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"When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; and came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. And in … Continue reading Perilous Times
God, Gracious and Merciful
"Yet for many years You had patience with them, And testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not listen; Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You are God, … Continue reading God, Gracious and Merciful
When the People are in Bondage
"And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, 'We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.' Some also there were that said, 'We have mortgaged our lands, … Continue reading When the People are in Bondage
When GOD Steps In
"And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, 'Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? Therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. Nevertheless there … Continue reading When GOD Steps In
Decree of a King
"And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of … Continue reading Decree of a King
GOD'S Servant Kings and Leadership
"Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And the God that hath caused His name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, … Continue reading GOD'S Servant Kings and Leadership
Peace and the Word of the LORD
"And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war … Continue reading Peace and the Word of the LORD
Prayer for the LORD'S Help
"And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with Thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, Thou art our God; let … Continue reading Prayer for the LORD'S Help
GOD Disciplines His People
"And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. Nevertheless they shall be his … Continue reading GOD Disciplines His People
Praise GOD, from Whom All Blessings Flow
"Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be Thou, LORD God of Israel our Father, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is … Continue reading Praise GOD, from Whom All Blessings Flow
The Glory of the LORD Returns
"Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: and, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and His voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with His glory. And it was according to the appearance … Continue reading The Glory of the LORD Returns
The Vengeance of GOD
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out Mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make … Continue reading The Vengeance of GOD
I Will Deliver My People
"Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver My people out … Continue reading I Will Deliver My People
Danger in Judging Others, Especially Family
Today's Bible Reading: Genesis 37 - 39 "And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry." So Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!" When she was brought out, she sent to her … Continue reading Danger in Judging Others, Especially Family
Their Heart Shall Rejoice in the LORD
"And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, … Continue reading Their Heart Shall Rejoice in the LORD


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An accused pill doctor and a groin-punching nurse's assistant get licenses suspended
A doctor accused of drug trafficking, a registered nurse twice convicted of prostitution, and a certified nursing assistant who punched a sick senior citizen in the genitals have been suspended, according to November's Florida Department of Health discipline report.
The report that includes the three health professionals from South Florida lists the Emergency Suspension Orders (ESO) and Emergency Restriction Orders (ERO) issued to professionals licensed by the state agency.
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▪ Albert Guess, licensed certified nursing assistant since 1989, ESO. Though Guess' address of record with the Department of Health is in Fort Lauderdale, the Department of Health said the 59-year-old was working at Somerby Santa Rosa Beach, a senior living facility in Destin. According to the ESO, "On or about July 5, 2017, R.D. was standing in the hallway outside of his room when Mr. Guess approached him and struck and grabbed him in the groin area."
R.D. is described in the document as a 74-year-old who suffers from dementia, diabetes and lives in the memory care unit. He told staff Guess struck him "in the nuts." Guess denied it, but the ESO states: "Video footage of the incident clearly shows Mr. Guess forcefully striking and grabbing R.D. in the groin area, and R.D. doubling over in response."
Somerby fired Guess on July 14. An Administrative Complaint was filed by the department on Nov. 14.
▪ Peter Katz, licensed medical doctor since 1981, ESO (five). Katz's five ESOs and five ensuing Administrative Complaints include the charge of trafficking in hydrocodone to which he has pleaded not guilty in Palm Beach County. A DEA and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigation resulted in the Boynton Beach doctor's April arrest.
Katz's arrest report says he prescribed hydrocodone to an undercover agent without any physical examination, even a blood pressure check, or requiring any identification. His ESOs paint a similar picture to the criminal accusations.
Patient M.V.-C. told her mother that she went to Dr. Katz for treatment because she would be able to obtain controlled substances from him in exchange for cash.
From Emergency Suspension Order issued for Peter Katz's medical license.
The ESOs detail the case of M.V.-C., who died form a multiple drug overdose after being found unconscious in Katz's home bathroom with a tourniquet and used syringe. The ESO says M.V.-C told her mother she went to Katz because she could get drugs from him for cash.
When M.V.-C ran out of cash, the ESO says, she moved in with Katz, who eventually started having sex with her.
The ESO says, "After Patient M.V.-C. died, her mother cleaned out her storage unit. Inside the unit, Patient M.V.-C.'s mother found stacks of blank prescription pads, including a pre-signed prescription from Dr. Katz's office. She also found several pill bottles of medications prescribed to Patient M.V.-C. by Dr. Katz. … Despite Patient M.V.-C.'s purported discharge from Dr. Katz's care in 2015, Dr. Katz continued prescribing medication to Patient M.V.-C., as indicated by the following prescriptions that Patient M.V.-C. filled shortly before her death."
It listed five prescriptions for buprenorphine, used to treat opioid dependence, and two for clonazepam, used to treat anxiety.
That ESO also states, "Even in the simplest interactions with his patients, Dr. Katz failed to meet the standard of care. The medical records for Patients R.U., K.C., and D.G., reveal that Dr. Katz prescribed legend drugs and controlled substances to his patients without adequate medical justification to support the prescriptions and without appropriate follow-up to assess the efficacy of the medication or dosage. Additionally, Dr. Katz prescribed medications that were contraindicated for his patients' purported complaints and in dangerous combinations."
And the ESO accused Katz, while out on bond in August, of selling urine test referrals to sober home residents, as well as prescriptions for Prozac and lithium for $40 a pop.
▪ Sondra Tomlinson, registered nurse since 2009 (license expired April 30), ESO. Since 2014, Tomlinson has twice been convicted of prostitution, once after agreeing to sex for $50 with an undercover Hollywood police officer, according to her arrest report. But what brought the ESO was pleading guilty to possession of cocaine after a November 2015 bust.
She has received probation on the prostitution and cocaine possession raps. Earlier this month, she was arrested for misdemeanor possession of a crack pipe, according to her arrest report.
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When you launch FxFactory, you're actually launching a video effects plug-in store, update service and management interface — all rolled into one app. The appeal of FxFactory lies in having a huge collection of high-quality video effects, generators and transitions in one place. The FxFactory Featured and Catalog tabs are aimed at plug-in buyers. Here you can easily buy the plug-ins you want, or install the free plug-ins FxFactory regularly offers.
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Baza — one of the country's first specialty stores of vinyl records, DJ equipment and accessories. The store has an established reputation "Vinyl Mecca" is not only the city but also the entire country.
The idea of the value of the analog "live" sound for fans of vinyl became the starting point for the development of identity. Simple, easy multiplied and friendly corporate identity is built on images of animals collected from vinyl discs. It emphasizes the role of the store as a "reserve", where there are comfortable and feel rare and highly valuable species — vinyl rarities.
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You do big sums, right?
Note: This post was originally posted over at Medium on 10th February 2016. I am reporting here because I have decided to consolidate all my blog plots on my own site.
When I tell someone that I'm a mathematician, their first response is usually
closely followed by, somewhat jokingly,
And therein lies one of the major problems in communicating mathematics to the general public: Most people have no earthly idea what mathematicians, and academics in general, do all day. The mathematics we do so very different from the maths encountered at High School or even Undergraduate level, which makes it incredibly difficult to explain precisely what we do.
The difference between High School/Undergraduate mathematics and research mathematics is a whole other kettle of fish and one which I won't tackle here. For now, I will just focus on what I actually do on a day-to-day basis. Hopefully, this will take away some of the mystique and illustrate that being an academic isn't too different from a "normal" job.
So, here is what I did this week:
In the morning, I made arrangements (including hotel reservations) for an academic visitor who will be coming to the department next month to give a seminar and discuss the possibility of working together on an interesting problem. I met with a colleague to discuss the implementation of a computer simulation that he was running. I also met with a PhD student to help out with some code.I spent the balance of the morning preparing notes and handouts for the first class meeting of an undergraduate group project module. After lunch I, and the other three lecturers for the group project, met the students and gave summaries of the projects that they could take. The students then ranked the projects in order of preference.
The rest of the afternoon was spent on research (more on this in a later post).
I started by drafting an abstract for a talk at this year's British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (In order to give a talk at a conference, you usually have to prepare an abstract, which summarises your talk. The conference organisers then select which talks to include based on these abstracts). After drafting and submitting the abstract, I registered for the conference, booked my accommodation and filled in the necessary paperwork.
For the remainder of the morning, I worked on a couple of different research problems.
After lunch, I met with the other lecturers who were offering projects as part of the undergraduate group project module and we distributed the students into groups according to their preferences. The balance of the afternoon was spent preparing for the project module: finding a timetable slot when all my students were free, booking a room, splitting my large group into two groups, and finalising the project material. Finally, I emailed all the students and uploaded on the necessary documents to the University's online teaching environment.
I look after one of the Departmental servers that is used for intensive computations. I started the morning by doing a little bit of housekeeping and admin on the server. After that I spent pretty much the whole day editing some Matlab code to improve the speed an accuracy of the results produced. I also had an office hour.
On Sunday evening I spent a few hours triaging my inbox and sending a couple of emails.
This semester I have arranged things so that most of my teaching is timetabled for a Monday. I started the morning by spending a few hours redrafting a section of an article that me and my co-authors have been working on for the last few months. I then held a tutorial for the first group of undergraduates taking the project module. I then met with some colleagues and a PhD student on a joint research project that we have been working on; discussing the progress made so far and the next steps.
After lunch, I held another tutorial for the second group of undergraduates taking my project. Once this was finished, I prepared some additional teaching material and distributed this to the class. I met again with a PhD student to try to diagnose some problems we were having getting some code to run. I was contacted by another academic who was interested in working together, so we spent sometime discussing possible research problems we could look into.
Finally, I fielded some email queries from students about the group project module.
On Tuesday I spent the entire day working from home, further modifying the Matlab code that I mentioned earlier. It is quite rare to get several hours of uninterrupted time to work on a single problem. In this case, the time paid off and I managed to fix a couple of bugs that had plagued the code for almost a year.
Today my morning did not start well: we were notified that a paper we submitted to a journal had been rejected by the editor. Although this sort of thing is a common occurrence in academia, it is still extremely frustrating when it happens. There-followed an email discussion amongst my co-authors on how best to proceed. It was decided that we should make some changes to the manuscript and submit it elsewhere.
The first part of my morning was therefore spent editing the manuscript. Following this, I held an office hour for students.


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Question: Swelling from rhinoplasty, 2.5 years later...?
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I broke my nose about 5 years ago. At the time, since it did not hurt as much as I would assume a broken nose would hurt, I did not go to the doctor. About 2.5 years after the incident, my nose still had a bump in it which I decided to get surgically fixed. The doctor told me the swelling should be gone after 6 months, but 2.5 years after surgery, I still see some swelling. I have a small face and my nose is the same size and shape as it was before (just without the bump) so any swelling makes a pretty big difference in my appearance(in my opinion, at least). What should I do? Is there anything I can do at this point to make the swelling go away or do I just need to wait? I once heard steriod injections in the spot can help but I have no idea if this is true, and I can't really afford expensive treatments at this point.
Is this normal? I can't afford at this point to visit my plastic surgeon again (I have different insurance) unless I can get a free checkup since I am having abnormalities?
I would like to add that the swelling is not massive, nor is it very obvious to most people as far as I am aware, but it does bother me.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. I searched the internet but did not come up with any answers to this. Thanks a lot.
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In nasal trauma, the structures that are commonly injured are
- the nasal bones, and
- the septal cartilage.
Untreated, or inadequately treated, both of these are capable of resulting in nasal deformities. These deformities can persist and at times, even aggravate (in children and adolescents, during the growth period).
Rhinoplasty is a very complex surgical procedure and has its own share of serious and distressing long term complications. If as you say, that the deformity is so minimal, you should give serious consideration to the prospect of leaving it alone, rather than to risk the potential complications of a re-do rhinoplasty (which is far more difficult, as the tissue planes are more than likely to be distorted).
Best wishes!
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Last Saturday I got the chance to visit and photograph Alina for the second time with her only 6 months! It is such a great feeling, when I get the possibility to accompany a family through my lens and you see the kids grow bigger and bigger.
Since the last shooting quite a few things changed such as Alina gotten much taller, keeping her parents up day and night, and they also moved into a new house. For me it was the first time to visit them in their new home, which has windows all around. To me it was the perfect shooting light!
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FORMER Newcastle duo Paul Brayson and Stuart Elliott are taking a short cut on the road to possible FA Cup glory.
They are relishing the bizarre prospect of an away game in the third round that has become a home match.
Brayson and Elliott commute from Tyneside to Cheshire where they spend three days a week training and playing for Conference North side Northwich.
The pair got their reward for all those long miles on the motorway by scoring in the second round replay victory against Woking to set up a trip to Sunderland on January 8.
The Stadium of Light is only 12 miles from St James' Park, where Brayson and Elliott used to ply their trade.
And part-time-light fitter Brayson cannot wait to step out at the Stadium of Light after scoring his 25th goal of the campaign.
"It should be a brilliant experience," said the 28-year-old striker, who turned professional at Newcastle in 1995 and moved to Reading three years later. He later played for Cardiff and Cheltenham.
"Being a Newcastle lad it means a lot to play at Sunderland. It also means neither myself or Stuart have far to travel for a change.
"I am enjoying it at Northwich, though, and that the performance against Woking was our best by far this season.
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"Stuart's goal was superb. It was straight out of the top drawer. The goalkeeper didn't have a chance."
Utility player Elliott is still connected with Newcastle and assists the Academy's Under-15 team.
Manager Steve Burr is delighted with the way the club have bounced back after a difficult year.
Northwich were relegated last season, not because of their playing record but because of issues regarding ownership of the ground and membership of the FA and the Conference.
Burr said: "Maybe getting this match against Sunderland is just reward for us considering what has happened.
"We planned to go full-time this season but we had to change our plans when we were relegated.
"Luckily I managed to keep the lads I wanted and I believe they enjoy working here.
"It is important to build a relationship with the players and we play some good football. We like to get it down and pass and move.
"Of course it will be very difficult at Sunderland but I am a very positive person and nothing is impossible."
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2016: The Year Of The Grizzly Moms?
A Nevada State Assemblywoman Michele Fiore schools a Leftist Fifth Columnist Weenie by channeling Andrew Breitbart and a certain Huntress Mom.
Right Scoop has the video of the exchange here [tip of the fedora to Smitty].
You go, Lady.
Seeing that utter and total takedown of the sniveling weasel Chris Hayes, you can't blame me for thing this:
More Testicular Fortitude
Than The Whole Democratic Party Combined
They Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning
[After They Make Breakfast For their Man]
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And that testosterone comment would also include at least 2/3rd of the republican party as well, particularly the so-called elites.
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Chris Hayes: recovering schoolyard atomic wedgie victim.
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Take Notes When You Practice Memory Techniques
In order for you to get effective and efficient with memory techniques, you should be practicing them on a daily basis until you get comfortable with them. This is the fastest way to understand them and apply them the right way, but you need to be taking notes on everything you are practicing. This may seem weird but believe me it helps a lot!
If you are practicing the technique for names, vocabulary, dates, and so on, you should take notes. You might be thinking that you wouldn't need to take notes on information like this. Maybe you think you only take notes on serious training and when you are realy pushing your memory. Well I explain and show why you need to take notes every time you practice in the video below!
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June 21, 2012
BENEFITING: Vestavia Hills Board of Education
This is a 5k race and 1 mile fun run to honor the memory and volunteerism of Shawntel Jones. The proceeds from the race and associated fundraising will be used to build a track at Vestavia Hills Elementary Central for use by the school and the community. It will be named in honor of Shawntel.
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Domestic violence and alcohol : the reaction of the legal system
Tendances n° 55, OFDT, 4 p.
July 2007
In France, during the first nine months of 2006, a total of 113 homicides were committed between intimate partners1 according to the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Equality. Alcohol was a factor in a quarter of these cases. These observations highlight both the phenomenon of domestic violence and its long-presumed link with alcohol consumption.
A major obstacle in observing this phenomenon lies in its obviously illegal nature. Hence the idea of describing these events at the point at which the data is collected in sufficient quantity and is amply documented: i.e. the penal system. Such data may be subject to bias as the population group being observed is «assembled» by the same penal system. An initial stage in the demonstration therefore involves reviewing this reconstruction process. Indeed, not all of the delinquent acts committed are identified or revealed. Furthermore, the offences are not all investigated or processed identically.
Generally, the manner in which a law is applied is only known for those cases resulting in a sentence. The contribution made by this study is that it makes it possible to describe the cases registered with the public prosecutor's office ahead of that stage. It examines the way in which they are processed, in relation to the characteristics of the perpetrators and the facts concerned. The dismissal of the case without charge, (the main course of action), is therefore also examined at first hand, offering a new perspective.
In the present case, almost 700 cases of domestic violence (please see the panel on page 2) will be described. Three quarters of these were dismissed while the others were tried. They involved 736 presumed perpetrators. Three crossdisciplinary questions are examined here. What is the exact nature of the facts recorded and who were the perpetrators? To what extent are domestic violence and alcohol related in France? What are the respective roles played by violence and alcohol in the cases dealt with?
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Claudine Pérez-Diaz, Marie-Sylvie Huré
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2019 EMCDDA European Drug Report
What do the latest data tell us about the European drug market? What are the new trends in drug use among European adults and school students? What are the harms associated with drug use and what is being done to counter them? These and other questions are explored in the 2019 EMCDDA European Drug Report.
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Former "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star Erica Dixon was damn near yanked out of her car by cops after she allegedly fled the scene of a traffic stop.
The video starts with a street scene, where Erica had just been pulled over for speeding. She says she accepted the ticket, jumped in her car and started driving, but it's clear cops believe she was still being detained and just started to flee.
You then see a cop car roar up to her car and cops then jump out to confront her.
Erica was enraged, which just ratcheted things up. She was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to a nearby detention center where she was cited and released.


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Art Schooled: The Story So Far
As I have mentioned countless times in passing, I have now been studying Illustration at DJCAD in Dundee for an entire year. I go back soon for my second year (which is actually third year because I skipped first - it's confusing, I know) but first I wanted to talk a bit about my experiences so far. Whilst I only really mentioned it on this blog, I covered my art school experiences in a weekly "Art Schooled" column with Inkygoodness. I have plans for a slightly different Art Schooled column this year but before I get into that, I thought I would round-up some of the highlights from the first series. Here are 10 articles from the column's first chapter…
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My First Day At Art School
The first day of any new venture is always a little scary. My first day at art school felt particularly daunting as it had been several years in the making. Having been unsuccessful in my applications to art courses before, I was beyond excited to be starting and my expectations of what was to come were sky high. The day was filled with new faces, conversations about Rupaul's Drag Race and gallons of warm cider. To find out whether it did live up to my arguably unrealistic expectations, you'll just have to read the article.
Read the full article here.
Saying "Ciao" To My First Brief
Of course my first day wasn't just about getting my head around the incredibly confusing layout of DJCAD (I'm still don't know where everything is) and meeting new people - there was work to do as well. Our first brief was a Tapirulan competition brief for which we were challenged to create an illustration inspired by the word "ciao". During the week we were given to complete the brief, I played with typographic faces, collaged colourful textures and even drew a wolf. To find out how this all does (or doesn't) fit together and see my final entry, you will (once again) have to read the post.
Read the full article here.
Finding The Link Between Art And Science
Our second brief and perhaps my favourite project to date was based on the work scientist D'Arcy Thompson and his famous book On Growth And Form. The sketchbook-heavy project was all about exploring new ways of drawing by taking inspiration from scientific theories. Finding the link between art and science and ultimately the beauty within scientific imagery turned out to be just as interesting as the things we created. The project also led to my wonk animals project which you can now see in my portfolio here.
Read the full article here.
Artwork by Keith Negley
Opening Up About Mental Health
The heaviest and hardest article to write in my Art Schooled series was the one in which I discussed my mental health. The article tells the story of my mental health over the past few years, including my lowest time and what I did to get out of it. Whilst it wasn't the easiest to write, it is the article I am most proud of out of everything I have written for Inkygoodness to date. Mental health is a subject I am incredibly passionate about and I plan to contribute more the important conversation going online about it very soon on this blog too.
Read the full article here.
A Day Of Creativity With Marcus Oakley
Before applying to art school, I had an constant inner debate with myself as to whether it was the write choice for me. If I could show one day to my future self to prove that art school is most definitely the right place for me then it would be our day with Marcus Oakley. Marcus visited us to give a talk about his career so far and teach a drawing workshop filled with eccentric challenges. After hours of sketching exploded pumpkins and stretchy giraffes, we finished the day as amused as we were inspired.
Read the full article here.
Artwork by Kevin Bergquist
Learning How To Borrow Ideas
During my first semester I learnt lots of different things about illustration - some of which I dedicated entire articles to. During our drawing project, one of the best pieces of creative wisdom I absorbed was that it was okay to borrow ideas. Striking the balance between copying and taking inspiration is important but as long as you are careful it will open up a world of creative paths you would never find your way to alone.
Read the full article here.
Creative A Collaborative Zine
There is nothing more thrilling to a bunch of art students than good old fashioned print. So when we were told that our final project of the semester would result in an real-life printed risograph-printed zine we would all go home with a copy of, we were excited to say the least. For the zine we collectively reimagined the tale of Hansel and Gretel. I created a half-tone patterned witch face made of twigs and leaves inspired by the evil witches connection to the tale's woodland setting. The project was one of my favourites and so was this article as it includes not just my experience of the project but that of a bunch of my classmates.
Read the full article here.
Artwork by Andrew Bastow
Chatting Collaboration And Education With Andrew Bastow
The best thing about going to art school has with out a doubt has been meeting like-minded creatives. I have made friends with lots of super talented people, one of whom I interviewed as for the column. Andrew Bastow and I chatted all things creativity, collaboration and education in another of my favourite instalments in the series. Andrew's portfolio of work includes insanely detailed portrait work and more stylised comic artworks like the weird little beauty above. You can check out his website and Instagram to see more.
Read the full interview here.
How I Got Into Art School
Mixing things up a little, one week I took a look back at the portfolio of artwork which got me in to art school in the first place. The article includes tips on what I personally think is good to consider when putting together an application. I would have loved to read an article like this when I was applying so I hope it was helpful in some way to someone out there. Writing it was odd as some of the projects I loved the most - like the Space Cacti print and pattern above - now don't even feature in my current portfolio of work. It just shows how your taste can change even in the space of a single year.
Read the full article here.
10 Things I Learnt During My First Semester
For the final instalment of the series (which at the time I planned to continue in the new year but we'll get on to that in a second), I rounded-up 10 things which I learnt during my first semester at art school. I was pleased to discover it was actually a very easy list to write. Lessons included learning new practical skills like how to screen print, embroider and laser-cut as well as more personal revelations about the workings of my brain and creative habits.
Read the full list here.
The Next Chapter
My plan had been to launch a new series of Art Schooled with Inkygoodness when I returned for a second semester at university at the start of this year. Due to things going on behind the scenes with both myself and Inkygoodness, this unfortunately wasn't meant to be. My second semester passed without being documented online at all which is something I now regret. Instead of wallowing on that though, I am looking forward and planning a new chapter for Art Schooled.
My course starts back very soon and Art Schooled is coming back too! This series of articles will be a slightly different format to the first run. The new series will be a monthly column on this, the Headless Greg blog, and will act as a more in-depth round up of the things I have learned, loved, created and pondered over in the previous weeks. I will still be working with Inkygoodness on other things in future but I think for this particular column it makes most sense for it to take place on my own site. The new semester of Art Schooled will launch at the end of September so check back then for the first in a series of shiny new articles.


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Money Matters: An Introduction to Behavior and Money/
Be sure to join Spokane CASH Coalition and Bank On Spokane for "Money Matters: An Introduction to Behavior and Money" at Bethany Presbyterian Church. Attendees will explore tools and resources to aid clients in managing and overcoming daily financial challenges.
Keynoting the event is Dr. Crystal C. Hall, who while a student at Princeton University focused her research on decision making in the context of poverty. She graduated with a Ph.D and MA in Psychology, and went on to work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Administration for Children and Families.
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La Spezia, Italy
La Spezia
Touring Italy is a chance to see history in action. Home to the seaside towns of Cinque Terre, Lerici and Tellaro, the city also houses the Italian Navy. Considered one of the main commercial harbors, the museums, ship, and artifacts are all the evidence you need of the port city's has a rich history with the sea. Of course, add in a touch of historical maritime heritage with modern architectural displays and you have an amazing travel destination.
Quick Facts about La Spezia:
Region: Liguria
Province: La Spezia
Country: Italy
Population: 93,900+
Language: Italian
Demonym: Spezzini
Best Known For: Cinque Terre,
Departures: La Spezia is a point of departure for the Cinque Terre, either by train or boat. The boat also serves Lerici and Portovenere before turning into the open sea toward the Cinque Terre
End of the War: La Spezia became the point of departure for the survivors from the Nazi concentration camps.
…at Tenute La Ghiaia. Head back to La Spezia for a stay at a country style villa where the wine flows like water. The intimate grounds only holds a few families so you won't run into crowds at breakfast and no noise complaints in the evening. Sleep steps away for the vineyard and collect a couple of bottles of wine to watch Italian dubbed Sex and the City in your own suite. The extras help too: receive a remote to the gate to come and go freely while securing your belongings from outsiders. Stay in and watch the sunset over the vineyard while sipping vino and noshing on authentic parmesan and proscuitto.
…in your very own (temporary) beach pad. AirBnB has tons of beautiful villas and seaside apartments in inventory nearby for the week or the month.
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…in an Etruscan fortress. A truly upscale Italian meal awaits at La Gh. The 5Terre.com tour boat captain knows his way around the sea and opened up a restaurant in the city of consisting of only the freshiest catches. Cooked creatively, so say the least. Order a steamed lobster from St. Peter's, grab a seat inside the beer barrel and ask for a local brew that pairs well with wild boar and sauteed octopus legs. Insider tip: Don't leave without eating at least 3 strawberry panna cottas.


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Angry taxi drivers have warned they may take their cars off the streets of Cambridge after an explosion of alcohol-fuelled violence in the market square.
The Cambridge Hackney & Private Hire Association, which represents cabbies in the city, said some of its members were injured by "drunken revellers" in the early hours of Saturday morning (September 30).
Drivers were hit in the head and face and taxis parked at the rank were damaged by kicks and punches, the association said.
A statement to the New s, released by the association's vice chairman Paul Bradley, said police did not respond when asked to help.
The statement said: "We regret to inform of a serious incident in Cambridge market square in the early hours of Saturday, September 30.
"Although we are still collating reports from our colleagues, it appears that at approximately 3.15am a group of 'drunken revellers' attacked both drivers and vehicles while they were waiting legally at the taxi rank within the market sqaure.
"There have been physical injuries to our members, which include severe bruising to the head and face including lacerated lips – some of these injuries required later hospital treatment. These injuries occurred through both punches and kicks and were the result of an extremely violent and dangerous attack.
"Damage to vehicles included dents and scrapes from kicks and punches and broken wing mirrors. The cost of the damage will clearly run to several hundreds of pounds.
"Our members were thankfully assisted by their colleagues and some brave members of the public to whom we extend our thanks as this was a very dangerous situation, which could have spiralled further but for their timely intervention.
"Several telephone calls were made to the police through the 999 system, however, the response has not been acceptable. Our understanding is that there was no police presence despite repeated calls and the advice after waiting three hours was to seek an 'alternative option' and no time for a response was given.
"This response from the police is not in any way acceptable and we will be expecting some clarification from them as to why we and the public have been let down so badly.
"Previously we have worked closely with Cambridgeshire Police and appreciate that at times their resources are stretched, however, when we do need their backup, as was clearly the case here, we should expect a far better level of service. It is not in any way acceptable that we rely solely upon CCTV."
The statement added: "There were widespread calls from our colleagues that there should be a withdrawal of service from midnight next Friday (October 6).
"We have currently averted this – however, the level of discontent toward the police is high and we will be seeking robust assurances that we will be protected.
"Our role for the police is dispersal – we take the revellers home for them – however, if we cannot work within a safe environment then we will have to review our working practices to protect our friends, members and colleagues."
At the time police were holding a 24-hour Twitter marathon to highlight the issues they have to deal with and tweeted they had received calls about violence in the market square and were seeking resources to cover.
The News has contacted the police about the incident and a senior officer has said they will comment later.
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The brilliant concert organist Jonathan Ryan will perform Zachary's Prelude on 'Resignation' during a recital of American organ music at the Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown, Ohio. He will also perform works by Leo Sowerby and Calvin Hampton. Read an interview with Jonathan about this concert.
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The president of Planned Parenthood has stated that her organization has never carried out the abortion procedure in way which preserves fetal organs.
According to the president of Planned Parenthood her organizations clinics never adjust the abortion procedure in a way to preserve fetal organs for medical research. Moreover she also stated that the organization's charges only cover the cost of transmission to researchers.
Basically Planned Parenthood has come under congressional scrutiny after the release of two stealthily recorded videos that have shown the Planned Parenthood officials discussing how they provide fetal organs for research.
After the video was out abortion opponents started to say that the organization is illegally harvesting and selling organs. This is why three congressional committees are now making inquiries into the matter.
The president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, stated that her organization hasn't been involved in anything illegal and is just being a target of a political smear campaign. This statement from Cecile came the same day that a Senate Republican bid to withdraw federal funding for the organization was blocked by one of the party's leaders.
Utah's Republican Senator Mike Lee tried to attach a provision to cut the federal funding to the Planned Parenthood but was stopped by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who rejected the amendment.
Planned Parenthood has had to face such heightened scrutiny after an anti-abortion group called the Center for Medical Progress released two videos secretly in 2014 and 2015 by people posing as buyers of fetal tissue.
Cecile Richards stated that she stands behind the health care that is provided at Planned Parenthood and so do all the women that trust her organization. She also stated that she has no problem with people investigating in her organization's procedures, reported DailyMail.
In the videos that have been released Planned Parenthood officials discuss the amounts the group charges to provide the organs and the procedures that the organization uses to obtain the organs. According to Cecile Richards the ones that released the video are "nothing but militant anti-abortion extremists."
On the other hand David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress issued a statement saying Planned Parenthood will him and his organization. However he also stated that this will not change what he said the investigation uncovered. He has also claimed that there will be around 10 to 12 more tapes that will be released very soon, according to Financialexpress.


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Self-Esteem and Social Media: Human Drives in an Electronic World/
The way you feel about yourself is often discussed as a relatively stable personality trait, but it's important to remember that self-esteem isn't self-contained. It can be seen as a mechanism for information exchange between yourself and the environment.
The self-esteem you display acts as a medium through which you transmit your qualities or status (or the one you'd like to have) to the world.*
What birds, insects, and other animals accomplish with displays of colors and body position, you accomplish with your posture, manner of speech, and eye contact. Then, by observing others' responses to you, you receive a clue about how the world views your qualities or status, and are affected emotionally.
Just shifting from an inward-focused, subjective awareness of yourself to the awareness of your objective, observable presentation has an impact on how you act and feel about yourself. Self-esteem researchers have found that the presence or absence of a mirror nearby influences the way people behave when faced with an ethical dilemma: when a mirror is present, even if no one else is around, people tend to act more ethically.
It's as if a glimpse of themselves as others see them triggers a comparison with social ideals. At the same time, people's self-esteem also tends to decrease in the presence of mirrors, perhaps because we rarely measure up to that universe of ideals.
In the modern era, we have electronic means of conveying status and receiving information about our value to others, in the form of social media. We can literally broadcast a "status update," upload a picture, or make a comment. In a previous article, I discussed the concept of "impression management," which concerns the way people influence others' opinions of them by expressing or withholding aspects of themselves.
On social media, the tools you need to curate your preferred self-presentation are readily available. You don't need to upload unflattering photos, and you can choose to share only the wittiest and most insightful thoughts you have, and not the scary ones that come in the dark of the night. You know, the ones that may leave you feeling decidedly un-witty, unconfident, and unworthy of others' approval?
But you also have the choice to share those, too, perhaps as a means—consciously or not—of presenting yourself as a humble, flawed, open book.
Strong and weak ties
Now, some studies show that spending time in online chat rooms and on social media sites like Facebook can relieve feelings of loneliness and depression, and improve self-esteem, by helping you to feel more socially supported. But, in real life or online, all social support is not equal.
Your social ties can be weak, as with acquaintances, or strong, as with close friends, family members, or other people who can offer you emotional support. If you're like most people, your closest ties' opinions of you matter most; you probably don't care as much about what the passerby on the street thinks of you.
But, unless your group of online friends consists only of people with whom you are close in real life, there is probably a mixture of strong and weak ties receiving your latest update.
The big difference between in-person and online communication is the immediacy of the former, and the way it is geared toward, and received by, specific people. In person, people are generally more self-enhancing (focusing on their positive characteristics) with their weak ties than their strong ties, because their close contacts already know how great they are, and too much self-enhancement can seem arrogant.
But online, you have no way of knowing which ones, if any, of your Facebook friends will happen across the tidbit you're sharing. This arms-length distance and mixture of strong and weak ties usually leads people to be self-enhancing in their online presentation.
Facebook and self-esteem
All of these factors produce some interesting results when self-esteem is examined in the context of social media usage. While people exposed to a cold, hard mirror may feel worse about themselves, one study found that people who spend time reviewing their own Facebook page enjoy improved self-esteem. The effect was even more pronounced for those who actively edited their profile during the experiment (much as a bird might preen its feathers).
Of course, this sort of self-referential Facebook use (auto-electronica?) only goes so far: the point is, after all, to enjoy the benefits of a social network. But it turns out that who you perceive your online audience to be makes a big difference in those benefits.
In another study, participants who were bearing their strong ties in mind while reading their news feed, or while contemplating the information that they were sharing with others, showed improved self-esteem compared to people focusing on mere acquaintances or the information that people were sharing with them.
In other words, when you know that you have intimate connections, and when you imagine that your portrayal of yourself is being consumed by them, you feel better.**
What you can do
These findings support much of what we already know about people's (offline) social needs. Namely, that being attuned with people who care about you is deeply fulfilling. Also, that reflecting on your positive attributes, rather than your failures or embarrassments, is likely to help you feel better about yourself.
As for recommendations for your social networking activities, if you'd like to use Facebook as a means of maximizing your self-esteem, then your best bet is to get rid of your weak ties and spend time each session reviewing your homepage and imagining all of your real-life friends basking in your wonderfulness along with you.***
But then, seriously, after you're done, turn off your computer for an extended period of time and instead spend it in person with those strong ties of yours. The benefits of wired connection notwithstanding, nothing will replace the face-to-face connection that you're really wired to have.
* By status, I'm not talking about socioeconomic status, although that can certainly be part of it. I'm talking more broadly, about what researchers call your "relational value," or the extent to which you're accepted and valued by other people.
** Not only that, but those people with improved self-esteem showed reduced levels of self-control following their Facebook session, as manifested in higher rates of binge eating, overweight, and spending, and lower credit scores. (This isn't surprising, because reduced self-control is often associated with higher self-esteem.)
*** However, given (**), if your primary concern is an impulsivity problem then beware of indulging in things following your Facebook session. Better yet, start adding more distant acquaintances to your friends list so that your close friends comprise a lower proportion of the total. What you'll lose in self-esteem, hopefully you'll gain in self-control. Extensive networks of weak ties aren't a bad thing, either: they can help you expand your base of information and opportunities.


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Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Pretty Like A Drug!
At the church of Katie Jane Garside, she is a mixture many elements that clash and compliment the female psyche.
Lost angel, mythical creature, sexual siren and damaged doll, poet, are key elements to her allure and mystery. She is what she
is and there is no denying her talent. With the release of Queenadreena's latestDjin I have been a fan since her first band of Daisy Chainsaw.
Much like Bjork or Tori Amos, Katie Jane garners a cult like following and she is hands on with her fans offering art, comics, clothes, and music that is tailor made by her for you. Out of todays manufactured female pop stars Ms. Garside is something of extraordinary talent and originality. I am often mesmerized by her voice and the music she delivers, flipping the bird to the music industry by make her work a more personal platform, she is a true artist. If you get the chance to see the brite force of a Queenadreena show, or the soft beauty of Ruby Throat, it is a delight to see her preform. By any means go.
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Business Transformation Consultant
- Recruiter
- Atkins (UK)
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 19 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 19 Oct 2018
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- Sector
- Highways & transport jobs
- Function
- Civil Engineer
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The UK transport sector is experiencing unprecedented levels of investment and SNC Lavalin/Atkins is playing a lead role in helping our clients develop, plan and deliver projects as part of long-term infrastructure programmes.
The sector has seen significant growth driven by long-term funding commitments from Government in recognition of the critical role that strategic connectivity plays in supporting economic growth. Our clients face key challenges in defining and delivering their long-term programmes, maximising the value of assets and embracing new technologies so that they can deliver the best outcomes for users and for the economy.
These challenges are driving the need for change in the way our clients do business enabling them to deliver their investments and deliver against their strategic priorities. Our Transport Business Consulting and Advisory Practice sits within our Transportation Consultancy business and helps our clients to solve some of their most critical business challenges.
Our Business Transformation team, in Transport Business Consulting and Advisory Practice is a relatively new team set up in the last quarter of 2017 to enable us to move outside Atkins traditional core services for Transportation clients, including working with new clients, to create a differentiator through solving domain specific strategic business challenges.
We are looking to recruit talented people with a track record of delivery, ideally in the transportation and infrastructure sectors. We pride ourselves in taking a hands-on role with our clients to understand their business challenges and work with them to achieve their ambition.
The roles we are seeking to fill sit within our Business Transformation team and will enable us to build our capability and capacity to span the full range of business consulting expertise: strategy setting; implementing and managing change, including cultural and behavioural leadership; business performance improvement; benefits realisation; research and stakeholder engagement.
The successful candidates will have responsibility for client-facing work from the outset. All our consultants are expected to have regular interactions with clients, to lead work-streams or projects, and to support senior colleagues in delivering specific project outputs
Successful candidates will be expected to support achievement of challenging operational and revenue targets for consultancy revenue secured from target client organisations and the development and delivery of our wider transportation strategy for these clients.
The roles can be based in either our London, Epsom, Birmingham, Warrington, Manchester or Cardiff offices. Travel to attend client sites across the UK and potentially overseas, as required, is key.
About you
You will need a blend of excellent client-facing project delivery expertise, coupled with strong technical skills with the ability to demonstrate high levels of problem-solving ability in relation to technically complex or conceptually abstract ideas. You must be able to deal with competing tasks and operate successfully even when under pressure.
You have at least a degree or equivalent qualification and may hold, or be working towards, a professional qualification
You will have a variety of consulting capabilities and techniques to suit different situations. These might include strategy development – both business and delivery, research, analysis, organisational development, cultural and behavioural change, business process analysis and improvement, change impact assessment, coaching and/or mentoring; training development and delivery
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You should have well developed emotional intelligence and the ability to flex your style to suit different stakeholders and the ability to build trusted and lasting relationships with clients at all levels in a business environment.
You will have excellent written communication skills and the ability to present and deliver outcomes which are compelling, accurate, and engaging both to clients and in support of our business development and work winning activities.
Working for Atkins
With Atkins you will be in a trusted, supported position, where you are able to apply both existing skills and develop new skills in complex and challenging situations. You will be able to share your knowledge and experience and learn from others within the team and you will have opportunities to further develop your own expertise as a multi-skilled consultant.
Rewards and benefits
Atkins recognises the importance of helping its employees manage their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements that enable them to balance their working life with parental and other caring responsibilities. For full details of our flexible working scheme and benefits package, please refer to our website.
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview.
If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
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"I remember Trinidad lending me his wellies, as I turned up with totally inappropratie brand new white trainers. He was always taking care of people"
"I remember being in a meeting with him when the paras arrived outside. He kept everyone calm with his soothing words and composed response to the terrifying situation"
The four-day meeting opened with the warm sharing of memories of two members of CISCA, killed in 2005 and 2006. Re-knowing that every action and every word that we make is part of a process that stretches both back and forward is for me a beautiful part of CISCA, the Committee for the Social Integration of Catatumbo. Their aim, as a social organisation, is not just to respond to human rights violations nor in opposing the imposition of a huge open cast coal mine though they do both of these and more. Unlike so many seemingly single issue organisations that emerge and fade in the UK, their vision is none less than the audacious plan to rebuild the social fabric of Catatumbo and to live, as campesinos, on their lands with each other and nature in a deeply respectful and contented way, through their community based development plans, known as "Planes de Vidas" – Plans for Life.
The first paramilitary invasion of their territory in 1999, in El Tibu, left 800 people killed or disappeared and 20 thousand fled their homes. The AUC paramilitary occupation continued until late 2004, when the supposed demobilisation began. In August 2004 CISCA held their first gathering of associations with the necessary accompaniment of La red as paramilitaries were closeby. Faced wth juntas de accion communal (community action groups) in shreds, community shops destroyed, people with little hope, large displaced populations, staple food crops poisoned as part of the 'war on drugs', they set about the task of reconstructing the social fabric with a awe inspiring determination.
They are a long way from their aim yet the culture of organising in juntas breathes on. Juntas began to re-organise themselves in associations on a municipality levels and these associations form part of CISCA, a space for regional coordination. Over the past five years they have encouraged more and more communities to rebuild the networks of solidarity economics, rebuild their cultural lives, rebuild their community organising where they can resolve local conflicts, confront corrupt mayors, repair their roads, demand that roads are paved so they are passable in the rainy season; to rebuild the possibilities and dreams of living a campesino culture that has been violently under attack.
My four days in the village of Maracaibo, with the guerilla and the army alternatively making their presence known, eating a combination of rice, yuca, grated cheese and eggs I learnt what I know; I want to breathe my life's vocation, I want a coherent healthy rich life; I am in awe at the wisdom, humbleness, intelligence and kindness of the people I was with. I am envious of their culture that we are so far from having the capacity to build in the UK.
I love pouring over maps, exploring all the detail that is contained in the illustration; each colour, each different style of line gives me a piece of information with which I build up an image of a reality. This map, put together as different associations shared information with each other, tells of a new stage in history arriving to confront CISCA's vision and plans for their region.
Conservation International Colombia have recently contacted several associations asking for help in conducting an investigation into the flora and fauna within the parque forestal (area above the dotted green line) related to a plan to change the perimeter of the forestry reserve. As long as the zona de interes minero (mining interest area) is within the forestry reserve it cannot be exploited. Conservation International are not telling the associations what their real motive is. So far, they have been giving conflicting information and trying to get agreement from one association by lying to them about supposed support they already have from another association.
Conservation International public line is that it is 'real world fact' that multinationals are going to mine and so best to work with them to preserve biodiversity. What they don't mention is the role they have played in ensurng this supposed objective fact becomes true. They have been described as "the trojan horse of multinationals" undermining local resistance and alternative community based development plans in order to facilitate their corporate partners entry into rural areas.
The strategies used to get territorial control of natural resources in Catatumbo have been many:
o Paramilitary massacres were the most extensive and brutal in the two municipalities, Tarra and Tibu, where the potential mining area is located.
o The majority of fumigations and manual erradication in Catatumbo has occurred in the potential mining area.
o Detentions of campesinos for growing coca is predominantly in this area.
o And now a Multinational Conservation Corporation has arrived.
I asked why the government did not lift the forestry reserve immediately after the paramilitary violence, when the social organisations were their weakest and the habitants had fled from their lands. Why have they waited and now they have to find a way to displace the same people again in order to extract the coal reserves? I received varying answers; after the horrors that occurred in the area they did not expect people to later return to their lands; people did not leave the area, they hid deeper in the mountains; the quantity of human rights violations reported was very high and multinationals could not have entered in that period as it would have been obvious that they were benefiting from the massacres and colluding with paramilitaries.
So after a first wave of violent displacement, then returning to their homes and beginning to rebuild their lives the people in this area of Catatumbo are facing an uncertain future. The state needs them out. The imprisonment of campesinos for growing coca leaves the wife and children in a precarious situation and Cisca conjecture that families will then be forced off their land through necessity, bullying or physical force.
I knew that coca is used as a convenient pretext already, but our process of collectively piecing together this specific cold calculated horrific plan still made me swear heavily out loud in english.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Coal mining: Conservation and Cocaine at hand to help.
1 comment:
- Sara Koopman said...
fantastic post :) yes, heavy swearing is appropriate! but not sure about the translation of junta de accion comunal JAC - in theory these are elected, not just anyone can be on it, so I think council is better than group or org. could be board too, but that implies nonprofit - I think council is better, since the JAC has federal legal recognition as local decision makers. wish I were there with you!!
- April 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM
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