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The more I read about personal development, the more I realise that everyone has it all back to front.
The goal shouldn't be to improve ourselves. It should be to screw up as often as possible because that's infinitely more interesting.
If we lived in a perfect world then life wouldn't be worth living. We need to learn how to make more mistakes and I'm going to show you how to do that as efficiently as possible.
Being an idiot should be the ultimate goal, because only a true idiot can…
Idiotic moment number 1 – Let their true love slip away
If you're lucky enough you might get to meet that one person who metaphorically slaps you across the face, grabs you by the balls (not literally), and makes you believe that you're living in your own real life version of some generic Jennifer Aniston movie.
In other words – you see someone you like and amazingly, they seem to like you too.
Yes ok they may be in a relationship, but if everything was straightforward, then it wouldn't be a very good romantic comedy would it?
The 'comedy' being in the hilariously inept leading man who hasn't a clue what to do and ruins his only chance by hesitating to the point of travelling back in time.
I didn't just have one chance though. Oh no. I had three! THREE!
Sometime in late 2004 – laying on my bed, hugging no less… and didn't make the move after she virtually told me to do so. Chance gone and I would have to wait a couple of years for another one.
Sometime in late 2006 – We're both single and we start seeing each other – Awesome right?
No of course not. I come across like an idiot and she thinks I'm an idiot. Back to square one.
Sometime in 2011 – After basically forgetting about her for 5 years, we meet up and it's like old times. It's all going well and I acknowledge this is my last real opportunity with her. What do I do?
Not a lot.
2013 – She's engaged. Not to me.
What an idiot.
Don't worry, you can do it too!
Anyone can acquire this inability to get the girl/boy of your dreams. All you need is a huge dose of enthusiasm and a massive lack of courage.
The trick is to focus on this one person above all others. Place them on a pedestal. Those in the dating industry sometimes refer to this as 'one-itis' and as long as you ignore other potential suitors and totally limit your dating options to this one magical person, you will get absolutely nowhere.
Remember that when you are alone with this person, you should make them feel extra special and bonus points if they strongly hint to actually having feelings for you.
The key now is to do absolutely nothing. Leave them hanging like Houdini at a bat convention.
With enough practice and, like any skill, lots of repetition. You will finally master the dark arts of true incompetence around the opposite sex.
Idiotic moment number 2 – Get into a mountain of debt
As Freddie Mercury once sang – 'He's just a poor boy, from a poor family', but that all changed back in 2002 when I was given the shiniest toy a poor boy could ever dream of having.
Yes – I was given a credit card! It had a £4000 credit limit. It was gold!
If you're wondering how many Dollars that equates to… well, it's about a Billion! At least that's what it felt like at the time.
I can't even count to 4000 and now I have all this spending power. What shall I do?
Go travelling?
Buy myself some much needed musical equipment?
Use it for something sensible like driving lessons or to move out of home and into my own flat?
I think you're guessing where I'm going with this. I didn't do any of these and instead, I blew most of it on nothing of any merit whatsoever.
If I remember correctly I did buy The Simpsons – season 2 boxset on DVD. That was nice. I also bought an Xbox. That was fun. Also if my memory serves me right, I lived on Domino's pizza for a whole week at £15 per order.
After blowing it all within 2 years I decided to get out a £6500 loan to pay off the credit card. Which I did but after paying it off, and then spending the £2500 cash I started using the card again…
What an idiot!
Don't worry, you can do it too!
First of all, why bother getting a really good career when you can just fill in a form and get sent money for nothing? It's the future man.
You can even do it more than once. Here is a free bit of advice if you're on low income… you don't have to be totally honest on the form either. Nobody checks.
As soon as you receive you shiny bit of treasure, immediately buy the first thing that comes to mind. It will almost certainly be fun for a while and if we can't enjoy life, what's the point right?
Continue racking up those purchases. Go on many wild nights out, buy your friends drinks, eat out and get takeaways instead of bulk buying groceries from the supermarket. These little insignificant amounts will quickly add up, so keep going. Eventually you will hit that credit limit.
And then you can get another one and start all over again! The fun literally doesn't stop.
Idiotic moment number 3 – Allowing your job to affect your health
Between the years of 2001 and 2005 I worked at a huge supermarket chain called Tesco. It's like the British version of Wal-Mart for you non-natives out there.
It was by far the worst job I ever had but you know what? I still couldn't leave the damned thing.
Sure I met a lot of cool friends there and we had some fun times and great nights out but the bad times made all of that redundant.
The place was run by a bunch of sadists who loved nothing more than inflicting pain and misery unto all those that crossed their path. I know what you're thinking – 'Yeh yeh, but all retail jobs are like that.'
Ok smart ass, how about this…
- Banned from going to the toilet unless granted permission
- Banned from having a drink of water unless during a designated break time
- Given a written warning over something that never actually happened
- Suspended for witnessing an incident but not being involved
- Being asked to actually punch a manager by the manager in question
It was during this job that I started to develop an irregular heartbeat – well I say irregular, it felt like the rhythm to a Tool song at twice the speed. The headaches were pretty bad too and my poor back was taking a battering due to the amount of physical labour we were all put through.
I still didn't leave. Oh I had opportunities. I actually wanted to become a guitar teacher way back in 2004 but I was too afraid of leaving something 'safe' to do the exact thing I am doing now. I effectively wasted 8 years.
Day after day I kept returning for more punishment. Masochists generally pay money for that level of abuse but they were paying ME for it. It's just a shame I wasn't into that sort of thing.
Some of the darkest times of my life occurred at that job, but it was like a dodgy marriage – You put up with the shit in the hope that it will all turn around at some point.
It didn't. What an idiot.
Don't worry, you can do it too!
Let's be honest here, finding a new job is a lot of hard work. There is no guarantee that you will even find anything, there is an economic crisis you know.
Sometimes you will have days where your soul will be crushed and your head will be filled with jealously and resentment for those who are happy with their lives.
Good, embrace that feeling and do nothing with it whatsoever.
Stay where you are. It's relatively safe and money is money right? Just focus on the next 30 years or whatever until you can eventually retire and pick up that easy state pension that may or may not exist.
If your health is taking a downturn then at least you can have some time off sick, so that's something to look forward to! You will even get paid for it.
Take that you assholes – Winning!
Things to remember…
Risk taking is overrated and applying courage and free will to a situation is likely to get you into unnecessary trouble. It's always best to leave this to the professionals!
If there is anything in this life that's worth doing, it's probably going to be too hard for you so save yourself the hassle and don't do anything. Easy is always better.
And Finally…
Do the exact OPPOSITE of everything in this article 🙂


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PA President Abbas has confirmed that, of the pledged $440 million in foreign aid that the PA will receive from the United States, an estimated $46 million will be allocated to support prisoners released from Israeli jails. Many of these "prisoners" are actually terrorists with blood on their hands, murderers of innocent civilians. It is an outrage that US tax dollars are funding terror..
"The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act", signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2006, prohibits American support for the PA until it agrees to "recognize Israel, renounce violence and disarm."
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IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-01-06
<antrik> hm, odd... vmstat tells me that ~500 MiB of RAM are in use; but
the sum of all RSS is <300 MiB... what's the rest?
<braunr> kernel memory ?
<braunr> the zone allocator maybe
<braunr> or the page cache simply
<antrik> braunr: which page cache? AIUI, caches are implemented by the
individual filesystem servers -- in which case any memory used by them
should show up in RSS
<antrik> also, gnumach is listed among other tasks, so I'd assume the
kernel memery also to be accounted for
<braunr> antrik: no, the kernel maintains a page cache, very similar to
what is done in Linux, and almost the same as in FreeBSD
<braunr> the file system servers are just backing stores
<braunr> the RSS for the gnumach tasks only includes kernel memory
<braunr> I don't think the page cache is accounted for
<braunr> because it's not really kernel memory, it's a cache of user space
<antrik> apparently my understanding of Mach paging is still (or again?)
rather incomplete :-(
<antrik> BTW, is there any way to find out how much anonymous memory a
process is using? the "virtual" includes discardable mappings, and is
thus not very helpful...
<antrik> (that applies to Linux as well though)
<braunr> can you provide an example of the output of vmstat please ?
<braunr> I don't have a Hurd VM near me
<antrik> olaf@alien:~$ vmstat
<antrik> pagesize: 4K
<antrik> size: 501M
<antrik> free: 6.39M
<antrik> active: 155M
<antrik> inactive: 310M
<antrik> wired: 29.4M
<antrik> zero filled: 15.3G
<antrik> reactivated: 708M
<antrik> pageins: 3.43G
<antrik> pageouts: 1.55G
<antrik> page faults: 26844574
<antrik> cow faults: 3736174
<antrik> memobj hit ratio: 92%
<antrik> swap size: 733M
<antrik> swap free: 432M
<antrik> interesting... closing a single screen window temporarily raises
the "free" value by almost 10 MB
<antrik> I guess bash is rather hungry nowadays ;-)
<braunr> antrik: I guess the only way is using pmap or looking into
<braunr> but it won't give you the amount of physical memory used by
anonymous mappings
<antrik> nah, I don't even want that... just like to know how much memory
(RAM+swap) a process is really using
<braunr> antrik: then the RSS field is what you want
<antrik> OTOH, anonymous doesn't include program code or other actively
used mappings... so not very useful either
<antrik> nah, RSS doesn't count anything that is in swap
<braunr> well
<braunr> don't you have a SWAP column ?
<braunr> hm
<braunr> i guess not
<braunr> antrik: why do you say it doesn't include other actively used
mappings ?
<braunr> antrik: and the inclusion of program code also depends on the
implementation of the ELF handler
<braunr> I don't know how the hurd does that, but some ELF loaders use
anonymous memory for the execution view
<antrik> well, if a program maps a data file, and regularily accesses parts
of the file, they won't occupy physical RAM all the time (and show up in
RSS), but they are not anonymous mappings. similar to program code
<braunr> then this anonymous memory is shared by all processes using that
<antrik> oh, interesting
<antrik> is it really a completely distinct mapping, rather than just COW?
<braunr> the first is
<braunr> others are COW
<antrik> so if a program loads 200 MB of libraries, they are all read in on
startup, and occupy RAM or swap subsequently, even if most of the code is
never actually run?...
<kilobug> library code should be backed by the library file on disk, not be
<braunr> depends on the implementation
<braunr> I guess most use the file system backend
<braunr> but in the Hurd, ext2fs.static and ld.so.1 use anonymous memory
<braunr> (that's the case for another reason, still, I don't think the
report in top/ps clearly indicates that fact)
<kilobug> braunr: yeah for bootstrapping issues, makes sense
<braunr> it may also depends on the pic/pie options used when building
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-07-24
< braunr> the panic is probably due to memory shortage
< braunr> so as antrik suggested, use more swap
< antrik> gg0: you could run "vmstat 1" in another terminal to watch memory
< antrik> that way we will know for sure whether it's related
< braunr> antrik: it's trickier than that
< braunr> it depends if the zones used are pageable
< antrik> braunr: well, if it's a zone map exhaustion, then the swap size
won't change anything?...
< braunr> antrik: in this case no, but if the zone is pageable and the
pager (backing anonymous memory) refuses to create memory because it
estimates it's full (all swap space is reserved), it will fail to
< braunr> too
< braunr> but i don't think there are much pageable zones in the kernel
< antrik> yes, but in that case we can see the exhaustion in vmstat :-)
< braunr> many*
< braunr> i'm not sure
< braunr> reserved swap space doesn't mean it's used
< braunr> that's one of the major changes in freebsd 4 or 5 i was
< antrik> if it's reserved, it wouldn't show up as "free", would it?...
< braunr> (btw, it's also what makes anonymous memory merging so hard)
< braunr> yes it would
< braunr> well, it could, i'm not sure
< braunr> anonymous memory is considered as a file
< braunr> one big file filled with zeroes, which is the swap partition
< braunr> when you allocate pageable anonymous memory, a part of this
"file" is reserved
< braunr> but i don't know if the reported number if the reserved
(allocated) space, or used (actually containing data)
< braunr> is*
< braunr> i also suspect wired allocations can fail because of a full swap
(because the kernel is unable to make free pages)
< braunr> in this case vmstat will show it
< antrik> what does it matter whether there is data there or not? if it's
reserved, it's not free. if it behaves differently, I'd consider that a
serious bug
< braunr> maybe the original developers intended to monitor its actual
< braunr> antrik: i've just checked how the free count gets updated, and it
looks like it is on both seqnos_memory_object_data_initialize and
< braunr> antrik: so i guess reserved memory is accounted for
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-01-12
<tschwinge> darnassus linking clang: 600 MiB swap in use and 22 MiB RAM
free, of 2 GiB. But ps shows a RSS of just 100 MiB, huh?
<tschwinge> Getting "better": near the end of the link, nearly 1 GiB swap
in use, and 200 KiB (!) RAM free.
<sobhan> can hurd have more than 1GB of ram ?
<tschwinge> And then it completed; 75 MiB swap in use, and 1.2 GiB RAM
<braunr> tschwinge: unless i'm mistaken, mach uses the legacy "swapping"
bsd mechanism
<braunr> tschwinge: i.e. when it swaps a process, it swaps all of it
<braunr> tschwinge: the rest is probably one big anonymous vm object
containing the process space
<braunr> cached objects aren't currently well accounted
<braunr> (well, since youpi got my page cache patches in, they are, but
procfs isn't yet modified to report them)
<braunr> tschwinge: right, i'm currently looking at the machine and it
doesn't add up, i suppoe there are some big files still in the cache
<braunr> ah, git packed objects :p
<braunr> and a few llvm .a/.so/executable files too
<braunr> and since they're probably targets, they're built last, which
explains why they're retained in the cache for a while
msgh id (why on that page?).


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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped Maj. Gen. William Walker, the commander of the D.C. National Guard, as the next sergeant-at-arms for the House of Representatives.
Walker will be the 38th person and first Black American to serve in that position, which Pelosi described in a statement as "foundational to the functioning of Congress [s]ince the earliest days of our Founding."
Walker's appointment comes as Congress works to overhaul its security procedures in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol when crowds of pro-Trump extremists breached the complex, forcing into hiding lawmakers who were working to tally the Electoral College votes.
The insurrection exposed flaws in Congress' security systems and led to the resignation of three top security officials.
Walker led the D.C. Guard during the Capitol riot, and he later testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees that it took more than three hours for the Defense Department to approve a request for the Guard to intervene.
He is a former official at the Drug Enforcement Administration.
In her statement Friday, Pelosi said Walker's "experience will be an important asset to the House, particularly in light of the January 6 insurrection."
"Throughout his long, dedicated career in public service, General William Walker has proven to be a leader of great integrity and experience who will bring his steady and patriotic leadership to this vital role," she added.
"His historic appointment as the first Black American to serve as Sergeant-at-Arms is an important step forward for this institution and our nation."
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Components of Adjustable Rate Mortgages
To understand an ARM, you must have a working knowledge of its components. Those components are:
Index: A financial indicator that rises and falls, based primarily on economic fluctuations. It is usually an indicator and is therefore the basis of all future interest adjustments on the loan. Mortgage lenders currently use a variety of indexes.
Margin: A lender's loan cost plus profit. The margin is added to the index to determine the interest rate because the index is the cost of funds and the margin is the lender's cost of doing business plus profit.
Initial Interest: The rate during the initial period of the loan, which is sometimes lower than the note rate. This initial interest may be a teaser rate, an unusually low rate to entice buyers and allow them to more readily qualify for the loan.
Note Rate: The actual interest rate charged for a particular loan program.
Adjustment Period: The interval at which the interest is scheduled to change during the life of the loan (e.g. annually).
Interest Rate Caps: Limit placed on the up-and-down movement of the interest rate, specified per period adjustment and lifetime adjustment (e.g. a cap of 2 and 6 means 2% interest increase maximum per adjustment with a 6% interest increase maximum over the life of the loan).
Negative Amortization: Occurs when a payment is insufficient to cover the interest on a loan. The shortfall amount is added back onto the principal balance.
Convertibility: The option to change from an ARM to a fixed-rate loan. A conversion fee may be charged.
Carryover: Interest rate increases in excess of the amount allowed by the caps that can be applied at later interest rate adjustments (a component that most newer ARMs are deleting).


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Who is Jesus?
Who is Jesus?
By Tim Keller
The actual word "gospel" means "good news that is announced." That makes it different from other religious messages, which might be called "good advice to be followed."
The good news is that we are so lost and broken that we cannot find God or fix ourselves, so God has come to find and save us. To do that he became a man, Jesus of Nazareth, who lived an ordinary human life, distinguished only by the startling fact that he never did anything wrong. He kept all of God's laws, both internally and externally, and having done so, he transferred all the credit for that obedience to those who love and trust him.
In addition to giving us the credit for his perfect life and obedience, Jesus went further and willingly took the punishment that was due to us for our imperfect, rebellious lives. Dying on the cross, he forgave those who were killing him. When he rose from the dead, Jesus demonstrated that death had no hold on him, nor on any who entrust their lives and souls to him.
The good news is that … God has come to find and save us.
Being reunited with God, therefore, doesn't depend on our own efforts, or even the strength and sincerity of our faith. It is not the quality of our faith that saves us, but the quality of the One in whom we put our faith: Jesus.
The power of this free grace and acceptance into the family of God has a transformative effect in the life of any true Christian. Since we are no longer trying to earn God's approval (making God the biggest and worst of all the taskmasters we've ever faced), we are free to love him out of gratitude and joy. Our obedience and "good deeds" become truly good for the first time, as they are motivated by thankfulness, rather than done to accrue "good behavior credit" with God.
Being reunited with God … doesn't depend on our own efforts. It is not the quality of our faith that saves us, but the quality of the One in whom we put our faith: Jesus.
Slowly we come to resemble the master who has freed us from all our slave-driving addictions and compulsions. As he served a world which neither understood nor appreciated him, so we are called to serve our neighbors and our world whether they believe like us or not. Jesus called himself the servant of all and said that we, his followers, needed to serve others sacrificially if we are called by his name.
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"Winning the Nobel Prize Made Everything Political"
About two years ago you learned that you would be the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Looking back over the past two years, has your life as a writer changed?
Orhan Pamuk: When I heard about the Nobel Prize, my first instinctive, strong impulse was to say to my agent who gave me the news that this would not change my life. I now understand that I was optimistic - it changed my life, but it did not change my working habits. I'm still dedicated to my strict discipline of waking up early, writing, keeping up the schedule and so on.
But then, yes, it did change my life. It made me more famous, it brought me so many new readers and it made it slightly difficult - it made everything I do more political than I'd expected.
Years ago in Frankfurt you gave a speech when you received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and then you were talking about Europe and Turkey. You said Turkey dreams of Europe and Europe cannot define itself without Turkey. Is this an opinion you still hold three years later?
Pamuk: Unfortunately the negotiations in the last few years between Europe and Turkey have mellowed down a bit. Perhaps this is because of the ultra-rightwing and the establishment and armies blocking off Turkey's road towards the European Union. And also the resistance in European nations: among the conservatives of France and Germany, who of course resist Turkey becoming a full member.
So the issue is troubled and it is not as sunny as it looked two years ago. Sooner or later I strongly believe that Turkey will be an integral part of Europe, but now the situation doesn't look so good, so it worries me - but it does not make me cry because I am essentially a fiction writer, and if I ever cry, it's because I am worrying about the beauty of my book.
In spite of the beauty of your books there is a lot of intimidation going on against you and others in Turkey from ultra-nationalists or ultra-religious groups. Does that have an effect on your life here and on intellectual life in Turkey at the moment?
Pamuk: Yes, of course. It has an effect on my life, I practically live with bodyguards and living with bodyguards is not a nice thing. So I'm worried that again the ultra-rightwing and sometimes established newspapers still continue to attack me, with campaigns against me that worry me.
Besides that, because I teach at Columbia University one semester per year and now that my books are being published, I like to go to conferences. I'm traveling outside Turkey and teaching around half or more than half my time unfortunately - or fortunately, whatever.
I've spent the last two years outside of Turkey. This is perhaps partly related to the Nobel Prize. My fame grew and grew, but then I moved back here. I have witnessed humanity in Istanbul. Oh I know what humanity is in Istanbul. I cannot think of life without Istanbul - with bodyguards in the middle of the night, by myself alone, whatever. I am still in the streets of Istanbul and observing and enjoying it and I'll continue to write stories about the true Istanbul.
It seems as though you're trying to find a balance in your life between living in Istanbul and traveling, between being a political person and being an artist?
Pamuk: Yes, I have to do that. I'm not an exile for example, and they try to pigeonhole me as an exile. "No," I say, "I'm not an exile." I go outside of Turkey by myself, if I want I can live here 365 days a year if I enjoy it.
Living in New York during the semesters that I stay there and traveling is a nice thing, but I don't want to undermine and make a victim of myself. One reason perhaps is that I come from a culture that was never colonized and never victimized. I don't enjoy representing myself as a victim of international powers, nor the victim of a Turkish state. I am on my feet, happy, living, enjoying writing books, and so on. That is how I look at my life.
And you don't want to be a bridge builder?
Pamuk: Bridge is a cliche imposed on me just because I'm a Turk and of course the first thing everyone says about Turkey is that it's between east and west. But before being a bridge, you have to understand the humanity of the culture, its shadows, dark places, unreasonable sights, its aspirations, its hopes for the future, its daily moments, its weaknesses, its misery.
My job is to see that before saying "I'm a bridge" or something like that. That kind of political representation or agenda - I don't have that. I am essentially a literary person, who writes stories. Yes, in my books there is also a philosophical side. I'm an essayist, I also make judgments about cultures, politics, but essentially I am a storyteller first, and mainly of stories about people.
And now you are bringing a wonderful new story to the 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair which is called "The Museum of Innocence." It's a novel about love, a wonderful love story about Istanbul of course, and also about museums. And it's the first novel in the history of literature, I think, which has its own museum.
Pamuk: Yes, "The Museum of Innocence" chronicles the love story of Kemal, an upper-class person, a person who is occasionally described as high-society. He is 30 years old in 1975 and chronicles his infatuation with a distant relative, a twice removed cousin, Fusun, an 18 year-old shop girl, but very beautiful. As sort of a compensation for his failure to get her hand, he collects everything he can get that Fusun touches, and in the end he makes a museum of the objects that their story is associated with.
My "Museum of Innocence" is a real museum too, which tries to pin down all these objects. I've been collecting things for this museum almost for six years. I bought a house which is actually where this part of the story has been taking place since about ten years ago. I converted it into a museum so the "Museum of Innocence" is both a museum and a novel.
The enjoyment of the novel and the enjoyment of the would-be museum are two entirely different things. The museum is not an illustration of the novel and the novel is not an explanation of the museum. They are two representations of one single story perhaps.
And when we go to the museum we can relive the story just by touching and seeing the little things that appear in the book. It's like a lived memory. And in the end your hero says that everyone should know that he led a happy life. Are you leading a happy life Orhan Pamuk?
I'm leading a very happy life. I'm happy that I'm addressing readers of 58 languages, millions of readers, that I'm writing my books from the heart and they are reading whatever I write. Can there be any happier life, I thought when I was 25, and I decided to stop painting and become a writer.
I think sometimes that all of my fantasies about fame and success - which is more than I expected - are satisfied. I should confess that I am a happy author.
Interview: Rainer Traube
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Orhan Pamuk
"Turkey Makes Europe"
The Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The prize committee praised Pamuk's work for attempting to bring Europe and Turkey closer together. Aya Bach reports
Orhan Pamuk Wins Nobel Literature Prize
The Right Choice!
Turkey's best-selling writer Orhan Pamuk, the author of "My Name is Red" and "Snow," won the 2006 Nobel Literature Prize, becoming the first Turk to win the coveted award. A commentary by Stefan Weidner
Nobel Literature Prize
Orhan Pamuk
The distinguished Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here, you can find a collection of articles on Orhan Pamuk that appeared on Qantara.de


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666 Park Avenue is a novel by Gabriella Pierce about witches on the Upper East Side of New York City.
"What if your mother-in-law turned out to be an evil, cold-blooded witch . . . literally?
Ever since fabulously wealthy Malcolm Doran walked into her life and swept her off her feet, fledgling architect Jane Boyle has been living a fairy tale. When he proposes with a stunning diamond to seal the deal, Jane can't believe her incredible luck and decides to leave her Paris-based job to make a new start
with Malcolm in New York.
But when Malcolm introduces Jane to the esteemed Doran clan, one of Manhattan's most feared and revered families, Jane's fairy tale takes a darker turn. Soon everything she thought she knew about the world—and herself—is upended. Now Jane must struggle with newfound magical abilities and the threat of those who will stop at nothing to get them."


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Beautiful Addictions
by Season Vining
Release: January 28, 2014
Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Josie Banks is a girl without a past. After being found unconscious with no memory, she was shuffled in and out of foster homes where she suffered years of abuse. An experience that left her broken, damaged, and clinging to drugs and meaningless hook-ups to numb her pain.
When Josie disappeared years ago, she took a piece of Tristan with her. She's the girl he thought he lost forever—the one he's never been able to forget. Now a twist of fate has brought them back together, and he never wants to let her out of his inked arms again. But Tristan is haunted by a dark past of his own. On the run from ruthless criminals that shattered Josie's world years ago, reentering her life puts them both in danger.
As Josie and Tristan's lives become tangled once again, they find themselves unwilling and unable to escape the relentless pull that draws them together. But will the past leave their love in ruins—or bind them together for a lifetime?
Josie craved his touch and she couldn't understand why they hadn't had sex yet, or any form of it. She wanted it; her fingers ached to touch him in places she'd only yet imagined. It was obvious that Tristan felt the same way, so she failed to make sense of his need to take things slow. She longed to feel his sweat slicked skin against hers and inhale the scent of their bodies combined. Not ready to admit any kind of emotional connection, she desperately needed a physical one. It was the only thing she was comfortable with.
She found it curious that her dependency seemed to be shifting. No longer did she need meaningless sex or drugs to numb her. Josie only wanted to submerge herself in Tristan, to soak up everything he offered. He was her new addiction.
Tristan was in a constant state of arousal in Josie's company. Never able to completely relax, his muscles remained tense and rigid with yearning. If it had been any other girl, he would have taken her already, hard and fast, several times. But he knew that Josie used sex to avoid attachment. He didn't want to be just another mark on her therapeutically notched bedpost. To him, Josie was something new, yet familiar, something he wanted to cherish. He felt like two ancient souls, separated for a lifetime, had suddenly been reunited.
Unable to contain the sexual tension clawing at her skin, Josie slid her notebook from her lap and straddled Tristan. He gave her his lopsided grin as his long fingers wrapped around her waist. Josie smiled triumphantly, thinking that she'd already won.
"What are you up to?" he asked, dipping his head so that his lips pressed ever so softly to her shoulder.
"I need to feel you Tristan. Just touch me." The sound of Josie's words echoed around the quiet room. "I want you."
Those three little words left him breathless. Such a brazen statement from Josie sent his willpower into a faltering tailspin. He hummed in agreement, sliding his kisses down to her neck.
Josie ran her nails along Tristan's scalp, making his eyes close in contentment. The feel of her hot body pressing down on him caused momentary insanity, totally emptying his brain of rational thought. He wanted her more than anything he'd ever wanted before. Not here, not now. There was so much more to say.
"Can I take you out?" Tristan asked, suddenly moving his hands back down to her waist and resuming a neutral position.
"Out of the apartment?"
"Out on a date," he clarified.
"A date?" Josie asked, her frightened voice making the words sound foreign.
"You know, an appointment for a particular time, especially with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attached."
"Are we attached?" she asked, not really knowing what she wanted the answer to be.
"More than you know," he answered.
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Permanent immigration is the ultimate goal of many people entering or planning to enter the United States. Lawful permanent residency offers individuals a multitude of benefits, including the freedom to live and work permanently in the US Potential immigrants should be as informed about the laws as possible. That's why our firm is dedicated to providing you with a complete online database of immigration information.
Immigrants to the United States are divided into two categories:
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Britain Since the 1930s
Remembrance Day
For almost six years from 1939 to 1945 Britain fought the toughest war it had ever experienced. World War II was total war - every person, every business, every service was involved.
Britain did not fight alone, the war also involved many countries. World War II involved 61 countries with 1.7 billion people (three quarters of the world's population).
Fifty million people lost their lives and hundreds of millions people were injured.
How did the Second World War start?
After World War One ended in 1918, Germany had to give up land and was banned from having armed forces.
In 1933 the German people voted for a leader named Adolf Hitler, who led a political party in Germany called the National Socialists or Nazis. Hitler promised to make his country great again and quickly began to arm Germany again and to seize land from other countries.
Shortly before 5am on Friday 1st September, 1939, German forces stormed the Polish frontier. Tanks and motorised troops raced into the country over ground, supported by Stuka dive bombers overhead. A total of 1.25 million Germans soldiers swept into Poland
When did World War Two begin?
World War Two in Europe began on 3rd September 1939, when the Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declared war on Germany. It involved many of the world's countries.
Click on the play button below to hear Chamberlain's speech (now the full speech)
Why did the Second World War start?
The Second World War was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland.
Countries What countries fought on which side? (Axis and Allies)
Leaders Who were the main leaders in World War Two?
Protection How did people protect themselves during the war?
Effects of war What effect did the war have on people?
Homefront What was the Home Front?
End of Second World War When did World War II end?
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1 in 4 people in the UK will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, it is estimated. Around 21% of British men and 19% of women smoke cigarettes.
The researchers say the figures should galvanise governments and health and social services to put a much higher priority on how mental health services can prevent early deaths.
The Oxford University researchers report their findings in the open access journal World Psychiatry. The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust.
The researchers searched for the best systematic reviews of clinical studies which reported mortality risk for a whole range of diagnoses - mental health problems, substance and alcohol abuse, dementia, autistic spectrum disorders, learning disability and childhood behavioural disorders. 20 review papers were identified, including over 1.7 million individuals and over 250,000 deaths.
They repeated searches for studies and reviews reporting life expectancy and risk of dying by suicide, and compared the results to the best data for heavy smoking.
The average reduction in life expectancy in people with bipolar disorder is between 9 and 20 years, it's 10-20 years for schizophrenia, between 9 and 24 years for drug and alcohol abuse, and around 7-11 years for recurrent depression.
The loss of years among heavy smokers is 8-10 years.
All diagnoses studied showed an increase in mortality risk, though the size of the risk varied greatly. Many had risks equivalent to or higher than heavy smoking (see table in notes for editors).
Dr Seena Fazel of the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University said: 'We found that many mental health diagnoses are associated with a drop in life expectancy as great as that associated with smoking 20 or more cigarettes a day.
'There are likely to be many reasons for this. High-risk behaviours are common in psychiatric patients, especially drug and alcohol abuse, and they are more likely to die by suicide. The stigma surrounding mental health may mean people aren't treated as well for physical health problems when they do see a doctor.'
One problem is the tendency to separate mental and physical illness, explains Dr Fazel. 'Many causes of mental health problems also have physical consequences and mental illness worsen the prognosis of a range of physical illnesses, especially heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Unfortunately, people with serious mental illnesses may not access healthcare effectively,' says Dr Fazel.
Dr Fazel is certain: 'All of this can be changed. There are effective drug and psychological treatments for mental health problems. We can improve mental health and social care provision. That means making sure people have straightforward access to health care, and appropriate jobs and meaningful daytime activities. It'll be challenging, but it can be done.'
He notes: 'Beyond that, psychiatrists have a particular responsibility as doctors to ensure that the physical health of their patients is not neglected. De-medicalization of psychiatric services mitigates against that.'
He adds: 'What we do need is for researchers, care providers and governments to make mental health a much higher priority for research and innovation. Smoking is recognised as a huge public health problem. There are effective ways to target smoking, and with political will and funding, rates of smoking-related deaths have started to decline. We now need a similar effort in mental health.'
Dr John Williams, Head of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the Wellcome Trust, said: 'People with mental health problems are among the most vulnerable in society. This work emphasises how crucial it is that they have access to appropriate healthcare and advice, which is not always the case. We now have strong evidence that mental illness is just as threatening to life expectancy as other public health threats such as smoking.'


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, "Diffusion kurtosis imaging allows the early detection and longitudinal follow-up of amyloid β-induced pathology.", Alzheimer's Research & Therapy , vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-16, 2018.
, "A three-dimensional digital neurological atlas of the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii)", NeuroImage, vol. 183, pp. 300-313, 2018.
, " Exploring sex differences in the adult zebra finch brain: In vivo diffusion tensor imaging and ex vivo super-resolution track density imaging", NeuroImage, vol. 146, pp. 789-803, 2017.
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Today we would like to welcome the winner of our April challenge and our guest designer for May, Amy Prior.
Scrapbooking has become part of my life, an extra limb
I guess. It started as a teen with a daily journal/scrapbook full of photos,
memorabilia and journaling. When I had my first daughter, I was introduced to
this fantastic scrappy world and have never looked back. I am mum to two amazing
and beautiful girls, who are, more often than not, my subjects for Scrapbooking
alongside my fabulous husband Joel. I live on the Sunny Central Coast of New
South Wales in Australia and cannot imagine living anywhere else. I wouldn't say
I have a particular style as I am constantly evolving and I love to try new
trends especially trying new art mediums. I am so very honoured and excited to
be guest designing for Berry71Bleu this month. I have always been a huge fan and
play along with the challenges as often as possible. Thanks so much for having
me and I hope my layout helps inspire you all.
Here is the link to Amy's blog: www.amyprior.com
Love the bright colors and all of Amy's layering!
Thanks for joining us this month Amy!


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June 14, 2019: Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "GSA Schedules 101." This course is from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE here or 202-272-0390 to register.
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Over the past sixteen years he has contributed to Global Services' long history of successfully preparing, negotiating, and managing some 2,000 GSA Schedule contracts for Global Services' clients. Mr. Franklin has worked with companies ranging from multi million-dollar publicly traded corporations to micro-businesses consisting of only a few employees and just about everything in between.
Mr. Franklin is an authority on all GSA Schedules within the Multiple Award Schedule program and has prepared and delivered training sessions on related topics to customers internal and external. In addition to working with his government contractor clients in the private sector, Mr. Franklin provides pro-bono services to the Small Business Administration SCORE program and Small Business Development Center to assist their constituents in learning about marketing to the federal government, specifically via the GSA Schedule. It is this breadth of experience and exposure which allows Global Services to successfully negotiate the federal procurement marketplace for its clients. Mr. Franklin holds a Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University.
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And I am NOT Lying - Live
The folks from the And I Am Not Lying blog are cock-rocking the NPR crowd in their new monthly residency in Brooklyn with the best underground comedy, storytelling, burlesque and sideshow acts. This whole thing is about getting together and getting EXCITED, turning the phones off and participating in something that's temporal, raw, and real, cramming a whole aircraft carrier's worth of fun into one tent that's right next to the FREE BEER TENT. Talent will include storytellers, comedians and surprise drop-ins.


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Sugary soft drinks linked to increased risk of gout in men
Consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
Gout is a joint disease which causes extreme pain and swelling. It is most common in men aged 40 and older. It is caused by excess uric acid in the blood (hyperuricaemia) which leads to uric acid crystals collecting around the joints.
In the United States, levels of gout have doubled over the last few decades, which coincided with a substantial increase in the consumption of soft drinks and fructose (a simple sugar and the only carbohydrate known to increase uric acid levels).
Conventional dietary recommendations for gout have focused on the restriction of purines (found in high levels in meat and meat products, especially liver and kidney) and alcohol but with no restriction of sugar sweetened soft drinks.
So researchers in the US and Canada examined the relation between intake of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose and the risk of gout.
They followed over 46,000 men aged 40 years and over with no history of gout. The men completed regular questionnaires on their intake of more than 130 foods and beverages, including sugar sweetened soft drinks and diet soft drinks, over a period of 12 years. Different types of fruits and fruit juices (high in natural fructose) were also assessed.
At the start of the study, and every two years thereafter, information on weight, regular use of medications and medical conditions were also recorded. Gout was diagnosed according to American College of Rheumatology criteria.
During 12 years of follow-up, the researchers documented 755 newly diagnosed cases of gout.
The risk of gout increased with increasing intake of sugar sweetened soft drinks. The risk was significantly increased with an intake level of 5-6 servings per week and the risk was 85% higher among men who consumed two or more servings of sugar-sweetened soft drinks per day compared to those who consumed less than one serving per month.
These associations were independent of other risk factors for gout such as body mass index, age, diuretic use, high blood pressure, alcohol intake, and dietary factors.
Diet soft drinks were not associated with the risk of gout.
Fruit juice and fructose rich fruits (apples and oranges) were associated with a higher risk of gout. However, the authors stress that this finding needs to be balanced against the benefit of fruit and vegetable intake to prevent other chronic disorders like high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke and certain types of cancer.
In conclusion, our findings provide prospective evidence that consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout, say the authors. Furthermore, fructose rich fruits and fruit juices may also increase the risk. In contrast, diet soft drinks were not associated with the risk of gout.
Source: British Medical Journal


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Europe to Miss Basel III Deadline After EU Talks Postponed
Europe will definitely fail to meet the globally-agreed January deadline for the implementation of tougher capital requirements for banks after European Union talks to agree the rules were postponed on Tuesday.
World leaders approved the Basel III regime in late 2010, giving the world's top 20 economies (G20) two years to get ready. The accord will force banks to triple the amount of capital they hold over six years.
Member states and the European Parliament made progress last week on a draft law to implement Basel III, the world's main regulatory response to undercapitalized banks that had to be rescued during the 2007-09 financial crisis.
A senior lawmaker said last week that the bloc, which accounts for about half of the world's banking assets, was on the "cusp" of a deal and Tuesday's meeting was intended to iron out final points of disagreement.
However, on Tuesday morning Sharon Bowles told the European parliament's economic affairs committee, which she chairs, that there should be wider consultation with lawmakers on last week's proposals.
"I can confirm there will be no negotiations today," a parliament spokeswoman said.
A spokesman for the EU's Cypriot presidency said that it had not been possible to schedule negotiations for Tuesday and further talks to broker a deal will be held under the Irish presidency, which begins on January 1.
The EU joins another major banking center, the United States, in delaying the introduction of the Basel rules.
Last week's talks proposed a compromise whereby bankers' bonuses would be capped at no more than twice the level of their salaries.
In return for the cap on bonuses, it was agreed that EU governments would have a say when it comes to introducing other key elements of Basel: new liquidity buffers for banks and a cap on their balance sheets from 2015.
Lawmakers are expected to formally delay implementing Basel until January 2014. Only 11 of the G20 countries are ready to start phasing in the accord from next month.
On Monday a group of U.S. banks called on regulators to scale back the Basel liquidity rule being introduced in two years' time, saying that they have already built up adequate buffers of cash and similarly liquid assets.
Despite the delays, banking supervisors are already forcing the biggest banks to bulk up on capital.


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January 31, 2007
FOMC statement
For immediate release
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 percent.
Recent indicators have suggested somewhat firmer economic growth, and some tentative signs of stabilization have appeared in the housing market. Overall, the economy seems likely to expand at a moderate pace over coming quarters.
Readings on core inflation have improved modestly in recent months, and inflation pressures seem likely to moderate over time. However, the high level of resource utilization has the potential to sustain inflation pressures.
The Committee judges that some inflation risks remain. The extent and timing of any additional firming that may be needed to address these risks will depend on the evolution of the outlook for both inflation and economic growth, as implied by incoming information.
Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman; Timothy F. Geithner, Vice Chairman; Susan S. Bies; Thomas M. Hoenig; Donald L. Kohn; Randall S. Kroszner; Cathy E. Minehan; Frederic S. Mishkin; Michael H. Moskow; William Poole; and Kevin M. Warsh.


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Our clinic uses equipment backed by over 40 years of research, this technology clearly continues to deliver life changing results for our patients. Economically, considerable time and substantial amounts of money could be saved by taking advantage of the benefits of functional medicine.


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Not New Jersey
We are home in New Jersey as of Saturday late afternoon. My own house feels strange to me. I am in still in a Colorado state of mind and I'm finding it hard to adjust back to the noises of neighbors mowing their lawns and the annoying small planes that fly over the house on the way to the local airport.
However, an incident last night reminded me of exactly where I was. We had our first bear of the season. I got up to close the curtains as it was getting dark. Out the window I saw our trash can toppled over and trash strewn in a wide swath across the front yard. Then I saw the big black bear. I stood on the front steps and clapped my hands and yelled at it. It took one last tasty piece of prime trash and retreated into the woods.
Yep, we're back.
It pretty much either rained or was extremely overcast on our 3-day journey home. It seemed that the entire state of Nebraska was inundated with water. The Platte river was out of its banks and newly formed "lakes" appeared in so many fields. So. much. moisture. It was that way in Colorado too and it was nice to see it so green.
We listened to a very interesting book on the way home called "The Buried Giant." It was fantasy with a mix of King Arthur and The Hobbit, complete with ogres and dragons. It was so well read that the author's descriptive words and wonderful dialogue came to life. The story had a very interesting premise which kept us talking about it long after it was over. The 12 hours of CD time seemed to fly by as Lex's tires ate up the miles. Between that and podcasts of America's Test Kitchen we kept ourselves well entertained.
The pool is open and warmed up. However, it has mostly rain and stormed since we've been home. Rick did take advantage of a quick dip on Sunday, but since that afternoon we've had nothing but rain. I am not sure we even have fireflies since it's rained every night, and if they are here I'm sure they are all drowned. I did catch this little froggie on top of his "kin" upon opening the pool yesterday. Whenever it rains we get frogs in the pool. They are the devil to catch.
Most people ask if it's good to be "home" again. I would have to say, no, not really. I'm sure I will settle back into my normal New Jersey routine before too long, but right now I am not ready. We both become so immersed in cabin life that it's not easy to rewire ourselves. Plus, we kicked off a few things in preparation of living there full time while we there, such as next month we'll have new batteries installed and more solar panels. We found a great shed/small garage/storage barn that is going to be perfect for what we need. A neighbor is going to be clearing and leveling the spot for it this week (depending on the weather).
Our yard was about to become a virtual garden with the promise of lupine, Wyoming paintbrush, fireweed, pink plume, blue flax and more. We won't see it in bloom. Neither will we see the fruits of our efforts to reseed the slash pile burn areas where we spread seed and native wildflower mix.
We're missing all the animals that come to our brand-new mineral and salt licks.
It takes a while to adjust to having moose, deer and elk visit vs. a bear getting into our garbage.
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