11 years ago, my senior year at high school, someone gave this to me at lunch. In the 13 years I spent sitting alone at lunchtime at school, it was the only time anyone ever asked me to join them. I never had the courage to speak to him, but it helped me realized that my life could be different and remains the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me.
I wanted to share something with you Frank, In May 2010, there was a secret posted that always stuck with me. The secret said “J’ai si peur” which translates to, “I am so afraid.” It wasn’t so much the secret itself, but a reply that came to the secret. “Moi aussi. Vous n’êtes pas seul” Which translates to, “Me too. You are not alone” It came right at a time I needed it, and it changed the course of my life.
"Don't let divorce derail a career"/ "Getting divorced? Your business may be a moving target"
"How employees can- and must- protect intellectual property"/ "Of flywheels and Doom Loop" (leadership)
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A schoolboy suffered a collapsed lung after choking on a piece of popcorn, but the incident led doctors to discover he had a heart condition that required a life-saving operation to correct.
Jordy Gordon from Fort William, Scotland, was just two years old when he choked on the snack and unknowingly inhaled a kernel, which obstructed his airways.
His mum Shona Macgillivray, 35, took him to hospital because he couldn't stop coughing, mistakenly suspecting he had a chest infection.
But scans revealed the tiny piece of popcorn had caused one of Jordy’s lungs to completely collapse and he was kept in for treatment.
A follow-up scan to check his lung function revealed Jordy also had a potentially-fatal heart condition: his pulmonary veins were in the wrong place.
Doctors revealed Jordy wasn’t getting enough oxygen and would need open heart surgery.
After undergoing a 12-hour operation to reposition the veins Jordy, now seven, is completely healthy, but his mum believes the heart condition would never have been discovered if her son hadn't inhaled the popcorn kernel.
“I now think of that popcorn as both a blessing and a curse, as it showed us what was wrong,” the early years practitioner explains.
Jan. 12, 2020 Leo surveys: Question of the day:
Alain Chalifour from Les Cèdres, QC, would like to know:
Are you confident that life will return to normal in 2021?
No: 70.69% (2039)
I don't know: 15.98% (461)
Yes: 13.34% (385)
My opinion: I said yes, but as normal as it could be. I predict there will still be restrictions
on travel, restaurants and stores opening, but not as much.
Last week there was a question about: "Do you think 2021 will be better, the same, or worse than 2020?"
I was like a little more improvement. 70% said "the same as last year."
"'An insult to women': Chinese beauty advert depicting woman narrowly avoiding sexual assault pulled amid backlash": I found this article by Elizabeth Di Fillipo on Yahoo. Here is an excerpt. I copied and pasted the article and will write about this in-depth later:
A controversial commercial for makeup wipes has been pulled amid allegations that it victim blames survivors of sexual assault.
Purcotton, a Chinese company that manufactures makeup removing wipes, recently released a new commercial which features a young woman attempting to defend herself against pending assault by removing her makeup.
In the commercial, a young woman nervously walks down the street at night while a man wearing a ball cap and face mask walks behind her. The woman begins to panic as the man gets closer while ominous music plays in the background. The woman then reaches into her bag to reveal a package of Purcotton makeup wipes and begins wiping her face. As the masked assailant touches the woman’s shoulder, the audience now sees that without her makeup, the woman is now portrayed by a male actor, dressed in the same clothes.
“The brand's main audience is women, but it still uses women's fear as a selling point and promotes victim-blaming,” another said of the company’s egregious misstep.
China’s Women’s News condemned the advertisement for “demonizing the victim” and noted that Purcotton’s video objectified women by inferring that a woman’s appearance somehow invites sexual assault.
My opinion: I was very offended by this. I was surprised this is from a Chinese makeup company. I would get if this was from a Tosh.O sketch because those shows are trying to be funny and offensive. Purcotton is seriously trying to sell makeup removing wipes by using sexual assault as a storyline?
Jan. 11, 2020 Discovering Your Soul's Plan & Purpose - 4 Common Elements:
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