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With the performance by HEAVENS' out there and powerful, knocking people off their feet seemingly literally for some of those in the audience, the stakes are certainly raised for STARISH and what they have to do. The confidence that exudes from HEAVENS' as they finish off their performance is powerful if understated in some ways, but there's also the way they're simply basking in the adoration that they're getting from the audience. And also the knowledge that their win will give them Haruka and will bring STARISH down permanently, which is their larger goal at the moment. It's a moment that shows their ages and mentalities when they continually challenge STARISH after their performance, which certainly gets the crowd riled up. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/06/27/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-12-anime-review-2/
With Haruka having completed her work for the group, there's definitely a whole lot of expected delight and happiness among the Starish members over reading it. This isn't all that much of a surprise considering what she's accomplished before as she has something of a minor track record at this point with them. Since so much of what she writes is based on the way she feels about the group individually and as a whole, it's "easy" in a way for her as it comes naturally through those connections and bonds she shares with them. And seeing it reinforced with their reactions definitely makes it a two way street as each side of the group knows the others importance and contributions. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/06/19/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-12-anime-review/
The expanded use of HEAVENS' in the previous episode certainly ratcheted up the drama in the show, as one might expect when competitive young men are going for a prize, and it works well enough within the context of how this series operates. It also deals with the kind of stakes that are at hand with the dissolution of one group when the other one wins, though obviously there's easy gimmicks to get out of that which could be marketed quite well. But the here and now is focused on the way the group has to get their stuff together and really understand what they need to do in order to reach for that next level. Of course, it doesn't help that several of them are feeling pretty down and confused in some ways, especially when it comes to Haruka and her need to write a killer song. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/06/12/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-11-anime-review/
The Starish gang has come together well in the last couple of episodes as they dealt with the issues surrounding Cecil and what he wants to do and what he really does mean to the group. Especially when it comes to how Haruka had done a lot for him and the rest realized that he had a very positive impact on her, and vice versa. A lot of it does come down to the way that they do understand that he is important to Haruka, but also that she views them all in a similar light and that they'd do the same for any of each other at this point. So with that dealt with, events shift towards dealing with the Uta Pri Award itself, which has the finalists all getting announced, including HEAVENS', an almost comical group in some ways with their personalities. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/06/05/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-10-anime-review/
With a better group approach for the most part in the last episode with an expected nod toward Cecil and his issues, Uta no Prince Sama's second season has come together fairly well and has been pretty good overall. While I liked the first season, the mix of school and song left me a little cool to it at times. This season has moved them firmly out of the school for the majority of it and we've gotten a working group going through their individual growth episodes, which helps to reinforce them as characters themselves. And it allows the fans to completely get behind individual episodes and characters while Haruka continues to serve as the glue that binds it all. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/05/29/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-09-anime-review/
With a lot of focus on the individual characters so far into the season, with at least some help from others along the way to keep it an ensemble show, things take a little but of a turn this time around. In order to get some additional training, they all head out to an out of the way posh hotel in the countryside so they can work together more as a group while also getting some individual time as well. And that means a slew of guys and one girl together with no hint of anything bad going to happen. Not here, no how. Of course, we get a few other chaperones along the way that will help with that, though they see it more as a vacation than anything else, so it's just a giant mess of characters in a welcome change of surroundings. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/05/22/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-07-anime-review-2/
While the series focuses on the individual natures of the characters a lot, essentially giving them each their own episode in their pursuit of the Uta Pri, we do have moments where they all come together. The show did just that in the previous episode where everyone came out to help Jinguji with the fashion show as it turned badly due to a power failure. And sometimes things like that can lead to other things, such as Natsuki being scouted from it for a new commercial himself, this time a gravure job. While Satuski has done commercials before, this is obviously a little different, but he's completely up for doing it simply because it's work and anything can help a career sometimes. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/05/15/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-07-anime-review/
After focusing on Ittoki in the previous episode, which certainly had its fun, this episode shifts its focus onto Jinguji for a bit. The pressure is on the group at this point as things are starting to really ramp up in terms of competition for the Uta Pri award as another group has been nominated for the award and that means there's a lot riding on what Starish and those in the group do to raise their image and get things rolling. The group has been doing decently overall as we've seen from the people that have been beefing up their experience as seen in the previous episodes, but now things are taking a curious twist as something called the Japan Boys Collection comes into play. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/05/08/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-06-anime-review/
Having spent its focus on Masa in the previous episode, again with some short if sharp moments with Cecil, Uta no Prince Sama continues to work its character by character kind of approach to the series. It's something that certainly works as we see everyone bringing their A game to the table in order to achieve the Uta Pri that they want in order to further their careers, but it's been a bit individualistic in a way that hasn't hampered others. They've gotten support from each other because they know they all need to succeed in order to win what they're after. So when someone seems like they're practicing a bit on their own, there's a fitting punishment or two to be offered, such as sending Ittoki off with Cecil for a TV show variety appearance together. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/05/01/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-05-anime-review/
With the singular character focus of each episode, Uta no Prince Sama certainly has a pretty tried and true design about it. The show spent its initial time getting us to know Haruka and her return to the campus as part of the Master Course, but the previous episode started ramping things up a bit with the Uta Pri prize that's come into play that they all want to get. Competition among the men is normal and seeking this as a way to raise Starish's profile is certainly warranted since it helps them all individually in the end. With the previous episode dealing with the acting side of things, this time around it shifts to the character of Masa, who certainly has the old school and classic feel about him. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2013/04/24/uta-no-prince-sama-2-episode-04-anime-review/


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KEENE, N.H. � Sybil Helene Gamins Dorner, 87, of Keene, New Hampshire, formerly of Tamarac, Florida and Newport, RI, died peacefully at her home, Bentley Commons at Keene, with family and friends at her side on Sunday, January 13, 2013.
Sybil was born in Newport, RI on October 29, 1925, daughter of Alfred and Anna (Cramer) Gamins.� She graduated from Rogers High School in Newport and married Richard C.�Dorner of Paterson, New Jersey.� Together they successfully managed a family business in Newport before moving to Florida. Richard predeceased her in April of 2012 after 64 years of marriage.�������������� ���������������
Family includes her son, Bruce�Dorner and his wife, Nancy, of Londonderry, NH; her daughter, Ellen�Ostreicher of Rindge, NH; four grandchildren, Arica Ostreicher,�Justen Ostreicher, Sarah�Dorner and Andrew Dorner, and a great-grandson, Chance Meller. She leaves two sisters, Bernice�Schweber of Newport, RI and Norma Wise of Bethesda, MD.
A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., at the Manchester Hebrew Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire. Rabbi John�Spira-Savett of Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua, will officiate.
Memorial observance (Shiva) will be held at the home of Bruce and Nancy�Dorner at�7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 and Thursday evening, January 17, 2013.
The family wishes to express heartfelt appreciation to Sybil�s �Bentley Family� for the love and care they provided during her residence and illness.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Health Service Department, Bentley Commons at Keene, 197 Water Street, Keene, NH� 03431.
Funeral arrangements are being provided by Fletcher Funeral Home (www.fletcherfuneralhome.com), 33 Marlboro Street, Keene, NH.

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Public investment in Soweto is significant, but is matched by only selective private sector input, notably in retail and housing. Soweto still lacks robust commercial and industrial sectors
In 2006, Amos Masondo, the former mayor of Johannesburg, declared that Soweto "needed to be normalised" and function like "other settlements with malls and places of leisure". If recent government and some media reports are to be believed, that outcome has been achieved. Soweto, the largest township in South Africa with a population of over 1,3 million residents, is said to be experiencing a renaissance.
As the epicentre of the anti-apartheid movement in the 1970s and 1980s, and from its iconic position within national politics, it is understandable that a new post apartheid Soweto would be an important symbol of transformation for the City of Johannesburg. With 40% of its metropolitan-area population currently residing in Soweto, the progressive transformation of Soweto from a dormitory-style township to a set of sustainable neighbourhoods would represent a triumph for new approaches to development. In a chapter Philip Harrison and I authored on Soweto for a forthcoming edited volume on Johannesburg, we however argue that urban development in Soweto remains highly differentiated and that the effects of public investment are more ambiguous than sometimes suggested.
The City of Johannesburg has invested considerable amounts of public money into Soweto. One of the most impressive public projects was the gravelling of 314 km of roads, a two-year project completed in 2007. Simultaneously, the city began an active campaign of greening Soweto which resulted in the planting of 120,000 additional trees by 2010. There has also been the rehabilitation of existing public spaces such as Thokoza Park, the introduction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), construction of the Soweto Theatre, and development of the Baralink transport interchange project and World Cup soccer venues. There have been catalytic projects too, selected to smooth the way for private sector investment, including Orlando eKhaya and the establishment of the Soweto Empowerment Zone (SEZ). Currently the city is investing billions of rands in "corridors of freedom" with transit-oriented development at its core. However, most of these projects have focused on a specific set of areas in Soweto, leaving many other neighbourhoods marginalised and excluded. So how far has Soweto really come? The transformation of Soweto into a "vibrant centre of economic activity," as its boosters suggest, has not as yet materialised. This is partly because Soweto's development is, and continues to be driven by state- housing developments and public infrastructure investment. While public investment is important, it cannot unilaterally build a more diverse economic base, which is vital to addressing issues such as local unemployment. The city needs the private sector's involvement to realise this. The current discourse suggests that partnership approaches are optimum for development, but in truth the private sector remains wary. The private sector's most significant investment is in the retail sector. Given the restriction on retail development in Soweto under apartheid this was an obvious investment choice. A 2003 economic analysis of Soweto by the City of Johannesburg estimated that 80% of Soweto's disposable income was spent outside of the township. The implication of this was that there was massive scope for retail growth. A follow-up retail strategy report published in 2005 suggested that there was enormous demand for retail space in Soweto.
The publicly funded development projects in Soweto have certainly helped to change the landscape in a positive way. But the structural problems with the local economy remain
It was during this period that Soweto's numerous malls were constructed, notably the Protea Gardens Shopping Centre (2005), Jabulani and Bara malls (both 2006) and 65 000m2 Maponya Mall (2007). Further retail developments have followed, notably with Protea Glen Mall and Diepkloof Square, both opened in 2012. But questions have been raised about the viability of so many malls in the long term, especially in the absence of other forms of investment. The effect of the malls on small businesses and Soweto's survivalist informal traders—a crucial part of the economy and integral to local economic development—is also an area of concern.
Another economic area that has seen some growth in private sector investment is the development of private housing estates. Responding to the needs of an "aspirant middle class", private developers began building new mixed-use housing on the fringes of Soweto post-1994. Major new developments in areas such as Naturena and Devland provided new housing stock for these first-time buyers. Affordable housing company, Calgro M3, has been successful in developing mixed-use affordable housing in Soweto. Their latest offering includes 4,000 new residential units in the Jabulani CBD.
As happened with the retail market, there was a great deal of hype around the performance of the residential property market in Soweto in the mid-2000s. Real performance has, however, been subdued. Work done by the Affordable Land and Housing Data Centre (AL+HDC) demonstrates that in almost all of Soweto's 27 housing neighbourhoods, the average annual turnover of properties through formal sales (referred to by housing industry specialists as "the churn") is less than 2%. The only noteworthy activity is in the new aspirational middle-class suburbs. Protea Glen, Devland and Naturena have performed best, reporting churns of 4.9%, 3.4% and 3.1% respectively between April 2011 and March 2012. In the period 2004-11, 57% of all Soweto house sales came from Protea Glen, Devland and Naturena, with 38% from Protea Glen alone.
In the poorer parts of Soweto there were very few formal transactions, but even in more established areas, such as Orlando, Meadowlands and Dube, the turnover of properties remains low. The number of overall property transactions in Soweto has also dropped over the past five years, most likely consistent with national property market trends. Soweto lacks robust commercial and industrial sectors. The city did attempt to support local business through the SEZ, which was intended to be an incubator for small, medium and micro enterprises. To date, however, there has been limited success and take- up. In general there is only a modest manufacturing sector and a very small demand for commercial private office space. Some private offices are being developed as part of the Jabulani CBD project, a precinct which is already experiencing investment and has the benefit of being deemed Soweto's urban heart. Orlando eKhaya, an impressive mixed-use development plan, has to date not yet constructed its retail development in the disused Orlando Power Station, nor its commercial spaces. Overall it may be more appropriate to consider Soweto's transformation a qualified success. The publicly funded development projects in Soweto have certainly helped to change the landscape in a positive way, but structural problems within the local economy remain. The city's executive has conceptualized big projects to court private sector investment but with little leverage.
So what now? Certainly the projects focused on building sustainable local neighbourhoods are critical but so too is investing meaningfully in areas of Soweto that remain marginalised and have not been the recipients of the government or private sector resources.
Adapted from a chapter on Soweto from the forthcoming book, Changing Space: Johannesburg in its City Region (Wits University Press provisional title).


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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In a battle of two early season unbeatens, William Paterson University improved to 3-0 and handed the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's volleyball team a straight-set loss at The Hill Center on Thursday night.
The Basics
- Final Score: William Paterson 3, St. Joseph's 0
- Set Scores: 25-13, 25-6, 25-11
- Records: William Paterson (3-0), St. Joseph's (1-1)
- Location: Brooklyn, N.Y. — The Hill Center
How It Happened
- Alyson Toman had three kills early to help the Pioneers jump out to an 8-1 lead to begin the match.
- Despite a 4-0 run for the Bears towards the end of the frame, WP took the first set 25-13. Freshman Dana Roussos (Astoria, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) had two kills and two aces to lead SJC in the first.
- The second got off to a similar start as the first, with the Pioneers carrying their momentum to a 15-3 edge. WP didn't look back, using a 10-0 run in the middle of the second to cruise to a 25-6 set win.
- The Bears took their first lead of the match early in the third set, but a 7-1 run helped the visitors pull away again and hand SJC their first loss of the season.
For the Bears
- Freshman Tiffany Garcia-Lawson (Floral Park, N.Y./St. John's Prep) had another strong showing, notching a team-high six points with a trio of kills, a pair of blocks and an ace.
- Fellow rookie Roussos finished with three kills, a team-high two aces, and four digs.
- Junior Nina DiCioccio (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) was a bright spot, finishing with a team-high four kills, along with five assists, and nine digs.
- Sophomore Paige Csikortos (Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point) was the Bears' facilitator, posting a near double-double with nine assists to go along with as many digs.
The Bear Facts
- This match was the seventh meeting between the two programs, with William Paterson now the victors of the last four.
Next Up for the Bears
- Women's Volleyball's first road matchup of the season, as they travel to take on City College of New York on Friday (Sep. 15) at 7 p.m. Live stats available at SJCBears.com.


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New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The newly-appointed High Commissioner of Pakistan and envoys of three African nations — Tanzania, Ghana, Burundi — on Tuesday presented their credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind here.
The envoys presented their credentials at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official communique said.
The envoys included Sohail Mahmood, High Commissioner of Pakistan; Baraka Haran Luvanda, High Commissioner of Tanzania; Michael Aaron Nii Nortey Oquaye, High Commissioner of Ghana; and Stella Bdiriganya, Ambassador of Burundi.
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I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
It's said that "power corrupts," but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my Lords, that where law ends, there tyranny begins.
Power is the ability to influence or control the behavior of people. Understanding human power is essential. Leadership, at its core, is all about power and influence. Not only does power corrupt, power attracts the corruptible. The higher in the hierarchy the more money, the more power, the more secrecy, the more corruption. The richest people on earth control the power elite who control the rest. Just like predators are found around preys power-hungry people with psychopathic traits are found were most of the money is and hunt for those positions of power. Especially since the era of extreme free market capitalism we live in a world ruled by these kind of people. They own and control the banks, military, intelligence, religious institutions, politicians, media, educational system, etcetera. Because power and corruption are strongly related it is best to limit power of leaders as much as possible. But what we see in the world with globalization is the opposite, more and more power is concentrated in international organizations, taken away from nation states, attacking their sovereignty. That means that more and more power rests with fewer people who control more and more of the world. A win-win for a few, a loose-loose for the rest. Hence for example extreme economic inequality.
Cui bono?, literally "to whom is it a benefit?", is a Latin phrase about identifying crime suspects. It expresses the utilitarian view that crimes usually benefit their perpetrators, especially financially.
Unfortunately most people don't ask themselves the question who benefit from world events. Top criminals often wear expensive suits and they look good when they commit large-scale fraud and for example deceive taxpayers. They are masters in manipulation and deceit. Crime pays, otherwise there would be no crime. The facts don't lie. Tax havens exist because the power elite allow them to exist. The most greedy top criminals who run the world's banking cartel and who caused a global financial crisis are being bailed out by the political elite with taxpayer money. Etcetera, etcetera. The political elite serve the corporate elite who serve the financial elite who serve the richest and most powerful families on earth while economic inequality keeps rising. Power works from the top down.
As used in this directive, "covert operations" shall be understood to be all activities conducted pursuant to this directive which are so planned and executed that any U.S. Government responsibility for them is not evident to unauthorized persons and that if uncovered the U.S. Government can plausibly disclaim any responsibility for them. Specifically, such operations shall include any covert activities related to: propaganda; political action; economic warfare; preventive direct action, including sabotage, anti-sabotage, demolition; escape and evasion and evacuation measures; subversion against hostile states or groups including assistance to underground resistance movements, guerrillas and refugee liberation groups; support of indigenous and anti-communist elements in threatened countries of the free world; deception plans and operations; and all activities compatible with this directive necessary to accomplish the foregoing. Such operations shall not include: armed conflict by recognized military forces, espionage and counterespionage, nor cover and deception for military operations.
With for example this National Security Council Directive the Anglo-American power elite place themselves above the law in many ways. This is called plausible deniability. A good case study is the Iran-Contra scandal. As stated in this directive it does not include war and espionage. Of course the power elite have other powerful organizations by which they account for these as well and place themselves above the law.
Under what law or logic, then, will U.S. officials claim the right to bomb? They will invoke the same law and logic that every bully who has ever preyed on the weak invokes: the rule of force. Forget about Sunday school lessons that "might does not make right" or international law--from the U.S. perspective... force rules.
Might makes right. The most powerful place themselves above the law simply because they can. The power elite make use of coercion in order to persue their goals. They do so by means of for example financial, economic or military preponderance. This is the essence of power. Currently the world's foremost power is the Anglo-American Empire simply because it leads in financial, economic and military power. The many aggressive wars related to energy security and geopolitics are facts of history. This simple logical fact also undermines so-called international law which of course is nothing but a smoke screen for the true globalistic leaders of the world at the very top.
This is a vision of the world in which might makes right -- a world in which one nation's borders can be redrawn by another, and civilized people are not allowed to recover the remains of their loved ones because of the truth that might be revealed. America stands for something different. We believe that right makes might -- that bigger nations should not be able to bully smaller ones, and that people should be able to choose their own future.
The president of the United States is one of the top professional liars. The power elite of the United States invaded many countries related to energy security and geopolitics. The many regime changes in other parts of the world are a fact. Obama makes use of exceptionalism which is part of the good versus evil tactic. All ingredients are present. More hypocrite than the president of the United States it can hardly get.
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity. Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, 'What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.'
We live in a materialistic world in which money is power. So whoever gets to rule in this world will certainly not do so at the best interest of all the people, but in the first place in his or her own best interest. And whoever gets to rule holds the power to place him- or herself above the law or to change the law in his or her own favor. In the picture the president of the Anglo-American Empire is seen between the fasces in the United States House of Representatives. Symbolism has a meaning. In the real world power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and power attracts the corruptible.


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Happy Friday All!
Let's celebrate with some wanderlust, shall we? If you could spend this weekend anywhere in the world, where would you go and what would you do?
Me? Well, it's slightly predictable but…..
LONDON! I've totally been bit by the Royal Wedding bug and would LOVE to be in London participating in the celebrations– how fun!
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And I'm back on track! LOL
The only x's crossed this week were on my TTE2 piece, it went to the post office yesterday, so I'll just have to wait while it makes it's long journey to it's new home. Yes, I remembered to take pictures this time! Sunday was not a stitching day for me – we had a church rummage sale the day before, and I took the afternoon to catch up on my sleep, and then I was groggy from a too-long nap. Hate that.
But I did stitch – crochet!
I made teacups for the girls like the pincushion I sent Pixie a couple of months ago – they've been begging me for them, so when I finished the TTE2 piece I whipped these up. They're really not hard to make, I just hate sewing things together. Katie wanted purple, Hallie wanted the rose color.
Then I started my second thread crochet bowl – and managed to finish the "feet" last night. This is my first attempt at joining circles, and I'm really happy with it! I'll probably start on the sides this afternoon.
My aunt and uncle are in town for a graduation, so they'll be with us for the rest of the weekend. I've spent the morning vacuuming and washing and trying to declutter a little. Then no rest for me because after they leave – HUBBY COMES HOME!!!


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Magna Carta Anniversary (Bank Holiday) Bill 2010-12
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- Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23)
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- Mrs Eleanor Laing
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Summary of the BillA Bill to designate Monday 15 June 2015 as a bank holiday in the United Kingdom to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta; and for connected purposes
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A civil society meeting was held earlier to discuss increasing extremism and its impact on the public, starting with the 21-day Faizabad sit-in and to review its aftermath. The sit-in by the violent extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik and the clash with the police during the police operation resulted in killings of policemen, common citizens and more than 250 people were also injured.
The protests were called off after a deal was struck with Tehreek-e-Labbaik facilitated by the army. An agreement was reached with Tehreek-e-Labbaik through which the government was made to agree to release all the protesters and dismiss all charges against them. It was also made responsibility of the government to compensate all losses incurred to public property due to the violence caused by the protesters. The agreement bore signatures of Major General Faiz Hamid on behalf of the army. In addition to the favorable agreement for the extremist groups, a further display of generosity by our security forces was made by handing over Rs1,000 each to the protesters.
The People's Resistance against Extremism and Impunity (PRAEI) condemns the unconstitutional means through which Faizabad agreement was reached. In view of the above, the PRAEI demands that:
· The charter and details of the Faizabad Deal must be revealed in full. What are the terms and conditions agreed to non-democratic actors on behalf of Pakistani citizens? A parliamentary committee should be set up to investigate.
· Due process and full and transparent justice must be served in accordance with the demands of the families of the APS victims and other affecters of terrorism.
· All deals made by government and the state including Faizabad, Saudi-led coalitions, and CPEC deal must be revealed and the impact on human rights, environment and future of citizen rights must be publicized and debated at all forums without accusations of being anti-Pakistan. Right to Information is a fundamental and constitutional right.
· There must be an immediate end to enforced disappearances of activists in fake cases of terrorism. Fair trial must be ensured and enforced disappearances must be criminalized in order to meet the goals/objectives set in the international conventions ratified by Pakistan. Extrajudicial killings should be discontinued/criminalised altogether. The recent cases, including Naqeebullah and Intezar among others, are cases in point.
- · Parliament is sovereign and any violent, threatening attack by state and non-state actors on its law-making and decision-making process must be resisted.
- · Civilian governments must be allowed to complete their full democratic terms and senate and general elections must be held on time.
- · Land grabbing and terrorizing the tenants should be stopped forthwith particularly in Sindh. The activists working on land rights of the marginalized communities have been killed as Perween Rehman.
- · No institution is above accountability including military and judiciary. Both houses of parliament should legislate and promulgate laws to ensure it.
- · Civil/military relationship should improve through constant dialogue.
- · There should be a paradigm shift to make Pakistan a welfare state from the security state.
- · Relations should be improved with all neighboring states to promote peace in the region.
1. The PRAEI strongly condemns the glorification of Mashal Khan's tormenters by religious parties as Jamat-i-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F)
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SOUTH Gawler president Luke Officer has slammed the Barossa, Light & Gawler Football Association for its stance on the Willaston salary cap ruling.
WILLASTON Football Club president Kieran Sankey believes his club will come back "stronger than ever" after its appeal to SANFL Community Football was unsuccessful on Wednesday night.
FORMER Willaston and Gold Coast Suns footballer Josh Glenn has claimed in court that he was provoked before repeatedly assaulting a man at a Gawler pub, despite having been kicked out of the hotel for his "advanced intoxication".
WILLASTON Football Club will appeal the player payment charges laid against it by SANFL Community Football (CFL) this past fortnight.
THE silence from the Barossa, Light & Gawler Football Association following the SANFL Community Football's (CFL) decision to charge Willaston Football Club for breaching the salary cap is deafening.
TIME is running out for Willaston Football Club to decide on whether it will appeal the charges laid against it by SANFL Community Football (CFL) last week.
DESPITE injuring his knee again recently, Willaston Football Club legend Shaun Baker may be facing his biggest challenge in football yet.
SOUTH Gawler president Luke Officer has been left frustrated with the Barossa, Light & Gawler Football Association and SANFL Community Football regarding the penalty handed down to Willaston Football Club following its alleged salary cap breach.
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IRS Issues New Procedures on Charitable Deductions
The IRS has issued procedural guidance regarding charitable deductions and reliance on exempt status that simultaneously combines four existing procedural rulings and updates them for recent changes. As updated, the guidance reflects the transition from the use of IRS Pub. 78 in print to the searchable database, Tax Exempt Organization Search (TEOS).
The list of organizations eligible to accept donations deductible under Code Sec. 170 was historically provided in print in IRS Pub. 78, which was discontinued in 2011 when it was replaced by a searchable database called Exempt Organization Select Check (or EO Select Check). EO Select Check actually contained three searchable databases. A second compiled list contained an extract of certain information concerning these tax-exempt organizations in an electronic database called the Business Master File (or EO BMF Extract).
In the switch to TEOS, the three databases from EO Select Check were retained and two new ones added. One of the new databases includes images of Form 990 series annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations on or after January 1, 2018, while the other includes images of favorable determination letters issued on or after January 1, 2014. TEOS allows customers to search interactively across all five databases.
Grantors and contributors may generally rely on TEOS for the purpose of determining whether a grant or donation will be deductible under Code Sec. 170. However, the databases do not include separate listings for subordinate organizations covered by a group exemption letter. Grantors and contributors may consider an organization that is discoverable by searching TEOS or EO BMF Extract as one to which donations are deductible under Code Sec. 170 until the date of a public announcement stating that the organization ceases to qualify as such an organization. The public announcement may be made via the Internal Revenue Bulletin, on the portion of the IRS website relating to exempt organizations, or by such other means as the IRS chooses. The period for which a grant or contribution is deductible may be extended upon specific exercise of authority under Code Sec. 7805(b)(8). The period will end immediately upon revocation for contributors with knowledge of such revocation.
Grantors and contributors may also rely on any classification of an organization as a Type I, Type II, or Type III functionally or non-functionally integrated supporting organization as listed in the TEOS or EO BMF Extract. "Deductibility codes" indicate whether an organization is a supporting organization described in Code Sec. 509(a)(3) and whether the organization is a Type III non-functionally integrated supporting organization. This is done to assist grantors and contributors in determining the appropriate percentage limitations on deductibility of contributions to the organization, and also assists private foundations and the sponsoring organizations of donor-advised funds making grants to them in determining whether they would be required to exercise expenditure responsibility. Such reliance on the IRS databases does not apply for foundations and sponsoring organizations with actual knowledge that a revocation has occurred or was aware of (or responsible for) the act(s) that led to the revocation.
Safe Harbors
Safe harbors are provided for ensuring that a grant or contribution will not cause the grantor or contributor to be considered to be responsible for, or aware of, an act that results in an organization's loss of public charity classification, or that a grant or contribution is considered an unusual grant. Grantors and contributors will not be considered responsible for or aware of an act that results in the loss of classification due to a change in financial support if the aggregate of grants or contributions received from such grantor or contributor for the tax year of the recipient organization is 25 percent or less of the aggregate support received by the recipient organization for the four immediately preceding tax years.
This safe harbor is not available to a grantor or contributor who is in a position of authority or who otherwise has the ability to exercise control over the recipient organization. Similarly, the exclusion is not available to a person who obtains a position of authority with respect to the recipient organization as a consequence of the grant or contribution, or to a related person (as described in Code Sec. 4946(a)(1)(C)- (G)) with respect to such a person.
Rev. Proc. 81-6, 1981-1 CB 620, Rev. Proc. 81-7, 1981-1 CB 621, Rev. Proc. 89-23, 1989-1 CB 844, and Rev. Proc. 2011-33, I.R.B. 2011-25, 887, are modified and superseded.
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Friday saw the launch of new Merchant Category Codes (MCC) for online gambling, but their introduction isn't expected to change the fortunes of operators in US regulated intrastate markets anytime soon.
One of the biggest problems states like New Jersey have had in jumpstarting their fledgling online gambling markets is the reluctance and/or outright refusal of many large financial institutions to process transactions for gambling sites.
In the absence of a nationwide federal stamp of approval for online gambling – not to mention significant efforts underway to stuff the intrastate genie back in the bottle – major banks and credit card companies have been understandably leery about embracing the new islands of forward thinking.
Last September, plans were announced to introduce a raft of new online gambling MCC to replace the catch-all 7995 MCC that had become so toxic in the eyes of financial firms following the 2006 passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. On Friday, Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover introduced three new online gambling MCCs covering state-sanctioned online lotteries (7800), online casino games (7801) and advance deposit wagering for horse and dog racing (7802).
But introduction doesn't automatically equal acceptance. Matthew Katz, CEO of player verification software outfit CAMS, told the Press of Atlantic City that financial firms may view the volume of wagers being generated in states like New Jersey as too small to warrant changing the ways these firms do business.
Katz believes the new 7801 code will provide "a slight increase" for New Jersey's market but doesn't think it's the "silver bullet" operators have been seeking. "The banks are not set up to operate on a state-by-state basis, and the potential liability it creates for them is much greater than the revenue. It's not a priority."
North of the border, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's new PlayOLG.ca site is making enemies of customers who fund their online play via credit card. Seems a lot of players are neglecting to read the fine print, which says financial institutions may impose service fees when credit cards are used for gaming purposes.
Several Canadian media outlets have reported irked customers finding service charges on their monthly statements related to their PlayOLG activity. In some cases, simple online purchases of lottery tickets have resulted in service fees of up to $10 per transaction – more than the value of the tickets purchased.
OLG maintains that the policy is nothing to do with their website, which clearly states that the application of fees is at the discretion of the credit card issuer. Several financial firms have confirmed that gaming activities are considered "cash-like" and thus treated as cash advances, with all the associated fees and interest charges. However, a CIBC spokesperson told the Toronto Star that if a client had encountered such charges "for the first time and was surprised, we can reverse the charge."


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Making It Through the Middle: Hope and Help When the Journey Seems Long
by Emily Freeman
Deseret Book, 2014. 56 pgs. Nonfiction
Emily Freeman starts her book by talking about how people usually only talk about after they have made it through a trial. We tend to focus on the end, when an answer has been given, or the illness goes away. Very rarely does anyone offer help or advice while we are still stuck in the middle, when we are still struggling, and it doesn't seem like there is ever going to be an end. She uses her personal experiences and scriptures to share six lessons that can help us make it through the middle moments in our lives.
This was the perfect little book. When you feel stuck in the middle of a trial, you usually don't have the ability to sit down and read a big book on all the things you need to be doing. This can easily be read in one sitting and the advice is simple. This was a really inspirational book and exactly what I needed.


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In this video, I show how to automatically synch audio and video files in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. You no longer have to do it manually.
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text: Norwegian Rema choose PostNord again 3/24/2016 9:58 AM Last fall PostNord in Norway risked losing the leading Norwegian supermarket chain Rema 1000 as a customer in the non-food segment, meaning anything delivered to the store that isn't food. The cooperation agreement with Rema distribution was up for negotiation, but the customer chose to extend the agreement with PostNord. "Rema distribution perceive PostNord to be flexible and future-oriented. Our customer team have a wealth of expertise that is valuable to the customer," says Tommy Egeli, key account manager at PostNord. Rema has been a PostNord client for many years, something which Tommy Egelis considers to be an advantage. "The value of a long-term agreement is that it creates opportunities for both parties and that focus can be placed on making improvements." The agreement will be in effect until September 2018. More about our Business Solutions in Norway.


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Regulatory News:
Philip Morris International Inc.'s (NYSE: PM) senior management reviews the company's business outlook and long-term growth strategies at a one-day investor meeting starting today at the Operations Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.
"We are committed to our goal of convincing the men and women who would otherwise continue to smoke to switch to scientifically-substantiated smoke-free products as soon as possible, while maintaining our strong leadership position in the declining combustible business," said André Calantzopoulos, Chief Executive Officer.
"To help convince those smokers to make the switch, we have developed an exciting pipeline of relevant and credible products that benefit from robust scientific substantiation and a superior end-to-end consumer experience."
"We are making encouraging progress in our efforts to secure recognition among regulators that our innovative smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes are likely to be less harmful than continued smoking and an important tool to complement public health policies."
"To accelerate our vision of a smoke-free world, we are transforming our organization to be fit for purpose, significantly improving our internal capabilities through organizational agility, entrepreneurship, continuous learning, digitalization and operating efficiency."
"I have every confidence that, as a result, the strategies we have put in motion are the right ones to deliver strong business growth and shareholder returns in the years to come."
Webcast Details
The presentations and Q&A session will be webcast live in a listen-only mode beginning on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at approximately 8:55 a.m. CET and concluding at approximately 5:00 p.m. CET. Times are local Swiss. A copy of the slides, full transcript, glossary of key terms and definitions, as well reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, will be made available promptly at www.pmi.com/2018InvestorDay. The audio webcast may also be accessed on iOS or Android devices by downloading PMI's free Investor Relations Mobile Application at www.pmi.com/irapp. An archive of the webcast will be available until Friday, October 26, 2018.
2018 Full-Year Forecast
PMI revises and narrows, only for currency, including the impact of moving to highly inflationary accounting in Argentina, its 2018 full-year reported diluted EPS forecast to a range of $4.97 to $5.02, at prevailing exchange rates, representing a projected increase of approximately 28% to 29% versus reported diluted earnings per share of $3.88 in 2017. This revision reflects the following developments:
- An unfavorable currency impact, at prevailing exchange rates, of approximately $0.12, compared to the previously communicated unfavorable full-year impact of approximately $0.07, mainly due to the Turkish lira; and
- Effective July 1, 2018, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, PMI began to account for the operations of its Argentinian affiliates as highly inflationary and to treat the U.S. dollar as the affiliates' functional currency. Following this accounting change, as a result of the further devaluation of the Argentine peso, the full-year forecast includes an unfavorable currency impact of approximately $0.06 at prevailing exchange rates, which is now considered as part of the underlying business results.
Excluding the unfavorable currency impact, at prevailing exchange rates, of approximately $0.12, the full-year forecast represents a projected increase of approximately 8% to 9% versus adjusted diluted EPS in 2017 of $4.72.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $4.72 in 2017 is calculated as reported diluted EPS of $3.88, plus tax items of $0.84 per share primarily related to the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
2018 Full-Year Forecast Overview & Assumptions
This revised full-year forecast assumes:
- A total cigarette and heated tobacco unit shipment volume decline for PMI of approximately 2% versus an estimated total international volume decline (excluding China and the U.S.) of approximately 2.5% compared to a previously communicated estimated total international volume decline of 2% to 3%;
- Significant growth of PMI's in-market heated tobacco unit sales volume, driven by all launch markets, notably the EU Region, Japan, Korea and Russia, reaching 44 to 45 billion units in 2018;
- Heated tobacco unit shipments of 41 to 42 billion units in 2018, including an anticipated full-year distributor inventory reduction — concentrated in the third quarter of 2018 — of approximately three billion units, reflecting an estimated four billion unit reduction in Japan offset by an estimated one billion unit increase in other markets; and
- Currency-neutral net revenue growth of approximately 3%, compared to the previously communicated range of approximately 3% to 4%, primarily reflecting the move to highly inflationary accounting in Argentina resulting in the treatment of the U.S. dollar as the functional currency of the company's Argentinian affiliates, effective July 1, 2018.
This forecast further assumes:
- An estimated strong combustible product pricing variance of approximately 7%;
- Net incremental investment behind RRPs of approximately $600 million for the full year;
- Operating cash flow of approximately $9 billion, subject to currency movements and year-end working capital requirements;
- Capital expenditures of approximately $1.5 billion;
- An effective tax rate of approximately 24%; and
- No share repurchases.
This forecast excludes the impact of any future acquisitions, unanticipated asset impairment and exit cost charges, future changes in currency exchange rates, further developments related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and any unusual events. Factors described in the Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements section of this release represent continuing risks to these projections.
2019-2021 Targets & Assumptions
The company communicated the following key targets related to the three-year period 2019 to 2021:
- Net revenue and adjusted diluted EPS compound annual currency-neutral growth of at least 5% and 8%, respectively;
- Heated tobacco unit volume of 90-100 billion units by 2021;
- Stable unit cost of goods sold;
- Over $1 billion in annualized cost efficiencies by 2021 compared to the cost base in 2018;
- Growth in operating cash flow broadly in line with net earnings;
- Relatively stable net interest expense; and
- Estimated annual capital expenditures of $1.2 to $1.3 billion.
The company communicated the following key assumptions related to the three-year period 2019 to 2021:
- An estimated total international compound annual volume decline (excluding China and the U.S.) of 2% to 3%;
- Continued strong pricing, supported by a broadly rational excise tax environment;
- No share repurchases included in the growth targets for the period. Based on its growth targets and subject to currency, the company will be in a position to reconsider share repurchases later in the period;
- An effective annual tax rate of approximately 24%; and
- A dividend payout ratio that is anticipated to gradually come down over the period.
Other Highlights
The company will:
- Explain why its combustible business, led by its superior brand portfolio, is strong;
- Outline recent developments related to the scientific substantiation of its reduced-risk products portfolio;
- Introduce and explain its latest innovative IQOS devices and related ecosystems;
- Provide insights into IQOS adult user evolution, conversion and economics, including by select key geographies;
- Explain how it is building a more agile, responsive, pro-active and consumer-centric organization to deliver on its vision of a Smoke-Free Future; and
- Discuss why it anticipates better business performance in 2019 compared to 2018.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains projections of future results and other forward-looking statements. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. In the event that risks or uncertainties materialize, or underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, PMI is identifying important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by PMI.
PMI's business risks include: excise tax increases and discriminatory tax structures; increasing marketing and regulatory restrictions that could reduce our competitiveness, eliminate our ability to communicate with adult consumers, or ban certain of our products; health concerns relating to the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; litigation related to tobacco use; intense competition; the effects of global and individual country economic, regulatory and political developments, natural disasters and conflicts; changes in adult consumer behavior; lost revenues as a result of counterfeiting, contraband and cross-border purchases; governmental investigations; unfavorable currency exchange rates and currency devaluations, and limitations on the ability to repatriate funds; adverse changes in applicable corporate tax laws; adverse changes in the cost and quality of tobacco and other agricultural products and raw materials; and the integrity of its information systems. PMI's future profitability may also be adversely affected should it be unsuccessful in its attempts to produce and commercialize reduced-risk products or if regulation or taxation do not differentiate between such products and cigarettes; if it is unable to successfully introduce new products, promote brand equity, enter new markets or improve its margins through increased prices and productivity gains; if it is unable to expand its brand portfolio internally or through acquisitions and the development of strategic business relationships; or if it is unable to attract and retain the best global talent. Future results are also subject to the lower predictability of our reduced-risk product category.
PMI is further subject to other risks detailed from time to time in its publicly filed documents, including the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. PMI cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not a complete discussion of all potential risks and uncertainties. PMI does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that it may make from time to time, except in the normal course of its public disclosure obligations.
Definition of Reduced-Risk Products
"Reduced-risk products," or "RRPs," is the term PMI uses to refer to products that present, are likely to present, or have the potential to present less risk of harm to smokers who switch to these products versus continued smoking. PMI has a range of RRPs in various stages of development, scientific assessment and commercialization. Because PMI's RRPs do not burn tobacco, they produce an aerosol that contains far lower quantities of harmful and potentially harmful constituents than found in cigarette smoke.
Philip Morris International: Who We Are
We are a leading international tobacco company engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other nicotine-containing products in markets outside the United States of America. We're building our future on smoke-free products that are a much better consumer choice than continuing to smoke cigarettes. Through multidisciplinary capabilities in product development, state-of-the-art facilities and scientific substantiation, we aim to ensure that our smoke-free products meet adult consumer preferences and rigorous regulatory requirements. Our vision is that these products ultimately replace cigarettes to the benefit of adult smokers, society, our company and our shareholders. For more information, see www.pmi.com and www.pmiscience.com.
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To participate in planning this giant fundraiser is truly empowering. Of course as time grows closer to the Champions for a Cause event in August, more and more people will join our ranks to help guide each individual event … the receptions, tournaments, rodeos, auctions. For those of us who took picked up this idea and set down to make it happen, it is an overwhelming thing to consider.
Judy Wagner, our champion of planning, started today's meeting with a truly inspirational message. Admitting that she too is daunted by the task before us, she drew a circle on a piece of paper:
The big blue circle? Our task at hand. As one person, the skills I can use toward this task, the people I know to reach out to for help … it seems so small by myself.
But when we add our circles of influence together, suddenly the task is manageable. Working together, we can make this incredible thing happen!
Your part doesn't have to accomplish everything. It only needs to compliment our other parts to play – through volunteering, donating the places, pieces and prizes we need to make these events happen, sponsoring participants or just adding a little cash to the fund's goal. How can you help?


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Rather than complaining about populist successes, established political parties should take a page from the populist playbook.The time when politicians could rely on party machines, focus groups and traditional polling is over. The complacent assumption that people will always vote along party or class lines is obsolete. After a decade of economic malaise, voters are skeptical of mainstream politicians who offer rote promises of growth and improved standards of living. In the United States, 56 percent of households report declining household incomes. At the same time, the twin threats of automation and outsourcing have made employment more precarious, and sapped workers' bargaining power.Rather, the worsening plight of workers is due to lost bargaining power and union density, welfare-state retrenchment, offshoring, and the growth of the financial sector as a share of the economy.As always, establishment politicians are campaigning on promises of fiscal prudence and economic growth, neither of which resonates with the 50 million Brazilians – nearly a quarter of the population – living below the poverty line, on household incomes that average $387.07 per month.Knowing what matters to your voters is basic electoral politics.The third lesson from the populist playbook is to be bold.After 30 years of pragmatism and incremental change, it is time for a new tone.
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This year we decided to plant small vegetable plants instead of seeds. My mom and I ventured to the garden store to purchase our garden's plants. I couldn't contain myself and began grabbing various plants including eggplant, red bell pepper, yellow squash, and zucchini. My eyes scanned the various tomato plants. I didn't know there were so many different kinds especially the hybrid tomatoes. I filled my shopping cart with yellow boy, heirloom, big boy, grape and cherry tomato plants. I am not even a cucumber fan but a lemon cucumber plant peaked my interest.
Speaking of fruit, I also planted some strawberry plants.
Using my strawberries, I created a cupcake recipe. It is called a Balsamic Strawberry "Short" cupcake. In the summer I love making strawberry shortcake and so I created a cupcake version. The addition of a good quality thick balsamic gave a slight acidic, sweet and tart component to the dessert. While in New Orleans shopping on Magazine Street, I found a shop called Vom Fass. They sell a balsamic that is rich, thick, and sweet. It is called Aceto Balsamico di Modena "Maletti." The great thing about Vom Fass is that you can sample their oak barrel stored olive oils and balsamics before you purchase them.
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Bipolarsaurus and Picnic Attacks
Yeah, I don't have a classier title. It's funny though. Next time panic strikes, I am just going to think of red checkered tablecloths and picnic baskets. Picnic attack. I wonder if it will help.
So I am still binge watching Nurse Jackie. And all this sobriety/sponsor talk has me wondering…
Why do people with mental illness not have a sponsor?
Ya know, someone we can call when things get really shitty and the darkness seeps in or the mania is knocking.
It would be super helpful to have a lifeline like that, maybe pull you back from the edge.
Not to compare addiction with mental illness, each are their own entity, but both are just as destructive to yourself and those around you. Heading off a self destructive manic episode or suicidal depression are just as worthy of support as someone not taking their next drink or pill or whatever.
So why not have a mental health "sponsor"?
Of course, that word would need to be replaced, I don't like that word, it makes me think of high paid athletes and network TV. Sponsor this, idgets.
I don't think it's such a bad idea.
Especially if you're in a situation like mine. Small town, little mental health education or support. Hell, the nearest NAMI meeting happens once a month fifty miles away and I can't afford to drive that far.
Who do I call when I'm on that mental health ledge?
I have no one.
And there are so many of us in that same boat. Even those with a fully supportive system of family and friends reach a point where they'd really like to lean on someone who's worn that particular pair of toe pinching pain inducing shoes called mental illness.
Once upon a time back when dinosaurs roamed the earth…Ok, it was the early 2000s when MSN had free chat rooms…I found this entire group of people who had depression, bipolar, borderline, panic, all the the classics…And we'd go into this virtual room with our internet handles and sometimes we'd talk seriously. Sometimes we'd all just snark around. And there were of course the one on one message chats.
It was a lifeline for many years. I loved that "room" and those people.
And then it all went to shit and Facebook destroyed everything and texting and Tweeting became the thing and not to sound like an old person…GET OFF MY LAWN. I want my support system back.
I have voiced this only to be met with, "No one wants to chat with a keyboard, they want face time."
Yeah, Skype can bite me. I will never own an Apple product.
Besides, I hate video and loathe voice chat simply because my kid never stops talking and balancing that with ambient noise of neighbors having domestic disputes is too stressful. Typing puts me in control.
Egad, I sound like my dad promoted CB radios over all technology.
I know I can never go back, things change, progress, blah blah blah.
I still love the idea of creating a network, be it using a phone, text, IM, skype, two tin cans…so none of us ever have to face the dark periods on our own again. It's not a cure but it's a buoy in the water when you're drowning.
I want that.
I want to be that for someone.
The professionals can only do so much. We can only do so much.
But if we were to stand together and lean on each other…We would be that much stronger and more likely not to regress.
Unfortunately, I'm just the idea girl, I know fuck all about follow through. If I did, I'd have done created "meal in a pill" and shut people up about "morbid obesity epidemic".
That and the "cures stupid" supplement.
A ghoul can dream.


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Countrywide to make £100m cash call to tackle debts and online rivals
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Bankers were this weekend finalising the details to go to the market as soon as Thursday, although sources cautioned that the timetable could change.
The estate agency group has been struggling to compete with well funded...
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72nd Annual LABOR DAY PARADE- Mon 10am, downtown Mobile
Join the Southwest Alabama Labor Council, AFL-CIO as it celebrates working people. As always, they will be tossing local, union made paper products from Kimberly-Clark Corporation Mobile Operations from over 2,000 marchers. CLICK HERE
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The Park Band plays 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Admission is FREE; some kids activities will range from $5 - $10 (animals, trampoline jumper, bouncy house, surf simulator, games and prizes, hula hoop artist and face painting). CLICK HERE
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Perhaps you may ask, "Does this mean that there is an invasion of our world?" We must say that the answer to this is "yes," an invasion of the most subtle kind. If you can entertain these thoughts and consider them seriously, you will be able to see these things for yourself. The evidence of this invasion is everywhere. You can see how human ability is offset by the desire for happiness, peace and security, how people's vision and ability to know are hampered by influences even within their own cultures.
This is the difficult message that we must present. This is the message that must be said, the truth that must be spoken, the truth that is vital and cannot wait. It is so necessary for people now to learn a greater Knowledge, a greater Wisdom and a greater Spirituality so that they may find their true abilities and be able to use them effectively.
Your freedom is at stake. The future of your world is at stake. It is because of this that we have been sent here to speak for the Allies of Humanity. There are those in the Universe who are keeping Knowledge and Wisdom alive and who practice a Greater Community Spirituality. They do not travel all about, casting influence over different worlds. They do not take people against their will. They do not steal your animals and your plants. They do not cast influence over your governments. They do not seek to breed with humanity in order to create a new leadership here. Your allies do not interfere in human affairs. They do not manipulate human destiny. They watch from afar and they send emissaries such as ourselves, at great risk to us, to give counsel and encouragement and to clarify things when that becomes necessary. We, therefore, come in peace with a vital message.


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New Hampshire and New Jersey are the most expensive states for assisted living, based on average monthly rates charged for apartments there, according to a new website launched by Lincoln Financial Group.
Across the country, assisted living apartments can cost an average of $3,075 to $6,714 per month, depending on the size and geographic location of the apartment, according to data collected from 12,500 providers and shared on whatcarecosts.com. Lincoln said it unveiled the site to help financial advisers and their clients plan the financing of their potential long-term care expenses.
Regarding studio apartments in assisted living, data show that the average national monthly costs are $3,878. New Hampshire, where monthly costs average $5,474, is the most expensive state for such an apartment, whereas Oklahoma, where monthly costs average $3,075, is the least expensive.
Average national monthly costs for one-bedroom and two-bedroom assisted living apartments are $4,383 and $4,672, respectively, according to the site. New Jersey is the most expensive state for both types of dwellings, and North Dakota is the least expensive.
In New Jersey, a one-bedroom assisted living apartment averages $6,324 per month, and a two-bedroom apartment averages $6,714 per month. In North Dakota, by comparison, a one-bedroom assisted living apartment averages $3,159 per month, and a two-bedroom apartment averages $3,481 per month.
"Addressing LTC needs requires people to first articulate their preference for the kind of care they and their family desire, and then understand the potential costs that come along with that," Andrew Bucklee, senior vice president and head of insurance solutions distribution for Lincoln Financial Distributors, said in a statement. "Often, people expect to pay for LTC expenses out of pocket, and whatcarecosts.com gives consumers a place to go to compare costs, understand what's most realistic and consider potential cost implications on a surviving spouse or retirement plans. The site can be a catalyst for real conversations with loved ones and taking action with a financial adviser."
The website also shares projections for assisted living cost increases, forecast by state and metropolitan area, through 2040. Its searchable database also includes cost data related to in-home care, skilled nursing facilities and adult day care for states and metropolitan areas nationwide. Data can be sorted by type of care and geography. In addition, the effect of inflation on these costs can be modeled.


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Pep Guardiola has admitted he could be without key defender Kyle Walker as he prepares his Manchester City side to take on "one of the best teams in Europe" in Tottenham on Tuesday.
The England international played the first half against Brighton in their FA Cup semi-final triumph on Saturday before being subbed off at half time.
Now, he could be absent again for the reigning Premier League champions as they look to take on Mauricio Pochettino's side in the first leg of the last-16 Champions League tie.
'We will prepare the game against one of the best teams in all terms in the Premier League and Europe, when they had six days to prepare and we had two-and-a-half,' said Guardiola.
'Every day we lose players. I don't know if Kyle Walker will be fit. That's normal.
'I remember, with Barcelona, I played a final in the Champions League against United in Rome and in the back four were three players, normally important players, who were injured.
'When you make this kind of run you have to handle that and we are going to try and do it again on Tuesday.'
Guardiola will also be without Oleksandr Zinchenko for the game with the defender currently overcoming a muscle strain.
Following their first-leg clash against Spurs, City then take on Huddersfield on April 13 in the Premier League.
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Dublin's Gutter Bookshop wins prize at British Book Awards
Independent retailer with branches in Temple Bar and Dalkey recognised at ceremony in London
Bob Johnston at the Gutter Bookshop on Cow's Lane Temple Bar. Dublin. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde's aphorism, from which The Gutter Bookshop derives its name, is displayed proudly in the window of the bright, airy shop on the corner of Cow's Lane in Dublin's Temple Bar.
Sun streams through the glass spilling onto the "Must-Reads for May" section (Lisa McInerney's The Blood Miracles and Maggie O'Farrell's This Must Be The Place figure prominently).
The shop, along with its sister premises on Railway Road in Dalkey, has just been named Independent Bookshop of the Year (UK and Ireland) at the 2017 British Book Awards. It is the first time an Irish bookshop has won the award, which was announced at a ceremony on Monday evening in central London. Proprietor Bob Johnston received a cheque for £5,000 (€5,946), which will be invested in the day-to-day running of the shop or in potential improvements.
"It was a really good shortlist of really good shops and we didn't expect to win," says Johnston, who opened on Cow's Lane in 2009 and in Dalkey four years later. He puts the win down to "a bit of luck, a hell of a lot of hard work and a good team who love books".
When he left his buying job with booksellers Hughes & Hughes, he says, everyone thought he was crazy. The received wisdom was that physical bookshops were on the way out. "Everyone was going to be buying online or using e-readers. But that's all fine, as long as there are still enough people who want to buy books in a shop."
Part of the community
The Dalkey shop started off as a Christmas pop-up, he says, and has grown from nothing to become a popular part of the local community.
Independent bookshops have had to expand their activities in order to survive and prosper. The Gutter includes non-book stock such as children's puppets and tote bags. You can pick up a Mrs Dalloway or Great Gatsby T-shirt. And the premises is a hub for events from book launches to readings and festival events.
"If you come in here at half one in the afternoon during the week, you might think it's very quiet," says Johnston. "But then at six o'clock there could be a hundred people." He points out that this is true of all bookshops, big and small. "You'll see the same in Hodges Figgis and Dubray."
It took a long time for this part of Temple Bar to come to life following its re-development at the end of the economic boom, but the area around Cow's Lane is now lively, although there isn't as much passing traffic as in the main shopping districts.
For Johnson, though, the recession was a blessing. "You couldn't get anything that wasn't stupid money. What surprised me was we didn't just have tourists coming in. We had lots of people and families who are living in the area. It's a lovely part of town."


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IF MICK McCarthy had given the impression he wasn't too fussed about the FA Cup, then it didn't seep through to his team.
Blues, too, were up for a good old scrap, but found it was a night to forget when some of their familiar failings resurfaced and fortune deserted them, mainly due to the misjudgments of referee Howard Webb.
McCarthy talked about the tie losing its sparkle as it was rearranged due to the postponement from third-round Saturday on January 3.
It was a game they 'had to play', almost a chore, with the importance of the league and Wolves' sticky spell no doubt weighing on his mind.
Goals by Andy Keogh and Sam Vokes in either half of a full-blooded affair saw Wolves through to a fourth-round meeting at home to Middlesbrough and may have warmed up their manager's opinion.
For Alex McLeish, it was a frustrating evening that served only to convince him that the work he has been doing during the transfer window was necessary, and maybe increased the motivation to continue with more business.
A definite pleasing aspect for him and Blues was the encouraging performance of Robin Shroot, thrust in for his debut only a matter of weeks after playing in the Ryman League.
He showed few nerves on the left wing and his considered, neat and assured style was reminiscent of Steve Finnan just after he had made the jump from non-league to Blues.
Shroot went close to scoring as well, manoeuvring inside to take Nigel Quashie's clever pass only to be denied by Wayne Hennessey's outstretched leg.
That opportunity came in the 84th minute, by which time Blues were beginning to bow to the inevitable.
Yet there were key moments in the match that worked to Wolves' advantage, primarily the contentious non-award of a penalty by Webb in the 44th minute.
Richard Stearman produced a lumberjack's tackle on Marcus Bent that clearly missed the ball and left Bent in agony, forcing his half-time substitution, and Blues' fans and their technical area in uproar.
It didn't help that Wolves then promptly broke – with Bent still flat out – and only incredible goalline clearances from Franck Queudrue and Liam Ridgewell in succession stopped Vokes and Michael Kightly making it 0-2.
It was a penalty, a yellow-card tackle – and Stearman had already been booked.
Then, in the second-half with Blues attempting to mount a concerted response – despite having to use Quashie just behind Cameron Jerome as there were no strikers left to call upon – Webb stuck his foot in it again, literally, as Radhi Jaidi's pass rebounded off him straight to Keogh to set off a counter-attack that was nicely worked with Kightly and finished by Vokes.
Wolves had taken the lead when Keogh got the 'wrong' side of Stuart Parnaby to take Kightly's stabbed, lofted pass and drive past Maik Taylor from 12 yards.
Blues had begun well – Jerome taking an air shot with the goal at his mercy early on – but Wolves soon began to exert their energy and movement to good effect and take control of the midfield.
Taylor thwarted George Friend as he veered inside towards goal and in the 38th minute Keogh struck.
He could have had another just after half-time, Taylor again reacting smartly, but it was left to Vokes to double the advantage as Wolves cashed in on Webb's 'assist' (51). Thereafter, it wasn't particularly pretty from Blues.
But they gave it a go and actually created a fair few chances; the shot count overall – decent openings at that – told in their favour.
Ridgewell misdirected a free diving header, Hennessey tipped round a Lee Carsley skimmer from distance and Jerome produced a brilliant touch, turn and volley that left the frame of the goal shuddering. Towards the end Keogh cleared Jerome's backheel off the goal line after he had got in the way of Ridgewell's goalbound header, and Shroot went close.
It just wasn't to be for Blues, whose team on Saturday is likely to be radically different to the one last night, playing to the different avowed 'dynamic' McLeish wants and that Wolves have.
There were eight enforced absentees for Blues, all of whom would otherwise have started or been in the mix. They may be out of the FA Cup, but their season, and their challenge to Wolves' supremacy, could only just be starting.
BLUES: Maik Taylor 7. Parnaby 6. Jaidi 5. Ridgewell. 6. Queudrue 5. Agustien 5. (Kelly 83), Carsley 6. Quashie 6. Shroot 7. JEROME 7. Bent 5 (Johnson ht, 5). Not used: Doyle, Martin Taylor, Sammons, Mitchell McPike.
WOLVES: Hennessey 7. Edwards 6. Ward 6. Stearman 6. Collins 6. Kightly 7. (Ebanks-Blake 82), Henry 7. Edwards 7. David Jones 7. KEOGH 8, Vokes 7.(Iwelumo 78). Not used: Ikeme, Jarvis, Shackell, Potter, Hill.
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