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I don't know about you, but every day is a different struggle with my mental health. Some days I can't stop thinking about the same thought that is repeating itself over and over in my head. Other days I struggle going out into public places.
I am in Accounting Management for a very large and global company. I am lucky to work from home. Because with my mental health issues, I don't honestly think I could handle being in an office environment; for several reasons.
I don't like to sit on public seats and then come back into my home and sit on any surface in my house without changing my pants. Weird right? Yes, for some people it is and they can't understand my thought process or reasoning for this. However, if I don't do this or my husband doesn't, I will mentally and physically become uncomfortable. Thoughts will start looping in my head and I can't stop thinking about them. I will start breathing hard, my heart rate rises, and at times I shake. While other times I have a full blown panic attack and want to just rip my skin off because of the way if feels on my body. It is not just mentally uncomfortable to me, but sometimes it becomes truly physical as well.
My OCD has to do with germs, counting, rechecking things, and thoughts of unrealistic outcomes. To be honest I am sure there are many people that I work with daily, along with friends, and even family that aren't even aware of this. Until now, if they read my blog, since I shared it with them all. That being said, there are so many people out there that live with these and other mental issues daily and they are afraid to speak up and talk to anyone about it.
We need to speak up. It affects your life on so many levels. It makes it difficult for family, spouses, and roommates that you live with. And if they love you, like my friends and family, all they want for you is to be happy and get the help that you need. Not everyone needs a therapist, but we all need to talk about it, even if it is one person in your life.


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It's been a year since I started this little blog. I was blogging for my former employer's two company blogs when the ax there fell. What I've never gone into here was why I left the agency. Seeing as how it is relevant to work you may be doing for your own business, I think it's high time I did.
I'll be keeping out the names of companies not so much to protect them as myself – if people who made bad decisions get called out I'm not that concerned. If I get sued, however, I'll be more than a little concerned.
We had a client who did on line learning, and they wanted a brand monitoring report. This is a competitive analysis looking at how a company is viewed in the media – news, video, social, etc. It's the sort of thing that's terribly useful once you bottom line what all of these mentions mean.
Among their competitors were two state universities. Now, it almost goes without saying that two major universities are going to have a LOT of media mentions. But since we were looking at them as direct competitors, it didn't (and doesn't) make sense to look at all of their press mentions – it only makes sense to look at how their product is mentioned. In this case, that would mean how their on line learning courses were covered and mentioned.
The client had wanted to hear all of the press mentions of these two Universities, but as I said, I felt this was unnecessary information and suggested we inform the client of that.
Let's say you have a coffee shop. You'll want to know how people write about your competitors like Starbuck's, Coffee Plantation, and Seattle's Best. You'll also want to know how they react to McDonald's, now that they sell various coffee drinks too. But having the additional information about how people are writing about the McRib Sandwich, The Ronald McDonald House charity, and the opening of 100 new stores in China (which isn't in your market anyway) does not relate to your product. Sure, people who become more familiar with McDonald's may then go in and buy one of their coffees. But looking at the company as a whole, and from that trying to glean what people think of their coffee, is quite a stretch and defeats the purpose of doing the analysis in the first place.
If you look at a competitor with as large a brand identity as McDonald's to see how you compare to them, you will loose. What's important is how your product compares to theirs if they sell the same one.
Instead, a week later, I was in an office with two of my three managers (God help me, I had THREE managers!) informing me that my services would no longer be required.
It's one of the major drawbacks of working for an ad agency, that what the client wants is rarely what they need, and that you don't really tell them this if their checks are all clearing. Since then I've gone to work at a stable company with a clear, strong on line objective. More importantly, they understand the difference between what a competitor does, and what a competitor does that effects us.

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Response by ABB: Divest Sudan campaign calls on companies, including ABB, to withdraw from Sudan to avoid complicity in abuses.
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Divest Sudan Blood Stocks? - Mission Statement
Author: Divest Sudan coalition
In the face of depraved international indifference to this situation, DivestSudan.org has launched a divestment campaign that targets the European and Asian multinational corporations that provide critical economic, commercial, and financial support to Khartoum. These companies either support brutally destructive oil development and production in southern Sudan, or provide investments that benefit only Khartoum and the surrounding region of northern Sudan. Oil revenues, extracted with the blood of southern Sudanese, fund these various commercial projects, and sustain a regime that could not survive without this economic lifeline. [website links to "Sample Target Companies": ABB, Alcatel, PetroChina, Siemens, Tatneft; also refers to Talisman Energy's divestment of Sudanese assets]
[DOC] Reply of ABB to "Divest Sudan" campaign
Author: ABB
ABB understands the legitimate concerns among international stakeholders about companies doing business in Sudan... We have no activities in the Darfur area... As a supplier, we have no operations as such in the country, and do not pay direct taxes... ABB firmly believes it is acting as a force for progress in Sudan; that our business is supporting infrastructure development, as well as the human right to power – and the benefits that this brings. These benefits include the rights to education, health care, clean water etc...ABB has been consulting with Amnesty International Business Group, an international human rights expert...[and] representatives of other organizations such as the UN Global Compact and the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. Amnesty's position has been clear. It makes no recommendation on staying or withdrawing, but advises that once a company is in a country it should proceed with caution and engage in stakeholder dialogue. This is what we are doing... For the above-mentioned projects, as in other situations where civil conflict, uncertain governance or outright violence may occur, we use risk-assessment tools to screen our exports into such areas, and have management mechanisms and processes in place to detect and handle human rights issues at country level and project level... As part of our work to ensure observance of human rights by ABB and our suppliers, we have drawn up – as part of our work within the BLIHR group - a human rights checklist for managers to use when deciding whether to conduct business. We have road-tested this checklist in sub-Saharan Africa and are strengthening parts of it.
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Alcatel defends Sudan sales - 'Limited' sales in war-torn region 'promote democracy,' firm tells critics
Author: Bert Hill, Ottawa Citizen
Alcatel has rejected a campaign by U.S. pension funds to stop selling communication equipment to Sudan,...in which an estimated 300,000 people have been killed in violence orchestrated by the government. CALPERS, a big California public sector pension fund with more than $200 billion U.S. in assets, has warned it could sell the shares of Alcatel and other companies if they continue to do business in the Sudan... [Alcatel said,] "We, too, are deeply concerned with the plight of the Sudanese people. However, we sincerely hold the view that our limited operations in Sudan help foster the dissemination of communications services to the population as a whole and as such, our activities help promote democracy and economic development." [also refers to Siemens, ABB operations in Sudan; pressure on Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Cisco, Nortel over practices in China]
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- Related companies: ABB Alcatel (now Alcatel-Lucent) Cisco Systems Google (part of Alphabet) Microsoft Nortel Networks Siemens Yahoo! (part of Verizon)
Hitting Sudan In The Pocketbook
Author: Amy Borrus, Business Week
...momentum is building behind a national campaign to prod pension funds, as well as universities, to sell their holdings in companies with ties to Sudan. A coalition of activists across the political spectrum is pushing divestment in hopes of pressuring a regime that the State Dept. has accused of genocide. [refers to PetroChina, Calpers, Siemens, Alcatel, ABB]
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Managing dilemmas
Author: ABB
...critics allege that doing business there [in Sudan] props up the military government. ABB takes a broader view, fully aware of its responsibilities. Access to electricity and the exploration of natural resources are prerequisites for economic development. Economic progress, in turn, over time will improve access to clean water, education and health care...ABB is engaging an experienced human rights lawyer to support us with stakeholder contacts in Sudan and is taking advice from the Amnesty Business Group, an arm of Amnesty International.
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CNPC will not inject Sudan into PetroChina-source
Author: Reuters
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) will leave its oilfields in politically risky Sudan out of the assets it plans to inject into its flagship listed unit PetroChina, a source close to the plan said... Analysts have expressed concerns that an injection of CNPC's Sudan assets would increase PetroChina's risk profile. A two-year old armed rebellion in Sudan has left 5.5 million people in need of food aid there, according to the United Nations, and the United States has been pushing for U.N. sanctions against its oil industry.
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[PDF] Doing the right thing for the right reasons
Author: Jürgen Dormann, Chairman & CEO, ABB
Under what circumstances should ABB do business - and where should we not?...when international sanctions are decided, we act accordingly. We don't do business in Burma, where democratic rights are violated...public debate is growing over whether companies doing business in Sudan, a country ravaged by a horrible civil war, aggravate the plight of the people...if economic sanctions were decided, we would of course abide by them...being there, what can we do to influence the situation positively?...If we pulled out due to the protests, would peace come about faster, or would other companies simply pick up our projects, and thus prolong the conflict?
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New Orleans celebrates its Irish immigrant history with parades
March 15, 2017
On March 17, along with every other city in America and many around the world, New Orleans will celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
"Everywhere in the world celebrates St. Patrick's Day. In New Orleans, where so many people have Irish blood and celebrate Irish culture, I think it's a little different, honestly," said Irish-parade marcher Michael Burke.
Unlike many other cities, New Orleans has several large parades a week ahead of St. Patrick's Day dedicated to celebrating Irish culture in the city. Some of these parades are held, intentionally, along the Irish Channel neighborhood.
"Where we're walking, a lot of my countrymen lived here when they first came over," said Burke. "This parade, to me, is a celebration the Irish, as a people, succeeded. We survived this long."
According to the United States Census Bureau, New Orleans is one of the most Irish-dense cities in America, coming in with a population of around 7 percent who can directly trace their bloodline to Irish immigrants.
The Irish came over when the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland, and a massive wave of immigrants found its way to New Orleans in the mid-1840s.
Curator of the Irish Cultural Museum in New Orleans, Patrick McCarty, said, "Generally speaking, the American public did not have a favorable view of the Irish. You have to remember, America did not have a strong Catholic presence in the United States at the time. America was an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant nation."
"You had these massive immigrant groups, between 1.5 and 2 million Irish came over. Because of their role with Catholicism, and since many of them spoke Gaelic or Irish as opposed to English, they were willing to hold onto their culture and beliefs when they came over."


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Iowa State analyses corn use, blend wall numbers
Last year's corn crop may have been modestly under-estimated, suggests Iowa State University's Robert Wisner, professor emeritus and analyst with the Ag Marketing Resource Center. He analyzed corn availability for feed and ethanol and looked at potential reductions in use in the most recent AgMRC renewable energy newsletter.
The ethanol/DDGS portion of corn demand is strongly influenced by the price of gasoline, ethanol blending volume mandates, the blenders tax credit, and the price differential between gasoline and ethanol, Wisner said. The expected loss of the blenders credits at the end of the year removes one of those factors, although the mandates are expected to remain. "When corn supplies are extremely tight, the mandates create a perfectly price-inelastic demand for corn used by ethanol plants -- at certain minimum volumes. In other words, the amount of corn used for ethanol becomes insensitive to corn prices. At plentiful corn supplies and lower prices, the ethanol industry tends to produce ethanol above mandated levels if infrastructure permits it. If corn supplies become tight, the motor fuel industry is required to blend the mandated volumes of ethanol into gasoline, paying whatever price is needed to obtain the ethanol. This, in turn, would allow ethanol processors to pay whatever price is needed to obtain the required volume of corn for mandated ethanol blending.
In a second article, Wisner takes a look at the ethanol blend wall, noting that a recent U.S. EPA report indicates the U.S. national average blend of ethanol with gasoline has slightly exceeded 10 percent for the past several months. The slight increase over E10 is due to sales of E85.
In the report he takes a close look at the numbers from the Energy Information Agency and the USDA, discovering an interesting discrepancy that could be explained by lowering the commonly assumed 2.78 gallons of ethanol produced per bushel of corn, to 2.71 gallons per bushel. Another possible explanation for the difference in data is that the EIA's weekly ethanol production data understates actual production by 2.5 percent.
Wisner also reviews export projections, the slow increase in corn ethanol mandates through 2015 as directed by the renewable fuel standard and potential market relationships with renewable identification numbers.


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Crazed commodities trader Vince McCrudden is still gunning for regulators — from his prison cell.
McCrudden, 51, who admitted to threatening to kill financial regulators, is suing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Chairman Gary Gensler along with a handful of federal employees, alleging defamation and libel.
McCrudden, who is serving a two-year sentence in Fort Dix, NJ, was charged with threatening 47 officials, including Gensler, in profanity-filled e-mails and Internet postings after a long history of regulatory run-ins. He also posted an "execution" list of officials on his website.
McCrudden, who provided a copy of the complaint to The Post, said he filed the suit in federal court in Washington, DC. He is seeking $1 billion for "loss of income, opportunity loss, defamation, libel, slander, collusion, harassment" during his decade-long battle with regulators.
Spokesmen for Gensler and the CFTC declined to comment.
In a five-page, handwritten letter sent to The Post, accompanied by the complaint, McCrudden said regulators should pay for running him out of business at a time when they were blind to the collapse of futures firm MF Global and the alleged fraud at Peregrine Financial Group.
McCrudden wrote that he was "sent to prison for retaliating and voicing my opinion against these agencies."
On the eve of his criminal trial, McCrudden apologized to his victims, including Dan Driscoll, a regulator he threatened to chop into "bits and pieces" using hired hit-men. Driscoll was named as a defendant in the suit.


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After a weekend of gorgeous sunny weather and relaxation, it's time to jump back into a week filled with romantic affairs and glamorous celebrations galore. Austyn and Zann's wedding took place at the beautiful Marina Inn at Grande Dunes. Leslie Menich of Memorable Moments worked her masterful design talents to create a romantic garden party inspired event complete with beautiful blooms by Mark Gladden Designs. We must confess, however, Austyn's Monique Lhuillier gown steals the show—one look and you'll agree!
Photography: Young Photography | Flowers: Mark Gladden Designs
Venue: Marina Inn at Grande Dunes | Church: First Baptist of Myrtle Beach
Planning & Design: Memorable Moments | Gown: Monique Lhuillier from Alexia Bridal
Bridesmaids: Amsale | Tuxes: Jos. A Banks | Videographer: Hart to Heart
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Pirate Incursion Conquest
But I digress. According to those who were actually able to play a little during the big lag fest, Conquest points for straight-up XP were ridiculously overpowered. If I understood it correctly, some of my guildies were doing an operation at the time and everyone in the group basically hit their personal target just from killing trash. While the change has been reverted for now, Eric said on the forums that they're still planning to bring it back eventually - but I hope that if they do, they'll at least consider tweaking the numbers a bit, because as I said in my last post, I don't really want Conquest to become another bar that you just fill mindlessly and automatically.
Anyway, the patch also gave us Dantooine and I have thoughts on it, but I want to spend some more time playing there before I actually write anything down. (I've had a limited amount of time to play over the last couple of days.) In the meantime I'd simply like to express some love for the Conquest event that this new planet is tied to, "Pirate Incursion", because this event feels like it was designed specifically to address some issues with the current Conquest meta.
First off, there's the fact that it features seven planets instead of the usual three (nine if you count Balmorra and Taris twice for being split into separate Republic and Imperial versions). Actually winning first place on any planet still remains a challenge largely due to the fact that no more than three or four guilds on the whole server can do so in an average week. That's why I love Total Galactic War so much, and I'm sure I'm not the only one: With more than twenty planets up for grabs at once, it's a whole different (and much more inclusive) game.
Pirate Incursion isn't quite Total Galactic War, but more than doubling the available number of planets is still a big deal, and since this is going to be a recurring event along the lines of Relics of the Gree and the Rakghoul Resurgence, it should happen reasonably often as well, giving a whole number of guilds additional opportunities to call themselves Conquerors for once.
The planets featured in the event seem to have been chosen with care as well. Dantooine was a given of course, but Taris as the other large option was clearly not a coincidence either: out of the previously existing seven large planets, it was the only one that had only been available during a single event (apart from Total Galactic War), and a not particularly frequent one at that (Flashpoint Havoc).
A similar pattern can be seen among the medium and small yield additions. Like Taris, Balmorra had previously only been available during Flashpoint Havoc, and Ossus had only been a target during the Rakghoul Resurgence on Alderaan. Likewise, the Black Hole had only been available to be conquered during the Rakghoul Resurgence on Corellia, and Ziost could only be invaded during the Balance of Power Conquest. The choice of Rishi is the only one that isn't entirely obvious to me, as it was already featured in three other Conquests outside of Total Galactic War, but who knows - Bioware's internal metrics might well have shown more players still missing the Conqueror of Rishi title than the ones for other planets.
The objectives are also noteworthy because at last we have planetary objectives for Balmorra and Taris! Until now they were the only two planets that didn't have any Conquest objectives associated with them to kill mobs or do quests (aside from Quesh, but there's little to do on Quesh). This was noticeable to me as I like to kill two birds with one stone whenever possible and would sometimes use rampage or daily objectives as inspiration for which alt to play in a given week - e.g. if Alderaan Rampage was an objective during an event, I would choose to play a character who's currently doing her class mission on Alderaan. So it was very noticeable to me that Taris and Balmorra were effectively dead ends with that approach because they never featured - until now that is.
Finally, this event is just crazy generous in general. Just doing the Dantooine weekly on any character is enough to hit your personal target and then some, because for some reason all the daily quests on Dantooine grant more than three times as many Conquest points as you would usually get for different dailies during other Conquest events.
So thanks for paying attention and showing some love to your planetary conquerors, Bioware!
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I believe Rishi was chosen mainly because of its link with the Nova Blades, tying it thematically to Dantooine. It's not the most obscure choice made for that planet, however, since there's a new hidden Achievement on Rishi (and Ossus) as well. :PReplyDeleteReplies
That's a good point about the Nova Blade. I don't really get your second sentence though... which planet do you think is the most obscure choice for the Dantooine conquest then?Delete
Ah, I was referring to the new hidden Achievements there. It's particularly obscure because it seems to pertain to some sort of further secret which may or may not be released in a later update.Delete
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Welsh anglers are banned from fishing at a lake – just yards away from English anglers fishing on the other bank. A lake in the Wye Valley has one bank in Wales with the other side over the border in Gloucestershire in England. Broadstone Park is located between Monmouth and Coleford in Gloucestershire, with officials at the park urging Welsh …Read More »
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Environment Agency issues advice to people who want to go fishing
The Environment Agency says nobody should be leaving their house to go fishing – but the authority has issued advice for anglers on how they can prepare for the end of the lockdown. The current advice from government is clear: stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. To keep ourselves and others safe, it's vital that we all …Read More »
People now able to go fishing after lockdown rules are eased
The Environment Agency has lifted restrictions on fishing and angling that were put in place amid the coronavirus lockdown. These restrictions have been lifted due to new guidance that was announced by Boris Johnson on Sunday, that allows people to go outside for unlimited exercise, and even see a member of another household, so long as social distancing is maintained. …Read More »
Anglers fined after being caught fishing illegally near Bakewell
Four anglers who were caught fishing illegally have all been handed a fine. James Evans, Tom Evans, Steven Evans and Levi Evans were spotted catching fish near Bakewell and were reeled in by police. North East Derbyshire and Dales Magistrates' Court heard how police found 28 dead trout when they responded to the incident in August last year. James Evans …Read More »
Tuna and anchovies to chase out cod in 30 years as UK seas warm up
Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, said: "This report underlines the profound and wide-ranging impacts already being caused to our marine environment by climate change. The UK is taking strong steps to safeguard the health of the ocean environment that is so vital for our wellbeing, both around our own shores and further away. More is needed, however, including the …Read More »
The new rules on exercise and playing sport that come into effect today
Monday sees the most significant changes to lockdown measures in Wales come into force, meaning many more people can get back to playing the sport or doing the exercise they enjoy with friends. At the heart of the changes is the general new rule people can drive up to five miles for exercise and meet up with members of one …Read More »
Inquest held into death of missing angler who sparked massive search
An inquest has been held into the death of an angler who was found in the River Dove after a large search when he went missing. Roger Wheat, from Bedworth, in Warwickshire, had been fishing in Ellastone, near Uttoxeter, on Tuesday, January 7. He was reported missing, having last been seen on the banks of the river, which led to …Read More »
Angler dies following altercation with youths at Kent castle
An angler who died while fishing on a lake at a medieval castle in Kent may have been involved in an altercation with some youths prior to his death, police have said. The man, who was in his 60s, had been in a boat with two other anglers on a lake in the grounds of Lullingstone Castle when the incident …Read More »
Fishing – if you are tempted then don't splash your cash
With lock down eased north of the Border angling, phones were ringing off the hook at fisheries. Many of the calls are from newcomers who have been tempted to try fishing which is one of Britain's leading participant sports. Jim Gargaro, a former Edinburgh fishing tackle shop owner, and now the host at popular Bowden Springs fishery near Linlithgow, is …Read More »
Coronavirus: How Scotland's lockdown rules differ from the other nations
The first minister has indicated there could be some easing of lockdown measures in Scotland from 28 May. More detail on the plan is expected to be published later this week, which is likely to allow some outdoor work and activities such as golf. Ms Sturgeon has given an indication of what might happen in Scotland in her "looking beyond …Read More »


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An Earthquake of Crows—Chapter One
New Science Fiction Book
The sky was on fire.
A child-like cocktail of pink and orange stretched out like a big blanket, occupying every inch of the once blue sky. Tara Callaghan watched from her bedroom window as this was unfolding, searching but not finding answers to the strange sight. She had never seen anything like this before in her life. The sky looked like it was on fire.
She brushed it off as some strange weather pattern, nothing was wrong. It tended to happen in her town, and much over the entire of England. But it was mainly the sky—replaced with fluffy clouds of white or grey, not a pink and orange hue; it was as if the colour blue did not exist anymore like the unusual shade had replaced the colour.
If the sky was one incline that the day was going to be weird, then the fact that the family car that her mother was going to take her to school in that morning was not working. It wouldn't even start.
"You'll have to walk, honey," Sandra, Tara's mother said as she sighed, taking the keys out of the ignition. She propped her half-rimmed glasses up her face as she opened the car door, slamming it shut in annoyance. "I must have left something on throughout the night, I'll have to call someone out to fix it, come on, and I'll walk you half way."
But today, she knew that everything was going to go wrong and she felt that something different was going to happen, something big. But she was not sure what it would be.
There were three crows perched on top of the street sign by her house; three crows support health. That was a good thing—Tara was not one for superstition but something about today was different, and it was playing with her mind a little bit too much.
"What's the agenda for school today, Tara?" Her mother asked, snapping Tara out of her gaze towards the blackbirds on the street sign as she and her mother walked together down the road towards the school.
"Double English, Science and Maths. And by any incline of the weather or the car, I'd say today is not going to be my best day." Tara replied to her mother's advances at a conversation. "What are you doing today?"
"More job search, I have to get back into work soon, this redundancy money will only last a little longer," Sandra said, she looked sad almost instantly. But Tara knew that it was not her fault. After Tara's father, David, left one night a few years back, Sandra had not been herself, she sometimes said that was the reason why the company made her redundant—she was not working to the best of her ability. But when your husband leaves one night with no explanation, it was understandable.
"It'll get better mum, you'll find a job," Tara said as she walked around the corner close to her school. "Better run, I'll be late."
"Okay sweetie, try to have a good day, I know how much this is affecting you even if you don't want to admit it." Her mum said as she kissed Tara's head. She had left a small bit of lipstick where she kissed. Wiping it off with her coat, both Tara and her mum laughed, it had been one of the first times they had since her dad left.
"I love you mum," Tara said as she smiled.
"I love you too," Before Tara started walking off towards the school.
Tara was the type of girl that could mould her life the way that she wanted it to be, her mother always taught her that life is what she made it, and Tara did not want to waste her life for a second.
Tara did not have many friends at school; she didn't want to. Technically, Tara was an outcast of the highest standard, she was different, but she did not let it define her, and people understood that.
It did not, however, stop Tara from being one of the most popular girls in school. Despite being an outcast, she still knew everyone, and everyone knew her, and while she had her demons, she even got admiration, love and care from everyone she met. But she did not have friends. She would never see any of the people at school once she left those four walls, so she did not see the point in friendship.
Lakehurst High school had one hundred students per year group. It was a small school, but the noise and commotion suggested that the entire mainland America attended the school.
As Tara entered the school, she felt something was wrong, even worse than when she was outside in the fire tainted sky. Having the feeling that someone was stalking her was not something that was putting Tara's mind at ease. But as she looked around, all she saw were tired excuses for students and the teachers that were supposed to be teaching them; she did not notice anything out of the ordinary.
But the feeling was still there.
Anxious. That was what Tara felt. But she wasn't sure why.
Tara didn't even go to her locker before she entered the classroom, her English teacher Miss Anderson stood ached back over a table shouting at a student before the class had even started. She knew why. That specific student always caused problems, came to school with hangovers or did not listen to a word the teacher said – interrupting at some points.
Matthew Hawthorne was his name. Tara tended to stay away from him; he was not a person she mainly wanted to be associated with, he drank a lot on the weekends, a lot of teenagers did. But Tara was one of the rare exceptions that had never touched a drop in her life. Some would call her frigid if they ever found out and she was sure that peer pressure would ensure not long after.
As Tara sat down in her assigned seat, the cold feeling of anxiousness came back ten times worse. She was not usually an anxious person, but today from the moment she had woken up had been feeling this way, it was constant.
Maybe it was the stress from her parents. Her mum did not have a job. Perhaps it was the school. Whatever it was she was not going to let it bother her today.
Miss Anderson sat down at her desk and started to read out the names of the students in her class. Tara knew her name was coming. She always hated registration, every class they had to say they were here, despite being popular, she was quite nervous about how she saw herself.
Tara did not think she was kind enough to be at the social standard she was in the school; and even though she was the top of the food chain in school, Tara always thought that everyone hated her. And registration always brought up that fear. That people were thinking bad things about her when her name came up.
"Tara Callaghan!" The teacher said her name a little too loud today. Maybe it was because she was annoyed at her altercation with Matthew and it was still rubbing off on her.
"Here!" Tara called out.
That was when the floor started to shake, and the loud bangs of ceiling tiles hitting the floor began to rattle throughout the room. "Under the table everyone, quick!" The teacher shouted as Tara quickly did as instructed, closing her eyes as she hid.
Tara covered her eyes from the screeching sounds of the people around her and the bangs that were crowding her. It hurt her ears far too much, what on earth was happening?
Was it an earthquake?
She didn't know. Because suddenly, the shaking stopped.
Everything just stopped and fell silent. No screaming from the people around her or the sound of the floorboards being walked on. It was too quiet for words.
Tara grabbed hold of her chair and hoisted herself up from the floor—it was dangerous for her to be in the room, she would have to run out quick. But as she looked around the room she stood in awe, the people in the room were not moving. They just stood there, the same expressions on their face as if they were frozen.
Tara tried to shake one of the people close to her, but as she did, it was as if she was shaking a mannequin. It was as if they had frozen. Miss Anderson looked panicked, trying to usher everyone towards the tables for safety—she looked plastic. Like she had been trapped in that expression forever.
"Okay, this isn't funny anymore!" Tara said to the people in the room. But they did not move. "There has been an earthquake; this isn't the time to be making jokes!"
No one said anything. No one moved. It was just silent.
Tara was scared now, what the hell had happened?
Had those people frozen?
Then a thought washed over her. A cold feeling as if she had jumped headfirst into an ice bath...
Was she alone?
Then out of the corner of her eyes, Tara caught sight of something she did not want to see. On a tree close by to the window, Tara saw three more crows.
Six crows, and although she did not believe the old superstition, Tara began to feel nervous once again.
Six crows bring death.


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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — This month's US missile strike on a Syrian military airfield delays the prospects of forming a broad anti-terrorist front, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at an international security conference Wednesday.
"The recent US missile attack on the airbase in Syria, which has become a flagrant violation of international law and an act of aggression against a sovereign state… exacerbates existing problems, detracts from the prospects of forming a broad anti-terrorist front," Lavrov said.
On April 7, the United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha'irat. US President Donald Trump said that the attack was a response to the alleged chemical weapon use in Syria's Idlib province on April 4, which resulted in the death of over 80 people, an incident which Washington blames on the Syrian government.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 6 that groundless accusations in the chemical weapons incident in Syria's Idlib were unacceptable before the investigation into the matter had been carried out while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday criticized the US missile attack as a violation of the international law.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the US missile strike against the Syrian airfield as a strategic mistake.
After the missile attack, the Russian Defense Ministry suspended a point-to-point communications link with the US military under the memorandum of understanding on de-confliction in Syria.
The ministry said the Russian air group in Syria was protected by S-400 and Pantsir-S1 air defense systems on a round-the-clock basis.
In an exclusive interview with Fox Business on April 12, US President Donald Trump blamed the current situation in Syria on Moscow's support for country's Assad, calling the Syrian leader "an animal."


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The United States is disappointed that the President of Poland has signed legislation that would impose criminal penalties for attributing Nazi crimes to the Polish state. We understand this law will be referred to Poland's Constitutional Tribunal. Enactment of this law adversely affects freedom of speech and academic inquiry.
The United States reaffirms that terms like Polish death camps are painful and misleading. Such historical inaccuracies affect Poland, our strong ally, and must be combatted in ways that protect fundamental freedoms. We believe that open debate, scholarship, and education are the best means of countering misleading speech.
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Bequeathing Legacies
IF there is anything the average individual, especially those trusted with the common wealth of all should guardedly treasure and jealously work towards; it is the sort of legacies one bequeaths to oncoming generations. In fact, leafing through the pages of history, the legacies that still resoundingly echo the life style, beliefs and conscientious examples of heroes/heroines of yore were sacrificially laid on their ascetic idiosyncrasies. While in the flesh, these mortals were subjected to the same vices of their era, but rather, they selectively chose the narrow route of sheer honour and integrity.
On a comparative note, no nation or individual can be an island to oneself, otherwise, such will suffer atrophy and ultimate extinction like the dinosaur species of a long-forgotten era. Rather, mankind acquires requisite virtues for developmental ethos, both on individual and societal parlance, by being eclectic of others' proactive ideas.
For instance, prior to the Grecian civilisation, part of which foreran the democracy, the then world at large had one or another form of rulership, but with the standardisation of the accruing ethos of representative democracy, humanity oscillated towards democracy regardless of its own weakness.
Consequently upon the virtual ethics of democratic principles and governmental processes, no single nation can afford to pooh-pooh the essence of democracy and what it has readily stood for. Before it came this far, democracy has had to face formidable opposition on different forms; the cold war of ideological supremacy vis-a-vis capitalist/communist warfare, colonial/neo-colonial battle of wits.
Even on personal and societal reckoning, noticeable individuals had had causes to resort to philanthropy and related welfare services, thereby etching their memory quite remarkably on the sands of time. This feat of fond memories was attained not by mere sloganeering or empty pretensions, but by deliberate efforts of self-denial, altruism, fellow-feeling with a focused sight on what the morrow would say of them. That the league of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Vladimir Lenin, Nelson Mandela or even living legends such as Fidel Castro, Lee Kuan Yew or societal non-conformist Bill Gates recurringly remains relevant is because of their iconic and immeasurable contributions to human advancement.
Apart from striving to make better their society than they met it, these consciences of the world-at-large hardly ever bothered to weigh the exacted price of the costly sacrifices required. Take Nigeria's late Gani Fawehinmi, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Kaduna Nzeogwu, Isaac Adaka Boro, Aminu Kano as illustrative case studies and their listed brands for that matter. For this peculiar set, personal enjoyment, power perversion or other amoral vices meant nothing to them. Absolutely nothing. Though gone, never-the-less, their belief systems and what they represented while on this side of the divide still loom so relevant and infectious.
Either now in this generation or subsequent ones, the inevitability of their core values would come forth; because central to them were the hallmarks of sincerity of purpose, good governance, free flowing dynamics of sound government processes.
However, taking a forth-and-back purview of our contemporary era, those who ceaselessly assail us claim to be our leaders (or rulers?) whereas they assault our entire sense of reasoning. If the sheer truth needs to be told, Nigeria as well as the rest of the so-called third world is yet to come to firm grips of what good governance and by implication, governance by sanity, equity and impartiality demonstrably note. Take Africa's self-assumed giant, Nigeria, as a field study.
If only on a remonstrating note, Nigeria's web of intrigued governance is maladministration at its least ebb. Is it in its executive antics of inept leadership, overt illegality/impunity, shameless policy somersault; legislative collusion of power tenacity, abandonment of constitutional responsibilities/role expectation or the judicial barricades to dispensation of impartial justice as at when due, or the seemingly sickening cowardice of the entire citizenry? Instead of standing up to demand for requisite justice or what is clearly right, the average Nigerian habitually recoils to his shell of inertia, cowardice, thereby expecting his similarly weak-kneed fellow citizens to carry on a yet-to-be-initiated battle of liberty and total emancipation! Pray, when will Nigeria wake up from this slumber of nihilism/cynicism?
Matter-of-factly, it is because of the existing yawning void of normlessness that emboldens this corps of pre-Lugardian rulers to take easy advantage of the people's lethargy, thus turning the serious task of sound governance to mere fun of musical chairs. Any wonder why Nigeria's entire movement has continually been on a reverse gear of one step forward with 10 steps backward automated mechanism. Can any good ever come of out of their craftily induced 'Jerusalem'? By extension, what sort of legacies do these typical rulers wish to bequeath to their generations? Or is it a case of scotch-earth rulership a la Josef Stalin-style?
On the other side is the enervating antics of squandering what are supposed to be preserved legacies for the present needlessly plundered generation and the successive ones and if anything, the almost only hanging platform of a safe and secure tomorrow is a somewhat forlorn/ e-go-better hope. In fact given the ample choice-option of being born in the contemporary Nigeria, newly created beings might protest or be so wary of connecting with the endangered species called Nigerian citizenship. After all, the good and beneficial features of sane nationhood in other climes of less endowed nations are what have been so spiritualised to the height of needless prayer points. Quizzically, do citizens in the Western world of Europe, North America bother any longer, about issues of motor-able roads, electricity supply, clean water, sound and affordable education? True, people deserve the kind of leadership (altruistic and accountable)/rulership (power drunk and kleptomaniac) they are gifted /saddled with. Because in a society where absolutely nothing is taken for granted or treated with annoying levity, none so offered the rare opportunity of governance dare drift off-course the process of consensual nation building as such leaders are made alive by their people's eternal vigilance.
Often it may be imperative to go the whole hog in the course of developmental process and in cases of drastic ailments, drastic, not palliative, measures are aptly applied. Perhaps this was what prompted America's J.F.Kennedy to postulate a patriotic fervency of asking what citizens should do for their nations rather than contrariwise. In a similar vein, it is contended that those who make inevitable/obvious change so difficult indeed pave the way for (avoidable) violence.
Accordingly, the principles of good character of individual persons interrelate with the abiding societal norms of hard work, placements and adherence to predominant vision for the ultimate benefit to all. Herein, no one, no matter highly endowed, well-heeled or connected, should behave or operate above the regulatory ethos of the society at large. In place of impunity should obligatory adherence to set-rules and adopted laws prevail?
It was Aristotle, a Greek philosopher of the medieval ages, who put an admonishing motto at the entrance of his reputed Academy(where philosopher-kings were tutored for good governance), let no man without knowledge of arithmetic enter here and what this essentially implied was that the issue of governance was/is an arduous task and mentally challenging. Of late, some pundits on good governance readily flaunt that grey hairs and body weight are measuring indexes of serious-minded leaders because they have to toil through the travails of providing required solutions to knotty problems! Sincerely or otherwise, proactive governance goes beyond possession of paper qualifications, speculative wishes, ascriptive pedigree or mere power grab.
Just like everything human, legacies can either be bequeathed or squandered. For those who bequeath laudable legacies to their generation(s), their place in history is effusively assured and from time to time, their fame and fortune of emulation would be so conspicuous in their nations' halls of honour and integrity and this is coupled with their fond memories in the heart of their people.
Condemnably, history reserves its garbage heap for such rulers who squander the hope, aspiration and yearnings of their people and what is more, after everything is said and done; wailings, mourning and ultimate damnation deservedly await such folks of evil machinations and misdeeds.
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Joseph Bell posted a question in Ask the CommunityI\'m looking to adjust my monitoring thresholds based upon not only time (which I know is supported) but date as well. For example, I expect between the hours of 9AM and 5PM a certain level of traffic, but only for weekdays. During the weekend traffic subsides - but I know those expected ranges as well. How can I create thresholds based upon both date and time. Another use case would be holidays, so I don\'t want to adjust just on M, T, W, R, F, but be able to specify exact dates, etc (preferably through an API so I can distribute the application with its monitoring profile that gets uploaded to LM). Another way to view this is traffic range monitoring - can LogicMonitor do averages based upon date-and-time and then alert if traffic deviates outside its average range. Example, 12PM on Thursday afternoon always averages \'\'40\'\' give or take. If all of a sudden the traffic drops to 20 then an alert would be issued.


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1. Analyst felt that MNCs can mitigate some of the risks in international markets by deciding on a suitable mode of entry into these markets. Analyze the entry strategies adopted by Starbucks for its international expansion.
ANSWER: Starbucks noticed that different socio-economic-cultural environments require different entry mode strategy. Combining 2-3 or more of the known internationalizing strategies is useful because the risk is divided and minimized without affecting negatively the results. When the present company or any other decides to enter an overseas market, there are a variety of options open to it. These options vary with cost, risk and the degree of control which can be exercised over them.
Starbucks chose the most complex forms of entry strategies so that it could have as much control as possible and retrieve all the gains.
Joint ventures can be defined as "an enterprise in which two or more investors share ownership and control over property rights and operation". Joint ventures are a more extensive form of participation than either exporting or licensing. Joint ventures give the following advantages:
- Sharing of risk and ability to combine the local in-depth knowledge with a foreign partner with know-how in technology or process - Joint financial strength
- May be only means of entry and
- May be the source of supply for a third country. They also have disadvantages:
- Partners do not have full control of management - May be impossible to recover capital if need be - Disagreement on third party markets to serve - Partners may have different views on expected benefits - Cultural clashes and
- How and when to terminate the relationship. Such alliances are favorable when the partners' size, market power and resources are small compared to the industry leader and when the partners' strategic goals converge. Starbucks chose a joint venture with Sazaby's Inc. when entered Japan (the leading competitor). It was successful because Starbucks understand the trend that Japanese young imitate the Americans' life style and the coffee shops were identical with those from Seattle and didn't adapt to local customs. Therefore, Starbucks was perceived as an innovation, as something new, not as another espresso bar. Marketing also products with rice and specific local eating habits helped because Japanese didn't felt like the company was trying to overcome their strong national culture. on the contrary, Starbucks managed to integrate into a very complex society with strong beliefs and to acquire national symbols while preserving its national core characteristics. Furthermore, Starbucks chose wholly owned subsidiary when expanding into Europe because it is a much more difficult market to control due to its strong coffee drinking culture. It is the most extensive form of participation is 100% ownership and involves the greatest commitment in capital and managerial effort. The ability to communicate and control 100% may outweigh any of the disadvantages of joint ventures and licensing. However, repatriation of earnings and capital has to be carefully monitored. The more unstable the environment the less likely is the ownership pathway an option. Instead, it is likely when cultural differences are not so important, there is a high sale potential, a low political risk or significant import barriers. As advantages we must notice the greater knowledge of local market, greater control, employees able to understand the specific culture. On the other side, it presents high risk, requires more resources and commitment and sometimes may be difficult to manage. Because Europeans have strong coffee drinking habits, Starbucks decided to target only the young as a modern, fancy...
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Florida's 2016 legislative session gave the authority to advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to now prescribe controlled substances. This however is subject to approval by their supervising practitioner and it is not a complete grant of prescribing authority. Some of the restrictions are listed below. As always, we remind you to check with the proper authorities for the new and changing laws.
ARNPs are now allowed to "prescribe, dispense, administer, or order any drug" under a supervisory arrangement with a practitioner. In order to dispense a controlled substance, the ARNP must have "graduated from a program leading to a master's or doctoral degree in a clinical nursing specialty area with training in specialized practitioner skills." This could leave some ARNPs without the authority to prescribe controlled substances.
The Florida Board of Nursing is required to establish a committee to recommend a formulary of controlled substances that ARNPs can and cannot prescribe or only prescribe for specific uses or in limited quantities, or to limit the prescribing of certain drugs to certain types of ARNPs. The formulary must restrict the prescribing of "psychiatric mental health controlled substances" for children younger than 18 years of age to ARNPs who are also psychiatric nurses. With the exception of "controlled substances that are psychiatric medications" prescribed by ARNPs who are psychiatric nurses, ARNPs cannot prescribe more than a 7-day supply of a Florida Schedule II controlled substance. It is not clear whether "psychiatric mental health controlled substances" are the same as "controlled substances that are psychiatric medications." The requirements are set forth in the ARNP rules (Rule 64B9-4.016, F.A.C.). The formulary applies to prescribed drugs, but not those "dispensed for administration" (drugs administered directly to the patient).
ARNPs practicing in facilities licensed under Chapter 395 and Part II of Chapter 400, FS, (generally hospitals and nursing homes) may, within their protocol arrangements, order any medication for administration to a patient.
PAs were also granted Florida controlled substance dispensing authority effective January 1, 2017. This is subject to the protocols with the supervising physician and subject to certain limitations in the PAs' formulary:
Physician Assistants may not prescribe psychiatric mental health controlled substances for children younger than 18 years of age
Physician Assistants may only prescribe a 7-day supply of Schedule II controlled substances as listed in Section 893.03, FS
Physician Assistants may order any medication for administration to the supervising practitioner's patients allowed by the supervising practitioner in any licensed facility according to Chapter 395 and Part II of Chapter 400, FS, (generally hospitals and nursing homes).
Remember, your license is your livelihood. PAs and ARNPs need guidance during any interaction with the appropriate Florida Boards and should rely on an experienced license defense attorney to protect their career and their livelihood. If you feel your Florida license is in jeopardy in any of the healthcare fields, or a student in any of the healthcare fields with licensing issues, Soreide Law Group will represent you in disciplinary hearings in front of the appropriate Board. To speak with an attorney at no cost call: (888) 760-6552.


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Teehee. That ought to get the righties in a tizzy. Back from a 10 day vacation and much to catch up on (so watch tomorrow for my flood of posts – lol). Had to just post this real quick, which is just great:
Yet, while workmanlike, if occasionally inspiring (the line about "rejecting torture and standing for the rule of law" received a particularly loud ovation), the speech lacked the rhetorical flourishes, the vivid imagery or unmistakable passion that would have made it genuinely historic; in that respect, it was, in the end, more Reagan than JFK.
The full speech:
McCain answers by having a Bahama Mama at Schmidt's, saying (we think) "Fuck you Barack. You might be giving some big speech in Berlin, but I HAD A BAHAMA MAMA BEOTCH!"
(ht Dave at PO)
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Dear Everyone,
I'm sorry I've been so crabby lately. Maybe some consistently warm weather and sunshine will help my mood turn around.
Dear Weather Forecast,
You've got a little too much rain for my liking. See above letter about my mood. Help me out, okay?
Dear Charlotte's Birthday Party Invitations,
Maybe I should address you and send you…unless you're having fun riding around in my purse. There's probably food in there if you're hungry.
Dear Plant Nanny,
You are helping me drink more water, and you are adorable. 10/10 would recommend.
Dear Blog,
I'm trying to rekindle our relationship. I've missed you. Have you missed me?


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Smart Bidet(the Free) by Joo-seok Kong, Sang-min Lee
Joo-seok Kong, Sang-min Lee Discloses The Smart Bidet(the Free) Executive Bidet
JOO-SEOK KONG, SANG-MIN LEE, the designer of the awarded design Smart Bidet(The Free) by JOO-SEOK KONG, SANG-MIN LEE demonstrates, People spend about three years of their lives in bathrooms, making it the perfect place to spread diseases. Development of innovative items which are free from diverse diseases. Proposal of new concept of bidet culture seeking healthy and convenient toilet culture. Enhancement of bathroom hygiene through Air curtain and the UV sterilization. Proposal of universal bidet design regardless of physical ability, age, or gender. Team member : Creator Joo-Seok Kong, Illustrator Sang- Min Lee..
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text: ARTICLE: Professionalization or losing control? Published: 19 Aug 2015By: JRNTags: journalism education, media history, Sweden A recently published article by Elin Gardeström problematizes the history of journalism education by following its development in Sweden. Gardeström analyzes how different forces interacted in the discussion surrounding journalism education before and after the educational program for journalists was established in late 1950s. What were the underlying conflicts in these discussions and debates? The history of journalism education is often presented as a tale of progress but Gardeström describes it as "a struggle between interest groups, as a tale about the journalistic trade gradually losing control over its education." Article is available here. (abstract public) Picture: 008_Salle de lecture_H. Nicollas by Bibliothèque Méjanes Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Share this postFacebook0TwitteremailLinkedin


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It must be something in the Human DNA. People are always intrigued with what the future will look like. Never satisfied with how things are, it is our ever-longing desire to improve, innovate, invent, and drive forward. This includes faster, better, cleaner (sometimes), and easier. By the time you get to the end of this … Continue reading
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Parents, here is your warning light
Ok, so you can call me a dinosaur, an old guy, a relic…whatever you want. As my father always said "experience is wasted on the old, and youth is wasted on the young". The fact is, I run my own company, I still hire people, and for the time being you youngsters still must deal … Continue reading
"Cloud Based" Electronic Medical Records….The ONLY Answer
Three major Hurricanes in the last 3 weeks…homes lost, people misplaced, injured or worse. Businesses devastated. You know what else is lost? Those priceless medical records; "The history of you on paper". If there was ever a reason to argue for at least digitizing records, this last month was it. What will all those who … Continue reading
Fake News; More Than Just a Problem
There has been a lot of press recently given to the amount of "fake news" stories in relation to the recent U.S. election, with the internet serving as a breeding ground for such stories and their possible impact in the eventual outcome. It went from the ridiculous to the sublime. Examples are Sarah Palin refusing … Continue reading


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: It is now customary for M7 and his cohort to award medals to themselves and to their friends on today's heroes' day.The surprise of today's action that has of recent become routine is not the massive award of different categories or grades of medals [massively, i.e.; like the case was with the European communist regimes]. It is the "personal nature" of the relations of some of the beneficiaries that raises an eye. Leading one to ask: "Was the Luwero adventure a private/personal affair"?
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1/4. The beneficiaries: This time around, 720 different types were awarded. It is not the categories that matter but the beneficiaries: Maj. Kakooza Mutale (of the famous KAP – Kalangala Action Plan squads) – may be as a reward for having tried, in vain, to clobber Nambooze's supporters away from the polling booths, Shaban Bantariza [former Army propaganda chief], John Nasasira, Paulo Etyang, Haji Naduli [Ex-LC V chair of Luwero who banned Obote's cortege from going home via Luwero, now NRM Luwero Chair], etc.
2/4. Home-sweet-home?? the most interesting bit was when names of 3 special women in M7's personal life were read among the beneficiaries: Eng. Ms Winnie Byanyima Besigye, Ms Hope Kivengere & Ms Amelia Kyambadde, who till this week was in charge of the M7 house-hold (now quarteres at State House), a task she fulfilled since the exile days in Gothenburg, Sweden about 30 years back, where she was home-help, up to today.
3/4. Irony: The irony here is of course the Eng. Winnie case. Being a man, I cannot be the first to throw a stone. The irony is, instead, at the political level. As his wife was being decorated with a war-hero's [heroine's] medal the husband, Dr. KG, was being clobbered, at the (Queen's) Clock Tower, by the NRM-Kiboko [whip] squad (special militia, recently trained for the 2011 elections), under the supervision of the Police commanders. The fact that this may be a calculated move to hit Besigye bellow the belt retrospectively cannot be ruled out. The intention to interfere in another man's domestic affairs need not be mentioned -We saw it all in Hon. Njuba's case, especially after he cried out about it and after separating with his beloved Gertrude. Examples are very many.
4/4. The bigger irony is, of course, that all those who were wounded and had their lives saved by the Colonel Doctor are being warded medals while Besigye himself cannot, a fact so ridiculous that it is not even not lost on the beneficiaries themselves. As a matter of fact, Gen. Salim Saleh (a.k.a. Akandwanaho=The Lord fought my battles or defended me) among others, urged, last year, that Besigye merits a medal. Well, the wife has been listed for one. Whether she takes it or not, is another matter. After all, M7 said that, like the sign of the Cross (on the forehead) during Baptism (Anglican, at least), the medals are an "outward sign of what is inside" – meaning that, take or leave the medal, Eng. Winnie [like others) is still in the heart (??)
Food for thought, indeed.
Christopher Muwanga,
(a). "Happy Heroes' Day" to you all, although I had myself forgotten about it, till around 10:00 AM when I woke up to learn that the whole of Greater Kampala had been cordoned off or 'secured' (against the Citizens, not against an external enemy), as they say here, these days, without a declaration of the "State of Emergency".
But, even "27th May" was once a Heroes' Day" and so were 11th April and 25th January (Liberation days).
(b) Normally, in Ugandan paractice today, when an officer/beneficiary is awarded a medal, the decoration is carried out by two persons: The guest of honour together with the spouse. The mother of all questions now arises, will Dr. Besigye join the C-in-C to, side-by-side, deorate "War Heroine" Eng. Mrs. Winnie Byanyoma Besigye, at Stae House, Entebbe??
Christopher in Kampala.


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ST. GEORGE — Federal officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for starting a fire that destroyed a Latter-day Saint stake center last month.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Denver is investigating the blaze and offered the reward, according to a news release from the agency.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building at 449 S. 300 East in St. George caught fire in the early morning hours of Jan. 26.
The fire all but destroyed the brand new building, which was under construction and set to be finished within the next month. The stake center is located across the street from the St. George Temple.
.@ATF_Denver is offering a $5,000 reward for information on the person(s) responsible for starting a fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in St. George, Utah on Jan. 26 at 1:15 a.m. Call St. George Police Dept. at (435) 627-4338 or ATF at (888) ATF-TIPS pic.twitter.com/Z1cLoKC1D6— ATF Denver (@ATF_Denver) February 6, 2019
Police previously announced they were not classifying the fire as arson, but did not rule that out as the cause.
Last week, investigators in St. George said they were searching for the occupants of a silver SUV that was seen in the area when the fire occurred. The occupants of the car were not being considered suspects in the case, but police wanted to talk to them, investigators said.
The Utah State Fire Marshall and St. George Police Department are also investigating the fire.
St. George police are asking anyone who may have information about the fire to contact them at 435-627-4338.
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People make music, but music doesn't behave like people. As soon as a note leaves a musician's hands and body, it takes on its own life. We project our sensibilities through other modes of communication: physical demeanor and speech and writing, for instance. But we can't map them precisely onto what we play. Maybe this is why a short and organized melody — written only to be understood as a song — can hold you at a distance, while a single sustained tone or chord, less like a song and more like the sound of a refrigerator, can absorb you.
On Sunday night at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, Stephen O'Malley of the group Sunn O))) played a set of solo electric guitar while a film ran behind him: parts of "Unground," by Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert, showing high-contrast black-and-white close-ups of a dripping underground ceiling. The music gave no indication that it was going to change much, and, in a formal sense, it didn't; it stuck, more or less, to a single chord. When Mr. O'Malley started, you might have suspected that you were in for something other than pleasure.
Last year the English music writer David Toop described the experience of going to hear an ensemble called Cranc. "To use a detestable shorthand," he wrote on his blog, "this was drone music, a genre (if that's what it is) with which I have lost much of my patience." He explained that the excitement he felt long ago at hearing, say, La Monte Young's long-held chords for the first time, had been "vaporized by hearing too many men in black hunched over electronic equipment in the gloom, pouring out long tones of indifferent interest." That's cold, and I understand what he means. But the point is that he liked Cranc, and the reason was a quality he understood as a "raw active life" in the music, the opposite of what drones do at their worst, which he described as "safe ground through fixity." I'm inevitably going to express something similar here.
Drones are never just drones: There are always other considerations. Not so much the musicians' sensibility or emotional intent, but the instruments, the room, the atmosphere. National Sawdust is shallow and high-ceilinged; Mr. O'Malley ran his guitar through four stacks of amplifiers and various distortion and sustain pedals. He's devised a rich and volatile sound, as if biological material were growing from it as you listen. It comes from a combination of overtones bouncing around, tube-amplifier science and digital manipulation. (It doesn't come across as the sum of various recognizable effects.) He understands that a note can contain infinite life, and he's worked out ways to represent it.
He slowly added more tones to offset the anchoring tone of his chord. They began to suggest a mode. At this point a listener could begin to hear things that hadn't even been played yet. Perhaps because the sound was so fertile, full of Mr. Toop's "raw active life," or perhaps because listening is based on expectation and expectation makes you restless, you might have begun your own modal improvisation in response. This became part of your perception of the music. Perceptions work for a while, until they don't. The trick is for the musician to stop before the perception wears out. In my case the timing worked; I'd started my song, lived with it for a while and was just beginning to look for a way out of it.
The concert was a triple-bill of solo electric guitar, part of the independently-produced Tinnitus Music Series, and first on the lineup was Andrew Hock, of the band Psalm Zero. He sat down to play, and used what could be called drones — or at least long sustains — cleaner than Mr. O'Malley's, with lots of composed single-note figuration inside them. After Mr. Hock came Reg Bloor, who took her position at center stage as if leading an imaginary polytonal metal band. She stood with one leg thrust in front of the other, power-strumming high, abstruse, unsettling chords, making rumbling wipes of sound up and down the neck. Of the three, Ms. Bloor was the most agitated and alive, and the one who most clearly wanted us to remember that the electric guitar has sometimes been associated with rock music.


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Feed your ferret delicious liquid that supports healthy skin and glossy haircoat. FerreTone Liquid contains skin-healthy vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, biotin, and Vitamin E. It also contains Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids to promote your ferret's healthy skin and haircoat. Easy-to-feed: simply mix into food. For ferrets.
Suggested daily use: Adults: mix 3/4 tsp into food. Kits, pregnant and nursing ferrets: mix 1-1/2 tsp into food.
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A crunchy snack mix with all the flavours of a favourite candy bar!
Mix cereal, peanuts and caramel bits in a large bowl that has been sprayed with cooking spray.Melt butter in a small saucepan; add sugar and corn syrup. Bring to a full rolling boil over medium heat,stirring constantly. Continue to boil for 2-1/2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and cinnamon.Pour over cereal mixture; stir well to coat. Pour onto greased baking sheet or parchment paper. Melt chocolate chips and drizzle chocolate over crunch mix.
Cool for 1 hour or until chocolate is set. Break into bite sized pieces. Store in a closed container.
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