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With the official opening of NFL free agency just two days away, the Kansas City Chiefs continue to clear salary cap space at a noticeably quick pace. After cutting Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz to shed $18 million late last week and a reported restructure of Patrick Mahomes' megadeal soon coming to free up another $17 million, the Chiefs are currently projected to have $13 million in spending power, according to Spotrac.
However, it appears that number could soon grow to $20 million or more.
In his latest MMQB column, Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer revealed that the Chiefs are expected to perform similar basic restructures with the contracts of All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce and Pro Bowl DT Chris Jones.
"Last week, at this point, they projected to be over $20 million in the red on the cap," Breer wrote. "After these moves, plus simple restructures I'm told are coming on Patrick Mahomes's, Chris Jones's and Travis Kelce's contracts, they'll have more than $20 million to spend."
NFL Network's James Palmer has since confirmed Breer's initial report as well.
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In an interesting turn of events on Monday morning, Kelce told the Pat McAfee Show that the team has not formally reached out to him about any contract changes. However, he did share that, "If it came to it, I would guaranteed. I would without a doubt restructure."
Restructures Could See Chiefs Shed $50 Million in 5 Days
With Mahomes, Kansas City converted the 25-year-old's entire $21.7 million roster bonus into a pure signing bonus, something they'll likely continue doing in the seasons to come due to the team-friendly structure of the deal.
Further details on the Chiefs' plans with Kelce and Jones' contracts have yet to be revealed, however, the former currently carries a $7.75 million roster bonus and the latter a $20 million roster bonus for 2021. Kansas City is not required to convert those totals entirely, but as Chiefs Wire notes, the possibility remains for the AFC champions to free up a maximum savings of $19.5 million on these two moves alone. That could bring the team's available cap space to nearly $33 million — $6-10 million of which will be dedicated to the club's incoming draft class this spring.
What's more? Despite a potential $50-plus million swing in the span of four days, the Chiefs may not be done either.
Tyrann Mathieu a Likely Restructure or Extension Candidate
Among a couple remaining common sense moves the Chiefs could make to up their spending power prior in the coming days is a contract restructure, or more likely an extension, of All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu. The soon-to-be 29-year-old is entering the final year of his current deal and owns the team's third-highest 2021 cap hit at $19.7 million, trailing only Jones ($21.9M) and Frank Clark ($25.8M), another potential albeit less likely restructure candidate.
Given his presence and value on and off the field, the organization has already made it clear they'd like to retain its defensive leader — and arguably best free agent signing of in franchise history — coming off of a career-high six interceptions last season.
"We'd put Tyrann in that category," Chiefs general manager Brett Veach told reporters on March 1, via ESPN. "We'll have some work to do to get with him and his agents, but enough can't be said about Tyrann and his importance to this team both on the field and in the locker room. He's proven not just to be a great player but a great leader and great person to have developing the young guys and out in the community."
Mathieu is still in his prime years and remains in prime position to cash in with his next deal. His current average annual salary of $14 million places him tied for fourth-most among all safties and just $750K short of the Arizona Cardinals' Budda Baker. All things considered, it's feasible the ninth-year veteran is rewarded with a new high mark of $15 million annually, which depending on the length and bonus structure, could still drop his cap hit by a sizable margin.
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I am able to have above average (not 100% of course) days on aspirin. After 4 years of career ending dizziness and vertigo a simple aspirin seems to be my favorite drug. After about an hour my vision clears up and my dizziness becomes more tolerable. I haven't tried it on a really bad day, but I suspect it would make me feel at least average.
I still get positional vertigo and nystagmus. However, I am not as bothered by it.
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The reason for my apprehension is because I took it last year and it made me feel terrible. However, I saw Dr. Hain and he wants me to try taking 1/3 of a capsule at a time (or perhaps smaller). This was before I discovered the power of aspirin.

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Freedom from torture is a fundamental human right. It's important to know the facts about torture so we can work to end it forever.
Torture is illegal.Torture is a crime. It is explicitly banned by theUN Conventionagainst Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. And it's a crime under U.S. law. There are no exceptions.
Torture's purpose is to:· Break an individual's will and render the person helpless.· Destroy a sense of community.· Stifle civil society.· Create a climate of fear.· Silence dissent.Torture is used to break down people's will, ultimately destroying trust and communities. When torture is used to create fear, people become afraid to speak up. CVT's clients often tell us they were not tortured to gain information; they were tortured to punish, injure and silence them. Torture is about control.
Torture affects five basic human needs:· The need to feel safe.· The need to feel of value (self-worth).· The need to feel some control over one's life.· The need to trust.· The need to feel close to others.The impacts of torture go beyond physical wounds and scars. Torture is used intentionally to impact how victims feel about themselves, about other people, and about their place in the world.
Torture is immoral.There is no justification for torture. It is wrong because of its cruelty and abusiveness. And torture does not have to be physical; it can also be psychological. Both forms are calculated and systematic ways to dismantle a person's identity and humanity.
Torture is psychological as well as physical.People often think of the brutal physical impacts of torture, but the psychological impacts of torture can be devastating without rehabilitative care. Torture that does not leave a scar is still torture: humiliation, sleep deprivation, mock executions and other horrible acts create long-lasting damage and require healing.
Torture is used to control communities and families.Torture is used to create fear across communities. When one person is tortured, the family learns to be afraid. Their neighbors and loved ones quickly learn to be silent. This happens quickly, and it spreads fear widely. People learn not to speak up.
Even children are tortured.How could anyone torture a child? Why? It is hard to imagine. Yet, it happens. CVT clinicians in many locations extend care to children who were taken in order to force their parents to turn themselves in. In other cases, children are present and swept up during horrifying raids. But healing is possible.
As many as 1.3 million refugee torture survivors live in the U.S.The UN reports that 110 million people have been displaced from their homes. This is a crisis unprecedented in history. And according to CVT's research, up to 1.3 million refugees living in the U.S. have survived torture. This is as high as 44 percent of all refugees in the U.S. Your neighbor could be a survivor.
Rehabilitative care is critical to rebuild lives of torture survivors.The impacts of torture can be long-lasting without rehabilitative care. Many survivors live with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, along with the scars and physical pain of their injuries from torture. But healing is possible, and survivors rebuild their lives with the proper care.


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RHOLagos Season 2: Meet Faith Morey, the Amazon queen
'Strong-willed', 'principled', 'smart', and 'beautiful' is how Faith Morey describes herself. She is one of the two new cast members on Season 2 of The Real Housewives of Lagos, premiering Friday, 29 September on Showmax.
Born and raised in the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Faith is a Nigerian-American model, solar consultant, former basketballer, and entrepreneur who gained prominence after she participated in and walked the runway in Nigeria's Next Super Model in Lagos, Arise Fashion Week, New York Couture Fashion Week and Johannesburg Fashion Week.
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Before conquering the runway, she showcased her athletic prowess on the basketball court – she played for the Rivers States Junior team in her hometown state in Nigeria in secondary school.
As an entrepreneur, Faith has made her mark with her clothing line, MoreyFaith Collection. The fashion line is luxurious, elegant, and comfortable. She says the clothing caters to everyone.
In 2010, Faith married Texas Oil and Gas country manager, Randy Morey, in a traditional ceremony in Rivers state and an elaborate White House wedding ceremony in Lekki, Lagos. They had a son together, Ethan, and ended their marriage in 2017.
With her charismatic presence, Faith Morey continues to inspire individuals across the globe. Her unwavering dedication to her craft, coupled with her influential lifestyle, solidifies her as a prominent figure in the world of entertainment and entrepreneurship.
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Faith Morey, alongside fellow new cast member, Tania Omotayo, will be joining the OGs Chioma Ikokwu, Iyabo Ojo, Laura Ikeji-Kanu, Mariam Timmer, and Toyin Lawani Adebayo on The Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2.
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Downloading the latest update to the Minecraft game, the version dedicated to the New Year 2021, has become among the interests of many game fans, as the Minecraft game, led by the developmental leader of the Swedish Marcus Pearson, has worked hard to provide new features and features to be added and officially launched within the version The update for the year 2021, as all the famous games usually launch a major update on the occasion of the New Year's calendar, such as many games, the first of which is Fort Knight and Buggy, with the aim of running many events related to the global occasion, where we provide you in this article and through the Today news site a link Download the latest update from Mine Craft for free for all Android devices, continue in this article.
The game included a lot of advantages in the last update, including what we will work on mentioning and limiting it to the bottom, and Minecraft has been seeking for years to support the game center within the lists of the best historical games, as the first version of the game was launched in 2009 AD on the computer platform and was made using the famous language Which the world is still distinguished by working on it is the Java language and which Minecraft game is still working with, as Microsoft stated after buying the game that Minecraft will forever be embraced by the Java programming language and work to develop the game through it, and in this paragraph we mention to you the most important features Which was added to the game Minecraft in the new year.
- The online game has been developed and improved in the game in general, and it works to solve many common errors related to slow movement due to the Internet.
- Many building tools and materials have been added in the game, such as floor cubes in a variety of colors and new for the first time, and also many tools that are required in building different types of facilities.
- Work has been made to solve lashing and chopping errors during the game, which was a bother for the game player who played it on medium or weak devices.
- Combine and improve the damage of several tools when hitting one of the monsters in the game.
- There are also more additions in the new update that you can view and notice when playing the game.
Through today's news site, and within the framework of working to provide exclusive benefits, we include an exclusive link for you to download the new and final update of the most popular game of its kind for free and without problems before everyone else, as you just have to click on the download button at the bottom and the download will start directly without having to leave the page Our website is without any disturbances, as you just have to make sure that your phone is free from any previous version installed on your phone for the Minecraft game and work to install the game package that you will download from the button below.
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The eznixOS is a respin of Debian GNU/Linux, currently based on the Debian Stable release. The Debian live-build tool is used to build the ISO and the complete build files are located on the live and installed system in /usr/share/eznix12X... There is a link in the home folder of the live and installed system to the build files folder.
The current release is eznixOS12X-230702-amd64.iso. Xfce is the only desktop offered and received some light theme customization. The numbering scheme is 12 that corresponds to Debian release 12 Bookworm and the X for Xfce, followed by the build date. The Calamares installer is included as the only installer and is available on the live desktop. Complete build docs and configuration files are in the eznix12X-230702.tar file. There is also an eznixOS11X-230702-amd64.iso based on the Bullseye release of Debian 11. The Bookworm based release will see future builds as Debian releases point releases and the Bullseye based release will only receive an updated ISO if needed.
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You guys know how much I love my cash back credit cards now that I no longer carry credit card debt. Many PF Bloggers say that credit cards are evil and we should only use cash but I use my cards responsibly so that system works for me.
Recently I was talking to someone about a purchase we were thinking about and said that I would have to wait because I did not have the money for that right now. She must have thought I meant I did not have my checkbook or cash because she looked at me and said "Oh just put it on your credit card."
I told her the issue was not that I did not have the available funds handy on my person at the time but that the amount did not figure into my budget. She still looked confused and then asked me if my credit cards were maxed out. I had to tell her that I had a zero balance on the two cards that I used and that even though they gave me cash back I was not about to buy that particular item because:
- I did not need it and
- it did not fit into my budget.
This person could not understand why I would not buy the item if I wanted it and had money on the credit card. I just sighed and thought about how much trouble she was getting herself into by acting like the credit card would magically pay for itself. I told her I did not want to add to the purchases for that item and since it was not in my budget I would not give myself the burden of paying for that item and messing up my budget.
This person does not have a budget and lives paycheck to paycheck with the inevitable period of electricity getting cut off because she did not pay the bill. She lives on a daily basis of immediate 'wants', often ignoring the 'needs' that will show up in the future. I do not think that is the best way to live because it assumes the credit card is a safety net that allows her to get things when she does not have money available for them.
To me the credit card is a tool that I use to:
avoid touching cash (because it is so nasty)
track my finances
earn cash back
NOT a fairy godmother that gives me things I cannot afford. Every purchase that goes on my credit cards is accounted for in my zero based budget and carefully tracked. Even when I do go on a spending spree (like I supposedly did for my birthday) the purchases that go on the credit card have already been accounted for because the money is coming out of my Splurge Fund in my ING account.
I ended up not getting the item and walked away knowing that my budget was on track……and secretly laughing that I could have gotten the item if I REALLY wanted it….but it was not that big of a deal to me.


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Kasey Kahne's racing future, despite a rocky 2014 season is now secure. The driver signed a three-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports Thursday, keeping him in the No. 5 Chevrolet through the conclusion of the 2018 season. HMS also added a new primary sponsor; LiftMaster will pair with Kahne for three races a year, beginning next season to join existing backers Great Clips, Time Warner Cable and Farmers Insurance.
"I've found a home at Hendrick Motorsports," said Kahne, whose contract was set to expire at the end of 2015. "We have incredible people and partners supporting us, and I couldn't be more excited about the direction we're headed as a team and a company. It's the right place for me, and I'm looking forward to being here for a long time."
Kahne came to HMS in 2012 after a one-year "layover" stop at now-defunct Team Red Bull. Initial results were promising, with four wins and two Chase appearances in his first two seasons but 2014 saw a slump in progress. Nearly missing the Chase, it took a win at Atlanta to sneak in under NASCAR's new format and the No. 5 team ended the year with just three top-5 finishes, Kahne's lowest total in seven years. The poor performance, especially compared to the other three HMS cars (who collected 12 wins) caused longtime crew chief Kenny Francis to be reassigned over the offseason. Speculation started mounting Kahne needed an incredible season next year to save his job; instead, owner Hendrick signed on the dotted line for more.
"It's extremely gratifying to work with a driver like Kasey," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports in a Thursday release. "I think the world of him both as a driver with championship-level talent and an overall terrific young man. Our whole organization has a great deal of respect for how hard he works, the professionalism he displays with our partners and the way he carries himself every day. We're committed to winning races and competing for titles with him for many years to come."
Kahne, 34, has 17 wins on the Sprint Cup level for his career, 83 top 5s, 146 top 10s and 26 poles. Best known as an intermediate track specialist, he's earned three Coca-Cola 600 trophies at Charlotte, his greatest success coming in the sport's longest race.
Kahne's re-signing, along with Keith Rodden coming over from Chip Ganassi Racing to be his new crew chief settles personnel at the No. 5 team for the coming years. Now, speculation will now mount as to where young Chase Elliott will land; the Hendrick development driver just captured the Nationwide Series title for JR Motorsports at age 18. Elliott, who will run a limited Cup schedule in a fifth HMS Chevrolet next season is widely expected to move up full-time in 2016. However, NASCAR's four-car, full-time rule precludes Hendrick from expanding and three of their drivers are now signed to long-term deals. Jeff Gordon has a lifetime contract with HMS and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is signed through 2017.
Jimmie Johnson, paired with the organization since 2002 also has his Hendrick Motorsports contract expiring in 2015 but is widely expected to re-sign along with crew chief Chad Knaus. Johnson, according to a conversation with Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press denied Elliott would move to the No. 48 car in 2016, claiming "someone else is in line for retirement before me."
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The dynamic view of the finance management sector has pushed industry stakeholders to redirect business tactics. Concurrently, women have surfaced as responsive, dedicated and competent investors.
The amount of wealth that women manage has risen significantly. In today's society, women make up a significant investor sector and apprehending this sector is a huge opportunity for wealth management firms.
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Also, firms should aim at providing the aspired investor experience as women crave to feel esteemed by wealth management firms.
Besides, spending time to develop relationships with female investors can help wealth management firms demonstrate the value they attribute to this market section while increasing revenues in the process.
Again, firms should attend to the investment preferences of female investors. Studies have shown that women, unlike men, prefer to invest in industries to which meaning and purpose is assigned to. Women generally see investments more subjectively and have a larger attachment to where they select to direct their money. Women are more likely to invest in corporations with heterogeneity in leadership. They may approach and prioritize, to a higher degree than men, to use their investment(s) opportunities to positively impact society. As a result, financial advisors should acknowledge and uphold these preferences as they strive to serve women investors.
If wealth management enterprises understand the influence of women investors, particularly, their potentials in effecting an accumulating wealth, they may significantly boost their profit.
Women Investors; a potential market sector.
By affording a customer experience, displaying a comprehensive culture, and offering advisors who can manage the needs of female investors, wealth management firms could apprehend this market section. Confronting diminishing profits, expanding into this market is all the more crucial. Even though drawing from the sector of female investors may need technical changes, wealth management firms should acknowledge women as a prominent force in wealth management who are here to stay.
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Flip on the telly during the NFL Wild Card football games this weekend and you're likely to see a bunch of commercials touting a variety of next-generation SUVs.
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Looks like fun — looks being the operative word here.
The truth is that only about 5 percent of SUVs are ever taken off-road, which means that you're more likely to see a Range Rover at Starbucks, for example, than anywhere near a mountain lake. For most SUV owners, the look and the possibility of one day actually locking in the four-wheel drive are worth the extra bucks in the purchase price.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) attempts to humble Porsche with a original lap file on Germany's legendary Nordschleife racetrack own reignited an argument in regards to the price of lap times, because the circuit steps in to quash claims of cheating.
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"We're attempting to own circumstances that would possibly be understood and replicated," talked about Nuerburgring spokesman Alexander Gerhard, including that the racing circuit operator had moved to tighten principles in which a automobile maker can stammer a licensed lap time.
Environment a original file time for four-door electrical autos would give Tesla's ageing Mannequin S a regain simply as German rivals Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche prepare to initiating their very maintain electrical autos.
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Tesla used to be spotted this week with a variant of its Mannequin S sedan on the circuit, which is 20.8 km (12.9 miles) long, with slanted cambers and a 300-m altitude distinction between its most reasonable most likely and lowest capabilities.
German automobile journal Auto Motor und Sport talked a pair of Tesla used to be considered recording an unofficial time of seven minutes and 23 seconds, which would beat a lap time feature by Porsche's Taycan, which Porsche says completed a lap time of seven minutes and 42 seconds.
However Tesla's venture has precipitated questions on whether the Silicon Valley automobile maker is taking half in magnificent.
"The automobile used to be heavily modified," talked about Stefan Baldauf, who photos prototype autos being examined on the circuit for a dwelling.
"Other than a roll cage and the motive force's seat, the inside of had been stripped out," he added. "The windows had been blacked out, so it used to be robust to boom."
The Tesla also regarded as if it would possibly own semi-slick tyres, venerable completely on racing circuits and unsuited for on a regular basis exercise, Baldauf talked about.
A Porsche spokeswoman informed Reuters its Taycan used to be examined using identical outdated tyres.
"A comparison is rarely any longer frequently magnificent if right here's the automobile venerable to prove that Tesla is faster," Baldauf added.
Notary Jens Boehle, who licensed lap times by Porsche, talked about, "Scope for cheating is as gargantuan as you might moreover imagine. Is it a prototype automobile, a outdated aspect road most reasonable most likely automobile, or is it a specially modified racing version of a outdated aspect road automobile?"
"These are only one of the most questions that would possibly moreover restful be answered."
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk spoke back on Twitter this week.
"The final configuration venerable at Nürburgring to feature the file will lope into manufacturing round summer season 2020, so right here's no longer merely for the song," Musk talked about.
Tesla declined to touch upon its lap file effort.
Officials attempt to standardise velocity file attempts, Gerhard, the Nuerburgring spokesman, talked about. In some runs for the file, autos had been allowed to make a flying initiate using a 20.6-km (12.8-mile) stretch of the song.
"We now mandate that the elephantine 20.8 km is venerable," Gerhard added. "And we exhaust a notary to measure the time following rumours that some other manufacturer had cheated, by rushing up video photographs."
It also mandates the assign timing gadgets wants to be located.
On Twitter, Musk confirmed that Tesla is using the Nordschleife to market its "Plaid" mode on a 7-seater Tesla Mannequin S.
"We demand these song times to be overwhelmed by the actual manufacturing 7 seat Mannequin S Plaid variant that goes into manufacturing round Oct/Nov subsequent three hundred and sixty five days," Musk talked about.
Porsche says its 919 Evo hybrid racecar now holds the total file for all automobile categories, with a lap time of 5 minutes and 19 seconds, feature in 2018.
Nuerburgring hopes the original principles, equipped this three hundred and sixty five days, would possibly help revive the circuit's recognition as a venue for competitive benchmarking.
"We're attempting to be a plausible benchmark," Gerhard talked about.
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It was called Breast Cancer Society Inc. and it operated out of Mesa. It was listed as a charity. But the government says it was all a "sham."
They took action against the "charity" in 2015 and it was shut down.
Recently, the Arizona Attorney General and others announced $2.5 million gained from selling off assets, will go to cancer centers across the country.
But, that's a very small part of the $187 million the Feds say this and three other related "sham" charities took in during a four year period.
Years earlier, in 2012, our investigation exposed what was really going on inside Breast Cancer Society Inc.
They said part of their mission was to provide cancer patients with belongings they would need during or after treatment.
But we saw empty shelves and very little that would substantially help them.
The charity also claimed they had an assistance program that paid the bills of breast cancer patients.
I tried getting the amount they spent to pay those bills.
But the charity's director, James Reynolds II couldn't come up with an answer.
He couldn't even give me a range.
When I asked for receipts for other money Reynolds claimed to use for charitable purposes, I got nothing.
In fact, we couldn't find anyone getting any real help from this charity.
We did find Reynolds made $600,000 over a two year period.
The government's action involved it and three other charities called "shams" and all run by Reynolds and his family.
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The rest, they say, went to salaries, vacations, cars, boats and more.
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Federal law allows only state and federal government agencies (not individual or private creditors) to take your refund as payment toward a debt. However, once you deposit the refund into your bank account, these rules no longer apply.
Will my taxes be garnished?
- The IRS can garnish your wages if back taxes are owed, but they must follow stringent guidelines. If you owe the IRS for back taxes, the agency has the authority to levy or seize your property.
Can the IRS garnish your state refund?
Under the State Income Tax Levy Program, the IRS can levy (take) your state tax refund to offset back taxes, addressing any tax debt you might owe. If this happens, the state will give you notice of the levy. The IRS will also give a notice, after the levy, offering you the opportunity to appeal the debt offset.
Can state taxes be taken from federal return?
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For many people, this past year has illuminated the need for slowing down and taking care of their own mental well-being. Consider giving the gift of self-care to your loved ones this holiday season with one of these thoughtful presents sure to give a mental health boost!
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"Are You As Nervous As I Am?" at Greenwich Theatre – review
In a 12-month period that has given us Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, Ride and Great British Bake-Off The Musical amongst others, it would be smashing to report that the British musical continues its winning streak with this premiere from Simon Spencer (book), Leighton James House (music) and Shaun McKenna (lyrics). Unfortunately, that is not the case. Are You As Nervous As I Am? feels like a throwback to the bad old pre-Evita days of the '50s, '60s and '70s when there was a common perception that we Brits couldn't really do musicals, and the artform was a mainly American phenomenon with quintessentially English period pieces like Oliver! and Half A Sixpence being the exceptions that proved the rule.
With a timeframe running from 1945 to 1975, and locations from Llanelli in South Wales to London's West End then Vegas and LA (all rendered woefully samey in Kevin Jenkins' ugly, angular set design), it's billed as the tale of a pair of sisters estranged since childhood who then reconnect as adults just as the world opens up with more opportunities for women. In practise though, the show is a run-of-the-mill, rags-to-riches-back-to-rags saga centred on younger sibling Peggy (a hard-working Katie Elin-Salt) who escapes from their drunken harridan of a mother in the Welsh Valleys, to become a showbiz singing sensation with a chronic drink problem, despite the fact that all she really wants is a family.
Although director Phoebe Barran and movement specialist Denni Sayers are women, it feels slightly odd to have, in 2022, a female-driven story with an otherwise all-male creative team. It does, however, explain the two-dimensional nature of the principal female characters and the pervading whiff of misogyny: older sister Janet has little agency and is the victim of a particularly nasty drink-related incident (more on that in a bit), Peggy has few distinguishing characteristics beyond a tiresome inclination to bash out a mediocre number she's just written every time she comes across an unattended piano (this happens a lot), while their mother is a vicious old soak who can't keep her knickers on. Then there's a predatory lesbian gossip columnist and a blousy nightclub chanteuse with designs on Peggy's gormless second husband… It all feels as though it was written a couple of decades ago, as cliché piles on cliché, implausibilites abound, and the shuffling on and off of props, furniture and characters often takes longer than the actual scenes that are being set up. Book writer Simon Spencer works predominantly on television and the scrappy, episodic nature of the dramatic structure here feels more akin to a screenplay than a focused theatre piece. This is one of those musicals where the programme turns out to be a mixed blessing as, just when you think you can't take much more, you check the running order and realise there's still a half dozen songs and scenes to go before the interval.
Many of the songs start with a character, usually Peggy, "performing" a number, either on the telly or at a piano, which then expands into a running commentary on their offstage lives. Once or twice is fine, but the constant repetition of this format starts to feel like a lack of imagination. The music is pleasant but bland, and fails to capture anything of the flavour of the different decades during which the show is set. The lyrics are of the anything-for-a-rhyme school of writing, which at least means that you can relieve the tedium occasionally by betting with yourself what the end of the next line will be. A particular favourite of mine paired "bottom of the glass" with "fall on your arse", but there are plenty of other howlers.
As a central character, Peggy Starr (the surname is allotted to her by her Svengali-like first husband and manager, a nasty piece of work acted with considerable relish and polish by Bill Ward) is an oddly blank figure: she has no particular desire to perform yet becomes a star anyway, she follows her long-lost sister to London but then doesn't seem that bothered when they're reunited. She abandons her career to accompany her second husband, who's an actor, to Hollywood, then thinks it's ok to turn up unannounced on his film sets. None of it makes much sense and, by the time she's giving it the full late career Judy Garland (drunk as a skunk in front of heckling patrons in a Vegas night club), it's pretty hard to care. Elin-Salt has a sweet voice but doesn't quite convince as a once-in-a-generation talent that inspires hard-nosed showbiz types to drop everything to catapult her to stardom. She is also saddled with a couple of the worst wigs I've ever seen on a professional stage and is further ill-served by writing and directorial choices that require her to signal Peggy's burgeoning sophistication by calling everybody "darling" whilst constantly whirling her pointing hands around in circles in a manner which will be familiar to anyone who remembers Victoria Wood as Miss Berta in Acorn Antiques.
Sister Janet is, if anything, even more underwritten, but Emma Thornett invests her with considerable presence and a beautiful singing voice. In what must surely be one of the most bizarre first act closers in the musical theatre canon, poor Janet is blinded while sticking up for her sister against her drunken brute of a husband. The staging of this is lamentably poor, involving screaming, a quick crouch behind a conveniently located sideboard to administer a hasty squirt of Kensington Gore in the face, and a fast blackout, leaving the audience blinking in disbelief. That disbelief turns to bewilderment in the second half as the long-term effects of Janet's injury sink in. The RNIB logo appears on the back of the programme so one presumes they were consulted on this but it strikes me that having a sighted actress wobbling about with a white stick and a look of grim determination on her face, is maybe not the most enlightened and sensitive way to raise awareness of the issues surrounding sight loss. Arguably even worse is the moment when an exasperated Peggy refers to her sister as Helen Keller thereby making herself seem even more crass and less sympathetic than she did before. It's another strange choice in a production stuffed with them.
It's not the fault of the cast, all of whom display consummate professionalism and admirable commitment to the iffy material. West End veteran Sarah Ingram does sterling work in the thankless dual roles of the wayward Mam, pointlessly popping up periodically to wordlessly glower from the sidelines, and the journalist who takes up with Janet, and Simon Furness does what he can with the dated trope of the eternally faithful gay sidekick. Megan Donovan, one of a trio of alternating young performers, shows real dramatic and musical promise as Peggy as a child.
Stories of female solidarity can make powerful, uplifting viewing but not here, where the characters are so sketchily drawn and generally unlikeable, and any depth of feeling between the sisters barely makes it across the footlights. The show's title is a quote from Peggy's speech at the very end as she embarks, phoenix-like, on a comeback performance after a couple of years of obscurity in Port Talbot, but it bears no relation to anything else in the script. Barran's staging is frustratingly short on urgency and detail, exemplified by an act two scene where Peggy has a drunken meltdown in the famed Covent Garden showbiz restaurant Joe Allen; the year, according to the programme, is 1974. Joe Allen didn't open until 1977. Sadly, this misguided musical is exactly the sort of show whose poster one might expect to see on Joe's notorious "flop wall".


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Data from: Changes in melanocyte RNA and DNA methylation favor pheomelanin synthesis and may avoid systemic oxidative stress after dietary cysteine supplementation in birds
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Rodríguez-Martínez, Sol; Márquez, Rafael; Inácio, Ângela; Galván, Ismael (2019). Data from: Changes in melanocyte RNA and DNA methylation favor pheomelanin synthesis and may avoid systemic oxidative stress after dietary cysteine supplementation in birds [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8j5j72t
Cysteine plays essential biological roles, but excessive amounts produce cellular oxidative stress. Cysteine metabolism is mainly mediated by the enzymes cysteine dioxygenase and γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase, respectively coded by the genes CDO1 and GCLC. Here we test a new hypothesis posing that the synthesis of the pigment pheomelanin also contributes to cysteine homeostasis in melanocytes, where cysteine can enter the pheomelanogenesis pathway. We conducted a experiment in the Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea, a bird producing large amounts of pheomelanin for feather pigmentation, to investigate if melanocytes show epigenetic lability under exposure to excess cysteine. We increased systemic cysteine levels in nuthatches by supplementing them with dietary cysteine during growth. This caused in feather melanocytes the downregulation of genes involved in intracellular cysteine metabolism (GCLC), cysteine transport to the cytosol from the extracellular medium (Slc7a11) and from melanosomes (CTNS), and regulation of tyrosinase activity (MC1R and ASIP). These changes were mediated by increases in DNA m5C in all genes excepting Slc7a11, which experienced RNA m6A depletion. Birds supplemented with cysteine synthesized more pheomelanin than controls, but did not suffer higher systemic oxidative stress. These results suggest that excess cysteine activates an epigenetic mechanism that favors pheomelanin synthesis and may protect from oxidative stress.


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THE Bahamas National Trust says it does not believe measures are needed to reduce shark conservation, adding the shark attraction industry brings in more than $100 million a year.
BNT said, however, it agrees more studies and public education are needed on shark and turtle conservation, along with "reasonable solutions" to help protect both people and the marine resources "that we need for our very own survival".
BNT released a statement on Saturday in response to comments Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest made last week about shark and turtle protection.
BNT said while it "understands the concerns expressed by fishermen about shark interactions while fishing, spearfishing and diving," there is "no scientific research that supports an increase in shark populations" in The Bahamas.
"Fishing and spearfishing are acts that attract predators," BNT's release said. "With more humans increasingly going in the ocean and doing certain activities that will attract sharks, shark-human encounters will increase.
"The BNT is in alignment with the DPM that more studies need to be conducted about the population of sharks and turtles in The Bahamas, likewise for all species."
Eric Carey, BNT's executive director, said he reached out to Mr Turnquest to get a better understanding of what he was intending to convey in his statements.
"While the BNT doesn't feel it is necessary to reduce conservation measures put in place to protect sharks, we agree with the DPM that we need to conduct more studies and do a better job of engaging fishermen so that we get a clear understanding of what they are experiencing," Mr Carey said.
Sharks became fully protected in 2011, with 243,000 square miles of the Bahamian archipelago turned into a shark sanctuary. As a result, it is illegal to catch or harm any shark in The Bahamas.
BNT said The Bahamas is the "shark diving" capital of the world, with the marine animal bringing in an estimated $114 million to the country every year as people travel here to dive, film and interact with sharks.
The conservation agency said sharks play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of marine life from which humans benefit, especially in The Bahamas.
It added that sharks help to keep marine animal populations healthy by removing the sick and injured, and by promoting greater fish diversity and healthier coral reefs.
BNT also pushed back against Mr Turnquest's comments about sea turtles feeding on conch, saying their impact on the species' population is minimal. BNT also said green sea turtles are necessary in keeping seagrass beds healthy.
"Healthy seagrass beds are crucial in supporting conch populations, which feed on the algae found on seagrass. The reality is that while sea turtles do naturally feed on conch, without sea turtles, the seagrass beds crucial to the survival of conch would not be healthy, and thus conch would be in even greater trouble. So, both species depend on each other for their long-term survival. Loggerhead turtles feed on the queen conch, but only at certain life stages.
"The impact of sea turtles on conch populations is therefore minimal, and more importantly this is a part of maintaining nature's balance. It is important to note that while there may have been some recovery in local populations, sea turtles remain critically endangered across their range and are some of the most endangered animals in the world.
"Their importance to the culture, economy, and environment of The Bahamas is the reason why sharks and turtles were formally protected by the government.
"More public education on the importance of sharks and sea turtles is needed and we have to come up with reasonable solutions to help protect both people as well as these resources that we need for our very own survival.
"It is important that the government, conservation organizations, fishermen, and the public continue to work together to ensure that conservation benefits people and the environment."
As he spoke in the House of Assembly about a constituent who is recovering from a recent shark attack while spearfishing, Mr Turnquest said while the country is protecting sharks, they are now encroaching on fishing areas used by fishermen who are at risk of attack.
He also said sea turtles, another protected marine animal, are now feeding on the country's already limited conch supply.
"This is an issue that I think we're going to have to address at some point because fishermen have continuously put the point to me that as we protect the shark and as we protect the turtle, they are now becoming a nuisance and a danger to fishermen," the East Grand Bahama MP said.
"As the fishermen try to catch the fish with a line, (a) shark comes and takes them. They dive, they are at risk of being injured. The turtles (are) eating the conch and the lobster. So it's becoming quite a challenge."
Amused 3 years, 3 months ago
Last I checked sharks live in the ocean, fisherman invade their territory. Sharks don't come on land and swing by bamboo for a conch or fish snack. Sharks are only doing what they know how to do
juju 3 years, 3 months ago
I live near Hopetown, Abaco moreso since Hurricane Dorian. There is less fishing here now for obvious reasons. Fewer tourists, Covid, and less time to fish for most everyone because we are all working to bring our businesses and families back. I have seen MORE LARGE bull and tiger sharks than EVER before. And, since Dorian, there are fewer turtles. I hope that my humble observation does not go on deaf ears.And, I certainly hope that one of these monsters doesn't devour one of my grandchildren.


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Shadow Form Ring: This black metal ring feels cold to the touch and the shadow cast by the ring flickers with movement
This ring allows you to fuse yourself with shadows that envelop you and follow with you. 2/Day you can cast Shadow Form which lasts for 3 minutes. Also, this ring attracts shadows to you slightly, you gain a +3 Hide bonus when in shadowy illumination.
Moderate (DC 20) Illusion;CL 9th; Forge Ring, Shadow Form (Spell Compendium); Cost 5,500gp, 440 XP, 11 Days; Activation: Standard (Command) and —; Weight: — lb.; Market Price: 11,000 gp
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7. The Exorcist (1973) – William Friedkin
The Exorcist is based on the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. The idea for Father Merrin came from a meeting Blatty had with a British archaeologist in Beirut who was present at the excavation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A 1949 exorcism of a young boy by a Jesuit priest had some influence on the possession aspects of this novel.
The film begins with the unearthing of ancient relics by an archaeological team in Northern Iraq. We are then transported to the United States into the home of a single mother and daughter. After playing with an Ouija board and making contact with a spirit named Captain Howdy, the 12-year-old Regan begins to act strangely as well as attracting paranormal phenomena around her. Her behaviour becomes increasingly more disturbing and destructive, which convinces her mother to enlist a priest's help.
The head of an Assyrian demon named Pazuzu is one of the items found by the archaeologists. It is to become a pivotal point in the development of the movie. Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the wind. He brought the southwest wind and with it famine according to some sources. Others claim that he protected against disease-bearing winds.
Pazuzu used his powers to cast the goddess Lamashtu down to the underworld. Due to her tendency to steal newborns and babies from mother's wombs, having amulets of Pazuzu was generally considered a good thing in Assyrian households. Exactly the same real bronze head of Pazuzu can be found in The British Museum.
8. The Omen (1976) – Richard Donner
This movie is a British/American collaboration. It is the first in a series of Omen films and received mixed reviews at the time of its release. Although it is generally considered to be one of the greats, not all critics were impressed with some even describing it as one of the worst films of all time.
This is the story of the family of an American diplomat who move to Great Britain following the tragic death of their newborn son. However, the father Robert, adopts another baby in the deceased infant's place without telling his wife Katherine that her real baby died.
Strange happenings occur around their adopted son Damien with most animals running scared in his presence. Katherine is convinced Damien has sinister intentions towards her and is witness to displays of his disturbing behaviour. Robert tries to find out the true origins of Damien's birth and this leads him to discover the unthinkable about the boy.
When Robert travels to Israel in order to find an archaeologist who is also an expert on the Antichrist, he is told that only the seven daggers of Megiddo can kill the Devil's offspring. Megiddo is located in northern Israel in the Megiddo National Park. It is a large man-made mound that is a site for many archaeological excavations although no daggers have ever been found there. According to the Book of Revelations Megiddo is the location of an apocalyptic battle.
In Hebrew, "Mount of Megiddo" is "Har Megiddo" which is where its Greek name, Armageddon is derived. Almost every story involving the birth of the Antichrist tells of the apocalyptic horrors that will be unleashed upon the world bringing about final judgement and essentially, our ultimate end.
9. The Sentinel (1977) – Michael Winner
This film is based on Jeffrey Konvitz's 1974 novel of the same name. The author also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Winner. Peppered with minor appearances by some notable actors and actresses, this film has a paranoid vibe with some effective performances.
Reminiscent of and quite possibly influenced by, Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, this film begins with a young model looking for an apartment. She comes across a reasonably priced place in a nice New York City neighbourhood. Alison seems to be only one of two occupants in the whole building, yet she is convinced of the presence of other tenants. Her journey to discover what is really going on leads to a terrifying conclusion.
Despite of at the time having an impressive cast of up and comers as well as seasoned Hollywood veterans – among them Jeff Goldbloom, Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner and John Carradine – this movie divides audiences. Some praise it for being a worthy entry into the 70s Satanic horror genre, and others think of it as merely piggy backing on the other features' success.
The use of deformed people in one of the more chilling sequences of this film has been condemned as distasteful by some. It is interesting to note the similarities between this and Tod Browning's use of physically disabled and deformed people in his masterpiece Freaks (1932).
10. Suspiria (1977) – Dario Argento
One of the heavy hitters on the list, Suspiria is truly a masterpiece. Carefully chosen soundtrack by the Italian progressive rock band Goblin enhances the eerie fairy tale feel of this film. Suspiria is the first entry in Argento's "The Three Mothers" trilogy along with Inferno (1980) and The Mother Of Tears (2007).
This movie is about Suzy Bannion, a young aspiring ballerina who begins attending a prestigious dance school in Germany. She becomes suspicious of the real goings on within the school and tries to expose the true nature of some of the key employees.
This movie is a dreamlike interpretation of a tale about witches for grown ups. There are elements of Brothers Grimm here and this is especially evident as we watch a young girl run through a dark forest made of only bare tree trunks to Goblin's haunting melody.
What makes Suspiria unique is the stunning imagery and exquisite choice of colours. Down to the luxurious designer wallpaper featuring heavily in nearly every shot of this film, not one detail has been left up to chance. Suspiria lifted the bar for the giallo sub-genre of horror and showed once more that Italy is one of the most important contributors to World Cinema.
11. The Evil Dead (1981) – Sam Raimi
The Evil Dead is a true classic that has earned a solid place in cinema history. Shot on a low budget, it captured the eye of some prominent people in the horror business. Although initially lacking commercial popularity in the United States, it has since been a worldwide cult favourite for over twenty years.
Five young people get away to a cabin in the woods over Spring Break. They come across a Sumerian version of the Book Of The Dead and unwittingly unleash a legion of demons onto the forest around them. As the demonic spirits possess the friends one by one, all hell breaks loose in the woods. Bruce Campbell's chainsaw-wielding Ash has become one of the most iconic horror characters of all time.
The text used in The Evil Dead was a version of the Necronomicon called Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. The myth of the Necronomicon brings us to H.P. Lovecraft. He has claimed on a number of occasions that this text is purely a form of fiction.
Despite this, there have been different imitations and variations of the Necronomicon written by a number of authors and occultist. Some have been taken more seriously than others. It is interesting to note that many followers of the Great Beast Aleister Crowley have believed that there was a psychic connection between Crowley and Lovecraft.
12. Poison For The Fairies (1986) – Carlos Enrique Taboada
This is one of Taboada's Gothic style horrors and is a terrifying coming-of-age tale. The pseudo-supernatural element is only a tool in an attempt to show the horrors of an alienated childhood.
The orphaned Veronica lives with her disabled housebound grandmother and attends a religious girls' school. Tales of witches told to her by her grandma fill Veronica's head and she attempts to convince her peers that she also practices witchcraft. This further distances her from the other girls at school until a new student, Flavia arrives and the two strike up a friendship.
Flavia comes from a wealthy and well-to-do family and is much more naïve than Veronica. The two girls perform black magic "rituals" under the dominant Veronica's instruction and as the games become more sinister in nature, their power-struggle inevitably comes to a disturbing end.
13. Hellraiser (1987) – Clive Barker
A unique film in many ways, Hellraiser stands apart from its 80s counterparts. Destined to become part of a franchise with some questionable entries, the original Hellraiser film delved deep into the dark corners of the mind and for some of us, stayed there forever. Written and directed by the same man, this movie allows us to get a real glimpse at the nightmarish world of Clive Barker.
Frank's search for the ultimate thrill leads him to the world of the Cenobites where his soul is trapped. Frightening events unfold as he attempts to rejoin the realm of the living. This is a tale of dark desires and the fluid nature of the boundary between pleasure and pain. The practical special effects of this film enhance the horrific vision of Frank's transformation.
We can see in Hellraiser an allusion to Barker's own sexuality and his interest in sadomasochism. Interestingly enough, the terms "sadism" and "masochism" can be attributed to writers whose names and writing are synonymous with each i.e. Marquis De Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Hellraiser universe are the mysterious Cenobites. Traditionally cenobites are practitioners of cenobitic monasticism or simply put, "monkhood". That would make Barker's sadistic creatures some sort of order of perverse monks devoid of all empathy and remorse.


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LAST Christmas many persons and organizations offered toys and assorted goodies and meals to those most in need. Such giving is not unusual at Christmas. The spirit of giving without any hope or expectation of return makes charity a meaningful aspect of human life.
None of God's other creations are known for such works of gift giving – charity. But Christmas lasts only two to three weeks over here. What becomes of the gift recipients after Christmas when life returns to its hard and challenging ways? Will these people still be at the receiving end of donations next Christmas? Or will there be hope of gainful employment and a better life? Will those who received gifts last Christmas become donors next Christmas?
These are questions which leaders in the private and public sectors as well as those in civil society must answer honestly and fearlessly. Based on personal experience it is reasonable to say that not much will change. Still, we need to be aware that it often takes no more than one individual to make a difference in the lives of a community or a country. It must therefore be the hope and prayer of every Saint Lucian that such an individual (or individuals) will rise to the challenge of transforming minds and attitudes towards a better, brighter future in 2015. In particular we pray that the unfortunate and jobless will rise from the quagmire of poverty, drug addiction, recklessness and crime.
True and uncompromising leadership will be called for in 2015 if the national economy is to be turned around. Short of general elections there ought to be some semblance of a re-ordering of the Ministerial portfolios of persons in leadership positions in the public State sector. For example, the crucial ministries of Agriculture, Health, and, Finance need fresh blood and new hands. In addition much will be expected from the private sector, civil society and religious bodies. It is my hope and prayer that such leadership will soon begin to express itself in this New Year. The starting point ought to be a national discussion with pertinent contributions from an alert public on how a sinking ship of State – the national economy – ought to be revitalized. The time may also be right to encourage persons who have nothing useful to offer except narrow, regurgitated partisan garbage, to read more, return to school and pay more attention to them, forgetting politics.
As a people we need to make a better effort to raise the standard of debate and insist on excellence in all we do. There is certain to be talk of planning for Nobel Laureates' week. Perhaps there needs to be a national discussion about how best to inculcate the message of excellence, perseverance, effort and focused attention which the two Nobel Laureates teach the rest of us. Our leaders (from the three sectors mentioned above and including those in religions) must design a campaign to kick out mediocrity in every aspect of life whilst demanding greater effort and productivity from the citizenry, including sportsmen and women. Such a campaign to weed out mediocrity and institute measures which will result in greater and more efficient output and performance will be the best gift that those who have been tasked to lead can offer the nation. Such a united approach calls for courage and vision whose tiny shoots emerged last year after certain persons were pushed too far.
My wish for Saint Lucia is that we begin the long and difficult road to rehabilitation and progress. This plus a continuous striving to be the best and a determination to stay until excellence is achieved is the only way to economic development. Carless and haphazard effort and an unwillingness to pursue excellence will not cut it. We can no longer accept anything less than the very best from every sector of the society. We ought to wake up each day determined to add something of value to our lives and surroundings. Waking up early is one key. Working for the hours paid is another. We cannot go to bed with the mindset that we will do so-and-so tomorrow morning, if we feel well enough. No! The bedtime mindset must be to wake up at a certain early hour the next day and to proceed with the task we set ourselves the night before. If an early morning task is not possible, then fill those early hours with prayers and contemplation of something good and elevating. Just do something positive and useful every day.
The early discussions for the months of January and February ought to be spent on focused attention on how best to get Saint Lucians to work longer and harder for themselves and their families. What ought to be done by whom in order that the wider community can benefit socially, financially and spiritually is a matter which calls for real and genuine leadership.
We cannot jam 'de carnival muzik' as if someone was deliberately trying to keep us from thinking more seriously about the human condition this early in a New Year. How can our leaders change the mindset which focuses on partying and drinking at the expense of work, study and greater effort? Excellence cannot be too much to ask for as we embark on a new journey in a brand new year.
Ever since adulthood and long before venturing into politics there was something I wished to say. What exactly that something was and to whom it should be addressed was not clear. Having arrived at maturing and having gathered confidence along the way I discovered that it was to the people of Saint Lucia I wished to speak. It was to ask them to rise from their slumber and arm themselves with the zeal to work tirelessly for themselves whilst putting aside their learned laziness. It is a call that must be made afresh each new year. The forces of inertia and laziness are constantly at work. Only constant effort and determined hard work on the scale of that practised by our Nobel Laureates (and others who have not shirked from hard work), will see us to a better place.
The gift which keeps on giving is the example each generation sets another by its commitment, its industry, its discipline and its sacrifice. I am finally finding my voice and the cause which deserves promotion.


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"Dr Slack" says it well, in a comment on someone else's post at Stand Down/ NoWarBlog.
"I find it endlessly puzzling that American troops are so often surprised to find resistance to their presence. What American would welcome foreign troops in their cities, no matter how bad their own government was or how many promises the alien power made to "liberate" them? And why do so many Americans deny people in other countries the right or even the possibility of feeling the same way? Of all the idiosyncrasies driving the war, this one strikes me as one of the weirdest and most destructive"


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