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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the inability of the government to address various health challenges in the country has resulted in increasing medical tourism in which the nation loses over N400 billion on annual bases.
Buhari disclosed this on the occasion of the inauguration of the Senior Executive Course 41, 2019 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS) Kuru, Jos South LGA of Plateau State with the theme "Funding Universal Health Care Delivery in Nigeria"
The President, who was represented by Governor Simon Lalong, said government has shown strong commitment in the revitalization of the health sector.
Adding that inspite of this, the sector was still characterized by low response to public health emergencies, inability to combat outbreak of deadly diseases and mass migration of medical personnel out of the country.
"Government has shown strong commitment in the revitalization of the health sector. These efforts notwithstanding, our health sector is still characterized by low response to the public health emergencies, inability to combat outbreak of deadly diseases and mass migration of medical personnel out of the country.
"This has resulted in increasing medical tourism by Nigerians in which Nigeria loses N400 billion on annual basis," he lamented.
According to the President, his government had in January this year flagged off Primary Healthcare Revitalization Programme with the aim of having 10,000 functional primary healthcare facilities with at least one functional healthcare facility in every political ward across the country.
He said the programme was expected to focus more on the rural areas with particular attention given to vulnerable populations such as women, children under five years of age and elders in collaboration with international development partners adding that the essence of the programme was to ensure that quality basic healthcare services were delivered to the majority of Nigerians across the country irrespective of their locations.
Buhari added that the administration has also launched the 2nd National Strategic Health Development Plan 2018-2022 adding that the plan was the health sector plan for achieving universal health coverage in Nigeria adding that this has seen disbursement of funds to high performing states under the save One million Lives Programme for Results (SOML-P for R)
The President who said the government has high expectations of the nominees of Senior Executive Course No 41, 2019 given the critical role of the health sector to the economy; tasked the participants to research carefully into the theme in order to proffer policy options that will enable government improve health sector funding.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the Acting Director General of NIPSS, Jonathan Juma, said during the 10 months duration of the course the participants will be exposed to the highest levels of intellectual and cross fertilizing discourse aimed at sharpening their understanding of national issues and widening their perspective and quality of discernment


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Wetlands Reserve Sunset, Newport, Wales, 2012Please come to the opening next Friday night- June 1, 2012 at Provo's First Friday gallery stroll!
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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This is an exhibit starting next week in Provo at the Terra Nova Gallery downtown, which only accepted pieces done with an iphone/ ipad/ ipod. I had a hard time narrowing it down, but these are the pieces I entered:
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30 Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. 31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look, there came the voice of the Lord: 32I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look. 33Then the Lord said to him, Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34I have surely seen the mistreatment of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you to Egypt.
35 It was this Moses whom they rejected when they said, Who made you a ruler and a judge? and whom God now sent as both ruler and liberator through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people* as he raised me up.
38He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living oracles to give to us.
39Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,
40saying to Aaron, Make gods for us who will lead the way for us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.
41At that time they made a calf, offered a sacrifice to the idol, and revelled in the works of their hands.
42But God turned away from them and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:
Did you offer to me slain victims and sacrifices
for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 No; you took along the tent of Moloch,
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship;
so I will remove you beyond Babylon.
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text: We are now in a position to order playground equipment to replace the Climbing Wall. Below are pictures of the equipment we have ordered. This been chosen by the pupils and will be paid for from the money raised from the sponsored walk 2 years ago and the Glennie Games this year. We are also lucky enough to have a donation of £1000 from the Community Centre, the PTA will generously contribute the £1600 raised from the Christmas Fair and we have also received a fantastic donation from an anonymous donor. We hope to have this installed in Term 3 and are anticipating that the children will be able to enjoy it in the Spring. Thank you to the Community Centre, our anonymous donor, the PTA and you the parents for helping make this possible.


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Prime Minister Obote and President Sir Edward Mutesa at Uganda's 1962 Independence celebration.
[Letter from New York]
The political, economic, social and environmental devastation caused by the struggle to control and exploit minerals especially diamonds in Western, Central and Southern Africa is too well known to be repeated here.
From early days, Uganda's strategic location combined with its natural and human resources has attracted people of different interests and orientations. The Arabs entered what later became Uganda in search of ivory and Africans to enslave from East and North Africa. The Egyptians sought control of Uganda because it sat at the source of the White Nile. The Arabs began to Islamize Ugandans which in turn attracted Protestants and Catholics who fought over the control of the area. Then came formal colonization of Africa after the Berlin Conference of 1884/85.
Directly or indirectly, the scramble over Uganda was fierce. The Germans wanted it. The French wanted it. The Belgians wanted it. The British wanted it. Why? Uganda is the gateway from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Uganda is the gateway to the mineral resources of the Great Lakes region. Uganda is the source of the White Nile. Uganda is the "refueling" station between Cairo and Cape Town. Being in the neighborhood of the Arab World, Uganda has been a factor in Middle East politics. This explains why Uganda was conquered primarily for its strategic rather than its commercial value.
At the Berlin Conference, the participants agreed that Africa should be carved into colonies through peaceful negotiations and effective occupation. Consequently, Germany received Heligoland to stay out of Uganda. France received Madagascar for the same and other reasons and King Leopold or Belgium received parts of Uganda as the borders were adjusted.
To keep Uganda firmly under its control and benefit Europeans in Kenya, Britain from the beginning of the colonization of East Africa wanted Uganda to federate with Kenya or to be settled by White people. A Uganda railway was constructed to, inter alia, possibly move troops into Uganda quickly if it became necessary.
Heading toward the 1960s, as independence approached the British authorities revisited the possibility of an East African federation with the principal purpose to keep Uganda under British control in one form or another because of her strategic location. This effort has experienced difficulties since then to the present.
World War II ended European dominance and created two new Super Powers — the United States of America and the Soviet Union; both sought to dominate the world through the Cold War that began in 1945 and ended in 1990.
During this period, the world was divided into two camps: the capitalist camp led by the United States and the communist/socialist camp led by the Soviet Union.
The Super Powers battled for control of North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region.
The Soviet Union and its communist or socialist ideology had influence in Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Somalia and to a certain extent Tanzania and Zambia; the latter two countries were more influenced by China. The United States had a foothold in Ethiopia, Kenya and then Zaire, now DRC. The American areas formed a blue belt and the Russian areas a red belt. Uganda found itself sitting at the intersection of the two belts. Hence the struggle for Uganda and its destabilizing impact.
Because of its strategic location, when Uganda became independent, it was handed over to Prime Minister Milton Obote by Britain as a trusted capitalist. When Obote changed his mind in pursuit of a policy to serve the masses better and launched in 1969 the Common Man's Charter that replaced capitalism with socialism, he was quickly shown the exit through the January 1971 military coup that brought in General Idi Amin. He was initially characterized by Western media as the "Gentle Giant", that the British trusted; they hoped he would return the country to the capitalist camp.
After 10 years in exile in Tanzania, Obote regained presidency of Uganda on a promise that he had abandoned his socialist ideology and would pursue a policy of non-alignment in international relations including in the Middle East. However, his mixed economy policy and support to liberation movements and territories under occupation raised questions about his sincerity. Those unsure didn't want to take chances. They decided to show him the exit once again in 1985.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) government under Gen. Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 with support of various ideological orientations and an economic philosophy of mixed economy enshrined in the 10-point program similar to Obote's Uganda People's Congress' (UPC's) 1980 election manifesto. However, the NRM leadership quickly learned that it had strayed into a wrong economic direction. It abruptly changed course and launched in 1987 a neo-liberal economic policy of shock therapy structural adjustment that went beyond what Obote had implemented between 1981 and 1985.
The NRM government under the guidance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank stabilized, liberalized, privatized and de-regulated Uganda's economy and embarked on an export-led economic growth path, all in line with the Washington Consensus.
Uganda became the centre of experimentation of all sorts of ideas and in return was rewarded with massive financial, technical and political support for staying the course in spite of the hardship to the people (income inequality, deepening and spreading poverty, unemployment and food insecurity), damage to the economy in the form of de-industrialization and severe environmental degradation. Unlike in other countries, like Kenya, NRM government was allowed to postpone elections for 10 years because democracy and structural adjustment of the shock therapy version were very strange bed fellows.
Although structural adjustment was officially abandoned worldwide as well as in Uganda in 2009, the NRM government hasn't developed a viable alternative for fear it might introduce elements of socialism and incur the wrath of those powers that want to retain control of Uganda as a capitalist and strategic country for their national security interests.
Ipso facto, Uganda doesn't have much room to design its policy that suits the national interests or even independently select its own leaders and hold them accountable. Since independence in 1962, external factors have had a role in determining who governs Uganda and under what conditions. Consequently, it has been difficult for patriotic leaders to emerge and govern Uganda because doing so might loosen foreigners' control over Uganda as a strategic and capitalist country.
It is fair to conclude that Uganda's strategic location has been a curse in the sense that Ugandans are not in a position to design their destiny as sovereign and independent people.
Eric Kashambuzi is a political analyst and international economist in New York.


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The middle of Donald Sutherland's three sons with his third wife, actress Francine Racette, Rossif Sutherland was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but raised in France with his mother. Following in the acting footsteps of his father, mother and famous half-brother Kiefer, Rossif made his film debut in the 2003 Paramount major motion picture, Timeline, starring Paul Walker and Gerard Butler. On TV, he played the recurring role of Lester Kertzenstein on the 10th season of the hit series ER. A... See All


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Care and Cleaning Instructions
CAUTION: Your prosthetic eye is custom fit to your socket, and is only held in place by sitting in the lower fornix (the "pocket" of your lower lid) and the inward pressure of the eyelids. Although rare, your prosthesis could be dislodged. Often, this is caused by any action which puts downward tension on the lower lid, (such as rubbing your eye). Depending on the structure of your socket, there is no guarantee that your eye will not fall out; please discuss any concerns with your ocularist.
- Wash & rinse hands thoroughly
- Use a clean washcloth
- Run VERY WARM water over the washcloth
- Wrap the cloth over your index finger
- Press the cloth against the ocular prosthesis—EYES WIDE OPEN.
- Squeeze the eyelids against the cloth and hold for 20 seconds.
It should be rare that the prosthesis needs to be removed. However, there are occasions when the socket may become intolerably irritated. An eyelash, dust, or dirt could cause irritation when it gets behind the prosthesis. In these cases, do the following: TO REMOVE:
Wash and rinse hands thoroughly. Moisten the tip of the eye remover with water. Lift the upper eyelid with index finger in order to keep eyelashes out of the iris portion of the prosthesis. Squeeze the eye remover and place it on the prosthesis. When you are sure the suction cup is on the prosthesis, release the upper lid. Release the pressure on the eye remover. Pull downward and gently pinch in on your lower lid. Lift the prosthesis up and out. TO REINSERT:
Wash and rinse hands thoroughly. Moisten the tip of the eye remover with water. Squeeze the eye remover and place it on the prosthetic eye. The top of the prosthesis will be indicated by a red dot. Lift your lid with the index finger of your remaining hand. Slide the upper edge of the prosthesis under the upper lid as far as possible. Take your index finger and gently press towards the nose with eyelids closed. The prosthesis will find its own position. Wipe with a cloth if necessary.


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Why is Fitness Important? Here are 5 Reasons
Fitness should be a key component in anybody's life simply for the fact that it makes you feel better. It is recommended that you get 30 minutes a day by most experts standards. But in my opinion you should do at least 40- 60 minutes of exercise a day.
The Benefits Of Being Fit
More Confidence
One of the first benefits that come to mind is confidence or raised self esteem. After all when you feel good you look good and that definitely shows in a person if they take care of themselves.
More Energy
Let's face it people that exercise have or seem to have more energy than people that don't. Let me give you an example. If you where to do cardio in the morning before you went to work do you think your day would run smoother and you would be more upbeat for the day? You beat you would. Working out might seem like a chore at first. You might even feel like you have no energy to workout. However remember this, working out on a regular bases give you more energy in the long run.
More Organized
I am drawing from personal experience here but whenever I am on a structured program or workout regime, I become more organized in other areas of my life. Area's such as work, friends, family and leisure time. So try making fitness a part of your life. You never know what you might be able to accomplish.
Goal Setting & Achievement
Doing any kind of fitness program will help you with goal setting. Not only that it will help you in reaching those goals. Make sure when you set your goals they are always realistic and achievable. If your goals are really easy to reach your sub conscious mind won't mind helping you reach your goals. But if your goals are set too high, then you might look at it as a negative if you don't reach your goal, even though your still achieving. So set small, realistic, and achievable goals and you will get to your long term goal in no time.
Weight Management & Reduction
Of course with fitness brings weight loss and fat reduction but only if you have a balanced healthy diet. Weight loss however should not be the only reason why you embark on a fitness goal. Make it part of your lifestyle, so that it is something you do whether you are happy, sad, or tired.
These are just five reasons why fitness is important but the biggest thing you should take away from this article, is to make fitness a priority, make it part of your daily life and you will have a better life because of it.


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A screening of the film documentary 'A Doctor's Sword' was held at the Japanese Embassy in Dublin on August 9, 2017, as part of events marking the 60th year of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland. The screening was followed by a question and answer session with Niki MacCarthy, Bob Jackson, the documentary's producer, and Gary Lennon, its director (pictured). In February 2017, Bob gave a talk at the embassy about Dr Aidan MacCarthy.
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It is always so quiet at 1pm except for the many felines that roam around.
If Kane wasn't with me I'd be calling them over but they must keep their distance. The smart ones do.
I love the cat photos you get. The one of the cat on the outside window sill is great! So glad the dates got straightened out. That could be a horrible outcome otherwise. hugs to you Deb! XO LindaReplyDelete
Wow, so glad the lady got her dates straight...that would have been awful
I seldom see cats like you do in your area. Maybe there's more cats in Canada....
Beautiful pictures again!
that was lucky that you confirmed that. I agree I would have hated to think of what could have happened.
I have to say I was not happy when I saw the black and white kitty near the top sitting by the street corner. It makes me nervous as a car could hit it. I am not one that is an advocate of an indoor/outdoor lifestyle unless the person has acreage. That is just my opinion.
I have a great cat sitting job over our Thanksgiving weekend. This will be the second time. I think about you whenever this family calls. I'd love to build a business like yours.
Oh my, so glad a terrible situation was prevented there!!ReplyDelete


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The cable news channels and the public couldn't get enough of the Anna Nicole Smith soap opera. The ringmaster judge, the three contenders --Virgie Arthur, Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead -- and surprises around every corner.
CLICK HERE for Part 3 of "Death of a Bombshell"
There were the outbursts. Birkhead's lawyer, Debra Opri, with Stern on the stand in Judge Larry Seidlin's courtroom as she turned the body burial hearing into an opportunity to question Stern about the validity of his paternity of Smith's baby.
In another lawyer squabble, Opri stood up to announce to Siedlin that Krista Barth, Stern's lawyer, had taken a Styrofoam cup from the witness stand that was near Birkhead when he testified. She intimated that it was used to obtain DNA.
Seidlin swore in a witness via telephone. Billy Smith, the ex-husband of Smith and the father of her deceased son, Daniel, would testify. Seidlin's questioning included asking Mr. Smith, who hadn't seen his boy in 20 years, "Are you wearing boots today?"
After days of high stakes, made-for-TV courtroom drama and a full two weeks after Smith's sudden death at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Seidlin tells the court he wants Smith buried in the Bahamas next to her son.
On Feb. 22, 2007, he gives his recommendation but leaves the final decision up to court-appointed Richard Milstein, the guardian ad litem who is representing Smith's next of kin, 5-month-old Dannielynn, to decide where the former Playboy Playmate will be buried.
Then he orders Milstein to work out an agreement on her final resting place among the three parties. Arthur, Stern and Birkhead walk out of the courtroom side by side. There's a collective sigh of relief.
But all is not right yet in paradise. In mere minutes, Arthur's lawyers are typing up an appeal. They want to overturn Seidlin's ruling. Arthur's appellate attorney, Roberta Mandel, says that Dannielynn is a minor, making Arthur the rightful next of kin.
It goes to the Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach in front of three judges. Attorneys for Stern and Smith's baby daughter tell the court that Arthur is trying to "place Smith in death where she never wanted to be in life -- Texas."
On Feb. 28, 2007, six days after Seidlin rendered his decision, the judges agree with his remarks, clearing the way for Milstein, acting on behalf of Dannielynn Hope Smith Marshall Stern, to begin arrangements for Smith to be buried next to her son in Nassau, Bahamas.
Arthur announces that she will not contest the appellate court's decision.
In another courtroom in Broward County
Meanwhile, there's more discussion in another courtroom in Broward County in the complicated Smith case. Birkhead's lawyers are meeting with a family court judge to have him take charge of the case and order a DNA test of Smith's daughter. Lawyers request that Judge Lawrence Korda bring the paternity case to Florida since that's where Smith's remains are.
Birkhead filed his paternity suit in California before Smith's death. Korda, however, believes that the Bahamas has jurisdiction since the baby was born there. He sends the attorneys packing to deal with authorities elsewhere.
Now, everything shifts to the Bahamas.
While her body is still in Broward County being prepared for burial and arrangements are being made for her body to be flown to the Bahamas for her funeral, legal battles are raging 200 miles away across crystal blue waters in another country. Inside Nassau's Supreme Court, a battle over custody of Dannielynn has gawkers standing outside -- not just media, but tourists -- waiting for a glimpse of Arthur, who is fighting Stern for custody of Dannielynn, and Birkhead, who is seeking a DNA test of the baby.
In yet another legal battle, a South Carolina developer says he still owns the home where Stern and Dannielynn are living. A separate court hearing involves an attempt to have Stern evicted, since the owner of the home, G. Ben Thompson, says Smith never repaid him the $900,000 his attorney says he's owed. The lawyer told a swarm of press outside Nassau's Supreme Court that he "wouldn't put the child on the street. We don't want to be harmful to the child," referring to Dannielynn.
The WikiLeaks cable
All this is going on amid questions of how Smith was able to fast-track her residency in the Bahamas.
"Hurricane Anna Nicole," as a confidential cable by the deputy chief at the U.S. embassy had dubbed her, had wreaked havoc in the Bahamas much before her death would bring her back there.
So much so that she was the topic of a classified cable written Nov. 15, 2006, obtained by WikiLeaks. London's The Guardian newspaper got a hold of it in 2010 and published it.
Written by then-Deputy Chief Brent Hardt, his prose read like a novel and a news story all rolled into one: "Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying in disarray in her wake are Doctor's Hospital, the coroner's court, the Department of Immigration, local mega lawyers Callendar and Co., formerly popular Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson and possibly Prime Minister Christie's government."
READ: WikiLeaks document
Smith filed for legal residency in the Bahamas on Aug. 11, 2006, using the Horizons house, the mansion in which she, Stern and Dannielynn were living, and was granted residency about a month later. Many skeptics criticized the granting, saying the process generally takes a year.
The WikiLeaks memo notes that Gibson, who approved the application, was provided a $10,000 check made directly to him. He claimed that she wasn't given special favors, but cheeky photos were splashed across the Tribune of Nassau after her death showed the two, fully clothed but embracing on a bed decorated with pink flowers.
Gibson's father was King Eric Gibson, who was captaining the boat that Smith was buying in Broward County. King Eric's common-law wife, Brigitte, was accompanying Smith when she passed away at the Seminole Hard Rock.
Shane Gibson ended up stepping down but denied any wrongdoing or impropriety with Smith.
Ten years later, Gibson would be caught up in a different hurricane scandal. He was linked to allegations of a corrupt contract on hurricane relief spending in the cleanup phase of 2016's Hurricane Matthew. The investigation into those charges continues in Bahamas and a trial was set for Sept. 23, 2019.
Dannielynn gets a visitor
Back to the Bahamas of 12 years ago, where the island awaits the onslaught as Smith's funeral plans are underway and the paternity suit plays out. It's Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, and Arthur has arrived. She gets a visit with little Dannielynn.
She emerges from the Horizons home, tearful, after 15 minutes and climbs into an SUV. TV cameras capture her crying and being consoled by passengers in the car. Arthur had been given permission to visit the baby under Stern's supervision, but it wasn't revealed who gave that permission.
Roger Lohse, then reporting for Local 10 News, is in the middle of the whirlwind in the Bahamas.
"We were only supposed to go there for a day or two and we ended up being there for a week," Lohse tells the Florida Files. "Every day, there was a new development. There was another hearing or another person arriving. It morphed into an international drama."
One of the biggest scoops Lohse said he received from sources at the Bahamian police was that Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger was going to be arriving in a surprise visit to the Bahamas.
Lohse caught up with him on Feb. 27, 2007, as he left a restaurant in Nassau, but Tiger, who was investigating Smith's death on Seminole property in Hollywood, Florida, wouldn't tell the reporter why he was in town. He was accompanied by a team from the Broward County medical examiner's office, and they were all driven away by a Bahamian police detective.
A spokesman for the Seminole Police Department told Lohse that Tiger was in Nassau as part of a non-criminal investigation into Smith's death.
The final chapter
It's Thursday, March 1, 2007, and back in Broward County, Milstein is getting everything in order for Smith's body to be flown by private plane to the Bahamas early the next day, when her funeral will take place at Mount Horeb Baptist Church and her body will be buried next to her son at Lakeview Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum.
"I had to pick up the burial dress that was made for her," Milstein says. "There were a number of things that happened that one wouldn't usually have to deal with in a probate or a courtroom setting. We worked with a special funeral service, I'll call it, meaning people that do high-profile funerals. We located one and we started that process. I left a lot of organization to Howard Stern because he was in the Bahamas. I hired the people and had him make the arrangements. I put detail out as to what I was going to do and not going to do. I had to make arrangements to bring the body into the Bahamas, get a private plane, get the ashes from her late husband (Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II) that she wanted buried with her. I was the last person to see her body before it was put into the ground, and I would not leave the medical examiner's office until I knew I had the right person going into the plane."
Coming up next on The Florida Files, the funeral of Anna Nicole Smith and more from Larry Birkhead and Judge Larry Seidlin. Plus, the Florida Files visits Nassau, Bahamas, today and goes to the gravesite of Anna Nicole Smith and Daniel Smith, while tracking down the Horizons estate on the island and what it looks like today.


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AbstractCyber assurance of heavy trucks is a major concern with new designs as well as with supporting legacy systems. Many cyber security experts and analysts are used to working with traditional information technology (IT) networks and are familiar with a set of technologies that may not be directly useful in the commercial vehicle sector. To help connect security researchers to heavy trucks, a remotely accessible testbed has been prototyped for experimentation with security methodologies and techniques to evaluate and improve on existing technologies, as well as developing domain-specific technologies. The testbed relies on embedded Linux-based node controllers that can simulate the sensor inputs to various heavy vehicle electronic control units (ECUs). The node controller also monitors and affects the flow of network information between the ECUs and the vehicle communications backbone. For example, a node controller acts as a clone that generates analog wheel speed sensor data while at the same time monitors or controls the network traffic on the J1939 and J1708 networks. The architecture and functions of the node controllers are detailed. Sample interaction with the testbed is illustrated, along with a discussion of the challenges of running remote experiments. Incorporating high fidelity hardware in the testbed enables security researchers to advance the state of the art in hardening heavy vehicle ECUs against cyber-attacks. How the testbed can be used for security research is presented along with an example of its use in evaluating seed/key exchange strength and in intrusion detection systems (IDSs).
The Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol has become the primary choice for in-vehicle communications for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. However, it is possible for malicious adversaries to cause major damage by exploiting flaws in the CAN protocol design or implementation. Researchers have shown that an attacker can remotely inject malicious messages into the CAN network in order to disrupt or alter normal vehicle behavior. Some of these attacks can lead to catastrophic consequences for both the vehicle and the driver. Although there are several defense techniques against CAN based attacks, attack surfaces like physically and remotely controllable Electronic Control Units (ECUs) can be used to launch attacks on protocols running on top of the CAN network, such as the SAE J1939 protocol. Commercial vehicles adhere to the SAE J1939 standards that make use of the CAN protocol for physical communication and that are modeled in a manner similar to that of the ISO/OSI 7 layer protocol stack. We posit that the J1939 standards can be subjected to attacks similar to those that have been launched successfully on the OSI layer protocols. Towards this end, we demonstrate how such attacks can be performed on a test-bed having 3 J1939 speaking ECUs connected via a single high-speed CAN bus. Our main goal is to show that the regular operations performed by the J1939 speaking ECUs can be disrupted by manipulating the packet exchange protocols and specifications made by J1939 data-link layer standards. The list of attacks documented in this paper is not comprehensive but given the homogeneous and ubiquitous usage of J1939 standards in commercial vehicles we believe these attacks, along with newer attacks introduced in the future, can cause widespread damage in the heavy vehicle industry, if not mitigated pro-actively.


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We'd been thinking about having a new kitchen floor installed for 7 years. I gave my wife the choice to pick the tile, and I waited and waited … and waited! I got to the point where I was tired of waiting and she still didn't do it so I said, "I'm going to do it."
I'm at work, my wife is busy with our son, so basically we can't do it ourselves. We arranged with a guy that we know to install the tile that Monday. Now mind you, when I'd tried to get him before, he said he was busy on another project. This time he called me and said he couldn't do it because of an emergency. He canceled on me at the last minute – and it's been 7 years. So I said, "Okay, since you can't do it, I'll find someone else."
When I went online and started looking for a contractor to do it, I found the Networx website and I just basically went that route. I had 2 people call me. The first quote was more than what I expected so I went to Second Mile Tile, and their estimate was a little bit less. The first guy was saying $1200 and Second Mile was $950, so I went with the lower price. It was $200 more than what the guy I knew was going to charge but I said, "Hey! Two hundred bucks more to get it done fast. It's better than waiting."
The funny thing about this story was that when I had Second Mile set it up and got it done, the first gentleman called me that Sunday and said he was going to be available on Monday. I told him, "Too late, it's done already."
I didn't read the customer reviews on Second Mile till after, because I'm an older guy and I get a sense of how somebody's character is by how they talk on the phone. I guess I have a gift to talk with someone and see where their head's at.
There was a crew of 3 guys and the work took them 3 days. I had bought the tile myself, online. My wife and son were out of the country so only I was around. The workers made a little path in the kitchen in case I needed to grab something, but for the most part I didn't want to bother them. Anything I had a question with or a problem with, they fixed it.
I'm very pleased. The floor looks beautiful when people walk in and I have to basically chase my 8-year-old son out of the kitchen now, because he's always staring at himself, looking at his reflection in the floor.
My wife is extremely happy too. I didn't want to start anything with her but I wanted to say, "It took 7 years, but we finally got here."
I'd advise new homeowners to do research before you hire a contractor. Weigh your options. Look for someone who sounds like they're experienced.


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My old friend Paul Vincent had an interesting post on Complex Event Processing – Aberdeen on Predictive Analytics & BI => CEP – in which he talked about some of the drivers for BI sounding a lot like complex event processing drivers/scenarios.
There is certainly event correlation in these examples but there is also a need to decide effectively – not just to process the event but to decide how to act appropriately. While you could bundle that in with CEP, many decisions (such as what makes a good cross-sell for this customer) might also be used in process-centric situations as well as event-centric ones. Externalizing and managing these decisions as distinct assets would therefore make sense.
I was going to post it as a comment but the Tibco blog apparently can't add up and thinks that 5 + 10 <> 15.


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Homeschooling with Hannah.
Big sigh.
Not actually homeschooling Hannah.
But homeschooling the other four children with three-year-old Hannah here.
That is what this post is about.
I'd spoken previously on the Blog about how to homeschool BIGS with LITTLES. But with Abigail it was pretty easy. And when Hannah was a baby, it was not so hard. But then Hannah turned two, and it just kept getting harder.
The reasons are numerous, but I'll list a few:
- Hannah doesn't nap. All my other kiddos napped until at least 4. She has stopped napping before 3. IF she naps, she is usually in her bed tossing and turning until at least 10pm. No nap has eliminated any afternoon break I had with time to focus on homeschooling or time to just focus on me.
- Hannah doesn't have many things she likes to do for more than about 3 minutes. Any activity is very short and not always very sweet. (Our house is not large. Activities must be cleaned up right away to make room for new activities.) The only thing she will do for more than 3 minutes is watch a show. Ipad apps don't impress her. Recently she has started doing puzzles, and a bit of play dough but mostly
- Hannah is mischievous. When not watched she can actually get into big trouble by eating things she shouldn't, sticking things up her nose, wandering away to do something dangerous. (My other three kids never did this type of thing.)
- Let her watch more than 2 shows a day. I was surprised at how many veteran moms let me off the hook on this one! (Two 30-min shows a day is our house rule.) It isn't ideal, but it is the fact. I need the shows. I need help sometimes if I am going to work with the BIGS on school work. I have realized that years from now I won't regret extra show, but I will regret losing my mind. So I am trying to use more educational shows like:
- LeapFrog
- SuperWhy
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Bible videos
- Magic School Bus
- Odd Squad
What about you? How do you homeschool your bigs with a little in tow?


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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project reminds us that there is no such thing as objectivity when reporting on human behavior, and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably working for Fox News.
The main difference between a hoarder and a collector is the value that other people perceive in those objects. And while librarian, civil rights activist, and television producer Marion Stokes — subject of Matt Wolf's Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project — has often been labeled a hoarder, her archive of 35 years worth of news programming is now one of American media's most valuable historic collections now housed physically and digitally at the Internet Archive in San Francisco.
Marion Stokes recorded VHS tapes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on 17 different channels including CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, and more from 1977 up until her death in December of 2012. What seems like a compulsion in fact has its roots in Stokes' social justice consciousness as well as her uncanny ability to predict and monitor trends through visual media. For Stokes, creating her archive as painstakingly as she did was another form of activism: she believed that access to information equaled freedom, because you can't make informed choices that affect your life for better or worse without complete access to all the information. She was a woman of the Internet age long before the Internet was even created.
As we see through Recorder, Marion Stokes' journey was a complicated and huge arc. Born in 1929, Stokes was given up for adoption by her mother who wasn't able to raise her by herself. Later in life when Marion sought out her birth mother, it broke her heart to find out her mom had in fact raised a number of her own children since she gave up Marion. Some of the interviewees in Recorder posit that it was this fundamental and profound sense of abandonment that led her to her obsession with collecting news reports, books, newspapers, magazines, and every Apple product that had ever come out by the time of her death.
But Recorder also presents the flip side of this same coin. Marion Stokes had an innate sense of social justice which she did not see reflected in visual media as it grew from newspapers to the 24-hour news cycle. She could see that news stories were being framed from a certain (white male) perspective that didn't reflect much of America, and certainly didn't reflect her experience as a Black woman, a librarian who lost her job for being a card-carrying communist, and later as a single mom and career woman. Recorder's use of Stokes' footage, and in particular when in split screen to compare and contrast coverage, truly brings home how each network has its own biases and how American politics have been shaped by these various slants that for decades were labeled with journalistic objectivity.
The split screen of September 11, 2001 newscasts as the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York was not just a remarkable set of archivism on Stokes' part, but a brilliant piece of editing by Recorder director Wolf. In it, Fox News continues its fluff reporting almost 12 minutes longer than CNN, CBS, and ABC before turning cameras to the Twin Towers. This reminder that once upon a time Fox News was a virtually irrelevant network that wasn't even able to jump on a story as huge as 9/11 as it broke is in grotesque contrast to the fearmongering and false conclusion-jumping they are known for today.
"Material things affect perception," Stokes says in voiceover from one of her own television appearances, and this example above of Fox News' metamorphosis over the years couldn't be bigger proof. Stokes also managed to create a comprehensive archive of episodes of police brutality from the late 1970s until she stopped recording, some of which were from local news stations with stories that never made it into national news, newspapers, and certainly not textbooks. This sub-collection of Stokes' refuted Martin Luther King Jr.'s prediction that television would end racism when it ultimately reminds us every day how deeply racism is entrenched in America, and how those with power in the media will milk racism for money and views.
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project isn't only about one woman's personally curated library and archive. It is also about Marion Stokes, woman, wife, and mother, even though she may not have shone as much in these other roles as she did in her dedication to preserve visual media. Her first marriage ended badly. Her relationship with her son Michael Metelits had serious ups and downs over the course of both their lives. Her second marriage, to philosopher and wealthy philanthropist John Stokes, essentially walled him off from his daughters from his first marriage. What can we say here but complicated women are complicated. And every genius visionary has people around them who feel or were hurt by their actions, or negligence, or even just high expectations. Marion Stokes wasn't a perfect human. But what she lacked in human perfection she did her best to make up for in her 70,000 collected hours of news footage that give us in 2019 a roadmap of American visual media we didn't have before.
Marion Stokes' life work was collecting news reports for posterity. What sorrow she must have felt later in life when she went back to her old local station, a CBS affiliate where she helped produce a show about cross-cultural dialogue, and they had none of her recordings anymore. We assume that networks are keeping all this information when, in fact, they only preserve highlights.
Recorder is a record of Marion Stokes' life and work. It is also an important snapshot of modern American history as it unfolded in real time, and in particular with the advent of the 24-hour news cycle beginning with CNN in 1980. For Marion Stokes, forgetting meant that we risk repeating the past. "Those in power are able to write their own history," Marion Stokes said, and this fact is clear in just the few excerpts we see of her tapes in Recorder. She would be devastated to see the de-evolution of news rhetoric since President Obama left office.
But still, the powerful archive Marion Stokes created lives on and serves a vital function in examining the evolution of news into "fake news" today, and how Americans continue to be manipulated by narratives that only serve a handful of the population to maintain their power.
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Sezin Koehler is a multiracial Sri Lankan American, uncertified scream queen, and Frida and Keanu devotee who writes about horror, social justice, and representation for Black Girl Nerds. You can also find her on Twitter ranting about politics (@SezinKoehler), or Instagramming her newest art creations and tattoos (@zuzukoehler).


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After the Seattle Storm's thrilling comeback victory against he Phoenix Mercury last Tuesday, point guard Sue Bird noted that the reason they were able to maintain the poise to fight back from being down 18 points at halftime was they they'd "basically seen every kind of game".
And for 13 games straight, no matter what kind of game they played or where they played it, the Storm just couldn't seem to lose.
So after yesterday's 72-71 loss to the Minnesota Lynx, it's sort of interesting to see Bird perhaps stay "on message" while simultaneously articulating the other side of that been there, done that narrative.
Storm | Minnesota ends Storm's 13-game winning streak | Seattle Times Newspaper
The Lynx, who had lost five straight, moved a half-game ahead of Los Angeles for the final Western Conference playoff berth.
"We've been doing this all season," said Bird, who had 16 points and 10 assists. "It's something we've talked about. We're good enough not to have to come from behind. And it's tough — on the road, against a team who is fighting for their lives trying to make the playoffs. It was not an easy game for us."
As exciting as the Storm have been, everybody has to lose sometime and perhaps yesterday's loss is less of a surprise than a consequence of living dangerously against a team that had only narrowly lost to the Western Conference juggernaut less than two weeks ago.
Consistent with standard sports reasoning, a late regular season loss could ultimately be a good thing as the team looks to make a deep playoff run.
When NBA TV commentator Dennis Scott asked about ending the record conversation with the loss -- tying for the best start in WNBA history, claiming the best start in Seattle sports history, in the middle of the third-longest winning streak in WNBA history, and still chasing the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history -- Sue Bird smiled and said pretty much what the Storm have been telling media for weeks.
"To be honest, I'm so glad in a way that the record stuff's out of the way," said Bird in the video above. "I know this loss is actually going to pay bigger dividends than any win could've, which is great. Now we can kind of just get back to focusing on the playoffs what we need to do to get home court advantage throughout and on to the next one. We've got Tulsa next and that's what we're focused on."
With the WNBA's pre-season being short and somewhat chaotic with players coming in from their off-seasons overseas and a 34 game season that is a sprint compared to the 82 game marathon of the NBA, it's hard to say that any team -- even the now 22-3 Seattle Storm -- has peaked at this point in the season.
In the crowded Eastern Conference, everybody is still jockeying for position. In the Western Conference, even the 4-22 Tulsa Shock -- the Storm's next opponent are only four games out of the playoffs.
However, the difference between the Storm and everybody else is that while many teams are still trying to find themselves, the Storm can focus on refining who they are. That's what got them to 22-3 and that's why they've gotten off to a record-breaking start. It certainly doesn't guarantee success, but it might mean a little bit more security in pressure situations that inevitably come up during the playoffs.
A loss is just one more kind of game to build on.
For a statistical summary of the game, visit SBN's Swish Appeal.


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Searching for the best bathroom details can be very challenging. You may usually need to consider the space while trying to look for those decoration pieces that can make your bathroom look like how you envisioned it.
Good news, there are plenty of elements that you can use to make your bathroom a great one. Even a small change can make a big difference for your home-improvement. Here are some ideas:
Lighting – The effect of changing the lighting fixture of your bathroom is something that will surprise you. Make sure that the whole space is well-lit but do not forget to incorporate layers of lights as well as accent and decorative lighting for a more elegant look.
Vanity Space – A freshly-painted bathroom vanity space can do wonders in the overall look if the bathroom. For the most bathroom, it is the first thing that guests look at and depending on how big your vanity space is, a mix of neutrals like whites and greys can make your bathroom stand out.
Backsplash – You might think that backsplash is only for the kitchen, but it can also make a big difference in the look of your bathroom. While bathroom tile is an excellent choice, updating it to backsplash gives your bathroom a modern finish. If you wish to make your bathroom timeless and stylish, choose a white backsplash. On the other hand, a few pops of colour may be a stylish addition.
Mirrors – One great feature of a well-designed bathroom is having a mirror with a beautiful design. Mirrors are not only useful in the bathroom, but it can also stand as a decoration. It can even make your limited room look spacious as it amplifies light. There are wide varieties of mirrors available in the market. Choose the one that will complement your style.
Creating a new look for your bathroom may sound hard, but these small ways can create a big difference. Using these ideas, you can comfortably dress up your bathroom if you feel like it looks out-dated. At Sim Siang Choon, our product ranges from the smallest to the crucial details of your bathroom needs. You may consider them if you are planning to do a bathroom makeover for your home.


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Blues legends Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' stopped by the Paste studio on Aug. 14 to promote their latest collaboration record, the cleverly titled, TajMo. The duo started off with Taj Mahal's well known tune, Diving Duck Blues, which is featured on their new album. Taj Mahal then played the ukulele to a Keb'Mo' track, "Life is Beautiful," and the pair finished with fan favorite, "Corinna."
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Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Practical Workshop: From Bits to Waves: Building a Modern Digital Radio in 1 Day
In this fun and interactive workshop, participants will learn the basic theory of modern digital radios as well as the RF circuits and systems used to build them. After an introductory session on digital radios, participants will select an RF building block to design and build. There will be short mini-classes (run in parallel) on each component: double balanced mixer, microstrip filters, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, baluns, patch antenna, etc. The radios will operate in the ISM 920 Mhz band. After the mini-classes, each participant will design their RF component using NI AWR software, including full layout and EM simulation. In the afternoon, the designs will be transferred to PCB via a simple "PCB in a bag" method and each circuit built and tested using a simple VNA. The workshop will conclude with a full radio test of at transmitter and receiver.
Participants need only a basic background in RF circuits, such as S-parameters and basic transmission line theory. Example designs will be available to ensure that everyone, form the most advanced RF designer, to the student can build a successful RF component. You only need to bring your laptop - all materials and equipment will be provided.
Due to the nature of this practical workshop, your attendance during the entire day is required. Lunch will be provided.
Course notes can be found at www.rickettslab.org/bits2waves
About the Instructor:
Dr. David Ricketts received his PhD in engineering and applied sciences from Harvard University and his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining academia, he spent eight years in industry developing more than 40 integrated circuits in mixed-signal, RF and power management applications. Ricketts' research crosses the fields of physics, materials science and circuit design, investigating the ultimate capabilities of microelectronic devices and how these devices are harnessed by differing circuit topologies to produce the highest performing systems. He teaches Radio System Design and offers the complete course online at www.rickettslab.org/radiosystemdesign.


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Saints at Falcons Preview
Game Time: Sunday, September 23 at 1pm ET
Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, Georgia
Line: ATL -3.0. Over/Under 53.
Radio: ESPN Radio Savannah 104.3/1400 and ESPN Radio Hilton Head 92.7/1400
Series History: Atlanta leads the all-time series 52 – 46. The most recent game, towards the end of December 2017, we saw the Saints clinching their playoff birth beating the Falcons 23 – 13 in the Mercedes-Benz SuperDome in New Orleans. The unforgettable "back catch" interception made before halftime by Marshon Lattimore following a Marvin Hall tipped pass and two seperate failed attempts at offensive stands by the Falcons from inside the Saints 2 yard line to be handed the 'L'. Matt Ryan was sacked five times and Saints defense contained Devonta Freeman, holding him to only 36 rushing yard on 11 carries.
In Atlanta: The Falcons lead the series with the Saints 28 – 21 when playing at home. The last home game, in the beginning of December 2017, the Falcons emerged victorious finishing 20 – 17 with help from an interception in the endzone by Deion Jones with 1:25 left to essentially seal the win.
Passing: 248.5 ypg – 2 touchdowns
Rushing: 122 ypg – 3 touchdowns
5.9 avg yards per play
New Orleans
Passing: 322.5 ypg – 5 touchdowns
Rushing: 52.5 ypg – 2 touchdowns
6.2 avg yards per play
Pass yards against: 218.5 ypg – 3 touchdowns
Rush yards against: 117 ypg – 2 touchdowns
5.2 avg yards per play
New Orleans:
Pass yards against: 325.5 ypg – 5 touchdowns
Rush yards against: 102.5 ypg – 2 touchdowns
7.0 avg yards per play
Passing: Matt Ryan – 44-71, 523 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 int
Rushing: Tevin Coleman – 126 yards, 1 touchdown, 5.0 ypc
Receiving: Julio Jones – 15 receptions, 233 yards, 0 touchdowns
Tackles: De'Vondre Campbell – 15 TOT
New Orleans:
Passing: Drew Brees – 65-80, 682 yards, 5 touchdowns, 0 int
Rushing: Alvin Kamara – 75 yards, 2 touchdowns, 3.6 ypc
Receiving: Michael Thomas – 28 receptions, 269 yards, 3 touchdowns
Tackles: Demario Davis – 17 TOT
Players to watch:
Offense – Calvin Ridley: The rookie, and number three reciever for the Falcons, only has 4 receptions so far on the season and scored his first career touchdown last weekend against Carolina. Some confidence instilled alongside Sark and Matt Ryan's successes to step up further. It should be interesting to see what he can do against a Saints defense that has given up 856 total yards only two games into the season.
Defense – Demontae Kazee: The second year safety has been all over the field for Atlanta through the first two games of the season. Granted he plays this week, (if he isnt suspended) he'll be stepping in again for 3-year starter Keanu Neal who tore his ACL the first game of the season against the Eagles and will be out the remainder of the year. Kazee brings the heavy hitting, ball-hawk attitude that Dan Quinn and TD love so much, but will have to be especially disciplined with his tackling this weekend after the helmet-to-helmet hit on Cam Newton last weekend that got him ejected. We know you can hit… we love you for it. Game-time speed and decisions aren't easy. Don't stop being you, but keep your head up, brother.
New Orleans:
Offense – Alvin Kamara: New Orleans' 5'10 leading running back enters this game with just 75 rushing yards on only 21 attempts, but 165 recieving yards on 15 receptions through week 2. Look for the Saints to feature Kamara in their usual power rushing scheme. Watch for more touches in hopes to break out and take advantage of the Falcons ailing defense who is missing two key defensive pieces in Neal and Jones, as well as others nursing their injuries day-to-day. The Falcons are giving up 13 more rushing yards on average than last year, 117 yards allowed for 2018 and respectively 104.1 yards on average overall in 2017.
Defense – Cam Jordan and Marcus Davenport: Two of the defensive linemen tasked with getting to Matty Ice. Cam, being a terrific pass rusher, had two sacks in the last Saints-Falcons contest. Factually, in his eight seasons with New Orleans he's gotten to the Falcons quarterback 10 times, more times than any other team. Cam, or possibly even third year end Sheldon Rankins, may help to provide the distraction Marcus needs to get to Matt Ryan while simultaneously containing the run.
The game kicks off at 1pm ET. Should be an interesting outing in Atlanta this Sunday. Will the defenses show up? Should the Saints cover Julio? Sanu? Calvin? Hardy? Not to mention Coleman and Smith lurk in the backfield… The rivalry is on! We shall see.


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Sakura Kasugano
That the landmark Street Fighter video game brawling series would include a schoolgirl in uniform was inevitable, of course. She appeared in the Alpha 2 game, back in 1996.
Over time, Sakura became one of the most developed Street Fighter characters. She is also one of the big fan favorites and actually got her own non-canon manga. Given her essentially superhuman ability, she could easily pop up in a super-hero setting. To fill the mandatory Japanese schoolgirl niche.
- Real Name: Sakura Kasugano.
- Other Aliases: She overflows without thinking and doesn't stop, Blossoming Declaration.
- Marital Status: Single.
- Known Relatives: Tsukushi Kusanago (younger brother).
- Group Affiliation: None, but she has teamed up with several other street fighters when needed.
- Base Of Operations: Tōkyō, Japan.
- Height: 5'3" Weight: 92 lbs.
- Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
Powers and Abilities
Sakura is phenomenally talented. At the age of 15 she was able to successfully duplicate most of Ryu's moves including his Hadoken (energy blast). It took Ryu years of training to learn how to properly execute them. In some cases, she simply has to see a given move once to be able to flawlessly execute it. This is even true for chi powers.
Even though she has yet to reach adulthood she's already a high ranking street fighter. She was able to beat a champion Sumo wrestler (E. Honda) and stand against world class threats (such as M. Bison).
Had she kept going until the Street Fighter 3 tournament (chronologically the last game in the series as of this writing) she most likely would be among some of the best street fighters ever. She may well be more powerful in SF4, but this has yet to be clearly defined.
Street Fighter Zero 2
Sakura noticed Ryu fighting one day. She learned to mimic his moves and quickly picked up his fighting style! Eagerly, she sought out Ryu so she could meet him in person, as well as have a match with him! She finally did find Ryu and challenged him and she actually managed to win!
She asked if Ryu could train her, but he told her that he was still training himself. Thus he didn't have the right to teach her. But he mentioned that he could tell that she would get stronger on her own with her own skills. Ryu left her with a photo of himself walking off into the distance.
After Ryu has left, she realized that he went easy on her. Sakura wondered what Ryu meant by that remark about him still training, and decided that she must see him again. Back at school, Sakura's friend, Kei, asked about the guy in the photograph. Sakura told her that he was her "wholehearted master."
Instead of elaborating on what she had meant, however, she just rushed off to school, remarking that they would be late if they didn't hurry. She also beat the crap out of three college guys who stupidly tried to rape her and her friend Kei.
Street Fighter Zero 3, part 1
Sakura continued to be fascinated by street fighting. "What is a street fighter?" She asked herself one day. "I want to see him, and fight him again! I want his answer!" She set off on a journey of new meetings and old reunions.
Eventually, in Japan, she ran into a Sumo wrestler named E. Honda. Honda told her that he had seen a man who must have been Ryu and that he stated that he was going to India and then Thailand. Sakura eventually arrived at Thailand and ran into Ken, who was also looking for Ryu.
There, the two finally found him…while he was under Bison's control! Fortunately, Sagat had arrived at the same time. The kickboxer was disgusted at what Bison had done to the man who was meant to be his rival.
With Ken, Sakura prevented Bison from completely brainwashing Psycho Ryu, who was being held off by Sagat. Bison was frustrated at their insolence. As a result, he finally began to forcefully take Ryu's body for himself, but Sakura leapt into his way. However, he easily smacked her aside.
Street Fighter Zero 3, part 1
Noticing that Ryu was getting madder, Bison laughed at the negative emotion he was displaying. But at that moment, Ryu overcame his own brainwashing, much to Bison's surprise. Ryu smacked him hard, catching him off guard and forcing him to retreat.
After that, Ryu apologized for losing to Bison's mind control. He also said he was not ready, yet, to have another match with Sakura because giving in to Bison's psycho power showed his weakness.
Both Sakura and he promised that they would train harder and eagerly look forward to the day they could have a real match. Sakura smiled as she watched Ryu leave, feeling relieved that she was able to see him again and looking forward to the future.
Dan, Sakura's self-proclaimed teacher
Dan Hibiki, Sakura's not so-sensei sensei, once took his good friend Blanka to meet Sakura. Blanka was a very strange man, but he was Dan's childhood friend. Eventually, though, Blanka had to go back to the jungle.
Sakura wished him farewell and asked that next time they meet, they have a match, too.
Street Fighter 4
Yes, Sakura participated in SF4.
Where Is She Now
After SFZ3, Sakura continued training to make herself even better. She appears in SF4 with developments still to be revealed.
Sakura is a cute high school girl with short hair. She seems to always wear a sailor uniform with a white shirt and a blue skirt. She always wears red forearm guards presumably because she's always training.
Sakuras basically an obsessed fan girl. Before seeing Ryu fight she was a normal, if not flighty, Japanese high school student, who quickly went from one casual hobby to the next.
After seeing him in action she grew obsessed to the point where she was basically a stalker and traveled all over the world by whatever means she could, putting herself at great personal risk and training all the while.
Towards the end of the Zero series she did start to mature emotionally as she started contemplating some of the more philosophical questions about martial arts that Ryu had introduced to her.
"What is a street fighter ?"
"I want to see him, and fight him again ! I want his answer !"
"Please street fight with me."
"Hey you, if you want to fight like that, how about you be my opponent ?"
Kei: "Help !!"
Sakura: "Hold it right there all of you !! Taking 3 people, gripping a hostage, that's not at all a street fight !!"
Kei: "Let's go !!" (Sakura starts execute a hurricane kick.)
Thug: "What is that !" (She poorly executes the hurricane kick, but manages to kick the thug in the forehead and knock him out.)
Kei: "Golly, don't do such rash things, Sakura !"
Sakura: "Uh-huh. Weird isn't it. I expected a consecutive smack-smack-smacking in midair, yet I ought to settle for this kick…"
DC Universe History
Sakura could easily join any appropriate teen super hero group. The martial artist she's obsessing about could possibly be changed to make her more of a solid hold in the DCU. Lady Shiva may be the best choice (since her relationship with Ryu is repeatedly stated to be completely platonic and only on a professional level).
Game Stats — DC Heroes RPG
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Sakura Kusanago
|Dex: 07
|Str: 03
|Bod: 04
|Motivation: Thrill of adventure
|Int: 04
|Wil: 05
|Min: 05
|Occupation: High school student
|Inf: 04
|Aur: 05
|Spi: 08
|Resources {or Wealth}: 002
|Init: 019
Adrenaline Surge: 04, Energy Blast: 04, Gliding: 01, Jumping: 04, Running: 05
Bonuses and Limitations:
- Adrenaline Surge works with all powers except for Gliding.
- Energy Blast is diminishing.
- Gliding can be adding to EV when performing a jumping attack.
Acrobatics (Athletics, dodging, gymnastics): 04, Artist (Cooking): 03, Martial Artist: 09
Gift of Gab, Iron Nerves, Language (Japanese), Lightning Reflexes, Rich Friend (Karin Kanzuki), Sharp Eye, Schticks (Very gratuitous panty shot, stance assessment).
Ryu (Low and she has no means with which to get in touch with him), Kei (High), Karin Kanzuki (High), Dan Hibiki (High), Blanka (Low), Edmond Honda (Low), Ken Masters (Low), Sagat (Low).
SIA (street fighting, finding Ryu), Unluck, Misc.: body mass is 1 AP.
Previous Statistics
Sakura wasn't always the clean mean school girl fighting machine that was in the Zero series. When she was first introduced she was considerably weaker.
To reflect an early Sakura reduce her physical attributes by 1 and her Skills and Powers by 2. After some serious training and valuable experience (about midway through SFZ2) she gets better (reduce only Skills and Powers by 1). Finally by the end of SFZ3 she should be full power as reflected in this profile.
She also has the Age (young) Drawback up until her most recent appearance in SF4 (but for some unknown reason continues to wear her high school uniform even though she's now college age). She would also have the Age (young) Drawback up until her most recent appearance in SF4. (She's only 15 when she's first introduced on SFZ2.)
Her HP total stays the same throughout as she's likely to have a huge amount of HP for rapid character advancement throughout. Our theory is that this enormous stream of HPs comes from her Very Gratuitous Panty Shot Schtick.
vs. Marvel
Sakura, like all the other SF characters, got a huge boost (arguably one of the biggest boosts) in the Marvel versus Capcom series to be able to compete with Marvels heavy hitters:
|Dex: 08
|Str: 04
|Bod: 05
|Motivation: Thrill of adventure
|Int: 05
|Wil: 06
|Min: 06
|Occupation: High school student
|Inf: 05
|Aur: 06
|Spi: 09
|Resources {or Wealth}: 003
|Init: 022
Adrenaline Surge: 09, Energy Blast: 08, Force Field: 01, Gliding: 01, Jumping: 07, Running: 07
Bonuses and Limitations:
- Adrenaline Surge works with all powers.
- Energy Blast is diminishing.
- She can attack through her Force Field.
- Gliding can be adding to EV when performing a jumping attack.
Acrobatics (Dodging, gymnastics): 05, Artist (Cooking): 04, Martial Artist: 10
Sunburned Sakura
The Sunburned Sakura is a what if within a what if. The concept was obviously taken from Ryu's satsu no hadou or killing intent aka evil Ryu. Ryu never went down that path and after some serious training actually wound up exceeding what he would've been had he given into his blood lust.
The Dark Ryu only exists as a what if — but since Sakura learned to fight by watching Ryu fight and desperately wants to be his student, its pretty easy to make the connection. The Versus series was obviously a what if and having a not even Evil Sakura, but a Sunburned Sakura or semi-evil Sakura with some of those dark abilities is essentially a what if within a what if.
Note that all Attributes and Skills are the same and that only her powers are different. Sakura can however make this change at will with some effort. Treat this as an Alter Ego (controllable) that costs 15HP to switch between.
Adrenaline Surge: 09, Energy Blast: 08, Gliding: 02, Jumping: 08, Running: 08, Teleport: 03
Bonuses and Limitations:
- Adrenaline Surge works with all powers and Martial Arts.
- Gliding can be adding to EV when performing a jumping attack.
Street Fighter 4
Given her previous rapid advancement it's entirely possibly that she's considerably more powerful. Feel free to make her more powerful as she's now an adult and thus more mature in her development. Adding 1 to all her Powers and Skills and giving her 10 more HP wouldn't be out of line if you feel she's underpowered.
New rules – Very Gratuitous Panty Shot
Any phase the character has a chance to show their underpants (usually unintentionally, but not always…) they gain 2 HPs (using AP math). Players are encouraged to be creative.
x1 = 2HP
x2 = 4HP
x4 = 6HP
x8 = 8HP
x16 = 10HP
…and so on.
The reward is not given until the end of the scene. In Sakura's case the flashes of red are so frequent its basically any round she's affected in combat plus one round after that regardless of the outcome (either she loses and gets knocked down or she wins and does her victory pose and it mysteriously gets a bit windy).
Source of Character: Street Fighter.
Helper(s): Pufnstuff, Sébastien Andrivet, Darci, cassius335, Peter Piispanen.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
B-day rant
And the first day I was home I made the mistake of going into the library and was immediately pulled back into all the things I have to do there. I was told there was a meeting in an hour and I was coming right? We're having an author fair, which I helped come up with, so I have to help with that. And the board had been waiting for me to come back so we could have the booksale. I'm the one who usually heads it up, so I'm the only one that knows how to do it, right? So that's done now, mostly.
Whenever I have a free moment I've been trying to answer the eight pages of questions I received from my publisher. I've had them for almost a month. I hope that's not too long. There are some hard questions like: please list competitive books on the market and, list any special groups that should be alerted to your book. Okay, those aren't questions, but you know what I mean. I feel like I need to get this thing done though asap.
I am starting to get a little freaked out because the conference is almost here. What am I supposed to wear? I actually went shopping. I don't go shopping. I hate shopping. I actually bought two outfits. I made myself buy outfits since I do have some nice things, they just don' go with anything else I own. Anyway, I still don't have shoes to go with anything. Can't I just wear my uggs with my skirt? Or maybe I'll just go as me and wear jeans and tennis shoes. I don't know. That's what I decided for my author photo that is probably going in the paper tomorrow. I dressed nice and took some photos, but it seemed like I should just be myself and opted for the jeans and comfy shirt pick my son took of me. Speaking of that, I told my friend(who is also my librarian) today that I'm not coming to town for the next week since I'll be in the paper. But she said, "You have to. You have to set up the booksale." Yeah. Thanks.
Am I complaining? No. Things have just been so weird since I got home. It's like I left a writer and came home an author. I've got a copy of my book. It's almost ready to release. I am going to do a reading at the book fair.(The me part of me hopes nobody comes, the library promotion part of me hopes tons of people come. I'm making myself promote against everything in me.) My librarian has been telling everybody about me that will listen. I got an ovation from the library board and had to talk about my books. It was not totally awful I guess, but was a bit nervewracking. And now all sorts of people know I'm a writer. After Thursday the whole town will know. But what's the big deal, right? It's part of being a writer. The part I never really wanted to think about. I'll have to take it as it comes and be prepared with some good quick description when asked about my books. That's a lesson I've learned.
And I'm procrastinating. I should be finishing up my author faq's, making business cards, typing up my one-sheet. I am hesitant. I like to be the one in the corner. Not the one everyone is looking at. And I know they're not all actually looking at me. It's just feels like I'm taking a new step in my life-towards some new me. Maybe it's because I'm 35 today. There's a theory that every 7 years your life begins a new cycle, a new era. It has seemed true so far. -And no, I'm not saying this so you'll say happy b-day. It just came up.
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Oh Heather, I feel your pain. You know that. You are very brave to face all this. And you'll DO GREAT!!!ReplyDelete
Just. Breathe.
then eat lots of chocolate.
And ... and ... then have more chocolate.
Are we going to be able to see a copy of the article?
I've tried to post a comment 3 times now but, anyhow,, Happy Birthday! Hope you went somewhere for dinner -- someplace maybe with candlelight where you could relax.ReplyDelete
And enjoy all that author stuff!
Thanks Linda. I'm breathing. Just got an email that I'm wanted to do a radio interview. Um...no. I saw myself in the paper today and it was okay. I didn't die or anything. But the radio! Yikes. I would not be a good interviewee(LOL, that word looks totally funny! I'm losin' it.)Now I forgot what I was going to say. Oh yeah, and our small town radio guy is not the best interviewer in the world. Ummm, uh, hmm, yeah.ReplyDelete
You know, I keep telling myself everything is so small town here that it's no big deal. Our paper is the size of a high school newspaper and it comes out once a week. I'm trying to just go with it as it comes(except the radio thing!). My kids teacher asked me to come and read my book to the kids and talk about writing, and it sounds like I have to do a book signing at the only book store in the vicinity. No big deal, no big deal, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate...
Heather! You have a copy of your book!? Awesome. I think you should just take a deep breath and enjoy all these amazing opportunities- I am so excited for you! Best wishes. Keep blogging so I can keep up...and let me know when I can order my copy!ReplyDelete
Hey! If I can do a tv interview about taxes, of all things, then you can do a radio interview about your own book.ReplyDelete
You're not answering me. Heather??
Did you pass out?
Oh, come on!
Okay, what I want to know, seriously, is how you say no to certain publicity things. Like, does the publisher know you're saying no? Do they care? Are there certain things that they want you to do that you don't have a choice about?
You say, "no"--just kidding.ReplyDelete
I think your choices depend on what you sign, of course. They care though. Publicity is the key to sales, right?


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I'm happy to report that after several cycles of injury/treatment/rehab and two months of stall rest and hand-walking, the Adventures of Pepperoni are back in full swing! Thankfully, we were able to start turning him out with the herd and riding again last week, because stall-rest and hand-walking was getting old for Pepper (and for those of us on the end of the lead trying to stay clear of his "airs above the ground").
The good news is that he is now sound and healthy, and his under-saddle training is picking up right where we left off. Pepperoni is coming 4 years old now and his maturity is starting to kick in—less silliness, more coordination, more responsiveness. Time off doesn't cause a horse to lose its training—it stays right where you left it. Poor handling and riding will un-train a horse fast (or train him something different) but leaving him alone does not. Sure, he may be a little fresh when you return to riding, but he knows exactly what he knew before the layoff.
Pepperoni is an unusual horse in many ways. He's wicked smart and a lightning-fast learner. Be careful what you wish for. If you don't make many mistakes, the smart horse excels in his training. But mistakes are often illuminated in a very smart horse. Pepper is exceptionally aware of his surroundings. Not in a distracted way—he's very calm and focused and he's always taking stock. He rarely displays fearful behavior; but he has an intense curiosity. These are traits bred into the cow horse, and while they may sound good when you read it on paper, do not be fooled. These are the very traits that cause some to say cow horses are "difficult" and "challenging."
Pepper also has a very strong sense of right and wrong (some might call this bull-headed, but it is a trait I like). Most of the time we agree on what is right, but occasionally there is a dispute. At times, when he believes I am wrong and he is right, his red-headed temper flares. In those moments, I've learned to 1) check to see if I was wrong (it happens) and take responsibility, and 2) do not yield to a tantrum but do not throw gas on the flame.
Sometimes us riders find ourselves at odds with a horse and in those moments, it's important that we prevail, lest the horse learn he can do whatever he wants. But it is never wise to start a fight with a horse, because it may be a fight you won't win. At the end of the day, they are much larger, faster, more athletic and more lethal than humans.
Pepper is not argumentative, difficult or challenging to train. In fact, he is full of enthusiasm for the job—any job, eager to please and a joy to ride. But he is not a horse that will suffer fools and not a horse you want to fight with. Most of the time when he gets testy, there's something I've done to contribute. I'll admit that on occasion, I am the one that gets testy or impatient first, and his subsequent ire is justified. I can always count on Pepper to let me know when I've made a mistake. He makes me a better rider.
I'm super happy to be back on track with Pepperoni and I am hopeful that he will stay out of trouble for a while. He's lost a lot of conditioning in the past few months, so we are in a rebuilding state now. We lose conditioning much faster than we gain it, so I expect that it will take 2-3 months to get him back into shape. Right now, our daily rides consist of a long walking warm-up, then 10 minutes of long-trot on a free-rein, followed by 5 minutes of collected trot in a "training frame," followed by five minutes of canter on each lead. If he's not completely gassed out by then, I'll work on bending, shoulder-in and/or leg-yielding at the walk and trot.
By this time next month, I hope to be back to collection at the canter, departures and lead changes. But I am patient, and I have no deadlines looming. It's all about the joy of training, about building a strong relationship and developing a high-level athletic partner. It doesn't get any better than that!


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The Patio Restaurant on 21st Street close to the downtown area of Vero Beach was built in the 1930s by Waldo Sexton and was leased as one of the original Howard Johnson's ice cream parlors. Later it was used as a gift shop/fruit stand and as the location of Waldo's real estate office.
There have been several instances of it being haunted. Every time a restaurant tries to use the building, they go out of business. Rumor says it that the cause of the mysterious loss of business is caused by the ghost of Waldo Sexton's wife, Clara. Some people have felt a mysterious presence in the room, but when they look, no one is there. Others have heard strange noises, but still saw nothing.
Why would Clara have chosen this building to haunt? Perhaps she felt a longing to be there because it reminded her of her husband, Waldo. Or perhaps there is a certain aspect of the building that she liked. Whatever the reason, it looks like she won't be moving soon.
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My husband and I went there for our anniversary (October 31st). We were going to be seated in the area just beyond the front room.
I noticed a man standing in the corner with his arms folded over his chest just observing (staring at) the patrons. He was somewhat translucent.
I didn't feel comfortable in that room, so we asked to be moved into another. My daughter was a hostess there many years ago and has many stories she could tell you.
I am a psychic and medium so I'm used to seeing things that others cannot, however i don't like to be stared at while eating.
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It's just as well that I haven't read David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, because this presentation I gave last week on lessons learned from the excesses of running 100 miles in a past life would have been besotted with footnotes.
(Pause to read: David Foster Wallace, "Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise", Harper's Magazine, Jan. 1996.)
For our MGT 5315 Leadership Communications I class, we were instructed to give a 4-minute "TED" talk to the class about... actually I didn't read the assignment, so I'm not 100% sure what the framework was. But: 4 minutes. Essentially nothing. The question for me was: should I recycle the Apollo 11 presentation I gave over the summer at Venture Cafe? Or go for something different.
Let's talk about a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again: running the Western States 100.
Honestly: 4 minutes isn't enough to say anything about anything, so I just pulled together a few lessons learned from the race, then threw some away, pared it down some more, then let 'er rip.
It's no good posting my slideshows here (eh, pdf, here you go) because I do what I think any humane person ought to do: rip out the content like old wallpaper. It's an experience. You've got to be there. It requires gaging the audience like a barometer, then—somehow—adjusting the talk as it goes. Each audience environment comes with its own terrain, and if you can feel the contours of that terrain you can find different approaches to where you want to go—you can even find different places to go. I don't understand it. It's some alchemical process that transforms anxiety into rocket fuel.
I very much enjoyed telling a story that I never get to tell. (#2: F*** gear.) Somewhere around mile 15 or 20 or so, someone who I was passing, one of the multitude who confuses the things you run with and the run itself, asked about my shirt:
"Is that a cotton shirt?"
[long pause]
"Is that OK?"
The best part is the deke at the end. Start off with some high quality TED-cult content (#6: Don't quit)—which is all very well, good advice, etc.—and then waiting until the audience leans that way and edging it back for the score (#7: Quit). Which, by the way, is better advice. How many people in the world give you the "never give up" speech without any context whatsoever? These people don't have your best interests at heart. I only dropped out of one race, the 2012 Ozark Trail 100, at mile 50, though if ego hadn't gotten in the way I would have dropped out when I should have at mile 37, saving myself weeks of recovery on a bum leg. Never quit. No. Never never quit. Quit in context. Live to fight another day.