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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Excerpts From a "Green Gables Letter"
I absolutely love reading "behind the scenes" bits and pieces of famous authors' lives. Generally the best ones come from their letters and journals, where their true thoughts were spilled out, and thought "safe" from the public eye! :D We have a thin volume entitled: "The Green Gables Letters: from L.M.Montgomery to Ephraim Weber", published by Borealis Book Publishing, and I have read it several times. One part in particular is very amusing. Miss Montgomery was in the midst of writing the second "Anne" book, and was writing to Mr. Weber about the process:
"I don't like my new Anne book as well as the first but that may be, as you say, because I am so soaked and sated with her. I can see no freshness or interest in it. But, I suppose if I took the greatest masterpiece in fiction and read it over, say, a hundred times, one after the other with no interval between, I wouldn't find much of either in it also. I felt the same, though no so strongly when I finished Anne......The book deals with her experiences while teaching for two years in Avonlea school. The publishers wanted this-- and I'm awfully afraid if the thing takes, they'll want me to write her through college. The idea makes me sick. I feel like the magician in the Eastern story who became the slave of the "jinn" he had conjured out of a bottle. If I'm to be dragged at Anne's chariot wheels the rest of my life I'll bitterly repent having "created" her."
What tickles me about that whole passage, is that every one of us writers who have taken our books to the end and edited them, knows exactly how Lucy Maud Montgomery felt! And it is wonderfully reassuring to know that even when one is famous, that feeling does not change! :) I have read my book to shreds, picked it apart, looked at it inside out and upside down, till I doubt there is any originality, or continuity in the thing. That is when I lay it aside and forget about it for a little while. If ever you are in a blank spot in your writing, it really does help to read the famous authors' private writings....you never read of writer's block in the text of....well, "David Copperfield" for instance, and yet, perhaps Dickens had a few blank moments! :) Anyway, whether you benefit in your writing from reading such things, I know they are at least, amusing and insightful! -Rachel
3 comments:
- Carrie said...
That is a very interesting excerpt! Do you have any other specific books to recommend like the one above? =)
- October 8, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Rachel and Sarah said...
Well, generally any biography about an author includes some interesting tid-bits, but another book that we love is called "Letters to Children From Beatrix Potter" collected and introduced by Judy Taylor. This collection is intriguing because of the fact that introduces you to the children Beatrix wrote each book for, and all the little picture-letters she made for them... I love it! :D
- October 9, 2010 at 7:50 AM
- Leanna said...
haha, thanks for posting that; it was helpful. I have felt the same way myself. I've read my stories so many times and edited them, that they are quite dull to me and I'm always sure that everyone else will hate them.
- October 19, 2010 at 9:52 AM
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Rolling Stone is featuring an article about wrestler Joey Ryan signing a new sponsorship deal with YouPorn Sports, a new division of the popular adult website.
This comes just weeks after a 27 second video clip of Ryan "flexing his manhood" went viral during a match with Danshoku Dino in Japan.
"It's been kind of unbelievable. Those 27 seconds have definitely changed my career."
You can check out his official sponsorship video and link to the article below.
Thanks to Ben Bauer for sending word.
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Now You See It
Unabridged Audiobook
Written By: Jane Tesh
Narrated By: Jim Meskimen
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: November 2013
Duration: 7 hours 21 minutes
Private investigator David Randall, still struggling with guilt over his daughter Lindsey's death, can't bring himself to look at the DVD of her dance recitals. Fortunately, he's distracted by two cases: socialite Sandy Olaf's missing diamond bracelet, and a missing box that magicians Taft and Lucas Finch say belonged to Houdini.
When Taft is found dead in a trunk at the Magic Club, Randall's suspects include the owner, Rahnee Nevis, who was in love with Taft; punk magician, WizBoy, who wants to run the club; the bartender, Jilly, who was also in love with Taft; and Jolly Bob, a washed-up illusionist.
Meanwhile, Randall's friend Camden is concerned with losing his voice, his girlfriend Kary insists on being a magician's assistant, and Cam's girlfriend, Ellin, has to deal with overbearing Sheila Kirk, the wife of a potential sponsor who insists on hosting the PSN's programs.
Can Randall uncover the truth and tackle his own demons?
"Randall's investigations turn up some amusing characters among the flamboyant magicians and stagestruck wannabes, and the Grace Street residents contribute their share of quirkiness to the proceedings."--Publishers Weekly


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I know. You love your home. It's been a source of joy and memories for years. Selling it is going to be hard. If only all of those warm and fuzzy memories translated into a bigger asking price. Unfortunately, they don't.
Let's face it. A well-loved home is a lived in home and that means dirt, clutter and personal touches that most likely won't appeal to potential buyers.
The hard truth is buyer's don't want your memories. They want a home where they can picture themselves living out their own dreams. So you are going to need to lovingly pack away some of those memories and stage the home in a way that shows buyer's the home's potential.
No one wants to settle for a lower selling price or watch their home sit on the market for months. It's heart breaking. So do yourself a favor and stage your home for a quicker sale. The easiest way is to little a professional stager handle it (why, yes, I do offer professional staging) but if that's not in the budget, at least take a few steps yourself.
De-clutter: I mean, really declutter. Don't just hide that pile of mail you keep meaning to get to but go room to room and remove personal items like photos and college paraphernalia. Put away anything that makes your space look smaller… like appliances that take up valuable counter space in the kitchen. If you do it right, it will likely feel almost sparse to you.
Clean: Then clean again. Get the scratches your dog left on the wall by the kitchen door. Wipe up those crumbs off your pantry shelves. Consider investing in having a service deep clean windows, hardwoods, carpets, and ceiling fans.
Leave empty spaces: You can leave the painting you got on vacation above the fireplace but you don't need to leave up the drawings your child gave you. Remember staging is about sparking the imagination of the buyer. Take out the old recliner in the living room to open up the space. Make do with one bookshelf in the office instead of two. Buyers want a home that has room to grow.
Light is your friend: Whatever you can do to lighten up the home, do it! Take curtains down or leave any/all window dressing wide open. Paint dark or extreme colored rooms in a natural or neutral color. Turn on lights whenever the home is going to be shown.
We get so used to our homes we often don't see the problems. Or smell them. Pets, kids, what you ate for dinner, or a damp smelling laundry room can turn off buyers. Really, after all that cleaning and decluttering do you want a smell to be the reason a buyer passed on your home? You don't have to bake cookies but at least burn a vanilla candle. It also wouldn't hurt to grind half a lemon in the garbage disposal, and take out the trash before prospective buyers stop by.
I'll be honest, staging is a little inconvenient especially when you are still living in the home you are trying to sell. But keep this in mind, buyers might consider every 'problem' they see (or smell) a reason to lower their offer price. So do yourself a favor and show your beloved the home the love it really deserves. You'll be glad you did.


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Home Insulation
Over 50% of the heat you pay for is probably lost through un-insulated walls and lofts.
Insulating these will not only improve the comfort of your home and save money on fuel bills, but may help with problems caused by mould and condensation.
From time to time, there is grant funding to help with the cost of insulation for households that meet certain eligibility criteria.
Here's more information on insulation from the Energy Saving Trust.
- Good insulation, including loft insulation, jackets for hot-water cylinders and double or secondary glazing, helps keep heat in and reduce heating costs. If you cannot afford to double-glaze your home, you can use secondary glazing kits which are available from DIY stores, which are easy to remove once warmer weather comes.
- Without loft insulation you could be losing as much as 15%* of your heating costs through your roof unnecessarily. If you currently have no insulation and install the recommended depth (270mm) you could save around £145* a year on your heating bills! Or if you already have some insulation, why not top it up to 270mm and feel even more warm and toasty?
- Make sure your hot water cylinder is properly lagged either with solid foam insulation or an 80mm lagging jacket. If you have an old lagging jacket fit a new one over the top of it.
- If your central heating system also heats your hot water, lag the pipes between the boiler and the tank.
- Line your curtains and make sure they are a third bigger than the window area. This will help reduce draughts.
- Place aluminium foil behind radiators on outside walls to reflect heat back into the room.
- Insulate hot-water pipes.
- Fit draught excluders to windows and doors.
- Cover keyholes and letter boxes.


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ANNOUNCEMENT: Jack Yusko who is Marketo's GDPR subject matter expert will join the Denver MUG meeting coming up on Monday, December 11th. If you have not already RSVP'd please do so as soon as possible - we want to make sure we have enough holiday treats & beverages for all!!!
Event page: https://nation.marketo.com/events/2327-december-mug-meeting-tis-the-season-for-gdpr
About Jack Yusko
Privacy Compliance Analyst, Marketo
Jack Yusko is responsible for implementing Marketo's GDPR compliance program under the direction of the Chief Privacy Officer / Data Protection Officer. Based out of the San Mateo headquarters, Jack's work includes maintaining Marketo's data inventory, conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments, managing Processors and Sub-Processors, updating privacy policies and procedures, and contributing to customer-facing content about the GDPR. Jack previously worked in Risk Consulting and IT Audit for a Big 4 firm in the Bay Area and is a big believer in the power that respecting consumer privacy preferences contributes to the engagement economy.


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What's in my camera bag?
I've been asked quite a few times what Camera I shoot with and what lenses I use, so I thought I'd share what's in my camera bag!
I primarily shoot with the Canon 5d Mark III and also use the Canon 6D as my backup camera. These bodies are both full frame and are beautiful cameras to use. I like to always have two cameras at weddings that way I have two different options for focal lengths and it saves time having to switch lenses on and off. Having two bodies at any photo session or wedding is critical as you never know when one camera will stop working for any particular reason.
I recently adopted the Fujifilm XT-10 into my camera family and I am so thrilled with it. I love that it's lightweight, takes phenomenal photos, has a vintage/retro feel, it's super inspiring to shoot with, it can fit in my purse and I can take it anywhere with me. It's so freeing!
Lenses I use:
1) Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art Series ( I rarely take the 35mm and 50mm art series lenses off my camera, they are such beautiful lenses! )
2) Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art Series
3) Canon 135mm 2.0L ( Falling in love with this lens, I love how it pulls the background into the foreground, especially with amazing backdrops - and it's such a powerful lens )
4) Canon 24mm 2.8 ( I generally use this lens for larger group photos, landscapes, wider shots at weddings of the venues, etc )
5) Canon 85mm 1.8 ( Really beautiful portrait lens! )
6) Fujinon 35mm 2.0 and 56mm 1.2 - These two lenses are really impressive and have such a different feel to them.
I also use a Canon Speedlight when needed usually only at Wedding receptions when I don't have available natural light.
A couple of years ago I switched from being a PC lady my whole life to a Macbook and I'm never looking back. Totally fell in love with my Macbook Pro Retina along with the greatest screen to edit on ever, the 27 inch Thunderbolt Display.
It wasn't until I started photographing weddings a few years ago that I was able to start purchasing camera equipment that was amazing quality and an investment. The difference in quality and performance is astounding. Although, I do believe you can create amazing art with any tools you currently have, you just need a vision and and some good ol' passion! :)
Below: Photos taken with the Canon 5d Mark III / Canon 135mm F2.0L - love the depth this lens gives.
Below: Photso taken with the Fuji xt-10, Fujinon 56mm 1.2 & 35mm F2 lenses / Edited in Lightroom with Replichrome Presets
Below: Photos taken with the Canon 5d Mark III / Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art Series lens
Below: Photos taken with the Canon 6d & Canon 5d Mark III / Canon 24mm 2.8 lens
Below: Photos taken with the Canon 6d / Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art Series lens


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Chris Parisi's Pick of The Week
Locally Grown Eggplant
Raw eggplant can have a somewhat bitter taste, or even an astringent quality, but becomes tender when cooked and develops a rich, complex flavor. Eggplant is capable of absorbing large amounts of cooking fats and sauces, making for very rich dishes, but salting reduces the amount of oil absorbed.
A staple in cuisines of the Mediterranean region, eggplant figures prominently in such classic dishes as the Greek moussaka, the Italian eggplant parmigiana, and the Middle Eastern relish baba ghanoush. It is also frequently served as a baked, grilled, fried, or boiled vegetable and is used as a garnish and in stews.
Visit our premium grocery store at Sydney Fish Markets today to enjoy a quality selection of fresh produce.


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This week, members of the House of Representatives in Nigeria approved a bill to ban age discrimination against applicants to positions with Federal Government Agencies.
Many agencies in Nigeria will operate age limits of 30 years of age for new applicants. As there is currently no law prohibiting age discrimination in Nigeria, there is little someone over this age can do if rejected for a role.
The Bill
The Bill (officially known as "Bill for an Act to Eradicate the Age Discrimination against Job seekers in Federal Government Agencies; and for Related Matters (HB. 1502)") was sponsored by Sergius Ogun and Babajimi Benson.
It aims to ensure that those who want to work for the Government can do so without discrimination.
Mr Ogun said that the Bill was needed because "incessant" strikes by education bodies means that students can take longer to graduate and so might miss the age cut off. Mr Ogun also said that, although his Bill is aimed squarely at Federal Agencies, he hoped that private sector employers would follow suit. He said that it was common to see job adverts with age ranges as strict as "25-28 years of age".
Although the Bill was unanimously endorsed in a voice vote, it faced some oral opposition in debate. Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun said that, since discrimination is prohibited in Nigeria's constitution, the Bill was redundant.
The Bill was sent for further consideration by the Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity.


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Powder Brush
I love this all essential brush and you will, too. It has a sturdy and thick handle with big, fluffy and soft bristles. It's essential for putting on any one of my bronzers, highlighters and powders. It's the best tool for blending your makeup, too. A powder brush is an essential tool for your own brush set. In order to do a great job on your makeup, it's important to use the right tools. ~ Jill
It's a must have for your beauty tool arsenal.


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Overall concept and interior design for a restaurant and bar in Purvis Street, Singapore.
The interior walls of darkly stained oak-wood panelling, white plaster and frosted glass, along with fixed seating benches of chocolate brown velvet provide an intimate dinner setting. Including full interior design and detailing services, Studio Daminato also specified all crockery, napery and flatware, consulting on textiles and staff uniform design.
Photography: Peter MealinGraphic design: Mia&Jem


text: Meet Carrie and her daughter, Maddie. Maddie suffers from hydrocephalus, which is a buildup of fluid in the brain's cavities (ventricles), ultimately causing an increase in the size of the ventricles and cranial pressure. The term hydrocephalus is derived from the Greek words "hydro" meaning water and "cephalus" meaning head. As the name implies, it is a condition in which the primary characteristic is excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain. Although hydrocephalus was once known as "water on the brain," the "water" is actually cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) — a clear fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. The excessive accumulation of CSF results in an abnormal widening of spaces in the brain called ventricles. This widening creates potentially harmful pressure on the tissues of the brain. The ventricular system is made up of four ventricles connected by narrow passages. Normally, CSF flows through the ventricles, exits into cisterns (closed spaces that serve as reservoirs) at the base of the brain, bathes the surfaces of the brain and spinal cord, and then reabsorbs into the bloodstream. CSF has three important life-sustaining functions: 1) to keep the brain tissue buoyant, acting as a cushion or "shock absorber"; 2) to act as the vehicle for delivering nutrients to the brain and removing waste; and 3) to flow between the cranium and spine and compensate for changes in intracranial blood volume (the amount of blood within the brain). The balance between production and absorption of CSF is critically important. Because CSF is made continuously, medical conditions that block its normal flow or absorption will result in an over-accumulation of CSF. The resulting pressure of the fluid against brain tissue is what causes hydrocephalus.


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Sharing Information
Here you will find information about mental health promotion and positive coping as well as resources related to mental illness and treatment. We strive to provide you with relevant, current, and engaging mental health content and stories specifically routed in communities of color.
"Mental health is a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community."
— The World Health Organization
The OurselvesBlack writers and contributors with stories and videos related to Black Mental Health. Information equips us all to be better advocates for ourselves, our families and our communities. Read More >
Parents are their children's role models, guides, protectors, advocates, disciplinarians, teachers and so much more. Here you can find links to some resources for parents within our site as well as some links to useful info. Read More >
Books allow the deep dive that all too often missing in social media or news clips. We review the work of authors with valuable perspectives on our experiences through the lens of the mental illness mental health continuum. Read More >
New to the topic of mental health? Confused by the terms you're seeing? No worries! We break down some of the of common mental health diagnoses and provide some introductory information. Read More >


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Student Support Services Coordinator/Counselor - Full Time Position
Center for Academic Programs (CAP) University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus
Center for Academic Programs (CAP)
City: Stamford
State: Connecticut
Education Level: Master
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Postion Type: Full Time
The Center for Academic Programs (CAP) at the University of Connecticut seeks candidates for the position of Coordinator of the Student Support Services program (SSS) at the Stamford campus. Under the general direction of the CAP Executive Program Director, the coordinator is responsible for the development, coordination and implementation of program and services for the counseling, recruitment and retention of students in the SSS program. Travel is required. Some of the responsibilities include delivery and coordination of academic support services for fall and spring semesters, outreach to local communities and schools, testing, orientation and the administration of a pre-collegiate summer component.
Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree preferably in counseling or related field; one to three years' experience in counseling low income, first-generation and/or underrepresented college students; experience in higher education environment; experience in teaching and/or conducting workshops; proven supervisory skills; demonstrated administrative experience including the ability to resolve administrative problems efficiently, effectively and independently as well as coordinate activities and events with various constituencies, both internal and external; excellent interpersonal, organizational, oral and written communication skills; must be willing and able to travel to the Storrs campus and other campus locations on a regular basis; and willingness to work flexible and irregular hours.
Preferred Qualifications: Four years or more experience in counseling low income, first generation and/or underrepresented college students; bilingual English/Spanish; experience with budgets; experience with grant writing.
SALARY: This is a full time, permanent appointment. Salary is in the mid 50's and includes full benefits.
To Apply: Interested candidates must apply through UConn Jobs at http://www.jobs.uconn.edu, Staff Positions. Applications must include a cover letter, résumé, and the names and contact information for three professional references. Please be sure to demonstrate through your application materials that you meet the minimum and any preferred qualifications for this position as outlined above. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Employment of the successful candidate will be contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check. (Search #2018594)
This job posting is scheduled to be removed at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on June 29, 2018.
All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at
The University of Connecticut is committed to building and supporting a multicultural and diverse community of students, faculty and staff. The diversity of students, faculty and staff continues to increase, as does the number of honors students, valedictorians and salutatorians who consistently make UConn their top choice. More than 100 research centers and institutes serve the University's teaching, research, diversity, and outreach missions, leading to UConn's ranking as one of the nation's top research universities. UConn's faculty and staff are the critical link to fostering and expanding our vibrant, multicultural and diverse University community. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer, UConn encourages applications from women, veterans, people with disabilities and members of traditionally underrepresented populations.
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Brought to you by The House of Daze, join us for 'Take the Weight Off Your Mascara!' Fresh from London the creative House are ready to turn-it-out and provide the fine city of Norwich a gay ol' time!
The girls are back with jam packed show! Sylvia and the House of Daze girls are set to welcome a bunch of new fresh queens this Friday with their 'Freshers Welcome Extravaganza!' With group performances, live vocals, strip teases, catwalk competition and killer tunes you're not going to know what hit you! The collective have one mission this month… To show the newbies of NUA who ever you are, you are loved and you are FEIRCE! So come on down, join the family and Take the eight off your mascara!
Come on Take the Weight Off Your Mascara babe, you deserve it!
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In 2018 I expanded Show Show Lab's innovative experience design capabilities outside of the event space and into a commercial retail space for a collaboration with Jasmine Pearl Tea Company. Show Show Labs created an augmented reality experience to increase sales and product engagement with Jasmine Pearl retail customers, and it was a blast!
We set up an in-store installation that allowed customers to easily experience the AR feature on packages of Red Hot Hibiscus tea— the front side presented a mind bending animation to draw the user into the product, while the back side of the package revealed the flavor profile.
Producer - Melody Rowell
AR Developer - Alicia Navarrette
Animator - Melody Rowell
Video by Melody Rowell


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Pokemon Click
Pokemon Click 1.0 can be downloaded from our software library for free. Commonly, this program's installer has the following filenames: Game.exe and pokemon_click.exe etc. This PC program works fine with 32-bit versions of Windows XP/7/8.
The following version: 1.0 is the most frequently downloaded one by the program users. The actual developer of the free program is Falco Software, Inc. The program lies within Games, more precisely Arcade. This download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as safe. The most recent setup file that can be downloaded is 21.6 MB in size.
From the developer:
Pokemon Click is a free arcade game that features 12 Pokemon Skins and 18 levels Statistics.
You may want to check out more software, such as Pokemon Ingenious, Pokemon Global Revolution or Random Auto Clicker, which might be similar to Pokemon Click.
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KETABUSCO to launch school transformation fund
The President of the Keta Business College (KETABUSCO) Old Students Association (KEBSOSA), Dr Seth Kwami Anani, says the association will launch an Endowment Fund to transform the school.
The fund, to be known as "The Game Changer" is one of the four pillars of the transformational agenda aimed at moving the school from its current category "B" status to "A" in few years.
Speech and Prize-giving Day
Dr Anani disclosed this during the Speech and Prize-giving Day at the school premises in the Keta municipality in the Volta Region.
The event, which celebrated deserving teachers and students with awards, was chaired by Mr Godwin K. Ahadzi, the owner of Agblor Lodge, and attended by some KETABUSCO old students (Coronats), including the 2018 Best Teacher Prize winner, Mr Nicholas Mawunya Gborse, some former headmasters, representative of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and government officials.
For the awardees, 27 students each from Forms Two and Three received various awards in addition to the best male and female students in WASSCE results, who also received awards.
Aside from the 56 students, four teaching and two non-teaching staff members were also awarded.
Dr Anani named the other pillars of the fund as organisation and membership development; marketing, communication with emphasis on branding; education and training.
"The evidence of this strategy is all around us; (credit to our predecessors and the government), the school gate that we inaugurated today, the walls around the school, the multi-million headmaster's bungalow, the new classroom blocks, dormitories and the ongoing assembly and dining hall units (to be completed soon).
"The most important thing under this pillar is the Endowment Fund to be launched soon, tagged 'the Game Changer' which is to provide counterpart funding to the old students to access bigger projects in the future," Dr Anani stated.
He enumerated the contributions the association made, as well as future plans for the progress of the school, which would turn 80 next year.
The president, therefore, called on all stakeholders, especially Coronats, to support the agenda which he explained was "a movement that changes even our internal perspective and redefines our focus of who we are, where we come from and where we want to go."
Speaking on the theme for the celebration: "Indiscipline – The Bane of Academic Excellence", the Headmaster of KETABUSCO, Mr Etse Seake-Kwawu, cautioned students against indiscipline saying, "Academic excellence can only be achieved through discipline."
According to him, it took discipline for a person endowed with innate capabilities to progress, especially in the contemporary era where the youth were exposed to lots of negative influences.
Mr Seake-Kwawu commended the old students and the board of governors of the school and all those who had supported the school in many ways.
The headmaster, however, called for continued support from the old students and other stakeholders to address the inadequate school infrastructure such as a library, science laboratory, vocational centre for Home Economics and Visual Art programmes, information and communications technology (ICT) laboratory and staff accommodation.
The Volta Regional Director of Education, Mrs Enyonam Amafuga, advised students to be disciplined and studious in their quest for academic excellence.
She also appealed to parents to support their children with their needs to help achieve their goals.
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Standing steps away from Cosby, Steele lambasted the comedian, saying he had shown "no remorse."
Steele's demand for a lengthy prison term — far beyond the sentencing guidelines in Pennsylvania — was countered by Cosby's defense team, which is asking for the entertainer to be sentenced to house arrest.
"Eighty-one-year-old blind men who are not self-sufficient are not dangerous," Cosby attorney Joseph Green said. Green decried "frenzied" media coverage of Cosby's case and compared his client's experience to an era when alleged criminals were stoned to death.
Cosby was convicted April 26 of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the 2004 drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand, a Temple University women's basketball official he was mentoring. Constand, a lanky former college and professional basketball player, testified in harrowing detail at the trial about losing control of her limbs after taking pills given to her by Cosby, who served on Temple's board of trustees and was the public face of the university. The pills, Constand said, left her unable to stop him from violating her at his suburban Philadelphia estate.
Constand took the witness stand for less than two minutes Monday, asking the judge to consider her testimony at Cosby's two-day hearing.
"All I am asking for is justice as the court sees fit," she said.
The dueling sentencing requests punctuated the first day of Cosby's penalty hearing, which is scheduled to resume Tuesday morning, when Judge Steven T. O'Neill is expected to deliver his decision. The defense and the prosecution have agreed that O'Neill can combine Cosby's convictions on three counts of aggravated indecent assault into a single count for the purposes of his sentencing. Under Pennsylvania guidelines, that would mean a sentence of 10 months to four years, but judges also have discretion to go above or below the guidelines.
O'Neill will also have to rule on a prosecution request that Cosby be ordered to pay the maximum $25,000 fine for his conviction. And the judge is expected to announce a decision Tuesday on whether Cosby will be designated a sexually violent predator, which would require him to receive counseling and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. A prosecution expert witness testified Monday that Cosby has "uncontrollable urges" to sexually assault women. The defense irked O'Neill by not having its own expert witness available Monday, a misstep that forced the hearing into a second day.
Constand's mother, sister and father also testified, reading statements that described how her personality changed and she became depressed when she returned to her native Canada after being assaulted by Cosby.
Constand's mother, referencing a phone call she had with Cosby, said, "He was correct when he told me, 'I am a sick man.' "
Constand was the only accuser whose case led to criminal charges against the comedian. More than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault or harassment, stretching back to the 1960s when he was launching his comedy career and became the first African American actor to star on a network television show with his role on the hit program "I Spy."
In countless media interviews, the women — aspiring actresses and models, flight attendants, singers, and, in one instance, a doughnut-shop clerk — gave similar accounts of being dazzled by Cosby's fame. Most said they never thought anyone would believe them, so they stayed quiet, privately harboring experiences that many said scarred them for life.
The courtroom had filled by the time Cosby appeared just after 9 a.m. He passed through the heavy wooden doors in a dark suit and spotted purple tie, his left hand clasping the arm of his publicist. Cosby, who is legally blind, used his right hand to sweep circles above the carpet ahead of him with a pencil-thin wooden cane that has been his constant companion since he was charged in 2015. On his slow walk, he passed within a few steps of Constand, who watched with a resolute look on her face, her chin held high. Gone was her signature pile of curly dark hair, replaced by light brown highlights and a shorter cut that gave a glimpse of a small tattoo on the back of her neck.
While Cosby waited for the judge to enter the courtroom, he chatted amiably with his attorneys. At one point, he tilted back in his leather armchair at the defense table and laughed loud enough to be heard by the hushed courtroom audience. But his demeanor shifted once testimony about whether he should be designated a sexually violent predator began. Sometimes, he leaned forward with a frown on his face.
Cosby tapped his cane lightly against the defense table and shook his head as a prosecution expert witness testified that she had determined he is a sexually violent "predator." His jaw muscles worked back and forth as the expert opined that he has a "personality disorder" and a "mental abnormality" that make it likely he will commit more crimes.
Cosby heard his fate in a grand old courtroom with soaring ceilings and wood-paneled walls. More than a dozen of the women who have accused him of sexual misdeeds in the past half century but were not called as trial witnesses watched him beneath the light cast by eight brass chandeliers. Many of those women were willing to testify, hoping to add their voices to the reams of evidence that the judge would consider before pronouncing his sentence. But O'Neill refused to allow their testimony.
The court extended no special courtesies to the women, declining to reserve seats for them, so many arrived at the courthouse long before dawn to line up for a spot in the last few of the seven-deep rows of wooden benches inside the courtroom. Up front sat several women who testified at Cosby's trial, including former super model Janice Dickinson, who said that the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her at a Nevada hotel in 1982.
P.J. Masten, who worked as Playboy bunny coordinator, known as a "bunny mother," has said she awoke naked, battered and bruised in 1979 after she believes Cosby slipped something into her drink.
"He needs to be humiliated behind bars for the horrific things he did to so many women," Masten said.


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Research Paper: Isotonic Hypertonic Hypotonic and Relate Them to a Clinical Implication Application
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¶ … Isotonic, Hypertonic, Hypotonic and Relate Them to a Clinical Implication (application)
Hypotonic, hypertonic and isotonic solutions
In biology the concentration of solutions is very important as it determines the water content of the cells. Water movement in and out of the cell is highly influenced by the concentration of the solutions within and out of the cell membrane. Osmosis; the movement of water from a relatively lower concentration of solute to a higher region of solute concentration, is highly determined by the concentration gradient, thus if cells are kept in either concentrated or less concentrated environment the volume of their content will be interfered with.
In medical scenarios and clinical applications of medicine, the three terms -- isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic are commonly used when referring to the type of solutions. In the field of cancer chemotherapy, the choice of drugs solution is particularly important to achieve the desired effects of treatment. The three solutions are explored often with both low and high molecular chemotherapy molecules. The ideal carrier solution for patients must be appropriately used according to their blood type and blood serum. The ideal carrier solution of the three should be able to provide the following: slow clearance from the peritoneal membrane as well as an enhanced exposure of the peritoneal surface.
The right solution is important in a clinical situation especially in the setting of early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy where a high level of chemotherapy solutions over a prolonged time period is important to improve the distribution of the drug and the overall effectiveness of the treatment Biology, Press and Central ()
. The three solutions -- isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic are more so studied significantly so in oncological research and medical practices, as they exude a high potential for affecting the management of patients more so in the future. Their study may concurrently reflect some ongoing controversies in medicine and each and every effort is needed for clear direction of medical practitioners. Solutions used in the pre-hospital care environment are classified as hypotonic, isotonic or hypertonic.
The tonicity of these 3 solutions is compared to the tonicity of human plasma as explained in the table below: tonicity is the ability of a group of particles or molecules (solute) to cause the movement of water from one side of a membrane to another.
Intravenous fluids
Lactated Ringer's
0.9% saline
3% saline
5% dextrose in water (D5W)
The table explains the concepts of osmolarity and tonicity that can be understood by considering how red blood cells react when placed in different osmolarity solutions De Vita ()
The term isotonic generally refers to equal amount of strengths in term of solute concentration. This is when the concentration of the liquid within a membrane is equal to the strength of external solutions Biology, Press and Central (; Michael and Sircar)
. In clinical medicine the term isotonic exclusively refers to when a muscle contracts due to some form of relative equal tension while the muscle length also changes. It can also refer to when serum found in blood exudes similar tonicity as to some form of solution such as a physiological one. Isotonic can also mean fully challenging a person's muscles against a series of motion movements that cause body resistance like pulling of elastic cables, springs or strands.
Galvagno has successfully showed that an isotonic high molecular weight dextrose solution will prolong the intraperitoneal retention of the artificial ascites. It should be noted that when red blood cells are placed in a solution that has the same osmolarity (isotonic) as the cells, the cell volume does not change. Therefore they neither swell, nor shrink in size, due to the lack of water movement in and out of the cells Biology, Press and Central (; Michael and Sircar)
The term isotonic in medicine means that isotonic solutions actually have tonicity that is equal to a human being's body plasma. When a normally hydrated patient is administered to an isotonic solution, the body does not cause a significant shift of water between the red blood cells and the body plasma.
Hypotonic solutions generally refer to solutions that are of a lower concentration as compared to others. In clinical medicine, hypotonic solutions have a lower tonicity than the body plasma Michael and Sircar ()
. When hypotonic solutions are administered, they cause a shift in the intra-vascular space and to the extra vascular space of the tissue cells. An IV solution when administered mostly is hypotonic. It then creates a situation where the extra vascular spaces appear to have more concentrations Biology, Press and Central ()
. Clinically, it should be noted that hemolysis occurs when normal blood is mixed with descending leveled concentrations of hypotonic salt solutions and thus red blood cells undergo hemolysis.
Clarification of the safety and efficacy of hypotonic carrier solutions is required before their use can be recommended. This is because, if red blood cells are placed in a solution that has a higher osmolarity than the red blood cells, then the red blood cells are bound to shrink because the osmotic differences causes water to move form cells into the solution to equalize concentration; the cells are hypotonic or hypo-osmotic Galvagno ()
Some studies of in vitro animal studies especially in man have suggested a pharmacokinetic advantage of hypotonic carrier solutions in different settings. There were no significant differences spotted in absorption and intra-tumoral oxaplatin but there were very high incidences of unexplained post op bleedings (50%) and unusually severe thrombocytopenia in patients treated with hypotonic carrier solutions Biology, Press and Central
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This generally refers to solutions with relatively higher solute concentration. In a hypertonic solution, when red blood cells are placed in it, the red blood cells rupture since water enters the cells, causing them to swell. The cells swell because they are hyper osmotic or hypertonic as compared to the solution. Water movement into the cell causes the rupture due to pressure created within the cell membrane thus causing the death of the cells Stoker ()
Hypertonic solutions are thus more and more concentrated. This does occur in medicine and healthcare when the amount of salts in any given solution exceeds that of blood. Most hypertonic solutions are used and administered clinically in the case of cerebral dehydration and renal protection to protect the body against renal failure as a result of osmotic dieresis Michael and Sircar ()
An IV administrator was asked by the hospital doctor to administer an IV fluid to a 32-year-old woman who was severely dehydrated after running a marathon in hot and humid weather. The IV administrator found 3 solutions in the medical supply area -- isotonic solutions, hypertonic solutions and hypotonic solutions as well as refrigerator of colloid solutions.
From his clinical knowledge, the IV administrator knows that the patient requires IV fluid to do 2 functions -- increase the blood volume and rehydrate the red blood cells Biology, Press and Central ()
. The IV administrator then decides upon the 1000 mm bag of 0.9% saline solution. This is because; the colloid solutions and the hypertonic solutions would only increase the volume of the blood by pulling water into the blood vessels from the red blood cells. The red blood cells would continually become more and more dehydrated following the increase of the blood's volume De Vita ()
. The low concentration of solutes in a hypotonic solution would cause water to shift from the blood vessels to the red blood cells. This might be advantageous, but the blood volume would not at all be increased. The patient feels much better after being administered to with the isotonic solution Michael and Sircar ()
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Suzanne Tobias
Life's seasons just keep rolling by in a blur
The blanket of soggy oak leaves appeared overnight. Just the previous evening, I told my husband we needed to water that section of lawn before the whole thing turned brittle and blew off in a parade of tiny tumbleweeds.
It's dying! I warned. It's not supposed to rain for weeks! Say goodbye to your precious grass! It's gone, I tell you! Gone!
At this point, I think I may have dramatically shriveled into a ball on the floor, Wicked Witch-style:
"You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world!!..."
That's about the time the clouds rolled in, and the rain started, and Randy tried not to look smug. He watched football. I quietly prepared a pot of jambalaya. The kids asked for hot chocolate.
And just like that, it was autumn.
Every year, I marvel at the dizzying change of seasons. One day we're smelling like sunscreen and cursing the heat. The next, I'm ordering firewood and baking pumpkin pie.
And the children, I tell myself, their seasons shift even more quickly. This fall it's especially noticeable. The jeans are longer and the shoes bigger, yes, but there's something more subtle.
Hannah practices violin without being asked. She helps with dinner. She babysits. She paints her nails. She also texts her friends and rolls her eyes and gives a Facebook thumbs-up to phrases like, "I'm not cranky, you're annoying!"
Jack, my 10-year-old, straddles cute and cool. I try not to be upset when he pulls his hand away from mine at the mall, because I know he'll still let me kiss him goodnight.
As suddenly as the school year began, our schedules filled with ballet, soccer, PTO. Almost without warning, the days seem as frantic as swirling leaves.
My friend Debbi walked over after dinner recently. "I miss you," she said, standing beside me as I stirred the jambalaya.
"Me, too," I told her, and poured two glasses of wine.
Our girls are the same age, sprinting toward adolescence. But this particular evening they were giggling in the basement, playing with dolls. Sammi played postpartum nurse, swaddling the baby and handing it to Hannah.
When they came upstairs I chuckled, realizing the doll was wearing one of my daughter's old outfits. Not long ago, when Hannah was a wrinkly, squinch-faced newborn and I was a sore, exhausted new mother, that tiny onesie swallowed her.
That was how many years ago? How many seasons? Too many to count. I held the onesie up to show Hannah how much she's grown. She smiled and I gave her a hug, recalling how her whole body once curled like a crescent moon against my chest.
Look what you've done! I told her. Oh, what a world! What a world.


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I work as a volunteer at Mark Luttrell Correctional Center, a state penitentiary for women in Memphis, TN. One of my favorite opportunities to serve is with Grace Place Ministries, a United Methodist congregation planted in the prison. Grace Place Ministries empowers incarcerated women to become disciples of Jesus Christ and experience what it means to be a part of the Body of Christ not only through worship, but service to people in the free world.
Here are women with almost non-existent control over their environment or lives. Those who have jobs make no more than thirty cents an hour, out of which they have to purchase their own toiletries, snacks, stamps, and stationery. The institution tells them when and what to eat, dictates their clothing, options for free time, and access to their families. What can they do to help someone outside the barbed wire fences, and why would they even want to? You might be surprised.
Some of the most humble, committed Jesus-followers I know have life sentences with no parole, but God has transformed their lives, giving them joy and purpose that no prison can take away. They also take Christ's command seriously:
Then these righteous ones will reply, "Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?"
And the King will say, "I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!" Matthew 25:37-40 (NLT)
Wait a minute, that mandate is for people like me, who can decide what to do and where to go, isn't it? Why would the members of Grace Place think this call to action applies to them? Because they know there are people less fortunate than they are who have no certainty of shelter, food, clothing, or medical treatment: the homeless. These incarcerated women have no money to share, but are rich in time and creativity, so that's what they give. For example, those who can crochet make warm hats and shawls with yarn supplied by other churches. They also crochet waterproof sleeping mats using "plarn", which is yarn made from strips of plastic bags looped together.
These inmates may be locked in, but they aren't locked out of ways to follow Jesus, "who came not to serve, but to serve others" Mark 10:45 (NLT). Their actions show the love of Christ to homeless people who, just like them, have no voice in society. Both long for justice: being treated with the respect and dignity they are often denied. And I'm a part in this chain of compassion as a prison ministry volunteer, sharing the love of Jesus that dominoed down to me.
Each of us has a unique place in God's universe. We are made in His/Her image to fulfill a special part for the redemption of us all. God loved us into being, and when we pass that love along to someone else, we are literally the hands, feet and heart of Jesus and have the transformational power to change someone's life for the better. Just like God did for us. Just like someone in our lifetime did for us.
Does what we do make any real difference when we act with kindness, giving what we want for ourselves?
Ask the women of Grace Place and people who sleep under a bridge.


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Pick up the Interior Design Fall Market Tabloid and check out the cover story, "Cool for Stools," in which nine superstar designers–including our own Carl D'Aquino and Laura Bohn–talk to Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen about their favorite stools and low-to-the-floor seating. Here's a sneak peek. Photography by Paul Godwin.
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It wasn't until several months after I had taken the cadaver anatomy class that I realized what an impression it had made on me. Making my son breakfast a few weeks ago, I was surprised to feel mildly revolted by the scent of his cinnamon-sprinkled bananas. I hadn't noticed it at the time, but the… bouquet… in the lab was complex. Wetting fluids used to keep the tissues from getting all weird and dry had a certain undercurrent of what I now associate with warmth of cinnamon and the earthiness of bananas. I sat across the table from my son, watching him eat as I tried to escort images of dismembered pelvises out of my mind.
Not that it bothered me at the time. In fact, I was amazed at how the human brain works. As I waited for my friend to get there (we signed up together for moral support), I peered through the narrow window into the lab. This part of the building was pretty cold, and I shivered as I counted 5 metal tables with body bags on top. They weren't zipped up neatly– the tops had simply been thrown over the cadavers like a carelessly made bed. I got worried about puking. I looked around the room from the window, not ready to go in yet.
Rubbermaid boxes were lined up on shelves, labeled things like:
But, my friend showed up, class started, and the teacher was so matter of fact about all these dead people– actually, so enthusiastic about anatomy, that the gross-out part of my brain simply shut off. Within minutes I had weaseled my way to the front of the crowd and was hovering mere inches away from the wizened jerky-like tissues of cadaverous rhomboids. I scoffed at the dude who thought you can't palpate the psoas muscle. I wasn't puking, I was scoffing!
For the weekend, I spent a lot of time with cadavers– and I was totally in awe. I was into it.
Do you even have a clear picture of what "bisected head" means?? A head that has been sawed in half, vertically. I held that bisected head. And it was totally helpful to see the manner in which the meninges communicate with the occiput and the brain. And man, the nasal cavity, hard palate, and oral cavity are really amazing. At one point, the teacher, wanting to find a good example of scoliosis, went into the neighboring room, and came back, holding a spine, capped at either end with a man's head and his pelvis. Inside the pelvis, the lowest lumbar vertebrae and sacrum were rotated 90 degrees. Incredible!
It's interesting to me that we spend so much time and energy micro-scrutinizing our bodies, feeling bad about our hips, or wishing we had skinnier arms. Because, at the end of the day, everyone's got meninges, everyone's got rhomboids, everyone's got muscles and bones and parts and things. A body can be an incredible teaching tool– there really is nothing like seeing the many variations possible in anatomy as when you have several lined up together for comparison. There really isn't anything like seeing how the elbow articulates as by pulling on the tendons yourself. And you can bet that those bodies weren't feeling badly about they way they looked– even when the teacher accidentally whipped me with a few tendons as he swung a leg in an arc before us. That leg was simply a leg. At one time useful and necessary, and now, actually, still so, only in a different way.
Cadavers are absolute and unapologetically vulnerable. They simply exist, and we learned so much from their being there. One might assume that in order to be in the presence of the dead it requires a certain constitution or lack of some primal sense of preservation. And yet, what my experience at the time was different. In some small way, I felt the matter of factness of the body. And whereas it may be impossible to always live in the clarity of that perspective, I have it filed away somewhere, and in a weird way, it's comforting.
So yeah, I might have a strange reaction the next time my kid asks for cinnamon-sprinkled bananas, but the cadavers don't mind. They are covered easily enough with the veil of taboo until I'm ready to reach for them. Comfortingly, it's not like they're going anywhere!
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Cheshire West and Chester is a modern, award winning, innovative and ambitious authority, working to deliver a thriving Borough for individuals, businesses and communities alike, and playing a leading role in the wider region. The Borough is diverse in terms of its landscape, communities and economy. As one of the largest unitary authorities in the North West of England it encompasses: the city of Chester, an internationally important historic city, and a global centre for financial services; a powerful manufacturing base; cutting edge centres of excellence for science and innovation; extensive swathes of countryside; and attractive market towns and villages; alongside concentrated areas of urban deprivation. We face many challenges but have fantastic assets and opportunities to build on.
Of particular significance are the world class Cheshire science corridor, the once-in-a-generation opportunity that HS2 will bring to the area and our unique cross-border opportunities within the Mersey Dee economic axis.
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Funding for the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission received a boost when the House of Representatives added the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company to the list of contributors recently. The amendment to the company's Fiscal Incentives Guarantees Assurance Act provides that it should pay three per cent of its budget to the commission, in line with the statutory obligations of oil and gas companies to the commission.
The bill, which will be sent to the Senate for concurrence, before being assented to by the President, already has sparked remonstration from the NLNG. It feels the action is capable of stifling investment. Until now, the company was insulated from the three per cent contribution, an incentive it had enjoyed for the past 27 years. But the Minority Leader in the House, Leo Ogor, who sponsored the bill, and his colleagues had argued that bringing the NLNG to the funding net would help in addressing the environmental degradation challenges of the region. Five decades of gas flaring and oil spills and little or no development, spawned a feeling of marginalisation and alienation. This resulted in insurgency that often imperils Nigeria's oil-dependent economy.
Against this background, the Federal Government set up the NDDC as an interventionist agency. Since then, it has embarked on the provision of infrastructure: building of roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, support to tertiary institutions in constructing hostels, classrooms and laboratories; rural electrification and potable water in rural communities, among others, in the nine states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta, Imo, Ondo and Rivers that come under its canopy.
Regrettably, the well-intentioned policy has been grossly messed up as the projects are often plagued by corruption and abandonment, after billions of naira had been paid to contractors. Oddly, the elite of the region, who are, in the main, the contractors are the culprits. The Ijaw Youth Council, in an indignant response to the malaise, in 2015, demanded a radical transformation of the commission from the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Tellingly, in a statement, it said, "Institutions run by Niger Deltans to empower the people and develop the region are conduits for stealing money – we are our biggest problems."
This is the crux of the matter. From the Presidency to management personnel, their indictments of NDDC operations have been resonant. The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, while in the region in March on a fact-finding mission and irked by what he saw, directed all contractors who had abandoned their projects to return to the sites within 30 days or be jailed.
And after the inspection of a three-storey hostel complex at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, in April, the present Managing Director, Nsima Ekere, was full of lamentation: "When contractors claim to have capacity they don't have, they give the NDDC a bad name. Henceforth, projects will no longer be awarded to political patronage." Again, his predecessor, Ibim Sememitari, was bemused by how the region had become a landscape of abandoned projects when she embarked on similar inspection tours from one state to the other.
As of 2014 when former President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the last board of the commission under his administration, 285 abandoned projects were scattered in the region. He, therefore, directed that award of fresh contracts should stop, while completion of existing ones be made top priority. But the directive was ignored.
Essentially, the funding of NDDC activities is not its biggest challenge, but lack of committed management before now to oversee its realisation of government's objectives. It had watched the pillaging of its resources through contract inflation and abandonment. The chairman of the agency's new board, Victor Ndoma-Egba, disclosed recently that the commission's 15-year-old master plan was not being followed. How to revalidate, upgrade, or come up with a new one is the challenge now; just as about N200bn worth of projects are to be cancelled in response to recklessness in the award of contracts in the past.
These are fundamental challenges that have to be fixed, if the agency is to achieve its core mandate. As things stand now, a forensic audit of its finances since inception cannot be ignored anymore. It is beyond any question that due process breaches and corruption have defined NDDC's existence. However, it is the Federal Government that should be given the hardest hit for failing in its responsibility: strict control and supervision as espoused in Section 7 (3) of the NDDC Act have been lacking. Ndoma-Egba's observation decidedly is an indictment of his predecessors, which should merit Abuja's attention and severe sanctions. Government has to face the responsibility of ensuring that those who have undermined the NDDC's objectives are brought to book.
Lack of it so far is why it has derailed. It is, therefore, in the enlightened-self interest of the region's elite not to continue to see the agency as a honey pot. It should be clear to all the stakeholders that the NDDC was not set up to create emergency contractors or billionaires, but to foster development in the region. Youths who are already agitated by how their people have betrayed this cause should begin to act as its watchdog; and, should the need arise, blow the whistle.
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Buying and selling volume on Turkish cryptocurrency exchanges has soared over the last 24 hrs as citizens have sought refuge from the weakened lira. Turkey's nationwide forex has faced a torrid time on a working day when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the US of attempting to "stab it in the back". Trade volume on domestic exchange Btcturk is up 350% in the last 24 hrs, with BTC capturing 38% of the motion.
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Turks Seek a Haven from the Crumbling Lira
The Turkish lira (Consider) plunged to history lows towards the US greenback now as tensions between the stricken country and western counterparts ramped up. The embattled President Erdogan sees Turkey's fiscal straits as a US-led plot to cripple the place, as opposed to the consequences of an imprudent economic plan that is guide to rising inflation and spiraling credit card debt accrued in international forex, exacerbated by borrowing to fund a development growth.
Whilst Turkey's interior ministry has been threatening to take lawful motion towards almost 350 social media accounts considered to have created "provocative" remarks towards the lira, cryptocurrency holders have been active exchanging their Consider for BTC, XRP, and ETH. Right after bitcoin main and the greenback-pegged tether (USDT), ripple and ether shaped the top trading pairs at Btcturk over the last 24 hrs the internet site also delivers LTC.
Turkish Lira is the Third Worst Carrying out Fiat Forex This Yr
Only the Venezuelan bolivar and Sudanese pound have performed even worse than the Turkish lira, which is down 45% this yr. Whilst BTC has dropped close to 54% this yr, it's appeared a veritable fortress of power towards Consider of late, and with constrained options for swapping their lira into a far more steady forex, Turkish citizens have flocked to bitcoin. In addition to Btcturk, which has exchanged close to $fourteen million of BTC in the last 24 hrs, regional exchanges Paribu, Koinim, and Koineks have witnessed a important boost in volume this week, as has Localbitcoins.com.
Amidst rumors of Turkish banks ending support for customer accounts keeping USD, and President Erdogan determined to quell the flight to the forex whose issuing country he blames for the lira's plight, citizens are remaining with number of spots to transform. (Tether is the closest most Turkish traders can get to the US greenback proper now.) Whilst predictions of 'hyperbitcoinization' in Turkey could be untimely, it is obvious that cryptocurrencies this sort of as BTC are proving a lifeline in nations whose fiat forex is devaluing by the working day.
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Two centers for information and communications technology (ICT) innovation and innovative startups have been opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
The two centers were established by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to meet the demand for technology application in industrial and agricultural development and other areas in the Mekong Delta during Industry 4.0, as the region is one of the country's key economic zones.
ICT is regarded as an important foundation with a leading role in industry, agriculture, infrastructure, education, and healthcare development, to improve the competitiveness of businesses and Vietnam as a whole and to improve living standards, according to Mr. Nguyen Phuong Lam, Deputy Director of VCCI's Can Tho branch.
The branch has shaken hands with Japan's Brain Works Group to implement many cooperative activities in the city in fields ranging from cultural exchanges to business investment and the launch of the ICT innovation center.
The ICT innovation center aims to promote development cooperation in ICT renovation and application in Can Tho and other Mekong Delta localities, while connecting State agencies, non-government organizations, businesses, and academies of Vietnam and Japan in the field, contributing to business innovation, the development of industries, and the training of high quality human resources in the region.
Professor Yoshiyuki Kawazoe from Tohoku University, Director of the ICT innovation center, said it will gather together leading Japanese technological experts and see cooperation from 15 Japanese businesses specializing in recycling, the environment, bio-fuels, education, the Internet of Things (IoT), ICT, healthcare, building design, new materials, and food processing. The center will also partner with major scientific centers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and others in emerging countries, ASEAN member countries, Japan, and the US's Silicon Valley.
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