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On changing up my dating life patterns and getting something better than before
Since getting back on Tinder in October of this year, I've matched with over 300 people, had conversations with 30% of them, and gone out with maybe, maybe 10 different souls.
It's strange to me because 300 seems like a pretty big number and yet, I feel more disconnected than I ever have in my dating life. It's as if the more people I match with the less likely I'll find anyone of quality.
I know, I know, Tinder was created specifically for quantity. It's designed so you want to keep coming back because someone hotter and funnier and smarter could be just a swipe away.
I get that we're all throw-away people to each other now.
That we find ourselves rating our worth on the number of matches we have.
Yet, even though 300 people potentially would fuck me based off of a couple of photos, that doesn't mean any of them would ever like being around me.
Like many people, I enjoy sex. I also have a higher sex drive than most people, men and women alike. It's often not difficult to find someone willing to sleep with me. Yet, no matter how much I enjoy sex, one night stands, fucktoys, fuckboys, fuckgrrrls (is this a thing?), no-strings-attached, friends-with-benefits–it's all becoming rather tiring.
It's time to go deeper with someone–not physically deeper–emotionally, spiritually deeper. It's like we're all afraid to actually get to know someone. We come with excuses that are worse than the ones that George and Jerry and Elaine always seemed to find. Hands are too small. Nose is too big. Beard is weird. He still eats Chef-Boyardee. She does this annoying popping thing with her toes. He texts too much. She doesn't text enough. He sucks my nose when we're making out. She pees a little when she sneezes. etc. etc.
But why the constant excuses? Is it fear? Is it FOMO? Is it actually justifiable and we should know they're right from the beginning?
I've decided to slow down. To rid my expectations of other people. To attempt to learn something from everyone I meet. To stay curious and open to the exploration of other souls–and at the same time, my own.
The Tinder culture is addicting. It's like junk food, it tastes delicious but it's just a bunch of empty calories nothingness.
You keep wanting more but it's not good for you. Instead of rotting your teeth though, it rots your soul. It makes you feel both wanted and rejected at the same time. It makes you think that the possibilities are endless and you should never settle. And of course you should never settle, but you should also not keep repeating a pattern that fails to live up to anything substantial or meaningful.
I'm not sure if it's a waste so much as a distraction. A tool that we use to keep ourselves occupied, to keep opportunity available, to see just how fuckable we are on a surface level. Because we all want the possibility of connection, even if it's just for a night, but many people, whether we want to admit it out loud or not, many of us want something more, something with legs, something closer to longevity.
Maybe all it takes is putting down the phone and looking around, interacting with people in real life situations. It at least seems more fulfilling to talk to someone face to face, see if anything is there, and act upon it if there is, walk away (quickly) if there isn't?
All I know (which isn't much) is that I have to stop thinking Tinder is the answer. To be honest, I can barely even remember the question, but I think it has to do with how we uncover love in its long form.
My plan is to create new habits and knock off the bad patterns regardless of how long it takes or how hard it is because I want more–and I'm going to get it.


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Ghanaian Environmental And Social Laws
Ghana's economy is highly reliant on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, and thus, preservation of the environment, and awareness of social risks is important for a resilient economy. From a regulatory perspective, there are a myriad of regulations in Ghana addressing protection of the environment, and society. It is important for financial institutions to be aware of the pertinent legislation which is applicable to their clients' businesses, as well as their own operations.
This section presents an overview of key environmental and social legislation, and the coordinating bodies pertinent for financial institutions.
Overview of E&S Regulations in Ghana
In 2001, the Ghana Environmental Assessment Capacity Development Programme (GEACaP) was launched with support from the Netherlands government. Primarily, the mandate of the program was to help all relevant institutions in achieving their respective obligations, and to promote sustainable economic development in Ghana. An important aspect of the programme was the development of Environmental Assessment Sector Specific Guidelines for eight main sectors of the economy. These included Health, Manufacturing, Transportation, Mining, Tourism, General Construction and Services, Agriculture and Energy. Consequently, representatives from these eight stakeholder sectors came together with the EPA to develop the sector specific obligations towards the environment. Similar environmentally enhancing activities in the past culminated in the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency with powers to regulate the use of the environment and ensure the implementation of policies on the environment by the government. As a result, various interventions and policy instruments such as environmental impact assessments, Parliamentary Acts and legislation, environmental guidelines, environmental taxes such as reclamation bonds, and environmental permitting standards i.e. emission permits have been promulgated to address environmental problems. These laws, together with other legislations and regulations, primarily seek to operationalise the broad environmental policy directives in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. It is therefore crucial that financial institutions are abreast with these rules and regulations while carrying out financial intermediation activities.
On the social regulations side, there exists many laws and regulations which cover the rights and safety of workers, the vulnerable in society and the social issues confronting communities. The fundamental human rights of every Ghanaian are enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. Other social and labour laws include the Labour Act, 2003, Act 651, the Children's Act, 1998, Act 560 and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Act, 1993, Act 456. Ghana has also ratified other International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions to guide the country in its labour and social issues. Some of these conventions guarantee workers the right and freedom to join or form worker unions (Convention No.87), the right to equal treatment (Conventions Nos. 100 and 111), the right to collective bargaining (Convention No. 98) as well as conventions to promote industrial harmony and welfare of workers. Among the institutions responsible for implementing these rules and regulations include the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the National Labour Commission (NLC), the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) etc.
Guidance on legislation:
The constitutional basis for E&S protections for Ghana which stipulates that the public lands in Ghana are vested in the president on behalf of the people of Ghana.
The 1992 Constitution provides a broad policy basis for the protection of the environment in Ghana. Article 257 stipulate that all public lands in Ghana are vested in the President on behalf of, and in trust for, the people of Ghana; with the President's pledge to protect the Constitution. Specifically, the basis of Environmental Policy in Ghana is grounded in Article 36(9) of the 1992 Constitution. The Direct Principles of State Policy places a responsibility on every Ghanaian and the government to protect and safeguard the environment for posterity. It explicitly requires the government to take relevant steps aimed at the protection and defence of the national environment for future generations. The government is expected to do this in collaboration with appropriate agencies.
The Constitution also guarantees the fundamental human rights of every person found within Ghana. Chapter 5 of the Constitution, section 12(2) says that "Every person in Ghana, whatever their race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, religion, creed or gender shall be entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual contained in this chapter but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest". These rights include right to life, right to a decent job, economic rights and women (gender) rights. It is worthy of note, that the entire Chapter 5 of the constitution, on human rights, is an entrenched clause, meaning it may only be amended by the people of Ghana through a referendum.
Guidance on legislation:
This establishes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority to act on environmental protection in Ghana. The EPA therefore monitors and ensures compliance of businesses with Ghanaian E&S laws. The EPA issues fines and penalties for businesses that are not in compliance.
Sequel to the 1992 national Constitution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Act, 1994 (Act 490) was passed. The Act subsequently established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This Act, among other things, is "an Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to environmental protection, pesticides control and regulation and for related purposes." It provides for the powers as well as the governing body of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Act among other things also establishes the Hazardous Chemicals Committee and empowers the Board to create such departments and divisions as and when necessary. It also repealed the Environmental Protection Council Decree, 1976. The EPA is the main body vested with the authority to administer environmental laws in Ghana. It is therefore important that financial institutions, in granting loans to business entities whose activities affect the environment, do so after having satisfied themselves with the environmental assessment reports from their clients.
Guidance on legislation:
Businesses with environmental activities are required to register with the EPA and duly receive permitting to operate.
Financial institutions must ensure that their clients have the proper permitting to operate as failure to do so will result in fines and other penalties. Financial institutions may also require the permitting for their banking operations.
The Environmental Assessment Regulations (EAR) were made in 1999 pursuant to the EPA Act, 1994 (Act 490). Primarily, the EAR (amended in 2002) requires that before the commencement of any activity which relates to the environment, such an activity or undertaking be registered by the EPA and an environment permit issued in respect of the undertaking. As such, activities such as mining, construction, logging, oil marketing etc which have the potential of adversely affecting the environment must first go through an Environmental Impact Assessment, leading to the production of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Thus, the objective is to guarantee that economic activities are carried out in a sustainable and environmentally and socially conducive manner. These regulations are broad and require different kinds of stakeholders to shoulder different responsibilities. In the case of financial institutions for example, it is inherent on banks to confirm environmental impact assessment reports (statements) before approving credit requests for activities that potentially have an adverse impact on the environment. Banks themselves must also get permits for their branches. According to the EPA, the EAR, LI 1652, gives a comprehensive legal cover to the Ghana Environmental Impact Assessment procedures.
Guidance on Legislation:
Businesses undertaking minerals and mining operations must receive a mining license before commencement of activities from the Forestry Commission and EPA.
Financial institutions must ensure that their clients can present this license
The Minerals and Mining Act requires that, among other things, a holder of a mining license, before commencing mining activities, must obtain the necessary environmental permits. The Act specifically states that;
"(1) Before undertaking an activity or operation under a mineral right, the holder of the mineral right shall obtain the necessary approvals and permits required from the Forestry Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency for the protection of natural resources, public health and the environment.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a holder of a mineral right shall comply with the applicable Regulations made under this Act and any other enactment for the protection of the environment in so far as relates to exploitation of minerals."
Summary of legislation:
The labour act prohibits discrimination based on sex, ethnicity, race, colour, religion etc and provides protection for workers in Ghana.
Financial Institutions should ensure that both the human resource (HR) policies and terms of employment of the FI and the bank are in line with labour laws.
The Labour Act, 2003, repealed the Industrial Relations Act, 1960, Act 299 which hitherto governed labour relations in Ghana. Under this act, the Labour Department under the then Ministry of Labour Affairs was responsible for dealing with labour disputes. Many have described Act 651 as a consensus law because all the stakeholders, namely Organised Labour, Government and Ghana Employers Association had to lose in some respects and win in other aspects of the negotiation to arrive at Labour Act, 2003, Act 651.
Guidance on Legislation:
The established implementing body is tasked with investigating human rights complaints.
Financial institutions should ensure that they and their clients have grievance mechanisms in place for workers to raise reasonable workplace complaints.
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Act, is an act that empowers the implementing body, CHRAJ, with the mandate to look into "complaints of violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, injustice and corruption; abuse of power and unfair treatment of persons by public officers in the exercise of their duties, with power to seek remedy in respect of such acts or emissions and to provide for other related purposes". Section 7 (1) (a) (c) and (g) of the CHRAJ Act specifically mandates the body to ensure the fundamental human rights and freedoms of persons in Ghana are protected irrespective of colour, tribe, nationality etc.
International Environmental and Social Conventions Signed and Ratified by Ghana
Ghana has remained a signatory to many international conventions and treaties that address Climate Change, the Environment and its Sustainability. In 2005 a body was set up at the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST) called the Ghana Environmental Convention Co-ordinating Authority (GECCA) to co-ordinate the ratification (in some cases) and implementation of these international conventions and treaties on the environment. Some of these Conventions and Treaties include Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Conventions on Climate Change, Paris Agreement on Climate Change etc
There are many other laws which regulate environmental use in Ghana. Some of these laws and regulations include the Hazardous and Electronic Waste and Management Act, 2016 (Act 917) which prohibits the importation, exportation, transportation, selling, purchasing or dealing in or depositing of hazardous waste or any other waste within Ghana or her territorial waters and the Petroleum Exploration and Production Act, 2016, Act 919, an act which provides the enabling requirement for participation in Ghana's petroleum industry by the private sector.
International Labour Organizations Conventions ratified by Ghana
In 1957, Ghana became a member of the ILO and has since ratified many of the Organization's Conventions aimed at socially and economically enhancing Ghanaian labour force. Some of the ratified Conventions include Equal Remuneration Convention (#100), Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (#111), Freedom of Association and Protection of the Rights to Organise Convention (#87), Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (#98), Forced Labour Convention (#29), Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (#105), Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention (#148), Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention(#151) etc. In total, Ghana has ratified 51 Conventions, of which 37 are in full force, 10 of them have been denounced and 4 abrogated.
Ghanaian E&S Regulatory Agencies
Regulatory institutions are the conduit through which environmental and social legislation is implemented in Ghana. Any project or activity which has the potential of adversely affecting the environment will require regulation.
Financial institutions should be aware of the implementing regulatory agencies for E&S legislations.
The mandate of the Ministry is to promote sustainable development through relevant and thought-provoking research and development in its four main areas, sound environmental governance, technology, science and innovation. Created in 1993 and having undergone name changes along the way, the Ministry's main functions in relation to the environment among others include the following;
- To provide leadership and guidance in its main area through the formulation and implementation of sound policies within the broad sector of the economy.
- In charge of establishing standards and the regulatory framework for the Environment, Science and Technology within which sustainable development can be achieved.
- Initiates and co-ordinates research aimed at improving the laws, rules, policies and regulations that govern the environment.
- Ensures effective environmental management and governance
- Determines the requirements for any programme on the environment, science, technology and human settlement. This it does in consultation with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC).
There are many agencies under the Ministry which execute some of these functions. These agencies include;
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- Atomic Energy Commission of Ghana
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority
- National Biosafety Authority
Established in 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is the main body responsible for regulating or administering environmental laws in Ghana and falls under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI). The Agency was established consequent to the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490). In 2001, the Ghana Environmental Assessment Programme (GEcAP) helped the EPA streamline the various sector specific environmental requirements and policies. Among the many functions as spelt out in the Act, its main functions include the following;
- Advises the (Sector) Minister on the formulation of policies and recommendations for the protection of the environment;
- Acts as a co-ordinating body for technical or practical entities whose activities affect the environment and serves as a channel of communication between those bodies and the Ministry;
- Issues environmental permits and pollution abatement notices for activities which are potentially dangerous to the quality of the environment or parts of it;
- Issues directives, procedures or warnings to any other person or body for controlling the volume, intensity and quality of noise in the environment;
- Ensures compliance with the laid down environmental impact assessment procedures in the planning and execution of development projects and/or existing projects.
These include but not limited to the Lands Commission, Minerals Commission Forestry Commission etc. The Minerals Commission is one of the agencies of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. Established under the 1992 Constitution (Article 269) and the Minerals Commission Act 1993, Act 450, it is the main regulatory body in the minerals and mining sector. Pursuant to the above legislation, the Minerals Commission is responsible for "the regulation and management of the utilization of policies relating to mining." In addition, the Minerals Commission also makes sure that Ghana's Mining and Mineral Laws and Regulations are also complied with. This is done mainly through effective monitoring and evaluation of mining activities especially on the environment and natural resources. In monitoring mining companies, the Minerals Commission liaises with other State agencies such as the EPA, Bank of Ghana and Geological Survey Department to help attain adherence of the requirements of a competitive fiscal regime as well as the mineral rights granted to these mining companies.
In regulating activities in Ghana's upstream petroleum sector, the Petroleum Commission is the main body responsible for this activity. Its counterpart, the National Petroleum Authority regulates petroleum activities in the downstream sector. The Petroleum Commission was established by an act of Parliament, Act 821, in 2011. Together with other agencies such as the Energy Commission, Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC), Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Petroleum Commission regulates and manages the utilization of the country's oil and gas resources. It also co-ordinates any other activity to do with sustainability in the upstream sector.
Like the Petroleum and Minerals Commissions, the Energy Commission is also involved in the regulation of aspects of Ghana's natural resources such as natural gas. The Commission is the technical regulator of the country's renewable energy environment as well as its electricity landscape. Set up by the Energy Commission Act, 1997, Act 541, the Commission's mandate also includes management, development and utilization of Ghana's energy resources "in a reliable, efficient and secure manner in order to promote the social and economic well-being of the people of Ghana, enhance environmental quality and public safety."
In 1996, the Water Resources Commission was established by a Parliamentary Act (522). Its mandate includes regulating and managing Ghana's water resources as well as streamlining government policies in the water resources industry. In the same way that all land is vested in the President on behalf of the people, it is the same with country's water resources. Ownership and management of Ghana's water resources are vested in the President on behalf of the Ghanaian people. The Commission comprises of 15 members, drawn from various sectors of the economy.
The National Labour Commission (NLC) was established as required by the Labour Act, 2003. Section 35 of the Labour Act stipulates that an NLC be established to among other things, mediate in settling industrial disputes via negotiations and other dispute resolution methods such as mediation and arbitration. The NLC also works towards promoting a sustainable and harmonious working environment through effective dispute resolution mechanisms and settlements. Under the Ghana Shared Growth and development Agenda, the NLC seeks to;
- Promote a harmonious labour relations environment
- Compliance with the laws regulating the employment relationship
- Adherence to procedures for addressing industrial disputes/ disagreements
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) came into being under the 1992 Constitution. Broadly, the Commission is involved in three main areas; human rights, administrative justice and anti-corruption fight. It is the duty of the institution to promote and protect the fundamental human rights and freedoms of every citizen. These rights include civil, social, economic, political etc. The human rights function of the Commission is categorized into; promotion and prevention as well as protection and enforcement.
Under the 2003 Labour Act, one of the requirements of the act was the establishment of a National Tripartite Committee which will compose of the Government of Ghana, Organised Labour, and Ghana Employers Association. The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations is the chairman of the Committee. Primarily, the NTC is the body mandated to determine the National Daily Minimum Wage. It also gives advice to the ministry on labour and employment issues. This could include economic and social issues.

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Couple of days back, in one of my post, I have shown how to include Custom Post Type (CPT) to default RSS feed. Today, I will show how to add CPT to default search results.
The following snippet code will add your CPT to your blog's search results. All you need to do is, copy and paste the following snippet on your theme's functions.php file and update it.
function add_cpt_search($query) {
if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query()) {
if ($query->is_search) {
$query->set('post_type', array('post','cpt')); } } }
However, do not forget the change the CPT with your custom post type slug from the post_type array. If you have multiple CPT registered on your site, you can also add them as well.
Once you are done, you can check the search results with one of your custom post title. Hope this snippet helps.
Source: WordPress Codex.


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Psychosis, or Radical Belief in the Symptom : 17th June 2012 : Éric Laurent : given in Tel Aviv, Israel
by Julia Evans on June 17, 2012
This text is translated from a transcription of the "Presentation of the Theme for the Eleventh Congress of the NLS, Athens 2012", delivered in French at the NLS Congress in Tel Aviv, 17 June 2012.
Translated by Adrian Price
1) p243-251 of Hurly-Burly, Issue 8, October 2012
2) Published: New Lacanian School's : nls-messager, No. 556.en/ Psychosis, or Radical Belief in the Symptom, By Eric Laurent : Date: 7 November 2012
3) Published on the New Lacanian School, NLS, web-site: www.amp-nls.org and available here
4) See www.LacanianWorksExchange.net /éric laurent
1) Seminar XVII: Psychoanalysis upside down/The reverse side of psychoanalysis/The Other Side of Psychoanalysis: 1969-1970 : starts on 10th December 1969 : Jacques Lacan : Available here or Seminar XVII: Psychoanalysis upside down/The reverse side of psychoanalysis: 1969-1970 Jacques Lacan. For Cormac Gallagher's translation from unedited tapes see www.LacaninIreland.com
2) J. Lacan : De la psychose paranoïaque dans ses rapports avec la personnalité . Links to translations of this is available here: or 'The Case of Aimée, or Self-punitive Paranoia': Jacques Lacan: 1932
3) The Mechanism of Paranoia: Sigmund Freud. This is Part III of 'Psycho-Analytic Notes on an Autobiographical Account of a Case of Paranoia (Dementia Paranoides) : 16th December 1910, published 1911 : Sigmund Freud. Versions with the original footnotes or in word are available to download from Case history of Schreber: 1910: Sigmund Freud or here
4) J. Lacan : Proposition on 9th October 1967 on the Psychoanalyst of the School. Details of its availability : here or 'Proposal of 9th October 1967 on the psychoanalyst of the School': Jacques Lacan
5) On my antecedents: 1966? : Jacques Lacan
p51-57 of Écrits, The first complete edition in English: translated by Bruce Fink: Norton & Co: 2002:
p52 is quoted "the symptom's formal envelope" : Quote from p51-52:
It stems from the work of Gatian de Clérambault, my only master in psychiatry.
His notion of "mental automatism," with its metaphorical, mechanistic ideology, which is assuredly open to ciriticism, seems to me, in its attempt to come to grips with the [patient's] subjective text, closer to what can be constructed on the basis of a structural analysis than any other clinical approach in French psychiatry.
I was sensitive to the hint of a promise that I perceived in it due to the contrast between it and the decline that could be seen in a semiology that was ever more bogged down in assumptions related to rationality.
Clérambault achieved, through the quality of his gaze and the biases of his thought, a sort of recurrence of what has recently been described for us in a figure that dates back to the birth of the clinic. [See Michel Foucault's 'Naissance de la clinique': Paris: PUF: 1963 or The birth of the clinic : New York, Pantheon: 1973]
Clérambault was very familiar with the French tradition, but it was Kraepelin, whose clinical genius was of a higher caliber, who trained him.
Oddly enough, but necessarily, I believe, I was thereby led to Freud.
For faithfulness to the symptom's formal envelope, which is the true clinical trace for which I acquired a taste, led me to the limit at which it swings back in creative effects. In the case included in my dissertation (the case of Aimée), there were literary effects – of high enough quality to have been collected, under the (reverent) heading of involuntary poetry, by Éluard.
The function of ideals presented itself to me here in a series of reduplications that led me to the notion of a structure, which was more instructive than the account the clinicians in Toulouse would have provided, for they would have lowered its price by situating it in the register of passion.
Moreover, the sort of gust effect that, in my subject, blew down the screen known as a delusion as soon as her hand touched, in a serious act of aggression, one of the images in her theatre – who was doubly fictitious for her since she was also a star in reality – redoubled the conjugation of her poetic space with a gulf-like scansion.
This brought me closer to the stage machinery of acting out [passage à l'acte] and, if only by confining myself to the all-purpose word "self-punishment" that Berlin-style criminology offered through the mouthpieces of Alexander and Staub, I was led to Freud.
The way in which a knowledge [connaisance] is specified on the basis of its stereotypy, and also of its discharges, providing evidence of another function, [seemed to me to] lead to an enrichment which no academicism, even that of the avant-garde, could have turned away.
Perhaps it will be understood that by crossing the doorstep of psychoanalysis, I immediately recognized in its practice knowledge-related biases that are far more interesting, since they are those that must be eliminated in its fundamental listening.
End of quote.
Further information on Clérambault and Kraepelin available as follows:
Psychoses of passion : 1921 : Gaétan Gatian de Clérambault or here
Dementia Praecox : 1896 : Emil Kraepelin or here
6. On a question prior to any possible treatment of psychosis : Jacques Lacan : Available : On a question preliminary to any possible treatment of psychosis : 1958 : Jacques Lacan or here
8. Subversion of the subject and the dialectic of desire : Jacques Lacan :
Available : here or The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire (Royaumont): 19th to 23rd September 1960: Jacques Lacan
9. Extimité : Jacques-Alain Miller
Available: Extimité or Extimacy : February 1985 : Jacques-Alain Miller or here
15. There are four discourses… : Jacques Lacan :
I suspect this is a retranslation of a session from Seminar XVII: Psychoanalysis upside down/The reverse side of psychoanalysis/The Other side of Psychoanalysis': 1969-1970 where Lacan introduces the four discourses. The seminar, as translated by Russell Grigg, has many omissions. Cormac Gallagher has translated it from tape-recordings. His text is therefore unedited and includes many more of the interventions, including those published as Radiophonie, than the edited version. Further information: here or at Seminar XVII: Psychoanalysis upside down/The reverse side of psychoanalysis: 1969-1970 Jacques Lacan
16. Le séminaire livre XIX, ..ou pire : Jacques Lacan :
Available: Seminar XIX: 1971-72: …Ou pire …Or worse : from 8th December 1971 : Jacques Lacan or here
Further posts by Éric Laurent
An up-to-date list of posts for the LacanianWorks' "Laurent Éric" category : available https://lacanianworks.net/category/by-author/laurent-eric/ or www.LacanianWorksExchange.net /laurent éric
Lost in Cognition: Psychoanalysis and the Cognitive Sciences : 2014 : Éric Laurent
Racism 2.0 : 26th January 2014 : Éric Laurent
On the real in a psychoanalysis : 17th October 2013 : Éric Laurent
Psychosis, or Radical Belief in the Symptom : 17th June 2012 : Éric Laurent : given in Tel Aviv, Israel
Psychoanalysis & Our Time (video): 30th September 2011: New York : Éric Laurent
Against Neuro-metaphors (video): 30th September 2011 : New York : Éric Laurent
Lacan as Analysand (video): 30th September 2011 : New York : Éric Laurent
The Symbolic Order in the XXI Century: Consequences for the Treatment: July 2010: Éric Laurent
Guiding Principles for Any Psychoanalytic Act: 16th July 2006 : Rome : Éric Laurent
How to recompose the Name-of-the Father : 2004 : Éric Laurent
The Real and the Group : 2000 : Éric Laurent
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Sparkasse Gießen upgrades with Mundex
We are now also supplying the Sparkasse branch on Johannesstrasse in Gießen with our comprehensive virus protection. An extensive test phase began here on Wednesday.
In the next three to four weeks, Mundex will be used at ATMs, service counters, writing areas for customers, the cash desk and on seating furniture, where the surfaces can be cleaned after each use without Mundex, but will potentially be contaminated with viruses again at the next contact. Mundex prevents this and kills bacteria and viruses when they reach the surface.
If the test phase is successful, the entire self-service area of the head office will be equipped - as well as the vending machines on Berliner Platz and Marktplatz.
"The idea of finding a permanent solution against the spread of the corona virus through the use of self-service machines has been around at Sparkasse Gießen for some time," said board member Ilona Roth.
More Informations:
Giessener Allgemeine. Marc Schäfer: Safety on self-service machines. 30.07.2020.
Gießener General. Florian Dörr: Corona Gießen: Sparkasse tests anti corona spreading agents at ATMs. 31.07.2020.
mittelhessen. Jasmin Mosel: Sparkasse Gießen has ATMs coated with anti-corona paint. 31.07.2020.


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In a bid to take so-called eSports mainstream, CBS Interactive (CBSi) Tuesday revealed exclusive partnerships with TwitchTV and Major League Gaming (MLG) to handle ad sales for both companies.
TwitchTV is an online platform broadcasting live coverage of "eSports," including competitive video game competitions. MLG is the world's largest competitive video game league.
As part of the agreements, TwitchTV's coverage of live gaming competitions and events will be featured on GameSpot.com, CBSi's flagship gaming site. CBSi will also be the exclusive online broadcaster of MLG's "Pro Circuit" competitions.
The deals make CBSi the exclusive seller of all advertising, promotions and sponsorships for both TwitchTV and MLG.
"The eSports scene is one of the hottest trends in video, and is rapidly attracting the core 18-34 male demographic in greater numbers than any other medium or category," stated CBS Interactive President Jim Lanzone.
Rex Harris, media supervisor at Publicis' SMGx unit, pointed out that the CBSi partnerships echo the explosive growth of Machinima, the YouTube premium channel devoted to gamer-inspired content -- which "is consistently one of YouTube's highest viewed and, consequently, monetized premium channels."
He said it's a "smart move (for CBSi) to stick a flag in the ground of the ever-growing mountain of niche video content found on the Web."
From a brand perspective, Harris said the only potential downside to these deals is the unpredictability of live streaming, which might cause some brands to shy away. TwitchTV estimates it attracts more than 16 million uniques per month, who tune into its events and competitions for an average of 23 minutes.
MLG claims to have served over 15 million hours of live video to its fans during the 2011 Pro Circuit season. As the video gaming league's exclusive broadcast rights holder, CBSi is hoping that as eSports grow in popularity, so too will MLG.


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George Bush gave a speech on his Medicare plan for prescription drugs on June 11th in Chicago to the Illinois Medical Association. A protest was held across the street from the Hilton where he spoke.
This woman holds her sign waiting for Bush's limo to drive by. She told me there was no way she could pay the premium for Bush's proposed program with her social security check.
This album includes 71 of the photos I took.


text: Small Business Sales Forecasting: 4 Things to Consider Before You Plan Jonathan Herrick As a small business owner, the success of your business relies not only on executing in the moment but knowing where you are headed in the future. If you're like most owners, it is easy to get sucked into the "one day at a time" mantra as you roll up your sleeves and run multiple aspects of your business. But in order for you to grow revenue, reduce expenses and thrive in the long term, it helps to step back and have a healthy focus on honing your skills at sales forecasting. What Is Sales Forecasting? Sales forecasting is a term that is often over complicated with enterprise jargon and tossed around without much explanation in the small business marketplace. Yet as an owner, you need to understand its importance and how it affects all aspects of your business. Let's take a look at what a sales forecast is, the benefits and why to adopt a predictable model for your small business. The Definition of a Sales Forecast A sales forecast allows you to determine what your estimated sales (Revenue, New Customers, etc.) will be for a given time period. The forecast is generated from an analysis of previous data about your sales, the sale of similar products by your competitors, and market response to your offerings. Essentially, the sales forecast is a critical component of your management framework and it enables you to assess and improve key business initiatives such as: More accurate forecasting of expenses and cash flow projections Understanding the best venues for deploying marketing dollars Turning more prospective customers into repeat customers Adapting your product to better meet the demands of your customers Inventory management control Timely staffing and hiring How To Adopt Sales Forecasting A sales forecast produces an accurate representation of your projected revenue and growth for your business. As with any small business, cash flow is key to keeping the lights on and the doors open. By implementing a sales forecast and using it consistently you will be more capital efficient and get the best ROI for your sales & marketing budget. You will also be better prepared to know when you need to bring on new hires and expand your team. So before you build your sales forecast for the upcoming quarter and beyond, here are 4 tips to consider: Solidify Your Marketing and Sales Process Before you can accurately predict future sales and revenue, there first must be a predictable process in place for finding, converting and growing sales from customers. Otherwise your estimate will be like throwing darts at a dart board. On the money one month and way off the next. It's all about putting together a systematic process that drives more opportunities that ultimately convert into sales month over month. So if you are using outbound methods to drive sales like cold calling, you may want to rethink your process and incorporate an inbound marketing strategy to create a more predictable and scalable process. Leveraging the Right Tools One of the easiest ways to create and follow an accurate sales forecast is to leverage the power of a small business CRM. A CRM will help you get to the sales and marketing data you need quickly and easily. For example, we use Hatchbuck to continuously reshape our sales process, propel new sales to small business owners and give us insights in our sales pipeline. In fact, we have successfully increased the company's revenue by 2,300 percent since 2012, and this rapid growth was achieved without resorting to cold calls and "shot in the dark" marketing and sales strategies. With the right tools in place, we have the ability to track new sales historically, categorize lost sales by reason, and better analyze the number of leads per month by source. In essence, we get a complete picture of the entire marketing and sales funnel – helping us to better predict where we are having success and where to best allocate our resources next month and thereafter. We also have the ability to run real time reports such as a 3 Month Forecast Report to give us a 90 day snapshot of our sales pipeline by close probability. Also, financial software tools like Quickbooks can be a great source of product and expense data. These tools help you get the full picture on the total cost per customer and other important data points key to forecasting. Don't Create Your Plan in a Vacuum To help you create a sales forecast for your small business that is achievable but stretches beyond the current performance – don't go at it alone. I would highly recommend bringing in your sales team into the process since they will be responsible for achieving this upcoming year's numbers. There is nothing worse than a team not believing in the reality of the goals and projections set out in front of them. By allowing them to take ownership in creating the plan, they are more likely to hold themselves accountable month in and month out. If you're both the owner and the sales team, ask for outside feedback on your model. By bringing in an outside set of eyes you may be surprised what you find. Maybe you are overly optimistic and your plan is out of reach leaving you with a cash shortfall at the end of the year. Or possibly your sales forecast is not aggressive enough and not maximizing your capital as efficiently as possible. Measure and Adjust Once you have your forecast in place, don't just let it collect dust. Access your monthly sales reports and compare actual performance to your forecasts. Determine what went right or what went wrong. Understand where you need to make adjustments to help you better manage your business moving forward. You may find you have an opportunity to invest more into marketing campaigns – further accelerating sales growth or driving higher profitability. If you miss your targets, dig into the causes to better understand where you have a bottleneck in your sales and marketing process: Are your salespeople under performing? Do you have enough sales people to respond to lead generation demands? Did you miss the mark on the number of opportunities generated? Did your sales conversions slip? Did a competitor win a larger percentage of the business because of a new product or service they launched? By looking for these trends connected to lower sales performance, you enable yourself to better forecast revenue and expenses for the future. Budgeting and forecasting may seem like a daunting task for your business, but you put yourself in the best chance to achieve your growth goals when you do. Start by solidifying your sales and marketing process, implementing the right tools, and taking a proactive approach to modeling your sales projections.


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Two heroes enter! One hero leaves! Frank and Tim were treated to an early screening of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice so they could bring you their spoilerific review of the film as soon as possible. It goes without saying that you should see the movie before listening to this one all the way through. Cheers!


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This quickly planned (mostly unplanned) solo trip to the US was great fun. I tried a lot of great beers, ate some great food, met some interesting people and travelled alone for the first time.
I have to be honest, this was far from a planned beer holiday. My best friend of more than 20 years and his family had been living in the USA for almost two years and was coming back in a few months. I had said I was going to visit from the day they left and opportunities were running out. A quick call confirmed that the week of Thanksgiving was good, so it was on like Donkey Kong.
Then came the dilemma of planning this trip in about a month. I had to fly in and out of LA. The last week was reserved for Virginia with my friend and his family. Somewhere in the middle I also wanted to get to Columbus Ohio. Some American friends that I hadn't seen for a few years were living there. Around that I just needed to get to those places and try some beers in between. So the plan went like this:
LA → The Bay Area → Chicago → Kalamazoo → Columbus → Quantico → Home.
This wasn't my first trip to the US so don't fret at some of the notable exclusions. Time was limited and I wanted to try new things (beers). I packed my backpack (carry on only for me) and set off.
LA: I step off a plane at 7:30 am. By the time I get through customs in a cab and to my hotel at Venice Beach it is 9am. I can't check in yet. Not many bars open so I grab a coffee and walk along the beach from Venice to Santa Monica. On my way I spy the Venice Beach Alehouse. This had been on my list to visit, so I take note of its location and plan to return.
As soon as I am able to check in I do. After showering 15 hours of flight and a few hours of walking off me I head straight to the alehouse. Perched at the bar I enjoy many west coast brews including some from Ballast Point. I get chatting to a couple of people at the bar and despair that there isn't enough room for one of the tasting paddles that are served in a skateboard.
Before I know it the afternoon is gone and I had to get to the rooftop bar at my hotel to see the sunset. This was exciting for me as I had never seen a sunset over the ocean. I grabbed a Dogtown Duck IPA and sat down to watch the sunset. I got talking to a couple of other tourists and had several more beers. Good thing to remember: eat during the day while you sightsee and remember that west coast IPAs have a little bit more %ABV than beers at home. Needless to say I had a great night but the latter half of it is hazy. Getting up to fly to San Francisco was a challenge.
The Bay Area: I manage to climb out of bed and into an Uber to LAX, consume a large bottle of water and board the plane to San Fran. I have been to SF once before and loved it. It is however a little expensive so I opted to stay across the bay in Oakland. I am very disorganised and once I get into where I am staying am shattered to realise that Anchor brewing isn't open for tours the days I am in town. I decide I should have a beer and something to eat and regroup. I find a tiny little bar that has fantastic burgers and even better an extensive list of draught craft beers. While enjoying the first White IPA I have ever tried I get to work on Google. I discover that Berkeley has a Sierra Nevada bar called the Torpedo Room. I knew I wouldn't be able to go to Chico, the home of Sierra Nevada, when I booked this trip. This was going to make up for that. I also find that Bay Area Brewery Tours are running a tour of local breweries the next day. I book it, enjoy a few more beers and then head to my accommodation to have a little more sleep, get changed and head out to the Torpedo room.
My plan is simple for the evening. Have a few beers and something to eat and get home at a reasonable hour to wake up fresh for the tour. I arrive at the Torpedo Room just in time to hear them call last drinks. I am shattered. Apparently my googling didn't include me checking the trading hours. I ask the bartender what beer he would choose if he could only have one. He recommends the Harvest Wet and Wild. It is a beer brewed with whole hops found on a wild vine on a property in Chico. It doesn't disappoint. I strike up a conversation with the guy next to me. A PhD student at UC Berkeley, he tells me a little bit about his fascinating research into bacteria that produce electrical charges. After making me feel completely inadequate on an intellectual level, he tells me that not far away is a Brewpub called Jupiter that has some good beers and also does decent food.
Once I muscle my way into a seat at the bar at Jupiter I peruse the beer list and decide to take it easy and stick to low %ABV beers. I immediately strike the Quasar Double IPA off my list. As good as it sounds, I want to be standing tomorrow for the tour. Once again I am surprised by how friendly people at a bar are. I get chatting to the guy next to me and we start talking about beers, America, Australia and everything in between. He insists on buying me a Quasar and as such I feel I should reciprocate and a few more follow. Before I know it I am quite drunk and it is quite late. Oh well, at least I remembered to eat this time.
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Whatever else it might be accused of, it can't be said that Quentin Tarantino's latest film isn't a coup du cinéma in its 70mm 'roadshow' version, harking back to a lost showmanship of printed programmes, overture fanfare, intermission and extra-wide widescreen format. There are many things indeed that I might accuse the resulting film of, yet I find it difficult to build up the necessary steam of self-righteous anger. In short, it is everything that everyone most vociferously damns it for: it is a distillation of all Tarantino's most annoying tropes, all the abused women (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and their abusers (Kurt Russell), racist Southern rednecks (Walton Goggins) and gentlemen (Bruce Dern), noble yet weirdly homophobic black men (Samuel L. Jackson), and disarming patter of movie-literate self-reflexiveness against the backdrop of real and disturbing historical periods (the post-Civil War Reconstruction period). It sets up a beautiful wintery world using its widescreen palette, quickly drawing us into the single remote location where the eight title characters (as well as one nice guy, and some surprise late arrival characters vying for equal hatefulness, one of which is the director's voice) spend much of the film battling for one-upmanship, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste as it descends into the usual Grand Guignol of bloodshed that you expect. However, Tarantino's filmmaking is so desperate in its mugging for cinematic approval that even the nastiest events (with the exception of a hanging towards the end) just pass by with a shrug of my shoulders. Perhaps the title should be a hint that its protagonists are hardly likeable, but for me the film isn't either and that's a problem. It doesn't seem to speak of anything so much as of all the films Tarantino has seen (so no change there). Others have enjoyed this opus, others have eviscerated it. Me, I just can't be bothered anymore.
Director/Writer Quentin Tarantino; Cinematographer Robert Richardson; Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern; Length 187 minutes.
Seen at Odeon Leicester Square [70mm], London, Sunday 10 January 2016.


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Healthspan case study
Who are Healthspan?
Heathspan is the leading direct supplier of vitamins and supplements in the UK. With a strong duty of care to their customer base, Healthspan partners with specialist wellness and nutrition experts to provide customers with expert information, to help them make the best decisions about their health.
Based in Guernsey, Healthspan has a thriving website and a large online customer base in the UK and abroad.
Watch the video case study and testimonial now!
What were Healthspan looking for?
Healthspan already had an established online business and loyal customers, but were looking for a better way to engage with them as they travelled through the website. Healthspan already had a chat system in place on their website, but customers were forced to fill out a lengthy form before being put through to an agent, which led to dwindling chat numbers and a clunky experience for the customer.
Customers often have questions around their vitamins, supplements and other products and need agents who can give them expert advice in a way which doesn't disrupt their online journey.
Healthspan were also in the process of launching a new website and are also expanding into new foreign markets, so needed a solution which could grow with them, fit seamlessly into their new web design and allow agents to converse with customers in multiple languages. As well as this, Healthspan are PCI Level 2, meaning they handle over a million card payments per year, so they had to ensure any solution they implemented was compliant to this industry standard.
How did the Talkative solution solve these problems for Healthspan?
The developers at Talkative worked closely with Healthspan to create a chat widget which would match the look and feel of their new website. As standard, the Talkative chat bubble follows the customer as they move from page to page within the website, ensuring that the customer's journey is never affected and the chat interaction is seamless. By removing the need for a form, customers are now able to click the chat widget and be connected with an agent instantly.
The Talkative solution also integrates seamlessly with Healthspan's existing Mitel setup, routing all chats into Web Ignite. This allows agents to manage multiple chats concurrently and allows contact centre supervisors to manage workflows easily, helping to boost overall efficiency within the team.
At the same time, with real-time translation into over 100 languages, agents are able to instantly translate messages from customers. Before, agents had to manually translate customer responses which often left customers waiting longer for answers. Now, agents can converse instantly with customers, regardless of language or location, which has led to an increase in customer satisfaction.
Healthspan also use Talkative's sensitive field masking feature to automatically mask any sensitive data which is typed by the customer in the chat, such as credit card numbers, giving Healthspan confidence in their customer's security and meeting compliance standards.
What results have Healthspan seen since launching Talkative?
Since launching Talkative on their website, Healthspan have seen dramatic results, including:
- a 500% increase in chat interactions: Healthspan increased their average daily chat numbers from 60 to 350 from the first day of go-live, and have sustained this increased ever since
- Direct uplift in online sales: not only have sales increased in the UK, but also overseas
- Increase in customer satisfaction
What did Healthspan say about their journey with Talkative?
"It has been fantastic to work with Talkative. We've built a really strong relationship. It was great that you took the time out to visit us and understand our business, with no pressure selling which was nice! We've received great service from all members of the team we've interacted with at Talkative, from the developers to the directors. We are looking forward to what lies ahead and would happily recommend and endorse Talkative for the services they offer." - Rob King, IT and Facilities Manager at Healthspan


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Every home has windows to let in light, air, and outdoor views. The right window can also help your energy expenses, while the wrong window can make your house much more expensive.
If your Littleton, CO home has old, malfunctioning windows, or you're noticing higher energy bills or more drafts, it might be time to invest in new, energy efficient replacement windows. Not only do energy efficient replacement windows improve the appearance of your home, but they can also yield up to a 78 percent return on the initial window investment!
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In the Baha'i Writings, Bahá'u'lláh teaches us that true loss is not knowing ourselves:
True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self.
(Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 186)
But how do we get to know ourselves?
In the Tarazats, Bahá'u'lláh tells us:
The first Taráz and the first effulgence which hath dawned from the horizon of the Mother Book is that man should know his own self and recognize that which leadeth unto loftiness or lowliness, glory or abasement, wealth or poverty … (Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 34-35)
The word Taraz is from the Arabic, meaning ornaments; or what He wants us to adorn ourselves with. A study of them, then, would be a good place for a discussion on knowledge of self. It's a particularly long passage, so I'll just summarize what it teaches us about what's important in life. You can use it as a checklist, to see how you're doing and where to improve. You can read the passage here.
According to this passage, these are the things that lead to our loftiness, glory and wealth:
- acquire wealth through crafts or professions
- dedicate your lives to the education of the world and to the edification of its peoples.
- discover the purpose for which you have been called into being
- reduce blindness and increase vision
- observe that which is meet and seemly and exhort others to do the same
- consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship
- proclaim what God has set forth
- observe fairness in all matters
- be endued with sincerity and faithfulness
- associate with everyone with joy and radiance
- promote unity and concord
- hold fast to the cord of kindliness and tender mercy
- observe tolerance and righteousness
- have a good character
- fix your gaze on justice and fairness
- be trustworthy, truthful and sincere
- protect and preserve the stations of God's servants.
- enquire into situations, ascertain the facts and look for the truth in all matters
- give expression to that which is right and true
- deny not any soul the reward due to him
- treat craftsmen with deference
- knowledge and wisdom
- the arts and crafts
- fair speech
- steadfast and righteous
- hasten unto the Most Great Light
- set your face towards God
- associate with the pious
- reflect upon those souls who have offered up their lives
- surrender all in the path of God
- fear God
- scrutinize the Writings with your own eyes
- have pity upon yourself and others
- allow the breaths of divine inspiration to strengthen thee
- give ear unto the Voice of God
- hasten towards the ocean of divine knowledge
- renounce all else but God.
- summon the people of the world unto God
- render thanks unto God
- fellowship and love
These are the things that lead to lowliness, abasement and poverty
- animosity and hatred
- defiling your tongues with abuse
- corruption
- evil passions
- heedless
- wrapt in veils
- attachment to the world
- vain imaginings and idle fancies
- selfish desires
- superstitions
- leading others into error
- leadership
- the company of the infidels
- slumber
- selfish motives
- use religion as a snare
- disregard the truth for the sake of gold
- waywardness
- ignorant and uninformed
- oppression
- aggression
I love it when the Writings make promises and this quote is no exception:
O My servants! Could ye apprehend with what wonders of My munificence and bounty I have willed to entrust your souls, ye would, of a truth, rid yourselves of attachment to all created things, and would gain a true knowledge of your own selves – a knowledge which is the same as the comprehension of Mine own Being. Ye would find yourselves independent of all else but Me, and would perceive, with your inner and outer eye, and as manifest as the revelation of My effulgent Name, the seas of My loving-kindness and bounty moving within you. Suffer not your idle fancies, your evil passions, your insincerity and blindness of heart to dim the luster, or stain the sanctity, of so lofty a station … (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, sec. CLIII, pp. 326-27)
If we gain a true knowledge of ourselves, we will gain:
- the comprehension of God's own Being
- find ourselves independent of all else but God
- would perceive the seas of God's loving-kindness and bounty moving within us
- a lofty station
I think it's worth the effort! How about you? Post your thoughts below!


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Monday, April 23, 2012
More Calf Pictures
Late in the afternoon, she glanced out the window and saw the cow still in the same spot, still licking her calf..... then thought to herself, "wait! That's a newborn calf....."
The cow that had been following the first cow had decided that the spot chosen was absolutely perfect, so had her calf in the same place! The confusion arose because, at a glance, the cows are identical. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that, although the cows are very similar in appearance, the calves are quite different. They may be the same colour, but the one born in the morning is a female and the later one is male.
And one more tiny difference.... the calf born in the morning has two white feet and a teensy tiny white mark on her face!
16 comments:
- Hilary said...
It looks like a reverse Nike symbol. I'd name him Ekin. ;)
- April 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Leah J. Utas said...
I say seahorse.
- April 23, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Leah J. Utas said...
And congratulations on the new calves.
- April 23, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- the Bag Lady said...
Hilary - you crack me up!
Leah - thanks! I does kinda resemble a seahorse. AND a reverse Nike symbol. Does that make it a sea-ekin?
- April 23, 2012 at 10:33 AM
- Crabby McSlacker said...
It's a sweet little mark, and will hopefully prevent the calf from running out and getting a tattoo or nose piercing as a teenager.
- April 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- the Bag Lady said...
Crabby - she will eventually have a pierced ear, though, and so will her half-brother! :)
- April 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM
- Karen (formerly kcinnova) said...
I'm giggling over all of the comments -- yours and others! When I saw the picture on facebook, I also thought it looked like a Nike symbol (but I was too tired from my weekend to see that it was reversed).
- April 23, 2012 at 7:49 PM
- solarity said...
That must be a really good spot. Let's hope it produces good calves.
(The latest county agent newsletter is urging us to "select your fly protection now, but do not insert ear tags until flies are observed." Flies have been out since February in this weird spring!)
Mary Anne in Kentucky
- April 24, 2012 at 5:39 AM
- the Bag Lady said...
Karen - just between us, I didn't even notice it was the Nike symbol, reversed or not!
Mary Anne - you must use ear tags for a different reason - ours are strictly for identification (they have a barcode in them, and are registered in our name.)
- April 24, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Reb said...
Happy sperm!
- April 24, 2012 at 12:56 PM
- Geosomin said...
looks like Clark Kent's curl of hair he has when he's not Clark Kent!
- April 24, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- Geosomin said...
which would be Superman...sorry that made no sense! Time for more coffee :)
- April 24, 2012 at 1:25 PM
- messymimi said...
Beautiful calves, and the first thing i thought of when i saw the mark was a tadpole.
- April 24, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- solarity said...
Bag Lady, around here cows have two ear tags: one ID and one insecticide. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but it must be something like tick collars for dogs.
Mary Anne in Kentucky
- April 25, 2012 at 4:32 AM
- the Bag Lady said...
Reb - yeah, okay.
Geo - ah, yes, Superman!
Thanks, messymimi - tadpole is more politically correct than Reb's suggestion!
Mary Anne - we don't generally need the insecticidal tag. Lots of the cows around here end up with more than one ear tag, though - the gov't-required tag leaves no room for any kind of numbering system that ranchers may use for their own purpose.
- April 25, 2012 at 7:43 AM
- Unknown said...
Interesting mark and wonderful to see pictures of this.
- April 27, 2012 at 12:16 PM


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Updates a story posted Friday at 10:20 a.m.
SPRINGFIELD — State lawmakers looking to balance safety with the rights of gun owners and the state's burgeoning gun industry spent Friday listening to folks from both sides of the issue.
Michael J. Ball is a Marine Corps veteran and head of the student shooting club at the University of Massachusetts. He said everyone wants safety, and gun owners are willing to work to make sure the mentally ill and criminal can't get their hands on firearms.
"I think there is common ground," Ball said.
The hearing, held at the American International College's Griswold Theatre, is the latest in a series of public forums on a number of proposed changes to the state's gun laws. Proposals include requiring gun owners to buy insurance, limiting magazines to seven rounds, down from 10, and limiting gun buyers to just one gun purchase in 30 days.
Massachusetts legislators filed 60 pieces of legislation in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. This legislative committee's job is to whittle that down to a package of workable laws, probably by fall.
About 150 Smith & Wesson employees had lined up outside the theater for seats nearly an hour before the forum began. The venue seats 500.
William Innocent, of South Hadley, whose grandson Sheldon Innocent was gunned down in a Springfield barbershop in 2011, called for the state to search for a way to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, and away from the mentally ill or suicidal. The shooter, an escaped inmate, was trying to kill someone else out of revenge.
"I just hope we all, gun owners and non-gun owners, can work together to stop gun violence," Innocent told the packed auditorium.
At the podium, Innocent told of how his grandson was killed while getting a haircut just a few blocks away. He cried as he described fishing with Sheldon, a story that resonated in a room full of sportsmen who grew up fishing, and hunting, with their fathers and grandfathers.
William Innocent spoke of Sheldon Innocent's young son, just 11 months old when his dad was gunned struck down by bullets meant for someone else.
"Who is going to teach that little boy to fish?" William Innocent said.
Each speaker was allowed three minutes at the podium.
On Thursday Smith & Wesson president and CEO James Debney told The Republican the company wanted to ensure its voice -- and the voices of its 1,500 employees -- were heard at the forum.
In remarks to the panel Friday morning, Debney described Smith & Wesson as "… an industry leader that is committed to safety," selling only through federally licensed dealers and including a lock with each firearm. Citing the company's large number of employees, Debney said the company hopes to remain in the city for a long time.
Founded in Springfield in 1852, Smith & Wesson has more than 1,600 employees, including 1,500 production workers at its sprawling firearms plant on Roosevelt Avenue. The company has a $77.5 million annual payroll.
Business has been good for Smith & Wesson. In June, the public company reported record results. Income from continuing operations more than tripled to $81.4 million, or $1.22 per share, compared with income from continuing operations of $26.4 million, or 40 cents per share, for the fiscal year that ended April 30.
There is high demand across the industry. There were 11.4 million FBI background checks for potential gun buyers through the end of June nationwide compared with 19.5 million in all of 2012. In Massachusetts alone, there have been 137,000 background checks so far in 2013, compared with 210,000 in all of 2012.
In terms of any new gun regulations, Debney asked the state not to infringe on residents' Second Amendment rights. Instead, the executive suggested that Massachusetts report mental health data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Massachusetts requires the collection of mental health records for an in-state database, but does not require those records to be submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Other Smith & Wesson employees also spoke against laws that could erode gun owners' rights. David Findlay, of Athol, an engineer for the company, said, "The real issue is how we deal with mental health in this country."
A revolver assembly worker for the company told the panel that he makes objects that either function or fail. "Violence is from the heart," he said, making the argument that only people can be blamed for gun violence.
Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno called for limits on magazine capacity, but prefaced the request with a nod to Smith & Wesson. "They are a responsible employer," Sarno said of the company. "They are a good corporate citizen."
Smith & Wesson's annual production wages range from $32,000 to $61,000 a year. The company also does $63 million a year in business each year with outside contractors, many of them in Northampton, Agawam, Chicopee, Palmer and West Springfield.
Sarno also directed remarks at the criminal justice system.
"We need the courts to step up," the mayor said, referencing cases in which defendants arrested with illegal weapons are freed on low bail. Sentences, too, need to be strengthened and enforced, Sarno said.
"We need these sentences to stick," Sarno said. "Lives have been lost and in the spirit of that we are doing a balancing act here."
"No one is looking to take away anybody's Second Amendment rights," Sarno said.
Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, echoed the mayor's hope for gun offenders to receive long sentences and post-release supervision.
Calling violence "unrelenting and unremitting" and citing recent incidents in which officers exchanged gunfire with armed suspects, Fitchet said, "I don't know if we can legislate our way out of this situation."
Fitchet also spoke in favor of more stringent background checks. "I believe the mental health background check is insufficient in Massachusetts. It has to be addressed," the commissioner told the panel.
A gun buyback program held by Springfield police in March that netted more than 300 firearms mostly reeled in legal weapons, Fitchet said.
State Rep. Don Humason Jr., R-Westfield, was among those public officials speaking in favor of gun rights, and against potentially affecting law-abiding hobbyists or companies such as Smith & Wesson or Westfield's Savage Arms.
"No one mourns more when someone is killed with a gun than the law-abiding gun owner," said Humason, who described himself as coming from a family of gun owners who got his first rifle as a teenager. The gun was a gift from his mother, having been passed down through her family, he said.
Representing the anti-violence group A.W.A.K.E., Terrance Mack, of Springfield, said that while tragedies like the Newtown, Conn. school shooting often spur the gun control debate, it is also important to consider day-to-day street violence.
"This has been talked about for a long time," Mack said. "We need action and we need action soon."
Rev. Talbert W. Swan II, Springfield branch president of the NAACP, called for a crackdown on the illegal gun trade and limits on magazine capacity.
"It's time for the Legislature to hear the cry of the people for an end to illegal guns," Swan said.
Clergy were well represented. Doug Fisher, Episcopal Bishop of Western Massachusetts asked: "Does anyone who isn't in the military need an assault weapon?"
He said Smith & Wesson was on the right track when it cooperated with Clinton-era gun control measures.
But the backlash and subsequent boycott from the gun community nearly took down the company. It's a mistake Debney has vowed not to repeat.


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Everyone always goes on about a capsule wardrobe, there are lots of write ups, posts and general rules about what a capsule wardrobe should consist of. However as a personal stylist, I believe in order to help individuals with this, one needs a guide to follow or understand rather than listing actual items, as obviously for everyone a capsule wardrobe is different. There is no standard rule to what you should own but rather a palette and carefully curated items that suit your lifestyle. You get some individuals out there who really dislike wearing jeans and love to wear skirts, whether they are visiting a park with their toddler or going to an evening function. They may however dress their skirts down with sneakers and a tee. Then you will come across somebody who needs to dress for a corporate job 80% of their time so would need to own 4 pairs of court shoes in various colours as part of their capsule wardrobe. Be honest with yourself and what you need to get out of your wardrobe, don't build a fantasy wardrobe of things you love over things you need.
Lifestyle: Obviously this plays a large part when figuring out what you need. What you do career wise and what percentage of your week you are wearing formal vs informal.
Ask yourself how many ways or occasions can you wear an item. Anything less than 3 is a waste. In other words you want to be able to wear a blouse three times and each time with something completely different from your wardrobe. Obviously we all have a few pieces like dresses that this wont count for, but then that dress is not being counted as part of your capsule wardrobe (and then do you need it?).
Quality: If you want to build your capsule wardrobe to last then choosing quality over quantity is essential. Invest in well made basics and look out for sustainable clothing where possible. Look for good quality fabrics that wont wear out after a couple of washes. Consider where the clothing has been made and by whom.
Choose fit over size and find brands that work for your body. Just because your friend loves J Brand jeans doesn't mean they are going to be your best jeans. Try on many different brands and sizes to find what works for you. This goes for size, if you are a size 8 in one store doesn't mean you will definitely be a size 8 in another . Try and buy the one that fits!
Style: we all have our own style and hopefully you are familiar with your style. Buy your clothes for today not for tomorrow. I have made this mistake so many times, I see something I love, I have no clue when I am ever going to wear it but I purchase the item regardless and actually never end up wearing it. There will always be good stuff out there, so don't buy something for "one day, maybe" or your fantasy wardrobe as mentioned before, buy for now!
Every closet needs a consistent palette of neutrals (figure out the colours that suit you). White does not suit everyone and neither does black so find your neutral colours first. Then add accent colours to your wardrobe to bring in colour. You want to be able to mix and match your wardrobe and wear as many combinations as possible.
A couple of signature pieces are enough. Choose timeless over trend pieces. Not only as this will be more useful to you but it will be less harmful to the environment. "The clothing industry is the second-largest polluter in the world, second only to the oil industry". Also look out for ways to recycle your old clothes.
Organisation: Make sure you have a clean and organised closet. This way you will be able to see your clothes and get dressed with ease. Having a full closet with clothes spilling out creates chaos and is damaging to your garments. Launder your clothes with care, follow label instructions and if anything is remotely delicate pop it into a bag before adding to the machine load or hand-wash.
So I am now going to challenge myself to a small capsule wardrobe which you should try too. I will be selecting 15 items from my wardrobe and only wearing those 15 for the next 10 days. This is a great way for anyone to trial a capsule wardrobe before completely committing if you are feeling apprehensive about letting go.
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Hope you are all having a super week!