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By Sulaiman Lawal
As discussions on the likely outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) impasse envelope the Nigerian media space, various postulations have been canvassed by commentators and opinion molders as to their expectations.The one that readily comes to mind is that espoused by one Zayyad I. Muhammed on some pages of some Nigerian newspapers and his blog. On Vice President Namadi Sambo, the writer, who was obviously straying into unfamiliar territory of informed commentary on national issues, made some postulations, deductions and drew conclusions on sensitive political issues that should not be allowed to go unchallenged. However, his expression of the political trends of the post-Makarfi era as they affect the Vice President makes his motive suspect. His display of facts as it relates to the ascension of Sambo to the pinnacle of his profession and the twists of facts he pleaded all in an attempt to justify his arguments are the motivations for this rejoinder so as to put the records in proper perspective and set them straight.
The Vice President of Nigeria, it must be understood, has no defined constitutional duties and responsibilities assigned to him. His joint mandate which is tied to that of the President notwithstanding, he acts on the instructions and directives of the President. The Vice President, no matter how good intentioned he is in aiming to resolve an impasse, must seek the consent and blessings of his principal and in doing so must be careful not to draw the President's ire. Where he chooses to do so without the consent of his boss it might be misconstrued to mean declaring his boss as weak and incapable of resolving issues. His position in the pursuit of the resolution of the impasse stirred by G7 is not only appropriate but adopting its rightful position on the matter.
More so, the reference to the Atiku-Jonathan efforts at addressing challenges emanating from their respective areas is way out of order. The G7 is made up of governors who are not only loyal but are already paying their allegiances to their masters, except for Kwara whom, we all know, is working for Saraki by proxy. For anyone to claim that the Vice President could not rally them round smacks of an attempt to diminish his status using the impasse as a tool of destruction.
If the G7 governors were on their own, it would be easy to meet with them to cajole them back to the fold. However, the reason for the impasse should not be completely jettisoned, which aims to target the jobs of both the President and his Vice by mobilizing support through persuasions.This explains their visitations to well respected elder statesmen without first laying their cards on the table to the President or his Vice for amicable resolutions. An aggrieved person should first state his grievance and if nothing is done he could then explore other acceptable mechanisms of peaceful resolution. In the present circumstance, no one needs to be lectured that the Vice President is handicapped since no such action took place.
It should be stressed that the first major political appointment of Vice President was a commissioner in Kaduna state in 1986, while that of Makarfi was in 1996, ten clear years after that of Sambo. Similarly, while the Vice President graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University in 1978 with a Master's degree in Architecture, Makarfi graduated from the same university between 1985 to 1987 with M.Sc Accountancy and Finance. This was the period within which the Vice President was serving the state as a commissioner. In terms of age, experience and exposure, there could be no basis for comparison. The choice of Namadi Sambo ahead of other contestants for the governorship seat was well deserved to all discerning minds. He had financial independence, less controversial and reasonably humble as not to embark on witch-hunts or vendetta against the previous administration. The reasons adduced by critics are merely a smokescreen to cover these glaring qualities.
To demonstrate equity and fairness, the Vice President carefully chose his close aides in the following order of percentage distribution:-Kaduna 21%, Yobe 13%, Kano 13%, Kebbi 13%, Zamfara 5%, Taraba 5%, Delta 5%, Rivers 5%, Borno 5%, Lagos 5%, 0 Kaduna state Special Adviser on Special Duties Senator Isaiah Balat is a Christian from southern part of the state.
Playing safe politically is a good approach as it makes one learn from the mistakes of the past. For those who have previously occupied such seats and challenged their bosses, what benefit had accrued to them or their region from such unjustified actions? Some of the actions of the previous occupants in fact have added to the multiplicity of the problems that subsequent successors are now facing. The art of politicking is not an avenue to promote deception or insubordination but a way to collectively put heads together to work for the benefit of your country and in this regard, Namadi towers above all like a colossus. The Vice President will reach out to those who have mutual respect for him and his boss and not to those who see themselves as the means to an end.
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Cohabitation and the commonly asked questions
Yashin Masoliver, Head of our Family law team, answers the four most commonly asked questions on cohabitation.
What is a common law wife in England and Wales?
The term 'common law' marriage refers to an unmarried cohabiting couple, but this is a social term only and does not have any legal meaning in England and Wales.
Do unmarried couples have rights?
There is a misconception that if a couple cohabit, in the same way as a married couple might, this will give the right to make a financial claim if the relationship come to an end. As the law stands in England and Wales that is not the case, irrespective of the length of that relationship or if the couple have children together.
Married partners have a legal duty to support each other financially. The same does not apply to unmarried partners.
On divorce, a married couple both have the right to make claims against the other for maintenance, capital and pension resources. They can also seek a transfer of properties into their sole name. An unmarried couple who are separating do not have the same rights. An unmarried partner who stays at home to care for the children cannot make any claim in his or her own right for property, maintenance or pension sharing.
In 2007 The Law Commission recommended to the Government that there should be legislation to enable financial claims to be made on relationship breakdown. The Government did not act on those recommendations and there is no indication that they are likely to do so in the foreseeable future.
My partner is the sole owner of our house. Do I have any right to make a financial claim against him if we split up?
An unmarried partner cannot make a claim based simply upon the fact that they have been living in a cohabiting relationship. Rather, to successfully make a claim in respect of a property owned by their partner, they would have to establish that they had an interest as a result of:
- Making a contribution to the purchase price;
- There being a common intention that they were to have an interest in the property and that they have acted in reliance to this common intention to their detriment;
- That the legal owner had led them to believe, either by words or conduct, that they had an interest in the property and they acted on that belief to their detriment, so that it would be fair for the legal owner to insist that they retained ownership outright.
If unable to do establish a claim, then they could have to leave the property if asked to do so.
If an unmarried couple have children, the party who is not an owner of the property can, in certain circumstances, apply to the Court for the property to be transferred to them for the benefit of the children. This would only be a temporary measure as the property would revert to the owner once the children had reached the age of 18 and completed their education.
The law in this area is complex and legal advice should be sought in relation to your specific circumstances.
Do I need a Cohabitation Agreement?
This is something that should always be considered. It enables an unmarried couple to regulate their financial affairs.
The agreement must be formally recorded in writing, especially if it intends to detail an interest in a property.
The agreement could provide for a capital sum to be paid. It could also provide that financial support be made during the relationship and even after the relationship comes to an end, but there is the risk that such provision could be held to be void as contrary to public policy.
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Throughout human history, people have wanted to know the future. In Jesus' day, people would travel to Delphi, Greece to consult the Pythia, the title of the high priestess in the Temple of Apollo. There is evidence that through breathing vapors that emerged from the ground, this woman would enter a trance-like state during which she would offer guidance to those who sought it – of course, for a fee. Unfortunately, as with any type of paganism, this practice opened the seeker to hucksterism at best, and demonic influence at worst.
For a Christian, part of obedient living is seeking God's guidance. He or she longs to know God's will so as to pursue it. But what do we mean by God's will? How can we discern it? And what affect will this have on our future? In this series, How Should I Know?, we'll examine these questions and more in light of what the Bible teaches. As Paul prayed, we long for you to be "filled with the knowledge of His will." (Colossians 1:9)
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text: Welcome back to Quick Shots: the monthly album review column in which I seek out some of the newest music the scene has to offer and do my best to help you determine if something is worth your time. This month, I have three albums from some lesser known artists who offer unique listening experiences from one another. One wants to see you get down on that dance floor and strut your stuff. The second wants to share a moment in time in with you as they reflect on their life in relative solitude. The last wants you to indulge in some work they've contributed to an upcoming game that is just as easy to groove to as it is to zone out to it. With such a wide offering of experiences on the table this month, I think we should jump right in. Join me as I dissect sophomore releases from Libla and SemiProcastinator, and take a closer look at Mint℠'s third LP.


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The first look posters of NBK 101 were a rage yesterday and the movie's title was also hugely liked by Nandamuri fans. Now, the latest update is that the film will hit the theaters on the 29th of September.
This is the first time that Balakrishna is working with Puri Jagan and there is a huge buzz as to how Puri will showcase Balayya. Three heroines will be seen in the film and two among them are Charmi and Shreya.
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As bloggers and online marketers, we are always looking for new and exciting blogs that we can gain backlinks on. One of the best ways to do this is through the use of guest blogging services. You can do all of your guest blogging on your own or you can have it outsourced.
The reason why guest blogging is so effective is simply because it works so well and takes a lot of time to put together. It's easy to buy links and ad placements, but they are only doing so much for you. When you create original content and post it on other high authority blogs, you can getting true readership and people who will likely click on your links and end up on your site.
The next issue with guest blogging is that it can take a while to write the content, then find relevant blogs to post on, then wait for their reply and seeing if they will actually accept your post. There are several ways to speed up the process and find new sites that you can start blogging on. A few of these recommendations are below.
Find a Guest Blogging List
There are a ton of resources out there for guest blogging, but finding an updated list and one that works for you can be hard. Blogging.org recently posted a list of some of the top marketing and blogging sites that are currently looking for guest bloggers and new content. Remember, only provide original content and quality stuff when contacting these sites for a post submission. There is way too much crap floating around lately!
Software Still is Our Friend
There are many programs out there that do content spinning and promise to find quality blogging sites for you to publish too, but most of them are garbage. No self respecting blog is going to post spun content or something that doesn't make any sense.
SheerSEO has created a line of software programs and one of the focuses on the concept of finding quality blogs for you to submit content to. As mentioned, one of the biggest problems is finding blogs out there that are looking for posts and not already saturated with requests.
To understand how the blog review requests software works, be sure to visit their site for full details. In short, you would run a search for blogs using a specific keyword of your choice, then you would be able to pull a report on relevant blogs along with their full stats with Alexa and PageRank. You can then pick and choose which sites you would like to contact for your guest blogging efforts.
Guest Blogging Networks and Forums
Staying active in guest blogging networks and forums is always going to be one of the best ways to interact and talk with blog owners. Since guest blogging is quickly becoming more saturated, it won't surprise me if we soon see guest blog posts be limited only to well known bloggers and screened writers. Guest blogging networks and content generation sites like ContentBlvd, Guest Blog Genius and Blogging.org are all excellent sites for connecting writers with bloggers.
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Each of four theoretical traditions in the study of American politics—which can be characterized as theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic-Elite Domination, and two types of interest-group pluralism, Majoritarian Pluralism and Biased Pluralism—offers different predictions about which sets of actors have how much influence over public policy: average citizens; economic elites; and organized interest groups, mass-based or business-oriented.
A great deal of empirical research speaks to the policy influence of one or another set of actors, but until recently it has not been possible to test these contrasting theoretical predictions against each other within a single statistical model. We report on an effort to do so, using a unique data set that includes measures of the key variables for 1,779 policy issues.
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism.
In a recent article in PS, Soroka and Wlezien (2008) argue that the policy preferences of low- and high-income Americans rarely differ, and therefore that "regardless of whose preferences policymakers follow … policy will end up in essentially the same place" (325). In this article, I analyze a much larger and more diverse set of policies than those examined by Soroka and Wlezien and show that income-based preference gaps are much larger and more widespread than their data suggest. In terms of federal government policy, the affluent are far better represented than the poor; the findings in this paper indicate that this representational inequality has substantial repercussions across a wide range of policy issues.
Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability: How Citizens Learn
about Politics.
In contrast with the expectations of many analysts, I find that raw policy-specific facts, such as the direction of change in the crime rate or the amount of the federal budget devoted to foreign aid, have a significant influence on the public's political judgments. Using both traditional survey methods and survey-based randomized experiments, I show that ignorance of policy-specific information leads many Americans to hold political views different from those they would hold otherwise. I also show that the effect of policy-specific information is not adequately captured by the measures of general political knowledge used in previous research. Finally, I show that the effect of policy-specific ignorance is greatest for Americans with the highest levels of political knowledge. Rather than serve to dilute the influence of new information, general knowledge (and the cognitive capacities it reflects) appears to facilitate the incorporation of new policy-specific information into political judgments.
Over the past thirty years, the Democratic party has carried the mantle of racial liberalism. The party's endorsements of equal rights, fair housing laws and school busing have cost it the support of some whites, but these losses have been concentrated at the periphery of the party, among those least committed to its guiding principles or most unsympathetic to its efforts on behalf of racial equality. We argue that with the rise of affirmative action as the primary vehicle to advance racial equality, racial politics have become divisive in a new way, and that opposition to affirmative action now encompasses whites within the liberal core of the Democratic party.
Contrasting traditional survey measures of affirmative action attitudes with an experimentally-based, unobtrusive measure of opposition to affirmative action, we show that racially liberal whites are reluctant to admit their anger over racial preferences when confronted with traditional survey questions in a telephone interview. When measured with an unobtrusive instrument, however, white opposition to affirmative action is found to be just as strong among liberals as conservatives, among Democrats as Republicans, and among those most committed to racial harmony and equality as among those least committed to such values. We argue that whites' anger over affirmative action stems less from a lack of concern with racial equality than from a commitment to individual achievement and self-reliance. Thus, while core constituents of the Democratic party are more opposed to affirmative action than has previously been recognized, the Democrats can draw strength from the enduring commitment of many whites to the goal of racial equality.
Crime and welfare are now widely viewed as "coded" issues that activate white Americans' negative views of blacks without explicitly raising the "race card." But does the desire of whites to combat crime or curtail welfare really stem from their dislike of blacks? Are these not pressing problems about which Americans rightly should be concerned—apart from any associations these issues may have with race? In this paper I assess the extent to which white Americans' opposition to welfare is rooted in their attitudes toward blacks. Using conventional survey modeling techniques and a randomized survey-based experiment from a national telephone survey, I find that racial attitudes are the single most important influence on whites' welfare views. I also show that whites hold similar views of comparably described black and white welfare mothers, but that negative views of black welfare mothers are more politically potent, generating greater opposition to welfare than comparable views of white welfare mothers.
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Ace and I headed up to Boston this week to talk to Jim McCue. Jim is a comedy veteran who is a favorite on USO Tours and is the founder of the Boston Comedy Festival. He has had and interesting career and is very driven. Our thanks to the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston for hosting us.


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Already end of January
This blogging once-a-month thing is awesome. Not. Sorry, I've been an awful blogger the last half year. My life hasn't been very exciting and it's been very cold. These two things definitely correlate somehow.
I really like the idea of me wearing hats, but I don't think I'm much of a hat person. So I keep buying interesting hats, and they keep sitting in my closet. Look at that hat though. I bet you're jealous. Once it stops being 6 degrees, maybe I'll whip it out. (Last time I wore a wool hat, it BLEW OFF MY HEAD in the train station. Man, chasing that down was embarrassing.)
I tell myself to stop getting earrings, but it's a habit that never really goes away. The other day I was waiting for a friend and I "accidentally" went into this store and then "accidentally" bought these earrings and "accidentally" spent money I shouldn't have. Oh well, such is life.
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The Computer industry is adopting new interface standards to connect peripheral devices (hard disks, cameras, memory cards, etc.) in order to cope with increased file sizes from such things as new digital imaging technology, video and audio file sizes. USB 2 connections just won't cut it any longer, they are too slow. This post discusses the alternatives and applies to both Apple and Windows technology.
For anyone with large files, the connection to Hard Disks and external devices (such as Cameras or Card Readers) are a bottle neck. For Photographers (with camera raw or image files such as PSD), making the correct choice can be quite important given the time it takes to move these files from one device to the other, or process them. Making the wrong connectivity choice can result in long processing times causing some users to stick to smaller JPEGs and the subsequent loss of image quality. (that's one reason I am writing this post, I'm the guy who has to print the small JPEG image files)
Most external devices today connect to the computer using USB 2 (or for Apple users – Firewire) both of which are too slow for anything beyond JPEGS. Internal hard disks use SATA formats which are much faster.
Here are the current common standards as of 2011 and my findings:
Actual Respons time Mac Mini – Thunderbolt Pegasus R4
Last updated Feb 24, 2013
|Interface ->
|eSATA (SATA II)
|eSATA-6 (SATA III)
|Firewire 800
Mac Mini 2011
|(Gbps) Theoretical Speed ->Giga bits per second
|0.48 gb/s 60MB/s
|5 gb/s 625 MB/s
|3 gb/s
|6 gb/s
|0.786 98MB/s
|10 1250 MB/s
|Pegasus R4 MB/s
|500 MB/s write /390 Read
|Raid 5
|Samsung 840 Pro SSD
|490 MB/s write /
511 Read
|Feb 24/2013
|Gtech Raid
|222 MB/s w/217 read
|Raid 0 (2 4 TB Drives)
|Lexar Pro USB 3.0 Dual Slot Card Reader
Scandisk 16gb UDMA card
|21 MBs Write, 33 Read
|34 Write, 60 Read
USB 3 has been adopted by many Windows PC and Peripheral manufactures. USB3 devices are low cost and given their speed verses cost, a good value. USB 3 is a reasonable alternative for most users however Apple has adopted Thunderbolt in partnership with Intel. (see Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt).** Most existing PCs have not been optimized to handle full USB3 speeds* SATA and eSATA are really the same interface, "e" is for external devices.
Mac Mini 2011 – 16gb storage
While I was at it, I thought I would optimize WIFI speed. A 54 Mb connection is theoretically capable of 6.6 MB/s. I am getting about 3.4 MB/s in my office.


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R. Sir; very nice initiative in u.p. In agriculture dept.of u.p.farmers inputs subsidy system must require like this initiation for timely get quality & economic agri.inputs. Today many of the constraints in this system.on Aug 12, 2014
How about making the UP State Govt. websites and child portal like that of Secondary Education a little more user oriented than just being a place holder.on Jan 20, 2014
Rev sir, you are icon of Indian Administrative Service.on Aug 20, 2013
Very Nice initiative Sir. Keep the good work going on... Many many thankson May 4, 2013
vry nice stry sir.on Aug 30, 2012


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Monday, January 5, 2015
Genealogy and Ancestry Look Up Day at Waterford Public Library
On Jan. 25th, the Waterford Public Library welcomes members of the Troy Irish Genealogy Society for a Genealogy Look Up Day. Members of the society will be on hand to help folks interested in tracing their family's roots in the Capital Region and beyond. Pre-registration for half-hour slots is requested, and those slots will have priority over walk in requests. The program will run from 12:30-3:30pm and admission is free. To pre-register or for more information, please contact the library at 518-237-0891.
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This article describes about the Si Ma Cai market in the northern Vietnam. The importance of the market in the life of Mhong ethnic minority and the new developments in the market place are described.
- Citation: Widana, A. (2008). Si Ma Cai ethnic market in the Northern Vietnam. Unpublished.
- Creator: Anura Widana
- Language: English
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"Shit! I can't move! Where am I? What is this light?" A beam of light was blinding me. "Who are you?" A silhouette of a doctor was standing in front of me, leaning over and checking my eyes out. "What are you doing?" Suddenly, a dim light had spread trough the room, briefly revealing my surroundings. The silhouette had dissapeared. I was sitting in a weird armchair, my hands and my legs were tied down. I looked around the room, it was full of blood covered medical instruments, razzors, scalpels, scissors and axes. The blood was dripping off of them into a small pond of blood under the table. Walls were covered in red dots, like someone was slaughtered near it. The blood was flowing towards my chair into a drain and I could feel the stench coming beneath me. I heard footsteps aproaching behind me. When they reached me, I could only hear heavy breathing. Suddenly, the pressence gently pushed me forward, revealing a doctor and his assistant. "What?! Who are you??" I yelled, "let me go!". I was shivering. They had pulled my chair back and faced me towards the light. My breathing became faster. The doctor took his wedge, brought it to my eye and said "Hammer." "What? Hammer? Move that wedge away from me!" I started hyperventilating. His assistant handled him the hammer. "No… No! What are you doing?! Keep that away!" He held his hand up, and swinged forward. As his hammer was about to touch the wedge, everything had stopped, and suddenly everything came back to the begining. It was pitch dark again. Someone was coming closer. His teeth were glowing like the moon does in the darkest of nights. "Oh God, not again." I was terrified. But then I saw a shape of a face, tapping his lips with his left hand, once, twice, and finally, the third time. "Need a hand?" he said, grinning, and nonchalantly offering me his hand. I accepted his help without thinking. He pulled me up and I woke up. "Whoa! What a dream!" I said to myself. I looked at the time, it was 7:50 am. "Shit! I'll be late for work again." My name is David Brown. I am working as a lawyer in a near court. My life is going pretty well, I have a wife Sharon, and two beautiful kids, Linda and Marco. At the court, I am working with my best friend, Francis, we've been friends ever since we were little. He's the person I can trust the most. The job is pretty well payed, I can normally pay taxes, bring food home, pay bills and buy stuff for my children. Even after spending money on all of that, I still have some left for myself and for charity. It's perfect, a life anyone could dream of.
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Name: David Brown
Date: 15th of November 2013
Observations: The patient came to us due to his abnormal behaiviour. The patient was behaving normally in the office though, but he was slightly stressed due to this being his first time in an asylum. He had a wrong idea about everything that had happened.
Diagnosis: The patient's exhastion due to the work led him to an unstable state.
Treatment: The patient was recommended to stay home and rest.
Chapter 1
"David, I am Dr. Luke Blake, I will be your psychiatrist." As I was slowly raising my head, the doctor asked me: "why did you punch your colleague?" "He wanted to hurt me..." The doctor pushed the table towards me and said: "Hurt you? He only wanted to pass you the pen you asked for!" I started shivering. "Lies! He wants to see me suffer!" "Why do you think so?" "He's jealous of me." "I see, and why is he jealous?" "Because I'm more successful than he is." "Alright. I'll send you home to get some rest." I left the asylum and went back home, as soon as I came home, I called Francis and we started talking: "Hello!" "Hey Francis, David here." "Oh! Hey David, how did it go?" "It was awful, the doctor was terrifying!" "Huh? What happened?" "He was intimidating me the whole session!" "Wait, explain how." "He was hitting and pushing the table and he was yelling at me!" "Whoa, dude, what are you planing to do?" "I don't know... I think I won't go anymore." "Alright, you really shouldn't, they're doing more harm than there already is." "Yeah... Well, see ya at work!" "Later!"
Patient D.B. log #2
Name: David Brown
Date: 22nd of November 2013
Observations: The patient developed a more aggressive behaviour, he was talking very loud, almost yelling and hitting the table.
Diagnosis: The patient's in a worse state than before, his physical health is greatly influencing his mental health.
Treatment: The patient was prescribed mood stabilizers, 2 pills a day. The treatment will last 2 weeks when he'll be checked.
Chapter 2
"Hello David, we meet again, did you have a good rest?" "Yeah, but my work really fell behind." "I see, well you have plenty of time to recover it." "Of course I don't! Do you know how much work that is?!" "I know! Don't raise you voice!" "Why not?" I stood up, "who do you think you are, you can't tell me what to do!" Luke stood up and hit the table: "I AM YOUR PSYCHIATRIST, NOW CALM DOWN!" Then the silence arrived. He took my hand and pulled me to the exit, gave me a recipe for mood stabilizers. I was terrified, i took the pills he prescribed me and went home. When I arrived, Francis was there. My wife and our children had went on a field trip so they weren't home. "How did it go?" said Francis. "Worse than before... He was yelling at me and threw me out of the office." "I told you not to go... What are those?" he pointed to my hand where I was holding the pills. "He gave me these, mood stabilizers." "Don't drink those, they will only fuck you up." "But, I have to try, they might help." "Do as you wish, I warned you! They're no good." Francis went to the door: "good luck and see ya tomorrow!" "Bye!" I should trust Francis, he only wants good for me, but if I don't try these pills, nothing will change.
Patient D.B. log #3
Name: David Brown
Date: 5th of December 2013.
Observations: The patient's behaviour had changed a lot since last time he was here. He didn't show much emotion due to mood stabilizers, but he lost some willpower. He said his friend Francis wasn't present for last 13 days and that he's missing him. His wife and kids are on a winter vacation so he can't see them either.
Diagnosis: Pills overkill him, he needs to hang out with his friends.
Treatment: The patient will be sent home for the meantime.
Chapter 3
"Hello again David." said the doctor. "We haven't seen in 2 weeks, are you doing any better?" I nodded. "Are you still doing bad stuff?" "No..." At that moment, doctor's face started changing. He closed his eyes and they instantly melded. He opened them trough a scream. His eyes were vermilion red and his eyelids were still molten, leaving them attached to each other by dozens of tiny strings. Same happened with his mouth, but in this case, his teeth became pointy. I was just sitting there, watching him turn into an abomination. I didn't care about it at all tho, I wasn't afraid of death. I simply couldn't feel anything. If I got any number I would be like a plant. He then approached me, took my hand and escorted me to the door. "The car is waiting for you, go." I made a step and his body became liquid and fell down. The car seemed normal tho. I entered it, but there was no driver. Suddenly, an older voice said: "where are we going?" "Home." "Alright, home it is." As he said that, he appeared on the driver's seat. He was a ghost. We started driving towards the sunset. After 20 minutes of driving in silence, something started happening. The sun beams became flames, engulfing everything around them and the temperature had risen. "Where are we going?" "Home." "And where is home?" "Hell." "Oh." I just continued sitting in silence. My face had not changed in slightest. We were just driving down the road when suddenly something struck the car. It was Francis. He was holding a bloodied hammer which he used to break down the window and open the door. "David!" he said, "I told you not to trust them!" As he pulled me out of the car, we started running away from it.
Patient D.B. log #4
Name: David Brown
Date: 6th of December 2013.
Observations: The patient developed a strong unfriendly behaviour. He smashed the window of his car with his fist and ran away. Few hours later, around 1 am, he was found lying in the asylum sewers.
Diagnosis: The patient is full of bruises and his mental state is unknown.
Treatment: The patient will be taken in by the asylum until his state gets better.
Chapter 4
As we were running away from the car, Francis grabbed my wrist and said "we should go to the river!" As we got down to the river, we entered a boat that was tied down there and started sailing. Not long after we've set sail, we hit a rock at the bottom of the river. The boat started hitting the shore of the river. After a few seconds, the boat broke and we were rushing down the river. There was a huge waterfall ahead of us. We were approaching it very fast and in a matter of seconds we were falling down. I hit the water surface and lost conscience.
"W-where am I?" I said quietly. I was lying in a bed. I looked around me, I was put in a padded cell along with Francis. The cell had only one bed, so Francis was lying on the ground. "Francis? Are you awake?" I tried to stand up to reach Francis, but I fell down as soon as I did. My feet were covered in scars. "What?!" Francis looked at me and said: "it's them… They did an experiment on you, you have something in your blood that they want, same is with me." He pulled up his straitjacket and showed me his cut marks. Our legs looked like we walked through a valley of knives. Someone knocked on the door. It was Dr. Luke. "David, how are you doing?" What?! How can he still act like nothing is going on?? "You had a pretty bad fall, are you doing any better?" "After all you did you still act like nothing is going on?!" "What?! What did we do?" I remained silent. His eyes became black. He was staring at me without an expression on his face. His eyes slowly started changing color. They were now red. The room Francis and I started shaking, it felt like an earthquake. The light started blinking, and soon turned off. The door suddenly opened. A horde of shadows came rushing towards me, enveloped me and started pulling me. I couldn't see what happened to Francis but I thought they brought him with me. The shadows pulled me all the way to Luke's office. I tried to fight back, but they penetrated my skin and entered my body trough my left arm. "So. David. What's going on?" They sat me down on a chair and held me down. "I don't want to be here, you guys keep torturing me!!!" "What are you talking about?" I stood up along with the chair and rushed into Luke. He dodged me, I fell down and I couldn't get out of the chair. The shadows entered my body once again, bud this time from the right side of my neck. I fell asleep again.
Patient D.B. log #5
Name: David Brown
Date: 7th of December 2013.
Observations: The patient started yelling and attacking me, he charged into me and started yelling.
Diagnosis: I am assuming that David has schizophrenia.
Treatment: He will be locked down and examined.
Chapter 5
I'm in this cell again. What day is it? How much time had passed? Where is Francis? I haven't seen him in weeks. My cell looked older, like it was decaying in time. White pads became brown. Floor became moisturized. I was slowly losing sanity, becoming really unstable. Day by day, I was becoming less bothered by the abominations and torturing in the asylum. I've heard a loud scream and Luke came to my room. He had become a being consisted only of shadows. He remained silent. I could only hear him breathe. His breath sounded like he had sandpaper in his throat. He lowered his head and started examining me. "*inhale*". I was terrified. "*exhale*". But I couldn't move. The room was slowly filling up with a liquid that reminded me of tar. The liquid had flooded the whole room and I couldn't move. I tried to fighting it but it was futile. Strangely I was still able to breathe, but much harder. Suddenly, the liquid started moving really fast in one direction, like someone had flushed it. After a few seconds while flowing with the liquid, I ended up in a room. The room was filled with torture tools. I was tied to a bed. I was about to be toyed again. Luke took a knife and struck it in my chest. I coughed blood. I tried to speak but I couldn't. My arms were filled with needles, one in both shoulders, both veins, both palms, and one in between each pair, making it a total of ten needles. The same black liquid which brought me there started flowing into my body. I could talk again. I raised my head a bit and asked Luke: "Where is Francis?" "*inhale* Fran…cis? *exhale*" I couldn't believe how far he'd go. I lowered my head. His face was slowly changing. "How much time had passed?" "It's June." Six months? Francis is probably dead by now. I couldn't believe it. My best friend had died, and now it's my turn. "What did you do to Francis?" He kept quiet. "Vanessa." Luke called someone. A young, blond woman entered the room, holding some sort of a device in her hand. She stung it in my neck and pressed the button. I felt it entering my body, the pain was unbearable. I felt like I was being torn apart from the inside. I lost conscience due to the pain.
Patient D.B. log #6
Name: David Brown
Date: 25th of June 2014
Observations: The patient has finally responded to the therapy he's been receiving, but it had catastrophic side effects. The patient started bleeding and after few minutes his heart stopped beating. We reanimated him and transfused 2 liters of blood. Who is Francis? Is he a part of David's schizophrenia? Regardless, there was only one thing we could have done.
Diagnosis: Schizophrenia
Treatment: Lobotomy
Final chapter
Luke had come to my room once again. This time, he looked beautiful, like he became 20 years younger. He bowed to me, whispered in my ear "it's time" and I started floating in the ear behind him. Where was Francis? Was he really dead? Will he come to save me again? We were heading down the hall, it was dark and I could barely see anything. We were heading towards a room. A huge pentagram was drawn on the door. It was glowing with in a crimson tone. We entered the room and I saw someone entering with us. Luke had put me on a chair. "Vanessa, could you pass me the wedge". She took the wedge and brought it to him. Then Francis appeared, sitting on the tool holder Vanessa just took the wedge from. He was looking at me. His hands were crossed, holding his chin, leaned on his knees. He was smiling. That smile was very familiar to me, it was silver. Luke took the wedge, pushed the chair back and put it before my eye. "I'm sorry…" He took his hammer and struck the wedge into my head. In that moment I became as numb as a rock. I couldn't feel anything. Slowly, Francis started floating towards me, tapping his lips with his left hand, once, twice, and finally, the third time. "Wanna play again?"
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The Trustees of Reservations invite community members, future brides and grooms, event planners, and all who are interested to attend the organization's first-ever, sustainable Seaside Wedding Show at The Great House on Castle Hill located on The Crane Estate in Ipswich, MA. A National Historic Landmark, Castle Hill on The Crane Estate is one of the most sought after wedding venues in the Northeast. The elegant architecture, panoramic ocean views, world-famous designed landscapes, and award winning Inn at Castle Hill's Bed & Breakfast, offera complete wedding package for couples who are looking for a special place to create their wedding memories.
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Everyone wants to own a piece of history. What makes that piece of history even better is when it's worth some money. We've all heard the stories of the lucky few who have discovered priceless memorabilia in thrift shops or valuable coins mingled with other change in a relative's collection. Conversely, what if you want to be the only one to own that rookie baseball card of a now Hall of Famer? How can you make sure what you find or purchase is the real deal?
The only way to know for sure is to buy from a reputable professional. But if you're out shopping at an estate sale or antique mall, here are some tips to help you spot a fake.
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3. Check the relief. Counterfeit coins reliefs are often made too high or too low. If you stack them up and they don't lay in a nice, flat stack, pass on that purchase.
4. Listen to it. Drop the coin. Does it make a "pinging" sound when it hits a hard surface? Then it's made of real silver. If it thuds, it's a dud.
5. Trust your gut. While not the most scientifically sound advice, you'd be surprised how well this works. Is the price too good to be true? Is the seller trying to rush you or is he or she evasive about providing details? Then it's probably an offer that's too good to be true and you should pass.
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GreenPointe Communities, LLC, was recently honored by the Northeast Florida Builders Association's Sales and Marketing Council with five Laurel Awards for TrailMark, a nature-first community located just 20 minutes from Jacksonville in northern St. Johns County, and EvenTide, a new community in the heart of Ponte Vedra Beach with private beach access just steps away.
GreenPointe received three gold awards – Best Marketing Video for TrailMark, Best Consumer Promotional Event at TrailMark and Best Logo for EvenTide. The company's two silver awards were presented for Best Brochure for EvenTide and Best Print Ad Quarter Page for EvenTide.
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At TrailMark, life is about experiences, connections and enjoying nature. These moments capture the magic of life at TrailMark, a different community that puts nature, healthy living and adventure front and center. Since the community offers home styles and activities for families of all ages, the marketing video demonstrates the varying demographic of homeowners at TrailMark. The video highlights the recreational activities which establishes TrailMark as a "healthier places" community. Experience the video here.
TrailMark's Fall Festival promotional event showcased the community's family and recreation-first lifestyle. TrailMark welcomed everyone to join residents, builders and local merchants for a day of family fun and celebration. More than 2,000 attendees enjoyed live music, a pumpkin patch, a farmer's market, rock climbing wall, obstacle course, face painting, food trucks and games for kids of all ages. The event not only increased community awareness but was also a day of fun and an opportunity for everyone to form new friendships.
Like its pristine natural setting between the Atlantic Ocean and Guana River, EvenTide's distinctive logo is simple, memorable and timeless. Its design, inspired by the graceful and majestic Great Blue Heron found along the Northeast Florida coast, features soothing blue watercolor hues, reflecting the uniqueness of the community and the individuality of the families that will call EvenTide home.
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Howdy, all! So my stores have been with Cars.com for about 45 days and results have been about 2% sold to lead ratio. How can we perform better on this site? Right now we have no sellers notes on the vehicles and that could be an issue.
As much as they say sellers notes make a difference. I haven't found they make a lick of difference.
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We had about 30-35 people show up on Saturday, May 6, for the annual Sitka Community Bike Ride, an event that helped kick off National Bike Month festivities in Sitka. It also was a chance to celebrate the 126th anniversary of the first bike seen in Sitka, which arrived in May 1891, on the cruiser Mexico.
The cyclists, who ranged in age from infant to their 70s, met at Totem Square Park, then rode down Lincoln Street through downtown Sitka to the Sitka National Historical Park entrance and back. This family friendly bike ride encouraged safety by having cyclists ride by the rules of the road — riding on the right side of the street with traffic, riding in a predictable manner, and wearing bike helmets and bright clothes/reflective items.
Other National Bike Month events in May include National Bike To School Day on Wednesday, May 10; the Sitka Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 13; National Bike To Work Week on Monday-Friday, May 15-19; National Bike To Work Day on Friday, May 19; the Julie Hughes Triathlon on Saturday, May 20; and the Sitka Trail Works Cross Trail Bike Ride on Saturday, May 27. You can find out more details by going to the Sitka Cycling website, https://sitkacycling.wordpress.com, and scrolling down to see the event announcements.
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I attended the Thursday night showing of The Bald Soprano, the first thing I noticed that wasn't nearly as prominent in the book was the sheer awkwardness of everything in the play. In the book it just seemed like a bunch of British people yelling gibberish at each other, but it was so much more awkward when acted out. The audience actually started laughing out of pure discomfort several times throughout the play. The first few chuckles occurred when the clock sounded over and over and over and after about five times it became unsettling.
Each of the props were carefully selected to simultaneously fit in with the whole "perfect suburban family" theme, but also be as ridiculous as the dialogue. Even the yarn that Mrs. Smith is knitting is absurdly pink. The outfits were dramatic, the portraits were oversized, and the clock was giant, which all just added to the whole effect. The clock in itself is a character, it drew plenty of attention to itself with the sound effects and crazy motions, if it had been any other play there would have been no need for it to be so huge, but in The Bald Soprano it worked perfectly.
Every time the maid, played by Summer McCollough, spoke the audience laughed. Sometimes it was out of discomfort, but other times it was because what she would say would further derail an already falling apart image of what this evening, or dinner, was supposed to be. After the whole scene of the Martins discovering that they know each other and are married and have a daughter, with so much in common that they live in the same apartment and sleep in the same bed, the maid, Mary (if that is her real name), just waltzes out and gleefully tells the audience that they are not in fact who they believe they have just discovered they are. She delivered many of her lines with such inflections that they sounded even more ridiculous.
It was a bit uncomfortable when the women started arguing with the men over whether when the doorbell rings someone is always there and someone is never there, each being so sure that they are right, but the last time the doorbell rang and it was the fire chief, played by Jonas Maines. As soon as he walked in the whole audience knew thing were about to get more awkward. The men and the women were fawning over him offering him a seat asking him to tell stories. His stories didn't make much sense, but neither did much else in the play so it worked quite well. It was easy to see all of the characters had a little bit of a crush on the fire chief.
After a bit of ridiculous story telling, the maid walked in, asking to tell a story. At first the Martins and the Smiths were yelling that she was out of place, but the fire chief wanted to hear. They realized they both knew each other and boy they did not hold back at all. They both started exaggerating their lines and adding a breathiness to them, and then began advancing towards each other with blatant sexual tension. The whole audience started giggle and squirming watching them go further and further. The other characters were appalled, although they didn't lose any respect for the fire chief. The whole room physically felt awkward watching the two paw at each other, but it was so funny, and the audience's reactions just made it funnier. Finally, the maid had to be carried out and the characters each composed themselves and calmly, but dramatically, said goodbye to the fire chief.


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White's adversary is taking over as a favorite hue to splash on your walls. Black walls can help add interesting contrast in a room. Still not convinced? Take a look at these gorgeous spaces below for some ideas on how to black walls to your home. Some general tips:
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In mainstream discourse we're speaking as though this is just a charmingly gaffe-prone old man who makes a few controversial statements from time to time but would still make a fine president, when really he shouldn't even be allowed a driver's license.... https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/bide ... dab65d0b60
The level of denial in the US is astounding. Elephant? What elephant?


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Be informed before voting on RUSA ballot
As you may have noticed, the United States Student Association is on the ballot this year for referendum. However, what supporting USSA means for Rutgers has not been presented as a two-sided argument, and as an alumna of the program, I would like to state my views on the organization to help you decide how to vote on the ballot. I intend to give a multifaceted view on the situation. While there are good things about the organization, there are also elements of USSA that you should know about before deciding to support.
First and foremost, I must state that Rutgers University is a diverse educational institution with many causes to fight for and many political identities. The USSA is primarily a leftist organization that supports leftist causes. While it has made significant strides in progressive causes, these may not be the views that every single student at the University agrees with. While I am more liberal in my own political views, I still believe in the right that students with opposite political views from mine should express themselves and have equal measure in the decision making process, so long as those beliefs do not tolerate hateful policies. Paying those two dollars on your term bill will go toward supporting many causes, and if those are things that you do not agree with, then you should carefully consider your ballot choices.
Supporting USSA will directly benefit a select few students at this university. Only 20 or so delegates can be funded to go to USSA conferences during the spring and summer, for a political cause that does not necessarily directly benefit everyone at the University. There are also certain causes that are not internally supported in USSA, one of which being the environment.
It is expected that USSA resolutions will be carried out by our student government and will be given priority over other causes.
This could be restricting to students who come up with different ideas over the year. In order to stay a member of USSA, the University needs to follow and commit to those causes. This can potentially put other ideas for the University on the backburner so that USSA goals are carried out. This freedom of proposing new ideas should be protected, and even if the ideas are not in line with the campaigns of USSA, these campaigns should still have equal importance. Lastly, this organization is truly only for those who can afford it. When I went to a conference, I had to pay for one of my dinners and almost every breakfast. The accommodations for students coming from the working class, in my experience, are not enough. While a two-dollar increase in funding on the referendum may help to make those accommodations possible, this is a valid point to consider. Many of the people who I met at the conference were middle class and upper middle class students who had an understanding of a certain world that was not entirely relevant to my experiences as a working-class student who earns money independently for herself. The conferences also restrict individuals attending to speaking in a certain way, that being an "inclusive language" on politically correct terms that are highly boasting of Latin and Greek-influenced vocabulary, which may not be relevant to the way that all students speak.
However, I must also express some positive notes. This organization is great for networking and linking up with social change causes across the United States. Supporting them means that we would have an increased network for that venue and that we could work more in conjunction with other universities for certain social change causes that are very relevant to the University, such as the DREAM Act, considering as how there are a great number of undocumented youth in this state. This means that we are supporting an organization that fights for education and the right for education to be free. Tuition, being at an all-time high, needs some groundwork, and this organization could help with that. However, everything must be considered when making the choice of supporting USSA, and with the pros and cons, the choice is yours. Like every organization, there are both positive and negative aspects, and Rutgers students must vote to decide if this is the right choice for them.
Kaitlin D'Agostino is a class of 2012 University alumna.
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Although Matt Brake just graduated from college last summer, he's already thinking about taking over the family farm — and his parents are, too. Plans are underway to transfer ownership of Oakleigh Farm, a 400-acre row-crop and dairy farm in Mercersburg, Penn.
An oft-cited Iowa State University study found that half of farmers lacked an estate plan and 71 percent of retiring farmers hadn't identified a successor.
Brake attended sessions on succession planning at the 2018 New Century Farmer conference and shares his biggest takeaways.
Succession planning takes time. "We're not going to transfer ownership of the farm overnight," he explains. Brake's dad started the succession planning process two years ago, even though the next generation might not take the reins for another decade. Having a long-term plan in place allows farm families to transition the farm from one generation to the next over time instead of overnight.
Dividing the farm is difficult. In the Brake family, three siblings want to take over day-to-day operations while the other two siblings have careers outside of agriculture. A successful succession plan will consider the needs of all five children and the continuation of their family's farming legacy. The New Century Farmer conference emphasized the idea that "fair is not always equal," which helped Brake see that there are many ways to divide the estate. "It's hard for me to think about my place on the farm after Dad retires, but I have to remember that this is stressful for him, too," he admits.
Ask the right questions. A Farm Bureau presentation provided tips for talking to older generations about succession planning — without being offensive. "Instead of asking, 'What will happen to the farm after you die?' it's better to ask questions about how ownership is transferred to them," Brake explains. "You can show you're interested in continuing the family legacy without putting them on the spot about their plans."
Experts are essential. Planning for a successful succession requires having some tough and emotional conversations about the future of the farm. Rather than tackling succession planning solo, the Brake family plans to bring in a mediator to help guide discussions.
At the New Century Farmer conference, Brake appreciated opportunities to network with other young farmers and to hear about their experiences with succession planning. "It was comforting to learn that a lot of us are facing the same issues," he says.
New Century Farmer will take place again this summer but in a new location—Indianapolis. The conference, held July 7-13, is for members who have experience in the field of production agriculture and plan to return to a career in production agriculture through work experience, training or other activities. Participants must attend a two- or four-year college or university and are between the ages of 18-24. This all-expenses-paid conference will be filled with interactive workshops, field tours, visioning design, networking opportunities and financial planning. Applications close Feb. 15, 2019. Visit the conference webpage on FFA.org to learn more.


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We have learned that Lopez Island is nicknamed 'The Friendly Isle', and find it to be true! Everyone waves. You can't pass anyone on the sidewalk without a greeting. The people at Grace Episcopal made us feel at home. We probably chatted with the museum docent for an hour!
We found a couple of good coffee places, a couple of bookstores, and a decent grocery store--so all the basics are covered.
We spoke with the manager at the Islander Resort and found out that we could get a slip for the winter months if we wished, at about $100/mo less than Friday Harbor, and that would include wi-fi, which we would have to pay for additionally at Friday Harbor.
The biggest drawback is the distance to everything. A mile long walk from the resort to the village OR the mile long dinghy ride to the public access in town. Either could be quite cold, wet, and windy during winter months. It is five miles to the ferry dock, though sea planes do take off right from the resort to transfer to Seattle's Lake Union.
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Friday Harbor is more urban, more expensive, and more hilly. The cold and wet would be present there as well. Distances would be shorter, and selection of restaurants would be greater, though we are not sure the coffee shops are any better.
We will have to do some thinking.


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I am in the process of getting a Bosch Worcester 37cdi boiler installed, driving radiator hot water central heating. I am keen on the google nest, mainly for its ecosystem of 'works with nest'. What I am picking up is that the US version will not work with this form of central heating and I need the UK version as it comes with a Heat Link box, is that correct?
Has anyone got any experience with making the generation 3 work in NZ, i.e. the weather hack? Or even better got it working with a Bosch Worcester boiler?
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Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor has revealed she has given up on love and will just stick to being a child in an overblown body.
Sharing a raunchy video of herself with her boobs on display, she wrote: 'Life of an orphan…I miss my late parents. I wanna be that cute little girl my dad used to remain food for am. loved by plenty but always so lonely… tired of trying to find love … no one can even tattoo my name to win me….. I give up… I will just remain a child in an overblown body.'
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|Max Gopan, 46, of 302 French Street, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hopsital in Togus after a long illness. Born June 1st, 1920 in Oakfield the son of Samuel and Fannie (Nisenbaum) Gopan, he was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans Organizations, The Beth Abraham Synagogue and the Bnai Brith. Mr. Gopan was associated with Hammond Motors in Bangor. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida (Shapiro) Gopan of Bangor; three daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Cohen of Boston, Miss Marilyn and Miss Jean Gopan of Bangor; a brother, Joseph Gopan of Bangor; a grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
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New report focuses on helping borrowers in difficulty
Published: 22 May 2015 | Author: Bernard Clarke
In the week in which we published our data showing a fall in arrears and possessions in the first quarter of this year, a company we have been working with was putting the final touches to its report highlighting lessons to be learned from dealing with mortgage arrears in Northern Ireland.
In its report, the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) focuses on what could be done to encourage borrowers in financial difficulty to take action earlier, either by seeking advice or by engaging with their lender and the courts service.
The BIT team worked with the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland, as well as the courts service, the advice sector and lenders.
As the report says, the past 15 years have been a particularly turbulent time for the Northern Ireland housing market, which has seen a much bigger fall in house prices than elsewhere in the UK. As a result, some households there have suffered significant problems through a combination of negative equity and mortgage arrears.
BIT sought to review the processes currently being followed by the courts, lenders and the advice sector - and the ways in which these organisations communicate with borrowers in difficulty - with a view to improving those aspects of their services that affect borrowers' behaviour.
The report's authors make a series of suggestions, some of which are essentially already incorporated in the way lenders operate. Although the report is based on experience in Northern Ireland, some of the suggestions in the report could also be applied elsewhere in the UK.
- On communicating with borrowers in difficulty, the report recommends that lenders should review the tone, content and form of letters, and make sure they are concise, written in plain English and include clear action points. The aim should be to encourage borrowers to make contact to try to find a solution - but this is already a key objective for lenders when writing to borrowers in arrears.
- The report recommends that all correspondence from courts should carry a brief covering letter, written in plain English. It should also include a 'road map' to help borrowers follow and engage with the legal process.
- On the process of dealing with a customer in arrears, the report suggests highlighting the prevalence of borrowers finding a solution when they seek advice, and helping them come up with specific plans. Text messages could be used to encourage people to open important letters and remind them to turn up for court hearings. The report also suggests considering the introduction of new financial incentives for prioritising arrears over other financial commitments.
- The report proposes raising awareness of debt and mortgage arrears to help overcome "perceived stigma," and the benefits of identifying key moments in the process of dealing with arrears - so that there is a better understanding of when a borrower is likely to be most sympathetic to messages intended to help.
- Finally, in cases in which the borrower is unable to recover their financial position and possession becomes unavoidable, the report suggests exploring a "middle route" by which the borrower may lose ownership of their home but be able to continue to live in it.
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New schedules for AccuMark 101 on GerberU!
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AccuMark 101 is gearing up for another round of lessons starting on February 26. New time slots, same great content!
And be on the lookout for AccuMark 201, where we will cover grading and marking! This second series is due to start at the end of March.
You can submit questions here or via [email protected]
Please see the attached document for details on payment and enrollment for these classes.
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Michael Cooksey Posts: 332 Gerber Staff 💛Hello @ReginaGottlieb, sorry for the slight delay in replying to you on this thread. Gerber University has a class called Pattern Design Basics - Lesson 5, that is available on-demand. Additionally, we can schedule what we call a "Power Hour" with you for 1:1 help. Just let me know how I can help with either of those options!


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KEARNEY — Richard Douglas ¨Dick" Ashman, 75, of Kearney died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at CHI Health Good Samaritan. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Burwell with the Rev. Mark Maresh officiating. Dress is casual. Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell is in charge of arrangements. Dick was born May 23, 1943, in Burwell to Archie and Gladyce (Nightingale) Ashman. He was raised in Burwell and graduated from Burwell High School … [Read more...] about Obituary: Dick Ashman, 75, taught 30-plus years at UNK; Rodeo Club sponsor
Gladys Styles Johnston, 79, led UNK during formative decade
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Former University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Gladys Styles Johnston of Scottsdale, Arizona, died Wednesday. She was 79. Johnston was chancellor of UNK from 1993 to 2002. "Dr. Johnston led UNK during a formative decade," Chancellor Doug Kristensen said. "We are grateful for her efforts and accomplishments at UNK." Prior to becoming chancellor at UNK, Styles Johnston was executive vice president and provost … [Read more...] about Gladys Styles Johnston, 79, led UNK during formative decade
Obituary: Michael Schuyler was former Kearney State history chair, dean
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Michael W. Schuyler, 76, of Albuquerque died Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Albuquerque. The family will have a small private celebration of life service Friday in Taos. He passed away with his family by his side, after a long and difficult battle with Parkinson's disease. Mike will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Sue Schuyler; his daughter, Emily Schuyler and her husband, Luis Molina Robinson, and their two children, Sebastian and Sofia Schuyler … [Read more...] about Obituary: Michael Schuyler was former Kearney State history chair, dean
OBITUARY: Don Lackey, 85, was Korean War veteran, teacher and coach
KEARNEY — Donald Lackey, 85, of Kearney died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at Brookdale Kearney Northridge. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Sean Dougherty officiating. Private family inurnment will be before the services. There will be no visitation. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Don was born in Paxton, Illinois, on Aug. 21, 1932, to George and Lula … [Read more...] about OBITUARY: Don Lackey, 85, was Korean War veteran, teacher and coach
OBITUARY: Kent Emal was lifelong educator; 41 years in UNK Communication Disorders Department
Kent C. Emal, 77, of Kearney, was surrounded by his family as he went to be with his Lord on Friday, March 16, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society – St. Luke's in Kearney. Celebration of Life Services will be Friday, March 23, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at the Living Faith Fellowship Church in Kearney. Rev. Duane Osnes will officiate. Graveside services and burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at the Minden Cemetery. Visitation is planned Thursday, March 22, 2018, from 5-7 p.m. at … [Read more...] about OBITUARY: Kent Emal was lifelong educator; 41 years in UNK Communication Disorders Department


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The Automagicka is network of magical roadways overlaid atop parts of the Muggle highway system, described as "a black ribbon that folded space beneath the wheels of the vehicles that traveled upon it and made distances impossibly short."
Construction began in the mid 2000s, and by 2007, private Automagicka-approved vehicles – like the one owned by Lilith Grimm and the one owned by her sister – are still relatively rare.
Entrances to the Automagicka are blocked by large iron chains that must be physically removed by toll-trolls stationed in large purple tollbooths. The fare for a roughly 180-mile trip (the distance, approximately, from Larkin Mills to Chicago) is one Eagle.
The Automagicka seems to derive its name from the German high-speed Autobahn.


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NSCAP is already well known as a teaching and training institution but our distinctive approach comes directly from our experience as clinicians. In our work, we use specialist observation skills, a capacity for self-reflective practice, and an understanding of unconscious processes to help people make the best possible use of their relationships, which in turn helps them to develop as individuals.
We have clinical space at our premises in Leeds to provide high quality facilities for on-site clinical services and are seeking to extend the premises. NCS also delivers services off site in appropriate settings.
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NCS adopts an approach which is rooted in evidence systematically gathered and evaluated from clinical experience, a psychoanalytic observational theoretical framework which has stood the test of time, and contemporary research findings emerging from a range of disciplines and modalities alongside psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
NCS offers high quality, specialist Psychoanalytic State of Mind Assessments, Parent-Infant Relational Assessments and Assessments for Psychotherapy.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is available on a long term basis as well as time limited manualised interventions and brief (4-6 sessions) work.
NSCAP Clinical Services can be commissioned on a block or individual basis.
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While CookieCon 2018 opening remarks are still an hour away, people are everywhere. They are chatting, trading, and giving things away. Ann Clark and two of her employees are handing out cookie cutters. Domino Sugar is giving away brown sugar keepers and cookie cutters. I even saw a vanilla tasting. People are swarming around on the second floor, in the elevator, and in the entry, chatting with long lost friends. You can't go more than a few feet without seeing CookieCon people, all of whom treat you like a good friend. It is an amazing experience. The title picture shows less than half of the people who were registering at noon. The lines never seem to stop, and registration lasts seven hours! It's all a little overwhelming.
Today, I took another pre-CookieCon class with Shirlyn Leong, called "Kawaii Girl Standing Letters". Taking a second class with her really helped me to understand painting even better! (You can see the project we recreated below.)
Cookies and Photo by Shirlyn Leong.
The food here has been expensive and frequently a little fancy. So, today, I went to a little hole-in-the-wall called Tammy's International Pizza. The food is old-fashioned, inexpensive, and delicious. I had a huge piece of supreme pizza, a salad, and a bottle of water, all for just $7.74. As a favor, they put meat on my salad, and it was amazing! They did it to be nice and never charged me. Also, the owners are kind and made me feel good. If you are CookieCon, check them out!
I'm planning to write about Camp McGoo, which is later tonight. Stay tuned!
Kate Sullivan, aka Econlady, is a retired economist who started cookie decorating over a decade ago when her seven-year-old daughter wanted to take a cookie decorating class. While her daughter lost interest, Kate continued to explore cookie decorating, always looking for new ideas and techniques. Kate's cookies have been featured on a trading card at CookieCon 2015 (pictured left) and also in Cookie Connection's Practice Bake Perfect Challenge #14. In 2016, Kate took over as Newsletter Editor of the National Cookie Cutter Collectors Club, where her decorated cookies were showcased on the cover of each newsletter. More recently, she was named the club's Treasurer. Kate is a long-time veteran of CookieCon, having attended since the very beginning, so she is sure to bring us the up-to-the-minute CookieCon inside scoop.
Title and restaurant photo credits: Kate Sullivan
Cookie and cookie photo credit: Shirlyn Leong
Note: This article expresses the views of the author, and not necessarily those of this site, its owners, its administrators, or its employees. To read more CookieCon 2018 updates from our special Cookie Connection Correspondents Team, click here, and for CookieCon event photos, click here.


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Diversity and Inclusion Agility Journey
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is a psychological safety concern that needs to be championed by agile coaches and leaders. Everyone in the organization must be aligned with this way of thinking and behavior to achieve psychological safety and D&I agility. If the organization leaders' goal is to create a world class business that satisfies the customers' jobs to be done and attract the best minds, D&I must be a priority strategy. People want to work for progressive companies that practice fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all. The absence of D&I in an organization is waste (Muda) and robs the people of cultural riches and innovative ideas.
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