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Remember those good old days when we read the Rorate headline, "The Horror, the horror", after Bergoglio's election? Looking back, those were the good days, compared with the horrifying reality of the Bergoglian church. The following are a scattering of paraphrased quotes from St. Bridget's revelations I compiled in the first months after his election when I was preparing an e-book of prophecies that might pertain to the new Bergoglian papacy. The project had to be set aside but lately, reading them again, I was amazed how the words St. Bridget attributes to Our Lord when read within the context of the Message of Fatima fit so perfectly. Think of this, Our Lady of Fatima's plea to us, "People must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins … They must not offend Our Lord any more for He is already too much offended."
It makes me wonder what conversations Our Lord and His spouse have now, in these sad times? What could St. Bridget tell us today?
From The Prophecies and Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden
"The words of Christ to His bride about a false man, who is called an enemy of God, and about his hypocrisy and all his characteristics.
On the outside he appears to be decorated with good habits, wisdom and bravery in the service and honor of Me, but he is by no means like that. For if the helmet were removed from his head, that is, if it were shown to people how he really is spiritually in his soul, he would be uglier than all men.
His brain is bare because his foolish customs and frivolity clearly demonstrate to good men that he is unworthy of such an honor. For if My wisdom pleased him, he would understand how much his honor is greater than others, thereby clothing himself in the most rigorous of conduct and divine virtues as compared to others.
Instead of having the humility due to his high dignity in being a light for others to teach them good things, he only wants to hear about his own praise and glory, thereby becoming so prideful that he only wants to be called great and good by everyone.
All his thoughts are turned to the present instead of the eternal. He thinks about how to please men and about the requirements for the needs of the flesh, but not about how he may please me and benefit souls.
He has lost all rational discretion whereby he might distinguish between sin and virtue, between worldly honor and eternal honor, between worldly and eternal riches, between the short pleasures of the world and the eternal pleasures.
All the veneration he should have for me, with the beauty of the virtues whereby he might please me, are entirely dead in the service of me. The imitation of my works and the preaching of my words is totally fallen off from him so that nothing remains in him except his gluttonous, insatiable desire to be involved in worldly affairs.
His chest is full of worms, because in his chest, where the remembrance of my suffering and my commandments should be, there is only a care for the things of the world with the desire and greed of the world, which are like worms devouring his conscience so that he does not think of spiritual things.
In his heart, where I would wish to dwell and my love should be, there now sits the most evil scorpion with a stinging tail and an enticing face and tongue; because pleasing and reasonable words proceed from his mouth, but his heart is full of injustice and deceit, because he does not care if the church he is supervising gets destroyed, as long as he can follow his own will.
His arms are like two snakes, because in his malice he reaches out his arms to the simple-minded and calls them to himself with simplicity, but, when he gets a suitable opportunity, he causes them to fall pitifully. Like a snake, he coils himself into a ring, because he hides his malice and unrighteousness, so that barely anyone can understand his treacherous plans.
He is like the most vile snake in my sight, for just as the snake is more detestable than any other animal, so is he more ugly in my sight than any other man, since he counts my justice as nothing and holds me to be as a man who is unwilling to judge righteously.
His back should be like ivory since his deeds should be more mighty and pure than others in order to be able to better carry the weak through his patience and his example of a good life. But now he is like coal, because he is too impatient to endure a single word for my honor, unless he benefits from it. Yet he seems to be mighty to the world.
Therefore, when he thinks he stands, he will fall, since he is as hideous and lifeless as coal before me and my saints.
His intestines stink, because his thoughts and desires smell like rotting flesh before me with a stench that no one can tolerate. Neither can any of my saints tolerate him, but everyone turns his face away from him and demands a judgment over him.
His feet are dead. His two feet are his two dispositions towards me, that is, his will to make amends for the sins he has done and his will to do good deeds. But these feet are altogether dead in him, because all the marrow of love is consumed in him and nothing is left in him except the hardened bones. And in this way he stands before me.
However, as long as the soul is with the body, he can find my mercy.
Saint Lawrence appeared and said: "This bishop (of Rome?) tolerates and pretends not to notice the incontinence of the clergy, and he liberally distributes the goods of the Church to the rich and shows love only toward himself and his own friends. Therefore, I declare to him that the lightest cloud now has ascended into heaven, but dark smoke of fire overshadows it so that it cannot be seen by many. This cloud is the prayer of the Mother of God for the Holy Church. The fire of greed, ungodliness, and unrighteousness darken it so much that the mercy of the Mother of God cannot easily enter the hearts of the wretched.
Therefore, let the bishop quickly turn to the divine love by correcting himself and his subordinates, admonishing them with his good example and word, and leading them to a better life. Otherwise, he will feel the vengeance and justice of the Divine Judge, and his church will be purged by fire and the sword and afflicted by plundering and tribulation so that it will be a long time before anyone consoles her."
The words of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Pope: O head of my Church, who sit on my seat which I gave to Peter and his successors to sit on with a threefold dignity and power: First, so that they would have the power of binding and loosing souls from their sins. Second, so that they would open Heaven for the penitent. Third, so that that they would close Heaven to the damned and to those who despise my Law.
But you, who should be healing souls and presenting them to me, you are in truth a murderer of souls. I appointed Peter as shepherd and guardian of my sheep. But you, however, scatter and wound them.
You are worse than Lucifer. for you do not only kill me by driving me off from yourself by your bad deeds, but you also kill souls by your bad example. I redeemed the souls with my blood and entrusted them to you as to a faithful friend, but you deliver them back again to the enemy from whom I redeemed them.
You are more unrighteous than Pilate. for you not only judge me as if I were a powerless lord and worthy of no good thing, no, you also judge and condemn the souls of the innocent and let the guilty go free without any rebuke.
You are more cruel than Judas for you not only sell me, but also the souls of my chosen men for your own shameful profit and vain name's sake.
Then our Lord said to him: "The sword of my severity will go into your body; it shall enter at the top of your head and penetrate you so deeply and violently that it can never be drawn out. Your chair will sink like a heavy stone and never stop before it comes to the lowest of depths. Your fingers, that is, your assistants and advisers, will burn in the inextinguishable sulfurous fire.
Your arms, that is, your office-holders, who should have reached out for the help and benefit of souls but instead reached out for worldly honor and profit, will be judged to the torment and suffering of which David speaks: 'His sons shall be fatherless and his wife a widow and others shall take his property.' Who is 'his wife' if not the soul which shall be excluded from the glory of Heaven and be widowed and lose God? 'His sons', that is, the virtues they appeared to have, and my simple and humble men who were under them, shall be separated from them. Their honor and property will be given to others, and they will inherit eternal shame instead of their dignity and glory.
Their headgear will sink down into the filth of hell, and they will never be able to get up out of it. Just as they rose above others through their honor and pride, so in hell they will sink so much deeper than others so that it will be impossible for them to ever stand up again. Their limbs, that is, all the priests who followed and helped them in wickedness, will be cut off from them and severed just like the wall that is torn down where not a single stone is left upon another stone and the cement no longer adheres to the stones.
No mercy will come to them, for my love will never warm them nor restore or build them up into an eternal house in Heaven, but instead they shall be excluded from all good and endlessly tormented with their headmen and leaders.
In the following passage, St. Bridget describes a dialogue between God the Father and the Son and the Blessed Virgin and Angels over the fate of the Church occupied by the foul man described above..
"God the Father's words before the host of the kingdom of Heaven, and the answer of the Son and Mother to the Father asking for mercy for the daughter, that is, the Church.God the Father spoke while the whole host of heaven was listening, and said: "Before you all, I complain over giving my daughter to a man who tortures her greatly and without measure, crushing her feet in the stocks so severely that all the marrow has gone out of her feet.
"The Son answered Him: "Father, she is the one I redeemed with my blood and espoused to myself, but now she has been brutally violated.
"Then the Mother of God spoke and said: "You are my God and my Lord, and Your blessed Son's limbs were enclosed within my body; He is Your true Son and my true Son. I refused you nothing on earth. Have mercy on Your daughter for the sake of my prayers.
"Thereafter the angels spoke, saying: "We all rejoiced when your daughter went forth from you, but now we are rightly sad, because she has been given into the hands of the worst man who insults her with all kinds of mocking and abuse. Have mercy on her for the sake of Your great mercy, for her misery is very great, and there is no one to console and save her but You Lord, God Almighty.
"Then God the Father answered the Son, saying: "O my Son, your grievance is my grievance, your word is my word, your deeds are my deeds. You are in me and I am in you inseparably. Your will be done!"Then He said to the Mother of the Son: "Since you did not refuse me anything on earth, I will not refuse you anything in heaven, and your will shall be fulfilled."And then He said to the angels: "You are my friends, and the flame of your love burns in my heart. Therefore, I shall have mercy on my daughter (the Church) for the sake of your prayers."
Taken from "The Prophecies and Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden", Chapters 23, 24, 41. No longer available from archive.org. Many good Catholic books are being removed from Archive. A similar version is available from Amazon.
The vivid language which Saint Bridget attributes to Christ is probably a shock to some today, but it is an indication of Our Lord's extreme displeasure at the behavior of those who are so brutally violating the Holy Bride of Christ.
And God the Father of mercy will at last have mercy on His daughter the Church.
† Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of our hearts, Mother of the Church, do thou offer to the Eternal Father the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for the conversion of poor sinners, especially our Pontiff.
† Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come!
† St. Joseph, protect our families, protect our priests!
Pray the Rosary – so many souls depend on it!


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Junsu's past is a cat
Tags: dbsk, junsu, thsk, tvfxq, TVXQ
[PICT] Jun-bro duet in Supermodel Contest!!
Tags: 2PM, junho, junsu
coolsmurf in Events | 25 Sep 2009 – 09:30 AM
After many topsy turvy turns over the past few days, only two 2PM members, Junho and Junsu took to the stage at the recently concluded Super Model 2009 Contest.
2PM's performance had been scheduled way before the Jaebeom incident, and thus it was something that JYP Entertainment could not turn down. In the past few days, it was first motioned that the 6 members of 2PM will take to the stage on 25th September, for their first performance since the Incheon Korean Wave Festival on the 5th.
SBS then announced that the performance will go on, but because of fear of reprisals from netizens, they did not record 2PM's performance nor show it through the live broadcast. It was then reported that only two members of 2PM will take to the stage, one of them being Nichkhun and the other still to be decided. That later became void, as it was revealed that it was to be just Junho and Junsu.
Things continue to be uncertain with rumors that the 6 members of 2PM had refused to take to the stage. It was only earlier today on the 25th that Junho and Junho were confirmed to be performing, such was the uncertainty hanging over 2PM.
Junho and Junsu did a duet of Only You. After their performance, Junsu told the crowd that they were sorry that 2PM could not perform as a group and promised to do so next time. Even though it has been a difficult period, they still performed to keep their promise and hope that it would be looked upon in a good light.
It's uncertain when we will see 2PM back on stage performing again after tonight.
credit: allkpop
hope the unaired version can be broadcasted,, LoL i wanna waych this Jun-bro performance
SBS didn't record 2PM Jun-brothers' performance in Supermodel Contest
Tags: 2NE1, 2PM, jaebum, junho, junsu, SNSD
The 2009 Super Model Contest just recently aired on SBS, and it was a star studded show. Viewers were wowed with performances from big name stars such as SNSD, 2NE1, G-Dragon and Baek Ji Young.
Unfortunately it was a grim night for 2PM fans because although Junho and Junsu did perform, SBS has decided not to record their performances for broadcast. Even so, there were still plenty of stars left to brighten the dark sky.
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huhu,, why SBS didn't broadcast Jun-brothers performance?? i want to watch it!! But i know it for sure, cause of Jay's controvercy 2PM still can't perform,, for me, it's better 7 members than only 6,,
2PM in 2009 Supermodel Contest
We reported earlier that 2PM is gearing up for a return on stage without Jaebeom at the 2009 Supermodel Contest on 25th September. But it will only be just two members of 2PM taking to the stage.
With the uncertainty surrounding 2PM in the aftermath of Jaebeom's departure, the event organizers have once again stated on the 23rd that 2PM is still among the list of scheduled performers, with no planned changes. But it will not be a 2PM stage with the present six members. Instead, it will be a performance by just two 2PM members singing a ballad, one of which is confirmed to be Nichkhun while the other is still being discussed.
Since their last performance at the Incheon Korean Wave Music Festival on 5th September, the 2PM boys have not been seen on stage together since, as they were withdrawn from all activities. This performance at the 2009 Supermodel Contest will be 2PM's first performance on stage since their last 25 days ago.
The 2009 Supermodel Contest will be broadcasted live through SBS and their website but organizers have stated that, with tensions still running high now, the possibility of 2PM's performance not being shown in the live broadcast is high. 2PM's performance had been scheduled way before the Jaebeom incident erupted into a fireball.
Besides 2PM, there will also be performances by SNSD, G-Dragon, 2NE1, Baek Ji Young, Park Hyun Bin and Wink.
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Taecyeon and Wooyoung to quit Inkigayo MC roles?
With Jaebeom quitting 2PM and returning to America recently, it has been pure agony for the remaining six 2PM members who must be going through a lot.
It was reported earlier in the day on the 13th, that the production team of Inkigayo were solely behind Taecyeon and Wooyoung and in full support of them to continue hosting the show. But it was then revealed after the 13th September episode of Inkigayo, that there is a possibility for an MC change afterall. Although SBS PD's do not want an MC change, and will stand by Taecyeon and Wooyoung until the end, they stated that they would need to speak with JYP Entertainment.
There are also rumors that other 2PM members will also be ending their solo activities and go into hiatus. Current 2PM members who are into solo activities include Taecyeon featuring for Baek Ji Young's My Ear's Candy performance, Nichkhun on Star King and the unfortunate Junho who had only just got started on Dream Team Season 2.
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TVXQ Performance on Bokura no Ongaku
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annyeonghaseyo!!! Ahh.. glad to see you again!! I'm Sorry Sorry!! cause nowadays i'm busy with my school experiment (counting about electricity *nuts task*)
News about DBSK
TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki was on the Japanese show Bokura no Ongaku today. They performed three times on the show. They covered SMAP's Lion Heart, Kazumasa Oda's Kotoba Ni Dekinai, and also performed Bolero with a full orchestra. The performances were all beautiful, especially the Bolero one with the orchestra. The orchestra made the song sound even better.
source: allkpop
NB: Talking about Bokura, i remember one anime OST, Do you know the title?? "Bokura no Bouken".. and one comic that i've ever read.. "Mint na Bokura". SO, what's the meaning of Bokura?? Can anybody tell me?
TVXQ 2009 calendar
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A new year present from dongbangshinki… TVXQ 2009 calendar…
hey! love to see oppas smile!!
Jaejoong pose so funny!! haha.. XD
nice to see DBSK always together… =)
Junsu's angel pose is come!!! watch out!!
yoochun what are you doing??wanna kiss me?? XD
don't ask me where you can buy it.. if know, i'll buy it first before ya!!
this picture isn't mine.. credit to aznbeauty007.. thanx for sharing great picts!!


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The Forger's Spell
by Edward Dolnick
The Man Who Made Vermeers
by Jonathen Lopez
Art forgers have frustrated and fascinated the art world for years. The critics whose reputations can be ruined by false attributions, and the collectors who find themselves holding a painting worth less than a tenth of what they paid for it, conjure up visions of public flogging or Bush-era modes of interrogation when they think of the charlatans. But to the general public, the forgers can be superstars, objects of fascination, and even praise. Eric Hebborn and Tom Keating both wrote books on their exploits as forgers. John Myatt was less proud of his own work, but his story has also been the subject of a popular book (Provenance — see our review). These now famous forgers were preceeded by Han van Meegeren, who created one of the century's most famous fakes. Van Meegeren died before he could write his own expose — and chances are he would have loved to do so — but his story, in various permutations, has fascinated the public since it first came to light at the end of World War II. Two books published in 2008 keep his story alive.
To briefly tell van Meegeren's story is difficult, because it is hard to know which is the true and which a copy. The basic story goes something like this. After critics panned his own artwork, van Meegeren set about creating forgeries to prove his talents to the art world and take revenge on the critics. He was eventually exposed when one of his fake Vermeers ended up in the hands of Hermann Goering. After the War, the Allies discovered that van Meegeren had been the seller of the painting. Rather than be tried for treason (for selling national treasure to the occupying German forces) van Meegeren confessed to having forged the work. This brought to light a whole series of works thought to be by Vermeer that were painted by van Meegeren.
Edward Dolnick's The Forger's Spell follows this account fairly closely. His story concentrates on van Meegeren's "Christ at Emmaus," the fateful fake purchased by Goering, which at the time of van Meegeren's trial was the most famous Vermeer in the world. Dolnick likes to create a good narrative, but he can take too much time painting the lurid background of Nazi atrocities that appear in his frame while leaving the main figures only loosely rendered. He does explore in detail the physical process of forgery — van Meegeren's breakthrough was the use of Bakelite (plastic) to mimic the effects of hardened oil paint — and makes strong attempts at examining the psychological forces that drive a forger and also make possible his success in the larger world. In the end, though seriously flawed, Dolnick's van Meegeren still comes off as a sort of hero who pulled one over on the Nazis.
Jonathan Lopez' The Main Who Made Vermeers is a much more sober account of van Meegeren. Its subtitle — "Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren" accurately portrays Lopez' in-depth historical analysis of van Meegeren's entire life and work as a forger. In Lopez' account van Meegeren still plays the masterful psychologist to pass off works that in hindsight look atrociously bad as real Vermeers. But he shows us a different character than either a heroic Dutchman putting one over on the Nazis or a spurned artist trying to get back at the art world that spurned him. Van Meegeren was actually an ardent fascist, and his growing fascination with the Nazis dovetails with his growing success as a forger. It was the easy money found in forgery, not the critics, that drove him to it. Along that path he lost his way as a painter. Lopez' book deals less with a lurid description of the atrocities of the Nazis, and more with the inner workings of the art world, from feuds between art historians to the workings of forgery rings.
Dolnick's book draws the outline for van Meegeren's success, but Lopez fills in the details. Van Meegeren's trick was to create plausible works, by taking advantage of gaps in the art historical knowledge and appealing to the sensibilities and bais of particular experts or the public at large. This is why he concentrated on religious Vermeers — for many experts, the only surviving religious painting by Vermeer pointed to a larger, unknown oeuvre — and why so many of the people in his paintings look like the screen idols of the thirties, and his compositions resemble Nazi Volkgeist. Van Meegeren was a conservative who did bristle against the opinions of more liberal painters and critics, but his career was by no means ruined by critics. He continued to paint and exhibit throughout the twenties and thirties, and even flourished as an artist under the Nazis. For Lopez, van Meegeren was not merely a hack artist. He says he was a conservative painter, developing talents and could have been the "Edward Hopper of the Netherlands." He just didn't have the vision.
Some people will tell you that the legend is better than the truth. But though the legend is always easier to tell the truth is usually far more interesting. The Forger's Spell will interest you in the story of one of this century's most famous forgers. But to understand more of the man and less of the myth, The Man Who Made Vermeers is the true article.
The founder of Artists of Utah and editor of its online magazine, 15 Bytes, Shawn Rossiter has undergraduate degrees in English, French and Italian Literature and studied Comparative Literature in graduate school before pursuing a career in art.
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While a lot of the excitement for new programming on Netflix stems from their acquisition of Arrested Development season 4, let's not forget that the rental and streaming service also holds House of Cards, a new original series from Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network director, David Fincher.
It's been about a year and a half since our last report on the series, but that changes today as Netflix has announced a premiere date for House of Cards, along with a slick new poster.
House of Cards - an adaptation of the BBC miniseries of the same name - is written by Beau Willimon (The Ides of March) and Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), and follows Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, the House Majority Whip in the United States Congress. The press release describes the character as "the politician's politician – masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless." His success comes from the fact that he and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) will stop at nothing to get to the top and stay there.
The new series digs deep into politics and highlights "the back halls of greed, sex, love and corruption in modern Washington D.C." Joining Spacey and Wright in the seedy underbelly of our nation's capitol will be Kate Mara, Corey Stoll, Kristen Connolly, Michael Kelly and Sakina Jaffrey.
Fincher only directs the first two episodes, but James Foley (Glengarry GlenRoss), Joel Schumacher (Batman & Robin), Charles McDougall (The Office), Carl Franklin (Out of Time) and Alan Coulter (Boardwalk Empire) direct the rest of season 1. That's some great talent behind the camera, and it should key audiences into the fact that this will likely have some solid comedy along with the hard-hitting political drama. Spacey is also executive producing the show with Dana Brunetti (who produced The Social Network) and his Trigger Street Productions banner. Fincher, Willimon, Spacey and Roth are executive producing as well.
Netflix will debut all 13 episodes of House of Cards through their Watch Instant service (available in North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America and Scandinavia) on February 1st, 2013. Netflix's Chief Content Officer says, "In offering the entire season at once, Netflix is giving viewers complete control over how and when they watch the show." It's not surprising since this is the same way Arrested Development will be rolled out online as well. It will certainly change the dynamic of water cooler talk about these shows.
In addition, there's no stress about ratings with a release like this, and Netflix already has a second season ordered, which is scheduled to begin production next spring. In the meantime, stay tuned as a trailer for the series will likely arrive sometime before the end of the year.
House of Cards will premiere on Netflix on February 1, 2013.
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Boungou Construction Progressing to Plan
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Sept. 18, 2017) -
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SEMAFO Inc. (TSX:SMF)(OMX:SMF) today announced that ore mined from Zone 9 in the third quarter continues to provide good reconciliation to reserves.
Total production for the third quarter of 2017 at Mana is expected to reach approximately 52,000 ounces of gold, which includes processing of some 240,000 tonnes averaging 5.0 g/t Au from Zone 9. The Corporation now expects to attain the upper end of its 2017 production guidance of between 190,000 and 205,000 ounces of gold and to meet its all-in sustaining cost guidance of between $920 and $960 per ounce.
Boungou Development on Track
At the end of August 2017, construction of Boungou continued on schedule, with $94 million of the $231 million capital expenditures budget spent to date. In addition, the following milestones had been reached:
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All amounts in US$
The construction progress of the Boungou Mine is updated on a regular basis and additional photos can be viewed on our website at http://www.semafo.com/English/news-and-media/Boungou-Media-Page/default.aspx
The table below presents the construction milestones for the Boungou Mine and their level of completion:
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About SEMAFO
SEMAFO is a Canadian-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa. The Corporation operates the Mana Mine in Burkina Faso, which includes the high-grade satellite deposit of Siou, and is targeting production start-up of the Boungou Mine in the third quarter of 2018. SEMAFO's strategic focus is to maximize shareholder value by effectively managing its existing assets as well as pursuing organic and strategic growth opportunities.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions and accordingly, actual results and future events could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. You are hence cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include words or expressions such as "progressing to plan", "expected", "to attain", "guidance", "on track", "on schedule", "projected", "targeting", "pursuing", "growth", "opportunities" and other similar words or expressions. Factors that could cause future results or events to differ materially from current expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include the ability to produce approximately 52,000 ounces of gold in the third quarter of 2017 including the processing of some 240,000 tonnes averaging 5.0 g/t Au from Zone 9, the ability to attain the upper end of our 2017 production guidance of between 190,000 and 205,000 ounces of gold and to meet our all-in sustaining cost guidance of between $920 and $960 per ounce in 2017, the ability to complete the construction of Boungou on schedule, the ability to execute on our strategic focus, fluctuation in the price of currencies, gold or operating costs, mining industry risks, uncertainty as to calculation of mineral reserves and resources, delays, political and social stability in Africa (including our ability to maintain or renew licenses and permits) and other risks described in SEMAFO's documents filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. You can find further information with respect to these and other risks in SEMAFO's 2016 Annual MD&A as updated in SEMAFO's 2017 First Quarter MD&A, 2017 Second Quarter MD&A and other filings made with Canadian securities regulatory authorities and available at www.sedar.com. These documents are also available on our website at www.semafo.com. SEMAFO disclaims any obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law.
The information in this release is subject to the disclosure requirements of SEMAFO under the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. This information was publicly communicated on September 18, 2017 at 7.00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
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Peter Sands, Robert Diamond on the Global Economy
Where is the global economy headed in 2010, and is the financial crisis really behind us? Two banking heavyweights, Barclays president Robert E. Diamond and Standard Chartered CEO Peter Sands, give their take to NEWSWEEK's Stefan Theil. Excerpts:
A year and a half on, what are the lessons you've learned from the financial crisis?
Sands: The first is that if things seem too good to be true, then they are too good to be true. Second, the downside of getting bank regulation and risk management wrong is very significant. Third, when things go wrong in the financial system, they can go wrong in a self-reinforcing and violent way. In the summer of 2007 we saw something was going wrong and took all sorts of preventive measures, but we underestimated how badly wrong it would go.
Diamond: Banks have clearly learned from the crisis and changed their behavior. Banks are and will be operating with more and better capital, less leverage, and higher liquidity in a more intrusive regulatory environment.
Where are we now in how the crisis is playing out? What problems are still lurking in the financial system?
Diamond: We've worked through a lot of the excesses in the system. The financial markets are on a sounder footing. In most sectors the worst is behind us, with some concerns remaining in commercial real estate and around those banks that haven't been clear yet about all their write-downs. For the larger financial institutions, we think that probably applies more to Europe than the U.S. and U.K.
Sands: We're clearly in a better place, but there are unresolved areas and problems. The weakness of the recovery creates challenges for companies and consumers, and in turn for banks in terms of credit quality. There is a fair amount of deleveraging still to happen, especially in the West, and that process is always painful when and where it happens. Second, banking systems are still very dependent on central-bank monetary support. The question is whether economies and banking systems can stand on their own two feet when governments run out of money for fiscal stimuli and central banks pull back on monetary support. The final unresolved issue is the huge agenda to be worked on in regulation.
Governments have gotten deeply involved in the financial sector, through state ownership, massive assistance, and political pressures to keep lending. How is that affecting the way banks operate and compete?
Diamond: Two things. One, the way politicians dealt with some of the issues around bonuses and bank levies doesn't distinguish between those who succeeded and have been strong in the crisis and those who failed. Second, having certain banks subsidized and others not creates a conflict in competition. If in a couple of years we continue to compete with banks that are largely owned by the government, that will have unintended consequences. The sooner we get out of this, the better.
Sands: Bringing banking into the political limelight is not a bad thing, because it makes both bankers and nonbankers aware of the crucial role banks play in an economy—they're vital to prosperity and growth, but if things go wrong they also cause huge problems. Both bankers and nonbankers lost sight of how critical that role is. It's important that those of us who are bankers understand that and are accountable for that, and that other parts of society also understand that. We've had an inflection point where banking is going to be intrinsically more in the political domain than before the crisis.
Bonus taxes, bank levies, capital requirements—are regulators focusing on the right things?
Diamond: The proposed bank levy in the U.S. and the British bonus tax have been driven by politicians, not regulators. If you look at what the regulators are doing, they're working on the right issues. We all agree that relative to 2007, banks need more capital, higher quality capital, less leverage, and more liquidity. Are there differences in degree? Absolutely. But the dialogue is getting more constructive. What we want to be careful about is the aggregate impact of all these measures, how far they will drive up the cost of credit and the impact of that on the economy and jobs.
Sands: What I would like to see is prioritization. Trying to change all the rules of the game all at once carries quite a lot of risk with it and makes it more difficult for banks to play their role in the recovery. Capital and liquidity regulation would be on the top of my list.
So far each country is setting its own agenda. Won't that just shift business to financial centers with less regulation?
Sands: If we don't get coordination, activity will move to where the cost of regulation is lowest. The second reason for coordination is fairness of competition. Third—and I'm increasingly convinced this is the most important—if every country in the world does a slightly different variant of regulation, and they each do it on a slightly different timetable, the complexity of managing large financial institutions and the complexity for our clients in dealing with us will be enormous. That means higher operating costs, higher cost of credit, less efficient financial markets. And complexity breeds opacity, making it harder for the people managing the banks or the regulators to understand what is really going on.
Diamond: The regulators must create a level playing field, especially between London and New York.
The Bank for International Settlements is concerned that "financial firms are returning to the aggressive behavior that prevailed during the pre-crisis period"—the idea being that central banks are handing out essentially free money that banks are pumping up into new asset bubbles.
Sands: It's true that central banks are providing very low-cost liquidity, and that appears to be translating into asset inflation in some parts of the world. Some of that is through the banking system, but I'd question whether it's true for most banks. Borrowing cheaply from central banks and investing it is not the business that Standard Chartered is in; indeed the low interest rates cost us money. They're quite right to have their concerns, but I question whether that happens because of "aggressive behavior." Rather, it's a natural consequence of injecting a lot of low-cost liquidity into the market.
Diamond: I strongly disagree with the accusation. In our case at Barclays we more than doubled our capital, significantly reduced leverage, and increased liquidity, and even during the most difficult times of the crisis were profitable in every reporting period. We feel we're running a responsible business, and we're not the only ones.
Are central banks doing the right thing?
Sands: They have a difficult judgment to make on how fast and how far they pull back from providing liquidity support to the financial system and the underlying economy. I worry about them doing it, and I worry about them not doing it. If they do it too fast, they risk pulling the rug out from under the recovery. If they don't do it, they risk stoking up inflation. It's complicated by the fact that most fiscal stimulus will probably have to be wound down relatively rapidly because of public-sector deficit levels in most Western countries. As this process unfolds in 2010 and onwards, we are quite likely to see bubbles and volatility in various asset markets and currencies.
Do you believe in the idea that we're entering a "new normal" of permanently slower growth in a highly regulated world?
Sands: That may not be a bad description of where the U.S. is going with higher savings and lower consumption, but I'm not sure it's true of the world. China's pace of growth is still very high by anyone's standard. I'm always a little skeptical of people articulating a new equilibrium because the nature of the world is that there is always something else going on.
Diamond: I worry very much about the aggregate impact of all the new regulatory measures and capital requirements, how far they will drive up the cost of credit, and the impact on economic growth and job creation. The importance of the big global banks to foreign trade, to the global economy, is real. There is a connection between how we manage through this political and regulatory process and what the global economy is going to look like. A long-term lower-growth track is the risk if we get this wrong.
How has the crisis affected the position of the Western world versus the BRICs?
Sands: Undoubtedly the crisis has accelerated the shift, but we shouldn't exaggerate it. Most of the world's economy is still in the developed countries. The more dramatic shift in economic power is from those who consume and borrow to those who save and produce. China is an archetype, but even a continent like Africa is not that badly placed in the world emerging from the crisis. It is rich in commodities, hasn't been that badly affected by the crisis, and has rapidly increasing ties with the new dynamos, China and India.
Some analysts worry China might be the next bubble economy.
Sands: China faces all sorts of challenges, from rebalancing its economy away from investment and exports to domestic consumption and services, to rural poverty and environmental stresses. But the underlying drivers of economic growth are very robust, and I think the Chinese government has a very good grasp of the issues it needs to tackle.


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ACE, SP, A MAPLE package for Schubert polynomial
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- Zhao, Xuan; Duan, Haibao: A \textttMathematicaprogram for the degrees of certain Schubert varieties. (2002)
- Veigneau, Sébastien: SP, a package for Schubert polynomials realized with the computer algebra system MAPLE (1997)


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I'll eventually also do a more detailed guide to each place I visited which I'll link to here, but this post will serve as a quick summary for those of you who are just beginning to contemplate whether or not Croatia is the sort of place you might quite like to go and visit.
It's odd to me that when I first really wanted to go to Croatia it was about ten years ago - back then it seemed to be a place that nobody really went to, the budget airlines didn't touch, and I got a confused look if I ever said the name. Now - helped largely by Game of Thrones, presumably - it's one of the big name European destinations of the moment.
A Balkan country on the Adriatic coast, Croatia is opposite Italy but surrounded by the likes of Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina. I had expected Croatian food to be similar of that of Italy, but found it was actually far different than I had predicted. The main Italian influences that I saw was the love of wine (although you'll find far more white wine in Croatia - something that made me very happy! They are also rather fond of their own wines, which is lucky as it is delicious) and the frequent appearance of colourful Vespas' in the bigger cities - which again, was a welcome appearance although it did mean I consistently missed my own Vespa (which didn't get stolen while I was away. Hooray!) The pizza is more American inspired than it is Italian, and sadly the bread just isn't up to the same standard.
While we're on the topic of food in Croatia - breakfast isn't really a thing. Your quick lunch stops that you'd get at Pret or Costa aren't a thing either. Croatia is absolutely filled with cafes in large outdoor squares giving you lots of people watching time and an escape from the heat - but somewhat oddly, it rarely actually includes any food. You'll have a hard time finding any typical brunch choices over here, and what you do find won't taste very nice. And it's unfortunately true what you hear - Croatia IS expensive, particularly the more south you go and of course anywhere where a cruise ship is likely to approach.
Public transport? It does work, but it isn't very frequent. The long distance buses are very affordable, but they're not the most frequent so you will have to essentially plan your days around them. The ferries are a good price but again, not very consistent, but there's no real way of getting around using them unless you happen to have brought your own yacht with you. You can buy tickets online or in person and it is straightforward.
When you think of Croatia, you'll probably think of beautiful blue beaches and fairytale villages, and both are correct. However, don't expect to go and sit on a lovely sand beach - the waters are a perfect shimmering blue, but the beaches are formed of the far less comfortable rocks and pebbles. If that doesn't bother you, go right ahead, but it's not the kind of beach I can enjoy. The towns and cities are as beautiful as the photos tell you they're going to be, and it's interesting to walk around a location that feels like it's straight from a fantasy novel - but we'll go more into that on the individual posts. And make sure you're not forgetting the beautiful Plitvice Lakes National Park - easily in my top 3 national parks that I've visited and absolutely worth a visit.
Check back soon for individual posts on Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, Split, Hvar and Dubrovnik - and feel free to ask if you have anything you're curious about in the meantime!


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Branding Yourself Online through Social Media
Ok, lesson number one: Define yourself from the very beginning and stick to it. You must create a brand and use it everywhere so that you will be recognized. McDonald's didn't open it's doors, call themselves the Boozo Burger and then later c ome up with McDonald's. They figured out their identity and stuck with it, giving themselves a huge competitive edge in the market place. Name recognition goes a long way, and with McDonald's, you can see that it's even gone international–decades ago, as a matter of fact. That's the strength of their brand. More people in the world knew about McDonald's and their famous golden arches long before it hit their foreign shores. Why? Because of branding–and I suppose because millions of American's mass consumed those burgers!
So your first step is to brand yourself. I suggest you brand yourself by using your name. That's how most social media experts trend. You want everything to be branded to your name: your blog/website url, your Twitter name, Facebook name, Google & Youtube as well. To check availability of your brand visit http://knowem.com where you can research whether your name is already being used in all the social networks. This is a fabulous tool and speeds your search. By doing this you are creating consistency in your branding. You might have to hyphenate your name like I did on my blog because there is already someone using my name–go figure. My personal blog looks like this http://megan-mcginnis.comand my team blog is http://rockingangels.com. Check it out…
Why use your name? Well, the thought behind that is you are going to create an audience and that audience will follow you anywhere if you are giving them great content–doesn't matter if you are a real estate agent one year, a restaurateur the next or a dog walker. If you gave them content they will follow you. If on the other hand you are wanting to brand a product then that's a great angle as well. The same thing holds true in terms of consistency. Make sure your brand name is available everywhere.
With Rocking Angels we had to decide what to do because the Twitter name was not available. Everything else was so we decided that rather than call ourselves the Rocking Divas, we'd compromise and use RockingAngels3 for our Twitter identity. Interestingly (to me at least), since forming the Rocking Angels I've been more aware of the brand Angels and I've seen some other folks out there using it to great affect. The Google Angels are the most compelling group. Just a side bar….I want to grow up and be just like them.
Ok, back to business. Will your brand work?
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I purposely waited a few weeks before I reviewed the opening night of what's dubbed The Tour – Motley Crue/KISS in Bristow, VA. Before I sat down to write the review, I wanted to see YouTube clips of both bands and read accounts from subsequent stops on The Tour. Having let a few weeks pass, I now am ready to write…
I should say at the outset that I have been a KISS fan for 33 years. They are my second favorite band of all time. This was the twelfth time I've seen them in concert. They have always been one of the best live acts I have ever seen. Through the years, the stage shows have varied in their level of theater and the set lists have ranged from a concentration on old songs to new songs to everything in between.
This was my first Motley Crue concert. They're a band who I've grown to respect as the years have gone by – in large part due to the Led Zeppelin-esque excesses recounted in their autobiography, The Dirt. Of the '80s Pop Metal bands, they have certainly turned out to be one of the best – both in terms of survival and catalog of songs. Motley Crue are the bastard sons of KISS….
…How to say this….
Motley Crue blew away KISS.
The Crue came onstage in a procession through the audience accompanied by Medieval Motley Crue flags, stilt walkers, and masked henchmen in orange jumpsuits who unsettlingly resembled Clockwork Orange Droogs ready to perform an evening of Ultra-Violence on the audience. The stage motif was industrial-warehouse-meets-madhouse-circus-amusement-park-meets-Hell. From the opening strains of Saints of Los Angeles through Wild Side and Shout At The Devil and Looks That Kill and Dr. Feelgood and Girls, Girls, Girls and other staples, right on through to the Kickstart My Heart closer, the show felt like a fiery rollercoaster gone wild. About the only time, the Motley rollercoaster let the audience catch their breaths was during Home Sweet Home. Throughout the controlled and orchestrated mayhem, the Motley Droogs set off balls of flame and fired water rifles, two buxom aerial acrobats gyrated on floor-to-ceiling ropes like strippers on a pole, and two more hotties sang back-up vocals.
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Tommy Lee deserves a paragraph to himself. Don't let the wild man, vapid, Heather Locklear/Pam Anderson/porn star ladykiller history and reputation distract you. Tommy plays drums like the virtuoso he is. Even when other drum virtuosos solo, most of the audience takes the opportunity to visit the restrooms and beer counters. Not Tommy Lee's audience. His drum solo was played to a back-up tape of house music composed by Tommy….Oh, and did I mention that his drums are on a circular rollercoaster? Tommy strapped the wife of a military serviceman with him and took her on a 360-degree ride of her life.
Motley Crue might just be the best live band to come out of the '80s alive.
…Now there's the thorny issue of KISS…
They descended onstage from a spark-spewing platform on the venue's ceiling. The stage resembled a lit-up Las Vegas set of bleachers. The floor-to-ceiling KISS logo was video projected, and alternated with celluloid close-ups of the band. There were enough lights, fire, and explosions to awaken and destroy a major American city. Paul Stanley zip-lined over the audience to a revolving auxiliary stage in the middle of the crowd. Gene Simmons flew up to a mini-stage atop the lighting rig. Guitarist/Ace Frehley impersonator Tommy Thayer shot sparks from his guitar. Drummer/Peter Criss impersonator Eric Singer levitated behind his massive drums. A confetti blizzard covered the audience like they were in the "Canyon of Heroes" in NYC.
|Photo courtesy Jeff Ingenloff
What most critics and non-fans always missed about KISS was that all the makeup and pyrotechnics was really just icing on the cake. Behind the circus was a great rock band. Like the critics and non-fans, on this evening, the members of KISS seemed to forget that as well. The weakest aspect of their set was what should have been one of their strongest weapons – the songs. For a band with such a deep well of classic songs, on this opening night, they picked only a handful of their most perennial numbers; padded it with too many mediocre songs; wasted too much time on unnecessary guitar, drums, and bass solos; and worst of all, steamrolled through the songs in an abbreviated set that even felt rushed. Their other usual strongest link proved to be somewhat less than that as well – Paul Stanley. Here is one of rock's greatest singers, yet he only sang lead vocals on five of the thirteen songs in the set. That might have been fine, but what replaced the songs he could have performed were plodding, mediocre songs by Gene Simmons – not one of rock's greatest singers. In an already abbreviated set, there was no reason for Simmons to sing God Of Thunder AND War Machine – essentially the same songs. I Love It Loud could have been shelved as well.
There also was some question about the state of Stanley's voice. Hardcore KISS fans know that 2009's Sonic Boom album featured a slightly raspier Stanley. During the band's last tour in 2010, Stanley's voice was very hit-or-miss depending on the night you happened to catch them. Belying a larger issue, Stanley underwent throat surgery last year. On this opening night, Stanley seemed to struggle on the vocals in spots. He didn't help himself by straining to do vocal gymnastics during his infamous between-song raps.
Perhaps what was most disappointing about the show was the band's seemingly blatant display of insincerity. Just before the climactic Rock & Roll All Nite, Stanley announced that they were willing to play all night, but would have to cut their set short because of Bristow, VA's curfew law. It was disappointing news to hear at the time because the audience would have liked the party to last longer. However, having seen the band's set list from subsequent shows, it's now apparent that the show was not cut short. They play the same 13 songs every night…and Stanley uses the same "excuse" to explain away their short set. In fact, it seems like a tacit admission that even they realize that true fans are going to feel a bit short-changed.
Hey, Paul. Why not just say good night, and not make it seem like you were going to play more songs, but Johnny Law wouldn't let you?
Stanley may not be lying, but he does seem a bit disingenuous.
I realize that I sound like an insatiable, spoiled child. Did KISS put on an elaborate show? Yes. Did they play big hits? Yes. Did I have a good time? Absolutely! However, for the nearly four decades that KISS has been playing, they've set their own bar – and the bar of others – so high, that anything short of the moon seems like a letdown. With Motley Crue reaching and surpassing that same bar, KISS just seemed a slight bit underwhelming and as if they were going through the motions.
Postscript: Check out the YouTube clips of KISS at their backstage meet-and-greets. For the lucky few who've paid hundreds of dollars for the privilege of an audience with the Pope – er, I mean, KISS – the band plays an unmasked mini-semi-acoustic set of KISS classics. Perhaps if they'd incorporated those songs into their official set…


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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso episode 08
Okay, short post number two incoming. I cannot believe that I still haven't seen Kousei play. The pace has really dropped. We all know he isn't the old Kousei and that he probably won't win this thing, but at least speed things up a bit.
I heard the manga is very good. I wonder how many issues focussed on this particular event. I don't think I could've been more than three. That spike-haired kid has finished playing and now that girl's doing her thing. We finally get to see Kousei play next week, but I still think that could've pushed all of that into this one episode.
I am actually quite interested in that girl. That other boy I can ready like an open book. That girl I find rather mysterious and I hope I get to learn a bit more about her. Is she into Kousei? What's her deal? There is so much I want to know. Still, at this point I am hoping that we get to see Kousei play next week and that we'll also get the results


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Africans make critical contributions to the world. You know it. We know it. Americans are engaged in diverse business and friendships across the 54 countries of Africa and here in America. But the realities get lost behind a curtain of invisibility. As a result, we are wasting an incredible wealth of social and economic opportunities. We need to break the stereotypes that hold us back. Imagine what we could do if more people were inspired to get involved and take advantage of them.
The 2019 Africa Agenda Summit is dedicated to providing tools, ideas and inspiration that can help all of us to make an impact in telling a new story that opens up collaboration and mutual investment.
As we have for the last several years, we will facilitate nourishing dinner table conservations with leaders from media, academia, business and non-profit who are already making a difference. In this meeting of the minds, you will invent and learn about new ways to pull the curtain of invisibility back. It is a once-a-year chance to learn and meet others who are committed to breaking the stereotypes to make new win-win paradigms for the world.
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In September 2016 a new grading system for SLAs was introduced, to address the requirement for a variation in support for different services. In the model there are 3 classifications of service level; Gold, Silver, Bronze (SLA templates displayed below). All new services from this point will be supported by one of these SLAs. Existing services will remain on their current SLAs, until which time the infrastructure and resources are in place to meet their required service level.
Lists of services, by level, will also be displayed here and will be updated termly (currently only the Bronze services are listed, but Silver and Gold lists will be added shortly). If you are unsure which SLA relates to your service then please contact your Technical Service Owner.
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Yesterday I saw one of the best performances I have seen in a long time: Blaas. Blaas (in English: blow) was an international festival hit, winning many awards and now it is on show in Amsterdam.
It is hard to explain what Blaas is, everybody will have his own associations and emotions watching Blaas, or should I say: experiencing Blaas. And that's what makes Blaas special, it's different, it's a fairy tail, a trip into yourself and into an unknown world.
I will not say more about the performance, it's best when you get surprised by it. But I do strongly advice to go and see Blaas. It is scheduled one more week, until Sunday June 20st. And there still are tickets available!
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Facing Fatigue
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I have been newly diagnosed with RD at age 77 and waiting for another set of blood tests to confirm, but the utter fatigue has defied all descriptions.
Reading posts scare me yet also seem helpful. All the meds sound horrendous. Does this disease always go the route of decay and dismay?
Hi @JudyLongBeach, while no part is easy, I think the diagnosis and early treatments are especially tough. From what community members have said, there's certainly always unpleasant surprises and more to learn, but it does seem to get a little easier with experience. Like Mariah says, it's a balancing act, but you figure out ways to find that balance more quickly.
Another balance is to be careful how much you research. Sometimes you might want to take a step away when it all sounds overwhelming and find something to distract for a little while.
Do you have a healthcare team that you can rely on for answering questions and preparing you for what's ahead. We're always here when you need info or personal experience with folks who've been there!
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Do you have any idea if autoimmunity plays a part in the fatigue, or purely the effects of RA?
It was such a relief to read this article and comments…my RA pain is well-controlled (well, reasonably: I live at about a 4-5 without analgesics most of the time), but my biggest problem has been fatigue. My rheumatologist just advises me to get more sleep, so I've been adjusting my behavior to deal with the constant fatigue, thinking that maybe it's all (mostly?) in my head.
I've learned, after 7 years, to schedule ONE thing each day. After a necessarily busy few days (I exhibit at craft fairs, for example), I need at least a day, maybe two, to do nothing and recharge.
Thank you for helping me realize that what I've been experiencing is "normal" for RA. It doesn't make it better, but at least I know I'm not an outlier.
Hi Lynn~
I also find that it helps to remember that I am not alone!
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Two and half years after diagnosis, the fatigue is what I stuggle with the most. Medications, changes in diet, nothing seems to help. It is better than it was, but I still find many evenings after a full work day, I can barely handle making dinner. If it weren't for my son, I would probably exist on cereal, lol! My GP told me recently that being 50 probably is not helping my situation any. I hate that my life revolves around my energy, and that I cannot get things done like I want to. A few months ago I was off work with carpal tunnel surgery, and I found I felt much better when I didn't have to set the alarm clock. My only hope now is that when I retire, hopefully in 17 years, I will feel better.
Hi Karla~
It does take some time after diagnosis to figure out the best ways to manage fatigue. I am seven years in and sometimes I feel like I am still learning! But I think it does get better with time – especially if you can keep facing forward and taking things one day at a time!
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The fatigue stops me in my tracks. It is extremely frustrating to be so tired.Its like having a dead battery. I struggle on a daily basis with managing the fatigue that can be so overwhelming some days. I find myself needing a nap or rest time almost every day just to get through the rest of my day. It makes it hard to plan things and to stay on track when I get so wiped out.The rest does help but sometimes I need more rest than I have time. It seems to help me to add in those rest times as part of life just like lunch or bathroom breaks.
Hi W. Casper ~
I understand what you mean about feeling like you need more rest than you have time! But I think you are right that planning time to rest can be a good method for dealing with fatigue.
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Yes it is a bugger! Having to slow down my norm has been very hard. I have been lucky this week because we are on holiday in Scotland. I was fearing the worst but have managed to keep up an amazing pace at doing things…I planned 3 days of downtime when I return home just in case my body decides it needs to sleep it off before heading back to work. When it hits I am so tired I can barely move, making myself do everything is exhausting in itself!
Hi Nes~ Planning downtime after a vacation is a great idea! Hope you did ok and enjoyed your holiday!
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I find traveling to be very hard on my body. Doesn't matter if it's by ✈ plane or car. I start feeling claustrophobic in either, and when the pain kicks in, I feel like I can't breathe – sort of a panicked feeling.
But fatigue when traveling is awful. I miss seeing the sights because my head starts to nod and, boom, I'm out for hours. And when I wake up, it's not a refreshing sleep. However, the pain may be somewhat improved. There's just so much I miss by falling asleep all the time. Any suggestions?
Thank you for writing about your fatigue. Your story mirrors my own. My inability to be as active as I once was is one of the most devastating aspects of RA. And being tired of the pain and tired of the tired hits the nail right on the head.
Hi Dawn – I agree that sometimes the fatigue seems worse than the joint pain! Hang in there and remember that we are here to support you!
I used to suffer from the constant fatigue even more than the pain. I would have to sit in my chair, sometimes for 2 hours, before I had enough energy to even take my boots off. I sometimes couldn't keep myself from going to that dark spot, where I felt like I was just sitting in that chair, waiting to die. Luckily, now, I have found an all-natural supplement, that helps me control my pain, basically ended the fatigue and morning stiffness. I could't be happier about that. I've only been on them 4 1/2 months, but my rheumy is happy with my test results, so I am very cautiously optimistic!
Can you share what the supplement is, please?
So glad that you found something that works for you! Hang in there!


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Rhonda....I don't know where you are located, but there are an abundance of property owners with restaurant space, where the restaurant has failed and the equipment has reverted to the owner of the propety. There are not an abundance of restaurant operators that are now willing to lease space and if they are they want the space for such low rents, that it does not make sense for the owner to even rent the space. Here is a solution. Find a space, talk to the owner about becoming your partner in the restaurant business. Set a fair price on the rental amount and then give to the owner of the property a 10% preferred return on any operating capital he invests, plus 25% of the net profits from the operation of the restaurant. Best of luck....Rob Baird, CA RE Lic. #544165 (One of the oldest, active licenses in CA) 951 515-5855
I'll add to Rob Baird's excellent response. If you have experience, you can probably get an SBA loan. If you don't have experience, you need to work with an SBA advisor who will help you prepare a business plan and feasibility study. However, a lease will more than likely require a good security deposit so you'll need some money.
Rhonda, if you have no money, don't even think of leasing a restaurant. It is one of the highest risk uses in the world. You are subject to constant regulation and you may get intoa place only to find later that you need to spend tens of thousands of dollars to bring it up to code. In restaurants, there are unforeseen expenses that pop up daily. Save yourself a lot of pain and wait until you have the money or look into soemthing else.
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No longer just your salad hero, avocado does wonders to give you good face. We already know it contains healthy monounsaturated fatty acids that are good for our bodies, but it also contains oleic acid, which works like a tall glass of water to hydrate your skin from the inside out. This beneficial fatty component is a bonafide skin savior, helping to improve the texture and appearance of your visage.
Acne? Blackheads? Say hello to our little friend antioxidant. Found in the humble avocado, vitamin E, a potent antioxidant, is an effective treatment for the aforementioned skin woes and other types of skin inflammation. Age spots? Wrinkles? Fine lines? Vitamin E is here for you through thick and thin.
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For an archive of past events under the Audiotrain banner, please go to the Audiotrain website.
It also does not include the Audio Production Awards (formerly Radio Production Awards), which also has its own website.
AudioUK AGM 2018
We had a good turnout at the AGM on 5 July, on a very sunny evening, at what was our first event as AudioUK.
Our relaunch has been well received and we're very excited and look forward to working with the wider audio sector in the coming months, basing all we do on our four new pillars of activity: business, representation, community and excellence.
At the AGM we also elected our new Board for 2018-19. Congratulations to Melanie Harris from Sparklab in Manchester, and Sue Nelson from Boffin Media in Letchworth who join the Board this year, and also to our new Treasurer, Gregory Watson from Folder Media. We also send huge thanks to Jack Wynne-Williams, who's looked after our books for several years and helped us through various challenges such as the complex payments required by the Audiotrain schemes.
The AGM also passed a motion agreeing a new membership fees structure. Fees haven't changed since 2013, and the small increases will help AudioUK to continue its work and develop new member services.
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If the Wynwood Art Walk has taught us anything besides what an amazing level of talent and creativity Miami has to offer, it's that cops love food trucks, it's okay to keep your kids out late for the sake of art, culture is blazing through the streets like a wildfire, and the fight for sales is pushing the artists and gallery owners to a new and higher plane of creative output. Competition is good. New York is alright if you like saxophones, and when Art Basel hits in just a few months, Wynwood is going to smash on the world's stage like a sledgehammer through a crystal ball. For now, here are some pictures of some of what we saw on Saturday night.
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2) Add the chopped chocolate and framboise liqueur to the cream. Stir the mixture very gently until all of the chocolate has melted.
3) Pour into small ramekins (they're very rich!), top with a few raspberries and allow to cool. After around 20 minutes, place the ramekins in the fridge until 30 minutes before you're ready to serve.
Dust with icing sugar immediately before serving.
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Brilliant another terrible building a cross between a doorstop on oneside and a wedge of stilton on the other, why is it white in the plans, and now a mixture of horrific blue panels on the front? an eye sore to say the least. Whats wrong with building a normal building? Love to see the maintainince bill on this building in 5 years time… JUSTIFY THE TERRIBLE DESIGN AN TERRIBLE LOOK OF THIS BUILDING… How does the architecht sleep at night seriously
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Recently we have patched our SAP ECC system EHp 4.0 to EHp 5.0. EHP 5.0 requires Netweaver 7.0 EHP 2.0. As this is not a release upgrade but it still requires lot of efforts & time to complete, that's why it's call upgrade. We have calculated our STACK.xml file from SOLMAN 7.0 EHP 1 SP 23 (EHP 5.0 requires minimal level SP23). we stuck in lot of errors and it takes time to resolve it.
Before starting EHP upgrade always prepare a download directory and keep your all downloaded SAR & stack.xml files in same directory. During upgrade sometimes EHPi got hangs & you feel it's not working so please check abap/log or abap/tmp for any log or errors.
Below is the quick glance of errors which i faced during upgrade.
Go through this below SAP note before starting EHP upgrade.
|General Installation Note
1. Extraction Phase – Missing Notes – It will show you some missing notes. you have to import SAP notes in your ECC 6.0 EHP 4.0 system via SNOTE to continue. (some notes can only be applied in client 000 & can also requires functional people so make sure during note implementation you get confirmation from functional team)
2. Configuration Phase – SPAM Version Check – To avoid this error update your SPAM to latest before starting upgrade.
3. Configuration Phase – Include Change Request – if you want to include any change request to be imported during upgrade to give details otherwise continue to skip this option.
4. Configuration Phase – Errors – Download latest R3trans, tp & libdbsl(dbsoralib.dll) from Marketplace and extracts it to EHPI/abap/exenew & EHPI/abap/exe dir. This is the place where your new/extracted kernel resides, recheck that you are downloading the right R3trans & tp for your new kernel & also check R3trans -d( it should finish with 000) from your new kernel dir( i. e. abap/exe or abap/exenew)
5. Check Phase – Errors – Create Tablespace PSAPSR3702 with <given space>. This is the manual activity. you have to complete this activity via BRtools. You also get one file with name "ORATBSXT.LST" in abap/log, in this file you will find how to create tablespace with recommended size.
6. Pre processing Phase – Open repairs found – If your system is development system or any unreleased requests are there so release it or before proceed.
7. Pre processing Phase – MAIN_INIT/JOB_RSVBCHCK2 were Negative– Check log file and find the errors. this error occurs if you have any update request pending in SM13 or any outbound queue pending in SMQ1. Delete all the request from SM13 & SMQ1 and proceed. if it's still giving error also run report RMCEX_SETUP_ENTRIES and delete the structural data or call transaction LBWG to delete the contents of the setup table for all clients. Also check this SCN post http://scn.sap.com/thread/903136
8. Pre processing Phase – Lock development – This option will lock your development system for future development till upgrade.
9. Pre processing Phase – MAIN_SHADOW/START_SHDI_FIRST – failed to start shadow instance, check log file STARTFSI.log & DEVTRACE.log. usually this error occurs where there is short memory. in our case we check that if we down our main instance then shadow instance get up. both are not working simultaneously. we insert the parameter in shadow instance profile. (abap/heap_area_total = 2000000000) and also set the recommend page file size and restart the shadow instance. also check this SCN post – http://scn.sap.com/thread/1876639
10. Pre processing Phase – ACT_UPG – in our case ACT_UPG phase takes more then 12 hours to complete.
11. Take full backup before downtime starts.
12. Downtime Phase – MAIN_SWITCH/KX_SWITCH_1 – check log files, in our case EHPi fails to copy to 2 kernel files from exenew dir to /usr/sap/<SID>/…. we manually copy that 2 files and proceed.
13. Downtime Phase – MAIN_NEWBAS/STARTSAP_NBAS! – check log files, in our case SAP error reading our instance profile from /usr/sap/<SID>/sys/profile. There was junk character in the profile but after removing that character EHPi again not able to read the profile so we copy the contents of our instance profile and create a new instance profile and then proceed.
14. No more Errors in Downtime & Post Processing Phase.
We have completed our ECC 6.0 EHp 4.0 to EHp 5.0 successfully after these efforts. i was not able to note down the exact time for every phase.
Manual Post steps – in our case after logging to EHp 5.0 SAP system, we found that our Updates are deactivated, we activate the updates in SM13 & also create structure of financial. ( i forgot the exact thing as this is done by my colleague.)