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Postpartum Depression (PPD) is a type of mood disorder associated with childbirth and can affect both sexes.
1 week to 1 month after childbirth
- Extreme sadness, emptiness, or hopelessness, worthlessness or overpowering guilt
- Crying all the time
- Loss of interest or lack of enjoyment in your usual activities and hobbies
- Trouble falling asleep at night, or trouble staying awake during the day
- Loss of appetite or eating too much, or unintentional weight loss or weight gain
- Restlessness or sluggishness
- Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
- Feeling that life isn’t worth living
- Being irritable or angry
- Avoiding friends and family
- Worrying excessively about your baby
- Being uninterested in your baby, or unable to care for her
- Feeling so exhausted that you’re unable to get out of bed for hours
- Some women with PPD experience delusional thoughts or hallucinations in rare cases and may harm their baby.
- Share Your Feelings: talk openly about your feelings to your partner, call a caring friend or join a mother’s group.
- Ask for Support- call relatives and friends and ask for help with taking care of the baby, house chores, or just for company.
- Slow down- on housework. Do one thing at a time. Get take out
- Take a walk- around the block and take your baby with you. Fresh air and sunshine, being outdoors, or meeting up with a friend for coffee nearby help a lot.
- Pamper yourself- go to a spa, get a massage, pedicure, manicure, facial. Go and shop for a post-baby outfit, wear makeup or wear your favorite dress to boost your mood especially on difficult days.
- See a doctor- if the symptoms persist or get worse. The doctor may recommend antidepressants for you which are safe while breastfeeding.
For more information email firstname.lastname@example.org

domain: health


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The ongoing nightmare for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, in Perugia Italy, will continue to linger on as the prosecution has successfully extended the appeal trial with what seems to be for no other reason than to muddy the water.
Knox and Sollecito currently stand convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher in late 2007. Both have vehemently denied any involvement in the murder and now after nearly 4 years, the court has finally heard from independent experts regarding crucial DNA evidence. The defense request for independent testing was refused by Judge Giancarlo Massei in the first trial. If Massei would have allowed an independent review, Knox and Sollecito would have never been convicted in the first place.
The presiding appeals court judge, Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, appointed forensic experts Stefano Conti and Carla Vecchiotti, from Rome’s Sapienza University to review the DNA. Conti and Vecchiotti, appeared in court July 25, unleashing a scathing attack on the prosecution, detailing gross negligence on the part of lead forensic scientist, Patrizia Stefanoni, regarding the key DNA evidence used to secure convictions in the first trial. The alleged murder weapon and a DNA laced bra clasp have been fully discredited by Hellmann’s experts leaving absolutely no credible evidence to confirm the convictions of Knox and Sollecito.
The knife said to be the murder weapon was retrieved from Sollecito’s kitchen by police because it looked shiny and well cleaned. Stefanoni claimed to find Kercher’s DNA on the blade (using LCN DNA testing in a non certified lab) and Knox’s DNA on the handle. When Conti and Vecchiotti tested the knife, they found Knox’s DNA on the handle, which was no surprise because Knox used the knife to prepare meals at Sollecito’s, but all they found on the blade was starch. When asked if the knife could have possibly been cleaned to remove all traces of Kercher, but still test positive for starch, Conti and Vecchiotti said no. The knife was not the murder weapon.
The bra clasp was retrieved from the crime scene 46 days after the murder. The police went searching for evidence against Sollecito when they realized that a footprint attributed to him actually belonged to Rudy Guede, the man responsible for the murder of Meredith Kercher. Clinging to the baseless multiple attacker scenario, investigators needed evidence fast, and like magic they found Sollecito’s DNA on a bra clasp that was torn off Kercher’s body. Questions remain unanswered as to why the clasp along with several pieces of clothing worn by Kercher during the attack were not collected in the early days of the investigation.
Crime scene video shows that the clasp originated under Kercher’s body (as seen in video the day the murder was discovered) and over 6 weeks time, during multiple visits from investigators visibly trashing the cottage, it made its way under a dirty rug across the room. When the clasp was finally collected, it was handled by multiple investigators wearing visibly dirty gloves as they handed it back and forth as if they had found a grand prize. The clasp was stored in improper containers by Stefanoni causing the fabric to disintegrate and the hooks to rust to the point that further examination is impossible.
Conti and Vecchiotti not only proved improper collection procedures they also proved that Stefanoni was biased in her analysis of the DNA. The method she used centers in on a specific suspect, a practice that is forbidden by all international standards due to the fact that it leads to biased analysis. Samples are to be analyzed individually and then the final results are compared to see if any produce a positive match. If one begins knowing what they are looking for already, they are likely to interpret the electropherogram to match the result they are trying to achieve. When the data was properly analyzed by Conti and Vecchiotti they discovered that Sollecito’s DNA could not be confirmed leaving them to conclude that the bra clasp is unreliable evidence.
After hearing the testimony given by Conti and Vecchiotti, Judge Hellmann moved to bring the trial to a swift close. He would allow the prosecution to question Conti and Vecchiotti on July 30, with no additional witnesses to be heard from either side. He also planned on cutting the summer break short so that closing arguments could begin on August 27.
The July 30 hearing was a long day for all involved as Prosecutor Comodi riffled questions at Conti and Vecchiotti doing everything she could to discredit their analysis. At the end of the day, the independent report stood strong, as the actions of Stefanoni are indefensible. There was nothing Comodi could say to hide the fact that Sefanoni’s work did not meet the standards of any civilized nation on earth.
Comodi gained no ground with her questioning but had one more trick up her sleeve. One of Stefanoni’s many egregious errors was her failure to conduct negative control tests to rule out contamination. Comodi would shock the court by boldly presenting documentation showing that Stefanoni did run those tests after all! Conti and Vecchiotti were wrong! Only one problem, Comodi presented the court with what appeared to be fraudulent documents. The pages were poor quality photo copies with codes that did not match the machine used to conduct the tests. When confronted, Comodi claimed that the defense must have mis-located the files during the first trial. The court took a 30 minute recess to try and locate any original documents which turned out to be nonexistent. Comodi’s ploy backfired on the prosecution, irritating the judge, and once again highlighted the fact that they will stop at nothing to keep two innocent people in prison.
Before the July 25 hearing began, it appeared that everything was set for closing arguments to begin August 27. That would change at the beginning of the hearing when the prosecution addressed the court asking for further witness testimony. Civil attorney Francesco Maresca stood up in court shouting out numerous law codes that sent the discussion into the judge’s chambers. When the issues were resolved, the prosecution’s request was granted and the next court hearing had been moved to September 5. I am told that Hellmann was not happy with the extended timeframe but was bound by law to allow the additional questioning.
Any and all additional hearings before closing arguments begin will be a complete waste of time. Judge Hellmann’s own experts have discredited the evidence. Putting additional prosecution or defense experts on the stand is pointless and the only benefit for the prosecution is to attempt to cloud reality.
Knox and Sollecito have endured almost 4 years in prison for a crime they did not commit and now they will have to wait a little bit longer due to posturing by those hell bent on destroying their lives. When the prosecution is finished with their theatrics Judge Hellmann will be obligated by Italian law to fully exonerate Amanda Knox and Raffaelle Sollecito as he cannot confirm convictions without evidence. The nightmare will finally end.

domain: law


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Businesses shut in parts of Jammu and Kashmir to protest GST
All shops and business establishments were shut and transport was off the roads in parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday after traders and transporters called for a strike against the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout.
The shutdown was called by Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers (KTMF).
Under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, the state of Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a “special status’. Traders, transporters and opposition parties believe that the new tax regime would lead to the "erosion" of this special status.
However, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has said that the "special status won't be diluted in any case".
Those opposed to the GST demanded some amendments to enjoy some benefits.
There were restrictions on the assembly of people in parts of Srinagar as a precautionary measure.
"We will not allow the erosion of our special status," KTMF president Muhammad Yasin Khan said, PTI reported.
Jammu and Kashmir is the only state that did not meet the June 30 deadline for GST rollout. However, the state’s finance minister Haseeb Drabu said today that the state is likely to clear legislation on the tax regime by July 6, PTI reported.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had written a letter to chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, saying that failure of the state to implement the GST would lead to "adverse impact" of price rise and put the local industry at a disadvantage.


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Do you ever feel strange when you’re promoting your book? When you’re selling and pushing it on people? When you’re even just talking about it?
Yeah. A lot of us do.
Basically, every creative in the world feels weird selling things and promoting their products. That’s just at the start anyway.
Now, why do you feel like that? Well. Probably because you’re thinking:
Why should people even care? This is just a book. There are so many books out there. Everyone is pushing their books all the time basically everywhere. People hate those promotional emails and tweets and ads. Everyone sees right through that. When I do it, I feel like this slimy and desperate sales person, but I’m not doing it for the money. I’m doing it because I love my book and I want people to read it. So why should I be like – buy my book and give me all the money?
These are all normal thoughts. I have them every time I promote something. The thing is, the more I do it, the more I get used to doing it, and the less I feel bad about doing it. Because let me explain something first…
When the average person is on social media, they’re scrolling and they’re looking at all the things. They don’t really think about your tweet or anyone’s posts. They’re just looking for something interesting, right? And when they find something that they actually want, they’re grateful. That something can be your book! If you think about it, all you want is to give your book a chance to be seen and read.
Your story needs to be heard. So I think of promoting books as a way of honoring your story, honoring your book.
You see, I am honoring my stories. I am telling people about them. I’m not telling people about them to make money. I’m telling people about them because I want to honor that one thing that I’ve put out and that I’m genuinely proud of.
Now, if you don’t want to promote or sell or anything like that, then don’t self-publish or don’t publish at all. Just keep them for yourself or give them to friends or put them on free platforms like Wattpad, whatever. That’s cool, too. Maybe you’re going to feel better promoting them then when they’re free, and that’s okay.
I just don’t feel like there should be shame around selling because selling isn’t done just to make money. Selling is also done in order to help people.
For example, if I have a course on how to write a book or how to publish a book, I’m not selling it to be rich. I’m actually selling it to help you. I’m helping you write books, or to publish books. I feel grateful and honored that I can do that.
Even if your book is a novel that’s not designed to help anyone do anything specifically, I beg to differ. Your story will be a way for someone to escape from their reality, to take a break and recharge, to feel something… novels are very helpful.
If you can turn your mindset around like that, away from the negative, from the: Oh my God, I’m asking people for money. Who even has money in times like these? To the positive: Oh my God, I’m I’m so excited about this thing that is going to help a lot of people. I want to help more and more people and I’m going to tell people because they need to know about it and they need the help…
If you can turn your mindset around from negative to positive, you’re going to feel much better about promoting your book. Also, the more you promote your book, the less weird you’re going to feel about it. Eventually, you’re not going to feel weird or bad. That weird slimy feeling is just at the start, and it’s always like that, for all of us. Eventually, you get used to it, and you even get excited about it.
Finally, you don’t have to promote in a ‘gross’ way. There are so many ways to promote a book.
There’s the excited way, where you share excited GIFs and photos of your book, to share your excitement. People notice that, they can feel your enthusiasm, and many of them will be happy for you. Some of them will even buy, and that’s cool.
Sometimes you’re just going to want to build buzz before a launch, like for example, by showing behind the scenes stuff like your character development or your worldbuilding, etc. Just get them excited! It’s not slimy to get people excited about a story. It’s actually very cool. People love that kind of thing. They love sneak peeks. They love looking at your cover reveal, they love hearing about your publishing experiences, they love hearing your thoughts about other books in the field. they love seeing your process. So don’t hold any of it back.
I feel like writers and authors around the world have this misconception that marketing and promoting is just advertising and paying for ads, and just being super shouty on social media and sharing your book link all the time.
No, that’s that’s not it.
A good promo post on social media, for example, wouldn’t be BUY MY BOOK and then the link. It would be something like: Hey guys, look, I have a review or hey, guys, look, I’m putting my book in this bookstore, or hey guys, look, I’m going to be reading at this conference, or even just hey, guys look, my dog loves my book so much, and there’s not even a link to go with it.
When I promote my book, I share my process – every part of it. I just want to tell the world what I’m doing. Share my experiences. I had a positive experience with that. I had a negative experience about that. This is what happened to me. I found this thing, and it helped me, maybe it’ll help you too… and so on.
Anything you share is content, and it’s helpful, not slimy.
Think of it this way – everything you post can’t just be about you, it needs to be about the people who are going to read it too. Think about them when you post – address them, ask them questions, share your excitement with them, build relationships, and just enjoy this amazing experience.
Appreciate your genre, talk about the publishing process, throw a giveaway, do a fun challenge or contest, partner with a ton of other authors and promote together. Marketing and promoting in general should be fun for you and authentic to you, it should fit with your values. And if something feels slimy, then that’s not the promotional method for you.
There are just so many ways to promote.
And if you still feel slimy and you have no idea how to promote your book, let us, the team at Read2Write help you spread the word about your book. We are extremely passionate about helping indie authors share their books with the world, and we would be honored to team up and help you promote your book.
If you’d like to do that, just contact us.
Now let’s recap, shall we?
Marketing and promotion don’t need to feel sleazy, like you’re some kind of door-to-door salesman selling snake oil. You can find fun ways to promote your brand and your books. In the end, you choose the methods. If you feel slimy about something, just don’t do it, do something fun and creative and authentic instead. And remember – share your book proudly because it’s helping people.
Finally, good luck with promoting your book! I know it’s hard but that’s why I’m here, and the team at Read2write is here, to help you win at this strange game called publishing books and trying to sell them. Up until this day, maybe everything felt like a losing battle or like you’re pushing a boulder up a hill, but I hope that after reading this article, you are feeling better, and lighter, about the whole thing.
Good luck and keep sharing your stories. The world needs them.

domain: literature


Official MV to Eunkyo’s new single from ‘Understand’
Singer Eunkyo brings the R&B feels with Beautiful Mistakes, one of the lead singles from her album Understand released November 29th, and I’m loving its peaceful, reflective energy. I’m thinking it’d be perfect for a rainy day when you need to just sit down and think about your next steps. Peep below for links on where to listen and follow Eunkyo!
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Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey has claimed that Everton may have been wronged by VAR during their clash with Arsenal.
During the latest round of top-flight fixtures, Carlo Ancelotti’s side secured a 2-1 win against Mikel Arteta’s struggling Gunners (per BBC).
While the Toffees were still able to pick up three points against the north London club, Halsey believed that Arsenal could have gone down to 10 men.
The incident in question was a clash between Dani Ceballos and the man who bagged the Toffees’ second goal, Yerry Mina.
Speaking exclusively to This is Futbol, he said: “I mean, obviously, there is a case and I think what we’re tending to see at present is all the reviews that are recommended, we’re seeing them in slow-motion.
“We’re not seeing them in actual real-time like the IFAB protocol says, so, you could argue there was a case for an act of violent conduct or serious foul play.
“You could argue that because there’s no need to do what Ceballos did, there’s no need for that and we’re seeing it more and more and more.
“You have to question the player’s mentality because they know it’s going to be looked at by VAR.
“In this instance, he got away with it but on the whole, we’re going to see challenges like that reviewed by VAR.”
Should Dani Ceballos have been sent off?
Yes, he should've
No, I don't think so
The challenge from the Spaniard came shortly before the half-time break when he caught the Colombian defender on the back of the calf (per TalkSPORT).
However, the 24-year-old midfielder’s foul went unpunished and it was later claimed that he was ‘perhaps lucky to still be on the pitch‘ after no action was taken.
Halsey continued: “I think Everton had a case for that to be looked at and reviewed but, obviously, the VAR didn’t feel it was an obvious error by the match referee.”
Despite Ceballos remaining on the field, Everton claimed victory and the three points, which leaves the Toffees sat fourth in the Premier League on 26 points (per BBC).