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How to Get Rid of Termites
Termites are any homeowner's nightmare. All the expensive furniture that you bought with your hard-earned money turns to dust and becomes hollow. You are under constant worry and must inspect all the things in your house that might be slowly being eaten away by those pesky little termites. You can get rid of cockroaches or ants easily because they don't ruin your furniture, but termites are in a league of their own and tend to destroy the very foundations of a house's interiors. They cause thousands of dollars' worth of damage and are not easy to budge.
What Are Termites?
Termites are eusocial insects that belong to the family of Blattodea. They are billions of years old and trace back their existence from the Jurassic period. There are more than 2,000 different species of termites found in all parts of the world (except Antarctica) and vary according to their size, habitat and behavior. There are 3 common types of termites in USA: the subterranean, damp wood and dry wood termites.
Signs of a Termite Infestation in Your Home
Unlike other insects, that show their infestation easily by just crawling about your home, termites are not easily seen and when they are, its usually when the damage has been done because they are busy chipping away the wood form the inside. Here are some signs of a termite infestation:
- Holes in the furniture
This is one of the most obvious signs of a termite infestation. These tiny insects make colonies inside the wooden furniture and then make holes after eating it away. So, if you see even one or two holes, it is highly likely that some termites are doing their wood-eating business inside.
- Dust near furniture
If you notice some saw dust type material near your chairs, tables or wooden frames, it is a clear indicator that there has been some serious damage done by termites and you need to get rid of them as soon as possible.
- Paint bubbles
If you notice that the paint on the walls or furniture has some bubbles then it is surely a sign of termites or moisture build-up.
- Frass
If you notice small wood shaped pellets in your home, then those are termite droppings called frass. They are a clear indicator of the presence of termites.
How to Get Rid Of Termites
It might seem daunting to get rid of termites because for them your house is their entire world where they could have spread. However, it is not impossible to eliminate their infestation if you do the following:
- Inspection
Termites that are swarmers have wings and they travel to different areas just to find a suitable place to set up their colonies. They could be anywhere in the house, so before you go on frothier hunt, you need to need to do a thorough inspection of the place first. Once you know where they are residing or their main source, it will be just a matter of few hours before you can finish them off.
- Sunlight
If you find that the termite infestation is inside your furniture, then the best way to go about this problem is to expose them to direct sunlight. Termites thrive in dark, cool and damp places so if you give them the exact opposite of their usual surroundings and habitat, they will die off. The heat from the sunlight will instantly start to burn them off and they will die off in a few hours. Just make sure that you place all the furniture in an area that is getting the most amount of sunlight.
- Boric Acid
If there is one thing you should always have readily available in your home for any insect infestations, then it has got to be good ol' boric acid. Just spread the boric acid evenly all over the surface of the termite infested area and wait till they die off. Boric acid has the ability to instantly kill off all kinds of insects as soon as their bodies get in contact with it. You can get yours here at solutionstores.com and easily destroy those termites in a jiffy.
- Termiticide
Using termiticide is crucial if you want to get rid of a heavy termite infestation. Just apply it to any gaps, cracks or crevices that you have in your home especially attics, garages and basements, underneath concrete slabs, etc.
- Termite Sprays
Termite aerosol sprays are always handy when you have to get in those hard–to-reach nooks and corners. Solutionstores.com has got the perfect spray for your termite problem. Its thin nozzle helps to release the spray even in the narrowest places with precision.
- Cardboard Trap
If you are using any of the above methods to get rid of termites, then be sure to use a cardboard trap as well because it can accelerate your chances of getting rid of them. Simply place a big chunk of cardboard near the furniture or wall and wait, soon enough they will want to expand their territory and explore the cardboard as well. Once they start chewing away the board you just use any of the above treatments to kill them off. Some people also use Vaseline to trap them but that is not as effective as a termiticide or boric acid.
How to Prevent Termites Infestation
Have your house inspected from a professional annually
Eliminate wood to soil contact
Have your house fumigated or treated before you move into a new place
Have plenty of sunlight come in your home and always do spring cleaning
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Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1022403
Date first listed: 20-Dec-1960
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HIGH STREET
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Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HIGH STREET
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District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Sutton Benger
National Grid Reference: ST 94720 78722
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ST 9478 (north side)
12/272 Church of All Saints
Anglican parish church, C12 origins, C14 and C15, heavily restored 1851 by J.H. Hakewill. Rubble stone with stone slate roofs and coped gables. West tower, nave, south aisle, south porch and chancel. C15 west tower has pointed west door, renewed 3-light west window, canopied niche over, diagonal buttresses, moulded dripcourses, flat-headed 2-light bell openings with pierced stone panels, panelled embattled parapet with corner pinnacles and centre bell-spirelet, openwork with crockets. Nave has ashlar 3-window C15 north wall with buttresses, moulded plinth and large Perpendicular flat-headed 3-light windows, possibly originally a north aisle. Small circular east window. South aisle has remarkable C14 Decorated detail. Sill course and massive ball flower eaves cornice carried around west end as hoodmould over 3- light west window with reticulated tracery. Three bay south side with stepped buttresses, moulded sill course and dripcourse, mouldings carried around buttresses and projecting ashlar south porch, dripcourse raised as hoodmould over 2-light pointed window each side of porch. Porch has moulded pointed arch with ogee headed niche over, three flat-headed cusped 2-light side windows with buttresses between, moulded sill course and eaves cornice. Ball flower cornice is not continued to right of porch. Right 2- light window has cusped lights and octofoil head. Exceptional pointed east window with reticulated tracery all ball flower ornamented and cusped. Blank bottom panel of middle light is ornamented with a miniature scheme of the window between buttress shafts. Very large pig gargoyle to right, between nave and aisle roofs. 1851 chancel with ball flower eaves cornice, south side lancet, buttress, door and 2-light window, east end 3-light with flamboyant tracery and north side gabled vestry and lancet. Interior: porch has transverse stone arches on wall shafts. Stone slab roof. Moulded pointed doorway with C19 door. Aisle has double-purlin roof with collar trusses, possibly original, nave has broad 1851 four-bay windbraced roof. Moulded tower arch, 1851 five-bay arcade of circular piers and 2-step pointed arches, the west arch springing from green-man carved corbel, of remarkable size and quality, possibly C19 but said to be original. Aisle has circular scalloped Norman font and fine canopied niche with buttress shafts in middle light of east window. Mutilated niche in wall to right. C19 chancel arch, scissor-truss chancel roof and encaustic-tiled sanctuary with c1851 stalls. Stained glass: deep coloured 1851 east window, pictorial style, one chancel south window of 1862. Nave north windows with, from east, patterned quarries of c1860, good C14 style glass of c1862 and good deep coloured window of 1864 signed Charles Gibbs. Nave east roundel has glass of c1860. (N. Pevsner, Wiltshire, 1975, 502-3)
Listing NGR: ST9472078722
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but not when it infringes on your trademark and undermines your business. You become known for your trademark in the marketplace, so you simply have to protect that investment. Without your trademark, you would have to start over, which can be dangerously costly for your business.
Here are some tips to protect your trademark:
Start Smart. Protecting your trademark starts with choosing one that does not make you vulnerable to infringement lawsuits from others. As soon as you need a trademark, hire a reputable attorney to help you make certain your choice is a safe one that no one else is using, as well as one that cannot be easily stolen. Your lawyers can advise you how to use your mark properly and help you avoid the need for defensive measures down the road. If you try to go it alone, fixing problems after the fact will cost you more in legal fees than obtaining expert help from the beginning.
Know the law. With the exception of famous marks, be aware that two companies can legally use the same name as long as they are not competing with one another in the marketplace. For example, a company that sells computer software could share the same trademark as a company that sells a food product.
Keep an eye on your trademark in the marketplace. A trademark watch service, which looks for anything that could potentially be an infringement of your mark, can be an excellent investment, but choose one that investigates all areas in which your company has a market share. If your products or services are sold internationally, you need a service that looks for infringements globally. Remember that the Google Alerts service is not always comprehensive, nor does it give you any information about activity in domain registries or the Trademark Office registry.
Register your trademark wherever you do business. If your company is working outside of the U.S., you should file registrations in every country where you sell your products or services. Otherwise, you have no trademark rights beyond the shores of the United States.
Stop infringements before they do damage. Search for trademark infringements at least monthly, as the Patent and Trademark Office allows opposition applications to be filed within 30 days of a new trademark approval.
Don't take any infringement lightly, no matter how small. If you haven't formally registered your trademark, you could run the risk of losing your legal right to it. While you may think it isn't worth writing to a small company that is using your mark, what if that company grows or its products are inferior, giving the mark a bad reputation? What if the products are well outside of what your brand stands for? The best advice is to consult an attorney to determine if you should pursue an infringer and nip the infringement in the bud immediately. Otherwise, your customers could become confused about who you are, and this could ultimately have a direct impact on your bottom line – one that may be hard to trace or quantify but is a reality just the same.
Have a law firm on retainer. Your lawyers will then be ready to send an appropriate cease and desist letter to any company that has infringed your trademark. The wording of these letters is important, and a "one size fits all" approach may not fly. When done correctly, these letters can prevent litigation. When done poorly, they can cause unnecessary litigation. An attorney can also advise you about possible compromises in an effort to save you court costs.
Always renew your trademark when you are required to do so. Neglecting this task is a recipe for losing your legal right to your mark.
Use the correct sign for your particular trademark. TM is for common law trademarks, which are those that have not been registered. SM is for common law servicemarks, and R is for federally-registered trademarks. While it isn't necessary to include the sign every time your company's name is mentioned, it needs to be used consistently in the most prominent places on signage, packaging, advertising, and websites
Claim your trademark in your communications. Besides using the correct sign, language that sets forth your copyright (which can be drafted by your lawyers) is also advised on all of your company's publications and packaging.
Be consistent. In order to prevent an infringer from claiming that your trademark is not yours, maintain the same logo, font, colors, and spelling for your mark.
The way your customers perceive your company can make or break the future of your business. Make sure you take steps to protect what you have built.


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To those who completed this awful atrocity to the young man with special needs in Chicago…
I simply want you to know this. God was watching. God is always watching. God saw the entire thing…He saw it even better than those of us who had to squirm and be sickened by the FB video that you so proudly posted. I will wish no evil upon you, as that is not what God asks us to do. I will do my best to forgive you for your wicked ways and your cruel acts, as God asks us to do…But 1 thing remains the same and will always remain the same for the rest of your life here on earth. No matter what you do or what I do. He saw the whole thing and he now knows how you CHOOSE to live, how you CHOOSE to act, and how you CHOOSE to treat others. And make no mistake. This was your CHOICE. He is watching Every day…Every minute…And Every second. I just ask that you all think about that over the next few days/months/years.
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Adcock, Davault named to state band
Two Jackson County high school seniors have been named among "the best of the best" of the state's musicians and will perform as part of the Kansas Music Educators Association's all state band at KMEA's annual "In-Service Workshop" convention in Wichita, it was reported.
Jackson Heights High School's Hanna Davault — making her second appearance in a KMEA all-state group — and Holton High School's Michaela Adcock are among about 300 high school students from across Kansas who will perform in four different ensembles at the annual KMEA convention.
Davault and Adcock will perform as part of a concert band representing the best of all Kansas schools in Kansas State High School Activities Association classifications 1A through 4A on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Wichita's Century II Convention Center.
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|Angelina: International world famous actress, or discreet undercover agent? Well, she is foreign...
According to a good friend of mine, who is not quite antiquated - but still considerably older - the best thing about the aging process is having picked-up all the little witty come-backs and charming quips you need to answer monotonous, every day questions.
Indeed monotonous are the many questions that plague a foreigner in Turkey. From the barber, to the taxi driver, to colleagues and new acquaintences, it always starts the same;
"What are you doing here?" ("Drinking chay, for the most part")
"Do you like Turkish food?" ("Yes, but Turkish food doesn't always like me")
"So which one, England or Turkey" ("Without a doubt - Turkey, officer. Now, could I please have my residence permit stamped and be on my way?").
However, there is one question which pops up in polite chit-chat that I don't have any real, set answer to. That question is, "are you a spy?"
The question is delivered as a half-mocking, half-complimentary piece of banter, serving to break the ice with any foreigner who alludes to a certain amount of awareness of Turkish history or politics (incidentally, my two favourite subjects). The complimentary side of the question implies "you know more than the average Westerner about our country", whilst the mocking part - the second level - serves simply as an avenue for some ironic banter at the preposterousness of the statement.
But, as the Morrissey song goes, that joke isn't funny anymore...
For the fact is, that second to a kind of modesty at the suggestion I am well enough versed in Turkish current affairs, as to be able to stealthily affect them (there are some truly staggering gaps in my knowledge) I think that underlying the question is a compulsion for the speaker to ask him or herself "why on Earth, would a foreigner want to know anything about Turkey?" And to this, I take offence.
Turkey is beautiful
The things that happened, happen and are going to happen in this country are insanely interesting. Add to that, that a modern, twentieth-century nation-state is struggling to come to terms with post-modernist individualism before our very eyes, grappling back and forth with all its internal contradictions, inter-loping and zigzagging ideologies and impassioned political debate. What else could that be but riveting? Should I apologies? Should I tell you it is just because I have a Turkish girlfriend? Should I tell you it's just because I'm a Muslim?
Turkey is beautiful. Turkey is strange. Turkey is interesting. How could anyone doubt it?
|The CIA are accused of involvement in a shooting in Taksim
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Many Turks do doubt it, it appears, and not without reason. There have been incidences involving foreign spy agencies, such as the Taksim Square massacre, especially well-remembered by the left. But aside from such incidences, most suspicions originate from the Sevres Syndrome, a phrase first coined by Dietich Jung, named after the treaty which would have divided present day Turkey amongst colonial powers. The perception is, that the foreigner's motives for anything in politics, is the division and the destruction of Turkey. Most Turk's whole analysis of foreign affairs revolves around this infallible assumption.
It is not simply in the domain of politics that this takes an agressive turn. Below, was a comment I received last year, for an article I published in Today's Zaman about how foreign teachers should have the right, according to the institution's wishes, to work in Turkish state schools (a right only reserved for citizens):
It is not simply in the domain of politics that this takes an agressive turn. Below, was a comment I received last year, for an article I published in Today's Zaman about how foreign teachers should have the right, according to the institution's wishes, to work in Turkish state schools (a right only reserved for citizens):
Jennet: Liam Murray, do not blame Turkish "bureaucracy" just because the likes of you (from the U.K or the West) cannot get a easy foothold to job security or entry into Turkey. Turks simply do not trust foreigners or any outsiders with their most precious gift - 'the Turkish children'. And how on earth is an English speaking person going to translate the meaning of words from Turkish to English, when they know nothing of the Turkish language, its religion, customs, family life and culture that is so alien from the Turkish system ? Would these western people brain wash Turkey's children to think that parents are "outsiders" and that children should "embrace homosexuality" like they are now doing in western countries ?
You can see where the elements tie in with exactly what I am talking about. What could we possibly know about anything? Yet here, we are not content simply to divide the country, now we desire to brainwash the youth.
Since Sarai Sierra's murder in Istanbul this week, the inherent suspicion has been unfortunately, expected.
The police were quoted on the front page of Vatan earlier this week, stating that they had no suspicion she was a spy. However, according to Sabah, an unidentified FBI agent leaked that, "Sierra's visit in Istanbul was not to take photos. There is a possibility of her being a drug courier,"
It was as though Christmas had come early for the press, althouigh this one source was anonymous: Sabah's headline today ran, "Sierra's death not ordinary". Vatan's was "Hanging around with bad guys" with a further headline on page 19 exclaiming "She met up with shady guys in Turkey!"
English-language blog, Ataturk's Republic found fault with reporting on the woman's death too, offering a good analysis. The blog highlighted one story on Turkish Agenda suggesting that, surprise, surprise, she was a CIA agent. The reasons put forth in the article were that, firstly, she "planned her stay carefully so she could not be traced" because she did not rent a hotel room, and she did not have a camera, despite claiming to want to take pictures (she used her iPad, like 95% of people who claim to be 'interested in photography' on the net).
With these two pieces of evidence, the site headlined the story "Missing American Woman Most Likely A Spy, The Latest Findings Indicate", yet, it unravelled its entire arguement by ending with the question, "why would FBI help Turkish police to find her if she is an American spy? Do you think that is odd?"As the writer acutely observes, from movies, the two agencies "do not even like eachother".
With these two pieces of evidence, the site headlined the story "Missing American Woman Most Likely A Spy, The Latest Findings Indicate", yet, it unravelled its entire arguement by ending with the question, "why would FBI help Turkish police to find her if she is an American spy? Do you think that is odd?"As the writer acutely observes, from movies, the two agencies "do not even like eachother".
Writers of Ataturk's Republic website were unsurprised however, citing that members of the CHP had recently even "publicly questioned whether Angelina Jolie's humanitarian visit to the Syrian refugee camps in Turkey was evidence of a CIA connection".
|This man doesn't even know if he is a spy. But he doesn't mind accusing
Blogging Campaign
As I discussed in the last post, politics gets a lot more real when it enters the private realm. I am part of a group on facebook for Turkish bloggers. One of my favourite blogs on this group is elleninturkey.com, written by Ellen Rabiner. Ellen is an American travel writer, who writes about fun personal observations and outings in and around the sunny sea-side city of Antalya. She expressed dismay on our facebook group however, as this week she received a threatening comment on one of her posts:
"We do not want a stranger to write about our country. You promote our country in the wrong way, because you do not know Turkey."
I would not have been shocked, had Ellen's post only been about watching the performance of a Symphony Orchestra. But it didn't stop there, Ellen's twitter feed was full of ridiculous and slightly disturbing tweets from strange accounts. Here are a few of them:
4 Febلا لاعتزال الكبار @adult_AlAhly
@ElleninTurkey: How long you plan to stay in Turkey? Are you an agent? What is your mission in Turkey?
5 FebRere Nano @YoYoAjram
@ElleninTurkey: We read your posts in your blog. Why do you insult the Turks in your blog? We protest your blog (http://elleninturkey.com )
Drew Baransk @tallatallo
@ElleninTurkey: What is your relation with #saraisierra? Are you an agent? Who do you work for?
I'm delighted to say that Ellen replied to most of the comments with good humour, although she genuinely felt that the whole thing was 'a bit scary'.
Thankfully, the messages have stopped. However, the accusations will most likely reappear the next time a foreigner is either involved in something newsworthy or, God forbid, takes a slight interest in Turkish affairs.
In any case, one good thing has come of all this. Ellen has given me a great rebuke which I intend to steal for the next time someone asks me if I'm a spy:
Who do you work for?


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Though I fully support these changes and a focus on the "softer" side of science, these changes will require pre-meds to stay on top of their school requirements and possibly add new classes. Be sure to pay attention as your school discusses such changes. I even suggest getting involved in the discussion. As a pre-med, your voice should be heard!
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MSU's Axia Institute hosts summit in Midland
Michigan State University's the Axia Institute recently welcomed industry experts, researchers, educators and students to its 2017 Value Chain Summit: Adding Value to the Supply Chain, hosted at the Midland Country Club.
The day-long summit featured a keynote address by Dan Futter, commercial vice president, Dow Consumer Solutions; a presentation by David Frayer, assistant dean for Executive Development and Professional Programs at MSU's Eli Broad College of Business; and an expert panel that shared insights about the competitive advantage of integrated value chains.
The summit also featured presentations of Axia-sponsored research projects by six principal investigators who shared their results and demonstrated the projects' ability to address world challenges.
"This year's summit provided an opportunity to look at cutting-edge research projects that identify new ways to add value from end-to-end, throughout the supply chain," said Katherine A. Franz, executive director, the Axia Institute. "The summit was an excellent forum for bringing companies together with MSU to share ideas and learn about the ways we can partner together to address some of our world's grand challenges."
Located in downtown Midland, MSU's the Axia Institute sees value chains through an integrative lens, conducting applied research that companies can use to revolutionize their businesses.


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How much faith do you think you need to get God's attention? When you hear people talk about the level they operate in faith, does it make you feel like yours is too little to get anything done?
While Jesus was here on earth, He met with different people, with different levels of faith, and He related with them differently.
A man named Jairus came, his daughter was sick and he begged Jesus to follow him to his house and heal his daughter. Jesus agreed, went with him and raised the daughter from the dead because she died before they got to his house.
Also, a Centurion came to Jesus, asking that Jesus would heal his sick servant. Jesus offered to follow him home to get the job done but the centurion said that wasn't necessary. He told Jesus, speak the word only and my servant would be made whole.
Then let's consider the woman with the issue of blood. She had a problem and believed Jesus could fix it based on what she had heard. She decided touching Jesus would deliver her healing, and without permission she touched Jesus and got her healing.
Luke 17:6 says - It's not like you need a huge amount of faith. If you just had faith the size of a single, tiny mustard seed, you could say to this huge tree, "Pull up your roots and replant yourself in the sea," and it would fly through the sky and do what you said. So even a little faith can accomplish the seemingly impossible[VOICE].
Therefore, while God desires that we continue to grow in faith, He won't deny you His audience at your current level. Jesus met each person at the level of their faith, and today, He's ready to meet you at the level of your faith. God Bless You!
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Artist's description:
This painting/collage is based on a Rembrandt painting entitled "The Feast of Belshazzar" or" Belshazzar's Feast." In this painting coming out of the shadows Rembrandt shows the moment when a divine hand appeared and wrote on the wall a phrase only Daniel could decipher. According to the National Gallery, UK "Daniel transliterated the inscription: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation: 'God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; your kingdom is given to the Medes and Persians.' That very night Belshazzar was slain."
In my version the writing on the wall is "Follow your heart not your brain." I used the layout of the original painting to create this painting, modeling the light and darkness after Rembrandt.
This painting is on a gallery wrapped canvas with finished edges. It comes ready to hang.
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FOR LOWER SHIPPING COSTS and a speedier delivery time: I could professionally remove the canvas supports, remove the painting, and roll it. Acid-free paper will be used to protect the painting and then would be sent in a heavyweight tube. You would have to have it re-stretched on arrival. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU PREFER THIS METHOD before placing your order.
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Chiaro (2014)
Acrylic painting by Alanna S. Graboyes
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 24 x 18 x 1.5 in
- Signed on the front
- Ready to hang
- Style: Organic
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
This artwork is sold by Alanna Graboyes from United States


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* Government does not say why central bank governor detained
* Governor Rimsevics also sits on ECB Governing Council
* Finance minister urges Rimsevics to step down pending inquiry (Adds background)
By Gederts Gelzis
RIGA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Latvia's anti-corruption agency has detained central bank Governor Ilmars Rimsevics, prompting calls for him to step aside while he is under investigation.
Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis sought to reassure the nation that the economy and the financial system were stable.
But in a statement sent to Reuters he did not say why Rimsevics, a member of the European Central Bank's interest rate-setting Governing Council, had been detained or give details of the investigation.
"There are no indications that would suggest threats to the financial system of Latvia," the prime minister said.
Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola said Rimsevics should step aside for the time being to protect the Baltic country's reputation.
"Given that the governor of the central bank is a symbol for every country, I think that it would be sensible at this moment that Mr. Rimsevics, at least during the investigation, steps down," Reizniece-Ozola told a news conference.
"Under the current circumstances... every day that Mr. Rimsevics remains in the post of governor of the central bank, the situation (for the reputation of Latvia's financial system) substantially worsens," she said.
Rimsevics' lawyer, Saulvedis Varpins, told Latvian state television that the governor had been detained at 6.15 p.m. (1615 GMT) on Saturday after he arrived for questioning at the offices of the anti-corruption agency.
He said he had no information about whether Rimsevics would be released from custody and declined to comment on what he was being investigated for.
Varpins said the detention was unlawful. "A complaint is being prepared at the moment," he told news agency LETA without elaborating.
The anti-corruption watchdog declined to comment on Sunday but said it would hold a press conference at 1100 GMT on Monday.
The economy in the Baltic state, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and shares a border with Russia, has been booming in recent years.
The economy grew by 4.5 percent in 2017, the fastest pace since 2011, and growth is expected to be around 4 percent this year, according to estimates from the finance ministry.
The Latvian central bank is an independent institution and Rimsevics has been its head since 2001. He has been a member of the ECB's Governing Council since January 2014, when Latvia adopted the euro.
A spokesperson for the European Central Bank declined to comment on Rimsevics' detention.
Latvia's Economics Minister Arvils Aseradens, speaking on Radio Latvia, also said the governor should consider resigning.
The home and office of the central bank's governor were searched on Friday, the state broadcaster said on Saturday.
It is a another setback for Latvia's banking sector, which has also been hit by allegations by the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) that its third largest financial institution by assets, ABLV Bank, has institutionalised money laundering.
FinCen said last week that it was seeking to impose sanctions on ABLV. ABLV said in a statement in response on Tuesday that FinCen had referred to unfounded and misleading information about the bank. (Reporting by Gederts Gelzis, writing by Johan Ahlander; Editing by Susan Fenton and Adrian Croft)


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Well well well....Do we finally have some sense dawning in the Aussie media? Seems to be so. Time will tell if I am hoping correctly or against hope.
Read this in the Herald Sun - Not a fan of shameful crowd behaviour
Till now, the only player they revered was Sachin - who I agree is the god of cricket - but then others were also carrying themselves very well. For example, the captain Dhoni - a man of immense stature. He seemed to carry the pressure amazingly well - the continuity from Kumble was almost perfect.
And our favourite player this season - the Aussie favourite Harbie? Lets give Symonds the benefit of doubt for the moment that he did not hear the racist term clearly.
(It is a different matter that he does not deserve one bit of that benefit. My Indianness makes me forget that he himself volunteered to be in the position; sticking up for ol' mate; saying to Harbie "You ain't got any mates in Australia'....and other such stuff. It is getting too much from my side, isn't it? ;)...)
Coming back to the point (that is, my senses) - What about the Aussie media. I have been following it a little bit during this series and, to be polite, it is partisan. To be blunt, I don't want to state what it was unlike Mr. ultra-polite Hayden.
The much hyped Peter Roebuck who was hailed as a neutral when he called the Aussies a "Pack of wild dogs" in his column - asked ICC to ban Bhajji to be banned for 5 years if found guilty of making those gestures! What about the much victimised Mr. Symonds? Hell, he knocked out a spectator and that too a drunk one! What about Mr. Hayden who called Bhajji a obnoxious something? So what if it was in jest? Did it occur to him to give the same benefit of doubt to Harbhajan?
Or is it too much to give the benefit of doubt to India which is emerging as a strong contender for the crown? But when it comes to such things Mr. Roebuck only remembers India's financial clout.
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Early Signs of Psychosis in Young People
Hello and a warm welcome to my hub. This hub is intended for anyone whom feels they may be suffering from some early signs of psychosis, a loved one may be, they are concerned for their mental health or they are just curious.
I would like to add in a little disclaimer that I am not a mental health nurse, a doctor or a professional. I am a woman living with Schizophrenia and will apologise in advance if anything I say doesn't make sense or sounds erratic. I will do my very best to make it legible.
This hub will be split into sections, the Myths Vs Facts will be at the bottom so if you want to read them first you're more than welcome to.
What is Psychosis?
Psychosis is a medical term used to describe acute symptoms of a mental health disorder. There are many symptoms to look out for, but there are only a few forms of true psychosis:
- Bipolar Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Obsession (OCD/other)
- Depression
- Mania
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Anorexia Nervosa
Those are the main forms and each one has many different symptoms. Only a medical professional can truly diagnose you and it may take anywhere from a few days to a few years depending on your situation, your loved one or how cooperative the person is.
Psychosis: A medical term used to describe someone having a psychotic episode.
Who does it affect?
It affects men and women equally and usually begins from the age of 16-30. It can affect all genders, races, religions and can happen to anyone. People who have someone with a form of psychosis in the family (see above) are more at risk of developing symptoms from their genetics. In rare cases, psychosis can appear in children.
What causes it?
Scientists are not fully sure on this question as it can be a nature VS nurture debate. There are some genes linked to the development of certain psychotic disorders e.g. Bipolar Disorder. Immense stress, a traumatic event in the childhood or a sudden surge of chemicals in the brain. Psychosis is usually described as a chemical disorder.
The Early Warning Signs Psychosis May Be Developing
It is important not to feel alarmed if you or someone else is experiencing psychosis or symptoms of it. When I started having my first symptoms, I barely even recognised them. I put it down to being lazy, to being tired, bored, listening to too much music and even just my personality. Often the symptoms can creep and many times it can be a family member or a friend that notices something before you do.
The Earliest warnings:
- The person becomes socially withdrawn e.g. they stop going out with their friends, they are unable to speak to their parents or they shut themselves in their room/house and lose friendships.
- Losing interest in things they enjoyed e.g. socialising, playing games, swimming, arts and crafts, music. They may not want to take part in activities and seem to be doing "nothing" with their time.
- Deterioration of personal hygiene/ appearance or a sudden drastic change e.g. going from very plain to very goth, shaving all the hair off and getting lots of piercings, refusing to bathe or wash the hair or shave body hair when previously they always have.
- Disorganisation. Inability to be on time, take the right things, keep their phone charged, respond to messages, keep a tidy living space, dress appropriately for the weather e.g. layers of clothing in the summer.
- Sudden outbursts of emotion e.g. crying at nothing, becoming hyperactive or elated for no reason, becoming enraged at the slightest thing or seemingly being void of emotions.
- Talking about/thinking about death excessively or becoming worried about illness, disease or death.
- Inability to work, go to school or attend clubs like before (not physically unable)
- Sudden surges of odd behaviour e.g. blurting things out in public, believing they have special powers, frantic organisation, becoming very theatrical or freezing in a strange or forced position for a period of time. Coming out with strange or distorted beliefs.
- Sudden obsession with self-image, weight or an interest in health and fitness.
- Rapid changes in mood that are not due to hormonal problems e.g. outbursts of anger, depression, excitement or sadness or seemingly having no mood at all.
- Speech problems e.g. talking very fast, very slowly, skipping words, stuttering that wasn't present before, making up words or mixing languages together.
You or the person you are searching about may only have one of these symptoms that you know of, or they may have all. The symptom(s) has to be or appears to be having a negative effect on the person's life whether they agree or not and it must not be linked to a hormonal issue e.g. only appears around the time of menstruation or sudden male development. For psychosis to be determined, the symptom(s) must be fully active for a minimum of six months.
Bipolar VS Depression VS Mania - What's the difference?
Many people often assume Bipolar is the same as Depression, Mania is a form of ADHD or they are a form of attention-seeking or a hormonal imbalance. Over the past few years I have met several people suffering from each of these.
So what is Depression?
Depression is the term used to describe a very low mood along with other negative symptoms. Depression can be utterly devastating to the person or other people around them and can have a serious impact on life.
- A feeling of hopelessness as though nothing good will ever happen and you will not succeed in anything you do.
- Extremely low mood, literally feeling depressed, down, negative and extremely pessimistic about life, relationships and general things.
- Being unable to carry out daily activities for feeling they are pointless if you do not get a prize or something good out of it at the end.
- Feeling tired most of the time.
- Aches and pains especially in the muscles.
- No desire to socialise or do anything with life.
- Loss or sudden increase in appetite.
- Insomnia.
- Self-harm
- Suicidal thoughts
- Obsession or high interest in death
- Giving away person items/ writing a will/ thinking about your funeral/ planning suicide or continually thinking about when you will die.
- Being unable to get out of bed, get on with things because of mood changes.
- No motivation and or little interest in things you once enjoyed
- Poor concentration
Many people know when they have depression or someone else has it, but it isn't always that easy to tell. If you feel you or someone else is having these symptoms you need to speak to a healthcare professional to determine the exact cause. Symptoms should be present for two or more weeks at a time, impact on your life/ the person's life, not be linked to hormonal issues e.g. menstruation.
So what is Mania?
Mania is the term used to describe very hyperactive, energetic or suddenly elated actions. A person who suffers from Mania may also go through periods of depression or a lack of mood (See Bipolar below) Mania can be a shocking, frightening or dangerous thing to suffer from and often the person suffering loses all sense of conscience and does not understand their behaviour is dangerous or frightening.
- Sudden elated mood where you feel overly excitable, happy or agitated.
- High self-esteem - behaving arrogantly, believing people are in love with you.
- A feeling of being on top of the world, as though you are soaring or you are high.
- Hyperactive behaviour
- Excessive facial expressions of joy, excitement.
- Partaking in risky intimate behaviour, possibly with strangers.
- Losing all sense of danger, risks, fear and feeling untouchable and immortal.
- Lack of insight.
- Dangerous actions e.g. trying to jump from a building and fly, taking off clothes and running around, abusing drugs or alcohol, playing near train tracks, unprotected intercourse, running a marathon with no training, trying to do things you/the person cannot or wouldn't normally do.
- High insomnia.
- Loss of appetite.
- Inability to sit still.
- Having many new ideas and goals that are often strange, unobtainable or excessive.
- Odd behaviour e.g. dressing up in costume and running around, stripping naked, physically much more active than normal, taking very loudly or saying very rude/explicit things in public.
- Rapid speech which may jump form topic to topic.
- Forceful behaviours e.g. slapping someone on the backside as they pass, trying to kiss people you don't know/ don't want it, rough housing, fighting, invading personal space excessively when the other person is uncomfortable with it.
Mania can come in many different forms, symptoms must be present for at least six months and it may come and go in patches lasting from several weeks to several months at a time. It must not be due to hormonal problems and must be not confused with childhood disorders or often with ADHD. Mania is extremely common in people with Bipolar disorder.
So what is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder presents symptoms of both Mania and Depression. It is not a hormonal condition and it is a chemical condition in a form of psychosis. The symptoms can be devastating for the person suffering and other people around them. Bipolar Disorder is usually diagnosed in the later teens or early twenties but can be diagnosed beforehand and symptoms should be taken very seriously and investigated by a professional.
- Mania. Going through periods of sudden happiness and excitement e.g. extremely high self-esteem, feeling overly positive, powerful, hyperactive behaviour, insomnia, needing very little sleep or food but feeling full of energy. Behaving in a manner you wouldn't normally e.g. intimate behaviours with strangers, blowing large sums of money, trying to run a marathon or partake in a sport you never have before, losing all self-control and feeling on a constant high.
- Depression. The Mania may crash and burn very quickly or over a few days or weeks and will fall straight down into Depression. Feeling worthless, low self-esteem, feeling like everything is pointless, hopelessness, self-harm, alcohol/drug abuse.
- Suicidal thoughts.
- Self-harm.
- Behaving in a risky or extreme manner with little thought or care for own behaviour.
- Mixed symptoms of Mania and Depression at the same time (Manic Depression)
- Making sudden goals, ideas or feeling extremely positive and motivated in life, often trying to or planning to do things the person cannot (unobtainable goals)
Bipolar disorder is a mix of both Mania and Depression sometimes together but more commonly they happen at two separate times. The symptoms must not be related to any form of hormonal disruption and must be present for at least six months for Bipolar itself to be diagnosed. Manic Depression is the combination of the symptoms at once. People with Bipolar disorder may be heavier on Depression or heavier on Mania or equal on both sides.
Schizophrenia and its Unusual Forms
Schizophrenia is a very hard thing to diagnose for many people and it has so many different forms it is often left unspecified for a period of time so the person can be monitored. Often the person does not see things in themselves and the doctor may pick them up. Schizophrenia has several main categories:
Paranoid Schizophrenia: The feelings or belief someone/something is out to get you e.g. aliens, the police, government or people you know, that a family member is trying to kill you or you are being sold into slavery. The feeling you are constantly being watched, on a television show or people are stalking you e.g. believing the government and police are working together to sell you into the adult film industry and lock you in a cage. Believing people are monitoring you to steal your special powers or to kill you.
Disorganised Schizophrenia - Being unable to function properly in daily life e.g. unable to have or maintain a tidy living space with no care for how messy or dirty it is, not keeping your phone charged, getting to places on time, being mentally unable to do things you physically can e.g. put the washing on, take a bath, go to work. Poor concentration, disorganised speech e.g. rapid talking, slow talking, mixing words or languages. Unable to pinpoint thoughts, make plans, change ideas and thoughts regularly, unable to set proper goals.
Catatonia Schizophrenia - Can also present with disorganised. May suddenly go into an odd or forced position e.g. a vampire snarl, a tense defensive position, or as though frozen in time during an act of violence, may also just be perfectly still and unable to move for several minutes or hours. Poor personal hygiene e.g. body odour, terrible breath, teeth in worse condition than before, dirty hair, not changing clothes. Becoming violent, dangerous or sudden expressive behaviours e.g. not being able to stand still, repetitive actions or speech, high cynicism, criminal acts.
Schizoaffective Disorder - Symptoms of Schizophrenia that lean onto disorganised or upsetting thoughts, unstable or lack of emotions. Symptoms are of both Schizophrenia and mood disorders but neither one fits correctly for present symptoms. Thought disorder.
Undifferentiated Type - Having symptoms of Schizophrenia that do not fit into one type e.g. paranoid obsession mixed with catatonic or disorganised behaviours.
Residual Type - When the prominent symptoms of Schizophrenia have gone away or have been absent for a period of time, the person appears to be close to cured or may not have had an episode in several months or years. This does not mean it won't come back and the person may still be having symptoms just on a milder basis.
Generalised Symptoms of Schizophrenia:
- Lack of motivation or interest in things once enjoyed e.g. playing games, going swimming, going to work, socialisting.
- A deterioration in social skills e.g. becoming withdrawn, feeling as though there is nothing to say, saying inappropriate things in public or at the wrong time, lack of speech, rapid talking, inability to stay on topic, not speaking at all.
- Outbursts of anger are very common and can happen over the slightest thing e.g. telling them to put something away, looking at someone funny or something not going right immediately.
- Talking to or shouting at inanimate objects as though they are alive e.g. yelling at your internet for being slow, shouting at a door handle for getting caught on your clothes, yelling at something for knocking over or at the remote for not changing the channel the immediate second you tell it to. Often accompanied by bursts of rage.
- Lack of empathy. The difference with Schizophrenia to Disorders such as Aspergers or Anti-Social Personality Disorder is that Schizophrenia's often DO understand how the other person is feeling but they have no care or interest in their emotions and are blank to it.
- Inappropriate emotions e.g. laughing at violence, grinning at a funeral, becoming angry at nothing.
- Feeling that people are out to get you, hurt you, kill you or sell you to slavery.
- Delusions e.g. beliefs that are strange, incomprehensible or that have little or no logical basis. Believing you have magical powers, you are special or some other being e.g. an alien, an animal, etc.
- Hallucinations e.g. smells, hearing voices - often critical, hearing your thoughts spoken out loud, music playing in your head/ears/around you when there isn't any, a bad taste in the mouth or suddenly being able to taste things you haven't eaten/smelled, seeing colours not related to rubbing eyes.
- Hateful or aggression or violent thinking when something slight happens that upsets you e.g. someone makes a nasty comment, someone looks at you funny or you see something you don't like. Thoughts may be very vicious, hateful or threatening and beyond your control.
- Cynicism - doubting people, suspicions, wariness.
- Strange sleeping patterns e.g. sleeping in the middle of the night, napping at odd times, insomnia.
- Feeling as though other people can hear your thoughts, read your mind, control you or that they put ideas/thoughts into your head or take them out. Feeling as though people are taking things away from you before you know what they are.
- Inability to concentrate.
- Short term memory becomes poor.
- Inability to carry out tasks e.g. keep a tidy living space, dress properly, wash self, brush teeth, get anywhere on time, take the correct items, do things when asked to do them, maintain things to a certain standard.
- Suddenly dressing oddly, frequently changing appearance, seeming as though hiding behind something e.g. glasses, facial piercings, hair, clothes, etc. Wearing too many clothes in high heat, stripping off in winter, wearing things that do not match or do not fit.
- Repeating words, notions or mimicking someone's behaviour as they do it. Repeating the same small thing over and over again e.g. washing hands, writing the same word over and over again, making sounds.
- Singing or saying things randomly and without control.
- Suddenly catching in an odd or forced movement e.g. snarling like a dog and being frozen for hours, making scary faces, posed oddly, standing ramrod still and remaining that way from minutes to hours. May also not move until they are moved by another person.
- Loss of response vocally or emotionally. Appears to have little or no facial emotion but emotion is still present.
- Being unable to control actions e.g. stealing a car, spending money.
Symptoms must be present for a minimum of six months and must be assessed by a doctor. Symptoms differ in severity and may appear in episodes where they are severe and then there are little or none at all.
Obsession/ OCD
Obsession and OCD don't necessarily mean the same thing. There is a difference between being obsessed with something and having the psychotic episodes of Obsession.
Symptoms of Obesssion:
- Being unable to live without the certain thing e.g. a person, an object, a ritual or a television character but it could be anything at all.
- Being heavily focused on the thing in question so much so the person is unable to function properly.
- Being certain or obsessed that a celebrity, person or power or that anyone that sees them is falling in love with them.
- Behaving in a dangerous, frightening or threatening manner to someone that has left them e.g. ex-boyfriend or girlfriend that cannot and will not let go of them even after a period of time has passed e.g. stalking, harassing, destroying their things, making accounts online, obsessively checking their social networking, talking to their friends or family, wanting to know everything about them and be close to them again. Possessive behaviours.
- Becoming dramatically upset when the thing in question is taken away e.g. TV show, book, person, object. Often taken by another person.
- Paranoia.
- Heavily researching a subject e.g. wanting to know every member of someone's family tree, every detail about them, collecting every picture, wanting to know as much as possible and more.
Often people with obsession do not realise they are obsessed and pass it off as being caring, loving or enthusiastic and curious. Symptoms can be diagnosed rather quickly.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD comes in a variety of problems. It is a combination of obsessions and compulsions, compulsions meaning the person HAS to do the action, ritual, behaviour or speech otherwise terrible things will happen, or they cannot control it.
Symptoms of OCD:
- Obsessively checking things e.g. the oven is off, the lights are off, the doors are locked, the keys are where you checked them. This is done multiple times and it is a compulsory act otherwise the person becomes very distressed, confused or upset.
- The person may have to touch everything they see quickly or in a certain order, it may appear odd or as though they are having jerky, uncontrollable movements.
- Needing to have things in a perfectly organised manner, nothing out of place, everything must be facing the precisely correct way in absolute order and if anything is slightly disturbed it will be extremely upsetting.
- Obsessive washing, cleaning or sterilising of items. This doesn't mean washing hands a lot to make sure you won't get sick, this means being unable to stop yourself from washing them, paranoia about them, wanting to make sure everything is immaculate and perfect.
- Being a perfectionist.
- Counting. Counting things obsessively, or a certain number of times something has to be done, counting and checking the numbers in everything and being unable to stop it from happening.
- Habitual or odd little movements.
- Obsessive thinking.
- Ritualistic behaviour e.g. trying to ward the house from vampires, having certain little actions, shrines or sentences that protect them, help them or make them feel closer to God.
- Excessively good personal hygiene, tidiness, etc.
- Sudden urges to apologise and powerful surges of guilt even when they have done nothing wrong.
- Being unable to disturb items e.g. hanging a coat up perfectly and being unable to leave the house because they cannot disturb it, being unable to move a teddy bear out of panic it will wake up.
Obsessive Compulsive disorder is a very complex thing to diagnose as it shares symptoms with other forms of Psychosis. It must have been present for at least six months and have a negative impact on the person's thought process/life. Symptoms of this can start in childhood as well as teen and adult years.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This manifests itself as, you guessed correctly, a stress disorder after a traumatic event. This can happen to anyone at any given time at any age from childhood to senior ages and for many different reasons. Some people are more disposed to it than others.
- Panic attacks
- Obsessively thinking about traumatic event
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Emotional numbness, refusing to allow oneself to feel certain emotions e.g. happiness, guilt, sadness.
- Powerful feelings of guilt.
- Reliving the experience when sleeping, through visions, hallucinations or just general thinking.
- Avoiding speaking about the event, thinking about it or doing anything that reminds of it e.g. burning all items bought for them by the person or at the time it happened, obsessively cleaning things, poor speech, blocking it out of your mind.
- Being easily startled, constantly on the edge, anxious or paranoid.
- Headaches, muscle aches, dizziness, stomach pains, IBS is brought on by these.
- Constant feelings of anger, stress, emotional problems. Mood swings.
- Obsessive negative thoughts.
- Self-harm
- Suicidal thoughts
PTSD is brought on by a frightening, disturbing or traumatic event e.g. physical abuse, a death in the family, a violent accident, extreme pressure or stress, intimate abuse, childhood trauma, identity crisis, horrific experience e.g. in hospital, at work, in a certain place, witnessing violence or death. It can be very difficult for other people to tell exactly what happened to cause these symptoms and sometimes the person suffering does not understand why they are having some of the symptoms and it takes a long time for the realisation to kick in or to fully remember what happened.
Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders
This can be an upsetting and frightening subject for many people. Often they are not diagnosed or recognised until it is too late and there are some debates as to whether or not it is psychosis. Anorexia is one of the most devastating eating disorders on the planet, it is not someone wanting to diet and be thin, it is a devastating mental illness that causes obsession and frightening or uncontrollable thoughts. Symptoms can often be hard to spot and the person suffering does not always understand what is wrong. But things to look out for are very important.
Things to Look Out For:
- A sudden obsession with dieting, health and fitness when previously the person wasn't bothered.
- Staring to wear baggy or very loose clothing that covers the body or figure.
- Skipping meals or claiming they have already eaten.
- Self-harming or self-harming marks/scars.
- Signs of depression.
- An obsession with physical image/beauty.
- Low self-esteem especially about the figure and weight.
- Weight loss.
- Emotional outbursts.
- Losing interest in other activities.
- Teeth deteriorate in condition (if vomiting)
- Vomiting, stomach pains or going to the toilet excessively.
- Laxatives, diet pills or other such things in the house or the person continually complains of having IBS or constipation and take laxatives regularly.
- Hair, skin and nails become poorly conditioned, brittle, dull or lose luster. Person begins to look sickly.
- Loss of period
- Knows a lot about calorie counting, foods.
- Shivering or complaining of being cold, having headaches or aching joints.
- Pulls food into smaller pieces or cuts it up a lot and eats very slowly.
- Becoming obsessed with weight gain, metabolism, exercise, diet and health.
- Continually seeing self as fat, disgusting, ugly.
- Hearing voices criticising weight or personal appearance.
- Self-harming.
- Missing meals in order to lose weight and or lying about having eaten.
- Calorie counting, knowing exactly what is in foods, only eating low calorie food
- Cuts food into tiny pieces or pushes it around the plate.
- Delusions
- Mood swings.
- Loss of menstrual cycle
- Hair, skin and or nails begin to deteriorate.
- Counting the ribs, checking body in mirror, looking at naked self from all angles checking for fat or imperfections.
- Feeling of being controlled, judged and hated.
- Loss of self worth.
- Depression.
- Skin breakouts
- After a period of above symptoms, refusing to eat, checking foods, skipping meals and losing weight, the metabolism begins to slow down.
- Infertility
- Pains in the joints e.g. elbows, knees, etc.
- Dehydration, inability to pass urine
- Dizzy spells, headaches, feeling cold all the time after above symptoms are present.
- Starvation
- Constantly feeling overweight despite other people telling you you're too thin, skinny, etc.
Symptoms can be very hard to see or diagnose and if you suspect you or someone you know is suffering you should seek professional help IMMEDIATELY. Symptoms differ from person to person.
So now we're onto the second from last portion of the hub.
Myth: People with a mental illness are dangerous.
Fact: People with a mental illness pose a small threat to other people. They are often not dangerous and are more likely to be dangerous to themselves than other people.
Myth: People with Bipolar are just hormonal attention-seekers or teenagers.
Fact: Bipolar disorder is not hormonal and usually affects late teens and adults more than children or younger teenagers.
Myth: Depression is for the weak and it can be stopped.
Fact: Depression is beyond your control and caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. It can also be genetic and is a serious health problem.
Myth: Teenagers don't have mental health issues, they're just bratty, moody and hormonal.
Fact: One in ten teenagers will be diagnosed with a serious mental health condition unrelated to hormones or age.
Myth: People with Schizophrenia hear voices and are crazy and dangerous.
Fact: Many Schizophrenia's do not hear voices or see things nor are they crazy or dangerous.
Myth: People with mental health problems are criminals/ more likely to commit a crime.
Fact: The vast majority of criminals are people WITHOUT mental health conditions.
Myth: Children do not suffer from psychosis.
Fact: Psychosis is rarer in children but it does occur and is often misdiagnosed as autism.
Myth: People who experience psychosis should be thrown in a mental institute.
Fact: The majority of people who experience psychosis do not need hospital treatment and are often not on any type of medication.
Myth: Medication is good for you.
Fact: Medication for psychosis can be extremely dangerous and cut 20 years off of a person's life. It can be extremely beneficial to treat people with severe symptoms but must only be analysed by a healthcare professional and mutually agreed on.
Myth: Mental illness is just an excuse for being anti-social or doing bad things.
Fact: Anti-social behaviour is not a form of psychosis. Social difficulties or communication problems are, but are not actually classed as anti-social disorders.
Myth: If your parents don't have a mental health problem then you can't have one either.
Fact: Mental health problems (if genetic) can be passed down through several generations and often it is a grandparent, uncle or cousin that the trait comes from rather than a mother or a father.
Myth: People with mental health problems shouldn't be allowed to have children.
Fact: People with mental health problems rarely pose a threat to children, are nearly always capable of caring for them and may not pass their condition on to the child.
What do you think?
Is this hub helping answer your questions/ do you feel it is informative?
Thank you to all of those who have read my hub. I have done my best to make it as good as I can and as informative and easy to read. I hope this has helped answer your questions and improve your understanding. Please remember this is not a professional diagnosis and these psychotic episodes go into far greater detail than I have on here and should only be diagnosed and treated by a professional.
If you'd like, please leave a comment below and share your concerns, experiences or extra information. Anyone that posts derogatory, abusive or hate will be deleted and reported.
Best wishes to everyone, feel good and stay strong!


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Many Rails newcomers, even some people who know MVC quite well, often confuse how to code in the right way. The controller are usually fat, and the logic spreads across the whole application. The views still messy because it contains logic and even worse people often code like a controller (query to db). However, the model are usually skinny. I could say there is no restrictions in the way you code. It is a set of disciplines that every developers must know in order to have a cheaper maintenance.
MVC has been successful for many reasons, and some of those reasons are "readability", "maintainability", "modularity", and "separation of concerns". You'd like your code to have those properties, right? The rules of thumb are:
1. Controller should be skinny. This is what it means to have a controller know what to do without knowing the details of how to do it.
2. Any complexity related to building a business logic will be specified and implemented in the Model.
3. Inside View, access to instance variables that have been defined in Controller. Try not to use if-else condition or loop as much as possible.
By putting everything in the right place, you would benefit from a lot of MVC pattern.
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Making A Difference...!
Contributed by Selvan John on Apr 3, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: This sermon is thought through differently cause one time or the other we like to make a difference. See if you can make the 'different difference differently...'
Making a difference…!
We all like to be different or show some difference in the thing we say or we do, cause we do not like to typically copy what others do. It is indeed a good one, sometimes early this year one of the lecturers in the department of Social Work, made a phrase for their annual conference and the phrase goes like this – Different difference differently, it sound philosophical isn't it? But that is how we like to show the difference. Even this morning I am going to preach a different sermon in a different style.
(Get a mat that could be spread on the floor for someone to lie down, ask for one slim volunteer to lie down so that at a later stage it would be easy to carry them around in the mat. Then ask at least 5 of them to volunteer to pass by the lying person on the mat, get their feedback of what would be their reaction to pass by a stranger lying helpless on the street. Then ask someone to read the passage. Mark 2:1-12)
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." 6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, 11 "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Once the feedback is got we will surely know what kind of reaction each one had, for sure no one would be willing to help because it involves a lot of risk and people never want to go out of the way to help cause the trouble is not worth. But in this passage there were four men who took notice of the paralyzed man and they had the desire to take him to Jesus so that he could be healed. I am sure there are at least three important aspect to make the difference in the life of the others. I would like to bring them as three 'D' the first D would be Desire, the second would be Decision and the third D Dedication or Devotion.
DESIRE: to help someone or to do something we need the Desire to do so. I am sure all of us have the desire to do good but the worst part is we have some excuse not to do it. We have a desire to serve the Lord but we do not have time (excuse), we have the desire to give more but only thing we do not have enough or surplus to be given (excuse), we have a desire to pray more but we do not know how to do it, we have pastors who could do it on our behalf (excuse). The list can go on but, these 4 men in the passage had the desire to do something probably because they themselves might have been helped by Jesus. Desire is the starting point it should not have an immature death, it should lead to making a decision.
DECISION: the four men after their desire to help decided to carry the man to the house where Jesus was but the worst awaited them, the house was full no room for any one any more. Let me caution you when desire to do something for God and you make the decision the worst awaits you, it leads to discouragement; like in this case the house was full. Keep to your decision even when the worst awaits, these men were not quitters they decide to do something, that was to lower the man through the roof. I don't know if they ever asked permission from the paralyzed man to carry around like that. Had I to be in his place I would have requested them not carry since the death on the mat would be better than death from the roof top. The 4 men did not give up they made it through and lowered the man into the house were Jesus was ministering. The perfect desire led them to this untiring Decision.
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Newmont Mining Hints Dividend Hike Could Be in the Cards
Higher Gold Prices Boost Cash Flows
New York, NY — Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM), the world's second largest gold miner by market value, may increase its quarterly dividend later this year as bullion prices jump.
"It's certainly worth noting that if today's gold price is maintained, our gold price-linked dividend would double in the third quarter," Chief Financial Officer Laurie Brlas said on a conference call with analysts on July 21. "We do plan to reassess the dividend pay-out later this year, as we go through our 2017 business planning process, and would expect to be able to adjust it given our strong cash performance." (Source: "Miner Newmont hints at dividend increase as bullion prices soar," Reuters, July 21, 2016.)
Newmont Mining declared a quarterly dividend of $0.025 per share of common stock. Newmont's gold price-linked dividend policy includes a quarterly dividend payable based on the average LBMA P.M. gold price for the preceding quarter.
The policy recommends an annual dividend of $0.10 per share or $0.025 per quarter at a gold price of up to $1,300 per ounce and an annual dividend of $0.20 per share or $0.05 per quarter at a gold price between $1,300 and $1,399 per ounce.
For each $100.00-per-ounce increase in the gold price above $1,399 per ounce, the annual payout increases at a rate of $0.20 per share or $0.05 per quarter. (Source: "Newmont Declares Quarterly Dividend," Newmont Newsroom, July 20, 2016). Newmont production will review its gold price-linked dividend at an October board meeting.
"Newmont Mining reported GAAP net income attributable to shareholders from continuing operations of $50.0 million, or $0.09 per share, compared to $63.0 million, or $0.13 per share, in the prior-year quarter and achieved adjusted net income of $231 million, or $0.44 per basic share, compared to $131 million, or $0.26 per share, in the prior-year quarter."
The spot price of gold was $1,323, up from $1,060.24 at the start of 2016 as investors seek a safe haven during increasing geopolitical uncertainty and declining real interest rates.
Newmont Chief Executive Gary Goldberg said the board of directors will weigh the use of cash for debt reduction, project investment, and shareholder returns. Increasing the dividend is preferable to share buybacks, he added. (Source: Ibid.)
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I have had surgery and ablation for Endometriosis, and also have fibroids both inside and outside uterus. Have managed to control everything as much as possible on my own, but recently was put on Cerazette to medically manage things - worst thing I ever did. I managed ten weeks on it and had to take myself off due to agonising pain, constant bleeding, and depressive mood.
I went back to the hospital for a follow up, and was told fibroids have grown but are not worrying - even though I am sure they are contributing to the pain. They are insisting that I go on Provera tablet to stop my cycle, but I actually don't want to stop the cycle - I just want to manage what I have. I don't want to put hormones and drugs in to my body unless I know they will make a difference, yet I am constantly being told that there is no other option.
Can anyone advise regarding the Provera tablet? All I've read has been bad.
Also, I just feel like I'm being fobbed off constantly, and treated like all women with Endo go through the same thing and therefore we must all be treatable the same way. Am I alone in this? Xxx


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The Banjara Brief
Anaka Narayanan takes inspiration from the Rajasthani nomadsa�� embroidery for her new spring/summer collection.
THIS summer, pick up hand woven and hand blocked cotton and khadi basics with a gypsy twist, as the nine-year-old brand, Brass Tacks, is out with its new Spring/Summer line. Adding a dash of quirk to dresses, pants, skirts, dhoti dungarees, jumpsuits and more, is the intricate needle work, patchwork, motifs and mirror work typical of the colourful Banjara embroidery, which originated in Rajasthan.
Owner-designer Anaka Narayanan says, a�?For my designs, a (nomadic) Banjara community that works with an NGO in Sandur, Karnataka, produced the embroidery. I just wanted to have simple, elemental accents, and so, even though Banjara embroidery is popular and is used a lot, I thought here is my chance to take something like that and give it a completely different look.a�? To give a more contemporary edge to the garments, Narayanan says she focussed on only a few elements of Banjara embroidery and played around with the motifs and colours to minimise it to just accents. The collection is dominated by colours like rose quartz, pink blossom, grass green and lime green.
On sustainable fashion, she states, a�?I think being eco-friendly is a way of life. It is definitely something that I consider. Thata��s why we use only natural, sustainable textiles. The other thing is, I want women to buy my garments because they look good in them and it makes them feel good,a�? says the 35-year-old designer, who is soon launching a store in Bengaluru.
Rs 1,500 onwards at Brass Tacks, Alwarpet.
Details:A� 42081767
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The new rockstars are these intelligent people who make great things happen.
Ah, research. It's one of the things we absolutely hated to do in school, whether it was for a simple essay or a full length paper. While scanning through Google tabs or reading every book in the library, we'd often think to ourselves, why couldn't we just have been born with the knowledge of everything? Research is important, however, as the foundation for innovation, and great research projects (the ones that usually end up getting that A+) can even lead to breakthrough businesses.
Now on its 29th year, the BPI-DOST Science Awards recognizes students with excellent research projects from different colleges. This year's theme was "Forming A Sustainable Country Through Science and Innovation" so all the projects were centered on how to fix national problems. With the contest, the BPI Foundation and the Department of Science and Technology aims to encourage students to turn their theses into reality.
Talks were given by entrepreneurs, all in their 20s, to inspire the students — Shawntel Nieto of BMB Solutions, Gia Santos of HeartSmart, and Aaron David of e-Magsasaka shared their experiences. When asked what advice they had to give to those who wanted to pursue their own start-ups, they said to Just Do It.
Seeing all these beautiful brains gathered in one place was intimidating, to say the least. These 25 students all won P10,000 each while the Top 10 won an additional P15,000. Nicole Alberto and Peter Onglao from UP Diliman, a Molecular Biology and Biotechnology major and a Chemical Engineering major respectively, both won one of the top prizes: the Best in Innovation Award, bagging P25,000 each. The Project of the Year award and another P25,000 was given to Nicole Alberto (that's P75,000 for her, if you're keeping track).
After the program, Nicole Alberto gave us an overview of her research , which was developing a kit that can diagnose shrimp diseases. Peter Onglao also talked about his winning research project that studied the effectiveness of chitosan-coated nanostructures to absorb carbon dioxide.
With the lack of researchers in the Philippines (200 for every million), we wondered why these two decided to pursue a career in S.T.E.M.
"I come from the Philippine Science High School so actually going to Pisay made me love science," says Nicole. "I learned that research isn't just trying to further the bounds of knowledge but it's also about thinking of who you can apply your work to."
When asked how they could encourage young people to get into the sciences, Peter says that they should start as early as possible. "They can join those math and science contests. The number of these contests is already increasing as well as their scopes. Before, they were just quiz bees, but now they have conventions and research competitions. They can start as early as possible to get into science and research. By joining these competitions, they can know more about the fields they could get into."
The BPI-DOST Science Awards prove that the youth are taking concrete steps to help the country through their research. Who knows? Maybe in the future, you'll see these students' creations saving the entire world.