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If you are a new drop shipper, or even someone whose been doing it for a long time, you are probably trying to figure out the most profitable scenarios for building a dropshipping store. One aspect to consider is finding the best niches to work with.
If you are looking for reliable niches to build a profitable dropshipping store, we can help. Enduring niches offer consistently profitable opportunities for all drop shippers. Here are a few to consider.
How We Determined the Best Niches
When choosing a niche, it is important to keep in mind long-term profits. Trending niches will only be profitable for a short amount of time, whereas established ones will show steady income for years to come.
To ensure we found the best niches, we used data collected from Oberlo, a trusted dropshipping app run by Shopify. We then used data collected from another trusted dropshipping platform, AliDropship, as a cross-reference.
Any monthly google searches that we could not obtain from these two sources came from Google Ad Keyword planner.
Jewelry Niches
Jewelry is a common gift we buy for others and ourselves. The global market for jewelry is expected to reach about $480.5 billion by 2025.
Why not get your share of it?
Between 2016 to 2018, it was the second-highest performing category in dropshipping. However, as of 2021, it had the highest google search volume per month compared to every other category at 1,500,000 searches.
This steady increase in consumer interest over time accompanied by the fact that this category consistently performs better than most makes these sub-niches great candidates for profitable drop shipping.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
Necklaces and pendants continue to be the best performing jewelry niche each year with about 135,000 monthly google searches.
They can be cheap for merchants to acquire, and therefore you can enjoy high-profit margins when you mark up the prices.
Bracelets are the second-best performing jewelry niche each year behind necklaces. With about 110,000 monthly google searches, you can choose from 13 different types of bracelets to sell.
Popular bracelets include:
- Bangles
- Charm bracelets
- Gemstone bracelets
- Beaded bracelets
Rings come in third place every year as one of the best performing niches in this category. With over 100,000 google searches a month, you can tap into the market and enjoy high-profit margins from these products.
Women's Clothing Niches
Women's clothing was the highest performing category from 2016-2018 and has remained at the top of the charts since. With 127,000 searches made per month for the word "women's clothing," this niche enjoys high consumer interest rates.
Women's clothing is expected to experience a revenue value of $165,378 million in the U.S. by the end of 2022.
This market is also projected to continue to grow at a rate of 7.2% annually. Breaking into this market successfully can land you with steady profits for years to come.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Accessories Bags and Wallets Sunglasses Hats
|– 889,900 637,000 450,000
|Bottoms Culottes Cargo-pants Shorts
|– Over 10,000 Over 10,000 Over 10,000
Intimates Niche
Year after year, intimates remain the number one ranking dropshipping niche in this category with about 151,390 google searches a month. That is more than the term 'women's clothing' receives.
Lingerie is popular because it is often bought for a variety of occasions, including birthdays and anniversaries. For this reason, it tends to offer a steady amount of income throughout the entirety of the year.
The accessories niche for women's clothing encompasses an array of products such as:
- Bags and wallets
- 889,900 searches per month
- Sunglasses
- 637,000 searches per month
- Hats
- 450,000 searches per month
The profit margins on individual items are not necessarily high, however, the volume of orders throughout the year is high when compared to other niches in this category.
Some accessory sub-niches will be more profitable than others, but accessories overall are the second-best performing niche behind intimates in the women's clothing category.
Bottoms continue to rise in popularity as a profitable dropshipping niche over the past couple of years. Between 2016-2018, they were the fourth-best performing niche in the category but have gained more traction since.
If you want to be extra successful in this niche, try paying attention to different runway trends.
A few popular bottom products include:
- Culottes
- Over 10,000 searches per month
- Cargo-pants
- Over 100,000 searches per month
- Shorts
- Over 100,000 searches per month
Home and Garden Niches
With 2020 causing more and more people to stay at home, this category has grown in popularity with about 49,500 searches a month.
Even before 2020 though, home and garden was the third-highest performing category from 2016-2018.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Pet Supplies
|Home Decor
|Kitchen and Dining
Pet Supplies
Pet supplies placed 5th on Oberlo's best performing chart for the home and garden category from 2016-2018.
However, with pet influencers growing in popularity, so does the interest in buying pet products. Especially now that most people are spending more time at home with their pets.
Pet supplies has an average monthly search volume of 74,000 with sustained interest levels year-round. Meaning you will see steady profits throughout the entirety of the year.
Home Decor
Home decor has been the highest performing niche in the home and garden category for the past couple of years with about 368,000 searches per month.
It offers sustained interest year-round as a viable niche for someone looking to make consistent money.
Other sub-niches that fall within this niche to consider are:
- Home textiles
- 4,400 searches per month
- Wall art
- 648,000 searches per month
Kitchen and Dining
Kitchen and dining products have begun to grow in popularity this year at 1,220,000 google searches per month. It was the second-best performing niche in this category from 2016-2018, however, it is beginning the process of taking home decors number one spot.
A few sub-niches to consider are:
- Kitchen tools
- 48,600 per month
- Flatware and Cutlery
- 22,200 per month
- Dish washing supplies
- 22,410 per month
- Baking
- 368,000 per month
Health and Beauty Niches
Niches in the health and beauty category were ranked fourth on Oberlo's highest performance charts from 2016-2018. Due to an increasing trend of living a healthier lifestyle, this category has started to become even more popular at 673,000 searches per month. Here are a few niches that have performed well under this category.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Skincare Moisturizers Facial Cleansers
|– Over 10,000 Over 10,000
|Healthcare Health monitors Massagers Air purifiers
|– 3,600 263,700 34,870
The Makeup Niche
Makeup has been an extremely popular product niche for quite a while now, and the second-best performing in the category. As a common item most women and some men use every day, makeup tools receive about 8,100 searches per month.
Skincare Niche
Skincare and makeup tend to go hand in hand. Hence why they are two niches that tend to perform well time and time again. A few products to consider selling in this niche are:
- Moisturizers
- Over 10,000 searches per month
- Facial cleansers
- Over 10,000 searches per month
The healthcare niche is not about health insurance or medical instruments. Instead, it includes products such as:
- Health monitors
- 3,600 searches per month
- Massagers
- 263,700 searches per month
- Air purifiers
- 34,870 searches per month
Massagers see increases in demand in December, while air purifiers see peaks in demand during the autumn and winter months.
Men's Clothing Niches
This category is not quite as popular as the more women-oriented categories above, but it still ranked 5th on Oberlo's chart.
The men's clothing market is expected to grow by 7.3% annually and reach revenue levels of $101,817 million in the U.S. by the end of 2022.
It currently experiences a google search volume of 107,435 searches per month.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Bottoms Joggers Cargo pants
|– Over 100,000 Over 100,000
|Bags and Wallets
Like with women, male pants are a popular dropshipping item.
Joggers are one of the most popular bottoms for men nowadays with over 100,000 google searches made daily for them.
Cargo pants are another popular product with over 100,000 searches a month as well.
Bags and Wallets
Bags and wallets for men receive about 167,710 searches per month. This niche spikes in popularity during the month of December and offers a projected steady consumer interest trend for years to come.
Mother and Kids Niches
The baby personal care market size is expected to grow by 6.2% by 2027. It ranked 6th on Oberlo's charts as one of the top ten best performing niches of 2016-2018.
Receiving about 6,600 searches per month, this niche shows stable trends and sustained interest year-round.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Baby Clothes
|Baby Safety
Baby Clothes
301,210 people search for baby clothes a month. New parents go on social media and see pictures of kids in cute clothes they would love to have. Capitalizing on this interest could result in a dropshipping niche that attracts high volumes of sales.
The other great thing about baby clothes is that the babies outgrow them quickly. That means that parents will constantly be purchasing new clothes for their children.
Baby Safety
With 8,280 searches per month, this niche demonstrates sustained interest year-round. It shows a steady interest trendline for the coming future, making it a safe, well-performing niche to consider.
Sports and Entertainment Niches
The sports and entertainment category was the 8th best performing niche from 2016-2018.
North American sports market size is projected to be worth about $77.88 billion dollars by the end of 2022.
Currently, home workouts are beginning to grow in popularity, resulting in about 11,100,000 searches per month for sports-related keywords.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Workout Clothes
|Sports Bags and Backpacks
Workout Clothes
Workout clothes for both men and women are one of the top-performing niches in this category but are starting to see a decreasing trend. However, it is still currently a popular niche at 27,100 searches per month.
We recommend closely watching this trend to see if it turns back in a positive direction before investing. As of now though, it is still a profitable niche to be in.
Yoga Niche
Yoga has grown in popularity amongst women and men over the past couple of years with about 1,830,000 searches per month.
With peaks in popularity in January and June, this niche does extremely well with Facebook and Instagram promotions.
Sports Bags and Backpacks
This niche receives 42,400 searches per month. With a stable consumer interest trendline and sustainable interest year-round, this niche could provide you with stable income throughout the years to come.
Phone Accessories Niches
3.8 billion people are using smartphones in 2022. Most of us cannot imagine living without our phones.
Phone accessories receive 33,100 searches a month with a stable consumer interest trendline. This niche sees spikes in popularity during the month of December.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Phone Cases
|Power Banks
Phone Cases
Almost everyone has a case on their phone. This niche receives about 368,000 google searches per month.
The current trend in the phone case niche is clear cases. This may be a good place to start since clear cases have seen a rise in consumer interest in the past couple of years.
Power Banks
Power banks receive 673,000 searches per month with a stable consumer interest trend. These portable chargers allow consumers to charge their phones wherever they go.
Toys and Hobbies Niches
The toys and hobbies category has constantly ranked number 10 each year on the highest-performing categories list. However, this category may be difficult to navigate due to changing trends.
If you think you can master these changing trends, you could be tapping into a market that is growing globally at a rate of 6.7%.
Also, the keyword 'toys' receives about 1,189,000 google searches per month. Making it the third most searched niche we have talked about.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Educational Toys
|Magic Cubes and Puzzles
Educational Toys
Educational toys receive about 22,200 searches per month. This niche is most popular in November and December.
You can expect stable consumer interest trendlines from this niche, resulting in sustainable profits if delved into.
Magic Cubes and Puzzles
This niche encompasses different types of rubrics cubes and hand puzzles for children to play. It receives about 2,283,660 searches per month and shows steady consumer interest trendlines.
With people being able to spend more time at home, they have begun to rekindle their interest in drawing.
This niche is experiencing an upwards consumer interest trend. It also demonstrates consistent interest year-round.
Drawing receives 2,740,000 searches per month. All this together makes drawing an enticing niche to consider for sustainable and growing profits.
New Normal Niches
2020 was a year that brought about a new normal for all of us. Due to the unprecedented circumstances of the year, our lives have been changed in many ways. As a result, niches that have not been as popular in the past will likely grow in popularity in the coming years.
According to Anton Kraly, founder, and CEO of Drop Ship Lifestyle, these niches include products that will likely be a part of every person's new normal. Breaking into these niches is predicted to provide steady profits for years to come.
|Monthly Google Search Volume
|Consumer Interest Trendline
|Home Game Room Equipment Board Games Ping Pong
|– Over 100,000 301,000
|Home Training Equipment
|Kids Workspace Equipment Desk Lamps Peg Boards Home Desks
|– Over 10,000 Over 10,000 Over 10,000
Home Game Room Equipment
Since people cannot go out as much, they need things to keep them entertained at home. A few products that could fall in this niche are:
- Board games
- Over 100,000 searches per month
- Ping Pong
- 301,000 searches per month
Home Training Equipment
With access to gyms being limited, more and more people are starting to work out at home. This is causing an increase in the consumer interest trendline for home training equipment.
7,400 people search for this niche a month. This is a lower number than our other niches, but it is on an upward trend. It is also a niche with typically higher profits.
Kids Workspace Equipment
Kids are having to do school from home. Not many people were prepared for that to happen. With an uncertain future ahead, many parents have begun purchasing products to make their children a more adequate workspace at home.
Products in this niche can include things like:
- Desk lamps
- Over 10,000 searches per month
- Pegboards
- Over 10,000 searches per month
- Home Desks
- Over 10,000 searches per month
Finding Your Perfect Drop Shipping Niche
The best niches for dropshipping are not always the trendiest ones. Trends come and go. If you want stable profits, stick to the niches that have proven their endurance over time.
It is also important that you take into consideration your own expertise and what niche will be most exciting to you. Do not enter the most profitable niche and expect money right away if you know nothing about it.
With e-commerce becoming more popular with every passing day, especially after 2020, it just makes sense to start taking advantage of it. With the right niche, you could find yourself owning a profitable dropshipping business in no time.


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The Reefs is pleased to introduce their Days of The Week event schedule: Toni Bari on Piano Mondays, Movies on the Terrace Wednesday's, Tempo Band Thursdays, Latin Chill Fridays, The Big Calypso Saturdays and Carvery Brunch Sundays.
The Reefs takes pride in Carvery Brunch Sundays, especially having become known as "The Best Brunch in Bermuda". Now the experience can be upgraded for $89. It includes the brunch our visitors have come to love and includes bottomless pour of Moscato or Prosecco.
In Addition to the launch of these daily events, the Reefs is also pleased to offer the following bi- monthly events: Chefs Table dining and cooking classes. Starting June 4th, 2014, at Royston's, locals and visitors can dine at the Chefs table for an 8 course sampler menu with wine for 95$ per person.
As of June 7th, 2014, residents and guests can also book in for cooking classes at Royston's at 12pm to 1.30pm for $45 per person. Cook a 3-course meal with friends and then enjoy dining on your exquisite creations. Reservations for these events will need to be made 24 hours in advance.
The Reefs Hotel & Club have organized daily and bi-monthly events on site for everyone, island wide, to participate in and enjoy. Having been voted Top Resort in the Caribbean, Bermuda & Bahamas in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards Readers' Survey 2012, the Reefs takes great pride in opening up their hotel facilities to locals and visitors alike offering fun event options to participate in and a beautiful place to relax and enjoy spending time with friends or family. Whether you prefer a classic brunch, mojitos and Latin music or family night movies, there is something for everyone!
The Reefs is also pleased to announce the newest member of their team, Executive Chef Douglas Sisk CEC, HACCP. Having appeared on many television shows and cooking for several celebrities and political figures, including President George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as the Prime Minister of Jamaica, we believe our dining guests will be able to benefit from his 27 years of worldwide experience. From becoming, a Certified Executive Chef for having achieved a high level of professional training and expertise to his recent certification in HACCP food safety and nutrition programs to his attitude – direction, drive and discipline - we are positive he holds the keys to success.
Executive Chef, Douglas Sisk CEC, HACCP states, "Please join me at The Reefs Resort and Club for breakfast, lunch or Dinner and enjoy my culinary team's creative local fare.We take pride in making some of the most desirable dishes on the island! Let me know if I can help organize your perfect dining experience." Guests can experience Executive Chef Sisk's culinary talents at Coconuts, which is now open for both lunch and dinner. Linger over cocktails at the Sand Bar or dine right by the beach with stunning sunsets featuring farm and sea-to-table fare in a casual, fun atmosphere.
David Dodwell Jr. says, "We are extremely excited to have Chef Douglas join our team here at The Reefs. He comes with a wide array of experiences to draw culinary inspiration from and we have already seen some great changes to both our Ocean Echo and Coconuts menus. Guest feedback has been very positive towards the new dishes Chef Douglas has put out and we look forward to further enhancing the dining experience here at The Reefs in the weeks ahead." We look forward to welcoming you at The Reefs 2014 Days of The Week:
Toni Bari on Piano Mondays: Relax to the sounds of Toni Bari on The Reefs' Grand Piano in the lounge every Monday from 8.30pm to 11.30pm.
Movies on the Terrace Wednesdays: Enjoy quality time with the family every Wednesday on The Reefs' terrace at 9 pm for a movie on the big screen – lounge chairs will be provided and drinks can be ordered right from your seat! Tempo Band Thursdays: Experience the musical styling of Tempo Band in the Reef's main lounge and bar from 8.30pm to 11.30pm every Thursday.
Latin Chill Fridays: Enjoy various authentic handcrafted mojitos prepared from scratch with fresh sugarcane every Friday from 7pm to 11.30pm in the main bar/terrace/lounge. Guests will enjoy smooth Latin vibes from DJ Travis.
The Big Calypso Saturdays: Every Saturday from 7pm to 11.30pm, visit The Reefs for dining, wine, cocktails and dancing. Playing songs from the early days of Calypso like Bermuda's Talbot Brothers, to the latest beats and tunes from Trinidad.
Brunch Sundays: Join us for "The Best Brunch in Bermuda" at Ocean Echo Restaurant from noon to 3pm every Sunday with entertainment by Toni Bari in the main bar and lounge from 8.30pm to 11pm.

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Saturday, October 4, 2014
today feels like a cottage kind of day.
On my list of dislikes? Nature and sitting around doing nothing. As much as I try to be, I am just not a get out there in nature kind of girl. Especially when the temperatures are freezing cold! I like to hang out with friends, check out a movie, go sightseeing....but sit around all day? I'll pass. Despite the fact that I am not exactly one with nature, my fiance took me to his families cottage recently. It was an opportunity to get away from it all and spend some more time with his family.
Overall, it was.....an interesting weekend. Since the weather was so terrible (rainy, wet, and cold) I spent almost all of my time huddled under blankets and reading. While my fiance went out fishing, I did a bit of writing work and tried my best to have fun. Despite the poor weather, we went for a walk, played board games, and looked at the stars at night. There were some very nice moments. And my finance had a good weekend, so that made me happy. Next time though? I would much rather a weekend shopping, going to dinner, and hanging out.
The strangest thing for me? Being technology free for an entire weekend. I'm talking limited cell phone reception, no Internet, and no computer. It was bizarre. As someone who spends a huge chunk of my time on the computer (thanks to my writing work and Internet habits) it felt strange to be that disconnected. I was missing my YouTube time, for sure! Now that I am back, I thought it would be nice to post a few of the pictures from my cottage weekend. Take a look:
Did you go to a cottage this year? How do you like to spend your weekends?
xo Shannon
28 comments:
I totally feel your pain with the technology-free thing! Although you look like you had a great weekend anyway :)ReplyDelete
Me and my Fiance often go on weekend breaks, usually in a lodge in the countryside or something, and the tough part is always having no technology! Reaching for your phone only to find you have emergency signal only and no 3G - Oh no! haha
Laura x
Looks nice! I do like being around nature and being at the cottage must have been beautiful! I want to go to a cottage. But I can understand being so disconnected. I like having at least a little touch of technology lolReplyDelete
Des | Simple Charm Beauty
I feel you girl, I am not a nature kinda girl either, let me put it this way, nature is something that looks terrific on TV or in a movie or maybe even from the inside when you don't have to go outside, well you know what I mean Shannon, lol. But having no technology either would be horror, I mean nature AND no internet/computer........oh hell no!ReplyDelete
kisses poor darling :)
great post! :)ReplyDelete
Oh I love this. You look like you had a fabulous time. I don't know what I would do without internet. We went to Gatlinburg last here would love to be able to go again soon.ReplyDelete
wow,you really spent the day nicelyReplyDelete
Haha, that sounds like a typical Finnish way to spend the whole summer and all the weekends that are possible. We really are cottage crazy here in Finland! I enjoy a weekend at our cottage sometimes, when one wants to relax and spend quality time with loved ones. Usually I do it once or twice per summer, not more than that since I am a city girl and enjoy to stay in Helsinki also during weekends. But once you get to the cottage, it's easier to not think about work, so in that sense it truly is relaxing. I would add a visit to the sauna though :P Have a look at my blog post about cottages here in Finland: http://dragonflyelisabeth.blogspot.fi/2013/08/i-would-rather-be-poor-in-cottage-full.html.ReplyDelete
E from Helsinki, Finland
I love this post!ReplyDelete
Chocolate Rose Style
Sounds so fun! (=ReplyDelete
yourstruly-kyle.blogspot.com | kyle
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2014 at 7:02 AM
Always nice!ReplyDelete
I'll be waiting for me http://theroaronthecatwalk94.blogspot.it/ a kiss!
Lovely post!ReplyDelete
Glad you tried to make the most of your trip, despite the weather and being in nature! :op It's always so crazy to be technology free in the world we're living in now!!ReplyDelete
Suzie Q
Nice to know there are still girls out there who get bored by sitting around all day.ReplyDelete
You look so happy in these pics, it's good to take some free time without any connection!ReplyDelete
Don't Call Me Fashion Blogger
I love spending time at the cottage but I'm also struggling about not having internet connection!ReplyDelete
you and your boyfriend look so cute!ReplyDelete
you have a cute blog! would you like checking out mine?ReplyDelete
Great pics and impressions Shannon, what a lovely place! Technology free - that sounds great indeed, we should switch off technics more often for an entire recreation.ReplyDelete
Have a great week ahead! XOXO :-*
lovely blog :)ReplyDelete
I'm not an outdoorsey person either, I've had similar adventures for my hubby!!ReplyDelete
Coco et La vie en rose / Bloglovin / Facebook
que fotos tan geniales!ReplyDelete
I do understand how you feel in spending some time with no technology , it's the same I feel when I go up on the mountains to visit my old mother ..... after two days I wish to come back home .......thanks for your dear comment .ReplyDelete
eeeeeeeeeeh ad avercelo Shannon ^_^ Magari!!!!!!! Li passerò tra casa e lavoro i miei we!!!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a lovely week end!ReplyDelete
Fabrizia – Cosa Mi Metto???
if the weather is ok I spend my weekends in a cottageReplyDelete
I want to spend a weekend away at a cottage! What a lovely time with your beau!ReplyDelete
Amanda | feast.fashion.faves
I love cottages!ReplyDelete


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I've tried just about everything: ibuprofen, heating pads, ice, hot baths, narcotics, booze, physical therapy, muscle relaxers, TENS units. No matter what I do, the pain remains.
Sometimes the pain is a dull ache in my lower back and legs. Other times it grips my body — head, shoulders, arms, feet — making sleep impossible. Always it's there.
My husband will ask me what he can do to make me feel better. "Get me a new spine," I'll say. "Or new muscles. Or an entirely new body. Any of those would work." Truth is, there's nothing he can do except believe me when I say today is not a good day. Today I won't be able to help out as much with the kids or carry the laundry up and down the stairs by myself. Today I'm going to be a complete bitch, if it's all the same to you.
Because that's what chronic pain like my degenerative disc disease, bulging discs, and osteoarthritis reduces me to at times. A complete bitch.
Medical doctors want to send me to a physical therapist who, depending on his methodology, is either somewhat effective or not at all. They want to slice open my flesh and shave off the bulgy parts of my discs, even though such measures would only result in temporary pain relief for me given how indecisive those discs of mine are (sometimes they bulge to the left, sometimes to the right, and most frequently right into my nerve sac in the middle).
They want me to undergo a spinal fusion so that the vertebrae at my L4, L5, and S1 no longer pivot and move, an operation that carries a 3 month recovery time and an unspoken promise that I'll need it again once the vertebrae just above the fusion get overused.
They want me to get MRIs and XRays and ultrasounds over and over again so they can marvel at how horrible it all looks — exactly as horrible as it did 5 years ago and the 3 before that and the 4 before that when I was first diagnosed at age 25.
They want me to take more ibuprofen during the day to reduce inflammation and muscle relaxers at night so I can sleep, but they won't prescribe me pain meds so I can exist somewhat peacefully — pain meds are not a long-term treatment plan, they say. They're right, after all. My organs can only flush out those toxins for so long.
None of it really helps.
There comes a point every year or so when the pain is so severe, I don't care what the doctors say about my organs — I swear I'd mainline black tar heroin or sell my body on the streets for the kind of dope Jesus might reserve for himself if it would provide me just a couple hours of respite from the angry green men inside my body who slowly shave parts of my bone off and repeatedly stab my muscles with the product (because that's what it feels like; an army of angry, germ-looking men with pointy teeth and vultures' talons decimating my musculoskeletal system so they can feast on my marrow).
But the physical pain is not the worst. It's the toll on my emotions that drowns me.
The days requiring me to plaster a fake smile across my face for my students and my own children are increasing in number, as are the days when my sons find me laying in bed, heating pad on high. To my dismay, "Mommy's not feeling well" is becoming a staple phrase in our house.
That's because pain doesn't just affect the body. It affects the mind, too.
Pain is a gateway to Grouchland. It is a catalyst for short tempers and an igniter of fiery anger. It is the cocoon of depression and the cradle of antipathy. It is hell.
Pain is hell.
I don't want my children to grow up and remember me as always unwell. I don't want them to remember me as grumpy and contrary. I don't want them to inherit all the can'ts and won'ts and maybe tomorrows of their childhood.
But it's already starting. My oldest has already said on numerous occasions that he can't do something because his back or his legs hurt. Neither his back nor his legs hurt. Just my soul when I hear those words come out of his mouth, for those words are not really his at all. They're mine. My words.
And that's perhaps the worst side effect of chronic pain there is — the psychological one for both the sufferers and those whom they love.
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August 21, 2013
Undocumented & Unafraid
Organizers from " United We Dream " & " Arizona Dream Act Coalition" have released a video from an August 21st action against ICE ( Immigration and Costumes Enforcement) and deportations.
This action came after hundreds of migrants were rounded up for deportation across Arizona in recent days.
Demonstrators chained themselves to the gates of an ICE detention facility, effectively blocking any buses of deportees from exiting. After hours of blockading the demonstrators were arrested and released later that evening.
Those arrested returned back to the ICE facility later that evening to regroup with whoever was still present. Shortly after they returned a bus full of migrants set for deportation tried to sneak through the tired demonstrators, but an impromptu blockade was formed and bus was blocked by Migrant Justice activists.
Over the past couple of years there has been a sharp increase in direct action tactics being employed by those engaged in the struggle for Migrant justice. In 2012 Immigration reform organizers took over Obama Campaign offices across the country and others exposed crimes by purposefully getting arrested and being sent to ICE detention centers where reports of abuse and rights violations were rampant. In one particular case Viridiana Martinez an undocumented activist with "National Immigrant Youth Alliance" allowed herself to be detained and taken to Broward Transitional Center where she exposed the Obama Administration for lying about promises made to release immigrants from detention centers who had no criminal records among other criteria.
Here's a short transcript of an interview from Democracy Now! with Martinez while she was inside Broward Transitional Center-
"I am at Broward detention center right now talking to you on the phone. Basically, I have been—I allowed myself to be detained, because we knew that—we were getting phone calls, we were getting emails from family members of people who had been picked up and were, for months and months and months and months, being held here. And we were taking their cases from afar, creating online petitions for them to stop their deportation. And after the many calls and the many emails, we decided to come here and see what was going on. And what we have found is, like expected, that a majority of cases here are low-priority cases that, according to President Obama's announcement last year, he was not going to be departing. And yet, they're all being held here.
AMY GOODMAN: Viridiana, are you going to be deported?
VIRIDIANA MARTINEZ: [inaudible] I mean, [inaudible]. You know, but it's not—I think that I'm pretty—I mean, based on, you know, the deferred action announcement, I'm pretty safe, I would say. As for people that I—that I came in here, the cases that I came in here to expose are those people who, you know, don't have the spotlight. They're not DREAMers. And, you know, they're the people who have been detained for two-and-a-half years, for, you know, over eight months now, for—you know, that are suffering in terrible conditions. They clearly should be released, and they're not. They're being held here. And this place is owned by a private company, by GEO, and there is money being made at the expense of—at the suffering of these people."
The inspiring video of this past Wednesday's action ends with some bold language " The time to Escalate is Now" and images of a demonstrator posing a serious question written on a sign " WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T AFRAID? " Two important comments anyone who claims to be in solidarity should ponder on. Especially when the comments are coming from people who are taking major risks while being from some of the most repressed communities in the US.


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I say this to myself every morning when I wake up, and every evening when I go to sleep. I express gratitude to The Universe, God, The Creator, etc. (All names for the same thing.)
Thank you for my wife and son.
Thank you for my friends and family.
Thank you for all of the experiences and opportunities that I've had.
Thank you for this sensational life.
Give me the courage to chase my dreams.
Give me the strength to persist when times are hard.
Give me the determination to reach them no matter what.
Help me to become the best possible version of myself.
P.S. I understand that things aren't "given" and the law of cause and effect is always in play. By give I mean help, but that's just how I say it to myself. Don't want to sound like I'm asking for too much help ;).


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I love the comparison to a game of chicken. In the county I practice in, there are several defense attorneys who will stare the Commonwealth down until they (hopefully) fold on the eve of trial. It works more often than not if the defense has a moderate to strong case.
Open Guilty Plea = Bad Case + Fair Judge + Unreasonable Prosecutor
by Jamison Koehler on April 10, 2012
When faced with a really bad case, one option is to work out a favorable plea agreement with the government to try to mitigate consequences for the client. Another frequently overlooked option is to do an open guilty plea. In fact, the Criminal Practice Manual put out by the D.C. Public Defender Service devotes an entire chapter to guilty pleas without once mentioning this option.
A defendant who has decided to plead guilty will normally enter into an agreement with the prosecutor in which the government will make certain concessions in exchange for the plea. The government might agree, for example, to dismiss certain charges or to reduce a felony charge to a misdemeanor. The prosecutor might also agree to recommend probation, to "waive stepback" (that is, to refrain from asking that the defendant be detained prior to sentencing), or, on rare occasions, to forego the opportunity to make certain arguments at sentencing.
Although such an agreement is not binding on the court, most judges will not disturb such an agreement unless it is either illegal or completely inconsistent with the judge's expectations. The defendant thus has a pretty good idea going into the plea proceedings what to expect at sentencing.
If, however, based on the government's perception of a strong case against the defendant, the prosecutor decides to dig in his heels, plea negotiations can break down. In this case, the defendant has two options. He can take the case to trial on the assumption that he couldn't fare any worse, even with a guilty verdict. Alternatively, depending on the judge and the facts of the case, he can decide to do an open guilty plea. In this case, the defendant pleads guilty without an agreement with the prosecutor on what the government will offer in return. Both sides simply make their respective arguments to the court, with the expectation that the judge will see things their way.
I had a misdemeanor case a while back in which my client eventually decided to go with the open plea. Involving multiple eyewitnesses and some particularly nasty facts, this was not a case I wanted to try. At the same time, my client was a first-time offender with many positive social factors, and the prosecutor insisted on some jail-time as part of a negotiated plea.
I thus waited for the government to announce it was ready to go on the morning of trial before informing the court that we would be entering a guilty plea. The prosecutor looked disappointed. Although he was still able to read the facts from the police report into the record, his monotone reading of the facts could not have had the same impact on the judge as the witness sitting on the stand and repeating those same facts in person.
In the end, the judge slapped my client on the wrist and sentenced him to 20 hours of community service. There was no jail-time. There was not even any probation.
I have often compared plea negotiations to a game of "chicken." Although there are risks to both parties of taking a case to trial, each side wants the other party to believe that it is eager to try the case in order to improve its negotiating position. The party that "blinks" is the one who makes an important negotiating concession.
Perceptions are everything. As in the game of chicken, the party who acts irrationally often comes out ahead. As President Nixon is reported to have once said in the context of the arms race with the former Soviet Union, one of us needs to be acting rationally here and the Soviet premier needs to believe that this person will not be me.
I don't do open pleas very often. After all, they only make sense in cases in which you have a confluence of three different factors: a bad case you don't want to take to trial, a reasonable judge who can be expected to exercise leniency, and an unreasonable prosecutor who is set on a punishment you believe is too harsh.
When you do opt for the open plea, it can often be interpreted as a slap at the prosecutor. Signaling to both him and the court that you believe he is the one misreading the situation, not you, you take a deep breath and hope that the judge agrees with you.
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Over the past two years, I've probably advised more clients to plead open rather than take the state's offer than I have in my nine years as a public defender. Simply put, the prosecutors in our jurisdiction have become ridiculous in their offers (lots of new, inexperienced attorneys), and I find myself telling my clients more often that it's safer to roll the dice on the judge. I can't think of any case where I've regretted giving that advice yet.
Dr. Mr Koehler,
I'll chime in even though I'm only studying law at the moment (and in another country). An open plea sounds like a good idea, especially if the client is doomed anyway in front of a jury. I recall some studies where more often than not a Judge will be lenient with someone who actually asks for mercy. Of course the contrition has to be genuine, and a third time offender is obviously less likely to obtain a reduced sentence compared to a first time offender. What I don't understand is why DA's ask for unreasonable time rather than seek a just sentence. Aren't they supposed to seek justice rather than simply convictions?
I also wanted to compliment you on your blog, I find your posts very interesting, even if I cannot really relate to them directly do to a completely different legal system.
Is it true that there is a 6 months manditory incarsaration time when asking for a open plea?
Is it the defense that asks for the open plea, or the prosecutor?
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David Cameron and George Osborne cash in with big-money Davos visit
The former prime minister and chancellor are understood to be charging fees "in the high five figures" for private speeches.
Wednesday 18 January 2017 06:53, UK
David Cameron and George Osborne are being paid tens of thousands of pounds each to make speeches for leading financial institutions at the World Economic Forum.
The former Prime Minister and Chancellor, who this time last year were leading figures at the forum, will this year only attend the fringes of the event held in Davos, including a number of parties and private dinners.
Mr Cameron is to give a speech at a dinner held by accounting firm PwC, while Mr Osborne will appear at an HSBC event for 20 clients.
The fees charged by them are understood to be "in the high five figures", plus travel and accommodation expenses.
The former ministers are entitled to earn money from private appearances, though as a sitting MP Mr Osborne is bound to declare his earnings.
:: Five reasons why you should care about the World Economic Forum in Davos
They have both done numerous such events since leaving office, though eyebrows may be raised this time about the proximity to Theresa May, who also arrives in the Swiss resort on Wednesday to discuss Brexit at the full WEF.
Last autumn, it was revealed that the former Chancellor received £320,000 on top of his salary in the months after his departure from Number 11 for a number of speeches given in the US.
Mr Cameron is understood to have commanded six-figure fees for some of his appearances for leading US financial institutions.
Although neither politician has broken any rules, some observers have called for a three-year ban on such fees after leading ministers have left office, so as to ensure there is no question about them standing up to big business during their tenancies.
Notably, in his final year in office, Mr Osborne cut the banking levy paid by major financial institutions, in what was seen as a bid to persuade HSBC to maintain its headquarters in the UK.
Senior Labour MP John Mann said: "Mr Osborne should be in parliament earning his salary as MP not grabbing huge fees for explaining his failures."


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Consolidated Dispatch Agency's $9 million budget includes $2 pay increase for dispatchers
The Consolidated Dispatch Agency's budget is likely to increase, as it looks to put more money in the pockets of its employees.
The CDA's board, made up of City Manager Reese Goad, County Administrator Vince Long and Sheriff Walt McNeil, approved a $9.063 million budget for next year, a bump of more than $484,000.
Additional funding, which still needs final approval by both the city and county commissions, increases the pay by $2 an hour for all dispatchers.
First-year pay would be $16.67 an hour under the proposed budget. The number was determined after a salary study of other dispatchers and agencies.
The increase is an investment in the future of the CDA, where dispatcher turnover has been a recent issue, said CDA Director Steve Harrelson.
"It allows us to establish training and it's motivation for them to get through the training," he said. "It's an investment in employees, the CDA and the emergency response system that we have for the county and for the public."
Currently there are 12 dispatcher positions that remain unfilled. A training class of 20 recruits, which Harrelson said should fill the remaining positions, will start in October.
Recruits are paid for training at a lower rate. After eight months, the full wage is available. Its increase could mean more long-term CDA employees with better experience.
"The whole goal is to make this a career," he said. "We want to stop being a transitional job until they find something better."
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To be very honest, I don't know the reason behind it. Personally, I have heard about the concept throughout my existence but I never bumped into the science behind Nazar Lagna, how it happens and how can it be removed. However, over time, I have surely learned about it from others and here I would like to share the learnings with you.
Sadhguru, in one of his videos, once talked about the concept and compared the same with bathing. He says, just like we bath and remove the physical dirt from our body, similarly, our body also gets surrounded by bad energies that need to be washed off regularly.
Simply put, Dhrishti is performed on the person to wash off the influence of negative energies. This fire-wash, as they say, helps remove all the impurities around the person, which might be troubling them for no practical reason.
It is believed that most human problems can be resolved if Dhrishti is performed regularly on them, just like physical baths. If not regularly, it must be performed especially on Tuesday and Saturday to overcome all unknown issues.
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6: Menu, Carnegie Delicatessen and Restaurant in New York, 1985.
The Carnegie Deli opened in 1937 in midtown Manhattan across the street from the concert venue Carnegie Hall. The restaurant's opening took place, at a time when American Jewish delis were being established in great abundance all over the United States. Eastern European Jews built upon Central and Eastern European food traditions, both Jewish and non-Jewish, in developing the uniquely American creation of the Jewish deli. The Carnegie Deli was known for its oversized portions and the celebrities who frequented it, until it closed in 2016.
On this menu, three variations of matzo ball soup are offered as everyday dishes, not restricted to Passover. They appear in the second column of this menu, under "Soups." For less than a dollar, one could get a simple chicken consommé with rice, kasha, noodles, or matzo balls. The more elaborate variations — with all the fixings — appear in their own special curlicue-bordered boxes. These are: "Boiled Beef Flanken in the Pot with Matzo Ball, Noodles, Consomme and Garden Vegetable, $2.35" and "Chicken in Pot with Matzo Ball, Noodles, Consomme and Jardiniere Vegetables, $2.30." The other soups on offer are "Puree of Tomato Soup with Rice" and "Cold Borscht with Boiled Potato and Heavy Sour Cream."
Suggested Activity: Ask your students: what are some things that you notice about this menu that might tell you something about the people who created it, the people who ordered from it, and the era in which they lived? What, if anything, about this menu strikes you as Jewish? Note that the Carnegie Deli was not a kosher establishment (see "Hot Virginia Ham Sandwich," among other items), though for some people it was an iconic Jewish landmark. Ask your students what might have made this deli a Jewish space, if it was one. What other spaces do they think of as Jewish, and what makes them so? Would matzo ball soup on the menu make any restaurant a Jewish restaurant?
Source: Carnegie Delicatessen and Restaurant, Menu (New York: 1985), digitized by the New York Public Library, <http://menus.nypl.org/menu_pages/53157/explore>, accessed March 1, 2018.


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Microsoft reveals Black Friday 2018 deals on Surface, Xbox One, and more
Thanksgiving is coming, which makes me rather happy. I love catching up with family while chowing down on turkey, stuffing, and the like. After the big meal, I like to go through the paper advertisements for stores such as Target, Best Buy, and Kohl's to find the best deals. Then, that night at midnight, I leave the house to score some things I want for Black Friday! In the digital age, this sort of outdated -- I can just as easily shop online, but I cherish the experience. It's fun.
Microsoft has been making quite a mess of things with buggy Windows 10 updates and failing to put USB-C on its latest Surface Laptop 2 computer, but understandably, some of y'all still want/need a Windows PC. If you need a new computer, Xbox, or other tech-related product, Microsoft has finally revealed Black Friday 2018 sales. These are not just deals from Microsoft's own store, but on Windows 10 PCs found at other retailers too.
"When I think back on a lifetime of giving holidays, I don't always remember the exact presents or the pattern of the wrapping paper. What I recall clearly, though, is that smile, that laugh of someone unwrapping the perfect gift. For me -- and from me -- those gifts often had technology at the center, whether it was the latest gaming console I always wanted growing up, the perfect PC for my kids or the sold-out fitness wearable for my wife. Unwrapping a gift of technology always seems to generate a happy dance," says Matt Barlow, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group.
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Barlow further says, "For this holiday season and one of my favorite times of year, I'm looking forward to celebrating with my family and loved ones, and to giving more than just gifts. I'm hoping to share new moments of wonder with others and look back on them fondly, years from now. This year Microsoft Store and our partners have some great options to give wonder with Black Friday deals for today's digital lifestyle -- from Xbox One bundles to the Surface family and Windows 10 PCs. Select deals will be available across regions, and pricing and timing may vary."
Microsoft shares the deals below. Please note: The dates of these deals vary, with some launching on Thanksgiving or even earlier. Hell, some deals are even live today!
- Nov. 18-24: Save up to $300 on the Surface Laptop 2 – Black
- Nov. 18-24: Save up to $50 on Surface Go
- Nov. 22-26: Save up to $330 on select Surface Pro 6 Black + Black Type Cover, starting at $999
- Nov. 18-26: Save up to $310 on Surface Pro Core M
- Nov. 10-Jan. 3: Join Xbox Game Pass and get your first month for $1
- Nov. 15-30: Get 1 month of Xbox Live Goldfor $1
- Nov. 18-26: Save up to $100 on select Xbox One consoles
- Nov. 22-Nov. 30: Deals on games including Forza Horizon 4 for up to 35 percent off, State of Decay 2 for 35 percent off and Sea of Thieves for 50 percent off
- Nov. 10-30: Get $120 off the MSI GL63 8RE-629 NewEgg.com and save up to $100 off the MSI GV62 8RD-200 on Amazon.com
- Nov. 18-26: Get $400 off when you purchase the Odyssey Z ($1799.99) and the HMD Odyssey+ ($499.99) together on Samsung.com for just $1,899.99
- Nov. 18-30: Save $150 on the Huawei Matebook X Pro at the Microsoft Store and get $30 off the Huawei MateBook D 14 on Amazon.com
- Nov. 22-24: Get $200 off the Acer Nitro 5 Nov. 21-26 at BestBuy.com
- Nov. 22-30: Buy a Dell Inspiron 15for $499, save $200
- Nov 22-Dec.1: Save up to $100 on the Asus ZenBook 13 (UX331) at Amazon.com and get the Asus VivoBook Flip 14 (TP412) for only $399 at Walmart.com.
- Starting Nov. 22: Don't miss great Black Friday deals from HP.com where you can save up to $740 on select ENVY, Pavilion, OMEN and Spectre PCs
- Starting Nov. 23: Buy the Lenovo X1 Carbon for just $899.99 while supplies last
- Starting Nov. 22: Save 40 percent on a Turtle Beach Stealth 300 Gaming Headset for Xbox One
- Starting Nov. 22: Save up to 40 percent on select KASA Smart Home Products
- Starting Nov. 22: Buy a Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit and save $30 on the Kano Pixel Kit
- Nov. 22-30: Save $150 on the HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset with Motion Controllers
- Nov. 22-28: Save up to $50 on the Epsilon Soundstream H2GO True Wireless Portable Speaker, Soundstream H2GO True Wireless Earbuds or Street Hopper 6 Plus with Wireless Microphone
- Nov. 23-24: Buy a Samsung Galaxy S9/9+ and receive 1 year of Office 365 Home or Personal
- Nov. 23-27: Buy the ASUS ROG Phone and receive the ASUS ROG Voyager Backpack (a $109 value)
Will you be taking advantage of any of these sales? Please tell me what you will be buying in the comments below.


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Okay, so a lot of media screws this one up. Interpol is a just an advisory agency. Today it's a part of the UN, though the organization actually dates back to the 1920s (as the International Criminal Police Commission).
They have no actual law enforcement powers of their own, and they have no direct involvement in criminal investigations. Interpol agents pass information to governments and function as administrative liaisons between national law enforcement agencies.
Today, Interpol is mostly just the curator of multinational databases, including things like: fugitive warrants, arrests, fingerprints, and general crime statistics. Interpol Agents are more likely to be tasked with assisting local police in actually having access to, and being able to use those databases, than being asked to consult on specific crimes.
If you're doing sociological analysis of criminal trends, they're actually a fantastic source, but, they don't actually do anything.
They're not spies, they don't hunt down criminals across national borders, showing up at crime scenes unannounced. They push paper around. That isn't to say their services aren't useful, but they're not some kind of transnational FBI agent.
Further, Interpol does adhere to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, which pretty quickly takes out your "covert assassin" concept at the knees.
If your character is a spy, an Interpol Agent would actually be a pretty terrible cover, unless the intent is just to bug a police detective's office, get out, and disappear. It's not a cover they can take into the field, doesn't provide much freedom of action, and Interpol won't authenticate it.
On the question of stealthy weapons, one of those things doesn't depend on an explosion to function. Which will make it much quieter. But ultimately this is a "right tool for the right job" kind of situation.
Remember, in Europe, tight gun control is the norm. If your character is caught by local law enforcement with a suppressed weapon, that's probably going to be serious jail time. I'm not sure what the fallout from an Interpol Agent going off and operating as a vigilante would be, but the scandal would almost certainly massive.
If your character is going the spy route, The Bourne Identity might be worth reading. Even if you've seen the film, dig up a copy. It's not a fantastic book, but there's a lot of basic tradecraft in there.
If you're willing to dig through RPG systems, AEG's Spycraft core books can work as a basic primer for writing espionage themed fiction, including what you're describing. The core books are somewhat agnostic on the martini/stale beer spectrum, but, they do specifically provide information for stories of both varieties.


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Exhibits, exhibits and more exhibits
There are quite a few exhibits opening or getting press coverage. Here they are in no particular order.
Pat Oliphant's "Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture During the Bush Years" exhibit (I've blogged about it before) opens this Friday in Savanna Georgia. Pat will be on hand for the opening night.
For those in the New Orleans area, plan to take some time to visit "The Lines that Roar: Editorial Cartoons in the Age of Anxiety" exhibit featuring editorial cartoons by David Norwood of The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Steve Kelley of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and David Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
In Ohio, go visit the OSU Cartoon Research Library's exhibit on Anne Mergen, one of the first female editorial cartoonists in America. She was hired as an editorial cartoonist in 1933 by the Miami Daily News and she remained the only female editorial cartoonist up until her retirement in 1956.
The Charles M. Schulz will open an exhibit entitled "The Language of Lines: How Cartoonists Communicate". The exhibit runs February 2 through August 11, 2008 and is being co-curated by Brian Walker. There will be a members only reception on Saturday with Brian as the main speaker.
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Marek Bennett
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And then there's the Norman Rockwell Museum's exhibit, "LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel", which features an entire original "Spirit" episode by Will Eisner, among other gems!
J Read
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And do not miss the wonderful Comic Stripped exhibit at the Levine New Museum of the South in Charlotte, NC! I've seen Richard West's The Line That Roars exhibit in Baton Rouge – it ends February 10th, by the way – and it, too, is wonderful!
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PETER LLOYD: The statistics are familiar and disturbing: Aboriginal people make up 2.5 per cent of Australia's population, yet account for almost a third of the number of people in prison.
There are hopes that a program being trialled among prisoners in Perth will help reduce the disparity. It's based on the experiences of an Aboriginal actor and the film about his life that has become something of an underground hit.
Bronwyn Herbert's report begins with an excerpt from that film.
CHARACTER 1: What's the matter my boy, you got trouble anywhere?
CHARACTER 2: Wouldn't know where to start.
BRONWYN HERBERT: The film Mad Bastards launched the career of Dean Daley-Jones. He played the role of tormented Aboriginal man TJ, in a script he helped write based on his own experiences - angry outbursts, relationship breakdowns, and time behind bars.
Now he's become a more familiar face off-screen. He's visiting prisons right around Australia, doing time with young inmates to stop them reoffending.
DEAN DALEY-JONES: You can still get your point across without thumping somebody in the head.
BRONWYN HERBERT: Today he's at a minimum security prison in Perth called Wandoo, speaking to the young men aged between 18 and 25.
DEAN DALEY-JONES: Keeping your integrity and respect, and that's one thing I've found, one of the greatest things I learnt through a lot of hard work, like you know, going through all that pain.
BRONWYN HERBERT: The movie and its characters, who face all kinds of pressures, from drugs, alcohol and relationship breakdowns, encourages a roomful of prisoners to open up.
Jack Bulman from Mibbinbah, an Aboriginal health charity based on the Gold Coast, leads the workshop.
JACK BULMAN: Why did the people in Mad Bastards movie, why did they decide to make change in their lives?
INMATE 1: Because of their family and friends.
JACK BULMAN: Because he was worried about his family and friends.
INMATE 2: And for himself as well.
JACK BULMAN: And for himself as well. Beautiful. What else do we reckon?
INMATE 3: Love.
JACK BULMAN: Love.
BRONWYN HERBERT: Daley-Jones' own revelations, including his time behind bars, old drug and alcohol habits, and an explosive temper, could tell the story of many of the young men in the room.
STEVEN: Dean's sense, he said in the movie, he had a little man, with an axe, holding an axe inside of him, you know. And that's his anger, that was his anger that he didn't want let out, you know.
I guess with me it's just falling back into the same old habits, you know, just with drugs, using, hanging out with old friends and that. If I get away from that and just focus on my family, my daughter, I think I've got a good chance of, you know, making it this time.
BRENDAN: Seeing the changes that TJ made in the end, it really gave me a new perspective on thinking, like, people can change. And I didn't really believe it before and when I joined this program it really gave me insight to it, and thought oh well if he can do it, surely I can, you know?
DANIEL: Made me realise that for every, like, action I take, there's always consequences and stuff like that but I don't know, it's just made me look at other people's point of views about stuff as well, and it's not too late to try and change your life around and get back on the right path.
BRONWYN HERBERT: Dean Daley-Jones says he might not have a PHD in psychology, but his 42 years of life experience is worth sharing.
DEAN DALEY-JONES: If I can help one of these fellas here, I take that with me when I leave this world and that's going to make me very happy, yeah.
BRONWYN HERBERT: And that might just help these inmates realise they have the power within to break a destructive cycle.
PETER LLOYD: Bronwyn Herbert.
The statistics are familiar and disturbing - Aboriginal people make up 2.5 per cent of Australia's population yet account for almost a third of the number of people in prison. There are hopes that a program being trialled among prisoner inmates in Perth will help reduce the disparity.


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A finance degree is a versatile education that can take you down multiple roads. Currently, there are 228,022 companies listed as employers of finance majors in the U.S. The question is, how do you finish your education strong and sort through the plethora of options you have?
We're going to give you the path best traveled as far as what to do in college after you've declared a finance major, how to narrow down the route you want to take, and how to get to where you want to be when you enter the full-time workforce.
Honing your skills
In finance classes, you expect to work with numbers, and this is absolutely true. However, there are many other skills you will learn that are equally important. Finance is a heavily regulated field and you will need to learn how to work productively and ethically within the parameters of the law.
Dr. Conrad Ciccotello, Director of the Reiman School of Finance at the University of Denver, also stresses the underrated importance of communication skills.
"The true comparative advantage in finance is yes, you're quantitatively skilled, but you're able to communicate these technical concepts to people who aren't as quantitatively oriented," said Ciccotello.
He explained that your perceived character and your emotional intelligence communicate to someone that they can trust you despite the reality that they may not understand the numeric side of things.
"The reputation is extremely important in finance," said Ciccotello.
Internships, internships, and internships
Once you determine what you want to study, getting work experience is key. Not only do you want to build your resume, working in the field will help you determine which financial avenue is right for you.
"The old model was, you do [an internship] right before you graduate, the new model is you do two or three, and you should do one [your] first-year," said Ciccotello.
In the context of a popular major like finance, your school may offer specific career services. Find out what these are to help you land your first internship and show off your newfound skills.
"Once you declare, you've got to engage. Engage with all these resources," said Ciccotello.
See also: Making the College Transition
Sorting your options
Now comes the fun part–choosing your career path. As aforementioned, you have many options as a finance major. This is positive in the job market, but students tend to get a bit overwhelmed.
"A lot of options is great, but a lot of options creates a decision anxiety as well," said Ciccotello.
Breaking the options up helps to visualize the paths you can take as they fall under categories. The University of Kansas outlines six main avenues for employment with a finance degree. Each offering a slew of potential job opportunities.
Let's go through each of them:
1. Corporate finance
Every company has someone who is in charge of company finances, and every large company has a finance department. This includes roles in accounting, bookkeeping, and treasury.
2. Investment banking
This is the stocks and bonds, mergers and acquisitions side of things. If the thrill of working in the stock market appeals to you, this is your area.
3. Commercial banking and financial institutions
You can take your degree to the bank–literally. You can work at a local bank or you can work your way up the corporate ladder at a national bank like Wells Fargo or Chase.
4. Asset management
Work with clients to manage their money and grow their assets through an advised and chosen method of investment.
5. Real estate
Get in on the housing market and oversee the financial undertaking of buying and selling property.
6. Personal financial planning
This is similar to asset management, but you work more on an individual level with clients who want to make long-term investments and financial plans.
These are the classic categories, but Ciccotello tacks on two subcategories that he believes have the most potential for future growth: compliance and nonprofits.
Compliance falls under several of the categories outlined by KU–corporate finance, commercial banking, and asset management. Ciccotello describes the credentials and personality of someone he believes would do well in the compliance arena as "someone who's very detail-oriented, who understands finance well, who has the type of background that lends itself to being a good overseer, someone who I call a 'cozy-adversarial type' personality."
In addition to compliance, Ciccotello sees nonprofits as "the leading edge for finance." Over the last 10 years, nonprofits have grown by 20 percent. As nonprofits grow, so do the funds they must manage. This is where people with financial training come in. A nonprofit will decide they need to hire people to oversee and run their finances. They may hire a recent grad to do things that traditional financial positions wouldn't usually allow entry-level position employees to do. Ciccotello used an example of a student intern at a nonprofit who was given the opportunity to build a financial model for the whole enterprise.
"It's not instinctive, but the reality of that is, it fits the millennial idea of 'I want to do something that I feel like is really important and matters,'" said Ciccotello in terms of the alt-route of finance students pursuing nonprofits.
Moving into the workforce
As for continuing after college, and even after you've landed your first job? Ciccotello's last piece of advice is to continue your education and stay current.
"You have to continue to grow and be aware of what's happening. You have to network constantly because you don't know which way a lot of these occupations are going to go and change. A good finance person recognizes [that they are] in a marketplace," said Ciccotello.
Staying in student-mode, he says, is the best way to stay excited and open to new opportunities. Taking a vested and active interest in your field is good advice for all professionals, and this is no different in finance, where it's essential to stay on top of your game.
"At the very end that sense of who you are in finance," in terms of ethics and character, said Ciccotello, "is very important. It's a trust business."


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Cathy Umrichin: Fort Lee Office of Emergency Management (OEM)May 6, 2016 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Cathy Umrichin has been with the office of Emergency Management since 1992 in various positions. Ms. Umrichin coordinates and oversees all activities including Emergency Relocation and FEMA reimbursement processes.
During emergency situations the office of Emergency Management supports local emergency services— Police, Fire and EMS and acts as the coordination point of all the emergency services in the Borough of Fort Lee. The office also handles relocation services after a fire or other problem in which the house or apartment is not deemed safe to live in.
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Our ICT systems are secure within and outside the school site.
There is a clear framework for responsible use of ICT developed in line with latest best practice guidance, including an initiative for parents and carers, 'thinkuknow'. Students, teachers and parents are made aware of e-safety issues and use of technology is monitored to ensure safe and responsible use.
We are mindful of safe behaviour and safeguarding implications of any online activity, which will take place via a filtered broadband connection. We remind students about, and reinforce the messages of, e-safety by including the need to transfer safe behaviour with regard to online activities.
Our anti-bullying strategy includes guidance to address cyberbullying.
Broadband internet access is filtered and fast with high levels of security and e-safety in operation. Access to protocols for staff, students and wider community users will allow visitors only to those parts of the website and to applications and information that are appropriate to each user group.
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Ad Securitatem is a collection of the best student essays from the Command Senior Enlisted Leaders' Course (CSELC), Joint Command and General Staff Course (JSGSC), Civil Servants Course (CSC) and Higher Command Studies Course (HCSC) from throughout the academic year.
In partnership with the Latvian National Defence Academy, the Baltic Defence College offers a Master of Arts degree in Military Leadership and Security Studies. As part of this programme, students must complete a sixty page research dissertation on any topic related to the field of leadership and security studies.
• Currently these dissertations are accessible only in the library of Latvian National Defence Academy.
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Final month, US President Donald Trump made the abrupt decision to pull the rest of the US troops away from Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria.
The move delivered the country that is fragmented a spiral, disrupting certainly one of its few aspects of security. By withdrawing help from Kurdish forces in the region — which had aided the usa combat ISIS — Trump started them as much as an oncoming offensive by Turkey.
Justifying your choice. Trump argued for them to stay in Syria that US forces in the region had already "defeated" ISIS, and that therefore there was no need.
This year deprived ISIS of the territory it once controlled, the group still has as many as 18,000 fighters quietly stationed across Iraq and Syria, according to The New York Times while US-allied forces.
Also, Kurdish-led fighters, referred to as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had maintained control over thousands of previous ISIS people and their loved ones, including about 70,000 females and kids in a mixture into the city that is syrian of, according into the Atlantic. Continue reading "Turkey does not want to put on onto international ISIS fighters but neither does the remainder globe. So how will each goes?"


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FSA has fined Approved Financial Solutions Ltd £63,000 for failing to ensure it gave suitable mortgage advice and for communicating inaccurate information about mortgage charges to its customers. FSA found the firm breached Principles 3, 7 and 9 and parts of MCOB. It did not:
- tell lenders relevant information customers had provided to it;
- have in place adequate systems to monitor the quality of its advisers' advice;
- give its customers adequate suitability letters and could not show why contracts it recommended were suitable;
- disclose the right procurement fees to customers;
- recommended self-certification mortgages when a standard high street mortgage contract was clearly more suitable; and
- have a strong enough compliance regime to pick up that many customers provided false income and employment information in support of their mortgage applications.
The firm has addressed its compliance failings and appointed a skilled person to review its business. However, FSA found many customers had given false information about themselves, so did not think a past business review was appropriate.
It also censured Mohammed Habib, trading as MAH Mortgage and Finance. It found he breached Principle 9 and parts of MCOB because he failed to assess why customers would be able to pay mortgages he recommended. He also could not prove selfcertification mortgages he recommended were suitable. Also, he recommended mortgages into retirement without establishing whether the customer would be able to pay. He could not pay the £22,500 fine FSA suggested, so it agreed to a public censure and Mr Habib varied his permission to remove all regulated activities and undertook a remedial programme.


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I've been cheating on you, my pretties. Whilst you thought I was here, slogging away at the computer, I was actually there, eating scones with clotted cream, drinking pots of tea, and walking about the Irish countryside.
You know all that stuff about how poetic the Irish are? It's true. One rainy day, I asked an old codger how long a particular hike was, and he turned to me and said "How long is a piece of string?"
(The answer, as I found out after walking for two hours, is damn long.)
I got to see my husband down a pint, show my daughter the Book of Kells, and watch my son charm the local populace in two languages. (If the Irish for hello didn't work, there's always his signature "Hellloooo, ladies!")
I watched my parents and MIL experience Ireland for the first time.
And saw a white horse upon a green hill. (A gray and brown horse too.)
I did a little tiny bit of research for my next book. I'd like to write it in this sweet cottage.
Failing that, if I ever make the best seller's list I'll celebrate by staying at this country home, which I didn't discover until my last day of the trip. Anyone care to join me?


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Day two, y'all! Quick recap: for me, May of 2020 is all about these self-love journal prompts. I'm trying to be kinder and embrace a more self-focused positive attitude. It's pretty hard when you're battling Bipolar 1's super depressive swings. But I am on a new medication and I'm trying some new coping mechanisms.
Each morning, I'll be working from one of the prompts from Tia Harding's 32 Self-Love Journal Prompts or from The Petite Planner's 30 Days of Self-Love.
Here's today's prompt: "How can you show yourself love?"
This one is pretty difficult for me, so I didn't start off with it. Hell, I almost didn't do it at all. I struggle with being kind to myself, as I honestly think most of us do. Well, what is love, genuinely? Without joking here, it's hard to define. My instinct is to use humor to deflect but that's not the purpose of this exercise. Honesty is key here.
While doing a little research for this post, because that's what I do when I'm struggling for the right words, I came across this interesting article on LifeHack.org that kind of encompassed what it is I mean by love when I use it in this context:
Philautia is self-love. In our modern day society, most people associate self-love with being narcissistic, selfish, or stuck on themselves. However, this is not what the ancient Greeks meant by self-love.
Self-love is not negative or unhealthy in any way. In fact, it's necessary to be able to give and receive love from other people. We cannot give to others what we don't have. And if we don't love ourselves, how can we truly love others?
Another way to look at self-love is by thinking about it as self-compassion. Just as you might show affection and love to another person, you must also show that same affection and love to yourself.Source: LifeHack
The last bit I put in bold for visual emphasis. But thinking of this, it kind of gives me a little more direction that I can head with this musing.
I need to be kinder to myself. I need to show love even when I struggle with it. Not that toxic positivism bullshit I can't stand my body most days, and am struggling greatly to lose weight. I can show myself love by being patient with my journey to getting healthier and more realistic in my weight loss goals.
Speak of patience, I need to be patient with myself. With all that I have wrong with me, I need to be more understanding of my limitations. There are going to be days I can't function, physically, emotionally, mentally. And I need to be better about being honest with others when I'm struggling. Patience, and compassion, is something I readily offer other people but struggle with self-directing.
That being said, I need to challenge myself. I can't just lie down and let a chemical imbalance get the best of me. I need to do my best, as best I can, to challenge myself and strive for better. That means going on walks, eating regularly, and taking my medication. All of these are challenges I wasn't meeting before.
In that vein, I need to take better care of myself. I'm already trying to do so, but I do need to do better. For the longest time, I wasn't doing so because of suicidal urges and depression brain fog. But, I'm trying now. I'm taking my medication on an actual set schedule, rather than the slightly imbalanced way I was before. I'm going to my psychiatric practitioner to get my medication adjusted. In fact, I just started a new medication, Wellbutrin. It seems to be working well so far. I'm going to therapy; so far only twice but I do have more visits scheduled.
I need to define my boundaries better. I'm rather famous for being a doormat at times. While I know its because of things I have been through in the past, I still need to learn to say 'yes' when I can and learn to say 'no' better. And expressing my boundaries is something I really need to work on.
I need to ask for help more often. I'm rather prideful. I can readily admit it, even though it is very uncomfortable to admit such a glaring personality flaw. Mmm….rephrasing: it is something I battle with on the regular. That's a little better. Still, I've gotten into hot water more than once because I have great difficulty asking for help. And even still, when it's offered, anxiety brain gremlins can trip me up and make me hesitant to ask for help. It's something I'm working on.
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The Water Violet type is knowledgeable, calm, and capable. They are private, sedate people, who are often asked for advice but will not impose their opinions or wishes on others. Gentle and self-reliant, they have a sense of superiority. Carried to extremes, they can be aloof, appearing proud, disdainful and condescending. When they are tired, or there are too many external distractions, they have a tendency to withdraw appearing anti-social and cold.
When suffering they keep their troubles to themselves. They do not lean on others for support and may be considered emotionally cold. They find it hard to open up to others, finding it easier to retreat behind their calm facade.
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Microsoft announced today that it's rolling out a preview of its Office apps for Android tablets after releasing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps exclusively for iPad earlier this year. Microsoft has an "Office Mobile" app that integrates some features of all three Office apps for Android smartphones, but today's release of standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for Android tablets is the first time the platform gets access to the full-fledged, standalone Office mobile apps.
In addition to the updates today (which also includes the release of Office apps for iPhone but not Android smartphones), Microsoft is offering the ability to create and edit for free. The ability to edit previously required a subscription to Office 365, but is now available on iOS for free and coming soon to Android devices. The apps are also getting Dropbox support, something the companies announced earlier this week.
Sign-ups are available now for the new Office preview for Android tablets launching today— Word, Excel, PowerPoint— with apps available in 29 languages and 136 countries. Microsoft is looking for Android tablet users with 7″-10.1" displays, but Android Lollipop devices (Nexus 9 owners) are not eligible yet.
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Sunshine/Member Care: Sends cards to members who are ill or have had a death in the family.
Also do memorial donations for members and immediate family (husband, significant other,
child) who have passed away in the amount of $25. Send Thinking of You cards to those who
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Please keep in your thoughts and prayers all of our OIWGA members and families.
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Adolescent issues
Adolescence is a time of rapid and multiple changes for the adolescent person and the family. Adolescents are changing in body and mind. They are still children, while working toward independence at the same time. Working out identity issues and fitting in with peers are central. Family relationships are changing and in flux as parents are also struggling to redefine their role in their adolescent's life. It is a time of experimentation for adolescents and for seeking influences and role models outside of the family. For parents, it can feel like so much is happening that is outside of their control.
The triggers and/or risks for difficulties during adolescence can include:
Exposure to traumatic abuse within the family or community. Traumatic abuse can come from peers in the form of bullying, sexual harassment and/or assault, and might include identity-based bias
Chronic marital conflict, separation, divorce, and/or remarriage
History of parent-child relationship difficulties
History of mental health and/or academic difficulties
Parental/family distress – can include economic distress, parental mental health problems such as depression and substance abuse, death of a family member, and/or other such difficulties
When puberty occurs well ahead or well behind one's peers or well ahead of the adolescent's psychological readiness
Development of sexual orientation and sexual & gender identity which can be especially challenging for adolescents who identify along the LGBTQ spectrum
Peer rejection and conflict
Dating and managing expression of sexual desire – rejection, exclusion, bad break ups, sexual experiences prior to feeling ready, sexual coercion/violence, and other forms of abusive relationships, teen pregnancy/abortion
Aggressive/violent behavior and/or chronic defiance and getting into trouble
Technology and social media – difficulty regulating screen/social media time, addictive use of technology, exposure to online bullying, and/or destructive influences including media violence
Signs that your teenager might need or benefit from psychotherapy:
Chronic withdrawn and isolated behavior
Chronic and extreme moodiness
Alienation from family members particularly parents
Child-like behavior – preference for activities enjoyed when younger, preference for interaction with younger children, anxiety about being alone, excessive need for reassurance
Social anxiety, low self-esteem and avoidance of challenges, other forms of anxiety
Academic difficulties particularly significant drops in academic performance
Chronic aggressive behavior – physical fights, bullying, verbal insults and threats, vandalism, behavior that leads to chronic difficulties with authority figures including breaking the law
Chronic conflicts with peers and/or difficulty establishing and sustaining peer relationships
High risk & self-destructive behavior including substance/alcohol abuse, unprotected sex including sex with an older and/or exploitative individual, cutting or other self-harm behaviors, suicidal threats, or gestures
How I can help
- Psychotherapy relationship
- Provision of safe/private space for the adolescent to get to know him or herself
- Provision of a balance between support and acceptance and challenging your teen to grow
- Modeling thoughtful self-reflection, honesty, respect for self and others, and social skills
- Focus upon developmental issues – specific focus depends upon age and maturity of the adolescent
- Identity/self-esteem – identify & develop talents/skills, personal qualities, values system, and budding future vision of self; grapple with personal limitations, recovering from failures, and sustaining motivation when things get tough
- Sexual identity development – helping adolescents to find the words to describe the experience of changes in body and self-image, sexual feelings, sexual boundaries, and budding sexual orientation; defining what feels good, bad, and scary within interactions with peers and adults; developing skills to communicate successfully with peers and adults about sexual issues, to set boundaries, and to seek help when needed; and developing a sexual value system where the adolescent can begin to feel confident as a sexual being, know what he/she is ready and not ready to experience, and begin to integrate sexuality, romance, emotional commitment, and respect for self and others.
- Balance dependence and independence
- Skills to support emotional regulation, social skill development, decision making, sustaining motivation, responsible behavior, relationship capacity, and self-care
- Parental guidance
- Improving parent-child relationships
- Helping parents understand and respond to adolescent developmental issues
- Helping parents find balance between encouraging independence and provision of structure/protection in accordance with your values and goals as parents
- Help parents to negotiate differences in parenting style and related goals/values
- Help parents and their adolescent access and successfully utilize community resources to support the adolescent's development
Initial assessment process and structuring the psychotherapy:
We will work together to assess how the family was doing prior to the onset of the problems for which you are now seeking help. When the parents and teenager have a strong and stable relationship history and the teenager has typically performed well academically and enjoyed good peer relations prior to the recent onset of difficulties, short-term treatment can be beneficial.
Examples of developmental issues for which short-term interventions can help include: (a) the coming out process for LGBT teenagers, (b) parent-child communication problems that began with the onset of puberty or during adolescence, (c) adjustment to new school, and (d) peer relationship problems that began with onset of puberty or during adolescence including issues with dating. There might be other issues not listed here that can be appropriate for short-term interventions. The initial assessment process will help us to make that determination.
Short-term intervention strategies can include: (a) sessions with parents or with parents and the teenager to address communication problems; (b) sessions with the teenager to help name the problem in terms of thinking, feeling, and interacting patterns that are currently getting in the way of successful adjustment to developmental changes; (c) helping the teenager to name the developmental changes he/she is experiencing and finding ways to seek peer support and solidarity. To put it simply it is about helping the teenager to develop a sense of normalcy and belonging; and (d) providing specific strategies for stress management, self-reflection and self-expression, and social skills.
Limits of Practice – in cases of substance addiction, extreme antisocial behavior, high risk for suicidal behavior, and/or impaired capacity to participate in psychotherapy within a private practice setting I will assist the family to access appropriate resources and referral


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KAMPALA – The three re-arrested Kaweesi murder suspects have on September 30, been released on a police bond at the Kireka Special Investigation Department (SID).
Yusuf Mugerwa, Jibril Kalyango and Yusuf Nyanzi have spent 2 weeks in custody on charges of belonging to a terrorism group -ADF.
However on Monday 30 their lawyer Anthony Wameli said he received a call from the commandant SIU Elly Wamonya informing him to come and pick his clients, a call he obliged to and drove his clients to court.
Their release comes shortly after Highcourt judge Henrietta Wolayo issued an order directing the IGP Martin Okoth Ochola, Attorney General and Wamonya to produce the 3 men before her this afternoon dead or alive.
This was after their lawyers complained that ever since their brutal arrest on September 11, 2019 at the International Crimes Division of the Highcourt in Kololo, their whereabouts have been unknown till Monday.
The arrest was effected immediately as the court had granted and released them on bail in relation to charges involving the murder of former police spoke's person Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Wambewa in March 2017.
Kalyango, Nyanzi and Mugerwa will, however, have to report back to police at Kireka on the October 11, in honour of their bail.
However other three suspects who had also been released; Noordin Higenyi alias taata Abdallazak, Abdurashid Mbaziira Bruhan Balyejusa alias Jimmy Masiga Ogutu are still facing three charges of procuring National IDs in other people's names at the Nabweru Magistrate's court.
While Noordin Higenyi alias taata Abdallazak and Abdurashid Mbaziira are still battling capital offences at the Mukono chief magistrate's court.


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Scouting Report: Rye Garnets
Rye Garnets
League: II-D
Co-head coaches: Brian and Scott Dooley (12th year)
Assistant: Luke Walsh
Last season: 8-9
Returning starters: 6
Marquee players: Drew Abate Sr. D; Soya Goto Sr. D; Noah Spaeth Sr. A; Michael Dugan Sr. M; Roger Paganelli Sr. G; Brendan Dugan So. A; Ryan Kirkpatrick So. A; Stephen McCarthy Jr. M; Theo Bresolin Jr. D.
Newcomers: Zack Zamberg So. D; Will Hynson So. M; Jamie Chabot So. M; Seamus Carroll Fr. A/M; Billy Chabot Fr. M; Peter Chabot Fr. M.
Playing at the next level: Soya Goto
Biggest rivalry game: Iona Prep, Fordham Prep, John Jay, Somers, Byram Hills
Team strength: Great group of unselfish players who are showing an understanding of the team game. Not a deep team in terms of numbers, but we have talented players from top to bottom.
Team weakness: We have newcomers mixed in with senior players at each position. We hope the younger players develop quickly.
Scouting report: "It's a very diverse team in terms of grade level, with players from all levels contributing. We are expecting a team effort in order to be successful." - Brian Dooley
Twitter: @RyeLacrosse