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Cardi B And Nicki Minaj Are Going Off At Each Other Again And We're Tired
It's the beef that never seems to end, and now the battle between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj just escalated even further.
Following the pair's infamous brawl at New York Fashion Week's Harpers Bazaar Icons party earlier this year, the rappers have been relentlessly trading barbs back and forth.
On the latest episode of Beats 1 show "Queen Radio" Nicki spilled the tea on their altercation, alleging that it was her friend Rah Ali -- who was also happened to be Cardi B's co-star on Love and Hip Hop -- who gave her that noticeable forehead lump after the fight, not security as reported.
Adding that Ali hit Cardi "9 or 10 times," Nicki also revealed that she had offered the venue $100,000 for surveillance footage of what happened that night as proof she was in the right.
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Following the juicy interview, Cardi was clearly not impressed with Nicki's takedown and flew into a rage over Instagram, posting 10 expletive-ridden videos, ranting about her rap nemesis calling her a liar, accusing her of leaking her phone number and challenging her to fight.
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"You lie so much you can't keep up with your f**king lies," Cardi said. "First you say you've got the footage, but then you say you wanna pay somebody $100,000 if they give you the footage? Yo, make sense when you're talking!"
"Let's talk about the leaked numbers shit," she continued. "Tell me if this don't [sic] make sense: How come my phone number got leaked one hour after the altercation at the Harper's Bazaar party?" Cardi said in her fifth of ten videos.
After several more jabs about everything from both then decided that they were tired of the drama.
"I'm tired of talking about it too," Cardi said. "I'm tired of the f**king whole internet shit, I'm tired of the interview shit. If you really wanna talk about it, you know where to link me... We can talk about it, or we can fight it out. I'm with whatever."
In her final video message, she offered the 35-year-old some advice, saying, "What you need to do is stop focusing on other people and focus on yourself and focus on your craft because you're out here f**king up your legacy, looking like a f**king hater," she said in her tenth video.
Nicki then responded to Cardi's videos in a series of tweets, challenging the 'I Like It' rapper to take a lie detector test.
"I'll pay you to take a lie detector test about every claim I made on #QueenRadio," she wrote. "You won't. I must admit you're a convincing liar."
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At the end of her clapback, Nicki then asked her fans to "appreciate the positive things from here on out" and insisted she will no longer be discussing the feud.
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Sooooooo we guess this means the beef is... Off the grill?
Well, for today anyway.
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About 31,986 retirees and the next of kin of dead pensioners from different parastatals of the Federal Government have claimed a total of N33.76bn pension benefits.
According to the latest report of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) on Parastatal Pensioners' Verification Exercise, N20.6bn of the total claim has been paid out to the beneficiaries by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
In the report, PenCom stated, 'The commission concluded the PPVE1 and issued the final report to the Budget Office of the Federation. During the exercise, 29,873 and 2,113 pensioners and the next-of-kin of deceased pensioners were enrolled respectively.'
It added that the total pension liabilities due to pensioners and next of kin enrolled during the exercise was N33.76bn.
Also, under the Contributory Pension Scheme, the commission said that it approved 1,504 requests for payment as death benefits to the next of kin of deceased employees in both the public and private sectors.
It noted that the total death benefits paid stood at N3.6bn, with N850.22m representing proceeds of Group Life Insurance Policy.
The report showed that the public sector accounted for the highest proportion of death benefit claims, which was 98.87 per cent of the total claims.
PenCom also noted that while some pensioners under the CPS opted for programmed withdrawal, others settled for annuity as they retired.
The figures showed that a larger number of the retirees went for programmed withdrawal than annuity.
According to the Managing Director, African Alliance Insurance Plc, Mr. Alphonse Okpor, the pension scheme ensures that all the balance in the Retirement Savings Account is not given to the pensioner at retirement. The retiree is only allowed to use the money to take either the annuity or programmed withdrawal.
He explained that it was meant to guide against wasteful spending or squandering of the gratuity if paid in bulk.
The insurer, who explained that annuity implied an annual income, said, 'The idea is that when you retire, you buy annuity policy that will guarantee income for the person until death comes just as if they are working.'
The Deputy General Manager, Technical and Services, AIICO Pension Managers Limited, Mr. Patrick Onos, explained further that the programmed withdrawal was being managed by the PFAs, while insurance firms handle annuity.
According to him, there comes a separation between a retiree and his PFA if he opts for annuity because the balance in his RSA will be transferred to an insurance firm.
The PFA operator also confirmed that in his firm, more retirees had opted for the programmed withdrawal than the annuity.
He said, 'According to how the programmed withdrawal is fashioned, it is guaranteed for a minimum of 10 years but it can go further than that. How far it can go depends on the balance in his RSA account. The payment is a function of the balance in the RSA account. Once the balance is exhausted, that ends the programmed withdrawal agreement.'
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Steve Awa Onoh | 9/22/2013 4:26:00 PM My fada died in active service since 2007 and till now i av not recieve his death benefit. He worked wit d nigeria police. I need someone who will help me to follow it up pls. My number is 08101551901
Okpara Ikechukwu | 6/12/2014 8:47:00 AM when will Nigeria war affected policemen receive their payments?
SKYLIMIT BENSON | 10/15/2014 11:00:00 AM PLS when is the police going to pay our gratuity.I lost my dad since 2009 till now no gratuity from the Nigeria police,abi till all of us dia?my phone no:07037531646
john aniemeka | 2/10/2015 2:46:00 AM i am from b division asaba delta state my father died active service since 2006 up till now police has not payed his gratuity pls we need help my number 08068842638
BOBBY | 3/1/2015 12:42:00 AM These noble commission should please pay the next of kin,so as to enable these children meet up with their mates.
BOBBY | 3/1/2015 12:44:00 AM These noble commission should please pay the next of kin,so as to enable these children meet up with their Level of challenges
Ashiekaa Aondover | 3/17/2015 9:47:00 AM my fade die in 2013 he is a police officer but till now police did not pay us i want to as what is going on in to nig police force?
Ashiekaa Aondover | 3/17/2015 9:49:00 AM my fade die in 2013 he is a police officer but till now police did not pay us i want to as what is going on in to nig police force?my number is 08097460857
Ashiekaa Aondover | 3/17/2015 9:51:00 AM my fade die in 2013 he is a police officer but till now police did not pay us i want to as what is going on in to nig police force?my number is 08097460857
Ashiekaa Aondover | 4/9/2015 8:27:00 PM my fada died in 2013 But no life insurance have be pay to us and nig police say thier use to pay in a year time nd is going to two years now but noting ve be pay to us what is happening with nig police force my num is 08073909126
jessey | 4/13/2016 3:08:00 PM my dad work in the anti bomb squad in ilorin since his death 5 years back we have not been given our dad gratuity things have been hard for me and my siblings.please help
jessey | 4/13/2016 3:14:00 PM here is my number 07036765744 in case of any assistance
Ashmad | 4/25/2016 8:36:00 AM as for me i cnt evn say anthng......couse no life insuance,no gratuity,no.....................
martins | 6/25/2016 6:08:00 PM pls
Mr. Francis Friday | 7/26/2016 12:55:00 AM Since I retire on October 2015 nothing like pension or gratuities for me, I have family and suffer for 35 years help me to enjoy my suffering before I died pls
Rosemary | 8/10/2016 1:50:00 AM so sorry about that Mr Francis. am an insurance licences advisor. I can help you get your pension just like I have done for other retirees with the directions I'll give you to take. 08066868810. That's my contact. Thanks
jacob kromgap | 8/1/2016 4:44:00 PM Why now, since 29 Jan 2010 ma dad died No gratuity! 08136060592
Olanrewaju Babatunde | 8/3/2016 8:10:00 PM Sir,i loose my dad 3rd day of ileya festival last yr 2015,but since then we have not receive anything from insurance office Oyo state ib ,and my daddy leave many children,most of them,they are in higher institutions and nobody to assist us,please help us 08116250105 ,08176161104
grace nuhu | 8/31/2016 10:14:00 AM my dad retires since 2002 update he has not recieved his gratuity we went to abuja 4*but no help please some one help my dad out my no 08080603036 borno state ministry of education
grace nuhu | 8/31/2016 10:38:00 AM my dad retire since 2002 up to date he has not been paid his gratuity 14 years now he retire from borno state ministry of education my no 08080603036
blessing | 9/4/2016 11:02:00 AM my dad died since 2007 in active service.he works with the Nigeria police and up till now his pension has not been paid.we have done the all the process necessary and also paid #20,000 to the police for further processes.but no response yet.....we were told that its been handled by pencom.....now l don't kwn was to do again....please help, is there any more process left? my numba is 07031147203.... tanks
clement Dememem | 9/29/2016 9:11:00 PM My brother died since 2014 in active service, we procesed every thing but uptil now no respond from d police service commission, d children can no longer go to sch. Pls what is wrong. My no is 09051507175
lasisi mutiatu oluwakemi | 10/7/2016 1:28:00 PM Am use in this medium to beg the federal government not to surfer we people that fall under new pension reform in paying our gratitude money as I am I left service on the 17 August 2016 . for now nothing has been coming in to make a living .sir/ma I Wii appriciate if the gratuity can be paid two or three month after leaving the office. no 08130170679 Thanks.
Emmanuel james | 11/25/2016 8:20:00 AM my father died since 2014 and up till now his gratuity has not been paid. we have submitted all the necessary documents needed to process it. what's happening??? please help..... 08138595170
bukola yinusa | 1/15/2017 5:36:00 PM Pls I lost my dad since 2003, and uptill now nothing has done, pls my mum is suffering and my siblings are there they need to go to school. It only d Grace of God I was able to finish my tertiary education but now, where my mum work to send me to school,she has been sent home bcos of d financial constraints. Plsssss my mother cry all day I need u to help me plssssssss
yinusa bukola. | 1/15/2017 5:40:00 PM Pls this are my phone number. 07053879926, 07039295832
Bello Bolanle | 3/21/2017 1:31:00 PM The inspector general of police,pls we need your assistance,bcoz i loose my Daddy year 2015,since then we have not receive anything from Nigeria police most especially the group life insurance,sir this suffering is getting too much,am from Oyo state.08116250105
Ulor Adams | 3/24/2017 7:49:00 PM I hate nigeria
Simon Simon | 3/30/2017 10:06:00 AM Nigeria police why?my father serve this land 34yrs and die,no burial benefit, no life insurance, no gratuity.... the family we are suffering. how I wish the lG will do some thing about this. pls we need help. 07033588884
Toyosi | 3/31/2017 8:49:00 PM The politicians never stopped collecting their allowances even after retirements why should the civil servant do? This is called self centeredness, It sucks to know we are stuck in Nigeria.
claudius shuwa | 4/6/2017 8:56:00 AM i lost my dad since 2005,he wrk as nigeria police man,no gratuty no lnsurance has be pay to us,and i so lost my mum so i lift wth my youge once pls i need help dis my no. 08072468884
Jeniffer umko | 4/9/2017 2:30:00 PM We are in the state of limbo loosing ones dad is one thing surviving life afterwards is another life is hard I lost my Dad nigeria police officer since 2002 till date no gratuity no pension no burial right help help us we are 10 in numbers to siblings and wife 08032147275
Destint | 4/20/2017 2:18:00 PM Pls.,what are the processes and documents required to access my benefits as the next of kin to my father who died in active service. Thanks. Contact : 08185337381
Immanuel | 6/12/2017 12:23:00 PM Visit the nearest court close to you and apply for affidavits of next of kin. The document need will be given to you
Gift Godwin | 4/26/2017 12:59:00 AM Pls what are the procedure to follow, because we keep hitting wall when ever we try to pursue our dads pensions and gratuity. Its been 11years now.08074759419
Hilda Wealth | 4/27/2017 10:42:00 AM My dad worked with the ministry of Education and was later transfered to Ambrose Alli University when it was opened in 1981, he worked for the state government of Edo State as a Civil Servant for good 35, he retired in September 1997, died in June 2005. Till date his gratuity has not been paid . I need help on the procedure to follow for his gratuity to be paid
Hilda Wealth | 4/27/2017 10:51:00 AM My dad worked with the Ministry of Education Edo State, and was later transfered to Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma when it was formed in 1981, he worked as a Civil Servant for good 35 years. He retired in 1997 and died in 2005 till date his entitlement/gratuity has not been paid. I need help on the procedure to follow for his entitlement/gratuity to be paid. 08053931774
Abagu Luper | 5/13/2017 2:33:00 AM I lost my mother in 2015 till today no pension no gratuity. primary school teacher pls help me. 07062926720
Jonathan joseph adam | 5/18/2017 11:24:00 PM Pls does any one have an idea of how much a DCP is going to collect as gratuity And also what will be the monthly pension????
InemesitEbunkamaodo | 6/14/2017 11:22:00 AM Inemesit Ebunkamaodo. Pls iretired in September 2016, from federal civil service.whe n will I be paid? The #54billion that was given to pencom to clear back of debts owed the retirees up to march 2017 did not get to those of us who retired in September Pls helpme. Name INEMESIT EBUNKAMAODO
Erharuyi F.E. | 6/29/2017 2:24:00 PM I Lost My Dad Pte Erharuyi Okunrobo from 149 BTN, Ojo Military Barrack since Tuesday 26th June 2001 which is making it exactly 16years now in active service and I have not been paid his Gratuity till date...I am the only child of this Soldier but my dad had his younger brother whom is my uncle has his first Next of kin and while I became the second next of kin been the child which I have I reported to his unit for a change in order for me as the Son to lay claim to my father's Gratuity as it has cost me more financial stress in transporting my uncle anytime they need me in any of the designated office from the Village...Please I need help on this aspect because it's really affecting me badly right now as an Entrepreneur based in Lagos...09056947105
musa KASIMU | 7/29/2017 2:49:00 AM I lost my dad 2006, so as d next of King to my dad I was ask to bring his part 1 and part 2 other.... In Benin and lagos which I did so in Abuja a check of about 1.9m was given... Now is dat all d entitlement of my dad as a Sargent who served 4 over 36yr sir I need ur help cos some one told mi dat is d part 1 other money dat is bin paid to mi help sir I need to understand dis whole thing 08036050539
Olusola Adedayo | 8/11/2017 11:28:00 AM Sir kindly let me know the month federal govt have paid retiree new contributory up to. I mean gratuity 2016 .what is causing this delay
Usman abubakar | 9/28/2017 1:31:00 PM my father died 2013 as active staff with the prison service of Nigeria but till now we can't get his benefits, please we need help
Ejenavi Ogheneogaga | 10/18/2017 1:22:00 PM My fada retire since 2013 and die september 9 2016 and uptill na the government have not paid us his pension money,now i can not go to school anymore please help us and my family let them pay us.He retire at delta state in ughelli as a civin sarvant his name is Godwin Ejenavi. Please Help Us.
Roland | 10/25/2017 2:34:00 PM Every labourer is worthy of his wages .what is the function of police service commission if they cannot see to the welfare of retired officers interms of payment of gratuity and pension.i am not a Nigeria police personnel but i feel their pains how i wish am in the position to help.thanks
Roland | 10/25/2017 2:34:00 PM Every labourer is worthy of his wages .what is the function of police service commission if they cannot see to the welfare of retired officers interms of payment of gratuity and pension.i am not a Nigeria police personnel but i feel their pains how i wish am in the position to help.thanks
james ogbelu | 10/25/2017 4:21:00 PM want you people are doing is not good my father death in 2005 till now why we are strongly to survive and why you people are there enjoying yourself paying your blood cheldren school feels and doing all can of. things with our money dot knowing us why God say dot only do good for the people that you only known and why you people are not fealing God and you all call our leaders
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Woody Allen = A Lewd Loony
Marion Barry = My Brain-roar
The Washington Post = Wet Hogs in Hot Pants
Princess Di = Diss Prince
Albert Gore = Get Real, Bro'
The White House = Whee! Hot Tushie!
William Donald Schaefer = A Clownish Leader Fail Md.
What does it mean that Woody Allen's name is an anagram of "A Lewd Loony?" He had that name years before he became a famous groin- crazed, teen-diddling doodoohead. Could it be that names are secret encoded clues to the true nature of people? That a clever anagramist is not so much a creative genius as he is a "channeler"? Naah. He's just a wonk with a Scrabble set and a lot of time on his hands.
This week's contest: Come up with a funny anagram for the name of a famous person or institution. All letters in the name must be used, and no letters may be left over.
First-prize winner will receive a huge American flag, a star- spangled banner too big for tasteful display anywhere except on the side of a mountain or perhaps in a polo stadium (a value of approximately $90).
Runners-up, as always, get the coveted Style Invitational Loser' T- shirts. Winners will be selected on the basis of humor, originality and relevance to the anagramed name. Mail your entries to the Style Invitational, Week 13, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, or fax them to 202-334-4312. Entries must be received on or before Monday, June 7. Please include your address and phone number. Winners will be announced in three weeks. No purchase necessary. Employees of The Washington Post and their immediate families are not eligible for prizes.
Report from week 10
... in which we sought euphemisms, nice ways to say unpleasant things.
We received 450 entries, most of which were (bad) not meeting our current needs but we thank you for your interest in our publication blah blah blah.
The Winners:
- Fifth runner-up: Road Kill = Vehicularly Compressed Maladapted Life Form (Bradley Fisher, Rockville)
- Fourth runner-up: Meter Maid = Wiper Poet (Kevin Mellema, Falls Church)
- Third runner-up: Plagiarism = Previously Owned Prose (Stephen Dudzik, Silver Spring)
- Second runner-up: Cowardly = Challenge Challenged (Wendy C. Leyes, Chevy Chase)
- First runner-up: Cannibalism = Intra-species Dining (Harvey Kipper, Arlington)
- And the Winner of the Ugly Presidential Plate:
Vomiting = Unplanned Reexamination of Recent Food Choices (Erik Johnson, Prince Frederick, Md.)
Honorable mentions:
- Alcoholic = Anti-sobriety Activist (Darren C. Mitchell, Mount Rainier)
- Vice president = Post-coronary Leader of the Free World (Phil Clutts, Silver Spring)
- Abortion = Near-life Experience (Kevin Mellema, Falls Church)
- Rudeness = Tact Avoidance (Harvey Kipper, Arlington)
- Disgruntled Employee = Designated Corporate Retaliatory Officer (Darren C. Mitchell, Mount Ranier)
- Dead = Taking a Dirt Nap (Erik Johnson, Prince Frederick)
- Parking Boot = Aftermarket Hubcap (Kevin Mellema, Falls Church)
- Assassination = Involuntary Term Limitation (Stephen Dudzik, Silver Spring)
- Shoplifter = Cost-of-living Adjustment Specialist (Darren C. Mitchell, Mount Rainier)
- Stabbing = Social Surgery (Erik Johnson, Prince Frederick, Md.)
- Dead = Actuarially Mature (Jeannie Jasper Edwards, Herndon)
- Hemorrhoids = Solid Waste Deceleration Devices (Ian Marc Ories, Arlington)
- Homelessness = Mortgage-Free Living (Stephen Dudzik, Silver Spring)
- Corpse = Permanently Static Post-Human Mass (Oliver Sommers, Warrenton)
- Navel Lint = NatureUs Worry Bead (Stu Segal, Vienna)
And last:
- Yard Sale Rejects = Style Invitational Prizes (Kevin Mellema, Falls Church)
And even more last:
- Fifth Runner-Up, Fourth Runner-Up, Third Runner-Up, Second Runner-Up, First Runner-Up and Honorable Mention = Loser. (Richard Maltagliati, Burtonsville)
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First off, I haven't forgotten about this, and am going to get back to it as soon as I have time. Between the extra pressure of being short-staffed again, all of my kid's year end activities, father's day and setting up a web site for my brother, I haven't had a lot of time to deal with it.
I did get a couple of new toys over the last few days though, that are pretty cool.
For Father's Day I got a new TomTom Go920 GPS unit. This thing absolutely rocks and:
- Acts as a bluetooth hands free unit which links to my cell phone. My cell phone links to it as soon as I turn it on, and with 3 clicks I can call a defined contact. Very nice. 🙂
- Allows me to update maps, including rename streets, update addresses and such
- I can download different voices for it (like John Cleese) to give me my directions
- Acts as an MP3 player
It's got a bunch of other features as well, and I'm still trying to figure my way through all of them. I've been wanting a GPS for a while, as it makes life a lot easier when I'm driving into an unknown city to teach an Excel class.
The other thing I got was a new cell phone, which arrived this morning. It's an HTC S640, which is a Windows Mobile SmartPhone.
I'm pretty stoked about this, as it is going to let me link to my Outlook data on the go. Lately I've been trying to manage so many things, and I often remember some of them on the way home. I can now pull over and add it to the list. (Or use the voice recorder to do the same.) Because we're using a Microsoft Exchange server, it links in quite easily (although I still have to do this part, so reserve the right to change my opinion on that,) and I'm going to be able to access my calendar, tasks, contacts and email. The bluetooth links seamlessly with the TomTom in the car, as I mentioned above, and I'm expecting the actual coverage to be 100% better than the Mike phone that I was using previously.
It's been less than 24 hours so far, but I've been wanting to get rid of the Mike phone for so long that this is probably the most exciting technology thing that has happened to me since... er... I bought a new server about a month ago. 😀
At any rate, I need to go work on my home server now, so that I can port my data there, reformat a PC that currently holds the data, and set it up fresh. I'm trying an experiment to see if I can get my wife the ability to book our personal appointments into my work calendar (without granting full access to work) so that I end up with a complete calendar on my SmartPhone. (I'd be lost without her, truly. I figure that this might help avoid her irritation when I keep asking her "what is on for tomorrow night" for the hundredth time!)


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Journeys » China, South East (Journeys) » China, South East - 2015
After meeting photographer Greg du Toit teaching a client on holidays in the camp in Kenya, I took to this idea of traveling with a professional teaching photography. Why not travel and learn something new.
Photographer OKTAY ORTAKCIOGLU runs every year excellent Photography tours to unusual places in South East China. I joined him in October 2015 as a beginner.
At that stage all I could do was listen to the others in the group: Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO…??
Guilin,, in South East China, has a local lake that offers all sorts of activities, Tai Chi, music, choir, stalls, markets, walks. The town itself is full of shops, stalls, eateries, and people.
By Bullet train we reached the remote Dong minority ethnic group village of Zhaoxing Tang'an in the Guangzhou Province credited with being "one of the top 6 Ancient Villages in China" and crowned as the most "Primitive Dong Village". In this part of the world, just like inSouth West China, the women do all the jobs we would consider being a man's job.
P.S. - An Entry Permit is required up front for Tang'an.
Tang'an is an amazing wooden village built on canals, full of activity, restaurants, festivals.
Oktay organized a visit to the local school in a village up a hill and the teachers cooked our lunch. In the village, there were only old women minding scores of babies and toddlers.
Cheng Yang is an ancient village of wooden houses now being restored and famous for its ancient Wind and Rain Bridge.
PingAn/DaZhai a village in a hilly landscape, reachable only after climbing hundreds of steep steps through paddy fields. Again it was the women that climbed to the top carrying our luggage. Stretchers are also available carried by the odd man around….Heavy luggage can be stored outside the village.
People in South East China live off their high-quality rice and life revolves around the harvest that is celebrated with open-air plays and dances.
In Yangshuo, an early morning boat ride through the karsts of the River Lee brought us to the spot where the famous fishermen with cormorant on tow throw their nets. An amazing setting, That particular spot appears on the country's banknotes. The "Painted Veil" a 2006 film will give an idea of the magic of this very area. Yangshuo town is full of flowers, big markets, folklore, stalls, shops, cafes, shopping, and it's busy, busy, busy.
In South West and South East China is where most of China's minority ethnic groups are found. It is the women of those groups that do what we would consider a man's job: they build houses, roads, carry weights, weave, farm, cook, have babies, and above all run businesses.
Religion and marriage do not feature among most ethnic groups.
Dong women never cut their hair and some even add the hair of ancestors to their own.
In such rural environments, we witness first hand the suffering of children left behind due to Chinese laws forbidding them to go to school in a different province from the one they were born in. We were in villages where old ladies were minding scores of children as young as newborn babies while the children parents had gone to work in another province. They are the "rural population" holding back Chinese economy.
Yangshuo, Ugly Building Hotel
Zhaoxing, Indigo Inn
ChengYang, Dong Village Hotel
PingAnn, Yao Inn
- Accommodation in 4* Hotels is better than in 3* Hotels without encountering higher rates.
- Hotels 4* have restaurant facilities.
- Be aware of hotels in rural China having only a few rooms with western style toilets
- At airports in Asia, either the very first or the very last toilet is in western style.
- Red tape in restaurants, shops and hotels can be exasperating
- In most restaurants and bars they now have crockery sterilizing units.
- It is also tradition to offer a dish specially made to welcome visitors.
- P.S. DO NOT put your camera's lithium batteries in the checked-in luggage.
- Bring them on board. I have been told that only 2 spare batteries are allowed on board
- Restaurants are very cold. Not even the locals take off their coats at the table.
- Don't be afraid to learn a bit of Chinese. Not as bad as you think.
- Babies don't wear nappies!


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The View Model is useful when providing values which changes dynamic, but static values such as an url of privacy policy or terms of use and so on are better provided from LaunchUriAsync method, because the link strings "privacy policy" or "terms of use" are fixed with static values.
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The reason of using simple click handler is the link strings "privacy (policy)" holds static values without a conditional branch. So the Content value of the HyperlinkButton holds the URL as the Tag value.
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Jimmy Bullard had given the Posh the perfect start when he netted a free kick after just two minutes, but two goals later in the first half from Cobbler's strikers Sam Parkin and Jamie Forrester sealed the local derby points for Kevin Broadhurst's men.
It took just 80 seconds for Posh to silence the Northampton faithful, on a soaking Sixfields Stadium pitch.
Following a foul on Howard Forinton, Northampton goalkeeper Keith Welch could only help a swerving Bullard free kick into the roof of the net much to the delight of the 1,000 strong travelling blue and white army.
Cobblers looked for an immediate response and Mark Tyler was required to grasp hold of a low Jamie Forrester drive with five minutes on the clock.
Posh were then able to break away through the once again blond haired David Farrell, but the move broke down when Forinton fluffed his right wing cross into the crowd.
Before long the home side hauled themselves level when Parkin rose at the back post to head home a pinpoint cross from James Hunt in the 17th minute.
The goal added to the electric atmosphere and Forrester attempted to maintain the momentum when shooting 25 yards from goal, but Tyler was equal to the test on this occasion.
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Marco Gabbiadini found himself in a similar scenario on 32 minutes, but again he could only find the arms of Tyler.
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It seems as though whenever the few, brave sane Christians who put their head above the parapet and write into newspapers trying to make a biblical case on issues for the day and defend Christianity are wasting their time. Often the letters are published, but they are usually followed, if they are any good, within a couple of days by the mocking letter from the secularists and the superior letter from the establishment liberal 'Christian" pointing out of course that no-body nowadays really believes such 'fundamentalist' nonsense. If one tries to respond normally the responses are either not published, or side-lined. In other words it is rare to get a fair shot at overcoming the stacked odds and many of us feel that sometimes in the perception of the general public we are going more harm than good.
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My girls have been begging for a trip to Disney World since before they could speak English…seriously. When we first adopted them and brought them home from Ukraine, they loved to watch the Disney Channel. And whenever a Disney World commercial would come on, they would yell for me and when I'd walk in the room, they'd point at the TV with big puppy dog eyes and say "Please Mama. We go?" I used to always smile and say "Someday, but not right now."
It's been 2 years and the girls have radically changed. They're your typical well adjusted tween and teen girls and they speak English fluently, but one of the things that hasn't changed is their desire to go to Disney World. They still ask regularly (and they still try to use the big puppy dog eyes when they ask).
One of my personal goals for 2010 was to take a family trip to Disney World and that goal (and dream) is coming true next month. My whole family is heading to Disney World in February for Disney's Social Media Moms Conference. This trip will not only be a fun family vacation, it will also be a great chance to network with other Social Media Moms and will allow me to check off one of my blog goals for 2010…to attend a conference.
If you have any suggestions for making the most out of our first family trip to Disney World, I'd love to hear them. Please leave me a comment!
Also, I will be posting later this week on how to get a free day at Disney thanks to the Give A Day, Get A Day program so make sure to check back!


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Challenge: With information from 49 variables collected in real time, identify the costs concerning the occurrence of bones in the chicken breast fillet in the whole process chain, from receiving the live chicken to the cut, economically rank and find the probable sources of issues, including indicating the efficiency of the equipments and the correlation among them.
Solution: BiminD's solution was installed inside the customer's factory with access to a dashboard within the headquarters at another state. With the financial, OEE, correlation and simulation modules, the available information are combined and evaluated to pinpoint to the maintenance team the best time for action at the factory, as well as the exact location of the issues. All of this without the need of specialists evaluating the process constantly.
Results: With the implementation, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of quality loss, be more assertive at the maintenances and constantly evaluate if the actions from the maintenance team are being effective, as well as if it is already the best time to train less experienced operators.
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Solution: The control loop evaluation module was installed to understand the optimal operation points versus the interaction between the logics. Afterwards the financial module was utilized to find out the waste of resources (natural gas, stops, personnel, etc.) and convert it into money.
Results: This solution allowed the customer to not only learn with more precision how much the lack of tuning was affecting the consumption of supplies in the factory, but it made possible to identify the best time to make maintenances considering the expected return on investment.
Challenge: Find the best tuning for the process to achieve less consumption of slaked lime and maintain the Ph level of the effluents at a specific value considering both economic factors such as waste in resources and pace of the process. Beyond that, the system should automatically be controlled through BirminD's solutions.
Solution: The financial, control loops and auto tuning modules were utilized to understand the qualities bottlenecks, identify the optimal operation points, measure the money waste and automatically act to tune the control loops.
Results: Currently the system is capable of self-correction and constantly seek the best tuning to reduce the waste in supplies, resulting in nonstop financial savings. The next steps will consist in evaluate other processes inside the factory and the correlation between these processes, in a way to find probable bottlenecks through the usage of artificial intelligence.
Challenge: Reduce coke consumption at the lime kilns.
Solution: Here the financial and control loops modules were utilized to find the best ratio of consumption x temperature considering the non-linearities of the process.
Results: A improvement of 7.8% was achieved at the coke consumption besides the Discovery of a potential reduction of 700 tons of pollutants in the atmosphere.
Challenge: Determine, among 100+ variables, which ones impact the most the emission of particulate matter of the factory's chimneys.
Solution: Utilizing the correlation module, machine learning algorithms were applied to find out the most relevant variables for the pollutants emissions.
Results: With this solution it will be possible to learn which variables most affect the pollutants emission and plan prevention methods directly at the source of the problems.
Challenge: Understand the financial effects of the micro-stops and the best operation points of the equipments for a production with more margin.
Solution: The financial, OEE and combination modules were utilized together to create a rank measuring the stops considering money waste, to afterwards learn what are the best operation points of each equipment to obtain the best quality and least waste.
Results: It will be possible to the user to identify what are the main process waste contributors, calculate the return on investment of maintenance services and also learn what are the best operation points to achieve a more efficient and productive industrial plant.


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Events - February 21, 2016
Marco Kutscher achieved the incredible feat of winning the bonus of the Longines Masters
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) / Saint-Imier (Switzerland), 21 February 2016 –Marco Kutscher on Van gogh won the bonus of the Longines Masters after his victory of the Longines Grand Prix of the Longines Masters of Hong Kong, the third and last leg of the series. Thanks to this fabulous achievement and to his success during the first leg in Los Angeles in October, the German rider won the bonus of 250'000 euros. In addition of the Longines Grand Prix, Longines presented a second highlight of the weekend, the Longines Speed Challenge, won by Bertram Allen on Quiet Easy 4 on Saturday evening. As Title Partner and Official Timekeeper of the event, Longines is proud to have provided its timekeeping expertise to all the competitions of the weekend, which has gathered the international top riders. Longines also had the pleasure to present the Official Watch of the Longines Masters of Hong Kong, a model from The Longines Master Collection.
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Curves and Angles
Poised between reserve and sympathy, between limpid pathos and stoic resolve, Leithauser's first book of short poems since The Odd Last Thing She Did (1998) contains some of his strongest lyric work. Leithauser won praise in the 1980s for his attractive revivals of difficult forms. He has since found broader notice with novels in verse and in prose, and as a critic whose interests include musical theater and Scandinavian literature. Here, two well-sculpted poems describe New Year's Day in Iceland ("miles of ice give way in time/ to rock and snow"), and several more pay homage to the playwright and Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. In a six-stanza poem about scuba divers, the first thing we see is "a can of Cheez Whiz" whose "cheese—or cheez—extrudes into the sea/ as a sturdy gold thread." By far the best work, however, occurs in the sequence most indebted to Leithauser's novelistic talents: "A Science Fiction Writer of the Fifties" combines narrative gifts, baby boom nostalgia, ecological worries and a fine sense of stanza and line. Leithauser may not be his generation's most ambitious poet, but at his best he can make old forms sing anew. (Nov.)
Release date: 11/01/2006
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A cornfield by summer, snow and wind playground in winter
Like many folk in the northern parts of the United States, I have stayed inside and watched white swirling winds drop the temperatures far below 0 today.
Yesterday was freezing, but today is, well, a good day to be inside. I plan to have a warm, hearty meal for my hubby who is working in the Emergency Room. Kudos to all the emergency services who are on standby for us. Don't forget the homeless. The shelters are crowded. I am going with a group on Sunday to spend the afternoon and evening at a rescue mission, talking, keeping them company, being their friend.
The one issue that amazed me with this polar vortex is an odd problem in Chicago.
The train rails are so cold they are malfunctioning. CNN and ABC posted an article about this situation. The link is below.
The sub 0 temperatures cause the metal rails to contract and separate. The separation pulls at the bolts holding the rails together. Many have popped out of place. The only way to repair the tracks is to heat them. Workers pour kerosene on the metal and light it. The fires cause the rails to expand enabling the crews to reinstall the bolts and in some cases replace broken ones.
So, I learned a new application to a principle I already knew. Kudos to Chicago Rail Workers.
If you live in the north, stay home if possilble. Stay warm.
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We are well aware that with the proliferation of visual media and the rapid development of contemporary art styles the question of what art to buy is increasingly difficult. High House is therefore introducing a series of informal talks about collecting. We will look at different areas of the art world like photography, oil painting and sculpture and will also look deeper to try and distinguish trends. We will also discuss different strategies for collecting such as the "broad" approach – collecting a large number of artists or an "in-depth" approach – a select number of artists collected in depth. Talks will often relate to the current exhibition.


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The evolution of the Rolex Daytona, something much discussed here on VGWATCHES and, well, pretty much everywhere else at this point, is one of many mysteries. One mystery to which I have paid some attention to is that of the so-called "Solo" dials. These watches are Daytonas with dials that have but one word on them – "Rolex." Not "Cosmograph," nor "Oyster," nor "Daytona." They are curious watches, and if you consider that much of the dial printing was done in steps, so to speak, they do make sense. But where did they come from, and on which watches do they belong? I'll examine that a little here, courtesy of a reference 6240 that made its way across my desk last week.
First, One Must Understand Daytona Dial Evolution
If you've read our Reference Points on the Paul Newman Daytona, you will understand that dial printing for the Daytona was a slow, evolutionary process. They began one way, then, when the name "Daytona" was assigned, developed from there. Then, when the "Oyster" case was provided to Rolex's brand-name chronograph, they evolved yet again. And this all happened within a few years, so in many cases, you might see a dial that was born one way, with a single word being added later – such as those found in the incredibly early Oyster Paul Newmans called the "RCO" or "Oyster Sottos." These terms, of course, indicate the word "Oyster" is added below the words "Replica Rolex Cosmograph Watches" as something of an afterthought.
The world of Daytonas is filled with "missing-link" dials – those that feature some traits of a certain accepted dial type and others from another – and they very likely could be correct. There are double Swiss dials, double Swiss underline dials, and UK luxury replica Rolex double T-Swiss-T dials, all within a very small range of serial numbers, for example.
Now there are several different references of vintage Daytonas, from the very common 6239 and 6263 to the seldom seen 6264 and 6240, but it is this reference – the 6240 – that I believe to be the most interesting.
So What's Up With The 6240?
I still think the early 6239 Double Swiss watches are easily the most fascinating sub-set of Daytonas out there (read my story on them from way back when here) – back when they were still called the LeMans and the concept around which this family would be built was far from fleshed out. But as an individual reference, the 6240 is fascinating. This is the watch that set the stage for the Daytona as we know it today – with screw down pushers and a black bezel. It was the very first "Oyster" Daytona, which is more than meaningful, as waterproofness is a quality that represents all that cheap copy Rolex watches UK stands for (read my Inside Rolex story if you want more on that). You see 6240s with serial numbers from 1.2 m to 1.6 m with a variety of different dials – those most commonly seen are those without the words "Oyster" or "Daytona" on them, and with "T-Swiss-T" at 6 o'clock. Here are two of the most commonly accepted dial types:
Some evolution of the dials you see above – courtesy of a great post on the 6240 on Hiroshi Fujiwara's RingOfColor.com – is that of the 6240 RCO, of which there are less than 10 known and when they come up for sale, they do well. We do see some 6240s with "ROC" dials, both with T-Swiss-T at the bottom, or sigma signature, but I would put these into a slightly less accepted category. And if you want a pure 6240, I'd say one of the two dials seen above is the way to go. Again, I am not saying a 6240 with an ROC style dial is incorrect, I just think the the non-Oyster dials make more sense in these early screw-down watches.
Now all full-spec 6240s should have the MK1 bezel and MK0 brass pushers seen below – but the vast majority of 6240s have lost one or the other. To me, like I said with the early 6239's, there is no point in buying a 6240 unless it features the traits that define it – so without the MK0 pushers, I would personally have little interest in a 6240.
Okay, So About The Solo Dials?
I would venture to say that dial correctness for the 6240 is about as murky an area as one could possibly imagine, even in the often opaque world of vintage Rolex collecting – which brings us to the watch at hand; the 6240 "Solo."
We've seen so far that dials can be born with and without different lines of text, in particular in the early 1960s Daytonas. The most minimal of all Daytona dials is what you see here – the so-called "Solo" dial. All you have on these dials is the word "Rolex." Nothing else. The story goes – and the term "story" is used here in the literal sense because, as with any old cheap replica Rolex watches online, the firm will neither confirm nor deny the origins of these dials – that the very earliest 6240s could have been born with these dials. The market now accepts seeing these Solo dials on 6240s with serial numbers in the 1.2 to 1.4 range. They've been popping up from time to time for a few years, but few really paid attention to them.
The concept of the 6240 Solo was cemented by the successful sale of one example in the May 2015 Phillips Geneva Watch Auction One sale for a price of 245,000 CHF. After that, it seems as if the market began to hunt these watches, and we saw more of them surface, at auction and elsewhere. In fact, at the time of publishing, there is one available on Chrono24.com, and the one featured here in our original photographs is also available. Here is a photo from East Crown, the owner of this watch, showing four examples of 6240 Solos, though three are held privately.
But does the 6240 Solo make sense? To some it does, to others it doesn't. There is a belief among a handful of well regarded dealers tastemakers that the solo dials were service dials for 6238s – that's not necessarily something I myself believe – why would a monochrome dial with a tacyhmeter scale printed on it be swapped for a two-colored dial without a tachymeter by Rolex? Just doesn't make sense.
What I do believe, however, is that these dials were originally used in 6239s. Actually, here I more than believe it – I know it, because there is an actual exact fake Rolex advertisement showing this. In fact, the image above, courtesy of Mr. Goldberger, shows the advertisement with a Solo Daytona front and center, available for just $210, and that included Federal tax, along with the actual watch depicted. Phillips sold an early 6239 Solo dial in Hong Kong without much fan fare (though it had replacement hands and bezel).
Now pump pusher watches with special dials just aren't as sexy as Oyster Daytonas with special dials – the Paul Newman taught us that. So it is very possible that dealers, somewhere along the way, got the idea of taking these solo dials and dropping them into 6240 cases. Even I admit, a 6240 Solo is way sexier than a 6239 Solo. Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying a 6240 Solo may not have ever been born that way – it makes sense to me. We have to remember how cheap replica Rolex watches worked back then, and how linear, yet unregulated their production and assembly was. If a dial like this was available during assembly and a watchmaker needed a dial, he very easily could have put one into a 6240 before shipping it out. We simply do not know anything for sure, so it comes down to what reason tells us, and the story behind each individual watch. I have, as far as I know, never heard of an original owner 6240 Solo watch (if you have, and can back that story up, leave a comment below, please). I have heard of 6263 RCO and 6240 RCO (non-PN) original owner watches, though, so we at least know; and likewise I've heard of a 6239 Solo original owner watch being found. Again, I don't say anything of this to cast doubt on the 6240 – in fact I must admit I find these watches endlessly interesting and charming. I am just presenting current thinking on a special watch – one that sells for above $100,000 – that we are seeing more of in the market place.
The 6240, as I said in the beginning, is really a fascinating watch, and arguably one of the most important references in Rolex's history. And this small subset of the 6240s in the market is anything but a majority – rather a nuanced, minuscule corner of the vintage Daytona world that I happen to find interesting. I fully expect to learn more about 6240 Solos as time goes on and more people become aware of them, and when I do, I will certainly keep this page updated. So my question is now, for you, knowing what you know now about the 6240 Solo, would you buy one over, say, a Paul Newman? It's a more interesting choice, in my opinion, and certainly a more understated one, but until we know fore sure they were born this way, is it too much of a risk? I genuinely do not know, but I would love to hear from you below on what you think about this watch.


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Conquering Stress! With Dr. Arlene—New Beginnings Cause Stress
Posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 – 11:51 AM
By Dr. Arlene Barro
Birth is the first new beginning for everyone, which sets the stage for a lifetime of new beginnings. For me, each birthday initiates a fresh start.
Resist Rigidity, Choose Change
Do we experience stress with each new beginning? Yes. Every person has a different response depending on the type of stress, degree of self-awareness, and coping strategies. Changing our behavior quickly can diffuse stress, especially in situations which are unexpected and require immediate action.
Suddenly unemployed for some is a shock, but they bounce back fast because they focus on capturing the next job, not on the former employer. For example, one of my clients called me right after he was downsized. Here is what he did. When he left his office he stepped into his car and started calling his network searching for a new opportunity. I have other clients who retreat and take downsizing as a personal affront. Some stay unemployed for many years. Others, never take a full-time job again.
Focusing on the next step, not the past is critical to lowering your stress. Shut the door on the past, open the door to the future.
Are You the Imprisoned Librarian?
Commenting on human behavior award-winning Author Erica Jong observed we make our own prisons. Playwright Glen Berger wrote Underneath the Lintel about a librarian who spent 40 years "imprisoned" in a library. I recently saw this unforgettable play at the Geffen Playhouse.
From the first moment that the nameless librarian appeared on stage, I was intrigued. He was a dedicated bureaucrat who discovered that a book had been missing from the library for 113 years. He calculated the fee owed. Curious and creative, he then decided to travel the world, searching for the book and the story behind it.
After many months of travel, the librarian felt like a different person. He was ready to return to work. Upon his arrival, he was fired and told that he had lost his pension. Unfortunately, the librarian had never told his boss that he was going away and assumed his job would be waiting.
Believing that his identity and existence had been deleted, he carves on his desk, "I was here." He then reflects on his personal life and wonders why he never married the love of his life Rosa. Recognizing that he cannot recreate his past, he moves on relying on his travel experience to propel him. Holding the library stamp in his hand, he leaves his office for the last time, feeling confident and uplifted. He was no longer the imprisoned librarian.
Eliminate Four Roadblocks to Success
The end of the year is the perfect time to evaluate our personal and professional success to determine what worked and did not work, keeping in mind that each of us has different goals.
Often, we do not examine the impact of stress on our success. Let us look at that now in order to start thinking about how to change our behavior to usher in 2018, an important new beginning.
There are a wide array of roadblocks to success, which I have been discussing in my column. Four of them have a fascinating perilous relationship which each other. They are: denial, delay, fear and indecision. Fear lurks behind denial and delay. Indecision reigns supreme. The interplay of all four can deflate your brand and suppress your success. This quartet can cause enormous stress and ignite significant health issues.
Take charge of these four bad actors now. The root causes are doing nothing, making wrong decisions, and not managing Right Fit decisions that turn sour. The key is understanding how to make Right Fit decisions and fixing or eliminating Wrong Fits. Never choose the "best," only select the Right Fit. To do that, create a blueprint and match to that blueprint. You will be in the driver's seat traveling down the Right Fit Road to Success, leaving stress behind. It is all up to you.
Questions? Email email@example.com. Responses could appear in her next column.
Dr. Arlene Barro, the creator of the Right Fit Method, is a UCLA-trained behavioral educational psychologist and professional speaker. She is the author of WIN Without Competing!, a business, career and personal strategist and founder/CEO of barro global search, inc. in Westwood. Episodes of her radio show are available at www.winwithoutcompeting.com.


text: Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance on Monday expressed concern that Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi could have the power to "conceal and bury damning findings" against him from the period when he was chair of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).The DA said in a statement on its website that it has submitted an application to obtain the findings of all the forensic investigations into Buthelezi from the period when he was the Prasa chair. The application has been made in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).According to a statement by the DA, the party regards it in the best interest of the South African public that these findings be made public.Earlier this month Fin24 reported that the cost of forensic investigations into Prasa's affairs amounted to R148m over two financial years, according to Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi. Besides the R148m probe in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years, an additional R14m is budgeted for the current financial year.Maswanganyi said Prasa is currently under investigation for irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounting to R500m identified by the auditor general for the 2014/15 financial year.In addition, contracts of more than R10m concluded between 2012 and 2015 are being investigated, as part of the remedial steps former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela recommended in her report on Prasa which was released in August 2015. Maswanganyi said he expects the investigations to be concluded by the end of July this year.Prasa was fingered for irregular expenditure of over R14bn in its annual report last year. In the 2015/16 financial year, the agency incurred irregular expenditure of R4.1bn, but an additional R9bn was identified in the same report that related to previous years."Reports recently stated that the forensic investigations' findings - going as far back as seven years - show that Prasa executives, the board and Buthelezi did not uphold their fiduciary duties when they ignored wasteful, fruitless and irregular spending in multiple tender procurement processes totalling more than R1bn and violated the Public Finance Management Act," the DA said on Monday."The findings of the investigations were apparently passed on to National Treasury recently and now Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and Buthelezi are left to act on the findings. The minister is between a rock and a hard place, and only a full public disclosure will ease this for him."The DA said it has already opened a criminal case against Buthelezi for apparent involvement in corruption at Prasa. The party has also written to Transport Committee chair Dikeledi Magadzi to summon the Hawks to update Parliament on its continued Prasa investigations. Furthermore, it has written to Gigaba to pass on full findings of the forensic investigations on Buthelezi to the Hawks.Read Fin24's top stories trending on Twitter: Fin24's top stories


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I married at the age of 25 and my husband was 30. It was a love that I could picture us growing old together and watching the grandkids running around the house while I cooked a family Sunday dinner. We had two children together. Life was perfect. I was a stay at home mom and my husband was a Doctor. After 3 years we had our first daughter. Christina was a beautiful baby. Two years later we had our Son. Ben looked just like his father with a thick head of blonde hair. Life was perfect in every aspect.
One night as I was home preparing dinner and the children were doing their homework at the kitchen table there was a knock at the door. I went to the door and a police man stood at the door. His face looked sad and my heart sank quickly to my stomach. There had been an accident on the highway. I heard his words but I felt like I was in a tunnel as he told me my beloved husband had been killed in the accident. He assured me he hadn't suffered. My body went numb. How could this be? It must be a mistake. But it wasn't. In an instant my life had changed in a way that can't be described. The love of my life was gone.
I hadn't worked in several years and I had 2 kids, ages 10 and 12 to raise. I was alone and scared. I found a job during the day while the kids were at school and started a home business to work in the evenings when the children were in bed. Somehow I made ends meet. I was able to keep a roof over our head, food on the table and still go to all of the kid's school functions and sporting events. I got both kids through school and off to college and then it hit me . I am alone now. There was never time or desire to date.
My sister and her husband spent every February in Hawaii. Now that the kids were gone she asked me to come and join them for a week vacation. I booked the flight and packed my bag. The weather was wonderful. The warm sun, beautiful sea and fresh air. I was in heaven.
One afternoon my sister and I went down to the beach for the afternoon. Afterwards she suggested that we wander around the shops and have some lunch. We went to a shoe shop called The Sandal Tree. We were browsing around the store. The sandals were beautiful and they had many unusual ones. I love sandals and shoes. I was in heaven in that store. Every few steps I would gasp and say to my sister "oh, look at these! They're so cute" and "Oh, these are so cute". I glanced up and our eyes met. He was gorgeous. He smiled at me and I shyly smiled back, a little embarrassed. My sister and I continued to pick up shoes and exclaim "how cute" Then he came up next to me and mimicked me picking up a sandal and saying "how cute" with a smile. He said maybe I should open a sandal store and name it "How Cute". I bought a pair of back thongs with little gold dolphins on it. As I was trying them on he came by and said "now those are cute". I was embarrassed and said nothing. He was w
th his Mother and she purchased a pair of sandals too. We all left the store and went our separate ways.
The rest of the afternoon I couldn't get him out of my mind. Those blue eyes and wavy blonde hair. My sister and I went into another store to look at the clothes. My sister, her husband and I were going out to eat so I was looking for something Hawaiian to wear to dinner that night. I was at a rack and I felt someone looking at me. I turned and he and his mother were in the back of the store looking at dresses for her as they too were going out that evening. We looked at each other and smiled. I found a very cute dress and tried it on. I came out of the dressing room to show my sister. He almost seemed like he too was waiting to see me in my new dress. He told me that that was definitely the one I should buy. My sister agreed and we all laughed. I bought the dress and we left the store. As I was purchasing the dress my sister stepped outside the shop to make a call home letting her husband know that we would be back soon and that dinner reservations were for 6:00pm. I said good-bye to this sweet stranger and we left the mall. I couldn't stop talking about him. I felt like a teenager again. I felt giddy that someone was flirting with me. Although I didn't think we would ever see each other again. It gave me hope that some day I will find Mr. Right.
That evening we dined at a wonderful restaurant on the beach. The sun was setting and a warm breeze came through the open air restaurant. Just as the 3 of us were sipping on our drinks I heard the sweetest voice say from behind me "cute shoes". It was my mystery man. We invited him to sit down for a drink. As we sipped our mai tai's we couldn't take our eyes off each other. It was as though there wasn't another soul in the entire restaurant. He asked if I would join him after my dinner for a walk on the beach. I could hardly eat.
When dinner was done Chris and I met on the patio and walked on the beach. He promised my sister that he wouldn't keep me out too late. The following year we returned to that same beach only this time it was to be married. That was 10 years ago and we are just as in love with each other and Hawaii as ever.