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Allumé Shift Nurse *ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITH ONGOING COMPLEX CONTINOUS CARE PATIENTS * WE WILL TRAIN GOOD NURSES FOR COMPLEX CARE *Allumé is looking for a dedicated nurse who seeks the chance to better someone else's life and provide relief to families.
Allumé is dedicated to providing Remarkable Care™ by providing nursing care that impacts others in a positive way.
We are looking for someone who is interested in learning the specialty of complex, continuous care, an in-demand and growing area of expertise.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone that would like to be a part of a committed care team where your voice is valued and appreciated.
Someone who wants to deliver care the "right" way with a team committed to high standards.
Excellent compensation packageShadowing and mentoring programPerformance-based bonusesOpportunities to grow and advance your careerRegular & flexible hours $500 Signing Bonus Allume currently has several shifts available in several locations throughout Western Connecticut.
We are offering new hires who complete the onboarding process by January 15th to receive a $500 signing bonus.
To receive this bonus, apply today and schedule an interview!
Mission The Mission of the Allumé Shift Nurse is to provide hands-on Remarkable Care™ for a medically fragile child or adult and enhance their quality of life through in-home shift nursing.
Immediate Goals 1.
Complete the Allumé shadowing and mentoring program during the first 90 days of employment, enabling you to feel successful in your job2.
Learn to document using our electronic medical records system and to utilize good documentation to communicate with your team Work together with a nurse mentor to support you in developing a career growth plan3.
Participate in a committed care team for 1-2 medically fragile patients and learn the clinical skills needed to care for their specific needs4.
Demonstrate the ability to handle emergent situations that may arise with medically fragile patients in the field5.
Identify ways to improve and maintain the wellness and well-being of your patients by contributing to their Curated Care Plan a plan of care specifically designed for their needs (that goes beyond the medical) Primary Functions: Complex Nursing Care Nursing care for medically fragile children and adults who may require the following interventions: tracheostomies, ventilators, g/j-tubes, respiratory vest treatments, nebulizers, catheters, etc.Shift Nursing Provides visits or shifts (typically 8-hours) for clients as directed by the RN Case Manager and articulated in the physician-ordered Plan of Care.Timely Communication.
Communicates information on a timely basis.
Communicates verbally, as needed, and through complete and accurate documentation in the clinical record.Change in Condition. Communicates appropriate status/condition changes to the RN Case Manager per agency guidelines.Clinical Documentation.
Completes clinical documentation within 24-hours of shift.Reporting.
Ensure safe continuity of care by communicating clearly to the next nurse or caregiver of the patient status, stats, activity, behaviors, etc.Safety Measures.
Recognizes and responds appropriately to potentially unsafe situations.
Demonstrates safe practice in the use of equipment.
Makes recommendations on improvement of safety.Emergency Preparedness.
Participate in regular planning and activities to ensure patient safety during any type of emergency.Curated Care.
Works together with the RN Case Manager to develop the 10 Step Curated Care Plan, incorporating the 6 levels of need.IDT Meetings.
Participates in regular Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) Meetings for each patient you serve.Weekly Check-Ins.
Receive support from your mentor of RN Case Manager every week.Monthly Mentoring.
Meets at least month with Mentor or RN Case Manager to receive support and develop clinically and professionallyPatient-Specific Skills Training. Participates in all necessary training specific to each patient to ensure competence and safety, including trachs, vents, g/j-tubes, nebulizers, etc.Monthly Training. Participates in a minimum of one hour of Allumé in-services training monthly : Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
Current license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of Connecticut.
Minimum of one (1) year experience in an acute care setting or equivalent experience.
CPR certified.
Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Licensed driver with automobile insured in accordance with state and/or Agency requirements and in good repair.
Has a good driving record.
Cultural Fit Remarkable Care. Overtly demonstrates one cares about the company, employees, patients, and the larger community. Going above and beyond what is expected in everything done, large or small.
Noticeably does things above the rest.
Elevated excellence. Earns trust and maintains confidence.
Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient.
Speaks plainly and truthfully.Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of best.On Time.
With appointments, phone calls, patient visits, documentation, deliverables, and projects – able to be on time.Attendance.
Impeccable attendance.
Rarely ever calls out, is never late, and always is where needed when needed.Teamwork.
Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working environment.Enthusiasm.
Exhibits passion and excitement over work.
Has can-do attitude.Attention to Detail.
Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.Teachable.
Learns quickly.
Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.Flexibility / Adaptability.
Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions.
Copes effectively with complexity and change.Communication.
Speaks and writes clearly and articulately without being overly verbose or talkative.
Maintains this standard in all forms of written communication, including email.Calm Under Pressure.
Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress.Work Ethic.
Possesses strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done.
Has a track record of working hard.Relationship Building.
Capable and interested in building meaningful, successful relationships with co-workers, patients, family, and extended community.
Us: Allumé Home Care surrounds patients, families, employees, and communities with Remarkable Care™.
We are a Connecticut licensed home health agency serving Western Connecticut with skilled medical services 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
Allumé specializes in continuous, long-term care of children and adults with complex, high-tech needs.Our mission is to gather, nurture, develop, and match people who love caring for others, with families who need them.Our core purpose is to surround patients, families, employees, and our community with Remarkable Care.
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The trial of Philadelphia physician Kermit Gosnell, who is accused of killing a woman and infants born alive during abortion procedures, is escalating a debate over whether stricter regulations of abortion clinics makes unsafe facilities more or less likely to exist, NPR's "Shots" reports.
Abortion-rights opponents argue that Gosnell's clinic is not an outlier and should serve as an example of why more regulations are needed. Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life, said, "It's such a horrific case, ... but it also helps illustrate our concern over how women are being treated in abortion clinics."
Abortion-rights advocates argue that Gosnell was a criminal preying on low-income women who had few options and that the burden of unnecessary regulations is forcing legitimate clinics to close. Carole Joffe, a sociology professor at the University of California-San Francisco, said claims that "all abortion providers are like Gosnell" are "absurd." In the case of Gosnell's clinic, existing laws were not being enforced, she said.
Joffe also noted that the government is barred from paying for most abortions for low-income women. "[T]his leaves them vulnerable to places like Dr. Gosnell's clinic" because by the time they get enough money for an abortion, they might need a more-costly second-trimester procedure or be beyond the legal limit, she said. She added that a new Pennsylvania law passed after the Gosnell clinic was exposed is responsible for closing several abortion clinics that were providing safe care (Rovner, "Shots," NPR, 4/24).
Trial Update
On Wednesday, Gosnell's defense team rested its case without calling any witnesses, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Closing arguments in the case are expected on Monday. The jury will then begin deliberating on a long list of charges, including first-degree murder charges for the deaths of the infants and a third-degree murder charge for the death of the patient (Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/25). Convictions on the murder charges could result in the death penalty (Women's Health Policy Report, 4/24).

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Warm weather reminds me of the beach, and when I think of the beach, I think of La Libertad and the last time I was there, and of course, of seafood. One of my favorite Salvadoran seafood dishes is Cóctel de Camarones en Salsa Rosada, (Shrimp Cocktail in Pink Sauce), and so I've learned how to make it for myself at home since I can't take a trip to El Salvador's coast whenever the mood strikes. While Carlos prefers Cóctel de Conchas, somehow I have to end up sharing my Cóctel de Camarones every time I make it.
Cóctel de Camarones en Salsa Rosada
12 ounces shrimp – cooked, peeled and de-veined, tail-off
1/3 cup mayonnaise (you can use light mayonnaise!)
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 a small red onion minced
handful of cilantro chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Optional: diced Roma tomatoes and/or diced avocado
Combine all the ingredients and serve chilled in cocktail/martini glasses, (or any wine or margarita glasses you might have on hand), along with wedges of lime to squeeze onto the cóctel and Saltine crackers to eat the cóctel on. This recipe serves two people as a main dish or four as an appetizer.


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Magic mountain
The Zugspitze is the roof of Germany and a mythologized peak. A new cable car now takes even more tourists to the top. How do people affect the mountain? And how does the mountain affect us?
Toni Zwinger is reminded of the past every time he looks over his shoulder. Smiling down from old photos on the wood-paneled walls behind him are the men who made Zugspitze mountain legendary. They are the men whose blood, sweat and courage conquered Germany's tallest peak, the men who left their lives on this massive chunk of rock so that those who came after could experience it. Toni's great-great-grandfather, Anselm Barth, was one of them – the man they called "the Zugspitz father." One night, apparently, when he had been running the Münchner Haus hostel on Zugspitze mountain for only six years, an angel appeared, wanting to take him to a place even more beautiful. "Hence was his body found, broken, battered, with mortal wound, seven hundred meters below, on the very spot where the angel beckoned," goes the poem written in his memory in 1931. Now, 88 years on, Zwinger is sitting not far from Germany's highest peak, in the canteen of the Münchner Haus that somehow belongs to him, yet not entirely. Little has changed since Anselm's death. The photos, pennants and metal plaques are still the same; only the oil-burning stove has been replaced. Everything about Zwinger's face is dark – his beard, eyebrows, eyes and neatly parted hair. In summertime, he lives in a cabin on the mountain and only goes down to the valley on Thursdays, his free day. Speaking thick Bavarian, he tells us he's the only person to have spent his entire life on the Zugspitze. During the school week, of course, he was forced to stay with his grandparents in the valley. "But I was always up here on the weekend!"
That "up here" is a place Zwinger guards like a treasure and has long since shared with many others. The Zugspitze has become a huge visitor magnet, these days drawing up to 5000 tourists a day, that's over half a million a year. More and more now come from Arab and Asian countries, eager to see with their own eyes what is touted to them at home as "Top of Germany." And of course, they all have a personal quest, at the very least for the ideal selfie, but also for happiness, memories, a souvenir, perhaps even transcendence. They all want to take something home with them when they leave. But what remains on the mountain?
The Zugspitze preserves other peaks from the tourist hordes – maybe that is its purpose
Mountain climbers come in search of boundless freedom close to heaven. There is more such freedom to be had on the Zugspitze, 2962.06 meters above sea level, than anywhere else in Germany. In fine weather, you can see all the way to Italy in the south, and to the north, far beyond Munich, roughly 400 other Alpine peaks. Sometimes, though, that freedom is greatly restricted. Before the opening of the new cable car in December 2017, guests would often hear a recorded announcement that car is overloaded and you are requested to wait patiently – often even up to two hours. Then crowds gather, stepping on each others' toes and sweating despite the cold, while the next tourist group walks across their selfies. "The Zugspitze is the most popular tourist mountain anywhere in the Alps," says Thomas Bucher of the German Alpine Club (DAV) with no trace of regret. He is fine with this summit of summits no longer being a natural mountaintop but rather concreted over with an agglomeration of buildings. Only the golden summit cross still stands alone. "Everything is focused on the Zugspitze, which means that other mountains are spared," says Bucher. This sounds terribly pragmatic. Where's the romance? How do people affect the Zugspitze? And how does it affect us?
"There's nothing more magical than standing up here all alone at sunrise," says Zwinger. It's a sight he could never tire of. And he will be keeping the Zugspitz father's legacy alive by becoming the next innkeeper of the Münchner Haus. Three years ago, he was supposed to have already taken over from his father, who had taken over from his brother, who in turn had taken over from Anselm Junior, the son of the Anselm who died on the mountain. But his father wasn't ready to let go of the reins. Zwinger points to the terrace and the hundreds of people milling around on it. "As long as we have enough sausages and beer, we don't mind how many more people come," he says.
And more people will come. From the Münchner Haus, it's just a short distance to where the latest marvel has taken shape: the chunky, multistory summit station of the new Zugspitze cable car, which has a restaurant and a panorama terrace from which the summit cross seems close enough to touch. When the new cable car goes into operation on December 21, wait times will finally be slashed – at least that's the plan. With a free span of 3213 meters, the world's longest, this cable car is a suspended superlative that will allow ten percent more visitors to reach the summit every day.
In 1963, the Eibsee cable car opened at the valley station beside Lake Eib in the village of Grainau. "Just five years later, it clearly lacked the necessary capacity," says Bernhard Thoma, who is in charge of the new cable car. Born and raised in Grainau, he grew up with the cable car and the mountain, and has been a cable car operator for the past 25 years. As a traditionalist charged with bringing the mountain into the modern era, is he worried? At least a little? When do many visitors become too many visitors? Thoma, his black functional clothing offset only by his red mustache, looks up at the world's tallest, 27-meter-high cable-car pylon and says: "It makes me proud that the whole world comes to visit us. The entire region earns its living off the Zugspitze; it's our future."
Without the mountain, there would be no work for the people in the valley, he says. With it, they are able not only to provide hospitality for mountaineers and amateur climbers, but for all the medical tourists who come to Garmisch- Partenkirchen for check-ups and treatment. Thoma would prefer the development of this built-up mountain to continue. "We have so many other fantastic peaks around here that hardly a tourist has heard of – and it can stay that way, I'd say." So Thoma and the Alpine Club agree.
The new Zugspitze cable car follows the same route as the old Eibsee cable car and was built over a period of three years while the old cogwheel train clattered alongside it to the top. Martin Hurm enjoys the ride, most of it inside a tunnel, which means his cell phone has no signal and remains silent. Hurm is the project manager for the new cable car, and he has spent a lot of time on its construction since 2011. "Now I'm getting a 50-million-euro gift for Christmas," he said shortly before its opening in 2017. "Except that I first had to build it. No one warned me about that." Weather, altitude and logistics were the biggest challenges. A crane, lifted to the summit by helicopter, automatically became the highest crane in the country. Paradoxically, Hurm can recite the capacities of the new cable car, but at the end of the conversation, he says, "We don't want to bring endless hordes up here or build skyscrapers. We want to offer our guests a modern experience."
But of course, the hordes are already here. And their experience begins when the cogwheel train lumbers out of the tunnel and they reflexively whip out their smartphones and point them in every direction. The Zugspitze experience goes like this: Standing at the bottom, looking up, all you see is rock; brutal, rugged and gray, possibly with a hint of white at the top. There's no call from this mountain! Not at the bottom. And if there is, it's this: "Go away, people, leave me in peace, you have no business being here!" But once you're at the top, looking down, you realize that you don't climb a mountain to reach the top – not this mountain, anyway, or at least not only to reach the top. You climb it so that you can look down on your own life, which suddenly lies small and uncomplicated at your feet. Zugspitze signifies clarity. It conveys clarity. It can do that. Still. Despite the teeming crowd. And so this mountain does call, but from the top. Freedom, it calls. But make sure you wear the right shoes.
Franco Lopez, a Mexican in shorts stands at the summit with his Polish girlfriend, Barbara Yankowiak, whose flimsy sneakers are soaking wet. "We didn't know it snowed up here," she says. "We're here because we heard how beautiful it was," he adds. Mexico has taller mountains, of course, but no cable cars to take you up. Many tourists say similar things. They are impressed by the mountain, but almost more so by the way the Germans have conquered it. A man from Japan takes a selfie with a snowman. Middle Eastern women, their heads covered, laugh as they slip and slide on the white powder. Madness becomes normality at 47 degrees north, 10 degrees east, on the roof of Germany.
Rudi Müller has been living on and climbing the Zugspitze for three years. Because teaching work was impossible to find after he graduated, he co-founded a climbing school. Müller says the Zugspitze has long since lost its magic, at least when you're at the top amid the crowds, in other words, amid the madness. "It's like being on Stachus square in the center of Munich." Müller prefers to climb the flanks. He's a summiteer who avoids the summit because the contrast is too much of a shock; after hours of solitude and reflection on the ascent, you are swallowed by the masses at the top. "It can really be frustrating," says Müller. But he is well aware that he cannot allow himself to be too critical. The mountain that gives him such grief is also his bread and butter. His tours of Hell Valley, the Jubiläumsgrat and Partnachklamm peaks are popular. "Mountain climbing is booming," he says, which is why more and more people are obviously wanting to climb Germany's highest point.
But when will the development peak and when will the peak's development end? And when will the mountain finally call for help? So many questions. You feel like taking Anselm off the wood-paneled wall of the Münchner Haus, giving him a good shake, meeting his unwavering gaze and asking him what he makes of all of this. "Raised up to Heaven's lofty halls, Anselm's heart rejoiced, and preoccupied with the glorious sight, he quite forgot to return that night" – Anselm's poem continues. The venerable Zugspitz father has attained the boundless freedom of Heaven. Good for him.
In September 2017, Zwinger became the master of the Münchner Haus. His father's health is not what it was. "We may add something new to the menu," he says. But then he grows a little agitated. A while back, the Alpine Club people, whose tenant he will be as innkeeper, outlined to him their future plans: to tear down the Münchner Haus and put up a more modern cabin in 15 years' time. "If that happens," says Zwinger, Anselm's heir, "I'll leave the mountain." In doing so, he would take with him the magic and the myth created by his forefathers.
The mountain beckons …
Any trip into the Alps requires careful preparation, suitable equipment and a great place to stop for a bite to eat
Turn in for a bite to eat at the Elmauer Alm-Hütte lodge for true Alpine specialties both rustic and sophisticated.
Coffee or tea will stay hot for hours in this sleek, stainless steel thermos with a bamboo top.
Read it before you go: The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond.
Too cool for your own good? This color-block beanie from Thom Browne will keep you warm and toasty in the mountains.
A casual look for a headlong descent: a stylish merino sweater from Perfect Moment to keep you nice and cozy.
Great grip: The Grünten Winter boot by c takes it name from an Allgäu peak. Its soles are made by Michelin.
The Zugspitze and all the hiking areas within easy reach of Munich Airport (MUC), Lufthansa's mountain hub. Board the Lufthansa Shuttle or Lufthansa Express to get there in just two hours.


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|Coming to Terms With Your Child's Hair Pulling
You, Your Child, and
Your Child's Pulling
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
Speaking to you as both a clinical psychologist and a parent of a child with special needs, I now realize how easy it is to sit back and give other people advice on how to be objective about their child's problems. However, since I have spent the last two years learning to accept my own little boy's difficulties, I believe I may have a few insights to share with you, about what you should learn to accept in order to get a handle on these things.
I could start by telling you to not become very disturbed by your child's hair-pulling, but I won't. I understand that when you see your child uncontrollably doing things that other children aren't doing, especially If It's something you've never seen before, feeling upset is a natural reaction and part of the protectiveness you feel towards them. Alter all, If your child's distress or dysfunction didn't bother you, what would motivate you to get help for them? As a psychologist, I have to stand back and observe. As a parent, I feel a sharp and unique kind of pain when faced with such things.
Feeling upset, and then admitting it, is the place you start from, even though it is an uncomfortable one. Fortunately, It Is something you can eventually move beyond. You do this by recognizing these feelings within yourself; and getting them out in the open by discussing them with others close to you. The goal Is to both accept these feelings as natural, and to accept that your child's problem really exists and is not simply going to vanish on its own. When I first began to tell people about my son, I found that I was unable to talk without feeling as though I would cry. So I talked and I cried. As time passes, I find that I can discuss it without as much pain, although there is still a place deep inside where some pain exists. I suppose that's what acceptance is.
At this point of acceptance, there is a step which you would be wise to avoid. Don't blame yourself or indulge in hours of soul-searching to find out what you did wrong. New studies suggest that TTM is a biologically-based problem and you did not cause it. In my own child's case, we were lucky with this issue, because the old psychoanalytic theories which put the blame squarely on the parents for disorders of my son's type were discredited a number of years ago. Even so, during more illogical moments, I find myself wondering now and then and that kind of thinking is not helpful.
As a parent and also a psychologist, I suggest that you do not treat your child's hair-pulling as some sort of shameful or disgusting secret, which will put an everlasting blot on your family, and cause others to draw back in horror from you and your child. First of all, this is your beloved child we are talking about--not someone to feel ashamed of or to have to constantly apologize for. This is how your child was given to you. Also, it could be essentially selfish in nature - worrying about what others will think of you because of your child's problem. You can't control what others think, anyway. My advice is to remind yourself that anyone who rejects you or your child because of their hair-pulling, is not necessarily someone whose opinion you ought to worry about anyway. I like to tell people that my son is my perfect child. Your child is a complete person in his or her own right, with all the strengths and weaknesses of other human beings not just a collection of hairs, eyebrows and eyelashes. To paraphrase Patricia Perkins-Doyle, President of the OC Foundation, "Your child is a person who also happens to have Trich."
Treatment issues bring up a whole new set of realities to accept. First you must accept that you will probably need to get treatment for you child. Trich is generally chronic. This means that while your child can recover, they will not necessarily be "cured". It also means that they will probably need have to some therapy to help control their symptoms, and keep their hair pulling controlled throughout their lives, through maintenance. If you think that this means you should take your child to a professional, the answer is basically yes. Go where the help is. Again, if you worry more aboutwhat others may think, you are letting them run your life.
You will have to deal with the day of the "official diagnosis" by the professional. As a psychologist, I present diagnoses several times a week, but being on the receiving end is another story. It's exactly what you don't want to hear. If the problem has a name, it is suddenly real. When my son was first diagnosed, I was sure that all the professionals were wrong and I felt a lot of anger towards them- I was still partly in denial. I thought, how dare they tell me my child has-a serious problem? Perhaps you will need to hear the same diagnosis from several different professionals, just as I did. In the end, I was surrounded, and had to surrender my demands that it not be so but I did accept it, if only grudgingly at the time.
Treatment for young people with Trichotillomania usually consists of; or includes a good behavioral therapy program. Some people think that behavioral therapy is strict and cold and will not focus on their child's feelings or sensitivities. This could not be further from the truth. As a therapy, It cannot succeed without the therapist and your child having a warm and friendly relationship. My own child gets nearly eight hours of behavior therapy daily, goes off to it willingly, and is very affectionate towards his therapists. Speaking as a psychologist, I know that I value the regard my patients and I hold for each other. We not only do behavioral therapy, but we also spend a good part of every session focusing on the patient's life. And, by the way, we definitely do discuss feelings, contrary to the popular myth that says behavior therapists don't.
The type of behavioral therapy I personally favor is called Habit Reversal Training Plus (HRT+). This consists of two parts - Habit Reversal Training (HRT), and Stimulus Control (SC). No treatment for Trich has been exhaustively researched, but HRT has been researched somewhat more than any of the others, and has given more positive results. I have been using HRT to treat Trich since 1982, and my personal observation is that it has worked well with both my adult and child patients. While I find it a good technique, TTM is a complex problem with many inputs, and requires a more comprehensive treatment - hence the addition of SC, which rounds things out.
HRT, itself, is not an easy type of therapy. It takes a lot of time and effort, and is probably best suited for children older than ten. A good description of it was published a while back in In Touch, so I won't go into great detail here. Basically, patients are taught to relax themselves, breathe from the diaphragm, and perform a muscle tensing exercise with their hands and forearms whenever they get the urge to pull or touch their hair. It takes a short time to learn, but many weeks to master. Stubborn daily practice helps HRT to become as automatic as hair-pulling and eventually, it becomes a harmless substitute. The relaxation and breathing helps center the person and soothes the nervous system, in the place of the soothing effect TTM provides. The muscle tensing makes it impossible to pull at the same time. All together, the approach breaks up the pattern of behaviors that lead to pulling and provides a substitute. Beyond teaching your child this method, the therapist serves as a valuable coach and someone whose approval your child will hopefully work hard for.
For a much younger child, HRT may be too much work for no immediate results. It can be difficult to explain how it works or why it is important. It's probably better to give younger children a simpler exercise. I usually recommend giving the child something tactile like a Koosh ball, a foam ball, a small textured toy, or some Silly Putty to play with or squeeze when they feel like pulling. It may also be necessary to help motivate them to make this change by using rewards. In return for a day or a week without pulling (depending upon the child's age), the child could be allowed to choose from a list of small prizes or desirable activities or privileges that they have helped you put together. I have found this to work the best, although nothing works perfectly all the time.
As I have mentioned, HRT alone, is not enough to do the job, so we employ SC. This is a group of techniques that are used to help the child first identify, and then eliminate, avoid, or change particular activities, environmental factors, emotional states, or circumstances that trigger pulling. The goal is to then create new learned connections between the urge to pull and new, non-destructive behaviors. SC is extremely important and crucial to success in treating TTM. A daily diary of all pulling episodes is kept by the child (sometimes with parental help) and the information is brought in to each therapy session. This information is then used to work on the various triggers, to modify them.
Let's discuss motivation here. In the ideal world, all children would be 100% cooperative and get right to work. While it is true that many children really do want to stop pulling, it is important to recognize that Trichotillomania is a stubborn problem, and your child will be constantly "pulled" in two directions. On the one hand, they will want to stop the behavior that is bringing them unwanted attention and disturbing their lives. On the other hand, TTM can be extremely pleasurable and soothing to an overstimulated nervous system when stress is present, or it can provide stimulation when that same nervous system is stressed in a different way by boredom or inactivity. It can even be an aid to concentration while doing homework. It's portable and always available to the puller Sometimes TTM doesn't even need a conscious awareness on the part of the puller for it to be performed. It just happens automatically, almost like breathing or blinking.
You also may not want to hear that not every child is motivated to stop pulling no matter how unsightly they may look. This is especially true of young children. Most young ones have not yet developed much social self-consciousness, nor have they yet felt any peer pressure to be like everyone else. It doesn't matter how much you want them to change if they aren't motivated, nothing will happen. Threats and punishment are definitely losing propositions and should be avoided at all costs. These negative approaches may actually have the reverse effect of making children pull more, since stress and pressure will drive them to more of the self-soothing that pulling provides. They may also drive your child to simply pull in secret. In addition, it may create a test of wills and make the child pull more out of defiance and anger at the way you are treating them. Your child didn't ask for this problem. Would you punish them for having diabetes?
You may just have to sadly accept that your child is not yet ready to stop pulling for whatever reason. They may say they are not ready, or communicate it by only making half-hearted attempts in therapy. You'll know that you have a better chance of success when your child says, "Mom and Dad, please, I need help." You can't want them to stop more than they do. It won't help. Look at it this way it's not fatal. It's unsightly and disturbing to watch, but there are much worse things that can happen to your child, believe me. If we lived in a society where everyone shaved their heads, it wouldn't even be a problem. Your child can still successfully change someday, if they choose to. They haven't stopped being your wonderful child just because some of their hair is missing and they definitely haven't lost their need for your love, respect and acceptance.
Remember not to nag or constantly check up on them. It is their job to change not yours. You can potentially turn a reasonably motivated child into an annoyed and unmotivated resister. It's never too early for them to start learning the skills they will need for the rest of their lives, but they do need to be ready. Try to believe in them and their own timing. My philosophy has always been that your child will rise to whatever level of expectation you place on them. Expect little and that's what you'll get.
It is irrational and illogical to demand that they stop when you say so. They don't have to want what you want. If you try and force them, everyone will just get upset. I too, would like to see my child behave just like the other children right now, but I have to wait patiently and take each day as it comes. We all want our children to be well, happy and accepted by others and would gladly suffer all of life's ills in their place, but we can't.
One other topic to mention here is medication as a form of treatment. I personally believe that each child should first be given a chance to work behaviorally before you consider the use of medication. There are a number of drugs that can help reduce the urge to pull. However, they are not always helpful, can have annoying side effects, and can sometimes stop working alter a few months for no reason. Many parents are very nervous about psychiatric medications and have visions of their children turning into stunted, drugged-out zombies. On the other hand, although medications are not perfect, they have come a long way from the powerful and sometimes misused drugs of the past. The newer antidepressants used to treat Trichotillomania are much better tolerated, extremely safe and often effective. My own child may one day need medication. I hope he won't but if it would help him find his place in life, I will accept it. I might be cautious of its use, but would not fear or reject it unreasonably.
If a child has clearly made a good effort at therapy, but still feels the urges too strongly, it is time to consider medication. Also some children may refuse the hard work of therapy altogether, but would take a pill or two daily without too much fuss. Be careful not to make the mistake of promising all kinds of success from the medication, or you'll set your child up to be disappointed. There is no "best" or perfect drug only one that works best for a particular individual. Your child may have to spend a few months on each of several drugs, one at a time, to find one that works. You and your child will have to be patient, as it can take drugs several weeks to even begin to work.
If you do find a drug that helps, be sure to get your child right back to working on their behavioral therapy. The medication may take away up to 60% -70% of the urge to pull, but the problem may continue at a lower level. Behavioral therapy can help with the remaining symptoms and your child will have more success fighting a reduced urge. Also, relying on medication alone is taking a chance on a complete relapse should they ever stop taking it. Therapy gives them another line of defense.
Finally, try to be a good consumer. Read up on your child's disorder, and learn about effective treatment. I still sometimes find it difficult to read about my son's disorder, especially if I run across something that doesn't sound very optimistic, but I do it for him. Good treatment for TTM isn't always easy to find, so if you can't find an experienced therapist, at least find one who is willing to learn and work with you. Avoid therapies that are all talk and no action. Your child will have many nice chats and still be missing their hair
Overall, don't blame yourself or your child, be patient and don't get confused about whose responsibilities are whose. Remember, that it's your responsibility to provide the means to get well and be there with support if your child wants it. It is your child's responsibility to ultimately learn to help themselves if they so desire. Through it all, remember to love your child for the whole person they are.
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about Trichotillomania, take a look at his self-help book, "The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania," (Oxford University Press, 2003). You can learn more about it at
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Performance Tweaks & Tips
Has your system seemed to have slowed down lately or perhaps it never performed the way you thought it should. Do you ever exclaim, seems my friend's computer is much faster than mine... or the dreaded, my XP is faster than linux? Bite your tongue and check out a few things on your gentoo install.
I don my asbestos house robe and share a few things I've learned from my time with gentoo. Actually these principals can be applied to any linux installation, but I had gentoo in mind when writing them.
- Filesystem type can make a difference. You should have researched this before install the only conversion that works is ext2 to ext3. If possible for you, you may want to test different filesystems to see which works for you best.
- I prefer reiserfs. I find it stable and have never lost an install using it. Every lost partition was on ext2 and ext3. I find reiserfs the fastest for me as it's probably best for a bunch of small files as opposed to a few large ones. YMMV.
- Optimize your build flags.
- You should have chosen your CFLAGS very carefully at install time for your system, but it doesn't hurt to consult the documentation and recheck them from time to time, maybe every major version gcc upgrade. Some get deprecated while new ones introduced.
- You'll hate to hear this one, but rebuild at least major packages if you change them dramatically (glibc, gcc, binutils, qt, gtk, X, mod-utils, kernel, kde, etc). In fact some you may have to build twice, like gcc and glibc.
- USE flags.
- Some use flags can help speed things up. One of which is nptl if you're running a 2.6 kernel.
- Read the documentation and select your USE flags carefully. Building support into apps that you'll never need can and will slow some things down.
- Less info stored the better.
- Keep all your big movie files and such on another partition. Preferably one that's not mounted all the time.
- Remove unnecessary files such as in /tmp,
/usr/portage/distfiles and /var/tmp/portage. These can build up fast. Check them often, or as I do, I put the following in my /etc/conf.d/local.start file:
rm /usr/portage/distfiles/* -rf
rm /var/tmp/portage/* -rf
- Remove all old kernels. I usually keep the last two sources, kernels and modules around. If you run gentoo, you know it don't take long before you have a lot of kernel sources.
- Check that home directory. In my case, it don't take long at all before I have all kinds of jpegs, gifs, and mpegs laying around. Clear out those application sources, crash dumps, and dot files/directories (you no longer need).
- Check your /var/log/ directory. Perhaps change your logrotate schedule to keep only a couple rotations instead of the default 5.
- Your kernel is the brain of your os, don't let it get all scrambled. (little joke there)
- Upgrade to a 2.6 kernel. I found a noticeable speed increase when I made the switch.
- Turn on pre-empt.
- Build support for all filesystems you use daily into the kernel as opposed to modules.
- Same goes for ethernet support.
- Don't enable support for all this cool stuff you plan on getting someday.
- Don't load every module at boot time unless you're gonna use it regularly.
- Disable debugging.
- ccache
- ccache can speed up those compile times somewhat in if you need to restart a compile, it'll take up where it left off. This is especially handy in the cases of mozilla, openoffice.org or kde-meta for example. All of which are huuuge and take forever to compile - and quite frequently bomb out before it completes.
- May not be installed by default.
emerge ccacheand put an entry in your /etc/make.conf in the FEATURES.
- hdparm - Tweak the harddrive.
- You'll need to install hdparm,
emerge hdparm, as it's not installed by default.
- I check that dma is enabled (also make sure you build support for your chips in the kernel). set with the -d flag - 1 on, 0 off. (test first, may already be enabled if running 2.6).
- 32-bit IO - use -c1 to set on.
- Multi-sector count - you'll have to experiment with this one. I usually find 16 works best for me.
- You can check your drive's set up with something like this
hdparm -Ii /dev/hda
- Check your harddrives' speed, for example:
-Tt /dev/hd[ab]
- so the command that I put in my /etc/conf.d/local.start is:
hdparm -d1 -c1 -m16 /dev/hd[ab]
- so the command that I put in my /etc/conf.d/local.start is:
- Video/Graphics
- Use the correct kernel and X support for your graphics card - don't rely on basic vesa or fb-vesa if possible.
- If you have an nvidia or newer ati, I suggest using the proprietary drivers they provide. (I know, know...)
- Do you really need "composite" or "render" acceleration enabled?
- Use the lowest resolution, bit depth, and refresh you can stand. I like mine at 1280x1024x16@85, (although I had to recently begin using 24 bit depth so DOOM 3 would play).
- Misc
- Temp - excessive temperatures can slow things down. In fact they can cause crashes and even system damage. Perhaps your fans and heatsink(s) need blowing out.
- Do you have services starting up that you don't need? xinetd, apache, sendmail, or cups just for example?
- Prelinking - ok, I really don't mess with this much anymore as I didn't see much difference and it was a pain to remember to re-run every upgrade. But some people like it, so I mention it as something you may want to research.
- Cli - this is one of the most underrated tips one can get. Gui's are nice and I like my eyecandy as much as the next person, but so many times a cli application or built-in command can do a task much more quickly and efficiently than a gui application. See what you can substitute.
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Debian developers are wanting to do their part to take on the global coronavirus pandemic by hosting a COVID-19 Biohackathon. This virtual event organized by Debian developers is taking place from 5 to 11 April. Their hope with this biohackathon is to "improve biomedical FOSS and the tools/libraries that support those projects." Among the work they hope to see realized from this hackathon are addressing various bugs, contributing to upstream biomedical open-source software, and related work.


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Adapting The Bible into a television miniseries that resonates with a fickle 2013 audience is a daunting task. But if anyone is up for it, it's Mark Burnett, the man behind mega-hits like "Survivor," "The Voice" and "The Apprentice," and his wife Roma Downey, star of the beloved series "Touched By An Angel."
The husband-and-wife duo teamed up to produce an epic, 10-hour miniseries simply called "The Bible." It debuts on History Television and The History Channel on Sunday, and will air in five two-hour chunks. As if that wasn't a big enough project (they've been working on it since 2009), they also decided to release a companion novelization of the series called "A Story of God and All of Us."
HuffPost TV caught up with Burnett to chat about the experience of bringing The Bible to life, including meetings with faith leaders, casting the role of Jesus and whether the intense experience tested his marriage at any point.
I love that you and Roma came up with the idea for this project over a cup of tea -- can you tell me a bit more about that moment?
Everything is solved over a cup of tea. Our entire falling in love, Roma and I, was in the kitchen over cups of tea. So it's very fitting that's how we discussed Roma's idea of doing a grand narrative of the Bible. Initially I was saying, "Roma, this is really daunting. Do you understand the amount of work? This will take years." She said, "I know, but we're really good at our jobs, we've made a lot of television, and we have an obligation to do a great job with this and I think we should do it." I thought about it, and that same day in 2009 we agreed to do it, and we have never looked back.
Did either of you have any concerns about how working together might impact your relationship?
No, but friends said, "You guys are such a good couple and you're such good friends, but this could be really bad for you!" [Laughs] But honestly, we are such good friends, and we get along so well. We actually have become better buddies and more in love over the last four years. I never thought that could be possible.
I read that you met with various faith leaders from different denominations.
Yes, from the very beginning before we even started scripting with the writing team, we started talking to faith leaders and tried to understand how to put this together. We had them read scripts and watch rough cuts and we formed real relationships based upon just wanting to do a great job. Upon first contact, the faith leaders were so hopeful because of the amount of commercial success we've had with [other] big series, that we'd be able to reach a whole new generation. They were very helpful to us. It helped shape the series immensely. There's been a universal enjoyment of it, across denominations I might add. So we have a very prominent Catholic Cardinal, Cardinal Wuerl from Washington D.C., who is right now at the Vatican -- he screened all 10 hours and wrote an endorsement. And then [Pastor] Rick Warren has endorsed it, Bishop Jakes, [Pastor] Joel Osteen, [Reverend] Samuel Rodriguez, and the team at Crossroads in Canada. Probably 50 or 60 major endorsements.
Were you ever apprehensive about how faith leaders might react to you taking on a project such as this?
The question is very logical, but oddly enough, no. We felt called that we should do this. We never looked back on this. Certainly from Roma's perspective, she starred for 10 years on "Touched By an Angel," and it's still on every day. People knew Roma very well from that. And from my perspective, just because people go to church doesn't mean they don't watch "The Voice" or "Survivor" and "Dragon's Den." It was a great combination of Roma plus Mark, the Bible, a good-sized budget and giving ourselves years to focus on it.
I would imagine a project like this would be quite logistically challenging, as would a project like "Survivor." How do the two compare?
Logistically, "Survivor" and "The Bible" are about the same. They both involve a crew of hundreds. They both involve an extremely remote location. I've shot on every continent except Antarctica for "Survivor," for months and months at a time.
What was the casting process like?
The casting was all done out of London. Clearly, certain roles were critical, in particular, Jesus -- who was portrayed by Diogo Morgado, a beautiful Portuguese actor. He's a large guy, he's 6'2" or 6'3". We showed Jesus as the lion and the lamb. I think some productions have taken the word 'meek' to mean 'weak.' We didn't believe that, and we didn't show Jesus that way. Loving, of course. He's the son of God. But also a sense of enormous strength. Roma played Mary, the mother of Jesus, which was also a beautiful performance when you see her pain during the crucifixion and the trial. And many other fine actors, three of them were in "Game of Thrones." It's a great cast.
How did you come up with the title, and did you ever consider calling it anything other than "The Bible"?
We did. The title of our book is The Story of God and All of Us. We thought about that for the series. We eventually realized, keep it simple. "The Bible." And explain it's not the entire Bible. As Cardinal Wuerl said, it's a great introduction to the Bible.
What do you hope people will take away from watching it?
I think some people will find great comfort and would either connect or reconnect with the Bible. Other people, who have never read the Bible or considered the Bible, will learn these stories. I think there is a sense of biblical illiteracy, both in Canada and in America, to the point with some young people that it's almost embarrassing. A lot of them don't know the basic stories. It's not saying that everybody has to go to church. Just knowing the stories. Could you imagine being a young Canadian and you don't know any Bible stories, and in some business meeting someone says oh, it's like David and Goliath or oh, it's like Samson, and you're like who's that? You'd seem stupid, right?
Is there anything else you think viewers would be interested in knowing?
I think it's beautiful that Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard reunited for the first time since "Gladiator." It was important to have beautiful music; an epic, sweeping score. When you're doing Genesis to Revelation in 10 hours, the music is the connective tissue.
"The Bible" premieres on History Television and The History Channel on Sunday, March 3 at 8 p.m. EST/ PST. It will also be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on April 2.


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Swedish Artists Looking To Take Labels To Court Over Spotify Royalties
from the surprisingly,-spotify-is-not-the-villain-here dept
A couple of major labels and Spotify are headed for a legal showdown, but not the way anyone would first assume -- and in, of all places, Sweden, where Spotify has enjoyed tremendous success. This isn't friction between Spotify and major labels coming to a head, but rather artists taking on the labels for devouring a majority of Spotify's payouts. It goes beyond inequitable royalty distribution, though. Those bringing the lawsuit are also accusing the labels of granting themselves rights they never had and infinitely extending those they do.
Even Thom Yorke can't pull his old Radiohead classics from Spotify, because the label has those rights. But what if that isn't quite true? That's the question now being tested by Per Herrey and the Swedish Musicians' Union, Svenska Musikerförbundet. The threatened lawsuits, first reported by Sveriges Radio in Stockholm, allege that labels are not only screwing artists, but extending digital streaming rights that they simply don't have.It's been argued several times on this site that Spotify's royalty payments, which are portrayed by its opponents as insultingly low, aren't truly or completely its fault. Someone's taking a huge portion of those payouts before they hit the artists. Spotify pays out over 70% of its revenue in royalties, a percentage the labels certainly aren't willing to match. Herrey compares the payout artists receive from their labels -- which he estimates is only 6-10% of what's collected from Spotify -- to the normal radio payout, which is split 50/50. A streaming service comprised of mostly non-paying members is going to be hard-pressed to generate sizable artist incomes, but the labels' ability to grab 90% of the payments makes it impossible.
Herrey points to possible legal action against Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, both majors that have received massive advances and equity shares from Spotify while passing little on to artists.
The additional accusation suggests the labels are working to make this situation even worse. According to Herrey, labels are crafting digital rights ownership out of thin air, especially on older, long-running contracts. Herrey suggests the labels should remove all digital works until these contracts can be renegotiated to deal with the shift in content consumption.
Herrey's suggestion (and planned lawsuit) can probably be traced back to Eminem's successful suit against UMG. UMG had been (and likely still continues to do so) playing terminology games in order to maximize its share of royalties from iTunes. UMG called these "sales" in order to claim 85% of the royalties. Eminem's legal team called them "licenses," which would have meant Eminem was due 50% of each sale/license. As anyone who's seen the amount of restrictions applied to your "purchase" of a track from iTunes can attest, you're not really "purchasing" these songs from iTunes -- you're merely "renting" them. Any right of first sale does not apply to most digital goods. Hence, a "license" rather than a "sale."
If UMG's shifty semantics are any indicator of common major label tactics, there's little doubt the digital rights conjured up have been been severely tilted in the labels' favor. And if Herrey's statement about the 6-10% trickle-down from Spotify is correct, then the labels are utilizing some very generous contractual language that somehow views a streamed song as a "sale." Or, perhaps, it doesn't address it at all and hopes the affected artists won't notice.
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For all the virtuous qualities Hot Chip undoubtedly possess, they are a hard outfit to dance to without looking like a complete tool. That's half the fun of them, but you do have to wonder how many mating rituals have been upset by their twitching beats and awkwardly heartfelt lyrics. Fear not though, The 2 Bears, an offshoot comprised of Joe Goddard and Ministry of Sound radio show host Raf Daddy, are here to resurrect that particular grievance with a furry embrace.
"All you out there on the floor, gonna get you in my paws and give you a bear hug," deadpans a digitally grizzled fella on 'Bear Hug' and, despite his forwardness, you'd be a fool to decline the offer.
For those who haven't followed The 2 Bears' series of consistently mobile EPs, Bear Hug is a perfectly representative starting point. Curious Nature was a more melancholic affair, Follow The Bears slightly coarser but really this house styled duo just want to make you move, and judged purely on toe-tapability this is their best release to date.
Where Hot Chip shuffle, The 2 Bears slink. 'Take A Look Around' cruises into your bodily appendages like a slow kick into consciousness, caressing those dancing feet with a steady supply of groove-worthy synth. Contrastingly, 'In My Brain Is Like A Computer' cavorts into you like a polyrhythmic proposition, grinding its throbbing bass into your limbs with aggressive abandon. 'Banger' is let down by a near eight minute duration however, which deflates the lithe excitement of its electronic squiggles into a limp ending.
Naturally, it's 'Bear Hug' that's the highlight, its sense of humour elevating it above the occasional slip into trad-dance fare, "It gets lonely in the woods but right now I'm here in the hood, let's have a bear hug."
As side-projects go, The 2 Bears are impressively conceived and expertly executed. There's nothing on the Bear Hug EP that treads too far from hallowed Hot Chip turf, or Goddard's own solo 'Harvest Festival' LP for that matter, but it's a romp worth pulling shapes to regardless. Certainly a record worthy of a 'smarter than the average bears' sign off.
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CAIRO, Egypt — The rise of Islamist movements following the recent popular uprisings in North Africa played a direct role in the hostage crisis that claimed more than 80 lives in the Algerian desert last week. And they're set to become a defining characteristic of the region's political landscape, analysts say.
The Arab Spring fostered an environment in which transnational Islamist movements from different countries can operate freely across the lawless Sahara and Sahel deserts, their numbers boosted by the release of militant jihadists from Egyptian prisons and the growth of ultraconservative Salafi jihadism in Tunisia. They've been armed with weapons from unguarded Libyan caches since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
The Algerian raid — in which dozens of militants seized a BP natural gas plant in the town of In Amenas on Jan. 16 — included at least 11 Tunisian and seven Egyptian attackers, an Egyptian intelligence official said in an interview. Weapons experts and Algerian officials have said their weapons came from Libyan stockpiles.
The transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia have also helped militants by giving rise to weak governments.
"It's helped spawn more room for radical Salafis, jihadis, what have you, to openly preach their ideals, but to also incite individuals to incite jihad," says Aaron Zelin of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Post-revolution governments in all three Arab Spring countries released dozens if not hundreds of former Islamist militants, many of whom had been unfairly tried or tortured in prison.
Some had engaged in an Islamist insurgency against the Egyptian government or fought with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan in the 1990s. And although most renounced violence, some have returned to militant activities.
They've revived old Islamist networks, establishing bases in lawless parts of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Libya and Mali for arms-training and operations planning.
Now they're starting to attack what they see as obstacles to their goal of founding a pan-Islamic caliphate.
"We're talking about low- to mid-level players who don't necessarily pop up on the radar of the intelligence services," Barak Barfi of the New America Foundation said about Egypt's would-be jihadists. "But they are trying to reorganize constituent cells."
The upending of regional intelligence agencies along with governments means they're no longer monitoring and sharing information as before, he adds. "[The militants] have a whole array of places they can work now — in Sinai, or they can drift westward toward Libya, Tunisia and Algeria."
Details about the Egyptians who fought in Algeria this week are scarce, including how long they were based in Mali or its environs under the organization established by the raid's Algerian ringleader, Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
He fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s, where Al Qaeda chief Ayman Zawahiri first met Saudi Osama bin Laden.
Zawahiri's younger brother Muhammad Al Zawhiri now leads a robust network of jihadis in Egypt, and Zelin believes he's probably connected to veteran militants in the Sahel.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they knew each other," he says, "or if there were recruiters or facilitators in Egypt who allowed individuals to get to the zone of war."
US officials believe at least one Egyptian, Muhammad Jamal Abu Ahmad, to have been involved in last year's attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, where Libya's fledging government has struggled to assert control outside urban areas.
The sparsely populated deserts and mountain holdouts in Libya's ungovernable hinterlands have made fertile ground for militants.
The New York Times quoted an Algerian official as saying the hostage takers staged the attack from the west Libyan border town of Ghat. Some experts believe they were armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers culled from the robust weapons stocks of Gaddafi's defunct army.
Libya has become a regional hub for weapons proliferation and smuggling since the dictator's toppling, contributing to supplies from Gaza to Syria and Mali. Belmokhtar told a Mauritanian newspaper in 2011 that he had "benefited" from Libyan arms.
More from GlobalPost: Al Qaeda leader killed. Or was he?
Although few of those weapons are believed to have reached Tunisia, the rise of a vocal ultraconservative Salafi movement there has provided jihadists for militant groups at home and abroad, including the group that carried out the BP raid.
Tunisian security forces dismantled a North African Al Qaeda cell in December. It included active members of Tunisia's Ansar Al Sharia, a Salafi group formed by a former militant released from prison in 2011.
The previous regime's crackdowns on even the most moderate Islamists had swelled support for more severe interpretations of Islam that are now flourishing in Tunisia.
Economic recession is helping, too. Ali Zeddini of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights says looser security and fewer crackdowns on mosques and imams have made it easier for militant Islamist groups to recruit young, impressionable men who are often unemployed.
"Now these groups feel more secure," he says. "It's part of the regional resurgence."
Heba Habib contributed reporting.


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The only problem now is that the longest run I have is in my kitchen/diner and the fridge gives off a magnetic field and it goes straight down the room until it gets within 1 metre of the fridge!
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Easy Holiday Menus: Recipes to the Rescue
Spend more time with family and friends― and less time in the kitchen―when you follow these party planners.
Hanukkah Magic
Traditional foods are important for any Hanukkah celebration, and Judi Gallagher's menu features many favorites that can be made ahead. The exception? Tricolor Vegetable Latkes. Potatoes tend to darken when shredded early, and it's crucial that the latkes come to the table hot and crispy. Fortunately, the Hungarian Brisket just gets better overnight, so make it the day before and reheat before serving. Mesclun Greens with Dried Figs and Goat Cheese can be assembled early. Bring the dressing to the table in a pretty cruet and let guests pour it themselves. In addition to their great taste and elegant good looks, Judi's Pumpkin–Cream Cheese Napoleons can be made in part the day before, then assembled two hours before dinner.
Tricolor Vegetable Latkes
Hungarian Brisket
Mesclun Greens with Dried Figs and Goat Cheese
Pumpkin–Cream Cheese Napoleons
Wine and Dine Drop-In
Go ahead―ask friends to stop by the house later. You're covered, because you have a great selection of appetizers at the ready. Always keep a bottle of Champagne and white wine chilling in the fridge and you won't have to worry about impromptu guests. You'll be the savviest, calmest host this season.
Brie and Cranberry Chutney Melt
Marinated Olives and Manchego
Tapenade Twists
Blue Cheese–Walnut Wafers
Caramel-Coconut-Pecan Brownies
A Grand Buffet
This menu makes good use of double ovens. When your guests pop into the kitchen―and they always do―your stove and sink will be tidy, and your countertops ready for a sumptuous buffet. Prepare the soup the day before, then reheat slowly and keep warm on the stove. When ready to serve, place on the buffet table with a ladle. Assemble the salad, but instead of tossing with the dressing―which makes salad wilt quickly―serve it alongside. Roast the lamb, then start roasting the beans 30 minutes before the lamb is done. If you have one oven, use the bottom rack to roast the green beans and mushrooms, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. When your lamb comes out of the oven to cool (at least 10 minutes before slicing), put the cobbler in. It will be piping hot when guests are ready for dessert.
Roasted Red Pepper–Tomato Soup
Garlic-Roasted Lamb with Oregano Pesto
Mixed Greens with Goat Cheese, Cranberries, and Walnuts
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This bad boy is a little hard on the nose. Strong alcohol smell followed by caramel and apple aroma. First taste you get the barrel flavor followed by sweetness. Has a very similar flavor profile to Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva with the addition of oak and not as syrupy. No alcohol taste but decent lingering burn. Very good rum when looking for a sweet and oaky flavor.
The aroma is the best part of this rum. It's quite tropical. I get ripe mango, banana, some vanilla and coconut and the inside of a cigar box. Initial sip is smooth and pleasant, but after that it quickly becomes cloying, saturating my taste buds with sugar. This is overly sweet and has been sugared beyond a doubt. Not many redeeming features beyond the sweetness. Lots of banana, honey and vanilla, some orange peel and baking spices/cinnamon, but ultimately very one dimensional, because the sugar overpowers everything else. Having said that: there's also nothing in the Abuelo 12 that's unpleasant and it's a good bottle to have on the shelf in case of visitors who like their rum sweet and soft. Finish is short with a subtle oaky bite that's somewhat pleasant. Final point of critisism: the bottle is very brown and very boring. Maybe they went for rustic, but it looks cheap
Benchmark for sipping rum. Smooth, sweet, complex, and well balanced. Outstanding value.
Pretty sweet rum compared to the entry level and 7years Abuelo.
Super caramely and vanila aromas / flavors with himts of orange notes.
This rum was my best choice since my first serious rum, which was Ron Barcelo Imperial. Abuelo 12 is very delicate, sweet and with touch of honey. I can recommend him for rum beginners and as well as a gift. Really perfect choice and decent bottle moreover.
The tastes are good and there is nothing special to complain about but
I feel there are better options even at more affordable prices.
This is one of the two top sipping rums I have tasted in my life. Mildly sweet with a long finish. Beautiful color. Please try it straight; you won't be disappointed.
Smells sweet like Ron Zacapa Solera 23 but only has half of the familiar taste from that rum. The dried fruit and raisiny flavors are the same but the finish is totally different and has a noticeable dryer tobacco/leather/scotch flavor. I had to sip it a few times b4 I could figure it out when I suddenly yelled out loud "Scotch"!
Overall it honestly tastes like a mix of sweetened rum and scotch. If you like both spirits then you may just love this. 6/10 because it doesn't taste like rum but is unique. Update: I've just tried Appleton 12 year rare blend and it has some similar flavor to this, apparently this scotch-y taste can be found in other rums as well. Update 2: obviously upon writing this review I was unfamiliar with funky Jamaica/Guyana style rums that give the flavor of what I thought then to be reminiscent of scotch. I only knew that this tastes like Zacapa but different on the finish. I remember it being quite sugared tho and will have to revisit at some point and might actually like it this time now that my palette has had more experience.
Fruit in abundance, cognac like aroma and after taste. Somewhat medicinal aroma though. Probably added sugar, color and vanilla.
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Though a bit sweet for my palate, really nice in every way. The only reason I wouldn't take four bottles of this instead of one bottle of Centuria is so I can trade the Centuria for, say, a bottle of Opthimus 18, one of Mount Gay XO, and a Depaz Blue Cane to round out the price bracket.
Value alone, it's a no-brainer at $32ish. It really gets better as it airs out in the bottle or decanting. Dark berries, cherries, apricot, some buttery/salted toffee, coffee. Initial sweetness fading towards the finish with the tiniest hint of leather and tobacco bringing up the rear; really nice medium body texture. If you dislike oak/wood notes to your rum, they're almost completely missing here. There's a delicious cognac note here, too.
If you find yourself unimpressed with the adulterated sweetness of most rums but don't fancy the drier examples like Appleton 12, Brugal 1888, this is a center-line rum you just might come to love. An critical rating of 7 but a cumulative rating of 8 given the great value. A staple.
This rum contains a very large amount of added sugar which makes it seem "sweet and smooth", but which masks the rum's actual flavors. What does this rum really taste like? We'll never know.
I liked this a lot for my first time trying it. I tried it with coke and sipped on it as a shooter. I can drink either way but prefer with coke. I will definitely buy again.
This one reminds me very much of the El Dorado 12 year. I am fairly certain there is some substantial added sugar, as I recently found out there is in the ED 12 - but it has enough flavor to hold up and not be overwhelmed by sweetness. Smoky, woody, with leather and tobacco notes. I don't smoke but it seems to me this one would be excellent with a cigar.
Edit : I have since found out that this rum and El Dorado 12 yr have almost the exact same amount of added sugar, around 30 g/ltr. This is a substantial amount and makes the usual $30+ price tag something I would not pay - although I am not unhappy that scored several on closeout for under $20.
Very pleasant in every touch. A bit shy on the nose, but attractive. Banana, cherries plus some exotic fruits, still not too sweet and dry enough. Close to infinity ) aftertaste.
Decr one point due to little alcohol burn.
If see them Abuelo 7 and 12 buy both instantly )
Next stop Abuelo 30!
Upon first taste I knew I liked this rum. I had read that the 7-year was better or at least a better buy. That is arguable because the 7-year is a great value and a good rum, but I think it serves as a great mixer and pretty nice on the rocks. The 12-year competes taste-wise and complexity-wise with rums 30-70% more expensive. For me burnt caramel, cedar and oud on the nose. It starts with smoky tobacco and anise on the front end of the taste and them I get dried fig and creme caramel to finish. It is great neat and on the rocks. Also the price allows for the cheeky cocktail mix here and there. Try it in a Cherry Bomb (replace whisky with Abuelo 12-year) or in a 3 dots and a dash with Hampden Estate Gold and the 12-year, sooo good.
I felt it had caramel notes. Very smooth and tasty.
Tasted 12/25/2018 in Key West at The Rum Bar. Neat. Very delicious! Very oaky, and dry, in a good way. Not sweet like some rums. El Dorado 21 is much sweeter. This is damn good, a little hotter, not quite as smooth, but at half the price. 90+
Knowing Spanish-style rums are notorious for added sugar, I wasn't expecting much. The nose is extremely molasses forward which was confirming my worst fears. Upon tasting however, I was mildly surprised it wasn't a complete sugar-bomb like Diplomatico Reserva Exculsiva. It came across the palate a bit drier than anticipated, but that was a pretty low bar. There's a hint of smokiness and very little burn. It's not offensive, but there isn't a whole lot of complexity either.
It's similar to 7y, but more expensive and in my opinion 7y is little bit more balanced.
For the price, its not too bad, but not my favourite. It's slightly sweet, has a slight tobacco taste and an after taste of oak. Initially, I was not too keen on it, but by the time I finished the bottle, it had grown on me, so I increased my rating to a well deserved 7. In this range, I prefer El Dorado 12yr old, but wouldn't be disappointed if I was given a bottle at Christmas.
It's worth a try if you want to try a selection of different rums. It's quite nice but I won't re-order, there's others I much prefer at the same price.
Duft af kirsebær, portvin og vanilie.
Smag af vanilie, røg og fad god sød eftersmag
Delicious rum - a deluge of flavours ranging from candied oranges through baking spice and vanilla to milk chocolate and oak.
It has a little bite so it is not entirely smooth, nevertheless a huge improvement over the 7 YO bottle.
Very long finish. The rum tastes better than it smells which is something i have also experienced with Rn de JEREMY XO.
In terms of complexity of falvour, this is one of the richest profile to come across, which some people may not like as it is kind of distracting and it is a little tricky to enjoy the rum without constantly analyizing what was in it.
But I really enhoyed sipping it. 8,5
Bottle normal
Taste vanilla but nothing special. Strong aftertaste.
Five rums to which you would never add Coca-Cola
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