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Welcome back to my series of "Working on Me – Self Help" It's been a long time coming that I continued with this series that was made to help me better myself, as well as reach out to my readers and assist you in helping your self feel better about who you are.
Today, I wanted to write about separating from family issues. As I have mentioned in the past, my family is dysfunctional. Hell, we all know our families are all a bit on the dysfunctional side from time to time, or in my case, all of the time. LOL!
Actually, I joke about the dysfunction I have within my family unit at times. It's my way of setting boundaries. I have learned over time, that if I draw a healthy line of boundaries between myself and my family, my overall mental health would remain intact.
For example; I have blogged about what is going on with my younger brother in recent posts. Him facing homelessness and the fear he is experiencing. The fear of the unknown is all too familiar to me, as I'm sure it is to most of us. I just recently intervened my way back into my brother's life because the advice or so-called "Help" from my sister and Aunt were leading him further into a rabbit hole of depression and more fear. His Anxiety is at its peak.
Since 01-02-2019, I have spoken to my brother and tried to reach out to him and guide him through my example of entering into Social Services, and a shelter. In fact, he is residing at the shelter I was first introduced to back in August of 2015. Since this time, we have spoken at least a minimum of 2-3 times a day. In all fairness, you may think that is a bit extreme, but I also know that my brother, as well as myself, have a mental illness.
Now, in reality, the number of phone calls would probably make someone crack, or you would think I am enabling him. The fact of the matter is this… I'm the only sibling that is here one town away, plus these phone calls will eventually wind themselves down once he finds his way. I know this why? It's because I was in his shoes.
Yesterday, I had an appointment with yet another, yes, you're right another new psychiatrist through my mental health facility. I was pleasantly surprised this new person that was assigned to my case actually did their homework and read about my mental health. She learned that I have suffered from severe depression, has anxiety, is bipolar, has OCD, and is an insomniac. She carefully read over the medications in which I've been taking, and we discussed briefly what has been going on in my life since the last visit with the previous psychiatrist.
After the briefing, I requested that my Lamictal (Lamotrigine) be increased from 50mg to 100mg. because I noticed that the medication was helping to a degree, but not its full potential. I also requested to be put on Xanax (Alprazolam) for a short period of time due to not being able to unwind enough to fall asleep well in recent weeks. She fully understood and prescribed 0.25mg of the following. For that, I was very grateful for.
I knew when speaking to her about all the goings on with my brother, she would bring up setting boundaries. But, I didn't wait for her to bring it up, I brought it up myself. This is something she was rather pleased to hear.
You see, Some of us may have family members who have un-resolved codependency issues. Family members may be addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. They may be addicted to their own misery, pain, suffering, and victimization. Heck, my brother has blamed and/or accused my mother of being such a horrible mother. That was misplaced aggression. My mother didn't know what to say to him after a while, therefore refused to be verbally abused again. She loves her son, naturally, but was not going to face this day in and out.
Since I was diagnosed over 3 years ago, I have the structure and knowledge of setting boundaries. I learned this all because of my recovery within the walls of my mental health facility.
Yes, I requested my psychiatrist to be placed on Xanax for a stint of 2 weeks or when needed because of my sleep pattern being disrupted. However, I know how to keep my boundaries intact by way of keeping myself busy and not enabling my brother for every issue that may arise. I've already explained to him that I was here to help guide him, answer questions as best I could, but keep in mind that is what the caseworker is supposed to do. That is his/her job, not mine.
By setting healthy boundaries, I am taking care of my well-being. My mental health comes first before anything else does. I need to know when to pull back from my brother. Again, why? you may ask yourself. It's because of being in his shoes.
I'd like to utilize a quote out of a book I keep close by. It's "The Language of Letting Go" – Daily meditations on codependency, by Melody Beattie.
"Today, I will separate myself from family members. I am a separate human being, even though to a unit called family. I have a right to my own issues and growth; my family members have a right to their issues and a right to choose where and when they will deal with these issues. I can learn to detach in love from my family member and their issues. I am willing to work through all necessary feelings in order to accomplish this."
How do you handle family issues? Have you set healthy boundaries to maintain your well-being?
So, my friends, that is all I am working on currently. I'd like to hear from you or develop an open discussion amongst those of us who are working on setting healthy boundaries whether it be with family, friends, and or co-workers for that matter.
Here's to good mental health!
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By Riyaz Timol
I cannot remember this incident – my parents told me about it. I must have been four or five years old. For my birthday or for Christmas I was given the present of a very sophisticated electric toy train. One could control its movements through multiple tracks and tunnels across a miniature landscape. I had no interest in the mechanical wonders of this toy. I did not even turn on the electricity. Instead I lay flat on the ground and talked with imaginary passengers on the train.
One might say that I have continued this conversation ever since. I never regretted it. It has been a lot of fun. It still is.
Peter L. Berger
I first discovered Peter Berger late in 2014. I'd passed the halfway point of my PhD and was busy generating reams of ethnographic data dripping with 'thick description.' My supervisor at this point was insisting I need to find a 'theoretical hook' on which to hang all this lovely data. So I cast my net around in the sociology of religion hoping it would dredge something up. It was Woodhead and Heelas' excellent edited anthology Religion in Modern Times that first sparked my interest. Nestled amid excerpts from all the key thinkers in the discipline, Berger's incisive prose struck a chord. So I followed up by procuring the source books from which his extracts were drawn. And, from that point on, Iwas hooked.
What followed was a process somewhat akin to intellectual archaeology. I'd read Berger and Luckmann's The Social Construction of Reality (TSCR) the year before and, despite its dense, technical style, had sensed its raw power. As I ploughed my way through The Heretical Imperative, An Invitation to Sociology and a lesser-known earlier title The Precarious Vision, the realisation dawned that the author of these books was Luckmann's self-same co-conspirator. So I returned to TSCR and began connecting the dots between the various texts. I also wanted to figure out exactly how much this guy had written. Title after title stared back at me from the Amazon search page and I scratched my head in bemusement (it was only afterwards, when I read his intellectual autobiography Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist, that I learned Berger refers to his "embarrassingly large" output as "bibliorrhea"). Yet two things endeared me to him. First was the relentless logic of his arguments which, simply put, usually just made eminent good sense. Second was the sheer quality of his prose. There was no doubt about it: the man was a master of the English language. I had never known sociology could be such good fun; not only was I hooked, but I had found my hook.
Fast-forward to July 2015 where I presented my first attempt at theoretical coherence at the British Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion (Socrel) 40th anniversary conference in Hoddesdon. I was privileged to enjoy lunch with Grace Davie and she, sensing my proclivity for Berger, was kind enough to facilitate an introduction. Thus began regular telephone and email correspondence that lasted until the illness preceding his death last week. Consequently, not only did my PhD end up relying significantly on his myriad contributions but I was lucky enough to have him comment on select drafts.
It is difficult to summarise Professor Peter Berger's wide-ranging contributions to sociology. His 1966 collaboration with Luckmann produced a trenchant classic whose influence is still felt. A year later, Berger transformed the 'symbolic universe' advanced in TSCR into The Sacred Canopy by applying generic principles in the sociology of knowledge to religion. Yet, despite developing a sophisticated theoretical apparatus that ostensibly debunked religion, Berger remained personally committed to faith. It was here I discerned a third reason for liking him: a string of titles – beginning most famously with A Rumour of Angels but continuing through The Heretical Imperative, A Far Glory and, most recently, Questions of Faith – unflinchingly engaged the ramifications of his sociology for his theology. Put simply, Berger remained perpetually vexed by the question of how the intellectually honest social scientist could continue to affirm the influence of non-empirical dimensions of reality that transcend the vagaries of taken-for-granted knowledge. While, understandably, Berger's sociological-cum-theological gymnastics operated principally within the ambit of his "incurable Lutheranism," there is no doubt they have broader significance for anyone concerned with the question of faith in the modern world.
Berger also published prolifically on other topics such as processes of third-world modernisation, capitalism or the changing dynamics of the family. To the surprise of many, he also authored two novels (to relieve boredom while vacationing early in his career: The Enclaves and Protocol of a Damnation). The dedicated Bergerite will not have much trouble in tracking down other disparate titles churned out by his incessant bibliorrhea, including a book on globalisation co-edited with the Harvard architect of the 'clash of civilisations' thesis, Samuel P. Huntington.
In much the same vein as Bryan Turner (Weber and Islam), I once suggested to Professor Berger the possibility of penning a piece titled Berger and Islam. While keen on the idea, he expressed a reservation: "Would you have enough to say about this?" I certainly think so. Berger always felt a sense of deep personal affinity with Islam as evidenced by the two anecdotes recounted in this blog article; he was also an admirer of Rumi and Al-Ghazali and well-acquainted with Annemarie Schimmel's copious scholarship in the area. His doctoral thesis applied Weber's 'routinization of charisma' to the evolution of the Baha'i faith for which he began learning Farsi. To illustrate a sociological point in his first book (1961), he concocted a bizarre hypothetical scenario in which three Christian astronauts, landing for the first time on Mars, are bewildered by the sight of a bluish alien announcing the Muslim call to prayer in Arabic! His concept of 'signals of transcendence' is an almost perfect translation of the pivotal Qur'anic term ayah – usually translated as sign or symbol – which posits that embedded in the fabric of the experiential world are a plethora of signposts pointing to a reality beyond themselves. Further, the resurgence of Islam was a key reason for his well-known recantation of the 'secularisation thesis' argued in The Desecularization of the World. And much of his theorising on pluralism and modernity has relevance to the situation of post-immigration European Muslims who, having transitioned into a position of 'cognitive minorities,' are obliged to develop 'plausibility structures' that allow their 'deviant' beliefs to receive essential social confirmation in a socio-cultural condition characterised as 'Euro-secularity.'
I liked Berger for two more reasons. Along with his penetrating intellect and masterful prose, an incorrigible wit permeates his vast oeuvre provoking, particularly in his later works, unexpected chortles. In fact it might be asserted – as others have intuited – that Berger was actually a comedian masquerading as a sociologist. Further his sterling gentlemanly conduct was attested to by almost everyone who knew him. Not only was Professor Peter Berger a world-class scholar, he was also a thoroughly nice guy. All of which leaves a pair of pretty big boots to fill.
Dr Riyaz Timol is an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University's Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK where he previously was a Jameel PhD Scholar. He successfully defended his doctoral thesis in June 2017. He supervises Islamic Studies dissertations at Manchester University and is the co-founder of thinkBRITE Services, an organisation providing training on Islam and Muslim culture. Professor Berger's final book, The Many Altars of Modernity: Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age, was reviewed by Dr Timol in the Journal of Contemporary Religion.
Originally posted 10th July 2017.

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Thunderbolt and Lightning, very, very frightening... the new, smaller iPhone 5 dock connection is set to be called Lightning. Oh, and expected new earphones are set to be named Earpods.
The new smaller dock connector is a cut-down version of the dock socket that connects your phone to your computer, charger, or iPod dock. Leaked reports suggest the new dock will boast just nine pins instead of the current 30, freeing space for the headphone socket to move to the bottom of the new phone -- just one of the many space-saving measures that fits a bigger battery and 4G technology into a slimmer case for the new iPhone.
The name Lightning, as reported by 9to5Mac, complements the ultra-fast connection on Macs and Mac accessories, which is named Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt was revealed in February 2011 and allows for dizzyingly fast transfer of data from Mac to monitor, hard drive or other peripherals.
The amount of data Thunderbolt can handle is vastly greater than that required by an iPhone or iPad, although they do transfer much bigger photo and video files than when the 30-pin connector was introduced.
So Lightning suggests that the iPhone and iPad will zap data from phone to computer and back at hair-ruffling speeds -- and let's hope the battery charges just as fast.
The downside of the new Lightning connection is that existing docks and cables will be obsolete. But Apple is planning two different adaptors to help your new iPhone work with your current kit. One adaptor simply clips onto the phone and the other has a short cable.
The rumoured new earbuds are set to be called Earpods. They'll go on sale for the same price as the current version -- here's hoping they're both more comfortable and less leaky than the ones you get in the box now.
The storm will break this afternoon at 6pm UK time -- keep it CNET for more weather-related punnery and some Apple news too. Will you be hiding in the basement or dancing in the rain? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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The Chichester dream team of director Jonathan Kent and most of the creative back-up including the same musical director, designer, sound, lighting and casting director who brought Sweeney Todd to an Olivier award-winning triumph two years ago are reunited, along with star Imelda Staunton, for Gypsy.
And they pull off an arguably even greater triumph – for whereas Sweeney Todd is now a deeply familiar masterpiece (seen in London in two recent productions in the last month alone), Gypsy hasn't been seen in the West End for more than 40 years – neglected, I suspect, because people think it is dated. Yet it emerges here in a pitch-perfect period production, as a startling modern masterpiece about the dire personal need and ambitions of a mother who channels her own career disappointment – she was, she says, born too soon and started too late – through her daughters.
It may be a cautionary showbiz tale, but as played here with ferocious intelligence, wit and a disturbing sense of desperation and vulnerability by Staunton, Momma Rose is a force of nature even if she doesn't have an ounce of nurture in her mothering skills. It's all about Rose: "What I got in me, what I been holding down inside of me, if I ever let it go, there wouldn't have been signs big enough," she says with an excruciating self-realisation at the climax of the show.
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There are million domain names online. Every day people buy and sell domain but have you ever thought about the most expensive of them?
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We find lion family Nr. 2 of yesterday, all around, where yesterday stood some 1 meter tall grass is all eaten and the wildebeest carcasses pile up. Situated next to the track to a young male is laying on a half eaten wildebeest carcass and although there is a good sight, even large buses drive around him, although that is prohibited here in the Mara National Reserve. But we are out of the Rangers area and there is nobody stopping them.
The wildebeest are crossing at a small riverbed, they are anxious. The hills are full with hundreds and thousands of wildebeest. Gnu, gnu, gnu. We are looking for a tree to eat a late breakfast. All around us moo wildebeest. The elephants probably emigrated for the time of migration?
In the afternoon we are back at the lion family No. 2, the carcass is picked clean, the vultures have taken command, we see even the rare white headed vultures and we are all alone, the lions are lazing in the bushes. A little further we find the honeymoon couple again, and here we are also alone, the mini bus drivers and their impatient guests have probably lost interest to wait three quarters of an hour between two acts of love. About noon we are still traveling alone.
On the way home we find the three cheetah brothers again, one of them unfortunatly has been killed until I have time to write this report, very sad. The cheetahs are again close to the lions, all predators only wait until they stumble on a wildebeest. This is the cats paradise.
Back at the hyena den the family is back on the road, the wildebeest are now distributed throughout the plane, within a day, the migration reached Talek.
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Royals Embarrass Indians 12-4
Mike Sweeney was breathing easier, so he returned to the Kansas City lineup and really cut loose.
Sweeney, recovered from the flu, hit a three-run double and a solo home run as the Royals sought to start a new winning streak Monday night with a 12-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
"It felt good to come through when the club needed me," said Sweeney, who snapped a 1-for-17 slide with a bases-loaded double. "It was a sigh of relief."
Ken Harvey, Brent Mayne and Michael Tucker also hit solo homers for Kansas City, which had its season-opening nine-game winning streak snapped Sunday by the Indians.
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"I've never been thrown out before and the reason I'm mad is there was no warning," Sadler said. "I truly didn't hit him on purpose. I'm a situational lefty trying to get a lefty hitter out, not hit him and load the bases."
Tucker was the third batter and second Royals player hit in the game, one day after the teams had words and were warned for throwing close to hitters.
Two pitches after Carlos Febles lined a two-run single off Sadler to put the Royals ahead 8-4, the left-hander hit Tucker in the right arm with a 1-0 pitch. Plate umpire Jerry Crawford immediately ejected Sadler. Wedge came out to argue and was tossed.
"Carl didn't have very good command," Wedge said. "The umpire's point of view I think was coming off last night. My point of view was my guy was struggling."
Sadler threw just 11 pitches _ three for strikes.
"There's no bad blood," Sweeney said.
Pena agreed.
"We're here to play baseball, not fight," he said.
Jeremy Affeldt (2-0) won his second straight start, allowing three runs and five hits over five innings. The left-hander twice got out of two-on, one-out jams with double plays.
Milton Bradley hit his third homer and doubled for Cleveland. He has hit safely in all 12 games this season.
Sweeney's bases-loaded double put the Royals ahead 5-3 in the fifth against Brian Anderson (2-1).
Angel Berroa doubled and held second as the next two Royals grounded out. He went to third when Tucker beat out a bunt single. After Joe Randa walked, Sweeney sent a long drive to left that caromed off the wall and eluded Matt Lawton, scoring all three runners.
Harvey hit his first major league homer to put the Royals ahead 1-0 in the second. The rookie, who struck out four times Sunday, lined a pitch just inside the left-field foul pole that appeared to hit the yellow line atop the wall. Any ball hitting below the line is in play.
Mayne led off the third with his third homer for a 2-0 lead.
Tucker made it 6-3 with his second homer with two outs in the seventh, finishing Anderson. The left-hander allowed six runs and eight hits over 6 2-3 innings and fell to 3-1 in his career against Kansas City.
A walk, throwing error by Affeldt and consecutive RBI singles by Ellis Burks, Shane Spencer and Lawton put Cleveland ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the third.
Before that, Cleveland had hit just .020 (18-for-90) with runners in scoring position this season.
Sweeney opened the ninth with his second homer, off Chad Paronto. The Royals added three more runs on four hits and an error.
Notes:@ Harvey was hit in the side by a pitch from David Riske in the eighth and Affeldt hit Spencer in the side with a pitch in the second. … The Royals went 9-for-18 in the final three innings. … The Indians grounded into four double plays _ one more than they hit into in their first 11 games. … The Royals' Rontrez Johnson singled in the ninth for his first big league hit _ and was rewarded after the game with a shaving-cream pie in the face by his happy teammates. … Indians SS Omar Vizquel entered this year with a .289 average against the Royals, but is just 1-for-20 against them in 2003.


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He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand."
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Name of main member organisations:
- Shiselweni Regional Agricultural Union (SHIRAU)
- Lubumbano Lwebalimi Belubombo (LUBUMBANO)
- Manzini Regional Agricultural Union (MARAU)
- Hhohho Regional Farmers Association (HRFA)
- Sembulelo Sakotini Farmers Association (SESAFA)
- LUSIP Farmers' Organization (LFO)
- Komati Downstream Development Project Farmer Federation (KDDP-FF)
Individual farmers members
Number of individual farmers/rural producers members:10 468 (source: SNAU 2016)
Type of members: predominantly small holder farmers, 30% female, 70% male, 5% youth
Number of individual women farmers/rural producers members: 6126
Governing Bodies: Annual General Meeting (AGM), Board and Secretariat. The AGM is the supreme body of the Union. The Board of the Union which is under the leadership of the President reports to the AGM. The Executive Director who leads the Secretariat reports to the Board of the Union.
1. Commodity based associations:individual farmers affiliate to commodity associations at community level; community associations affiliate to regional commodity associations; Regional commodity associations affiliate to SNAU. Currently SNAU has 3 commodity based members (LFO, SESAFA, and KDDP-FF)
2. Regional Unions: individual farmers are organized into platforms at Rural Development Area (RDA) level, but they affiliate individually to regional unions. Regional unions affiliate to SNAU. Currently SNAU has 4 affiliated regional unions (MARAU, SHIRAU, HRAU, and Lubumbano Lwebalimi Belubombo).
Strategic plan: Strategic plan 2015 to 2018: SNAU's strategy is based on four main strategic pillars: Institutional capacity and partnerships; Agricultural markets, finance and value chains; Production, productivity and diversification; Policy, education and advocacy.
Objective/s of the FO: The main objectives of SNAU are (i) to have a strong and vibrant farmers Union that is responsive to the members' interest and needs, and to maximize service delivery; (ii) To create suitable market linkages for farmers, improve their access to finance and insurance products and to create and strengthen value chains for their produce; (iii) To improve farmers' production and productivity, support diversification and build resilience against climate change; (iv) To improve members' participation in agriculture policy development and understanding of the agriculture policies as they relate to farming, food and nutrition security and further integrate women and youth mainstreaming in agricultural policies and national development.
Mission and Vision of the FO:
Vision. To be the driving force in the agricultural sector of Swaziland with vibrant, commercially sustainable enterprises by 2022.
Mission. To promote the creation of an enabling environment for farming enterprises through advocacy initiatives and influencing national policies relating to agriculture, ensuring that farmers' needs are met and farmers are empowered.
Main areas/sectors of intervention: The aim of the SNAU is to promote and safeguard the interest of farmers in Swaziland by linking farmers with stakeholders, facilitating a favorable environment for production, access to land, water, markets, research and technology for improvement of their livelihoods
Main activities:
Lobbying and advocacy. SNAU has increased its involvement and influence in policy development processes at the national and sub-national levels.
- The Support to Farmers' Organisations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) has enabled SNAU to organize and/or participate in policy consultations, and to conduct policy studies that provided scientific evidence for SNAU to influence policies;
- SNAU is a member of 11 working groups at the national level, and 4 working groups at regional level. This is an indicator that SNAU is developing into an organization that is effective in policy influencing and formulation;
- SNAU has developed a solid relationship with the Ministry of Agriculture, which regards it as the main representative of small farmers and has appointed an Under-Secretary to lead the dialogue with SNAU;
- In 2010, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) compact was co-signed by SNAU, who sits on the CAADP country team and is a member of the national technical drafting team of the National Agriculture Investment Programme, with the responsibility of disseminating information to farmers and to consult them;
- SNAU is a member of the steering committees of the Swaziland Environmental Authority (SEA), the Marketing Investment Fund (MIF), and the FARNPAN (Food Agriculture and National Resources Policy Analysis Network). SNAU is also involved with FARNPAN in an initiative to support seed production;
- SNAU sits on the Swaziland Agricultural Development Programme (SADP) Steering Committee, on the appraisal committee of SADP's Market Investment Fund, and SADP committees tasked with the formulation of the new extension and research policies that encapsulate many farmers' proposals;
- SNAU is dialoguing with the Swaziland Economic Policy Analysis Research Centre on how to develop linkages between farmers, private service providers and buyers.
Economic services
- Bulk Purchasing of Farming Inputs. SNAU organizes farmers and FOs and facilitates bulk purchasing of farming inputs. This initiative is beneficial to members because of shared costs of transportation. Depending on the quantity being purchased, it can sometimes even offer free transportation. Through the initiative, SNAU is able to negotiate for discounted prices with input suppliers. This means that participating farmers enjoy lower prices through the initiative;
- Maize Block Project. SNAU implements a maize block project that seeks to improve maize productivity for 160 smallholder farmers in high maize producing areas of the country. Through the project, SNAU provides farming input loans to the beneficiaries of the project that are trained on production and business management. Through the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers are mentored through production for effective crop management. At the harvesting stage, the beneficiaries repay their input loans through the harvest equivalent of the amount of the farming inputs received. Through the project implementation SNAU supported 101 farmers with farming inputs. As repayment for the input loans, SNAU collected 102 MT of white maize from the farmers, which was sold to the National Maize Corporation (NMC) at SZL2435.00/MT. SNAU has lured attention from stakeholders like the National Maize Corporation who have indicated interest to partner with SNAU in replicating the same model in other areas of the country. The NMC is willing to support farmers with farming inputs worth E70, 000.00 under the supervision of SNAU. The Minister of Agriculture having witnessed the hand-over meeting – during which Sigangeni farmers testified on the impact of the project on their food security – has not stopped mentioning SNAU in other agriculture forums i.e the national agriculture exhibition show;
- Support to piggery cooperative. Under SFOAP, SNAU is providing support to a piggery cooperative to improve income for 200 smallholder pig producers in the Shiselweni Region. The project mobilize participation of men and women with special attention given to the youth. It also link farmers to service providers including financial institutions. SNAU's project is being implemented in collaboration with the Swazi Bank. It includes capacity building for leaders of the cooperative, entrepreneurship training, access to finance and markets and value addition. The SFOAP funds are used as seed fund to access more funding from the bank;
- Access to markets.SNAU has developed linkages with the National Agriculture Marketing Board (NAM Board), an enterprise that commercializes a range of products, and has managed to shorten terms for payment to farmers. SNAU would now like to facilitate market linkages with a range of buyers from the private sector, also in connection with the supply of inputs;
- Agribusiness. SNAU has a partnership with the Microfinance Unit (MFU) for improving farmer skills on agribusiness management. Through this partnership SNAU has commenced a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme in the 17 Rural Development Areas (RDAs) of the country with the aim of promoting farmer to farmer skills transfer. Currently, 35 ToTs who are members of SNAU have been capacitated on two intensive agribusiness modules, an activity which is on-going.
Main products of members:sugar cane, cotton, maize, fruits and vegetables, livestock, and poultry.
Main partners: Agence Française de Développement (AFD), COSPE, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), European Union (EU), Ministry of Agriculture, Micro Finance Unit (MFU), National Agricultural Marketing Board (NAM Board), National Maize Corporation (NMC), Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC). Learn more on SNAU partners here.
Main projects:
- Support to Farmers' Organisations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) (2013-2017) (IFAD, EU, SDC, AFD financing), a capacity building programme supporting the institutional development of farmers' organisations. SNAU participates in the SFOAP as a member of SACAU;
- SNAU has forged partnerships with COSPE and Technoserve for the implementation of food security projects that are funded by the EU. The projects are implemented in the Shiselweni and Lubombo regions with much focus on reducing food and nutrition insecurity through the promotion of agriculture commercialization. The name of the project is Promotion of Rural Opportunities in Swaziland (Pro-Swazi project) which commenced in 2013 and ends in 2017;
- Swaziland Agricultural Development Programme (SADP) (2007-2011), FAO and EU financing.
Membership in other organisations: SNAU is a member of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU). This has given SNAU an opportunity to learn from other farmers' organizations in the region through interactions in SACAU's functions. SACAU was also instrumental in the establishment of SNAU by providing the foundational and critical capacity in both leadership and staff. SACAU also supported SNAU to source funding for the acquisition of essential human resources, equipment and tools to establish a secretariat and carry out initial activities.
- AgriCord,agro-info.net, profile of SNAU. Availablehere
- IFAD/SFOAP, Final Report of the SFOAP Pilot Phase,(including case studies/success stories)2013, Available here.
- IFAD/SFOAP, SFOAP 2015 Report and 2016 Annual Work Plan and Budget. Available here
- SNAU, Policy position paper on policies affecting land use. Available here.
Last update: September 2016


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Samsung has never been shy about its exploits to become the dominant force in mobile technology. Apart from its top-selling smartphones, the South Korean company also develops processors and software such as ChatON and the Siri rival called S Voice. However, one aspect of mobile tech remains elusive to the chaebol: social media, perhaps until today.
A report from The Korea Times claim that Samsung is cooking up its own Facebook-style service, which will be launch early 2013. The social network, which goes by the very transparent code name "Samsung Facebook," will supposedly be integrated with Amazon's cloud computing platform and will use its Family Story network as the service's starting point.
The company, however, stopped short in developing its social media service as a challenge to Facebook, but rather as Samsung's means of expanding the service "across different devices from different companies across different mobile platforms."
Source: The Korea Times, via Engadget
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Mel Gibson sparks new romance rumours
Actor MEL GIBSON has sparked rumours of a new romance after he was pictured with aspiring musician NADIA LANFRANCONI.
The Lethal Weapon star was seen giving singer/songwriting Lanfranconi a neck massage in full view of onlookers as they dined at Morels French Steakhouse & Bistro at The Grove shopping centre in Los Angeles on Monday (20Aug12).
Lanfranconi, who moved to the U.S. from her native Italy in 2007, was photographed enjoying a stroll will Gibson after their meal.
Gibson split from Russian pianist Oksana Grigorieva in 2010.


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Information about the YP-CORE
As noted elsewhere, the CORE-SF/A, with the CORE-SF/B, were the only short forms alongside the CORE-OM in the suite of instruments at the launch of the system in 1998. At the time of the launch we recognised that practitioners working with children and adolescents would not find those measures appropriate for their clientèle except at the upper end of the teen age range and hoped to produce a measure usable down to say twelve years of age (recognising that there is no precise age below which self-report measures become unreliable but also recognising that it simply isn't possible to use one measure for eight year olds and for sixteen year olds).
As with the development of the adult oriented instruments, there was great support for this within the practitioner group. An early attempt, the teen-CORE, was abandoned when it became clear that more substantial changes from the CORE-OM template were needed and, after a lot of work by many people, with particular input from Professor Mick Cooper, the 10 item YP-CORE was the result. All the items map from CORE-OM items but almost all have been reworded to improve fit to the age group (and the selection of items was obviously tuned by work with practitioners and clients to the age group). There are no domain scores and prorating of up to one missing item is appropriate.
The canonical reference to the YP-CORE, with some initial psychometric exploration in UK clinical and non-clinical samples using the English version is:
Twigg, E., Barkham, M., Bewick, B. M., Mulhern, B., Connell, J., & Cooper, M. (2010). The Young Person's CORE: Development of a brief outcome measure for young people. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research: Linking Research with Practice, 9, 160 – 168. http://doi.org/10.1080/14733140902979722.
A much more detailed paper on the English YP-CORE based on significantly larger samples has since been published:
Twigg, Elspeth, Mick Cooper, Chris Evans, Elizabeth S. Freire, John Mellor-Clark, Barry McInnes, and Michael Barkham. 2016. 'Acceptability, Reliability, Referential Distributions, and Sensitivity to Change of the YP-CORE Outcome Measure: Replication and Refinement'. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 21 (2): 115–23. doi:10.1111/camh.12128.
This showed nicely that the psychometric properties alter a bit by both age and gender. The differences are not huge, but entirely congruent with the huge changes, many of them gender related, going on in adolescence, and they are of sufficient magnitude to need different Jacobson & Truax type "Clinically Significant Change" cutting points for 11-13 and 14-16 year olds, and different ones for the males and females. As I'm a co-author on that paper and did the analyses, I think I can send a copy to anyone who wants one for their own personal use, use the "Contact us" form to Email me asking for a copy or with any other questions or comments about the YP-CORE.
Emily Blackshaw's PhD and developing an international YP-CORE network
Working with myself, Prof. Mick Cooper and Dr. Gina Pauli in the University of Roehampton's CREST research unit Emily is doing her PhD around the YP-CORE and she has created a ResearchGate project page for this YP-CORE: Psychometric properties and utility. Do click on that (should open in a new tab) and sign up to follow that (I think you'll have to sign up with ResearchGate but that's free). Emily's focus is mainly on the YP-CORE in English and in the UK but we're very interested to link up with others using the YP-CORE anywhere and, with Vera Gergov who led the translation of the YP-CORE into Finnish, and with Aileen O'Reilly of the excellent Jigsaw service for young people in Ireland and others who have translated the YP-CORE or are working on or planning that, we're hoping to start an international YP-CORE network in 2018.
Paying attention to live events and stressors impinging during therapies
Emily and I are particularly interested in the psychometrics of the YP-CORE (and other measures) when they are used frequently and often as in the current enthusiasm for measures to be completed weekly during therapy. One thing that concerned us is that intercurrent events and stressors are usually simply rolled into the "noise"/"error" component when change is modelled and that seems simply wrong so we're looking into this and have had a paper reviewing this for the field of therapies with young people accepted. If you're signed up to the CST announcements Email list you'll be among the first to know when that paper is published. Sign up information is in the footer at the bottom of all pages on this site.
Download the English language PDF of the YP-CORE using link below, for other languages, read on further below.
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Translations of the YP-CORE
Good authorised translations to our translation policy and procedure have been completed for the languages below.
I will keep this page updated as translations of the YP-CORE are finished. Links will take you to more information though the PDFs are not yet necessarily directly downloadable if psychometric exploration is still underway.
- Welsh
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- Italian
- Finnish (a peer-reviewed publication about the psychometric properties of the Finnish YP-CORE has been published)
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Further links and further translations will be added as they become available and as I have time to do the work mounting them. Subscribe to the site's Email update list if you want to be alerted to such additions. The subscribe option is on the footer of every ordinary page on the site. For more general information about translations and about translations of other CORE instruments, go to the Translations page.


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About Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis and IBD
What are Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis?
This site contains detailed information on the symptoms of Crohn's, who gets the disease and the current research into cures for inflammatory bowel conditions.
But perhaps the best way to get an understanding of this condition is to hear from one of its sufferers. Below, Susan Pollock tells her story.
What's it like to live with these conditions?
Susan Pollock was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease eleven years ago. At the time Susan was working as a Planner full-time with a manufacturing company and was juggling this with 'normal' family life -caring for a three year old daughter. It was quite a traumatic time as she lost over three stones in weight and had to have surgery to remove a large area of inflammation. Susan had terrific support from her husband and family and over time my health has significantly improved.
Susan was pleased to say that as a result of the surgery combined with excellent medical support, She is living life to the full, a new, rewarding and challenging career and six years ago she gave birth to a beautiful wee boy. Whilst there are occasions that she has flare-ups which inevitably gets her down for a short period of time, courses of steroids combined with daily medication Azathioprine seem to get her back on track. Susan believes it is important to talk about living with Crohn's disease positively and openly.
It can be embarrassing having to explain to others what it is like having Crohn's disease but in general, her experience is that people are very understanding and supportive.
Key Points
- Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis affect 1 in 400 people
- Up to 8,000 new cases are diagnosed every year
- At present there is no cure for the disease
- It is most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 35
- 10% of those affected are under the age of 18
- Men and Women suffer equally
- 2 out of 7 sufferers need surgery to remove parts of the bowel within 10 years of diagnosis


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A gigantic cat fish is swirling about angrily deep beneath Kathmandu, and every time the leviathan flicks his long whiskers, we get these tremors… or so I heard Kanchi didi, our part-time household help, saying one afternoon a few days after the May 12 aftershock. She was animatedly repeating a story doing the rounds in the open area where she had been camping; she was trying to explain to my mom the reasons for the endless succession of jolts and tremors we were experiencing.
I was feeling a bit groggy myself after having slept all night under a tarpaulin tent pitched in the lawn of our house like the thousands of sleep-deprived Kathmanduites who had, yet again, taken to sleeping in their gardens, in the parks, sidewalks, under tents, tarps or under the skies, inside cars parked in empty lots, in any open space they could find. I listened to the morbid conversation between my mom and Kanchi didi. Didi's narrative included macabre tales of tragedy, death and devastation in the wake of the powerful earthquake, and it dragged on and on albeit in that hushed murmur that people employ when talking about serious affairs.
This was not the only myth about Kathmandu that I heard bandied about after the earthquakes struck. I listened to people repeating the details of a popular creation myth, wherein the Valley was once a lake that was made habitable by Manjusri after he cut a gorge in the place we now call Chobhar to let the water out so that people could start farming and building their homes. According to another story that had been resurrected too, Lord Krishna had once cut an outlet in the southern rim of the Valley, with his Sudarshana Chakra, to drain away the waters, before handing over the Valley to nomadic cow herders.
I soon realised that fantasies and myths do not always remain confined in their own realms when it comes to this bowl-shaped Valley. It is a rare place, where myths seep into the day-to-day lives of the Valley's denizens. And sometimes, the lines between myths and reality seem to blur.
There is now enough geological evidence to prove that the Valley was once a Paleo-era lake: that is the main reason that this densely populated has topped the quake-risk lists over the years. Geologists say the Valley is highly vulnerable to damaging earthquakes on account of what they call the soil's propensity for liquefaction and intensifying waves generated by jolts. The culprit? The unsettled clay soil, known locally as kalimati, of what used to be an ancient lakebed. And indeed when the April 25 quake struck, I felt like the ground beneath my feet was shaking as if it was some sort of soft, unsettled clay.
I feel most of us have been living in as state of uneasy calm since the quakes started. As often happens to many people in times of disaster, at first my mind was not able to grasp the sheer enormity of what had struck us. I could not comprehend it. I was overwhelmed by it. The catastrophe that has befallen us has taken over 9,000 lives and caused so much pain and suffering to those who have survived. In one way or another we are all scarred, even if we have been lucky enough to not get injured or haven't had our loved ones die. The daily stream of pictures and images has not helped matters either: we are bludgeoned by a world of crumbled, overturned houses, buildings and temples; by pictures and aerial footages of whole towns and villages in the hills pulverised, in ruins or under threat of landslides sweeping away the entire settlements.
As human beings we need to feel we are at least in control of some part of our destiny. But when something as big as the recent earthquakes we've lived through hits us, we find ourselves lost and rudderless. The problem is not that we have been hit by the big ones. The problem is we don't know when the next big one will shake us and rattle our houses to the core. Every day we don't know whether we should get back to living our normal lives or prepare for another big aftershock. And we donít know what to believe anymore. And in that milieu of uncertainty, it's not all that surprising that we are merely lurching from one day to the next with nothing but fear hovering over us. We are mired in uncertainty and there is almost no source we can turn to for succour: Both religious myths and geology seem to have dovetailed so seamlessly that there is no hope of finding strength in either science or spirituality.
But amid all this fear and uncertainty, I have seen new stories emerge that have given me new sources of hope. These are the stories of many of my friends and of the thousands of youths in the country who have been involved in relief efforts all across the quake-hit districts. I have read stories of doctors who refused to leave their patient's bedsides even as the hospital rippled under the onslaught of aftershocks. I have seen footages of our security personnel combing through debris to rescue people who had survived for days underneath a pile of rubble. And I have seen the denizens of this bowl-shaped Valley offer living space to neighbours who in the pre-quake days might as well have been unfamiliar aliens in this teeming city of millions. I cannot find succour in science for most scientific studies say that we cannot predict when we will get hit again, and the only thing that the studies are sure of is that the Valley, large parts of which have soft soils. lies atop a dangerous faultline. I cannot find succour in the Valley's creation myths, which actually seem to back the findings of geologists. But I do find faith in the way my countrymen, especially the youths, have conducted themselves and taken charge in this time of uncertainty. And that faith will see me through the challenging days ahead.
This piece was first published in The Kathmandu Post, an English daily I used to work in, on June 13, 2015 .
(Main photo: A drawing of Swayambhu. which means self-created, and its vicinity in magical Kathmandu of yore. Image courtesy: Daniel Wright)


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The Ghost of Edinburgh's Past
- Monday 20th Jan 2014
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There are streets and alleyways in Edinburgh that no longer echo with footsteps; where broken pieces of wood snapped from holes in the walls are the only indication that traders once set up stalls. A place that was once overground now shut away from the open skies, entombed below buildings.
Mary King's Close was just one of many streets running down from the Royal Mile that became buried underneath the city, turning into the foundations for The Royal Exchange in 1753 (now the City Chambers). The close had been inhabited during the 16th and 17th centuries, but was abandoned after being hit by the plague in 1645. With rooms of the tenement buildings and walkways left frozen in the 17th century, it is the perfect place to step back in time.
Standing waiting for my guide, I reminded myself that children as young as five can go on this tour. Being ever so slightly scared of enclosed underground spaces I was a bit apprehensive about journeying into the dark rooms of The Real Mary King's Close (ok, and also a tad squeamish to boot). But I was keen to explore such a hidden part of Edinburgh and learn more about the city's fascinating history. And, I thought, if I get really spooked perhaps the guide will hold my hand…
Said guide introduced himself as Walter King, whose rather grim job title was Plague Cleaner. The guides lead you round the rooms and alleys of the close in character, based on those who lived or worked there. Walter (aka Lloyd) was fantastic at bringing the past to life, with just the right amount of humour to lighten the situation for delicate souls like me. (And when I swayed slightly in the 'plague room' while listening to tales that really do turn your stomach, he made me feel infinitely better by reporting that men have fainted in there – I, dear reader, am pleased to say did not). Our guide seemed genuinely fascinated by the underground world before us, pointing out 400 year old imprints on a wall (a poor man's wallpaper) with visible awe.
Stories of former residents were woven into the tour (I particularly enjoyed the talking gallery) along with horror stories, historical fact and ghost stories from the more recent past. As we entered one small room I suddenly felt it so much colder than in other parts. Our guide explained that it is rather famously said to house the lonely ghost of a young girl called Annie, who made her presence felt to a Japanese psychic in 1992 and ever since has received gifts from the public. It is thought that Annie was a plague victim and abandoned by her family.
For me, the ghost whose presence I really felt – that which hid behind corners, lurked under arches and followed my every step – was the ghost of Edinburgh's past. As I stood on the close at the end of the tour, we were invited to reflect for a moment on what it would have sounded, looked and felt like 400 years ago – when my eyes would have been gazing up at sky instead of stone. I tried to imagine a bustling market street, my minds' eye creating a scene of 17th century life: washing flapping overhead; the close lined with stalls and overflowing with people; the air full of noise and shouts and cries of 'Gardyloo!' as waste was slung out of tenement doors and ran down to the loch below in a slimy stream. And then we moved on, following Walter King towards the exit and leaving the silent ghost street to its memories; its secrets and stories settling like dust behind us.
If you want to experience hidden Edinburgh for yourself, you can book a tour at www.realmarykingsclose.com.
I would like to thank the staff, particularly my guide Lloyd, for my time at The Real Mary King's Close – my tour was complimentary but my opinions are my own.