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A jolly ride on the evening of November 24 turned into a death-trap on the waters of Lake Victoria. Take a look inside the doomed vessel.
By Joseph Kizza
As the carcass of the doomed vessel emerged out of the relatively turbid waters of Lake Victoria, the mid-evening sun rays that filtered through did little to lighten the deathly mood that hang over the area - and ubiquitously over the nation at large.
This was last week Thursday.
Only days before, the MV Templar had sunk into the waters of the lake with such ferociousness that it took with it scores of lives in its freakish descent.
A jolly ride on the evening of November 24 had turned into a death-trap when the vessel carrying an unspecified number of revellers capsized not far from Mutima Beach in Mukono district.
The horrifying mishap that occured around 7:30pm on a warm Saturday sparked off a series of events, including a search-and-rescue operation, frantic phone calls and a media frenzy.
It is ten days today since the nightmare and the nation is still reeling from the after-shocks of an incident that claimed the lives of over 30 people and spared no more than 37 people, according to Police.
While the exact number of people onboard the blue-and-white vessel was not known, what soon became clear in the wake of the disaster - and was underlined as the official cause of the accident by Police at the time - was that the boat was overloaded and in poor mechanical shape.
Somehow, the cruise boat did manage to make its way on to the waters, carrying a group of mostly young people eager to enjoy some thrill.
The party-goers did not know that for many of them, it would be their final moments alive.
After the accident, there emerged more questions than answers.
The victims' families and friends as well as the nation at large were left wondering what could have been.
Were there life jackets on the vessel?
Was the boat seaworthy?
One close friend of mine I talked to after the boat incident said that in the lead-up to the much anticipated boat cruise, her friend had called her that they go together. But she (my friend) was broke, and decided to opt out.
Sunday morning, hours after the accident, her friend would be announced among the dead.
"I most likely would have been dead too if I had gone along," she told me.
Ugandans woke up to news of the death of their fellow countrymen and women on Sunday, November 25, as Police and army marines joined forces to work tirelessly to retrieve as many bodies as possible from the waters. Hope of finding more survivors was fading by the minute.
Days later, hauling the killer boat out of the waters required a lot of work. The combined brute force of local volunteers and marines was what was needed to bring the doomed vessel to shore.
Credit to the marines and others that risked their own lives to search for the missing.
On the ill-fated night, several occupants of the doomed boat saw their lives slip away with every inevitable gulp of water during the pandemonium that ensued.
Survivors later told of the mini tugs-of-war for life jackets as the scramble for survival hit its peak under the dark of the night. One said he had to peel off his life jacket after some strugglers fought for it in a rush to survive.
Life jackets had become death traps for those who had them on. The unlucky ones that clang onto theirs were pulled down into the waters - never to return back to the surface alive.
After remaining submerged for days, the MV Templar, whose owner Michael Bisase 'Templar' and wife Sheila also died in the tragedy, would buoy to the surface looking like death mechanised.
The rickety structure that only days back had hosted an effervescent group of people relishing a good time of music, dance and liquor appeared dead and ghostly.
Completely kaput.
Having remained under water for a couple of days, the operation personnel had to pump water out of the killer boat, which some have termed as the 'Titanic of Uganda' - in reference to the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg.
The team on the MV Templar used a generator and pump to do the job, as the vessel appeared to spew its haunting contents into the lake.
The water inside the boat had collected in its bowels.
This is what remained of one of seats on the boat.
On the day of the boat cruise, revellers posted on social media images and footage of themselves having fun onboard.
Some were capturing their finals moments alive. Drinks were going around generously against of a backdrop of hit after hit from the DJ's box. The crowd was a blend of both the ordinary people and some high-profile individuals.
Prince David Wasajja, the brother of Buganda king Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, was a survivor. Musician Iryn Namubiru also made the survivors list, and would later tell of her personal account of the moments before, during and after the tragedy.
The engine and canopy of the wrecked boat were also retrieved and brought to shore.
Some locals stared blankly at the carcass before them, perhaps overwhelmed with questions. Some of them are regular fishermen at the beach but had never before seen so much death in one area.
An ATM card, clutch bags, shades, a shoe and a phone cable sat in what was left of the DJ's box.
That's one picture that speaks volumes about the trail of loss that the accident left in its wake. Some bodies retrieved from the water were found with a shoe missing, others a wrist watch hanging loosely.
Others, having died struggling for dear breath, were pulled out with their arms clenched out - stiff and cold.
On one end of the boat, some luxury seats, typically reserved for the VIP travellers, barely remained rooted amid the clutter.
The aftermath commotion onboard offers an idea of the degree of panic that undoubtedly rippled across the deck on that night of the cruise.
Footage that has made rounds across various social media platforms shows a boat full of life and sprite. Far from what emerged out of the waters days later.
The operation team worked hard to bring the vessel to the mainland.
The group had to employ rudimentary methods to make this happen - first, they cleared the path and then placed logs as rollers underneath on which the large vessel would be hauled.
Beyond the manual labour that was invested in bringing the vessel to dry land, a closer inspection of the exterior of the boat is very revealing. The zig-zag charred outline at the bottom is evidence that the vessel had had some patch-up.
In fact, the boat had just been serviced before the doomed cruise, which had apparently been delayed due to the condition of the vessel.
This zoomed-in shot lends some degree of clarity to the state of the killer boat.
Was it only a matter of time that it would collapse?
Of course having remained submerged wholly for some time after the disaster, the elements did have an impact. Many parts of the surface were rusted while some metallic bars on the edges had sagged.
But a much closer look on the state of affairs onboard is more telling. The compartment below, which originally was a reserve for VIPs, was filled with water. The cover of this section was worse for wear.
The underside of the rusted lid was patchy and clearly needed a lick of paint.
The edges of the opening appeared chipped and would cramble any time soon.
Inside the nooks and crannies, the clutter created a Gothic collection of steel, metal and rubber.
While many of the components of the boat lay rickety and in disarray, the boat's wheel remained intact.
It emerged that the coxswain, upon realising that disaster was about to strike, jumped off the boat and apparently swam to safety. He had reportedly made some frantic SOS calls to his colleagues back on the mainland when water started to fill inside the vessel.
A peek into the murky, greasy lower chamber.
An evening of fun quickly turned into a real-life nightmare.
Many of those on board were sloshed amid the celebratory mood.
Perhaps it is no wonder that several beer bottles were found still trapped in some parts of the boat.
Paint buckets were also found on the boat.
One of the sticking points in the discussions around the disaster was life jackets.
Were there enough of these personal floatation devices on board?
Were the ones available of the right standard?
On Monday, Police said they had recovered some items.
Here is the full statement posted on Police's Facebook page:
We all recall the boat cruise tragedy of November 24th, 2018 in which 32 lives were lost and a total of 37 survivors registered and 5 are unaccounted for yet. Some properties were recovered and the investigation teams are handling these to establish whether these are part of the survivors or the dead. These include among others: Fuel cards, shopping cards, driving permits, ATM cards and National IDS and mobile phones. Names for some of these items include: Stella Byabashaija Ntanda (Bag shopping cards, driving permit, National ID and Fuel Card), Nantege Yudaya (Bag and National ID), Doreen Arinaitwe (Bag and National ID), Samalie Nakakazi (Bag, Driving Permit and National ID, ULS Card), Stella Nabasa (Bag and Driving permit) and Namayanja Bag and Driving permit). There is also Lindah Nankungu (Bag, Driving permit), Mariam Nakigudde Bag and Bank ATM Card), Irene Alitubeera (Bag and National ID), Zahura Paul Apuuli (National ID), Barbra Kabagambe(Driving pemit) and Martha Kawalya (Bag, Driving permit and National ID).
In total we recovered 27 hand bags, 9 chairs, I generator and I speaker, 7 mobile phones, 12 National IDS, 4 pair of male shoes, 3 pairs of shoes for ladies and an assortment of clothes. Money recovered was UGX. 500,000= and some has already been claimed by the right owners.
Police has since ended the search for other potentially missing people.
But as Uganda tries to pick up the broken pieces, many questions will continue to linger on the minds of many people.


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The Rose Tower is a 333 metre (1,093 feet), 72-story skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Originally, the tower was to be 380 m (1,247 feet) high, but its projected height was reduced in further design modification. Construction began in 2004. On 24 October 2006, the building reached its full height with the addition of the spire. The tower will be the world's tallest hotel when it opens in April 2008.This hotel, known as "Rose Rotana Suites," will surpass the 321 m (1,053 ft) Burj Al Arab, also in Dubai.
ROSE TOWER is promoted by the Rotana Group based in Abu Dhabi. At 333 meters high with 72 storeys and 480 suites, this will be the tallest furnished hotel in the world according to the Guinness Books of Records among all other suites hotel and is sure to enhance the already dazzling skyline of Dubai with its Multitude of sky scrapers.
This hotel comprises an apartment tower with fully furnished studio flats, Single Bed Room, Double bed room and Three Bed Room Flats. In addition to that the apartment tower comprised world-class restaurants, cafeteria gymnastic halls etc. with security and electromechanical services.
The Consultant is Khatib and Alami Consolidated Engineering Co. who is one of the leading consultants in Dubai and this project is going to be executed by its developer, The Abecco Group.
Eeversendai is sub-contractor for the Connection Design, Supply, Shop Drawings, Fabrication & Erection of steel works, which reinforces the concrete floors and columns.
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There's good news for women who suffer from uterine fibroids.
For the first time, the benign tumours that cause heavy bleeding, pain, bloating and infertility in 30 per cent of women, can be treated with medication instead of surgery.
A fibroid is a ball of muscle within the uterus, which is also a muscle. The uterus starts forming balls and they grow. "If they grow and take up the entire thickness of the whole uterus, then it takes major surgery to either remove the fibroids or remove the whole uterus," says Dr. Guylaine Lefebvre, chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Michael's Hospital.
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"It's a completely new classification," Lefebvre says. "And it seems to target fibroids directly, where it stops it from growing and at the same time it stops the uterus from bleeding."
The drug, a pill taken once a day, is prescribed for women who still menstruate and have symptoms severe enough to consider treatment. The drug has been used in Europe for 18 months. There isn't 10-year data yet, Lefebvre says, so as a precaution, the drug is currently only prescribed for three months. The medication costs $350 a month.
After that, if surgical intervention is still needed, it's likely to be a less invasive procedure with fewer possible complications, she says. "One of the major benefits to this is that it works within a couple of days in stopping the bleeding. We haven't had anything yet that has worked this quickly."
Not all fibroids grow large enough to cause problems, Lefebvre says, but some women lose half the blood they should be carrying in their body.
Holly Bridges knows what that's about. The Toronto native, now Ottawa resident, wrote The Unhysterectomy in 2010 after suffering from fibroids and being told a hysterectomy was her only option. She rejected that advice and had two less-invasive procedures, called a hysteroscopic myomectomy and hysteroscopic endometrial ablation.
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The moment you see the trailer of 'Dorasani' for the second time, there is a feeling that the film is another Sairat like film. That Marathi film which deals with a rich-poor (caste difference) love story with a shocking ending has become a big hit in Marathi and Karan Johar remade it in Hindi as Dhadak, but haven't worked.
And now, the tale of Raju and Dorasani also looks pretty same and there is a buzz it has a similar shocking ending as the family of Dora kills the girl for coupling with a guy from inferior caste. Though the setup of vintage Telangana and the raw look might bring freshness to the narrative, the whole content is the same proven love story format and that's what wonders film lovers now.
Either these types of movies end up as huge hits with word-of-mouth doing the best for them, or they end as disasters. There is no middle path for them. With Vijay Devarakonda's brother Anand and Rajsekhar's daughter Sivathmika being the leads, there is a lot at stake through this film.
As the film is set for a big release tomorrow, we have to see if this Friday belongs to this local 'Sairat' or not.


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Monday, August 5, 2019
Craftin Desert Divas Is Closing
It's with a heavy heart, that I came to a decision to close Craftin Desert Divas. Many of you are not aware, but I've been dealing with some family difficulties for quite some time now.
I normally don't share much of my personal life, but I wanted to let you know the reason I've had to make such a difficult decision.
My Mother has been sick with Alzheimer's for quite some time and as it progresses, I really need to be there for my Mother and Father.
I hope you all understand that family comes before anything and I don't want to have regrets later that I didn't do as much as I could or spend the extra time with her.
Thank you for all the support you've shown me over the years. I'm having a going out of business sale and would greatly appreciate your final support in helping me clear out my inventory. I'll be clearing out my craft room and turning it back into a spare bedroom for any future needs.
Thank you so much!
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Tara, I have no words except to say all the love and hugs to you. You are doing the right thing... family is the most important. I know this must have been a terribly difficult decision for you, but we'll all be here. You do what you need to do.ReplyDelete
Best of luck with your family. Family will always come first as we cannot turn back the clock and wish we had done things differently.ReplyDelete
Best of luck with your family. Family will always come first as we cannot turn back the clock and wish we had done things differently.ReplyDelete
Sorry to read that you are closing your shop, but for a very good reason I think, you are right Family comes first...very important.ReplyDelete
Thank you for being a sponsor on the Coffee blog hops these past years, I have enjoyed making cards with your stamps.
Wishing you and your family all the best for the future.
Hugs and greetings from the Netherlands.
I was a caregiver for my sister for 5 years who had early-onset Alzheimer's and then my father who had Alzheimer's. It's a terrible, terrible disease and I'm so sorry you and your family are going through this. As you know, they call it the long goodbye and that is the truth. I'm sorry you have to close your business, but it is completely understandable. Best wishes💕ReplyDelete
I am very sorry to hear about your mother. I wish you the best of luck with everything. Prayers for you and your family. Please take care of yourself and know that God has this and that there is a reason for everything even though we many not see it right now.ReplyDelete
What are you planning to do with your actual crafting supplies? Will you be selling them? I noticed that there were lots of catagories on the website that were empty. If you plan to sell any of your personal crafting supplies that you used to create cards, scrapbooking supplies, ink, stamps, stencils, etc. I'd be very interested in buying some!
With love, Krystal From Overby Designs
Tara, I will miss your shop but send you encouragement as you focus on your family situation. Dont forget to take care of yourself, too!ReplyDelete


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To talk incessantly and/or at great length. I became so bored while the professor jawed away at us that I nearly fell asleep in the middle of the lecture. Whenever I meet up with Tammy, our "conversation" is always just her jawing away while I listen patiently on.


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Artist Statement
I am a contemporary mixed media artist who uses fabric as my medium of choice. My family has been in the textile industry for over four generations, so I became familiar with the use of fabric and prints when I was growing up. As a tactile and visual person, I am intrigued by the variety of textures, colors and flexibility of fabric now how it interacts with thread and paint.
Thread, yarn and fabric are my paints and the needle is my brush in my abstract works. The stitching is initially intuitive and unplanned. It is part of the composition as well as the technical force that grounds the work. The use of complexity, color and depth allow me to explore dimensions of physical space. This frequently results in a layering of materials that creates a three-dimensional aspect in my art.
1977 JD University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1974 BA Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Sandra E. Lauterbach is a contemporary mixed media artist with a studio in Los Angeles. She initially attended Pomona College where she studied art before earning a JD degree at the University of Southern California Law School. She eventually decided to leave the practice of law and focus on her art. Since then she has attended various other art schools, including Otis College of Art and Design.
The original use of fiber and textiles combined with careful details expressed in paint and other mediums has led to Lauterbach's work being shown in national and international exhibitions as well as at galleries across the country. Her work received an Honorable Mention in the 2014 California Open Exhibition juried by Laddie John Dill for TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA. For the past three years, her imaginative textile creations have also been selected for the Los Angeles Art Association's Open Show, which is juried by national museum curators and features some of the best work by emerging artists.
Lauterbach is an active member of both the Southern California Women's Caucus for Art and the Los Angeles Art Association and exhibits at Gallery 825. She is a juried artist member of the Studio Art Quilt Associates ("SAQA"), an international body of professional artists. SAQA has chosen her to be one of the 12 featured artists on its website for 2015. In addition, her work has been published in numerous catalogues and books. She has also been a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies shot a man early Monday, Nov. 9 in Victorville.
The man, whose name and age were not released Monday morning, suffered injuries that were not life threatening, according to a Sheriff's Department news release. He was air-lifted to a hospital to be treated.
The shooting occurred about 12:05 a.m. Monday after deputies responded to a report of shots fired at an inhabited dwelling at the Travel Inn & Suites at 14998 7th St.
The hotel's employees reported the man shot at the building and was attempting to enter it.
Deputies tracked down a man fitting the suspect's description near the intersection of Lacy and Culley streets, the news release said.
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In the movie, THE GUARDIAN, actor Kevin Costner plays Ben Randall, the instructor for new potential Coast Guard Swimmers. These are the ones who go into the water to save people often in frigid or dangerous conditions. In one scene, the recruits are in an ice-filled swimming pool with Randall when the commanding officer walks in. He's shocked and says,
"You were only supposed to teach them the stages of hypothermia, Ben!"
"In about two more minutes they'll know them" Ben responds.
That's the difference between classroom teaching and experiencing a situation.
In many churches we've turned discipleship into a classroom event or a Bible study. We learn the Bible, we discuss potential scenarios and train for them. We even pass tests and exams on it. But we've lost something. It's efficient and organized but not the real deal.
We've lost the real life element of Hebrew discipleship. The Greeks opened schools to train people. We like schools. They need one teacher for many students and teaching is knowledge based and segmented.
The Israelites, on the other hand, walked day by day with in the dust of their rabbis. Living life with the rabbi, seeing how he lived, what he did and then going to do likewise. It was messy and real. That's the element that we have lost in much of our discipleship. It has to be real life. Being a disciple has to be experienced as one life passes it to another, life on life.
It has to be real life…life on life.
Jesus' disciples travelled with Him. They constantly shared meals and experienced life with Him. He gave them tasks to do and then talked about them afterward. It wasn't a "what if you're in this situation" but a debriefing of "so, what happened?"
In the classroom, we can learn principles but we don't become disciples. We grow as disciples day by day in real life alongside ones who have experienced it before.


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Director of the consumer safety group W.A.T.C.H, James Swartz, joins The Doctors to share about the "10 Worst Toys". Thank you The Doctors for addressing the important topic of toy safety.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
WIFM? Bah. WIFU!
I am aware there is a lot to be said for the WIFM concept. The WIFM idea is very well established and will continue to have a place in discussions regarding the value proposition we offer to member-citizens in associations. There are certainly levels of WIFM considerations in memberships, conference attendance and other consumable products that we offer. But for me, WIFM belongs squarely in the member benefits and marketing department, not in our volunteer leadership structures or the board room.
The Boardroom belongs to WIFU instead (short for "what's in it for us?")
Here's why.
WIFM is a mindset. We know people often ask WIFM before they consider WIFU, but how much of that is human behavior and how much of that is a mental model they have built because we keep telling them THAT is the question they should ask? I refuse to sell Millennials short and insist that they can't be attracted to a profession, issue or cause through any other method than WIFM. WIFM wasn't on John F. Kennedy's mind when he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." He was all about the WIFU.
WIFM is a one-way transaction, WIFU is a two-way conversation. WIFM is valid and individuals use WIFM when evaluating such things as purchases or attendance at events but WIFM is consumerist by its very nature. WIFM doesn't apply to the totality of the association's vision and mission or the member experience. If you can make a credible, authentic case for WIFU (What's in it for Us) instead of constantly throwing darts at a moving WIFM target, you have a much better chance of getting and keeping someone's attention. Individuals have to meet you half way by buying into the WIFU, not simply wait for you to serve up the WIFM.
WIFM is a mirage. We are kidding ourselves. We continue to tell ourselves it is possible to develop such an intimate relationship with our members that we can routinely second-guess and satisfy their every whim and need. Survey fatigue is a growing phenomenon and is a direct result of this mindset. We keep going back to the well time and time again in an effort to decipher where the WIFM is in the minds of a diverse and ever-shifting population. Should we make every attempt to get to know members and develop deeper, more authentic relationships? Absolutely. But absent installing chips in their heads we are not EVER going to be able to guess exactly what they want on any given day.
WIFM is undermining civil discourse. Association discussions and decisions must reflect the WIFU first. If your volunteers are obsessed with WIFM issues, either on behalf of your member-citizens or in pursuit of their own individual goals, you are going to be playing politics - not leading. Do you want chapters to compromise on certain policy positions? Focus on WIFU first and keep WIFM in your back pocket in case you need it. Do you want volunteers to go above and beyond the call of duty? Then infuse volunteer leadership with WIFU first and discuss the WIFM as a secondary, bonus outcome.
WIFM isn't the exclusive motivator. If you ask me to boil my decision about paying dues or belonging to your organization to a coldly practical WIFM calculation as to whether I "get my money's worth" then, sorry, the answer is probably no. The more you tout WIFM reasons for me to fork over the cash, the more put off I get. Especially because social media gives me a way to establish professional relationships and gain access to information on my own. Membership, like friendship, is no longer an experience that you can commoditize the way you do programs, services and other benefits. Genuine affiliation has to be based on something bigger than a WIFM outcome. If you can combine the WIFU with the WIFM, you might get me to say yes.
So, I am not actually sure if anyone else is using the term WIFU. I am probably not the first person to come up with it, but I AM the first person to put it in the urban dictionary. Yes, I am associationgrrrl. :D
And the next time I am in a room with my association peeps and someone says, "we have to concentrate on WIFM" expect me to challenge with, "Only if you can answer WIFU first!"
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- AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Shelly, how can a profession effectively translate its value/benefit to policy makers under the WIFU model? Policy makers say they are elected to represent the "people" but in reality they represent groups of people (who have usually given them money at some point).ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment. To change the system we need to overturn Citizens United and enact campaign finance laws that make sense.ReplyDelete
I'm not nearly so interested in swaying individual policy makers as I am embedding another concept into the electorate who are beginning to make those connections. We don't work or live in a vacuum. It's WIFU or it's disaster. If we can elect WIFU folks, we will be in a much better position to make policy and decisions that make sense as opposed to on behalf of the highest bidder.
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ALAMEDA ELECTIONS '12: Candidate cheat sheets
ALAMEDA ELECTIONS '12: Candidate cheat sheets
As part of our ongoing voter education efforts, The Alamedan has consolidated candidates' answers to our questionnaires into a trio of handy cheat sheets, which are attached at the bottom of this post. The spreadsheets offer a brief side-by-side comparison of City Council, Board of Education and Alameda Health Care District Board candidates' views on the major issues they'll be dealing with if elected.
We're also offering the cheat sheets as separate data posts in our Alameda Elections '12 elections center, where you can find each candidate's full questionnaire, short candidate videos and more. Local candidates' initial donor lists are due Friday, and when they're available, we'll post those as well.
Our goal is to provide a complete set of information on all your local races and ballot measures before voting begins on Monday. After that, we'll be covering events as they occur. If you have comments on our coverage or a story idea to suggest, you can e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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From Mark Sisson – 15 Reasons to Sprint January 22, 2014Posted by jeffrooney in Athletic training, Fitness, Posture, Weight Loss Research.
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From Mark Sisson – 15 Reasons to Sprint
I am in agreement with Mark. Good thing about him is he always backs up his arguments with pretty good data. This is really a simple way to add a whole lot to your fitness and well being without lots of time commitment – it is the regularity that counts.
By the way, he doesn't mention it but I will. If your body is properly aligned there is even more bang for the buck. Every step becomes part of your therapy when your joints are stacked properly. If for example, a knee or hip position is out, sprints may be objectively "good for you" but won't feel that great, especially afterward. So with that caveat check out Marks post for more reasons why sprinting and interval training in general is a good practice. If you are wondering about your own alignment see my earlier post about how to evaluate your own alignment. Let me know what you find.
10 Workouts From Mark Sisson – Short and Sharp! March 25, 2013Posted by jeffrooney in Uncategorized.
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Here is a link to a recent post at Mark's Daily Apple. It focuses on 10 different high intensity workouts that can be completed in 10 minutes. The caveat I would add to these is to pay attention to the posture part of the equation. If you have questions about this contact me or leave a comment. Everyone is going to present some alignment deviation that may pose problems with a high intensity endeavor. So I augment the approach he is advocating to include the posture component. So for example if one has rounded shoulders and forward head it is a good idea to do a short "corrective posture" preliminary to the routines he is talking about. Another example might be if your legs are not symmetrical in functioning there are some things that could be done prior to give more balance to the physical structure and hence gain more from the workouts and reinforce postural balance. That being said, I by and large like a lot of his ideas expressed in this post.
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'Worship must be Christ-centered, Holy Spirit led, in response to the Father, about intimacy and service, and always resulting in transformation' - Tim HughesI love this quote from Hughes, it so clearly articulates what worship is, and our role as leaders of sung corporate worship. Like we heard yesterday, if the Gospel isn't central - then what are we doing? Jesus is the ...Keep Reading


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Ode to autumn
Holly at Decor8 asked what our favourite things about September were. While October is my favourite month for so many reasons, I think these autumn odes really cover so many of my favourite things about both months. The song 'Autumn days' itself is one of my favourite things about this type of year and holds so many memories for me.
Ode to autumn, John Keats
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reaped furrow sound asleep,
Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers;
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cider-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, –
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing, and now with treble soft
The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Autumn days, Estelle White
Autumn days, when the grass is jewelled
And the silk inside a chestnut shell
Jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled
All these things I love so well
So I mustn't forget
No, I mustn't forget
To say a great big thank you
I mustn't forget.
Clouds that look like familiar faces
And a winter's moon with frosted rings
Smell of bacon as I fasten up my laces
And the song the milkman sings.
Whipped-up spray that is rainbow-scattered
And a swallow curving in the sky
Shoes so comfy though they're worn out and they're battered
And the taste of apple pie.
Scent of gardens when the rain's been falling
And a minnow darting down a stream
Picked-up engine that's been stuttering and stalling
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An Unexpected Break
The following was written by Bruce, a missionary to Northside Danville with Grace and Main Fellowship and through Third Chance Ministries. Parts of Bruce's story been shared in this newsletter and at various speaking engagements over the last several years. When Bruce first met Grace and Main, he was sleeping under a house in one of the neighborhoods, but now Bruce is approaching five years of sobriety and is one of our key leaders, overseeing our Tool Library, coordinating with mission teams, taking a big leadership role at the Urban Farm, and helping friends in the neighborhood to find work.
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Ever get so caught up in work, trying to accomplish so much, trying to keep up with the Joneses? I recently found myself caught up in some of the excitement that came with the warm weather: new work that's coming up for our friends around the neighborhood, lots of food growing on the Urban Farm, building our new tool library. It seems that I got so caught up with what we're going to do that I forgot about the things that really are important: friends, community, folks that are like family. I started missing things like community dinners, worship, spending time with the folks I love and that have—over the last five years—adopted me as one of their own.
But, about six weeks ago, all of my plans changed when I got an unexpected break: my ankle.
I remember the first thought that crossed my mind was: "How am I going to get all this stuff done with a cast on my leg?" I forgot, I guess, that I live in community with wonderful people who would all pitch in and see things done. I had friends come and take me to the doctor, grocery shopping, to pay my bills, to cut my grass, whatever needed to be done.
When we build up community and friendships that have deep running roots we can rely on one another in times of need, loneliness, or just an ear to listen. We can also coach and encourage one another. Do we always agree on everything? No, but we all agree that we can work it out. That, if a situation is handled with love and thoughtfulness, there is nothing we cannot work out. If we listen to our hearts and the voice of the Spirit, we can work it out.
Get to know your neighbor, build up your community, or maybe come and visit ours. Is it easy? No. Is it worth the effort? Yes! Say hello to your neighbors, get to know them, step outside your comfort zone. The changes and blessings in my life have been both profound and plentiful because of the people God has put into my life—because of Grace and Main. God tells us to love our neighbors as he has loved us. Maybe that's because we might find that diamond in the coal mine if we have the eyes to see.
Since, God comes knocking on our door in many forms, you might want to answer the door. We may find that love and peace we have been looking for all our lives. We might find a really good friend. There's just no telling what we might find it we open our hearts and minds to whomever God put at our door. Sometimes, we just need to take the leap of faith—even if we have to do it on crutches.
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Wasting Time is Good For You
Memorial Day is behind us and the lazy days of summer are almost here. It's time to kick back and relax. While the finer points of purposelessness have fallen out of favor in the Zeitgeist of efficiency and workaholism, wasting time can be one of the sweeter aspects of the season.
Your grandmother may have instilled in you the concept that idle hands are the devil's workshop, but science now tells us that those idle hands are predisposed to even bigger work: creativity. Great ideas, good ideas, new ideas need time and space to germinate.
The popularization of meditation points to our national need for such space. The philosopher Krishnamurti wrote, "Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all the things that the mind has put together. If you do that – perhaps you won't, but it doesn't matter, just listen to this – you will find that there is an extraordinary space in the mind, and that space is freedom. So you must demand freedom at the very beginning, and not just wait, hoping to have it at the end. You must seek out the significance of freedom in your work, in your relationships, in everything that you do. Then you will find that meditation is creation."(jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/print.php?tid=756&chid=5073)
We need space. As we move with ever increasing efficiently and productively through our To Do lists, new ideas dwindle and die. Some of this space (and resulting creativity) can be found wasting time.
This is not to imply that mindlessly scrolling through cat pictures on Facebook is the psychological equivalent of meditation, but that moments of unstructured activity during the work day can make room for the possibility of deeper thinking.
In her article, The Psychological Importance of Wasting Time, Olivia Godhill writes: "All of us have the urge to while away time flicking through a magazine, walking around the block, or simply doing nothing. We should embrace these moments, and see them as what they are: time well spent." (qz.com/970924/the-psychological-importance-of-wasting-time)
So step away from your desk! Take a lazy stroll, look a the clouds, listen to nothing, daydream. The little space you create between tasks might spark something wonderful. Your To Do list will await your return.


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Hello dear bloggie! At last I'm here after a few days of missing in actions. As for today, until this time there is nothing interesting and I have nothing particular to do except for updating this blog. I woke up at 10.30 am, made the bed, took shower and after that cooked chicken soup and fried eggs for lunch. Nothing fancy since I was still feeling tired because of unsoundly sleep last night. Okay back to the title why I couldn't sleep last night?
Well, yesterday in the morning after waving a bye and take care to my hubby before he left to work, I didn't continue to sleep as how I used to on every previously days. Why? It was because and acquaintance of mine would be coming to the house and learn how to make kuih keria from me. She is Mrs. R.W in her early thirties, a Malaysian nationality who married a Japanese man and already has four children. In fact, she is the only female Malaysian friend I have here in Matsukawa, the small town that I am living in. I got to know her during last Hari Raya Party that held at the trainees' house. The trainees invited her along and she came with her three younger children. As from what I heard, the trainees were buying their groceries at the supermarket and one of them was wearing Langkawi t-shirt when suddenly they heard a woman saying '…Selamat Hari Raya…'. Of course the trainees were surprised to hear a Japanese woman who was greeting them in Malay. Then, they asked her back in English about what did she just said and she replied back that she is Malaysian Chinese and she saw someone wearing the Langkawi t-shirt that made her wanted to approach. To make the story short, she is now already my friend hehe =D
Okay back to the main story, so R came yesterday at about 2.00++ pm with her youngest son. She brought along two bottles of bicarbonate drinks, Maggie chilli sauce and fresh Japanese chilies for us. I served her some kuih raya that my mother posted all the way from
and prawn fried kuetiau which finally I managed to make deliciously. In fact, the night before her coming I made kuih sago since I planned to serve her that kuih at first but unfortunately the result became really a disaster to me! Such a very simple and easy-peasy to make kuih but I didn't actually succeed. It became so soft because I put in so much water and it became uglier once I cut them since it was so sticky and etc. etc. etc. But I serve her anyway. She said '…okaylah boleh makan..', then I replied back '…ya lah memangla, tapi tak boleh jual tak laku…'.=P Malaysia
When I started to make the kuih keria suddenly I realized that I didn't' boil the keledek yet. I told her over the phone that I'm going to boil the keledek first so that we could start making once she arrived. She also heard me and said okay, but still she will be bringing her keledek to replace mine. I even forced Bie to go out on the night before that in the cold and windy weather to buy some keledek for the yesterday's occasion. Despite of all those statements, but still why didn't clever me boil the keledek first??? The consequences of that, I hurriedly boiled the keledek but didn't wait until it became soft enough to be mashed, I mashed the keledek with hands but didn't mashed it well enough for it to be fried and I added in too much wheat flour without estimating the weight and size of the keledek used. Thanks to my self for being sooo clever huhhh =P =P =P
As the results, we just managed to finish making the kuih only a few minutes before 5.00 pm. In fact my hubby has already told me to settle everything before he came back. R has to wait long too for the kuih to be done even though at last the kuih didn't be that satisfying since the texture was not soft and sweet enough because of the over-added flour. Not only that, I was running out of idea what else to talk about since I am not a bubbly person but I managed to overcome that, what a HUGE effort to me. Besides, I didn't get time to rest and I was late to make dinner. Lastly, 2 years old baby T was becoming so hyper but still I managed to smile and laugh towards his actions even though I was actually feeling sorry towards my hubby in the inside. Unbelievably, he splashed the sweet Calpis water onto the floor and carpet, he kept jumping once he arrived, he kept turning on and off the tv's button and the main power of the PC making the PC turned off unexpectedly, he kept sitting on Bie's new multi-functioned beloved keyboard, he kept hitting the table with Bie's new laser beloved mouse, he climbed the PC's table and jumped like a superman landed into the comfortable bed, his saliva kept dropping on the keyboard too, he banged the hall door until it came out of it's upper socket!!! (Errr is it socket? By the way R managed to save the door and attach it back) and last but not least he dropped down my hubby's beloved home theater speaker waaa!!! (I was already scared that time and felt very very poor to Bie hohoho). Poor baby speaker be treated violently. =D
However, I didn't mind at all about baby T since he is only a kid and that was normal for a baby boy to behave like that. In fact I felt very fun to meet R and naughty baby T since I have been really rarely socializing with other people before. I wonder how my son will be like..hohoho =D Well, THE ONLY THING that made me FEELING BAD was I didn't manage to make the kuih keria successfully. I felt so bad and poor to R thus that was why I couldn't sleep last night. I told you I am a perfectionist, but when a perfectionist didn't manage to make things perfectly it makes me feeling unforgivable and WORST. People said that I look at small matters very seriously and I need to take things easy sometimes. Yes, I know I keep worrying, concentrating and thinking over small matter too much and sometimes it is really unnecessary but all I need is just to let it go! Argh..I know this habit isn't good and unhealthy too because it makes me unhappy, sad, worry, increase my heart beat and my blood pressure and of course I don't want to end up getting high blood pressure or heart attack so soon! Plus, it wastes a lot of times and in fact at the same time maybe sometimes other people don't really bother towards the flaws done. So, that's why I woke up a little bit tired and seems restless. Thank God today I can at least overcome a little bit of the silly feeling. At least telling here about what happened helps me feeling better anyway.
After R and T went back in the evening, I slept for a while and poor Bie cooked for himself instant roti canai for dinner. Then after taking bath we watched the 3-D animated cartoon The Ant Bully before we both dozed-off. Ouh by the way, Bie have to work tomorrow, on Saturday since they have new machines coming and need to be installed. Mr. Boss asked Bie whether he could come to work and as for Bie being living at only 5 minutes away walking to the company, surely there would be no good excuse to give hohoho. So, poor me too have to stay at home only and can't go out to see the view of autumn in the city haihhh. By the way, I'm planning to cook tomyam tomorrow and give some to R, so I will call her tomorrow and hope that she will be just free to come and take away the tomyam. Maybe I can feel much much better after that. Or maybe I just need to stop thinking over those stewpiddd things already by NOW!


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NEW YORK — [artist id="3900"]Cake[/artist] are the kind of band it's easy to think you know well — songs like "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" and their "I Will Survive" cover still pop up regularly in ads and soundtracks — and easy to love for their blend of regular-guy sound with clever lyrics and off-beat instrumentation. But in concert, anyone who, say, owns only four of their albums, will never be mistaken for a diehard. No, the superfans know every single word of every early album deep cut. Still, when the cult faves hit Irving Plaza on Tuesday night, frontman John McCrea made sure everyone felt like they belonged.
Dressed in a fedora, T-shirt, hoodie and rugged jacket, the bearded McCrea looked like a buddy you'd just invited over for a beer in your Brooklyn living room. After kicking off the show with 2001's "Comfort Eagle" and a couple of tracks from their upcoming new album, Showroom of Compassion, the singer launched into a deadpan banter that really made it feel like he was everyone's friend too.
"We are just hanging out together, with the tree and microphones," McCrea said, pointing to the small evergreen onstage that he later gave away to an audience member — part of an old Cake concert tradition. When one fan got a little too comfortable with the band and threw a paper airplane missive at the stage, McCrea gently reminded her, "I can't really read long notes right now; I'm kind of playing a show."
Mixed in with several of the new Compassion songs — which stick to the trademark Cake sound of head-nodding rhythm, nasally guitar and Vince DeFiore's brilliant trumpet solos, occasionally punctuated by McCrea on the vibraslap — were a whole lot of the favorites. The pleasantly small, sold-out venue was filled with the sound of fans singing along with the likes of "Frank Sinatra," "Say It All" and "Friend Is a Four Letter Word."
"Congratulations to all of you singing along, you just got the equivalent of a beer from endorphins," McCrea said after a rousing rendition of "Sheep Go to Heaven."
And they weren't just singing with the classics. During the encore, following their cover of "War Pigs," when the band at last performed new single "Sick of You," McCrea began directing everyone as a choir. One side of the room was the "escapists," who sang "I want to fly away," while the other side was instructed to chant "I'm so sick of you, so sick of me, I don't want to be with you."
It was an instant favorite of the happy crowd, but the show's closer, their 1996 hit "The Distance," was perfectly calculated to send everyone home humming and smiling.
Showroom of Compassion, Cake's first studio album in six years, is due out on January 11.


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Among the biggest elements of a successful business is ensuring the safety and security of everyone working in the establishment. This includes the preparedness of the company for emergency situations, like fires. Your primary goal when designing your company's fire protection system is to save lives, save as much property and reduce downtime for your operations. Here are the most important factors to keep in mind when planning for fire alarm systems for your business.
Legal Compliance
This step is necessary when creating your business' fire alarm system. Legal compliance means following the codes, which are the minimum legal requirement that you need to meet. But keep in mind that these codes vary from city to city. Therefore, make sure you are looking into the codes that are applicable in your specific area.
Alarm and Notification
One of the most important devices of buildings is the fire alarms. Alarms will serve the purpose of alarming the people of the presence of fire and alerting emergency staff, so they can take action right away. Fire alarm systems have technology that directs emergency responders to the location of the fire. Alarm systems can also be connected to the building's ventilation unit to control smoke in case of fire.
Detection Devices
In order for your alarm and notification system to be useful, you need reliable detection devices. Like mobile phones, these devices get smarter over the years. Some of them are now able to differentiate different levels of fire danger. You can also include in your fire protection system in Singapore a heat detector device, which can trigger your alarms before smoke even starts to appear. Having high-tech detection devices will give you a better chance to save more of your people and property by allowing you to kill a small fire before it develops into a major threat.
Suppression System
Once the alarm system is triggered, the suppression system activates, since its primary purpose is to contain the fire until it is extinguished. Those most widely used suppression system is the sprinklers, which showers water when a fire is detected. Other than being triggered by the alarm system, sprinklers are also heat sensitive that they will activate when their sensor detects heat. For buildings where sprinklers cannot be used, chemical suppression system can be utilized.
Just like any other technological systems and devices, your fire protection system will do no good if they are not properly maintained. Make sure that you have your system inspected by professionals in Singapore once a year to ensure that everything from the devices, sensors and extinguishers are working correctly.
Fire accidents are quite common in Singapore. To minimize your risks, design your fire protection system smartly and work only with the certified professionals in the industry.


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It is my turn to post over at Craft-Dee BowZ but I had to share it here with you too. Donna gave us a theme of Halloween and a non card at that!
I know you have seen a few Halloween cards from me but really we don't do Halloween. Yes, our kids do dress up but for a Harvest party and they are not allowed to dress up as anything scary so you see a lot of princesses, army guys, puppy dogs, cotton candy (my middle went as last year), paper doll (my youngest last year). Any ways I digress….Back to this challenge Donna gave us.
Halloween… non card…. what to do? I like to send goodies to work for hubby's coworkers so why not decorate a container that he could put on his desk with some kind of treat in it for them?
Took some of the ribbon Donna sent us and made a triple loop bow by doubling up my ribbons. Instead of just laying the ends of the ribbon around the container, I decided to twist the two ribbons together.
Using a spider web die, I cut out the spider web and attached it just by the corner. If you look closely you will see a small little spider (sticker) on the web. Printed out a pumpkin digi image from Paper Pretties that I colored and added in the corner. Attached the little sign to the container so everyone would know they could have a treat.
Now what to fill the treat container with? How about Pumpkin Oreo Muddy Buddies? Oh my gosh! I didn't think I was gonna have any left to put in the mini baggies as this stuff is just that good! Tied each baggie up with some ribbon that I had (keeping with the black/orange color theme).
Close up of the Pumpkin Oreo Muddy Buddies.
But what you are really saying is "Amber!! Stop teasing us and give us the recipe!!" I can't take credit for the recipe as I got it from Something Swanky blog which I found via Pinterest.
Pumpkin Oreo Muddy Buddies
- 2 cups Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses
- 7 cups Chex Cereal
- 1 cup crumbled Oreos
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- In large microwave safe bowl, heat the Hershey Kisses for 45 seconds or until melted. Stir until smooth. Add the cereal to the bowl, a few cups at a time, stirring gently and coating the cereal as you go.
- Add the Oreos to the bowl, and stir gently to coat.
- Place the powdered sugar in a gallon sized zip top bag. Spoon the coated cereal mixture into the bag. Seal the bag, and shake to coat the cereal mixture.
- Serve immediately or keep sealed in bag, and store for 3-4 days
.Don't say I didn't warn you on how good this is!
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In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles. In 2004 we brought the former Pandaw III now renamed the Tonle Pandaw over from Myanmar to join the Mekong Pandaw. The two Pandaws explore two countries, two cultures and two ways of life linked by one great river. This is the only luxury cruises vacation on the Mekong River (see more: Mekong River cruise reviews). A shipping link between Saigon and Angkor is immensely practical for the traveller as it makes it possible to connect three important destinations on one trip with easy plane connections at either end: Saigon the exotic Frenchified former capital of South Vietnam, Phnom Penh, the quaint Cambodian capital, and the stupendous World Heritage monuments at Angkor. One need no longer check in and out of hotels and endure bumpy roads to visit these magnificent places.
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced today that the state is expanding their medical marijuana program to include five new conditions that qualify an individual to legally use the medicine.
Governor Murphy announced the expansion the same day as a governor-appointed task force recommended he do so. The conditions being added are migraines, anxiety, chronic pain related to musculoskeletal disorders, chronic visceral pain, and Tourette's syndrome. Governor Murphy also announced that the fee to become a medical marijuana patient is being reduced from $200, to $100, or $20 for veterans and seniors.
"We are changing the restrictive culture of our medical marijuana program to make it more patient-friendly," says Murphy. "We are adding five new categories of medical conditions, reducing patient and caregiver fees, and recommending changes in law so patients will be able to obtain the amount of product that they need. Some of these changes will take time, but we are committed to getting it done for all New Jersey residents who can be helped by access to medical marijuana."
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Nigeria, Africa's most populous country is aspiring to become a central maritime destination for the West and Central African region. This step will be achieved with hosting the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA).
Nigeria to host the AAMA
According the director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakutu Peterside, this event is the biggest gathering of major maritime operators in the continent. Peterside also noted that this is an occasion to boost the maritime sector in the country.
Nigeria would showcase its maritime potential to the maritime community during this major event. Furthermore, it will offer the country a platform of business interaction and exchange of knowledge and contacts among the major players in the continent. 32 countries across Africa are to participate in this gathering, as well as international stakeholders.
" In addition to the maritime administrations that would be attending the event other critical stakeholders such as shipping companies, terminal operators, shipping agents, freight forwarders and other sundry maritime and shipping services providers would also be in attendance and this will bring about exchange of ideas and contacts with the Nigerian stakeholders," stated NIMASA DG.
"The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) delegation will be led by Mr. Kitack Lim the Secretary General of IMO which is a United Nations specialised agency that regulates shipping globally."
Peterside also noted that this conference would help the country boost its maritime sector, hence its economy. The conference is to address the modernisation of ports, maritime tourism and other critical subjects in this sector. The expected outcome for this event is to help Nigeria reach its desired hub port status for the West and Central African region.
Such event comes in a critical time for the country that suffered the long-lasting Boko Haram insurgency. In addition to security problems, the country is also facing a food crisis that threatens millions in Africa's most populous country.
Food crisis and security issues in Nigeria
Several Countries have recently declared famine in the continent such as Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria. In Nigeria, millions are on the brink of starvation, and in desperate need of aids. The food crisis in the country is currently affecting more than 4.7 million in the northeast area. According to World Food Programme (WFP) the situation is deteriorating as the world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis.
The WFP also stated that their sources are drying up, which needs for an immediate action across the world to halt the food shortages in the affected areas.
"All humanitarian crises globally are woefully underfunded and for WFP Nigeria is in one of the worst situations for funding," said a WFP's spokeswoman.
"We are trying to save lives. We need over the next six months $207 million for Nigeria. At the moment, the programme is 13 percent funded for 2017. It's extremely low. Of the four countries facing famine it is the least funded."
This humanitarian crisis is worsened by the lack of security in the country, with the ongoing Boko Haram Insurgency.
The conflict that started in 2009, by Boko Haram insurgents dreaming of establishing a caliphate in the county, drained the country economically. The conflict killed many Nigerians and displaced more than two million.
Giving theses information, we could not help but ask if boosting the maritime sector and the economy are to alleviate a part of the problems Nigeria is facing.


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SailorGuy posted a topic in HomeManage SupportI am trying to create a custom report that prints all (or most) of the information of an asset inventory item on a single page. I have attached a mock-up of what I want the report to look like. Ideally, I'd like to simply customize the "Item Detail (1 Item per Page)" canned report supplied with HomeManage because it provides a good starting point for the report layout, etc. But I couldn't find the associated report ".LST" report definition file in the Reports folder, so I guess I have to start from scratch. I have several design characteristics: I'd like each inventory item to start on a new page. I have the item information organized into separate sections (Item, Location, Category, Acquisition, Warranty, Comments, Asset, etc.) I want to use conditional formatting to suppress sections that have no data. For example: If there is an item record that has no "warranty type" and "warranty expire" fields, then the whole "Warranty Information" section including the section heading should be suppressed. Or if there are no comments/notes on the record, then suppress the entire "Comments Information" section including the section heading. … You get the idea…. I've been working with the Combit List & Label 21 Designer Manual and the HomeManage documentation, and my biggest challenge is what type of report container or field element to add to allow me: Access to the full list of fields and data in the HomeManage Assets database To place field labels and data in non-table form on the page so I can format one asset item per page with a page break on each new item. I've tried inserting a "Report Container" but none of the element types allow me to place fields and data in "free form" on the page. I believe I'm missing something simple to get me started here. Can anyone offer suggestions? Or can you share a custom report format that does "full page" display (non-table) of asset item information? Or point me to the ".LST" report definition file for the "Item Detail (1 Item per Page)" report? FYI… Once I get this report built, I will share it on this forum for other people to use or modify. Thanks, Sailor Guy HomeManage-Report-Example-Full-Details.pdf


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|Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I
|New insights on the (non)-hardness of circuit minimization and related problems
|Eric Allender
|Rutgers University
|Monday, February 27
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The Minimum Circuit Size Problem (MCSP) and a related problem (MKTP) that deals with time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity are prominent candidates for NP-intermediate status. We present new results relating the complexity of various approximation problems related to MCSP and MKTP. We show that, under modest cryptographic assumptions, some of these approximation problems must have intermediate complexity: they have no solution in P/poly and are not NP-hard under P/poly reductions. We also prove new unconditional lower bounds for MKTP, by showing that MKTP is hard for the complexity class DET (a class that captures the complexity of computing the determinant; DET contains NL) under non-uniform $\mathrm{NC}^0$ reductions. (It is open whether these lower bounds also hold for MCSP.) Under a suitable derandomization hypothesis, we obtain uniform reductions, and we are even able to show that circuit size lower bounds are equivalent to hardness results for certain problems related to MKTP, and provide the first results showing that hardness of MCSP problems implies hardness for MKTP problems. Joint work with Shuichi Hirahara.


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The Seafoam Islands glitch text boxes (Japanese: ふたごじまのぢらい, Seafoam Islands Land Mines) are unintended 'sign texts' that may be found in Seafoam Islands in Pokémon Red, Green, and Pokémon Blue (Japanese).
In Japanese Yellow and the localizations the hidden text boxes were removed completely.
In Pokémon Red and Green, pressing A on a certain position in the Seafoam Islands' right island entrance causes an empty text box to appear then immediately close itself. In Japanese Blue a blank text box appears too but in this case no audio plays anymore and the game hangs; you can't close the box. Itemfinder does not detect an item here in both versions.
After the message has been closed, the game will take a longer time at scrolling through the Pokédex with right or left on the d-pad, displaying the options on the 'summary/switch/cancel' box and at showing your Pokémon's status, due to the byte D2D7 being kept at 03, when it's normally kept at 01 for most of the time, only changing to 03 for a fraction of a second when you view certain messages. The 'slowdown' can be fixed by pressing start and going into the options, then exiting. D2D7 is not to be confused with D2D4, the Japanese options address.
The left entrance of Seafoam Islands also has its own tile with text box data, as documented by ShaneM on the DKC-Atlas forums.
Talking to the left entrance sign on Red/Green resets the game, while talking to it in Japanese Blue causes glitch dialog to appear including a lot of '...', and the music will change to the percussion of Pokémon Mansion.


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A South Coast holiday resort was an unlikely location for a car makers, and the Eastbourne was probably assembled by a local garage. It had a 12hp 2-cylinder Aster engine, 4-speed gearbox and shaft drive. With a 4-seater tonneau body, it was priced at £300.
Source: Nick Georgano / The Beaulieu Encyclopaedia of the Automobile


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25th anniversary of the independence of Turkic republics celebrated with a Gala Concert in Baku
On December 3rd, 2016, a gala concert was held at the State Philharmonic of Azerbaijan to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the independence of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
In the concert organized with the support of TURKSOY and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Chamber Orchestra of the Caspian University of Azerbaijan was conducted by Cavad Tağızade.
The audience of the concert gathered TURKSOY Secretary General Dusen Kaseinov along with the Rector of the National Conservatory of Azerbaijan Siyavuş Kerimi, scholars and senior members of the management of the Caspian University, composers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Bashkortostan (RF), MPs as well as artists and intellectuals of Azerbaijan.
The programme of the concert featured works by composers such as Uzeyir Hacıbeyli, Gara Garayev, Arif Melikov, Hayyam Mirzazade, Ferhad Bedelbeyli, Samir Aliyev, Kerem Ekber (Azerbaijan), Raşid Kalimullin (Tatarstan), Muradbek Begaliyev (Kyrgyzstan), Turgay Erdener (Turkey), Balnur Kıdırbek, Yerulan Kanapyanov, Habibulla Setekov (Kazakhstan), Rovşan Nepesov (Turkmenistan) and Leyla Ismagilova'nın (Bashkortostan).
At the end of the concert, composers whose works were interpreted went on the stage to congratulate the conductor and the orchestra for their wonderful performance.