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It DOES have a sign. It turns on when it detects something too tall for the bridge. It even flashes. And the traffic lights will go red to get people to stop when it detects an over height vehicle so they read the signs. (note this lovely example where the lights are red, because the truck thought it was better than the lights)

Overcoming Negativity: Harnessing the Power of Positive Thinking

1 Thought:

Napoleon Hill is famous for authoring Think and Grow Rich in the late 1930s. Over 100 million copies have now been sold and it's by many considered to be one of the greatest self-improvement books of all time.

The book outlines success stories of leaders such as Andrew Carnegie as well as Henry Ford. The book is as relevant today as it was over 80 years ago now, and will remain timeless as it illustrates that the common thread behind these notable leaders and you can be drawn by following three primary principles.

1. Positive Thinking

2. Desire

3. Purpose

I think it would be tough to argue that positive thinking, desire, and having purpose are not worthwhile traits for a leader to have, and how having all three in abundance would certainly help your personal bottom line.

As the title of this blog suggests I'm going to focus on the exact opposite.

1. Negative Thinking

2. Indifference

3. Aimlessness

Many of you I'm certain are familiar with the Law of Attraction and are believers in it, as I am. We also know it isn't as simple as many like to imagine, and many snake oil salesmen make it out to be. We don't just chant what we want and spout mantras and "boom" we get everything we want. The Law of Attraction simply states that you need to be clear about what you want and spend your thoughts and energy on that thing. Where your mind goes, your body will follow.

So if we agree that the Law of Attraction is simply being clear and spending time on what we want, wouldn't it make sense that it would work in reverse, right?

Negative Thinking (1) is, by definition, stating that the majority of our thoughts are on things that serve a negative end. If our mind is focused on the negatives, such as our low pay, hating working with someone at work, our lack of income as compared to our neighbor, etc., wouldn't it make sense that all the deposits we are making into our negative thought bank are going to outweigh those in our positive thought account? Again... Where your mind goes, your body will follow.

Indifference (2) is by definition not caring about something, and certainly not being filled with desire as those who are succeeding in life. I see desire as leaving no doubt, acting in a way that shows that your goals matter more than anything to you. I recall when Bo Jackson, who was an all-star in both the MLB and NFL (the only athlete to have pulled off being an all-star in both sports to date), demonstrated caring about his goal more than other athletes. An absolutely incredible athlete, but he, at least to me, demonstrated the pinnacle of desire when he'd run in a touchdown. He did no end zone dance, nor pranced 3 yards prior to crossing the line; he left no doubt as to what he wanted and earned. Bo would run all the way through the end zone, and all the way into the tunnel. Loved that. It showed heart, and that he cared, and wasn't afraid to work harder than others to achieve it and go the extra yards.

Aimlessness (3) is a huge component of creating success, or lack thereof. Skills, positive thinking, and caring don't add up as much as they could if you don't know clearly what you actually want. I can speak on this one from personal experience since my father, who has now passed, was clear from age 11 that he wanted to be an author. About 90 published novels later, and thousands of articles written all alongside my mother and love of his life, who co-authored, made it happen and lived the life he was clear on creating. Long days, 7 days a week, with clarity of purpose, positive thinking, as well as unwavering positivity, made it possible.

In closing, I feel it's imperative to remind you that none of the 3 examples, as you might have noticed, suggested that you require some God-given talents. Don't let what you view as a lack of skill be an excuse to not go after your goals, and don't let God-given talents be an excuse for not putting in the work to actualize them.

Don't doubt yourself and make it happen.

1 Quote: (2 this go around)

" There's no talent here, there is hard work. There is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equals as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that's that. I am not talented, I am obsessed."

"Success isn't the result of arrogance - it's the result of belief"

- Conor McGregor

Highly Quotable UFC Fighter, Actor, and Arguably one of the main reasons the UFC is as popular and worldwide as it has become. Believer in himself beyond all else.

1 Question:

What do you want?

Do you have the desire to put in the hard work?

Will you let nothing but positive thinking fill your mind and actions to get it?

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FRIENDS, ROMANS, BESTIES: If they were at the stage of filling out jury questionnaires, that means the people involved were most likely only potential jurors, being polled to see if they were qualified to serve on the actual jury. So sure, maybe it seemed like a ballsy move to stand up and condemn the system, but odds are that trial is still going full speed ahead, anyway—except now it’s a dead cert that anime guy absolutely won’t be selected for its jury, because announcing your lack of impartiality to the court tends to get you automatically dismissed.

If they're able to sway the others, you're absolutely correct, but if they're not? Then you've got a hung jury

In the US that means a mistrial and the whole thing happens again, in the UK the judge would probably rule to accept a majority verdict. Either way, the outcome's the same (the people deciding are all the milquetoast white people who "aren't that political"), but the objections are sealed within the jury room rather than aired before the lawyers and judge to be entered into the record

I wouldn't underestimate the influence even just one informed juror can have on the outcome of a case. Maybe you won't convince everybody—true. But as a juror, you never know who else is on the fence until you voice your doubts and opinions. Some people are reluctant to speak out or deviate from the group, but will respond if somebody else is there to take the lead. Some people might even change a vote just to speed things along because they don't actually care about the outcome. You don't know what power you have until you try, and It's always worth trying.

According to FIJA (the Fully Informed Jury Association, which is a good resource for jury nullification information and support), a hung jury is functionally "far better for the defendant than a conviction. Undoing a conviction is very difficult. An appeal is not guaranteed in the first place. It may not be legally permitted, the defendant may no longer have the financial resources to mount an appeal, etc. Even when a defendant is able to appeal a conviction, that individual no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence." So if you can't nullify, hanging the jury is better than nothing!

Mistrials only mean the whole thing CAN happen again—not that it WILL. If a trial ends in a hung jury, the prosecution will usually review the strength of their case and weigh that against their existing caseload, budget, staffing, etc. to decide if it's in the state's best interest to call for a retrial (there may be some exceptions, but this is generally the case in both the USA and the United Kingdom). Sure, plenty of cases get retried. But in some instances, a mistrial from a hung jury can lead to the prosecution either offering up a more lenient plea deal, or—if they decide pursuing things is ultimately a waste of their time and resources—simply dropping the charges altogether (this is sadly common with sexual assault cases; they're more difficult to prove in a court of law, and while I'm obviously wary of false convictions overall, I do have tremendous sympathy for victims who end up with no recourse for justice once the state drops all charges). In short, you never know what the outcome of a hung jury will have on a case until it actually happens.

Even if the prosecutors do decide to bring a retrial, according to professional jury consultant Alan Turkheimer, "acquittal rates in criminal trials are significantly higher after hung juries than during original trials." So even if you can't nullify a jury, you might nudge things in the right direction overall.

#are ya KIDDIN me we celebrate hangs back at the office like the victories they are#a hung jury is a WIN. a hung jury means that the DA FAILED. it is a BIG BLARING SIGN to the DA#that hey...you SHOT YOUR SHOT....AND YOU MISSED.#think twice if you REEEEEALLLY want to try again!#if you reeeeeeally with all of our overwhelming caseloads want to spend your attorney's time and your office's budget#on RE-TRYING this case that wasn't good enough the first time around#and YEAH. YEAH. a potential juror walks in and starts giving Progressive Politics Seminars (TM) and i inwardly groan#bc that is the first juror that the DA is going to kick out of the pool - bye bye helpful progressive!#all the blue lives matter assholes somehow manage to keep their mouths shut and parrot 'i can be fair'#long enough to get a seat on the jury and convict our clients#WE DON'T WANT THE GOOD ONES TO SPEAK UP. WE WANT THE BAD ONES TO SPEAK UP#it isn't jury SELECTION it's jury DE-SELECTION

The one and only time I was on a jury, they selected 13 people (in case one had to drop), and at the start they gave us pads of papers to take notes. And I took fucking NOTES man I wrote down everything I could. I listened. I was there to do my level best to be a good citizen, because I feel very strongly that being a juror is a civic duty everyone should be absolutely thrilled to partake in.

The case wasn't huge. Assault was the charge. At the start of everything, the judge/lawyers explained our duty was NOT to decide if someone had done or not done the thing, but rather to assess and decide if the prosecutor had proved they did do the thing. Because that's the whole entire fucking thing- the person on trial IS INNOCENT. Until PROVEN guilty. It is not supposed to MATTER if you think they did it or not- did the prosecution prove it they did it, beyond the shadow of a doubt?

If they didn't do that, if they didn't prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that so and do so did it, then they failed, the person is innocent, and you get to point that out. You can use that to flip a jury, if there hasn't been proof enough.

Which is what I did. Across the top of my notes in bold all caps I wrote "MUST PROVE GUILT BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT" and everything else went below that.

Well, I got booted from the jury (rude) because it can only have 12 decide at the end and the lawyers did not like me taking notes. Neither one of them! Fuck em. But!!!

The entire rest of the jury - literally the ENTIRE jury not even "except one," all 12 of them - had decided in their heads the guy was guilty. They all thought he did it and looking back I'll be honest he probably did (based on other stuff the guy ended up on trial for later, which we couldn't possibly have known at the time). But no one in that court had proved it and THAT is what we were there to assess (and if you need to, you can absolutely remind everyone of this!!). When they booted me, I handed my notepad to my friend I'd made, told her to use it if they needed anything, and that I would be outside waiting, and then I went and sat on the courthouse steps.

Around an hour later, she came out and found me to tell me they had found the guy Not Guilty. They all thought he was, they all thought he did it, but they looked at the "beyond a shadow of a doubt" scrawled across the notepad of a juror that wasn't even there anymore, and decided nah actually they didn't prove that and it's innocent until PROVEN guilty, and every single one of them flipped their decision. I turned an entire jury and I wasn't even in the room!! Because I made sure to keep my mouth shut and look like a good jury candidate in the first place, and get on the team, and take notes like the big nerd I am.

So yeah, grandstanding is cool and all and maybe that guy convinced some other people in the room that did become jurors but if you want to be useful, get on the fucking jury and THEN flex. The legal system may be unjust but you have the power to be really annoying to cops and lawyers by participating in it and making it as just as possible.

I spent so many years with such insane food rules and thinking certain foods were good and others were bad and I still fight with it and hatred towards my body that we’re fed from the youngest age and I refuse to let that happen to her.

So no she doesn’t have to finish her plate to get ice cream. She doesn’t have to eat all her veggies to be excused. She’s allowed to enjoy food as it comes to her as she learns and experiences it. And so far it’s paid off she’ll literally eat anything.

-healthy

-common

-normal

Questioning isn't:

And in that time, the asexual community welcomed me, supported me, helped me feel good about who I was, protected me from the harm I would have done to myself if I had pushed myself to have sex. That made a huge difference.

If I see an opportunity to support asexual organizations, I do so not just because it’s good but also because they were there for me in a difficult part of my life without judgement. I owe them for that.

If you at one point identified as transgender or questioned your gender identity, maybe you too sought a home in the wrong place because you were struggling with something else. And it is very likely that the people in that home, the transgender community, believed you and welcomed you and listened to you.

300gr bacon, beef or chicken. A meat of your choice. These go specially well. I prefer chicken tights. Diced

1 medium onion, diced.

Garlic minced (i used 2-4 pieces depending on size)

300gr carrot, cleaned, peeled and diced.

3 sticks of celery, washed and diced.

800gr potato. Washed, peeled diced in quarters.

1 head of broccoli.

8 cups of stock of your preference. I recommend using the bones of the beef or chicken, but veggies stock works too for a vegetarian or vegan version.

3 tablespoons all purpose flour.

1 cup whole milk. (Almond or rice milk work fine for a vegan option)

½ cup heavy cream. (Skip it for a vegan option)

Salt and black pepper to taste.

½ teaspoon paprika, use the spicy one to get the warmth up a notch in winter.

1 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander. Optional.

1 cup diced gouda or manchego cheese. Optional but really ties all together.

Make sure you have all your ingredients ready and at hand for this one to make sure it comes out nice and tasty!!!

In a pot put water and the bones to prepare your stock (chicken, beef, veggie) You can use premade or bouillon cubes, just make sure its 8 cups worth of broth. In a different pot boil the potatoes until soft.

In a big pot put some butter or olive oil to fry the onion, when it turns a little transparent add the garlic, move constantly.

Add the celery and diced carrots, moving constantly.

The carrot will get a little brighter in color, add the diced meat. Salt and pepper to your taste.

Meanwhile, blend the potatoes with enough stock so your blender wont have trouble blending. If you have a food processor, it’ll be easier.

Ad the remaining stock to you big pot with the veggies and meat, add the broccoli chopped in bite size pieces. Add the paprika and taste for salt and pepper. Let over a medium fire for 10 min.

Separate 3 tbsp of the stock to mix with the flour, set aside. This will be a thickening agent.

Pour the potato mix on the big pot, move to integrate and taste for salt and pepper.

Add the milk and heavy cream. Move with a laddle. Have a final taste and let over low fire for 5 min.

Serve hot and decorate with a pinch of coriander and some cubes of cheese.

ENJOY!

Notes:

I personally prefer to use chicken, love how it goes with potatoes and veggies. Also the tight is very tender and flavorful. With beef you have to be careful not to overcook it or it’ll get gummy and hard to bite, so make adjustments.

VEGAN: could also skip the meat, cheese and heavy cream for a vegan option.

I make it for my younger sister and she loves it. Instead of meat i add some diced, toasted nuts when served. Cashew, pecan and pistachios work nicely.

You’ll have to use 5 tbsp of flour to thicken up the broth a tid bit more without the heavy cream but you can still use a vegan milk.

You can totally skip the coriander, but it adds another dept of flavor.

Do try it with the cheese tho, i promise it’s GODLY. Gouda and manchego are my fave, the melt nicely and have a strong after taste, but i guess any cheese that melts could work.

Finally, if you are like me and like spicy food you can add chopped chili. Serrano and arbol chiles are my go to’s, freshly chopped sprinkled just after serving my bowl.

Hope y'all give it a try and if you have any doubts do ask!

People like to dress up and use the aesthetic because they enjoy it, and as of yet there is no other word (to my knowledge) for the aesthetic side of it.

Also, steampunk has a lot of branches/derivatives as well. In dieselpunk, the focus is on limited resources and the futility of fossil fuels (think of the video game Frostpunk). Atompunk is all about humanity’s doomed obsession with nuclear energy and weaponry (the entire Fallout series). Stitchpunk is just meant to be pretty plainly creepy and dark, bridging the old-fashioned with the modern to create Things That Should Not For The Love of God Exist (Coraline, 9, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands) in the eyes of society and then going on to either use that instinctual revulsion as a symbol of evil or to smash down the consumer’s prejudices about the character/item.

steampunk borrows imperial aesthetics, and that’s a shame, but it’s specifically a romantic escape from the new millennium’s minimalism and consumerism, as well as an interrogation of the class divides any imperial power maintains within itself and the nature of consumption itself.  people, machines, money, dreams. 

there’s a reason gears became the central symbol of the genre, aside from looking cool: we wanted authentic interiority, as everything around us turned digital. we wanted authenticity. we wanted machines we could take apart and touch, and we wanted beauty. we wanted machines made of iron and wood that you could fix with a wrench, lush costumes with layers of embroidery, the promise of freedom and adventure on your airship while you looked dope as shit in your fancy corset. 

I recommend watching the documentary “vintage tomorrows” about steampunk and what makes it punk.

“Don’t work with death, because then you invite it into your house.”

Death is already in my house. Death is everywhere. Death is what decays the plant matter that feeds my garden. Death is what feeds the herbs I use in my spells, for each grows from what died before it.

Death is what feeds my family - death of plants, the death of animals. I would not disrespect the spirits of that which feeds us by ignoring their sacrifice. 

Death is the veil between my ancestors and myself, keeping them at rest and then acting as the gate for them to step into their next life.

When I do hospice work and sit with someone who is accepting their approaching death, I don’t tell them death is something to fear or avoid. I tell them death is the friend that walked beside them, every step of their life, maintaining the balance of the world, and waiting for them with open arms, to escort them to rebirth. 

“Don’t work with death!” 

using this picrew

about halfway through I said fuck it and didn’t try to make it look like me anymore cause it wasn’t possible xD this picrew is too femme but I had some fun with it anyway

We might be a bit bloody here ^^

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Rules: make an avatar representing you in irl and one representing you in a fantasy/mythical aesthetic

tagged by @turniptitaness! thank you!!

getting my rl hair somewhat right was a pain. all way too long xD

I wish there was an option to add more black strands of hair to my ‘fantasy’ self

I look a lot cooler here and less dorky than I do irl. lol