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As a highly sensitive person (as defined by Elaine Aron in her bestseller The Highly Sensitive Person), I’m easily overwhelmed or over-aroused. As such, I am always looking for ways to calm down. Here are some techniques I have compiled over the years. Some of them I picked up in Aron’s book, some as part of the mindfulness-based stress […]
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The Seahawks are on pace for an NFL record they’d rather not break. Seattle’s defense has allowed 2,356 yards this season. That’s not just the most in the NFL this year, it’s a record pace: At their current pace of allowing 471 yards a game, the Seahawks would allow 7,539 yards in a 16-game season. […]
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As COVID-19 cases surged this spring, the pandemic led some people more than others to ponder their own mortality. A new study in China and the United States suggests that these people were the ones who showed the highest levels of stress and the least engagement at work. But the research also uncovered a bright […]
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The global economy could shed more than 1% of output if international talks to rewrite cross-border tax rules break down and trigger a trade war, the OECD said on Monday, after countries agreed to keep up negotiating to mid-2021. Nearly 140 countries agreed on Friday to extend talks, after the pandemic outbreak and U.S. hesitation […]
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Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion, which was originally due to launch on 27th October, will be delayed until some time “later this year”. Announcing the news in a statement on the World of Warcraft website, Blizzard explained that while it had made “significant progress iterating and polishing the core gameplay and […]
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Michael Schumacher is one of the most successful racing drivers to have taken to the track. With a record breaking seven championship wins to his name, five of them consectively, he has roared to victory more times than any other driver. But now Britain’s Lewis Hamilton has equalled some of Schumacher’s incredible Formula 1 success […]
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The Jets rank 31st in total offense, including 32nd in passing. They have scored six offensive touchdowns and are averaging 15 points a game as a team. It invited a question to Adam Gase from J.P. Pelzman of Forbes.com on Monday: Would the head coach consider relinquishing play-calling duties? “I don’t think I’m ever opposed […]
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Despite significant progress in prevention and therapy, millions of people still get infected with HIV every year. The main burden of HIV/AIDS falls on Africa. To contain the epidemic, innovative methods are needed to enable early diagnosis of all those affected. A Basel research group has now been able to significantly improve the success of […]
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Deputy German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies on Monday expressed optimism that global discussions aimed at setting up a new framework for international taxation would continue to make progress in coming months. Nearly 140 countries agreed on Friday to keep negotiating until mid-2021 on the first major rewriting of cross-border tax rules in a generation after […]
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Hyper Scape, Ubisoft’s reasonably entertaining entry in the already well-represented free-to-play battle royale genre, has only been out three months but already the publisher is looking to overhaul the experience in order to reach its “full potential”. Writing in a new blog post on the Hyper Scape website, Ubisoft explained that while it considered the […]
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