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I hate to speculate on other players, but jtisallbusiness was the top player (or at least the top 10) for years. I don't know him, but I am "friends" with him on the game (as far as helping with fighting demons). I havent noticed his might go up from around 250k for quite some time. While he was usually in the top 5 (usually #1 for the most part). I know hes spent THOUSANDS on the game, and Im guessing he hasnt put any money into the game in a while.
I totally agree with his moratorium on spending. I personally have spent enough to get all the top freebies (3 destroyers, all the bonus runes, etc. I see. I point in dropping a ton of money anymore on this game. And to read stories you guys post that you bought 300k gems (I guess that's about $1500 bucks), and still didnt get the new hero, it definitely convinces me to not spend a dime more.
I'm sorry, but if you spend a large amount of money, you should be guaranteed the new hero. I think IGagbwould probably make more money, and if not, but more importantly, they will keep their customers happy. For that guy that dropped $1500 and didnt get one, I would hope he doesnt ever spend another dime on this game. The big spenders need to teach IGG that they need to take better care of their top spenders. There are probably 50-100 players (maybe more) that have dropped $10,000 on this game, maybe more.
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Sorry for the weird typos, stupid autocorrect. IGadgwould, is supposed to read, IGG would. I see, I point, is supposed to read, I see no point.
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I wouldn't read too much into might values. Some guilds are using might caps to game the GW system. Its not indicative of their spending. JT still spends on gems. Take a visit to his website.

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It has long been established that leadership recession is the bane of Nigeria's development. As far back as 1983, the late Professor Chinua Achebe in his seminal book, The Trouble with Nigeria, unambiguously identified leadership failure as the cardinal challenge of Nigeria. In his eloquent but pointed words, he avers:
"The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership."
Some have disputed Achebe's thesis and threw up one or more of the more familiar national plagues like corruption or economic recession as the challenge of Nigeria. The truth, however, is that neither corruption nor economic recession is the problem with Nigeria. Indeed, Boko Haram terrorists terrorizing citizens in the northeast of Nigeria, cattle herdsmen terrorizing communities across Nigeria, Niger Delta Militants blowing up petroleum pipelines, the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) agitating for an independent Biafra nation, the subtle agitation of the Southwest region for an Oduduwa Republic, the malignant cancer of corruption that has eaten deep into the marrow of the Nigerian state, the education system that is in a state of near collapse, the ticking time bomb that is youth unemployment and restiveness, the alarming increase in social vices and crime like armed robbery, kidnapping, drug and human trafficking, ritual killing, prostitution and drug addiction, as serious as all these issues are, they are equally not the problem with Nigeria. They are only troubling symptoms of the real problem: Chronic Leadership Recession.
By way of example, treating a man of malaria every four months and after every four months the man is back to the hospital for another bout of malaria treatment is patently unproductive. A more productive approach will be to address and resolve the prevalence of mosquitoes in the man's immediate environment and the challenge of recurrent malaria sickness will cease. Concomitantly, what successive governments in Nigeria have been doing is to attack the challenge of corruption and yet the incidence of corruption has perennially continued to increase. A better strategy will be to address the real challenge of a chronic lack of values based leadership in Nigeria and corruption would be significantly mitigated. A situation where the leadership at the local, state and federal governments is unpatriotic, selfish and inept, no effort to stem graft and grow the economy will yield gratifying results. Unless and until the leadership deficit is addressed the economy cannot grow and corruption will remain prevalent. The implication of this is that Achebe's thesis is still as relevant and germane as it was when it was first written 34 years ago.
But so long as we continue to throw up visionless, valueless and unpatriotic people as leaders, no amount of restructuring will achieve the progress and development Nigerians desire
The search for what Achebe referred to as true leadership in Nigeria, which can be referred to as transformative leadership began since 1960 and has continued since then right up to the last round of national elections in 2015 to this present time. The historic 2015 general elections in Nigeria in which Nigerians set a new record of removing an incumbent President and his party from power and elected a new President and party to govern has been described in various terms. Political pundits and democracy watch groups have attempted to define the epochal outcomes of the 2015 elections simply as the triumph of electoral reform and a positive indicator of democratic progress. As valid and legitimate as these characterizations may seem it fails to underscore a fundamental message of the elections outcome. That is that the vote and its outcome are best located and appreciated in the context of a desperate cry, by citizens, for the enthronement of transformative leadership in Nigeria. So desperate and determined were Nigerians to usher in results and values based leadership that they chose a 72 year old retired military general and farmer against a young and vibrant 54 year old incumbent President, retired university lecturer and PHD holder. The defining message from that election, therefore, is that Nigerians clearly understand the critical import of leadership to the development of their country and they are willing to make great sacrifices and go to great lengths in search of it.
And so today, your excellences, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, we will be exploring the implication of leadership or the lack of it in Nigeria and we will be doing this within the context of the title: Leadership Recession and the Perennial Predicament of Deferred Development in Nigeria. I respectfully invite you to come along with me in the next few minutes on this interesting, revealing and hopefully rewarding journey of discovery.
Expectations Vs Reality
The entire history of Nigeria from 1960 to date can, in a sense, be summarized as an odyssey in search of leadership. From parliamentary to Presidential democracy. From military to civilian rule. From three regions to the present federal structure. From the current unwieldy 36 states plus the FCT to the ongoing clamour for a restructuring of the country, it has all been and it still is about the search for leadership. Again what we are yet to understand is that the challenge is not so much with the system of governance or structure of the country. The challenge has always been the deficit of values and vision with the leadership cadre.
Recently, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar opined that "for Nigeria to develop – or even make any appreciable progress – we must re-structure Nigeria's political, administrative and political architecture. That way we can free resources that would otherwise go to unviable ventures and projects, then commit same to areas that directly cater for and benefit the people.'' The thinking and philosophy behind this idea is patently sound but again, the reality is that we can restructure the country as much as we want but so long as we continue to throw up visionless, valueless and unpatriotic people as leaders, no amount of restructuring will achieve the progress and development Nigerians desire.
The resurgent case for Nigeria to restructure in search of solutions is akin to you buying a different model of car each time your driver has an accident with your car. So, today your driver has an accident with your Toyota Highlander. You dump the Toyota Highlander and buy a brand new Nissan Pathfinder. Your driver has another accident tomorrow, and again you dump the Nissan Pathfinder and buy a brand new Honda Accord. The truth is that, it doesn't matter the model of car that you buy, the driver will keep having accidents with them until you realize that the problem is not with the car but with the bad driver. So only when you finally sack the bad driver and employ a well trained, disciplined and cautious driver, will the frequent accidents with your cars stop. Invariably, when you restructure the country and you still have the same valueless leaders, they will consciously compromise and weaken governance institutions and continue to entrench corrupt practices that defer national development. So in the end, what we will have is a restructured federation with a consolidated class of valueless and vision less leaders who will simply continue with business as usual under a new federal structure.
Yesterday, Nigerians changed the ruling party from PDP to APC thinking that it will solve the challenge of corruption and arrested development. But what Nigerians failed to realize is that they only changed the vehicle but the drivers are still mostly the same and so the results at the end of the day may not be distinctively different. Within the new ruling elite, it is safe to say that only President Buhari and Vice President Osibanjo demonstrate a sense of the values based orientation of the new kind of leadership which Nigerians earnestly desire. For the rest of the new governing elite, it is, from all the eyes can see and the ears can hear, a continuation of business as usual under a new name and canopy. Clearly, it is not about restructuring or resource allocation. It is and has always been about leadership.
The truth is that practically any system, structure or name adapted will work productively for Nigerians and Nigeria so long as values-based and competent leaders are elected to provide transformative leadership and good governance. To further underscore this point and the invaluable significance of leadership to the growth, development and good governance of a country, let us briefly consider the following facts.
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy – that is a form of government where the monarch rules unhindered without opposition. Yet Saudi Arabia is a very prosperous, developed, organized and well run country. Libya, under the late Colonel Muammer Ghadaffi was a dictatorship but it was also a prosperous, well functioning and developed country where the leadership provided all the good things of life for citizens apart from the freedom to vote. And we know that Libya was a choice destination for many of our compatriots who decided to run away from Nigeria. Singapore runs a multi-party parliamentary system of representative democracy in which the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. Singapore is one of the most advanced countries in the world today. Here in Africa, the island country of Seychelles runs a Presidential system of government with a multiparty democracy like Nigeria but unlike Nigeria, Seychelles is number one in the Human Development Index (HDI). Globally, Finland which is touted as the best governed country in the world is a parliamentary representative democratic republic with a multi-party system.
To be clear, Nigeria is not poor. She is just poorly led. We can go on and on to examine more statistics on education, health, life expectancy, ease of doing business, manufacturing, etc and the data will show again and again that there is literarily nowhere that Nigeria comes out shinning as the best or even close to being the best in Africa. These and so much else are the sad and sobering cost of leadership recession in a country that has been so richly blessed by God
So clearly, the data show that good governance is not purely a function of democratic system of government or the structure of the country. While these are important, good governance is however heavily contingent upon the character of the leadership of the country. As we have seen from the foregoing data, there are countries that are absolute monarchies and dictatorships but are well governed and are high on the HDI. So the challenge of good governance and national development for Nigeria is not the type of government nor the structure of the country but, more importantly, the quality and character of her past and present leadership.
Speaking in specific terms, in 1999, Nigeria returned to democratic rule after a long military incursion in governance. Under the progressive leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's quest for development which was showing positive signs of life, was fatally derailed and deferred in the unfortunate miasma of the infamous 'third term agenda' project.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua had good developmental intentions but was too sick to deliver results so unelected impostors took over and again national development was deferred. President Goodluck Jonathan came along with an ambitious transformative agenda for national development and in the short run succeeded in moving the needle of development in specific sectors. To President Jonathan's credit, Nigeria under his watch rose to become the number one destination for foreign direct investment and the largest economy in Africa. But that was where the story ended. The twin monsters of impunity and corruption conspired to ensure that any further development was deferred.
Nigerians, increasingly desperate for good leadership, ushered in President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. The story of this current experiment in developmental leadership under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari s still being written and it is still far too early to make any conclusive objective pronouncements on its developmental progress or lack of it. Nevertheless, comments by Governor El-Rufai seems to suggest that this APC administration is experiencing a rough and turbulent take off: "our APC administration has not only failed to manage expectations of a populace that expected overnight 'change' but has failed to deliver even mundane matters of governance."
Resource Wealth, Leadership & National Development
Nigeria is abundantly blessed with human and natural resources. One would therefore have imagined that with all these resources and with trillions of naira earned and appropriated since independence in 1960, Nigeria would have developed much farther than it has today.
Across the globe, resource poor countries like Japan, Hong Kong, Belgium, Switzerland, Isreal and South Korea have managed to excel and develop economically. The continuing position of Nigeria as a third world country predicated on her failure to develop in spite of being resource rich is not only a prime example of the 'resource curse,' but also suggests that there are other vital variables other than resources that indicate a country's economic growth and development. To this end, experts argue that "resource-rich countries often do not pursue sustainable growth strategies. They fail to recognize that if they do not reinvest their resource wealth into productive investments above ground, they are actually becoming poorer. Political dysfunction exacerbates the problem, as conflict over access to resource rents gives rise to corrupt and undemocratic governments." In simple terms, resource wealth rather than stimulate rapid economic development tends to encourage leaders to act in unproductive ways that compromise governance institutions and ultimately undermine national development.
Impact of Governance & Governance Institutions
There are four factors that facilitate economic growth and development in any given country, namely:
- Leadership
- Institutions
- Culture
- Resources
Evidently, Nigeria has done well in terms of resource wealth (human, financial and natural). Nigeria has equally faired reasonably well in terms of culture. The only areas that Nigeria has perennially failed to impress are in leadership and institutions. The fact that Nigeria has now been practicing multiparty democracy for nearly two decades, is significantly resource rich and is equally culturally rich and diverse yet still has an economy that is largely in disarray sufficiently proves two points: one, that democracy and resource wealth are not the panacea they were once thought to be for rapid economic development. And two, that the lack of leadership capacity and credible governance institutions are the critical factors that have perennially compromised Nigeria's quest for economic development and growth.
As earlier established, it is good leaders that provide good governance and build strong governance institutions that economic growth and development thrives upon. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation defines governance as "the provision of the political, social and economic goods that a citizen has the right to expect from his or her state, and that a state has the responsibility to deliver to its citizens."
For good governance to thrive, it has to be underguided by critical institutions of governance which must evince fundamental principles like: rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus orientation, equity and inclusiveness, effectiveness and efficiency, accountability and Participation. Because governance institutions are durable, they do not end nor change when there is a change in leadership. Institutions in the words of North "are the rules of the game in a society, the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction. They structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, social or economic."
That is why strong governance institutions enable and indeed compel leaders to govern well. Experts agree that 'Governance matters for sustainable development because it holds the key to building stable and secure societies and drives inclusive growth within the finite boundaries of our planet over the long term. Fair, reliable, and accountable governing institutions build trust between people and government. Such institutions need to be free of corruption. Meaningful engagement and participation of citizens in shaping decisions which impact on them is also important, as is the existence of independent institutions which can hold government to account.
In this regard, the story of Singapore is quite compelling. It is the single-minded, transformative leadership vision of Lee Kuan Yew to build, sustain and strengthen governance and governance institutions in the small island nation of Singapore that remarkably took that country from a corrupt, inefficient and poor third world country to become the global financial center, beautiful, efficient, functional and prosperous first world nation that we all admire today. The story of Singapore stands as a powerful metaphor and testament of the compelling capacity of leadership to transform, revive and infuse life into hitherto broken and failed nations.
By contrast, the reality in Nigeria over the last few decades has been that of increasingly weak institutions of governance, poor governance and selfish leadership. The manifestation of which is evident when leaders do not obey court orders; when citizens perceive the judiciary as selling justice to the highest bidder; when civil and public servants will not do their job except they are induced with bribes; when the police is so demoralized and broken that they are incapable of performing their invaluable role of securing and protecting the lives and properties of citizens. In response to which, rather than strengthen the police, government has instead compounded the problem by establishing all manners of quasi security agencies performing amorphous roles across the country. In such a chaotic environment, it is difficult for an informed foreign or local investor to make the decision to invest in Nigeria except of course they are ready to compromise on integrity and swim in the cesspit of corruption. Under these seamy conditions, national development suffers because of the failure of leadership to build strong and reliable governance instructions.
Indicators of Leadership Recession in Nigeria
There are numerous views as to the variables that indicate leadership recession in Nigeria. Opinions equally differ as to the legitimacy of these views. Nevertheless, there is broad consensus around a few of the more common variables that indicate leadership recession in Nigeria. These include but are not limited to:
- Broken leadership recruitment system;
- Weak leadership capacity;
- Inadequate and mostly inexistent system of leadership mentoring and preparation;
- Poor education and enlightenment;
- Crises of values in Nigeria;
- Ineffectual governance institutions;
- Citizens indifference, apathy and reluctance to hold leaders accountable;
- Misapplication of the federal character and quota system law;
- Convoluted politics
- Unproductive reward system
Cost of Leadership Recession in Nigeria
Nigeria as we have established is rich in natural resources and cultural diversity. Nigeria also claims to be the Giant of Africa, probably due to its expansive geographical size, huge population and enormous financial and natural resources. The sad reality, however, is that all of these advantages have not positively impacted national development and the well being of citizens. So Nigeria may continue to call herself the giant of Africa but the truth is that leadership recession, as the facts show, has long cost her that lofty status. Let us quickly examine the relevant data:
- In the Human Development Index (HDI), which is a comparative measure ofwell being, life expectancy, literacy, education, and standards of living for countries, Nigeria is ranked as number 22 in Africa. Seychelles, Mauritius Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, in that order, take the first to fifth position in Africa.
- The Mo Ibrahim Africa Governance Index (AGI) places Mauritius, Cape Verde, Botswana, South Africa and Seychelles as the top 5 best governed African countries while it places Nigeria, Sudan, Chad, Somalia, and Angola as the bottom worst governed countries in Africa.
- In the table of the richest countries in Africa by GDP per Capita, Seychelles tops the table at number one while Nigeria comes a distant 18 on the table.
- The Economic Intelligence Unit index for "Best Place to Be Born in the World"(2013) Places Switzerland as the best place in the world to be born. New Zealand at number 7 on the index comes out as the best place to be born in Africa. Out of the 80 countries in the world that were surveyed, our dear country, Nigeria, which claims to be the Giant of Africa comes in at number 80 on the index. Which means Nigeria is the worst place a child can be born in Africa and in the world. To put this piece of data into proper perspective and show how disconcerting this report is, consider that, war torn Syria, sanction crippled Iran, separatist conflict laden Ukraine, Egypt that is still struggling to shake off the haunting shadows of the Arab Spring, Angola that is only just emerging from the scars of 3 decades of war and Kenya that is struggling with a GDP that is far less than that of Lagos state, all came in ahead of Nigeria as better places to be born.
- The Mundi Index of percentage of population living below the poverty line shows that Egypt, Algeria, Uganda, Ghana and Namibia have the lowest percentage of their populations living below the poverty line in Africa while Chad, Liberia, Congo Democratic Republic, Sierra Leone and Nigeria are listed as the countries with the highest percentage of population living below the poverty line in Africa.
To be clear, Nigeria is not poor. She is just poorly led. We can go on and on to examine more statistics on education, health, life expectancy, ease of doing business, manufacturing, etc and the data will show again and again that there is literarily nowhere that Nigeria comes out shinning as the best or even close to being the best in Africa. These and so much else are the sad and sobering cost of leadership recession in a country that has been so richly blessed by God. As one expert puts it, we have over the years fallen into the crippling deception of "celebrating arrival more than we celebrate where we are going". Nigeria has become a country bereft of role models. Values have taken flight. The leadership class in politics, government, education, religion, etc has failed to lead by example. They have failed to inspire and motivate the youth. Wealth without work has become the culture and prevailing rule imbibed by both young and old in a country that is desperately in need of a values reorientation. The truth however, is that the real and full cost of leadership recession in Nigeria cannot be adequately captured in a short paper like this
To reverse this ageless curse of "potentially great nation" and begin to grow to become a great nation in reality, Nigeria urgently needs transformative and visionary leaders in the mould of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew. Nigeria needs values-based, humble and selfless leaders in the mould of South Africa's Nelson Mandela. Nigeria needs enduring, cerebral and strategic leaders in the mould of USA's quintessential Barack Obama. Nigeria needs bold, courageous and strong leaders in the mould of Rwanda's Paul Kagame. In short, Nigeria needs inspirational leadership that will galvanize the enormous possibilities, potentials and opportunities, latent and atrophying abilities, innovative and creative energies of the Nigerian people to construct a new super highway to national rebirth and development
Recommendations for Progress
The painful reality of perennial deferment of national development in Nigeria does not in any way suggest that Nigeria is beyond redemption. Nigerians are no different from citizens of many countries around the world, like our next door neighbor, Ghana, who have worked hard to turn their economic situation around through a sustained process of values and leadership reorientation. In this wise, let me make the following recommendations for progress:
- Reform the broken leadership recruitment process in Nigeria;
- Strengthen Institutions of governance in Nigeria;
- Amend the fractured 1999 constitution;
- Carry out a root and branch reform of INEC and the electoral process;
- Introduce civics, leadership and history as compulsory subjects in the education curriculum from primary to secondary school in Nigeria;
- Introduce leadership as a compulsory course of study in year one in all the federal universities in Nigeria;
- Reform and strengthen the local government administration and reposition it as an incubator for young leaders with potential;
- Reform the judiciary and the judicial process
- Enact legislation that mandates Open Government;
- Enact legislation to create affirmative action that empowers more women and youth to participate in the governance and leadership process;
- Enact legislation to allow for independent candidates in all elections in Nigeria.
- 12. Enact legislation to lower the age requirement for citizens to qualify to contest elections
It has been rightly observed elsewhere that "the tone and texture of the nation's leadership can only change when our choice of leaders is based on merit and not on ethnicity, religion, population and quota" No nation that chooses her leaders on the basis of these subjective, sentimental, cosmetic and dubious premises can rationally hope to achieve the work of progress and development. Indeed, Nigeria is urgently in need of a competent leadership backed with the authority and management capacity to set clear objectives and design robust strategies to achieve set goals and targets.
The internationally renowned, award winning and best-selling author, John Maxwell once wrote that "everything rises and falls on leadership" Nigeria is not an exception. Nothing proves Maxwell's thesis more than Nigeria's perennial predicament of deferred national development.
Nigeria is blessed with significant natural, cultural, human and financial resources to be able to rise and become a Giant of the World, respected and regarded across the globe. Unfortunately, the huge leadership deficit she has perennially suffered since independence has reduced Nigeria to a pitiful situation where she is not the giant of the world, she is not the giant of Africa, she is not even the giant of West Africa, Ghana has since taken over that role. Nigeria is today, only a potentially great nation and a potential giant of the world.
To reverse this ageless curse of "potentially great nation" and begin to grow to become a great nation in reality, Nigeria urgently needs transformative and visionary leaders in the mould of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew. Nigeria needs values-based, humble and selfless leaders in the mould of South Africa's Nelson Mandela. Nigeria needs enduring, cerebral and strategic leaders in the mould of USA's quintessential Barack Obama. Nigeria needs bold, courageous and strong leaders in the mould of Rwanda's Paul Kagame. In short, Nigeria needs inspirational leadership that will galvanize the enormous possibilities, potentials and opportunities, latent and atrophying abilities, innovative and creative energies of the Nigerian people to construct a new super highway to national rebirth and development.
Does President Muhammadu Buhari possess these imperative leadership attributes? Time and history will avail us an answer. However, what we can confidently answer here and now is that President Muhammadu Buhari presently has the privilege, the power, the potential, the opportunity and the mandate of the Nigerian people to lead the historic journey towards national rediscovery, rebirth and sustainable development.
A New Nigeria Is Possible!
Anthony Ubani is an author, leadership and development communication specialist. He writes this column every Friday


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It is essential that every breastfeeding mother should strengthen her diet properly so that the nutritional needs of the baby as well as herself are met properly.
The quality of breastfeeding that a mother provides to her baby depends upon her diet. If she takes healthy breastfeeding diet, she will be able to keep up her own health and the health of her baby, through the breast milk that she would be nurturing him with. To produce the correct amount of milk, she would call for at least 500 extra calories intake each day. So, it is essential that she strengthens her diet appropriately so that the nutritional needs of the baby are met properly.
Why Diet for breastfeeding mothers Need to Be Twice as Nutritious
The nutritional requirements of a lactating mother are extremely high, as except the amount of breast milk required by the baby, the mother's individual requirements are supposed to be looked after, as well. If she does not take adequate diet throughout this period, the body will struggle to maintain the milk production, however at the cost of the health of herself. The diet for breastfeeding moms, as a result, essentially includes adequate amounts of balanced food. Even throughout pregnancy, the fetus requires most of the nutrition and after birth too; the baby needs almost 1000 calories from breast milk on a daily basis. This is the major reason why breastfeeding diet should have ample nutrition both for the mother as well as the baby.
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A nursing mother should have a nutritious diet that must consist of an optimum amount of water which should be approximately 3 to 4 liters each day.
Diet for feeding mother should provide minimum 2,500 calories to the mother and if the period of lactation is anticipated to be more than 3 months, the intake of calories is supposed to be minimum 2,800. Protein intake is also very important on a daily basis.
The calorie consumption of the lactating mother should be spread over equally all through the day in the form of 5 meals. She should keep on drinking water and take portions of fruits as well as a low-fat dairy diet. This will make sure a continuous production of milk.
If the lactating mother is on birth control medications, she must take diet supplements or nutritional beverages that are rich in Vitamins B 6 and B 12 as the medicines induce deficiencies of these vitamins. Also, breast-feeding mothers are supposed to take folic acid, which is vital for the baby's apt growth as well as development. Spinach, corn and chick-peas are rich sources of folic acid.
What breast-feeding Mothers should not indulge in?
Smoking as well as consumption of liquor is not advisable for mothers who are breastfeeding. Nicotine and liquor are both damaging for the baby, more so if the mother have them just before the nursing session. Also, medicines, particularly antibiotics, laxatives and pills with iodine components, must only be taken if prescribed by the doctor. Unsaturated fats are perfect for her as well as for the baby.
Lastly, every mother should be able to plan her own breastfeeding diet that will provide her the required nutrition and calories and keep both mother as well as baby hale and hearty.


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So, as I've said previous, My Whitty is getting married, in fact in a couple weeks now! We are all so excited for her to become the cute little wife we know she'll be! And with this, all of us girls decided she needed a nice long weekend to break her into...some things ;) just kidding. So that's just what we did! Last weekend Ang, Kimmy, Whit and I drove down to meet Celine, Lauren and Kiraface at our hotel in SLC. We stayed up way too late each night with tons of girl talk, laughing (screaming), and music. I really hope we didn't have any neighbors to our two adjoining rooms...
By this time we're dying!
So we spend Saturday shopping, eating, messin around, shopping, eating, hot tubbing, and finally a crazy night at a piano place. I guess it's called a piano bar where there are two dualing pianos. They play absolutely ANYTHING anyone can request and it was so much fun! We happen to sit at the owner's table and make friends, she requests us a bunch of songs and gets the pianists to throw Whit on stage to embarrass her! So amazing! We got a little carried away and became "the life of the party" (according to the players) in the midst of drunks...who knew that was possible! Just goes to show you definitely don't need any alcohol with these girls to have some fun!
Whit's gettin down onstage!
Now everyone needed a little spot light
The beautiful bride to be and me!
All of us
It's always such a great time with these girls and always very needed! Love them and love the times! Once again...to my Whitney!


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I haven't had much time lately for toy soldiers but this weekend I'm hoping to get in some games at the 25 point level. Here's the list I'm thinking about bringing:
Gun Mages + UA + Mule
This list looks a lot like my original plan for this leage, before my plans got derailed by those awesome looking new Gun Mages. My original list called for Aiyana and Holt in place of Gorman and Reinholdt but since those last two are painted and I don't even own Aiyana and Holt the decision to swap them out was pretty simple.
The plan here is for an assassination on feat turn with the Gun Mages using crit Brutal Damage, the Mule using crit Devastation, and Ashlynn pumping two Hand Cannon Shots, all with Gorman's black oil helping out. Those are a lot of moving pieces but it will be fantastic if I can pull it off.
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Every year CHESS attracts student advocates from across the Golden State as well as university leaders, higher education policy experts, public officials and alumni.
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So I managed to survive the Hotter 'n Hell 100 century....it's been a rocky weekend, rental car issues, testy people, etc etc
Oh shoot, I hardly have any clue as to where to start, so much to cram in...ok just start.
We literally had nothing packed, James had been searching the house, storage buildings, everywhere for our camping gear that we haven't used since oh, 2003-2004...nowhere to be found. I finally remembered that we had a rental storage unit that had been broken into in 2007 and that's the last place we had seen our tent & sleeping bags. Yep, that was part of the stuff that had been stolen, so a word to the wise, keep an EXTENSIVE & DETAILED inventory of everything that you store offsite.
While I knew everything that I needed to take for the weekend, the having to repurchase of most of the camping gear had me far more rushed than I like--think being bounced around like a steel ball in a pinball machine, lol.
I'm fairly surprised that the only thing I managed to forget though was a stop to pick up some Endurolyte caps. A running club friend reassured me that I would be able to pick some up at the Hotter 'n Hell expo :-).
Since we drive a gas guzzling, regular cab pickup I thought it would behoove us to get a rental car, at first I thought minivan then discovered that would cost almost $100 more than a small suv. Shoulda stuck with the minivan though, we're crammed to the gills with the gear & such but at least we didn't have to worry about unloading everything whenever we stopped for the night.
Finally, we're on our way!!! First stop is an overnight stay at a La Quinta in Garland, TX (thoroughly unimpressed with!).


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She talks about things
that have never even happened
and I know how it makes me feel,
like when what's broken
brakes again
and there's nothing left to steal.
Like the endless days
we've come to fear
when we're left with what we've got.
It's what carries over
into brighter days
once the fights already been fought.
It's just the way
we fake our smiles
and laugh like things were real.
We hold things close
among closer things
that all seem so surreal.
But we're gone right now
into vagueness and doubt
where our thoughts have overlapped.
It's like a voice that's screamed
into the open air
from a face that's just been slapped.


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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Never Nap Alone...
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Looks like you got plenty of nice places to sleepzzz! We like: sleep on other cat. We do that a lot around here! purrrrs Lars and OdinReplyDelete
Wow! You CAN sleep any and everywhere!ReplyDelete
Great alternatives!!!ReplyDelete
Oh KNives...I love you dearly. I love Star too but you are a cat among cats. Just another human feeder speaking tho.ReplyDelete
xoxoxo Mom Carole
Sleeping is good - anywhere you can!ReplyDelete
Why cant I get that song out of my head...ReplyDelete
Soft kitty warm kitty
Little ball of fur
Happy kitty sleepy kitty
purr purr purr
Oh another shirt I want for myself, (not the kitties) about a viscious attack kitty. And don't they all look so dangerous when they're sleeping? ; )ReplyDelete
Awesome places to nap! Enjoy! xxReplyDelete
::preens:: "Thank you everycat & feeders! Corwyn wore his white long-sleeve version of this shirt to school today. I was soooo pleased!! I am quite dangerous when I'm sleeping. Oh wait!! I am always dangerous! I am an excellent Ninja Kitty." ::disappears into thin air::ReplyDelete


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…And that's a welcome trend considering Hulu decided commercial breaks can now consist of three ads!
The following screenshots display the Nintendo DS sponsored message allowing viewers to play a promotional puzzle for the new game, Professor Layton and the Last Spector, instead of watching the regularly schedule three commercial breaks.
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We adopted our first penguin from the wonderful folks at http://www.penguins.cl/. The name of the penguin is Ice Ice Baby. This International Penguin Conservation Workgroup has the cooperation of many of the best penguin research and conservation organizations and is a collaborative effort that will benefit all the habitats.
Did you know? Penguins can run faster than most men, and swim faster than most fish! Skeletons have been found that are about 50 million years old. These guys are designed to be the best fishermen in the world. While penguins are perfectly adapted to the environment in which they live, they are less able to cope with alterations of the environment brought about by commercial fishing, oil pollution and coastal development.
We'll be working to help make changes in the dangerous practices of some folks that are threatening the penguin existence. You can help! Adopt your own penguin, or just join us at Icebar Orlando on any Sunday where we feature Little Penguin Wine and donate all proceeds to Arctic and Antarctic preservation.


text: Tomorrow could be boring http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/ This blog is now closed. I've moved to www.volatilefiction.co.uk en-US 2013-01-27T18:00:43+00:00 T minus who knows http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2013/01/t-minus-who-knows.html I've started a new blog at Wordpress and will be closing this one soon-ish. In a month or so, I imagine. Please bookmark the new one now and see you there! Nukapai 2013-01-27T18:00:43+00:00 In a hole in the ground there lived an Englishman http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2012/12/in-a-hole-in-the-ground-there-lived-an-englishman.html Despite my grumbles about the Hobbit being made into three films instead of one, we did go to see the first of the new trilogy today and enjoyed most of it. I'm assuming that readers of this blog will have... Culture and Society Current Affairs Fantasy Film Human nature Reviews Nukapai 2012-12-22T20:44:33+00:00 Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2012/11/creative-illustration-by-andrew-loomis.html I've been writing for Blogcritics since 2005 and although I haven't had the time to be particularly prolific, it's gratifying to be able to write about the topics I enjoy and review books that look interesting. My latest review, "Creative... Books Reviews Writing and art Nukapai 2012-11-28T14:02:28+00:00 Work, book reviews, more work and Oasis http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2012/09/work-book-reviews-more-work-and-oasis.html I still colour code things in my diary. A red dot means "travel or out of office". In the last few months I've been in Poole, on Dorset fields, in Finland and in London more than I've been at home... Autobiographical Books Culture and Society Finland Personal development Reviews Travel Work Writing and art Nukapai 2012-09-05T16:06:17+01:00 Library closures - should we just accept them? http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2011/08/library-closures-should-we-just-accept-them.html There have been many library closures in the UK and North America recently. Meanwhile South Korea is opening new ones. What's going on? Are public libraries obsolete? I wrote an article about this topic at Blogcritics and would love it... Books Culture and Society Current Affairs Writing and art Nukapai 2011-08-04T11:01:23+01:00 Roses and festivals http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2011/07/roses-and-festivals.html This month I have been mostly smelling of roses and attending festivals. If you're interested in what happened in Turkey during the rose harvest, head on over here - and if you'd like to see my Hipstamatic snapshots from this... Books Culture and Society Networking and socialising Personal development Studies Travel Work Writing and art Nukapai 2011-07-02T11:45:02+01:00 Seoul Music http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2011/06/seoul-music.html I had a really great time in Seoul - read about my trip here! There is something about Korea that seems to resonate with me; I can't put my finger on what it might be. I hope to go back... Cosmetics and Fragrance Personal development Travel Work Writing and art Nukapai 2011-06-01T15:48:09+01:00 Off to Seoul! http://nukapai.typepad.com/tomorrow_could_be_boring/2011/04/off-to-seoul.html This week I'll be the Guest of Honour at a Korean 'Smelly Concert' - a recreation of London's Carnaby Street with a Lush theme. It would have been a better job for Mark or Simon but the former is on... Cosmetics and Fragrance Travel Work Nukapai 2011-04-26T11:27:32+01:00


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After last weeks MVC2 announcement now we get word that Capcom is gonna be dropping between 20 and 40 tiltles on the PSN! I guess patience is a virtue!
We'll definitely be looking at a lot of titles that have things like Street Fighter and Resident Evil in the title. We're thinking about putting together a long list of the titles we're looking at, and then releasing it on Capcom Unity and having people vote on them. Ultimately we're looking at bringing between 20 and 40 titles to the PSN over the next several months."


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Capture Summer Workshop
1 day ago
Best of luck in your move! I am sure all will go well, and you will be settled into your new domain in no time! :)
Moving...it's such a pain. BUT, you get something wonderful out of it, a new to you home! Hope it goes well. You should be rather well supplied with boxes after J and I's move.
Love you.


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Kit has another hour until bedtime and he's looking for something to do. I'm on the sofa resting my eyelids and Grammo is working on her PC. Tio and Bud are In never never land watching the super bowl.
"Why are you wearing gloves?" Grammo asks, "Weren't you going to write a list or something now that Doc is in bed and can't bug you?"
"I was going to write a story about the family," Kit replies.
"In gloves?"
"I like to write in gloves."
I couldn't resist. "That way when it gets really juicy, he can take the gloves off."
What can I say? It was a slow news day.


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Monday, September 1, 2008
Jets' Practice Squad Announced
WR Larry Brackins (6'4", 221/Pearl River CC/Dothan, AL)
Brackins was just recently signed after his Arena league season ended. He has size and speed, and the Jets obviously think enough about him to keep him around, so this is interesting.
RB Jehuu Caulcrick (6'0", 254/Michigan State/Findley Lake, NY)
No surprises here. Caulcrick is a huge fullback who is good in short yardage. He's working on his blocking and receiving, but he has NFL ability and desire.
OL Stanley Daniels (6'4", 320/Washington/San Diego, CA)
Spent time in both Rams and Jets camp last offseason. A workable body in camp who can possibly challenge for a backup role.
DB James Ihedigbo (6'1", 202/Massachusetts/Amherst, MA)
Ihedigbo is a high energy safety who will make his share of both great plays and boneheaded plays. Stands out when he plays, for good or for bad, so it's worthwhile to keep him around.
OL Matt McChesney (6'4", 307/Colorado/Santa Cruz, CA)
McChesney is a converted defensive lineman who the Jets have liked for years. He was first in Hofstra in 2005, playing one game at defensive line, recording one tackle and one QB pressure.
DE Ropati Pitoitua (6'8", 290/Washington State/Spanaway, WA)
Pitoitua is a hulking defensive lineman whom the Jets hope to develop into a possible rotational player.
WR Paul Raymond (5'10", 185/Brown, Miami, FL)
Raymond turned heads in camp with his speed, but he drew the ire of Jets fans by dropping a gamewinning pass in the endzone against Washington. The former Ivy Leaguer made up for it with his play in the next game. The Jets have nine receivers on their roster.
LB Brandon Renkart (6'2", 236/Rutgers, Piscataway, NJ)
Renkart is a smart, somewhat athletic two-year starter at Rutgers. He sounds like a player Eric Mangini would love: smart, versatile, and coachable.
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Year: 2012
Themes: awkward interactions between men with no experience in love, great smut!!!
Volumes: 1
Samejima-kun has just mustered up the courage to tell his co-worker (and classmate) Sasahara-kun that he loves him… but now what? Will the two fumbling friends fall into a frenzy of forbidden ecstasy? Or will they annoy one another to death before their clothes even come off? Samejima-jun and Sasahara-kun proves that forsaking friendship for the pleasures of passion isn't all it's cracked up to be! Can true love flourish after a sudden storeroom confession? Or will bloody war erupt over a few pieces of stolen chocolate?
I gave this book a try due to the reviews by both the Japanese and English BL fandom and I'm glad I did! The book is a great combination of comedy, cute and painfully awkward which I think is one of the noting features of Koshino's works. The transition from friends to lovers is conventional in BL but her execution gives readers something totally different and unheard of, hence setting itself apart from many titles. Her art may not be as superb, but it's her well-written story and characters that give Koshino's book the quality and popularity it deserves.
Samejima, when dealing with unfamiliar emotions of love, tends to act out of the norm by blurting out awkward lines and acting clumsily without really thinking. Sasahara is not too different since he's also inexperienced, but his curiosity is what's stopping him to keep a distance in order to test and determine his own feelings. It's only when Samejima gives up his efforts that Sasahara finally realises his feelings before the two take an intimate step with their relationship.
I enjoyed how Koshino kept things realistic with her characters, story and the themes. The clumsiness and embarrassing things that happen when a relationship between two people transition from friends to lovers is as realistic as it gets. They struggle while on unfamiliar grounds on how they should act but in the end, they're just trying to make things work. There's also no rush for the characters to have sex but when they do it, it's unexpectedly satisfying and smut fans will be very happy. The dialogue is another feature that I liked as it was natural and what you would expect between two people.
Is the book worth the hype? Yes! For those who have a thing for realistic romances and hot smut, look no further. If there was one thing to pick on, the dialogue gets pretty heavy so for some it might sound long and dragged out. It's also not particularly romantic since the couple is often arguing or yelling at each other, but with a memorable story, it's something I've looked past. Overall, a highly enjoyable book!


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I plucked up my courage the other day :p and called up M1 Bar and Lounge. No, it's not some pub opened by Singapore's M1. It's a pub in TST, Kowloon, HK. They're hosting Wu Bai's Wild Day Out performance next month on Apr 6th.
A very nice and polite lady named Angel answered the phone and my hesitant questions in my even-more-hesitant Cantonese. The result was that she offered, yes, offered to set aside a HK$188 ticket for me for the show, without asking for any sort of deposit or identification. She did ask for my phone number, but even after hearing it was a Singapore number, still agreed to set aside the tic for me, and asked me to call her again on the 4th or the 5th, which was when I told her I would be reaching HK.
Do you get that kind of service in Singapore, from a pub? Not even close.
So right now, I have no plane tickets and no hotel reservations, but I have a ticket to see my 老大 on Apr 6th, in Hong Kong.
what the hell am I thinking… 😀


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If you have not heard, FeedDemon, the formerly commercial newsfeed reader, is now free. In fact, if you downloaded the free version when it was initially announced, you should re-download it again. The latest version is 184.108.40.206 (the earlier one was 22.214.171.124).
First impression: it's quite a neat reader. It's built-in viewer uses the embedded IE controls or something, which makes it less than ideal if you're trying to avoid IE due to its security issues. You can make it launch an external browser like Firefox or Opera for external links if you wish, but the internal viewer, which is used to display the feed contents cannot be configured to use FF or Opera. Other than those things, well, if you've seen one feed reader, you've seen them all.
(Of course Opera has its own feed reader built-in, so I guess Opera users probably aren't really the target audience anyway.)


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Oy me hearties!Just got back from a wee whirlwind trippie to the land of Scots. Edinburgh to be precise. What a beautiful city! The architecture, the people and their guardianship of everything related to literature, art and history is truly astounding. What I didn't realize was that a considerable number of the world's great writers hail from Scotland, and many of them are specifically from Edinburgh. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Alexander McCall Smith, to name but a few, are from Edinburgh. I am happy to say that I returned with a signed copy of one of Alexander McCall Smith's books, 44 Scotland Street.
But here's the scoop.....
Of course I knew that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was from the UK, but not that he was Scottish or from Edinburgh. While doing some last-minute packing, I tossed a small vintage book into my bag because I wanted to do a bit of travel journaling in an altered book format during the trip. The book was one of about 7 old books that I bought at a vintage store on a recent trip to Rosendal with the plan of creating altered books by collaging and journaling in them.
Upon landing in Edinburgh, our tour guide in the bus gave a short introduction to the city and mentioned the long list of writers, of which Conan Doyle was one. Late that night when I opened my book to start journaling I was mesmerized to see that the book was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1932 and printed in Aberdeen, Scotland. This book came home!
Here are a few altered pages from the book as travel journal. These are still works in progress, so watch this space.


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Contamination exceeding federal drinking water standards have been found in ground water beneath the Sudley Landfill in South County, a state environmental spokesman said yesterday.
The contaminants -- volatile organic chemicals commonly used in household paints, degreasers, wax and varnish -- are similar to those discovered at two test wells at the Millersville Landfill, whose management recently has come under scrutiny by nearby residents and County Executive Robert R. Neall.
Vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethene were found in one of nine ground water monitoring wells located at the South County facility last December, said John Goheen, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment.


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Week 5: Feb. 15 to Feb. 21
Here is what is on the radar:
This week the second case study "Redesigning Learning Spaces," will be presented by Team Design on NO Dime. All teams will have a week to prepare the required artifacts (due Feb. 22). Additionally, we will discuss issues related to bringing your own device (BYOD) into the classroom. Please be sure to include these topics in your weekly blog post (due Feb. 22). You will then individually complete peer reviews for team artifacts on Case Study 2 (due Mar. 1).
Next Class Meeting:
Our next meeting will be on February 15, from 6-8 pm. The second case study presentation will be given during this class. Join the class meeting at least 15-30 minutes prior to test your audio. Use a headset to minimize background noise and audio feedback.
Meeting room: http://bit.ly/BertVOffice
Here is what needs to be done (by Wednesday, January 22):
- As a team, prepare artifacts for CS2: Redesigning Learning Spaces
- Post a new weekly peer reflection blog post
Here is what needs to be done (by Wednesday, March 1):
- Individually, complete peer reviews for team artifacts (CS2)
Here is a look at what we have already done:
- Individually completed peer reviews for team artifacts (Case Study 1).
- Posted weekly blog posts reflecting on topics already covered (see Blogs page).
- Posted comments to reflection blog posts prepared by other class members.


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Mary Duty, Trib Board of Contributors Tuesday July 3, 2012
The Moonlight Music Fest held Memorial Day weekend in Meridian can be considered a success on many levels. Attendance was good. People left happy. The concert series even attracted foreign visitors. Folks from Canada and Germany prove Billy Joe Shaver can really draw a crowd.
Matt Alexander, our new Canadian friend, wrote: "We were blown away by the Texas hospitality! Thanks to Caleb, you, your family and the kind people of Bosque County, I met a songwriting hero of mine and left with rich memories."
Most important of all, veterans from every conflict since World War II were honored during three days of music, games, good food and fellowship.
As readers may remember, the event was to be held at our farm near Robinson. But some residents approached the city council and voiced concerns about rowdy behavior, underage drinking, theft, vandalism and electromagnetic waves that might harm local livestock. The council voted down the plan.
Then Bosque County and the city of Meridian stepped up, offering us a location.
We're happy to report that during the Moonlight Music Fest only two tickets were issued by the Meridian Police Department. Two young residents were cited for trying to sneak into the event. There were no other arrests for any other offense. No minor in possession. No DUI. No public intoxication. No vandalism. No complaints from neighbors about loud noise or burglary attempts. And, yes, all the livestock in the area made it through the weekend safe and sound.
And, true, five or six dogs did attend the concert, but there were no dogfights reported.
Just as Caleb vowed, it was a delightful, peaceful and thoroughly honorable event. Here's what did happen that weekend.
Representatives from the Military Order of the Purple Heart set up the Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial Wall that honors the men and women from Texas who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. The memorial was erected in a grove of trees and gave concert-goers a place to pause and reflect.
The Meridian Volunteer Fire Department had a firetruck on display, held a raffle each night and collected donations for their benevolence fund. They were pleased.
Toward the end of Saturday night, Caleb invited all veterans in attendance to make their way to the stage. One by one they came out of the crowd. A nicely dressed older gentleman slowly made his way to the front. Then a young mom came forward with her children. A kid just back from Afghanistan joined them. Before long, the front of the stage was full of men and women, the young and not-so-young, all bound by service to country, shaking hands and hugging, laughing and sharing stories. We had vets from World War II and Korea and Vietnam, all the way to Desert Storm and Iraq and Afghanistan, and virtually any conflict in between.
Photographers captured in an instant all that Caleb fought for in his idea. Moonlight Music Fest offered a snapshot of the American Dream — children laughing and playing games, moms and dads watching their little ones spin and dance to the music, other folks sitting on the edge of the dance floor, holding hands and tapping their feet, and everyone enjoying an evening free from fear. We were living a modern-day Norman Rockwell painting. All weekend long we saw the things that men and women down through time have been willing to fight and die for.
These men and women we honored were the ones who stepped up to serve. They were the ones who ran to the sound of danger so we didn't have to.
For one weekend, we were able to show in a very real and tangible way how much we care about them and what they were willing to do for us. The memory of their smiles and the tears in their eyes is the reason we will have a second Moonlight Music Fest.
Local educator and businesswoman Mary Duty is president of the Heart of Texas Blue Star Mothers of America. She and her son, Caleb, an Iraq war veteran, coordinated the Moonlight Music Festival during Memorial Day weekend.
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After eighteen weeks of hard work by eighteen top contestants in the Zee TV reality show 'Dance India Dance', Salman – A 23years old boy from the city of Banglore won the title of the "Biggest Dancing Star of India" awarded by India's No. 1 Dancer and Choreographer Prabhu Deva and Bollywood renowned producer Boney Kapoor.
Manoj Mathew, Business Head – Zee TV (MENA and Pakistan) said: "Dance India Dance has received an over whelming response and we are keen in conducting a similar activity for MENAP viewers".
Dance India Dance is the biggest dance reality show in Asian Television Network has set out to look for raw talent within the age group of 15years – 25years where each individual was trained under professional Bollywood choreographers – Geeta Kapoor, Terrance Lewis and Remo D'Souza. Bollywood 'Disco King' Mithun Da was the grand master of the show.
The grand-finale was held at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on Saturday 30th May 2009 with more than fifty thousand audience in attendance and more than 200 million viewers across the world.
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Musings about living in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, first as a study abroad student and now returning to teach English as a Foreign Language.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Star light, star bright...
Yesterday I went hiking in the Comanche Wilderness with a good friend. The trail followed the Big Thompson River and ended up dumping us out onto a dirt road with log cabin summer homes on either side for a good mile or two, Glen Haven was originally founded as a summer home community, which I find totally bizarre. We stopped at a bench to watch the water and enjoy some wine, and talk in a meandering river-like fashion that we always seem to come to.
Walking back found ourselves in the dusk of Colorado wilderness, the inky outline of pines plastered against a fading emerald sky, a crescent moon becoming brighter and even brighter still. I was reminded of being at my parent's home in Kansas, last August, before I left to study abroad in Ecuador. There was a meteor shower and my mom and I sat in lawn chairs, wrapped up in a blanket, craning our necks for signs of celestial life. I don't recall ever seeing so many vivid bursts of light gliding across the sky.
I have always thought how romantic a notion it is to meditate on the moon or stare at a single star, and think that someone far, far away is doing the same. That somehow this connects us and the miles between just vanish away. While I was in San Cristobal, I noted the night's display with the same ritual. It was a little startling at first, I felt like I was gazing up at a totally foreign sky, not one that I had studied all my life. I didn't know these stars, these constellations, or the myths behind them. The sky was cluttered with stars, it was a total mess. They were dim and faint or bright and twinkling, practically overlapping one another. I recall witnessing several shooting stars while there, and always at a moment when I needed something reassured in my head or heart. It was like a cartoon light bulb above my head, those "A-ha!" revelations.
I am still magnetized to the evening sky, and am often found staring straight up, never mind an aching neck, sometimes with mouth open, dumbfounded in beauty. And I still can't shake the romance, that as I stand alone in the dark, someone else is fixed on the same star, and in that moment, it's as if we are sitting side by side, wrapped up in a blanket.
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National Consultant: M&E MoH Kes. Ling. and STBM National Program Secretariat
Jakarta (Indonesia)
Under the dual supervision of the UNICEF WASH Chief and the Sub-director of WASH (PASD), MoH, this consultancy work aims to accelerate, with strong technical support, the Monitoring and Evaluation elements of the water and sanitation teams based at MoH including the STBM/PKAM National Programs.
Title: National Consultant: M&E MoH Kes. Ling and STBM National Program Secretariat
Type of Contract: SSA (Special Service Agreement)
Duty Station: Jakarta
Duration: 1 May to 31 December 2017 (8 months)
Please indicate the expected daily rate/ total lump sum fee in your application. Application without proposed fee may not be considered.
The UNICEF WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) program supports the acceleration of the Government national sanitation and hygiene program, STBM. This program is led by the Ministry of Health and aims to help ensure optimal survival, growth and development of children in Indonesia and has five components or pillars: defecation-free, hand washing with soap; food and drinking water treatment at the household, solid waste management and waste water management. UNICEF provides technical support at National and sub-national level to Government in order to achieve an open defecation free for Indonesia, and on water quality issues to achieve safe drinking water in homes. UNICEF WASH also advocates for adequate WASH facilities (hardware and hygiene promotion) in schools and health facilities.
To ensure high quality technical support to STBM, UNICEF is aiming to recruit a consultant to link closely with MoH on the acceleration and consolidation of STBM and strengthening the strategic linkages across other actors at National level as well as linkages to the sub-national levels. The consultant will provide assistance to the Environmental Health (KL) Directorate of MoH and to the team of the STBM Secretariat on issues related to strengthening monitoring and evaluation of data coming from the sub-national level. The SSA will support on monitoring & evaluation in order to achieve the objectives of the STBM National Program and on related water quality issues. of the SSA will support the environmental health unit to link withboth health centers and district/municipalities to better track progress of sanitation and water access in their regions within the current mechanisms for collecting the data.
Under the dual supervision of the UNICEF WASH Chief and the Sub-director of WASH (PASD), MoH, this consultancy work aims to accelerate, with strong technical support, the Monitoring and Evaluation elements of the water and sanitation teams based at MoH including the STBM/PKAM National Programs. In addition to the specific deliverables below, the SSA will support the MoH Environmental Health unit to manage the MonEv systems for STBM and PKAM and also routinely help them to prepare, collect and analyze the data as per their requests. This will involve recommending how best to further develop the STBM / PKAM data systems in terms of its functionality and usefulness as well as day-to-day operation and maintenance of the systems.
1. Review structure of the STBM and water quality (PKAM) databases and provide a SWOT analysis with recommendations for areas for strengthening.
2. Descriptive stats overview of both databases with analysis plan.
3. Analysis undertaken as per the focused program intervention areas.
4. PKAM correlation analysis.
5. Province scorecard developed and reported on in consultation with UNICEF WASH team
6. District scorecard developed and reported on in consultation with UNICEF WASH team
7. Support MoH on preparing the overview of statistical presentation of both systems at the National Sanitation conference (KSAN)
8. Provide MoH with a revised SWOT analysis with recommendations for areas for strengthening the STBM and PKAM systems for 2018 with costings
1. SWOT analysis on STBM SMS-based database and PKAM database
2. Descriptive stats report + analysis plan
3. Focus intervention Districts report
4. PKAM report
5. Province scorecard report
6. District scorecard report
7. KSAN presentation
8. One high level knowledge product produced summarizing overall situation and to be shared at KSAN 2018
Workplace of Consultant:
Day to day at MoH with frequent visits to UNICEF Jakarta office to update on progress. The consultant will work closely with the WASH unit to ensure donor reporting requirements and sector strengthening objectives are met and will link with the mHealth team to ensure the broader linkages to UNICEF Child Survival & Development technical support on Monitoring and Evaluation to MoH are streamlined and coherent. The consultant will report on a daily basis to the Sub-Director for water & sanitation at MoH while deliverables payments will be made based on the submission of a regular report to the UNICEF supervisor
• One suitably qualified professional with a degree in Public Health, Environmental Studies or Social Sciences with solid experience of working on M&E, especially linked to WASH issues.
• Will have a strong understanding of database structures and how to analyze and report on large datasets
• Have knowledge and experience of the rural water supply and or sanitation programmes, at National and / or Sub-national level
• Understanding of the WASH sector in the Indonesian context as well as the related Government structures for program implementation at sub-national and National level
• Have experience and interested to the knowledge management, advocacy and participatory monitoring & evaluation
• Should be updated on development issues, social policies, economic issues, and have the ability to liaise with various departments, institutions, NGOs and experts.
• Prior experience of working with UN agencies, World Bank, WSP, large civil society organizations or NGOs or other International Development Agencies is an advantage.
• Knowledge, ability to use databases, MS office Power Point, MS Publisher including graphics is essential.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Bahasa is mandatory, capability speaking and writing in English is a very strong asset.
Disclaimer: The screening of your application will be conducted based on the information in your profile. Before applying, we strongly suggest that you review your profile to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
- Location: Jakarta (Indonesia)
- Grade: International Consultant - Consultancy
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Misogynists love to quote an "alpha male" model of human behavior goes something like 'you have to be an asshole in order to get laid, because that is what you see in nature'. You used to see these evolutionary excuses for bullying on Wikipediocracy a lot, which may explain why they are in the running for their own Darwin award.
So, Pimu was the alpha male of a group of chimpanzees from 2007 to 2011, when he was killed by "his underlings" the other male chimpanzees, who "banded together to beat him to death". Male pundits branded this incident as "rare" and "unusual".
Oh wait here is another one, a chimpanzee named Foudouko, "beaten with rocks and sticks, stomped on and then cannibalised". According to the article, there are now eight known cases of alpha males getting killed instead of just the one, but the same male pundits are dragged out to pronounce this "rare", and mutter about "tension between conflict and cooperation" and "competition for reproduction". Ewww, do these male "scientists" ever get laid themselves? But this time there is a female researcher who heard the screams and discovered the body, and who says that it was a female chimpanzee that cannibalized the body the most. Kinda blows that "male coalition" narrative out of the water.


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This is the card I made for the Sunday Stamper challenge, which this week, was set by Lesley. As green is her favourite colour, the challenge was "make sure that whatever you make features the colour green".
I used a cream A6 card and stamped a calligraphy stamp (Lost Coast Designs) in green ink all over the front of the card. I then stamped the Mona Lisa (I brake for stamps) stamp in green ink onto white card and cut out the stamped image. I then layered the image onto two shades of green card and highlighted the wording on the stamp (Mystic Smile) using 3d gloss.


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Australian Court Rules In Favour Of MVIL Against Woodlawn
Read more on the Woodlawn Scandal:
- Woodlawn scandal back in the news
- Govt determined to pursue missing Woodlawn millions
- MVIL struggles to recover money lost in Woodlawn scam
- Morauta: Woodlawn Capital statement a fabrication
- Woodlawn admits handling K96m but denies wrongdoing
- The Somare family and the K96m Woodlawn scam
- Arthur Somare under investigation for loss of K76m
Papua New Guinea Today
The Supreme Court of New South Wales ordered that Woodlawn Capital Pty Ltd (Woodlawn) release AU$20million to Motor Vehicle Insurance Limited (MVIL) as part of the Court's earlier judgment made in October 2014.
In accordance with the court ruling, Woodlawn transferred AU$20million to Gadens Lawyers Trust Account in PNG in December and today PGK41.9million is finally being released to MVIL. Gadens Law Firm has provided legal representation for MVIL in the matter since proceedings were initiated against Woodlawn in 2011.
This is the latest outcome in the long-running court case between the parties, who are battling over AU$26million held in bank accounts managed by Woodlawn that has been "frozen" by the Court since March 20, 2012.
The case has been pursued by the Independent Public Business Corporation (IPBC) on behalf of MVIL since July 2011 as MVIL is subject to regulation under the Independent Public Business Corporation of Papua New Guinea Act 2002 (PNG).
The matter contended in the Supreme Court of New South Wales goes back to July 2009 when MVIL transferred 96 million kina (about AU$43million) (the Fund) to Woodlawn to invest and manage the Fund with the aim of growing the Fund over time.
This initial transaction is also the subject of a challenge by IPBC in both the National and Supreme Court in Papua New Guinea. As such, neither IPBC nor MVIL are prepared to make further comment on the matter at this stage.
In relation to the matter in Australia, the IPBC Board has unanimously approved legal action against those responsible for losses incurred in the transaction and the establishment of the Fund.
In regard to the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruling there are a number of outstanding issues that the Court will resolve when the matter resumes on March 30, 2015. Those issues include whether MVIL will be awarded interest on the Fund since November 17, 2011 and whether MVIL will be able to recover its legal costs of the proceedings from Woodlawn.


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"I am two weeks away from giving birth to baby no.2. I still give you all the credit for my meeting my amazing husband!" Michelle K.
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We have Now Moved to Our New Website
This weblog has been created by the Dakshina Kannada Police with the purpose of disseminating police news of the district to those interested. Authentic and official information of DK Police will be posted here regularly. This is just an attempt to create an interface with the press and the public at large. Your views and suggestions are welcome. Superintendent of Police Dakshina Kannada District MANGALORE Karnataka Ph: 0824 2220503 (O) 2220504 (R)


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Education Reform: Let kids rule the school?
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MR. CLUVER I DID THIS FOR MY JOURNAL!! HIGH FIVE, THIS IS SO COOL. although you might be a little bit worried that your mind works on the same level as mine.....lol. oh, btw, i did my journal before you posted this, so HA! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 9, 2011 at 7:38 PM
but if school operates the way that NY times suggests, it wouldn't just be time consuming, we don't know if it would apply to a class of 20 or 30. I don't mean i like doing MC or memorizing things, but the program that they suggest will only work with self-motivated students. People who don't like to study will eventually drop out and go do stuff they like. Not everyone likes to study or is good at it. I think studying is actually tiring and not fun at all. If i can become a tennis pro, i would. (Sadly, i am not that good)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 9, 2011 at 7:39 PM
by the way, kids don't rule.ReplyDelete


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
I am homesick for my Appalachian Mountains as I always am in the fall. There's no place on earth that can soothe my soul like the mountains that I grew up in. I want to walk in the hills and find a sun warmed rock to sit on. There I would listen to the forest sounds and smell the fragrance of all the growth around me. Maybe I would even hear a groundhog whistle at me. There I would talk to God. There I would feel at home.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Blue Sky
On my way to work this morning, the sky was AMAZINGLY blue behind some white clouds. I was reminded of God's peace and of His awesome handiwork in this sometimes strife filled world.
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