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ON THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PLATEAUS but when one of us slowly approached them they galloped away. The full-grown kiang is as large as a strong mule or pony and wears his yellowish-brown coat, flecked with lighter spots, most effectively. He is one of the rare representatives of the wild ass family who seems to have adapted himself perfectly to this high alti tude, for we never met him below 16,ooo feet.* Thermal springs at a grazing ground called Kiam gave us our last opportunity to enjoy a hot dip. Bosshard constructed a bathtub out of an upper tent fly, and while we were having a luxurious medic inal bath at an altitude of 17,200 feet our Ladakhis preferred to clean their faces with rancid butter. This place offered our animals their last good grazing grounds. Following the valley eastward, we crossed the first wintry snow fields, which even the summer sun was not strong enough to melt, and three days after leaving Kiam we reached the Lanak La, the frontier pass to Tibet proper. SOUNDLESS GLORY ON TOP OF THE WORLD Now we were actually on the "top of the world," for we were advancing through valleys 18,ooo feet high. Snowy, unnamed ranges arose before our eyes, the tower ing boundary posts of no man's land. In the midst of the soundless glory of this untouched mountain world we marched and worked silently, as if afraid of our own human voices. The weather here would have upset any forecast of meteorologists, for broiling sun alternated with icy hail and snow showers several times a day and terrific winds blew from the west every afternoon, as if the air demons, to whom our coolies prayed, wished to hasten our progress. The advance of our caravan was not very rapid-eight to twelve miles a day; some times only six. As a matter of fact, this was speedy enough, for we needed time to pursue our individual studies. During the longer halts we packed and registered our scientific trophies-plants, fossils, and rock specimens, or sometimes even ani mals-and developed our films or wrote in our diaries. Occasionally these halts were also uti lized for special explorations into the * See, also, in the National Geographic So ciety publication, "Horses of the World." neighboring country. Thus Bosshard and I once climbed a peak, somewhat over 20,000 feet, from which we had our first glimpse of the world's most desolate plateaus. It was a fine day, ideal for geographical and botanical studies. The air was so pure that even the most distant peaks and gla ciers appeared in all their topographical detail. We first ascended through patches of edelweiss and beautiful alpine flora, but at 19,000 feet even the flowers left us and we were alone, for the coolies refused to climb higher. "The air has been taken out of me," said one of them, and indeed it was hard for us to climb the last 400 feet, as we were loaded with knapsacks and cameras. Near the Lanak Pass three of the natives from Phobrang, who had accompanied us with nine yaks, left us. We asked them to take our Indian servant, Abdullah, and one of our shepherds along with them, as both were suffering severely from moun tain sickness. They refused, as they feared the responsibility of taking two sick men on the fast return journey. Because of the weakness of our two servants, we rested for a couple of days, but as this failed to strengthen them we pushed on in the hope of finding a lake which we believed to be located on a pla teau known as the Lingzi Tang, where we intended to establish a base camp. Murmuring prayers, in which they com mended their tired souls to Allah and his almighty prophet, the two men, who had lost all hope of recovery, were tied on yaks by the Ladakhis, and we were under way once more. After two days' march through undulat ing hills and mountains so utterly barren that even our sheep could not find a blade of grass for sustenance, we reached the lake, Sirigh Jilganang Ko1 (the Lake of the Yellow Valley). This wide expanse of turquoise-colored water seemed to mir ror the distant peaks of the Karakoram Mountains, which rose in the west as a jagged skyline of incomparable grandeur (see Color Plate XIII). THE CAMP OF DEATH Sabur Malik, the assistant caravan leader, discovered some grazing grounds a mile and a half from our camp, and, as our animals had been without grass for two days, we ordered the ponies to be led 341
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Overwhelming support for Predators taking an emotional toll on Penguins/
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PITTSBURGH, PA – As Nashville prepares to face off against Pittsburgh in their first Stanley Cup Final in team history next week, they have been the recipients of overwhelming support from neutral fans throughout the league.
So much so, that several Penguins players have admitted that the immense bandwagon support for their opponents – and lack of neutral support for them – has begun to hurt their feelings.
"We're people, too," captain Sidney Crosby told reporters this morning. "We see all the great support the Preds are getting, and to be quite honest, it's hurtful."
"We've worked incredibly hard to get here, we've won as many games as they have so far in the playoffs. They're no more deserving of support than we are."
Forward Chris Kunitz was seen talking to himself and walking in circles around his stall on Saturday, before going into a team meeting to address the matter.
"Are we the Pats?" He was overheard asking. "Are we really the Pats? We're not the Pats."
According to team doctors, Jake Guentzel and Olli Maatta have both been inconsolable since fans around the league jumped on the Nashville bandwagon after they clinched the western conference last Monday. Both players have spent the last week in therapy.
After being administered adrenaline shots prior to the last two games of the Ottawa series, they were happy enough to play, however their status for game one of this series is not yet known.
"Most of the guys are pretty downtrodden right now," head athletic trainer Christ Stewart said. "Hurt feelings have taken their toll on other teams in the past."
"We saw the reaction from several Blue Jackets players in the first round when our guys went around telling them they weren't real rivals of ours. It just devastated them."
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The fighters told stories of their recent victory.
The craftsman exchange playful insults.
The Bard walked around singing.
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Review: Strong story softens sharp family conflicts in 'Last Schwartz'/
By ROB HUBBARD | Special to the Pioneer Press
October 23, 2018 at 5:00 am
As the holidays approach, many a mind turns with fear toward the family conflicts ahead. It's the time of year when dormant divisions among relatives awaken from hibernation and spill out over the dining room table.
Comfort yourself knowing that your family probably doesn't roil with as much hostility and stress as the Schwartzes. They're the New York family that populates Deborah Zoe Laufer's play, "The Last Schwartz," currently receiving its Twin Cities premiere via Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company. Brothers are sleeping with one another's partners (or are trying to), the oldest sister is fiercely protecting their parents' memory (and the family's Jewishness) and the brilliant brother astronomer with autism is going blind.
Oh, and … it's a comedy. Of a sort. In her deliciously sharp-eared script, Laufer finds lots of humor in the absurd ways that siblings can communicate (or not), seemingly small matters building into verbal conflagrations. But before you think, "Why would I want to spend an evening with these people?" you should know that this is an excellent play that takes the kitchen-sink family drama structure, adds a lot of biting wit, and draws you into caring very much about these richly detailed characters.
Laufer once wrote a play called "The Three Sisters of Weehawken" that was clearly inspired by Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters." Similarly, "The Last Schwartz" feels much like an update of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," in that a family is battling over what will happen to the land that is their legacy. In this case, it's a cabin in the Catskill Mountains that the four New York City-based siblings only visit on holidays, or, in this case, to perform a memorial ritual for their father.
It's oldest sister Norma who's most attached to the place, while brother Herb espouses the practicality of selling it. Gene and Simon are concentrating on other worlds, in astronomer Simon's case, literally. Driving the story forward are two women destined to be treated as interlopers by the anal and imperious Norma: Herb's chatterbox wife, Bonnie, and Kia, the sweet but dim girlfriend Gene has brought along. As stories, seductions and confessions fly, the conflicts begin to center around what each wants in the way of a family.
Under Warren C. Bowles' direction, the cast of six keeps the pace brisk on Michael Hoover's set of ramshackle rusticity. Despite a limited playing space, there's a lot of movement afoot. The play may be talky, but it's never static, from a wrestling match atop a table to some awkward incomplete passes of the sexual sort.
It's a strong production, but the characters are fleshed out with varying levels of success. Heidi Fellner stands out with her portrayal of the browbeaten and ultimately heartbroken Bonnie, who commands the stage as she grows wings while confronting the past. While playwright Laufer strains believability with Kia's comical ditziness, Emily Dussault makes her the compassionate outsider we need for an expedition into this family's dynamic. And Matt Sciple is excellent as Herb, a wing-tipped, money-clip-wielding businessman with a flair for fury.
Alas, Laufer doesn't allow Herb's three siblings to expose their vulnerabilities enough to draw an audience's sympathy, Laura Stearns Adams having the toughest row to hoe as exasperating control freak Norma. Yet "The Last Schwartz" is nevertheless so strong a script that I found myself wondering why it's taken Minnesota Jewish Theatre so long to get around to this 2003 play.
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What: Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company's "The Last Schwartz"
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m. Sundays; through Nov. 11
Where: Highland Park Community Center, 1978 Ford Parkway, St. Paul
Tickets: $38-$23, available at 651-647-4315 or mnjewishtheatre.org
Capsule: A rewarding comical journey into an offbeat family dynamic.
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As we found out last week, The Hunger Games is much more to our fandom than a series of novels or a movie franchise. We were OVERWHELMED, in the best way possible, by the outpouring of emotional, heartfelt, funny and interesting stories we you wrote to us last week on our site and all across social media. Read all about last week's feature, "Your THG Story" here.
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How many of us can say that we've made lasting friendships because of our love for The Hunger Games? We've created unbreakable bonds because of our love for this amazing series. There's always someone to freak out over it. There's always someone to cry with about new trailers or stills. It's your THG BFF.
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I wish I could name all the friends that I've made in The Hunger Games fandom, but I don't want to leave anyone out. You all know who you are. I'm thankful that these books and movies have brought such joy to my life in the way of friendships. Now is the time to appreciate your friends. Tell your stories.
When I've been so low, all my friends were there for me. Sometimes all you have to do is have an in depth talk about Peeta Mellark and why he is the definition of perfect. That's why it's important to have a THG BFF. You need someone in your life who understands what's in your heart.
Cherish the friendships and the memories. Make the most out of this time. We have so much fun stuff coming up in the next few months. I'll be heading to NYC to enjoy the final movie with some of my best friends. I hope that you all get the chance to do the same.
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This 18-22 June was #FlexibleWorkingWeek18 established to encourage Australians to approach their employers about flexible work arrangements. "But I can do this any day," I hear you say! Indeed!
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Sure, this conversation doesn't have to happen immediately, but also, why not? Sometimes all we need is a prompt to make changes to our life that will help us, and in this case, ultimately help our employer as well.
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BEIS offers £80k to find out why its staff are leaving
The business department is seeking a private consultant to investigate retention problems
BEIS was formed last year following a merger of two departments. Credit: Louise Haywood-Schiefer
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has advertised an £80,000 contract for a private company to investigate its staff retention problems.
The department has around 3,000 employees but sees between 35 and 50 people quit every month, and says it has "no reliable data" on why they leave or where they go.
It is now seeking bids via the government contracts finder website for a consultant to carry out exit interviews and provide questionnaires for leavers, to identify trends and make recommendations to the head of workforce planning at BEIS.
- Warning sounded over retention of civil service customs specialists
- Staff turnover rate hits 35% in the Cabinet Office
- Home Office 'needs 5,000 extra staff' to handle Brexit immigration issues
The department – which was formed last year following the merger of the Department for Energy and Climate Change with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – expects its workforce to grow by 10% due to Brexit.
According to its tender document, BEIS has been focused for the past year on the issues arising from the machinery of government change, and now wants to turn its attention to retention.
A BEIS spokesperson said: "The department has gone through a huge transition since it was created last July and we have taken steps to make sure all of our staff feel valued and that we continue to attract talented people.
"We are keen to understand what more we can do to support these efforts. We already conduct exit interviews and the successful bidder will help us to act on their results."
Retention has emerged as growing problem across the civil service, with Brexit and pay constraint thought to be partly to blame.
The Cabinet Office, in particular, recorded a huge increase to 35% in staff turnover last year, while the Institute for Government sounded the alarm this week over retention of civil service specialists ahead of changes to customs arrangements following Brexit.
A June poll by the FDA, the trade union representing senior civil servants, found that almost a third of its members want to leave the civil service as soon as possible, with dissatisfaction over pay one of the most cited reasons.
Meanwhile the government announced this week that it plans to lift the 1% cap on public sector pay for police and prison officers, to address increasing retention issues in these sectors.
Julian McCrae, deputy director of the Institute for Government, told that The Times that turnover in the civil service has always been a problem because people get moved around so much.
"With Brexit, departments need to be keeping people in post much longer than in the past," he said.
"They need experienced people to get through a year or more of very tricky negotiations and then to implement the new regimes for a further two or three years."
He also said that BEIS' retention problems are unsurprising, and praised the department's openness.
"But it's an odd procurement to choose because you would have thought it's the sort of thing a decent human relations department could do without commissioning external work, not least because the reasons people chose to stay are just as interesting," he added.
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Thanks to all those who took part in the consultation. All responses are currently being considered by the Council and the results will be published on this page as soon as they are available.
The 2019 – 2024 Draft Sexual Health Strategy sets out the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames's and NHS Richmond Clinical Commissioning Group's priorities and approach to improving sexual health locally.
Sexual health is an important area of public health as it affects many facets of life and is an integral part of overall health and wellbeing. Moreover, poor sexual health can negatively affect the health and wellbeing of individuals and impacts on society as a whole.
The key aim of the draft sexual health strategy is to improve the sexual health of the whole population, and have the greatest impact on vulnerable population groups, who are disproportionately experiencing health inequalities.
As such, the draft strategy identifies actions that can be taken locally to improve sexual health outcomes, reduce inequalities, and promote good sexual health in Richmond and focuses on actions related to prevention, awareness, inequalities, and primary care.
Stakeholder engagement has been vital to the development of this draft strategy and the associated action plan. Engagement has included:
At every stage of the engagement feedback was taken on board and the strategy and the action plan amended accordingly. Through stakeholder engagement and the findings of the Sexual Health Needs Assessment (SHNA) undertaken in 2018, five proposed priorities were identified. These priorities are in line with the National Framework for Sexual Health Improvement.
The five strategic priorities are:
The priorities are informed by local need, what people have told us, and reflect national strategic direction. The draft strategy action plan shows the actions we intend to take to achieve the identified priorities.
Why we are consulting?
We would like to know your views on the priorities and actions listed in the strategy. When the consultation closes in November the sexual health strategy steering group will review and update the strategy, to reflect the consultation responses.
Have your say
Before completing the survey, please read the draft Richmond Sexual Health Strategy document attached at the bottom of the page. Also attached at the bottom of the page is the Equality Impact and Needs Analysis (EINA) for this consultation, the Richmond Sexual Health Needs Assessment, as well as the Strategy Action Plan.
You can access the online survey below, but if you would like a paper copy, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Please be advised that the consultation closes on Thursday 8th November 2018.


text: Mark Beckett just sent me this great pic of his kit at The Flamingo on the set of Olivia Newton John's show "Summer Nights". The drum is the new Beier 1.5 Steel–4 x 15. It is done in gloss white, and will be a whole new series here at Beier Drums. The drum has a huge range, and not only just for a piccolo. The Mid/Bottom range is amazing, and the projection and tone were exactly what I had hoped for in this drum. The specs and concept were Mark's, and I am really thrilled to see it in live use. Thank You Mark….


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The Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam, represented by Defense and Armed Forces Attaché Col. Jose Ricky A. Laniog and Defense and Armed Forces Administrative Assistant MSgt. Romelito A. Galeos, participated in the National Youth Day Cycling Recreation 2018 graced by His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, held in Bandar Seri Begawan on 02 September 2018.
His Majesty The Sultan, along with members of the Royal Family, led the tour and were joined by over a thousand cyclists comprising of government officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps and the general public. The route covered 11.49 kilometers along the main streets of Brunei's capital.
The National Youth Day Cycling Recreation 2018 was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Communications, and the Brunei Darussalam Cycling Federation.
This year's National Youth Day celebration was aimed at promoting sporting activity and a healthy lifestyle among the youth.
The Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam actively participates in physical and social activities organized by the Brunei Government in support of the Embassy's public diplomacy program. END


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if you have a product or service you think my readers would enjoy, i am happy to incorporate items i love into a collage or feature. please note that i will only review or mention products i love and i do not accept payment for product reviews and follow the 'if you have nothing nice to say' rule.
i am currently accepting giveaways. i enjoy supporting etsy shops, bloggers and local restaurants. together, we can design the giveaway for your brand. again, i am only able to participate in giveaways i feel represent my readers taste.
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text: For over a decade now, states across the US have been trying to get all payer claims databases, or APCD's, off the ground. Essentially, these state-managed databases collect information from insurers about many aspects of the healthcare, claims, and payment system, including ICD-10 diagnosis codes, charges for services at each care provider, how much was paid by both the insurer and the insured, and demographic information about the patient. Continue reading How All Payer Claims Databases Could Resolve Patient Payment Issues


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I'll try my best to find some other subjects to write about but for now I'm pretty much living my life (as best I can) around my left shoulder. I have been talking to a few folks who have been through similar injuries, and have heard that it turns around quickly after surgery.
I feel like I'm in a holding pattern at the moment. If I was going to wait for it to heal on its own, I could spend my time focusing on recovery and making sure that everything I do is focused on quickly healing my broken bone. But since I'm just waiting for surgery, I feel like I'm just trying to may the time pass as easily as possible.
There are a few positions that I am comfortable in; that I have zero pain. Basically I can sit or lay on the couch, bed, or lounge chair. I have always been a good sleeper, and I've been sleeping fine since I am able to sleep on my right side or back.
So physically it isn't so bad, but mentally it is a bit tougher. I can't help out around the house, which is still strewn with a fair bit of stuff from my last race. I'd really like to put away the cyclocross bike (drain tubulars of sealant, etc) for the season, but it is still sitting behind my couch. I also can't help with the baby, so my wife has been working very hard to keep the house running.
I was able to ride a recumbent exercise bike yesterday. It wasn't too comfortable but I think it was a good thing to get the heart pumping. I can't even walk much since it jostles my shoulder so the irony is that pedaling is the only exercise I can do at this point.
Since I'm having trouble coming up with other things to write about, if anyone has any questions about cycling, racing, training, or anything else, feel free to ask and give me a few ideas of things you'd like to hear about.


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Zayn Malik reveals the story behind his Fifty Shades collaboration with Taylor Swift
Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift's new single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" off of the new Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack quickly shot to number one after its release, and now the "Pillowtalk" singer is opening up about how the collaboration came to be.
"We were kind of in separate places when I mentioned the idea to her. I spoke to her on the phone and she heard the song because Jack [Antonoff] had played it to her," the singer, 23, said Tuesday on the Elvis Duran and The Morning Show. "So she really liked it and she went in the studio the next day."
Swift — who is close friends with both Malik's girlfriend Gigi Hadid and the movie franchise's leading lady Dakota Johnson — "was cool with it" after Malik asked her to collaborate on the track, which was written by Swift, Sam Dew and Antonoff (who also produced it).
"The interesting thing was she's actually friends with Gi, so she already reached out because Jack had just played her the song anyway, just because we'd done it together and she really liked it," says Malik.
Indeed, a source close to the superstars tells PEOPLE Swift, 27, was completely on board with the idea.
"Taylor heard an unfinished version of 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' and was immediately inspired to go into the studio, finish writing the song and lend her vocals to the track," says the source.
It's been more than two years since Swift released her record-shattering 1989 album in October 2014. On Tuesday (Swift's 27th birthday), AT&T released new content on Taylor Swift NOW, a new video experience created by the company and Swift as part of her exclusive multi-year deal with AT&T.
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We are officially in the holiday season!
Family time, perhaps a couple of days off, tons of food and celebrations.
If there is something that defines December is parties. Be it family ones, business dinners or reunions with friends, we all try and get together to celebrate, and with it comes the pressure of what to wear. We want to dress properly and festive without overdoing it, let it show that it's a special occasion.
Here are a few outfit suggestions for every single one of those commitments, from the Christmas work dinner, to a night out with your friends, to Christmas Day and New Year's Eve:
Work dinner;
You want to dress up a little but without going full on festive. You will probably head to the celebration straight from the office so adapting your day look will be key.
That day choose a different suit than the ones you regularly wear, perhaps one you use in more special days, ditch your day to day shirts and go for a bolder colour, try a dark/black one if you usually wear white and pale ones, give a bright colour a chance maybe. Match the tie with the colour of your shirt and consider adding a pocket handkerchief of the same colour too.
Simple yet effective.
Night Out:
Suede and velvet are kings right now. Pick your favourite trousers and match them with a suede or velvet jacket, it can be a bomber or a blazer depending on your style. Pair it with a roll neck top in the same colour and go for moccasins, another seasonal hit.
Christmas Day:
On the 25th we all enjoy a little bit of quirkiness. If you are a big defender of Christmas jumpers or you are heavily encouraged by family to wear one, create a look around it for the fun of it. Wear it with a pair of good jeans rolled all the way up to your ankles, choose ankles socks that match the central colour of your jumper and pair them with pointed shoes. You might not want to get caught dressed like that outside of your house but it is indeed a day to be spent with the family!
New Year's Eve:
Everyone does NYE differently, I have three suggestions for you:
- A colourful suit, burgundy, cerulean, khaki green, with a pale shirt and a skinny tie.
- Slim cut black slacks with with a shirt and black braces.
- Dark skinny jeans, with ankle boots, silk blouse with a lavaliere.
Have you decided what you are going to wear yet? Tell me in the comments below!
Happy Holidays!
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The elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has joined the ranks of those calling for an interim government as a way out of what he described as uncertain elections next month.
Braithwaite stated this yesterday in Abuja at a press conference organised by Mr. Toni Iwobi, an Italian Nigerian and leading member of Legal North Party, which seeks for strong change of attitudes towards immigration issues.
The erudite lawyer, who was represented by Mr. Ajibola Oluyede, warned Nigerians to think carefully about the change they seek, which he sees as superficial rather than structural.
"Let me just add a few words of support and caution especially in the context of our electioneering season in Nigeria when the incumbent at the federal level and his main challenger appear to be running their campaigns on the theme "transformation" and "change," he said.
According to him, to conduct a campaign that ignores these fundamental changes and talk about change or transformation merely on the basis of change of personnel is a disservice to Nigerians and bodes grave consequences if the elections are otherwise properly conducted.
"It is for this reason that I have advocated for an interim government rather than these uncertain elections, which those with deep thinking already see as a failure in the making despite assurances from INEC", he said.
Braithwaite advised that merely angling for a change to Buhari or any other person will not change the fundamental problem of the country, adding that "our economic projects and policies will continue to underperform unless there is structural change in our fiscal federalism."
He insisted that a lasting change can only come through structural changes in the system and not mere change in the occupant of leadership.
He said: "Essentially it is structural change that Nigeria needs today not a superficial change.
"The fight against corruption will continue to fail unless there is structural change in Nigeria. It is not about the zeal of one man ensconced in the embrace of doubtful 'progressives.'
"The system will soon douse any enthusiasm he may still have and things will settle down to business as usual even if there is a change in the helmsman, unless there is a drive for structural change.
"Nigeria needs to revisit its federation and change the current unitary structure in areas such as resource control, internal security and crime prevention, education and other areas already highlighted in the report of the recent Constitutional Conference."
Speaking further, Braithwaite made a positive remark about the efforts of the current administration to introduce some of those structural changes through the transformation agenda.
"The incumbent has premised his intervention on the catchphrase 'transformation agenda' whilst his main challenger is asking Nigerians to see him as representing 'change.' I submit that on the surface transformation means change even as change means transformation," he noted.
It is in this context, he added, that Nigerians ought to look carefully at the kind and content of change being advocated by the protagonists in the Nigerian political landscape today.
"When people talk about change are they talking about structural change or superficial change. Are they talking of positive change or a return to the past," he asked.
He said the current administration has demonstrated its ideas of transformation in certain sectors like in the power, where it did carry out the unbundling and privatisation of the bulk of old electricity that kept Nigerians in darkness for so long.
He, however, noted that even though the transformation is still ongoing, it must be recognised that it is pointing in the right direction for that sector of the Nigerian economy.
"The incumbent federal administration has also demonstrated its transformation agenda by the inauguration of the National Constitutional Conference the report of which unfortunately hasn't been treated with the same zeal for transformation," he said.


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You may have heard the reports.
Or maybe it's even happened to you.
You're sitting on the couch reading a book. Or chopping up vegetables for a salad. Or drifting off to sleep.
All of a sudden, an eerie laugh breaks through the silence, sending chills down your spine.
No, there's nobody else in the room with you. It's Alexa.
so my mom & I are just sitting in the living room, neither of us said a word & our Alexa lit up and laughed for no reason. she didn't even say anything, just laughed.
we unplugged her.
— taylor wade (@taylorkatelynne) March 5, 2018
This bizarre glitch, which now has reportedly been fixed, first came to light several weeks ago. Primarily affecting the Echo and Echo Dot smart speaker devices, it has caused Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa, to laugh randomly. After the first person reported one of these strange occurrences on Twitter last month, a stream of other users started to weigh in with similar anecdotes about Alexa's unexplained and arguably creepy behavior.
Sometimes it's happened when a command has been given to Alexa. At other times, people have been talking in the same room without actually addressing the digital assistant.
Having an office conversation about pretty confidential stuff and Alexa just laughed. Anybody else ever have that?
It didn't chime as if we had accidentally triggered her to wake. She simply just laughed. It was really creepy.
— David Woodland (@DavidSven) March 1, 2018
And, creepiest of all, it has also happened in the dead of night.
Lying in bed about to fall asleep when Alexa on my Amazon Echo Dot lets out a very loud and creepy laugh… there's a good chance I get murdered tonight.
— Gavin Hightower (@GavinHightower) February 26, 2018
Is it possible that Alexa's microphone is faulty? Or that some users just need to speak more clearly?
On March 7th, Amazon announced that it had rolled out a fix for this unsettling behavior. Stating that the smart speaker had been responding to what it heard as "Alexa, laugh," the company said that the prompt had been changed to "Alexa, can you laugh?"
This fix is intended to reduce the chance of "false positives" (where Alexa mistakenly hears the wrong command). Additionally, to put users more at ease, the smart speaker is now supposed to utter "Sure, I can laugh" BEFORE actually doing so.
We're still wondering, though, what made Alexa start laughing unprompted in the middle of the night?
As Brian Feldman explains in a New York Magazine article, it all goes to show how vulnerable this technology has made us — and how little control we really have over smart speakers and similar Internet of Things devices. The technology is made to be easy to use, which means that gadgets generally can't be tinkered with by users. Almost all you can do is turn them on and off.
Since Alexa is connected to the cloud, and almost all voice commands get processed at a remote server, whatever is actually happening in the coding is completely out of your hands. "So," Feldman writes, "when your Amazon Echo starts laughing at you, there is something slightly nefarious at play: complete helplessness. There is nothing you can do to fix it."
Well, humanity. We had a good run. pic.twitter.com/BrrlCvaf2D
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) March 7, 2018
For those already wary of IoT devices, this bizarre behavior just reinforces their resistant stance – and confirms that keeping their distance from smart speakers is the right thing to do.
And questions still remain.
Was this an early April Fools' Day publicity stunt?
A clever hacker with a weird sense of humor?
The beginning of the rise of robot overlords?
Stay tuned.
To read our predictions for the Internet of Things in 2018, check out this related blog post.
Alexa image source: The Boston Globe
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Yet, there is something very special about long wood-firings. When I saw some Japanese vessels made in the Mediaeval times, I found a strong presence and awesome impressions from them.
I have received quite a few enquiries asking me to show my Anagama plans (diagrams). Most of them are interested in my mini-anagama plans. I had to reply to them that I didn't have anything to satisfy their request. In fact, I have never drawn proper plans for all of my Anagama. Please do not get me wrong. I am not secretive keeping my kiln secrets from wood-fire enthusiasts desperately seeking information but I only have made simple notes and worked with available materials and with a small budget. Each kiln building has been slightly different from the previous one. I often had to improvise when I found technical problems with my kiln building.
Here I give you very simple Anagama diagrams by Master Furutani Michio (1946-2000). He was one of very first potters revived Anagama tradition in Shigaraki. His design and sizes of Anagama are just well suited for all Anagama enthusists and studio potters.
I also show you my simple notes for the latest Anagama 'Moby'. (Gas)


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SPS was established in 2005 to support the new arrivals from Eastern Europe, mainly Polish migrants. Since 2008 SPS has strengthened its position as an established organisation that delivers essential services to the new and emerging communities. Services include providing regular English language courses, offering Polish and other Eastern European migrants 1-2-1 information/ signposting sessions, publishing "East Midlands po Polsku", roughly translated as "the East Midlands in Polish" - free monthly Polish newspaper, which contains information about local events and life, organising meetings, social gathering and events such as workshop and presentations, developing a sense of community and working towards community cohesion, recruiting volunteers, English-Polish Language Café, partnership work with various organisations and many others.
SPS is a front line organisation that works closely with the Eastern European community and in partnership with many relevant organisations in Nottingham, the East Midlands, UK and Europe.