleep-deprived? Over-worked? For that reason, self-care is extremely important during your doctoral studies. 1. While buying fresh produce can be expensive, you should eat your veggies. 2. Deadlines, pressure to produce results and hectic conference travel schedules: these might be your everyday fare in graduate school and beyond. 3. You need to find some downtime in your hectic schedule. 4. At least 20 minutes of moderate activity per day are recommended for everybody. 5.
Research and Publications You can find my research profile on Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Academia.edu Publications Doctoral dissertation Lantsoght, E. O. Journal Papers Lantsoght, E.O.L., van der Veen, C., Walraven J.C., (2013). Lantsoght, E.O.L., van der Veen, C., Walraven, J, de Boer, A. (2013) “Shear Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Slab Bridges”. Refereed Special Publications Kalsbeek, I., Arragon, M. v., Vries, R. d., Ghossein, A., Lourens, K., Plas, A. v. d., Heinsbroek, A., Yip, C., Semiari, A., Tian, K., Kabos, M., Griemink, A., Oortmerssen, L. v., Autar, N., Kraus, J., Reenen, K. v., Smaling, H., Gemeren, W. v., Straten, R. v., Teeuwen, B., Joosten, S., Altinga, N., Markerink, S., Vries, W. d., Lantsoght, E.O.L., and Hoogenboom, P. (2011). Lantsoght, E.O.L., van der Veen, C., and Walraven, J. (2011). Lantsoght, E.O.L., van der Veen, C., Walraven, J., de Boer, A. (2012), “Spreiding puntlasten plaatviaducten.” Conference Papers Lantsoght, E. Lantsoght, E. Lantsoght, E.O.L. (2012). Technical reports Talks
Blog » Leer en voz alta Hace un año estaba durmiendo con el teléfono cerca y cuando suena lo atiendo y era Pergolini. Yo tenía tres cuartos de cerebro todavía roncando: solamente un pedazo de mí entendía la realidad. Y como en toda mi vida solamente había escuchado a Pergolini por la FM Rock & Pop, durante el primer minuto todo lo que me dijo, para mi cerebro, fue escuchar la radio. En esa frontera rara del entendimiento, yo no había atendido un teléfono: yo había pulsado sin querer la aplicación de la Rock & Pop que tengo en el iPhone. «Qué loco, Pergolini está haciendo un radioteatro en mi cabeza». Entonces escucho que dice: —Hernán, ¿estás ahí? Y eso me despierta del todo y me hace saber que Pergolini realmente estaba hablando conmigo por teléfono. Lo demás fue todavía más confuso y ya no fue por teléfono sino por Skype. Me dijo que era eso lo que quería, justamente. —No, no, no: hacelos así, mandálos de tu celular a mi celular, como un mensaje de voz del teléfono. Y yo pensé: Pero tampoco se lo dije.
Blog » Secciones Sobre este blog Qué es «Orsai Blog» Cuentos, relatos, folletines, pequeñas obras de teatro, monólogos y reflexiones de Hernán Casciari, conocido como El Jorge o Cayota, que actualiza este blog desde febrero de 2004. Buscar en «Orsai Blog» ¡Ya a la venta la nueva Bonsai! BONSAI N2 (Abril-Mayo) 88 páginas de diversión para chicos y grandes con alma de niño. Pack Orsai 2011 848 páginas (ENE-DIC 2011) 4 ejemplares. Pack Orsai 2012 924 páginas (ENE-DIC 2012) 6 ejemplares. Pack Orsai 2013 888 páginas (ENE-DIC 2013) Pack Orsai Total 2.660 páginas (2011-2013) 16 ejemplares.
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