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Topic: Phew! (02/11/10)
TITLE: Guardian
By Cindy Carver
With each step, his rubber boots made sucking sounds and were almost left behind several times. 'Phew, what a day', and it wasn't even noon.
The humidity felt like a hundred as the sun steamed the grass as it grew. 'Spring in Missouri', Gary shook his head, sighing. Bessie was supposed to calve three days ago. 'Seems a man could see a thousand pound black and white cow that appears ready to pop, barn-size, without having to walk through all this muck.' …but, no, Bessie liked to hide in the only wooded area on the place—the back corner. The mud pulled incessantly on his boots, sinking,he pulled his leg up fast, spraying mud onto his face and into his mouth. "Dag nabit old cow," wiping his face he looks up and sees Trigger, his old paint gelding off by himself like a sentinel over a deserted camp--he looked half asleep. Trigger's drooping nose hung almost to the ground where Gary now saw a small calf looking around. Half hidden in the woods Bessie is chewing her cud, seemingly content with her babysitter.
"Ain't that somethin'." Gary watches for several minutes, intrigued that the momma cow would trust the horse with her newborn. 'Won't see that again', wishing he had his camera, 'good ole boy'. Gary leaves Trigger with his charge and plods back across the pasture, noting he needs to take Trigger off the lush green grass soon; his belly was swollen like a tick.
Back at the house, exhausted, Gary falls asleep on the couch, waking with a start, it's almost dark. Throwing on his muddy boots he heads for the door. 'Better make sure that baby drinks from the right Momma', laughing imagining old Trigger and that calf, knowing Trigger wouldn't hurt a fly—the ol' Guardian, self appointed of the field.
The spring breeze felt good as Gary slopped back toward the woods. He sees Trigger lying close to where the calf was born, his neck stretched out; the new calf just in front of his nose. Walking up slowly, Gary sees Triggers belly is really swollen now. Trigger opens one eye and sighs: the calf leaps up and goes off bucking and playing to his Mom.
Squatting down, Gary almost steps on a stick. Reaching down to toss it out of the way, he leaps back--a copperhead--not five feet from the old horse, about where the calf was lying that morning.
Gary looks at the snake and an indentation where its head should be in the shape of a hoof.
Running for the house, out of breath, Gary calls the vet and runs back to check on Trigger, the vet on the way. Trigger is still stretched out, the little calf pushing at his neck. Trigger doesn't move. Knowing in his heart it's too late, Gary watches from a few feet away, crying, but then Trigger moves. He raises his head enough to nudge the calf back toward its Momma; on wobbly legs it walks away.
Gary prays for the vet to arrive soon then looking up, pleads for his buddy, "Help him, please…"
Talking softly, Gary sits down beside his old friend,"Easy boy, you did good." Gently he puts Trigger's head in his lap, all the while rubbing the old horses' neck, tears line his dirty face. He whispers , "you'll be a good Guardian Angel. You saved that little calf. He'll be fine. His Momma will raise him now, but you know we will miss you if you go, but we understand. God needs good angels, but hang on if you can."
Trigger knickers softly, his eyes close--his body shudders, his last breath. Gary's tears fall on Trigger's head.
"I'm sorry Fella. I shoulda checked you this morning. You looked so content watching that calf I didn't want to bother ya. "
"Forgive me."
"God, you got yourself the best Guardian Angel, guess you know that though."
"If you could send the ol' boy back to watch over us: we could sure use the help. I did a poor job of it today. That's why I still need him Lord. Angel or horse, he always made us feel safe. He's been our Guardian for some time. I guess maybe he still is, except now he has wings."
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A/N: Okay, chapter 1 of the sequel to The Crucible! Who's as excited as I am? –looks around- oookaaaay. Well, anyway…this takes place just about thirteen years or so after the end of The Crucible, so the twins are fourteen. Hmmm….now what happened, again, when Elphaba's child(ren) was (were) fourteen?
Also, who can tell me what the significance of the school is?
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It took until I was fourteen for me to realize my parents and my brother and I were, well, different. Especially my mother and I.
I grew up in my father's castle. He's a prince, but surprisingly that means little. When I was young, though, we lived in the Emerald City with my aunt Glinda. She's not really my aunt, as anyone could tell. My real aunt, my mother's sister Nessarose, died a few days ago. A house fell on her. My mother made a smart remark when she got the letter, but her face went all tight and we knew she didn't mean it. With her, you have to not only know her very well to understand her but also know when to ignore what she says in order to tell what she really means, and even then sometimes it's impossible.
My father wrapped his arm around her and she leaned into him.
"It's my fault," she said, "I shouldn't have left her to do my job, all those years ago."
"Ssh," he told her. I looked at my twin brother Liir and he shrugged back. We had no idea what she was talking about. But that happens a lot- she doesn't talk about certain things. Her family, a lot of our time in the City- why we left, abruptly, one day when I was not yet two. I remember, though. My father says my linguistic ability- while I didn't speak early, once I did it was very soon in sentences- is probably why I can remember so far back.
My mother and I are green. I never found anything amiss about that- in the City, I had a child's obliviousness to differences and didn't leave the safe confines of Glinda's home and garden all that much besides. Ariana, Liir, and later Glinda's second daughter Ilyana were the only playmates I needed, even here, after we left, when they visited every summer and sometimes during the year, depending on how tolerant of her husband Aunt Glinda is at the moment and on how important she currently considers Ariana's and Ilyana's schooling at Madame Teastane's Female Seminary to be. There's something else my mother keeps to herself- whenever she hears the name of the Chuffrey girls' school, her mouth tightens and her eyes turn inward and she looks at Father with an inscrutable, intense expression and stays silent, uncharacteristically. But, as Mother often says after she has recovered from whatever memory the school's name, the girls could probably get a better education here, from her, than at that "pudding factory," as she disdainfully calls it with a small downturning of the corners of her lips. Ariana agrees and has apparently repeated the remark to her headmistress and it took all of Chuffrey's influence to keep her from getting expelled, according to Glinda, chiding my mother when she arrived here with her daughters in tow a week ago, before leaving again without them, "just to Munchkinland, for a few days. I need a break!". Ari has always given Aunt Glinda fits. Aunt Glinda describes her as acting like Mother, but she's less studious and intense than simply unconventional. To put it simply, she's a tomboy where my mother is an activist. Ariana wants to be an explorer, and delights in coming here, where the terrain is relatively uninhabited and society's rules do not apply in the least. I want to be just like Mother, and fight against injustice. She still does, you know. I help her, even now. I print and even write articles for the subversive newspaper she's begun, and also, when she receives, somehow, urgent letters, I help her go out to take in Animals or other rebels until they can move on, until they are forgotten by the Gale Force in the City and can return or find somewhere else safe to go. Liir takes no interest in subversion, just in fear for its consequences. He's always having minor panic attacks about it- he lacks even the slightest sense of adventure, does my brother.
"I'll have to go to the funeral," said Mother at last, pulling away from Father and running her elegant hands through her long dark hair. It's darker than mine by just a little, and my skin's a lighter green, too. Aunt Glinda once put some of her powder on my face so I could see what I looked like as just myself, without the green. Mother didn't know. She'd probably have gone into a rage if she had. She does that a lot. I do it less, but sometimes I can't help myself. Father and Liir are much more even-tempered than Mother or I.
My parents still make love and they're not exactly quiet about it either. I'm frankly quite surprised they haven't had another child, but maybe that's another of Mother's secrets.
"She carried and bore you two in prison, being tortured and constantly frightened that they would make her miscarry, or would kill you," said Aunt Glinda. "You've been used as leverage against her before, you know. Maybe she just doesn't want to take that risk again." Here she had paused in her telling and made a pouty little frown with her painted lips, all acting and flirtation, the polar opposite of my firmly real, intense mother. "In fact, I'm not even sure if she uses birth control or not. I do believe Elphie's force of will could be that strong." This was obviously calculated to shock me. Glinda does that sometimes, saying things for their shock value. She's learned it from my mother but she's nowhere near as good at it, since my mother's are far less calculated. She just does shock people, from her skin to her thoughts to her past. She can't help it, unlike Aunt Glinda who does it to be entertaining.
My parents had what Ilyana, who inherited her mother's propensity for gossip and sensation, would call a 'glamorous' relationship. When she hears Ilyana say this, my mother's lips curl faintly upward and she says lightly, or as lightly as she ever says anything, "If you call a dismal rented room and nearly no food glamorous, of course," before she leaves to go do something else. It was an affair, that's what Ilyana means, but as my mother believes in frankness with children, Liir and I don't regard the story as spectacular and never have. The story of my mother's pregnancy in prison and of my early childhood I do find extraordinary, though. Ari seems to think that men and marriage and pregnancy spell the end of adventure in any form, but as argument I merely point to my mother. She carried twins through torture at the hands of her own father and never once gave in. Minutes after our birth, she even threatened him with a scalpel and then walked miles upon miles to her childhood home while bleeding out vaginally. Then, she and Father went back to prison not three minutes after they finally married, after which she flew them out of prison on a broomstick. She maintains, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that she's not a witch, but I don't believe her.
I am one, too. I get visions in her old glass and I can fly the broom and read Liir's mind, though that last could be just a twin thing.
Ari always wishes our mother was hers, to which Ilyana replies that at least she was conceived in a 'glamorous relationship' and her father was at least a spy. Ilyana herself is the daughter of Glinda's "pompous jackass" (my mother's term) husband Sir Chuffrey. Ari's the earlier product of her mother's affair with a Palace spy whose ass- or nose- my mother kicked on several occasions.
Like I said, she believes in frankness and honesty with children.
But she doesn't necessarily care for it with adults.
"We're coming with you," my father said of Aunt Nessarose's funeral.
"Fine," said Elphaba my mother.
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SESSION TITLE: Cardiovascular Critical Care
SESSION TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Report
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INTRODUCTION: The clinical utility and safety of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has been well established. Lead thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are rare complications of lead externalization.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 79 year old female with history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy status post implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation was admitted for evaluation of a large right atrial mass detected by echocardiogram ordered for asymptomatic murmur. Examination revealed a holosystolic murmur in the left lower sternal border. Fluoroscopy revealed an inside-out abrasion with an externalized lead starting at the right atrium (RA) and ending proximal to right ventricle (RV) coil. Intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE) revealed a mobile homogenous bi-lobed mass measuring 4.3x1.6 cm, consistent with thrombus attached to ICD lead and the right atrial wall (image 1). She was treated with unfractionated heparin and warfarin. She remained asymptomatic and was discharged to home on warfarin with a goal international normalized ratio (INR) between 2.5 and 3. Four weeks later, she was readmitted with shortness of breath and palpitations followed by multiple ICD shocks. INR was 2.2 at admission. ICD interrogation revealed 7 inappropriate shocks delivered for what appeared to be atrial tachycardia (AT) with variable atrio ventricular (AV) intervals and a ventricular rate of 150 bpm. Due to the variability of AV interval during AT, the AV interval discriminator declared the tachyarrhythmia as ventricular tachycardia (VT) and hence inappropriate ICD shock was delivered. Computed tomogram (CT) angiogram of chest revealed a filling defect in the proximal branch of left pulmonary artery suggestive of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) (image 2). The patient's age, clot burden and lead characteristics including externalization, made her a high risk surgical candidate. Upon discharge, she was advised close follow up with her physicians to monitor the lead thrombus and maintain INR between 2.5 and 3.
DISCUSSION: Lead externalization is characterized by conductor wires projecting from the lead body. Despite the ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) coating, the externalized lead is highly thrombogenic as a result of myocardial tissue irritation. Acute PE occurred secondary to spontaneous clot dislodgement from lead thrombus despite therapeutic anticoagulation which is explained by clot burden. Atrial tachycardia was precipitated by acute PE leading to inappropriate ICD shock. Lead extraction is extremely complex because of high surgical morbidity and mortality rates.
CONCLUSIONS: Acute PE is a rare but serious complication of externalized ICD leads. In unusual cases, it can further complicate management by causing arrhythmias leading to inappropriate shocks.
Reference #1: Coleman DB, DeBarr DM,Morales DL,Spotnitz HM. Pacemaker lead thrombosis treated with atrial thrombectomy and biventricular pacemaker and defibrillator insertion. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Nov;78(5):e83-4.
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Houston School District officials say they're doing their best to let parents of children in failing schools know they have options, including free tutoring and free transportation to better schools. But as Houston Public Radio's Jim Bell reports, hardly any parents are taking advantage of them.
There are about 1,900 students in 14 HISD schools that haven't met federal standards, and most qualify for free tutoring, or free bus rides to a school that does meet the standards. To date however, only a little over 600 students have signed up for either option. HISD spokesman Terry Abbott says it's not because parents don't know about them.
"We've done an enormous amount of outreach through the media first of all. Media's done a number of stories about the availability of this free tutoring. We have sent letters to every home. Last week we called thirteen thousand homes in Houston, urging parents to sign their children up for free tutoring. And still we don't have very many who've done that."
It's the same story nationwide. In all 50 states, only about 430,000 students have signed up for tutoring and only a tiny percentage have transferred. Abbott says he understands parents' reluctance to transfer out of their neighborhood school, but he doesn't understand why they're not signing up for free tutoring.
"If someone called my home, or sent me a letter as we have done, and said we want to give your son free tutoring, I would jump at it in a minute and it's hard to understand why more folks don't sign up for that. Parents have received those letters, they've received the telephone calls, but they still haven't done it."
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Una casa familiar: cómoda, práctica, para toda la familia
We absolutely love it here! We live right next to the river Thames so we can visit the ducks, watch the boats & rowers or walk along to the lock for an ice cream any time we fancy it especially during the summer months! We have 2 friendly local small convenient shops as well as a wonderful large grassy, tree filled park with a fenced kids play area, activity centre and a miniature steam railway which adults & kids can ride for around 50p!!! There is a large shopping centre a mere 15 minute walk away within the bustling town centre which has plenty of pubs, restaurants, department stores, a huge cinema and weekly popular market days.
Another massive bonus is that our train station is on the direct train line in to central London so after just a 15 minute walk or 3 minute drive to the train station, you can hop on board to a 30 minute commute in to the bright lights of London to see the sights or take in a show!
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The staging for Luca Francesconi's Quartett, with a platform bisecting the auditorium beneath a forest of torn gauze, was intriguing.
The composer-librettist had nailed his colours to the mast: taking Heiner Muller's two-hander based on Les liaisons dangereuses, he would get the protagonists to perform 'polyphonically', playing not only each other but also their victims.
And as the lights went up on a woman en deshabillee at one end of the platform, beguiling recorded sounds came as though blown on the wind, and were gracefully taken up by the London Sinfonietta under Andrew Gourlay's direction: this composer clearly liked perfumed instrumental effects.
But did he like voices? When the woman (Kirstin Chavez) began to sing, it was in painful atonal gasps, which were answered in jagged, jerky phrases by a man in dirty underclothes (Leigh Melrose) who had surfaced opposite her. From then on, things just got worse.
The surtitles – for those few in the audience able to see them – were wall-to-wall pseudery, and the characterisation was crude beyond belief, with the singers made to bawl at each other about frustration, impotence, and putrefaction – and sometimes mount each other - with just the occasional (very necessary) break for a swig of water.
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Stanford: Goodness!
I was walking down a street, when I noticed a man lying on the ground. I didn't think to much of it until I saw foam in his mouth. Then, I quickly began to think that he was dead. And, there was a note on it. The note was addressed to a Mr. Sherlock. Hmm.
I looked up as a man began walking toward me.
"Do you know a Mr. Sherlock?"
"Why yes I do sir."
"Oh, where is he?"
"He is right here."
I stood for a moment, comprehending this statement.
"Are you Mr. Sherlock?"
"Aye, yes I am."
"Oh, this note's for you. I found it on the body."
"You must never touch the body!"
"What's your name sir?"
"Uh, me? I'm Stanford."
"I see Stanford, nice to meet you."
Then, something comes to mind.
"Don't I know you from somewhere?"
"Yes, if I do recall you introduced me to my good friend and partner James Watson."
"Oh, yes, right. Well, the man is foaming at the mouth."
"Yes, I can see that. And what might you deduce from that Stanford?"
"That he had a seizure."
"No, you fool! Seizures have different indications on the head and neck. He was poisioned."


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Chapter 26
The green dragon slowly drifted down. I jumped onto his back.
"You will not be in the middle of this, Amani."
"I have to help. This is my fault. Now get back up there. Ryuu needs your help." One of the elder dragons landed roughly on the ground. Three of the gypsies got to work. One shot him with an arrow and the other two stabbed him again, making sure they hit the flesh. Ladon watched as the dragon dissolved.
"You told them?"
"We needed help. I trust them, as much as I trust you. They will not harm their allies."
"What about later?"
"I haven't gotten that far yet." Without responding, he lifted off of the ground. I watched in awe as we soared through the clouds. The sounds of the villagers started to disappear, replaced with the crash of claws and scales. Ryuu and Sigurd twisted around in the sky, each trying to get behind the other.
Ladon and I watched from the side. They were both moving too fast for us to get in between them. As far as I could tell, neither one of them were hurt. Both danced around the skies, evading the other perfectly. Both of them were so involved in the fight, that they didn't notice us.
"What are we supposed to do," I asked Ladon.
He sighed, "We have no choice, this is their fight. Let us see if we can help the other humans." We descended back to the ground. Screams filled my ears. Fire was everywhere, on houses, farms, and even some people.
The village women scurried away from Ladon, terrified. He landed on the ground quietly and looked around. I did the same. There were no dragons in sight.
"Where did they go?"
One of the closer men spat on the ground, "They ran off. The deceiving creatures turned into humans and blended into the crowd. We are trying to find out which ones they are. It is not an easy process." Ladon nodded.
"I will see what I can do. Try and put out those fires. My sister should be able to help." He nodded slowly and backed away before running through the streets. Ladon closed his eyes and I slipped off of him. My feet touched solid ground. I grabbed the sword and tucked it into my belt, like Peter had told me to do when I didn't have another option, which I didn't.
I walked through the field until I found Tanith. Her eyes were glowing a pale green and water swirled around her. She noticed me and took a step back. I could tell she was exhausted.
"Anything I can do to help?"
"Sure, tell those people to relax some. They are scaring me. I am waiting for a pitchfork to be stabbed through my back. Not like it matters when I am in this form, I become as weak as a human." I looked over and noticed it was Tommy's parents.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cratchet. I am sorry for your loss. And I know how hard it is to forgive something that reminds you of Tommy, but right now we all need to work together. I lost my sister to the dragon up there as well. I know how it feels."
Mrs. Cratchet wiped her eyes and glanced at Tanith. She held her husband closer and nodded weakly. They both went over to help Tanith. I smiled slightly. Maybe, after this was over, dragons and humans could learn to trust each other. It was a stretch, but we could do it.
"Amani! Markus sent me to find you." Billy ran down the street, breathing heavily.
"What's the matter?"
He pressed his hands against his knees, trying to catch his breath. "We found someone that is a dragon, but we can't tell if he is good or bad."
"I am on it, why don't you stay here and help put out the fires?" He agreed looking relieved. I scurried through the streets, my sword bouncing on my hip with every step, reminding me of its presence.
Markus and Peter stood in a secluded corner. They both had weapons pointed at a woman. She had wide, frantic eyes. She seemed panicked.
"I swear, I am not a dragon. Please don't hurt me." I walked up behind them, being sure to make noise so they knew I was behind them. I studied the woman closely. Her black hair was twisted into an elegant bun, and her dark green eyes held tears.
I nodded to Peter, "She is a dragon, but I don't know her."
Peter took a step towards the woman. She held up her hands quickly. "Wait! Alright, I am a dragon, but I am not with the elders. Well, I was. You see, my husband is one of the elders. He dragged me along trying to get me to fight, Please, please don't hurt me. I am carrying a child." Markus sheathed his sword.
"A moon ago, that would have made me kill you all the quicker. What should we do, Amani?"
I looked at the woman's frightened face. Her hands went automatically to her stomach. She wasn't lying about that. "You said your husband is an elder. How much do you know about what is going on?"
"I know a lot. I know that Sigurd is attacking the village because he wants you. When your parents turned his proposal down, he went crazy. Whenever the others were not looking, he would kill someone that he had found was close to you. Rat was his son. He was angry with you as well, and that is why he attacked. The elders were sick of humans judging them by what they were, so they joined Sigurd and Rat. They have been planning for a while. I am so sorry, I just didn't think anyone would believe me if I told them." She slid to the ground, sobbing. In between breaths she would apologize over and over again. Markus gently grabbed her by the arm.
"Get up, we are going to hide you somwhere. While we are at it, maybe the other villagers should hide as well. Any suggestions Amani?"
I bit my lip, since when did anyone ask my opinion? Since I was the only one who knew even a little about the beasts that now strode through the village. "The forest. It is the safest place."
Peter looked skeptical, "In a forest, where there is wood? Which is very flammable?"
"They are attacking the town right now. Stay near the river just in case it does catch on fire. Right now it is the best we have. We have forgotten how to fight back against the dragons. We will have to make do." They sighed and hurried to guide everyone into the forest.


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Oh, and how did I celebrate the ringing in of the new year…? I hung out with my buddy Jim down in Wyandotte – where we enjoyed some fine liquid refreshments from the great bar where I had my birthday bash… Did a few karaoke songs after 12:30, then caught some breakfast… then crashed at Jim's house… All in all, it was a good new years eve, but I've had much better…….
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What is a CD?
CDs or Certificates of Deposit are different from traditional savings accounts in several ways. While a savings account you can deposit and withdraw funds relatively freely with a CD you agree to keep your money there for a certain period of time, called "maturity". The maturity period can be as short as a few days or as long as ten years, but the range of standard options is between three months and five years.
Generally, the longer the term of duration - the longer the time to which you agree to keep your money in the account and therefore with the bank, and the higher the interest rate you earn.
What is a CD rates?
As a reward for saving your money with them for a long time, banks and credit unions (credit unions) often offer higher than those offered in standard savings accounts, including the characteristics of yields rates can be observed: They are expressed as an annual percentage yield, or APY, which considers the frequency with which the interest is paid on the account (also called "capitalization period")
Banks may opt for cumulative rates on an annual basis, quarterly, monthly or even daily The average rate on a three-year CD carried out by a bank is at 0.49%. However, many credit unions offer certificates with rates above 1%.
The rates of return in the market for CDs can change weekly.
What is a CD sanctions?
If you finish your commitment earlier by withdrawing your money before the CD period is met, you will probably be punished. Consumers should take note of any sanction in a CD before choosing to retire before maturity. Loss of interest may be greater than the benefits of taking money.
What is a CD insurance?
CDs in most banks are backed by the FDIC or corporation federal deposit insurance in a maximum amount of up to $ 250,000.
In credit unions, shared certificates are insured up to the same amount through the National Loan Loss Union Administration, or NCUA. Some credit unions state can operate with private insurance. This insurance does not cover occurred penalties for early withdrawal of funds.
How can you tell if your bank or credit union offers insurance? All federally backed institutions must demonstrate FDIC or NCUA signature at teller windows and on their websites. If so, the coverage is automatic. No need to ask your money to be insured.
CDs usually come with a fixed term and a fixed rate of return. But depending on the bank, you can access other varieties, such as:
This is tied to prime rate, treasury bills, a market index or some other operator varies according to the entity and allows the benefit of the depositor be subject to increases in potential fees future (or otherwise).
In exchange for allowing greater access to your money, these certificates (also called liquid) usually provide low rates of returns than traditional CDs and require a minimum balance.
This may come with a higher interest rate than a regular CD, the bank has an option to shorten the terms unilaterally - in effect at any point. They no longer represent a good deal more. Before you look affected by the higher rate, it is best to read the fine print.
Essentially, it is the same as a regular CD, but with a high minimum balance required (Over $ 100,000) as compensation for the higher rates.
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Choose the duration of certificates of deposit (CD) is an important decision. Liquidity and future direction of interest rates may hamper the decision. Certificates with longer maturities are generally more profitable, but also tie their funds for longer. Maturities shorter time provide the flexibility to take advantage of rising rates, but generally are less profitable. In theory, you want the current higher revenue combined with the opportunity to invest with higher rates if they increase.
Have staggered maturities is a way to create a portfolio of certificates that will allow you to earn good rates and invest in higher rates if they increase. With this strategy, you can divide your funds into parts and buy equal amounts of certificates with different maturities for a set time frame.
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to joe: my dedicationMature
It was with Joe I have decided to begin my tale of unbelievably ultimate deprivation because he was the one, my best friend and partner of seven beautiful years. Joe past away quite quickly in his sleep, it wasn't AIDS! though truthfully I am surprised we survived that scare. It has been six weeks I can't sleep, I hadn't eaten, I miss him so much. He was my partner in life and in death my true soulmate. I feel as though I am betraying him writing this but I know of all the CRAP i've written he never read, that this CRAP is for him... I sit here before my replacement love, the letters forming seamlessly into words, my thoughts flow through fingers and into the world wide web. Though his burial was weeks ago I am still unable to let him go. I dedicate these, my stories of farming through the dirt - I guess there's no looking back now- to the man who planted his garden amongst its soiled past.
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Chapter SixMature
Maths started off uneventfully. Transformations of shapes or some rubbish like that. I'd never even heard the word used in that context before but I took to it straight away. I sat with Zoe and Lewin who seemed to be getting more and more irate at my abilities.
Zoe really didn't understand how to translate a triangle. But when I tried to explain it to her, I couldn't. I didn't understand it all too well either. So I let her copy my coordinates and grids. She seemed to like me a bit more after that.
Every now and again, that boy would look over his shoulder and smile at me in that way that made my palms sweaty. I was getting tired of it; I wasn't used to acting human or having the emotions that came from their world. I turned to Zoe and whispered to her.
"Who's that boy? The one who keeps smiling at me?" I asked quietly, while trying to draw the line y=x on my grid.
"Hm? Oh, that's Nat," she whispered back.
"Why does he keep smiling at me?"
"You're the new conquest. And if you're not careful, you'll end up in his pile of cast-offs."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," I murmured truthfully.
"He wants to get you in his bed," she explained. Now I understood.
"Well I have no intention of conforming to his wishes."
She looked at me oddly. "Then I think we'll be good friends."
"How come?"
She smiled. "He's my brother."
"Then I have even less intention to give him what he wants."
The teacher, Mrs Moran, glared at us so we got back to our work. Even though I'd promised Zoe I wouldn't give her brother what he wanted, his smile still made me nervous. It sent sparks down my spine. I couldn't help but smile back a few times.
When maths was over, I followed Zoe to French. I was a bit worried but excited about that lesson. For thirteen years, I'd been taught languages; you never knew what nationality the soul was that you had to collect.
Mr Wilson sat me in the only empty seat. I put my bag down and sat in the chair before I realised who I was sat next to. Fate, Destiny, someone's revenge, call it what you want, but I was sat beside Nat.
"Hi," he said quietly, "I'm Nat."
"I'm Evy."
"I know," he said with that heart-wrenching smile.
Mr Wilson started talking. He made languages sound so boring. After about five minutes, a piece of paper nudged my arm. I picked it up and opened it out under the desk. This is soooo boring! I smiled and replied, Hang in there. I pushed it back across the desk.
Nat's leg touched mine. He didn't move it. I looked at him and he took on that enthralling smile again. His ash blonde hair was short but stuck up all over the place. His blue eyes had flecks of brown in them. My mind started fantasising, all by itself. I don't know what brought on the desires but I had to look away from him.
Mr Wilson's speech hadn't become any more interesting but there were some grammar notes on the board. No one was bothering to copy them down. I can't say I was surprised; they were written in an illegible scrawl. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Zoe glaring at me.


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Went into the city and meet up with a friend and grabbed some manga and anime which you can see below.
Went into the city and meet up with a friend and grabbed some manga and anime which you can see below.
Jormungand is a new series that started last week and is based on a manga series of the same name, the series primarily revolves around Koko Hekmatyar a young arms dealer who is the daughter of major international shipping corporation that secretly deals in the arms trade. The series follows her travels around the globe with her eccentric team of mostly ex-military bodyguards and the newest member of the team Jonah an emotionless child soldier who is incredibly skilled in combat but hates arms dealers whose actions caused the death of his family.
For any one interested in more information on the series.
For anyone who want to have a read of the manga they can find the current volumes here.
The Opening song Borderland by Mami Kawada.
The main characters of Jormungand. From left to right: Wiley, Lehm, Mao, Valmet, Koko Hekmatyar, Lutz, Tojo, R, Ugo and Jonah.
Koko does not like people sticking their fingers in her arms trading pie.
This is one of the funniest parts of the manga i came across. lol
Here is the trailer which has a bit more footage to see.
Anyone who is interested in an action anime with some interesting morality questions i highly recommend you have a look at it.
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia is a series which started on Monday that had caught my interest initially with the animation style and the with the story itself once i dug into it and after reading thru all the current available manga for the series.
The story revolves around a first-year high school student, Teiichi Niiya who had just enrolled at Seikyou Private Academy. When he gets lost in one of the school's old building, he meets a girl named Yuuko Kanoe who reveals herself as a ghost with no memories. Teiichi then decides to investigate her death by looking through the school's seven mysteries revolving around her. Throughout the story, Teiichi and Yuuko discover the truth about these ghost stories and help those who are troubled.
Yuuko Kanoe and Teiichi Niiya .... Yuuko is a bit of a tease for a ghost.
One of things which amused and interested me in the first episode is how they replayed the first several minutes twice with the first time showing Yuuko doing stuff but being invisible and second time showing her in the footage doing all the antics.
I do really like the animation style.
A jealous ghost girl is not a good thing.
It's probably a good thing not everyone can see Yuuko in this situation ... unfortunately one of the girls can also see her and promptly calls him a pervert lol.
The Trailer for the series with the awesome opening theme playing.
I hope you all find this interesting, i didn't want to give away to much information to spoil it for anyone, if anyone wants to have a look at the series i''l place a couple of links where you can watch it at your leisure.
A link to the current Manga as well.
Here is my part of the co-blog i did with Ausdoz, Karuhi, Snakey1212 and Shinji Takeyama which was an interesting experience as i usually do my own thing and our random conversations during brainstorming were among the most hilarious I've had in awhile. So without further procrastination i give you 20 -11 of our 50 Anime Villain list. 20. The Blue (Bugs) (Blue Gender)
Seriously...they're giant fucking man-eating bugs! Getting eaten alive by some creature is already one of the top 3 worst possible ways to die in my book, but throw in the fact that it's happening by some giant assed version of something I'm already not too fond of, and that makes them one of the scariest fucking villains in any anime in my book. Plus...their mouths look like killer vaginas. Creepy.
19. Hansel and Gretel (Black Lagoon)
Aren't they cute ...... in a twisted covered in blood way ?
These 2 twisted kids have a taste torture and murder, having been forced to do paedophile films and be raped or murder other children, suffices to say they are very deranged.
18. X (Majin Tantei Negami Nuero)
He has sword blades coming out of his arms .......... this is not good.
No one really knows what X (also called Sai) is. He maybe a human or a demon, I'm not really sure. All I know is that this guy is evil and sadistic. He was introduced as a notorious guy who kills his victims and places their entire body in a small box complete with their blood. He loves killing and there isn't anything that can stop him. Nothing! because the anime ended with X escaping.
17. Bison (Street Fighter II)
Bison's eyes are glowing purple .... nothing good ever comes from glowing purple !
When I first mentioned M.Bison when we were putting this list together, a certain individual in the group wondered who Bison actually was. I am still trying to get over that. But maybe that individual had had his mind warped by Bison's psycho power, in a film where Shadowlaw's head honcho thinks world denomination requires a handful of street fighters. Bison lays the smack down on Ken and Ryu while washing his hair and watching Judge Judy and has some stunning one liners that display his keen mind and intellect. "I don't give a shit." is a classic. And I'm not discussing the live action film. It doesn't exist.
16. Envy (Full Metal Alchemist)
That ........ looks kind of painful.
Envy is one of the Homunculus. Also one of the oldest. Aging around 175 years old and has the ability to shapeshift into any form or creature imaginable, including a dragon which was seen in the movie "Conqueror of Shamballa". He is cold-heated, has superhuman strength and speed and enjoys shapeshifting into people's loved ones and friends to kill the unsuspecting victim.
15. Louis el Bridget (Freezing)
I told you he was a sadistic prick, he gets worse when he gets older.
A sadistic and ruthless bastard, who even at a young age as the youngest child of powerful el Bridget family sexual abused his older half Sister for most of her childhood blackmailing her with her mother's condition. His obsession with his sister and attempts to assert his ownership and control over her adding to his twisted personality.
14. Toguro brothers (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Known only as Younger and Older Toguro. Older Toguro is evil as sh*t. He is a shape shifter who likes to play with his victims and has an evil laugh to boot. He is basically immortal as he has a major play in two arcs of Yu Yu Hakusho. He is so good that the only way to kill this dude was to trap him in a blood sucking plant. The elder toguro is the silent one. He is the less evil one and the more powerful in terms of physical strength. Let me put it in perspective, at 20% he can destroy buildings. At 50% he can turn you into dust. At 80%, a mere punch in the wind can decapitate you. He's that damn deadly. In the anime, he died because he went over 110% which is awesome.
13. Himuro Gemma (Ninja Scroll)
Oh look he is reattaching ....... wait ... oh crap.
Wow, what a badass. Early on in the Ninja Scroll, Gemma gets his head cut off by our wandering hero swordguy Jubei Kibagami (no, not of the lovely eyepatch, shut up) and reincarnates himself to run a demon ninja group. In order to recover a pile of gold from a wrecked ship, Gemma and his minions poison the local village's wells, making it look like the plague. Jubei manages to wander into the middle of all this and ultimately faces off against Gemma on the ship laden with gold. Apparently Gemma wants to rule Japan, which is original. Since decapitation didn't seem to work, a fresh coat of molten gold seems to do the trick and Gemma sinks to the depths of the ocean.
12. Freeza (Dragon Ball Z)
Seriously. Lets face it, this is the first big main baddy a lot of kids were introduced to. He nearly committed mass genocide...using a single fucking finger. And those he didn't murder, he made go to work for him. He killed Krillin, Dende, Vegeta, was responsible for the deaths of countless other species all over the universe (probably?). Even compared to bigger badder foes later in the series, I don't think any of them have nearly the amount of blood on their hands as him. So despite the fact that DBZ wasn't that great of a show (what? it really wasn't) admit it...Freeza was one of the ultimate villains.
11. Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
"There is nothing worth believeing in" This is what Vicious says as one of his most loyal followers sacrifices his life for him. Vicious is cold-hearted to say the least. Maybe its because of the Titen wars he served in... Or something else. Nothing else is known about his childhood, whether it was normal or not it obviously screwed him up if a way thats unspeakable. Just like his name says, he's ruthless and extremely deadly. Especially with his favourited choice of weapon... The katana. With this we see him literally take on his rival and ultimately the only person who can kill him - Spike who uses a gun! You'd think Vicious to be on the "low ground" but really they couldn't be anymore equal in combat. After an intense fight to the death Spike only barely comes out alive. Thats where Vicious's life ends along with his mysterious past.
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Kratos nerf suggestions from me and you!
I'm on the side of everyone who says to nerf Kratos, but I don't want SEVERE nerfs here are the problems with Kratos that I've seen people say and I agree with:
"Kratos' square attacks are outrageously fast and have a bit of range on them." I don't want his attacks to be changed, I think it would be fair if Kratos' attacks were given a longer wind-up so his square attacks are the same speed as Dante, Nariko, and Raidens' square attacks (note how I mentioned other swordsmen characters to say that all the swordsmen should have pretty equal wind-ups on their square attacks).
"Kratos' AP gain is too quick." I haven't payed much attention to how much AP some of Kratos' attacks give him, but I have read that his neutral triangle gives him 40 AP. Usually the highest AP one attack will give is 30 AP and is an ejector move like Heihachi and Parappa's neutral triangles. Kratos seems like he is always the first to get a level 3 super when against equally leveled opponents (even when paired with an equally leveled Raiden, Nariko, and Dante in the same match). This may be because of his lightning fast square attacks more than his AP gain.
I believe that Kratos' common dominance in FFA battles come more from his quick square attacks more than his AP gain, but I also think it's kind of a combination between the two.
Please reply with your opinions, for and against a nerf for Kratos, and please give your reasoning
I hope this gets noticed by SuperBot!
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"Kratos' AP gain is too quick." I haven't payed much attention to how much AP some of Kratos' attacks give him"
Claim to say the AP gain is too quick, but don't even know how much ap his attacks give him? At least do the smallest of research before cluttering the forum with more nerf threads. Lost all respect in this argument until you actually have some research behind your claim.
Re: Kratos nerf suggestions from me and you!
Remember that I'm quoting what I've read the most in other people's opinions on what probably should be nerfed and I gave... one example (I'll give you that one) on how some of Kratos' attacks gain a bit more AP than other characters. So, let me restate my opinion, I believe that Kratos' attacks are a little too quick for him to be balanced with the rest of the characters and IF, and only IF Kratos' AP gain is a little too fast to be balanced, that's most likely because Kratos gets lots of AP and quick level 3s from his attacks being a bit too fast to be balanced.
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Chris Rosebrough does an EXCELLENT analysis of Dan Southerland's Transitioning Seminar.
Special Edition: The Cult-Like Hostile Takeover Tactics of the Purpose-Driven Church Transitioning Seminar
This is a MUST HEAR for those who are concerned about the seeker sensitive or purpose driven takeover of their own church.
I might remind you that in 2007, about 3 years after this seminar was recorded (judging by some current events he mentions in the process of the seminar, which may not be included in Chris's clips here) one of their foremost transitionists Roddy Clyde was arrested for embezzling money (at least $500,000) from his church. Well I guess he had a vision from God!
Worship of Mass Dysfunction is a book written about this whole development.
Regarding the book, this is from a comment on blog post I found:
"kim said...
Please read "Worship of Mass Dysfunction". This book details the events leading up to and the events following Pastor Roddy Clyde's embezzlement and subsequent arrest. The book provides a harrowing account of how purpose driven concepts can cause harm. www.wmdthebook.com." (the website is no longer in service)
I have no idea of this book but it sure could be interesting to see how Church Transitions Inc handled all this.
A few things I have noticed (besides what Chris says in this analysis):
12:09 "There are four major movements of God in the world today"
1. Cell church
2. Contemporary Worship movement
3. Seeker church movement
4. Purpose Driven Church
About the Purpose Driven Church movement he says:
"The fourth movement of God in the world today, this is interesting to me, is the one that Billy Graham says is the biggest movement of God in the world today. At Amsterdam 2000 he proclaimed that this movement is the biggest movement of God in the world today. It is the Purpose Driven Church Movement..."
I can find no evidence that BILLY GRAHAM EVER SAID anything like what Dan Southerland is attributing to him having said at Amsterdam 2000. If Billy Graham had said this I would think it would be everywhere reprinted in support of Purpose Driven. Where is it?
BILLY GRAHAM was NOT AT Amsterdam 2000. He was home ill! It was not just a misspeak because he reiterates Billy Graham's age that he would have been in 2000 (Chris left that out of the audio).
In addition Dan southerland's musical training claims do not add up. Says he is classically trained organist but later says can't read music very well (may not be included in the audio clip)? This does NOT seem likely.
It makes it sound like he's exaggerating his classical music affinity/ability/investment to show how much he has 'given up' for the sake of his "God-given" agenda. Almost like people saying "I really enjoy washing dishes and doing house work, so I'm giving up all that for Lent." I would love to see some video of him playing the organ. It just doesn't pass the smell test for me.
Then there is the segment is where Dan describes his 'Shootout At The OK Corral' meeting. I have read the book myself, and remember this part. However every time I actually listen to his voice describing it with such arrogance, condescension, and holier than thou attitude, I am as incensed by his smug self assured assault on the church as if I was hearing it for the first time.
Dan spends plenty of time castigating his opponents for being friendly to him and allowing their kids to play together even while planning to ambush him (planning ahead to make a stand and oppose him). Now, is that not EXACTLY what he is doing in this seminar? Teaching pastors to plan ahead mostly behind closed doors with your inner circle of 'vision sharers' to take over power of the church? The man didn't bother to be Biblical, therefore Dan is allowed to be unbiblical?
In addition he abused Robert's Rules of Order, while saying "If you're gonna have [Robert's Rules of Order] you need to know it, cuz you can use it."
and took a point of privilege that was illegal according to Roberts Rules of Order.
POINT OF PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE: A Point of Privilege may be made when the rights and privileges of a member of PMC have been violated. If the Point is appropriate, the Chair will undertake corrective measures.
Points of Parliamentary Privilege are commonly called for in only two situations. First, when a delegate slanders another or grossly misrepresents his or her position while speaking or if a delegate cannot hear the speaker, has to get a drink, or must otherwise attend to personal business.
Point of Privilege did not apply here. He was opening for discussion at this point , not taking a point of privilege. (and he did not actually allow much discussion, having basically drawn a line in the sand in the course of responding to this deacon.
I have heard the audio, and after this in the story, Dan forces everyone to vote for or against him publicly, not by secret ballot. This sounds like the recent attempt to take away the secret ballot from unions.
Our ex pastor Todd Ertsgaard did something exactly like this, forcing people to vote for or against him by raising of hand, with him in the room, after having humiliated one person for an offhand comment that he disagreed with. You see he never had a problem with jumping in and strongarming people when he found it going a way he disagreed with. So his attempts to tell us that the reason he was uninvolved with how the Executive Committee was mishandling us and stringing us along, lying to us and shutting us out, was because he didn't feel it was his place.
The other thing I wonder is how he knew that the other two pastors would resign in the morning so surely that he could speak FOR them in their absence?
Could it be because he planned ahead to make a power play? Hmmm....
But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matt 20:25-28
Dan goes on right toward the end explaining how you must shoot these wolves in your church (never mind that he himself is the Alpha Wolf here!),
"Why doesn't it say watch out for the mountain lion in wolves' [sic - sheep's] clothing? Mountain Lions hunt solo. Wolves hunt in packs."
Chris does some excellent analysis here. But I would also point out that Dan and his cronies are again doing exactly what he is castigating here. He is teaching these pastors how to hunt in packs. He and Glen Sartain just finished explaining how you should never handle opposition alone. They have meticulously described throughout this seminar how to assemble your pack and infiltrate the sheep fold. They have described how to prepare for the first sheep to bolt at the smell of false teaching, and how your consequent slaughter of that sheep can then look like you transitioning hostile takeover pastors did not instigate anything. Oh we were just shooting a wolf in sheep's clothing!


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On 6 October 2011 the Working Group on the UPR considered the human rights situation in Togo. The delegation sent by Togo comprised eight delegates, including ministerial representatives from several departments, such as the Minister of Justice, the Minster of Arts and Culture, the Minister of Commerce and the Director General of the Promotion of the Child in the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity. Mme Leonardina Rota Doris Wilson-de Souza, Minister for Human Rights, Consolidation of Democracy and Civic Education headed the delegation and presented the report to the Working Group. Mme Wilson-de Souza assured the Working Group of the high priority given to the promotion and protection of human rights by the Togolese Government. She thanked civil society and development partners for their support of the Government in their human rights work, and asked for the assistance of the international community in the continuation of this work, particularly in harmonising their domestic legislation with international human rights instruments, combating impunity and poverty, providing equality before the law, and fighting discrimination in Togo.
Togo's report was very comprehensive and outlined progress already made in the promotion and protection of human rights. The report highlighted the numerous international human rights instruments which Togo has already ratified or acceded to and the regional human rights instruments which they are party to; all of which are either already integrated into their domestic laws, or are in the process of being integrated. The report also discusses other successes, such as the existence of the National Human Rights Commission, which was established in 1987 and recognised in the Constitution in 1992; the abolition of the death penalty in 2009; the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Committee with a mandate to investigate political violence between 1958 and 2005 (including the 2005 electoral violence); the provision of free anti-retro viral drugs since 2008 and other efforts to protect the rights of those with HIV/AIDS; and efforts to ensure the right to food, which resulted in a food surplus in 2010.
In the interactive dialogue that followed, specific recommendations, questions and comments included:
Recommendations that Togo ratify the Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, the second Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Calls to sign the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Concerns regarding the low representation of women in decision-making positions, and recommendations that Togo introduce a bill to address this issue.
Praise of the National Human Rights Commission, which has been granted A-status by the International Coordinating Committee for National Human Rights Institutions for its adherence to the Paris Principles (Principles Relating to the Status and Functioning of National Institutions), but concerns that the Commission lacks the requisite resources to effectively carry out its mandate.
Criticism of high rates of violence against women, particularly conjugal violence, and the need to address this and other gender-based discrimination.
Praise for the establishment of the Commission on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation, but concerns that this Commission lacks requisite resources.
Calls to improve the recruitment process for public services and the armed forces so that these sectors are more representative and include women, and ethnic and cultural minority groups.
Criticism of prison conditions, the lengthy detention times prior to conviction and the holding of those awaiting trial with convicted criminals; calls that that prison conditions be brought into line with international standards.
Praise for efforts in the areas of water and sanitation, food provision, and HIV/AIDS.
Recommendations that Togo prepare a bill to reform their criminal code to include a definition of torture as a crime in accordance with the Convention Against Torture.
Concerns over cultural practices that perpetuate discrimination against women, particularly the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Praise regarding the abolition of the death penalty.
Concern over the lack of freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly in Togo.
Calls to decriminalise same-sex relations, and adopt political and legislative measures to stop discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and protect the rights of LGBTI peoples.
Praise for the assistance which Togo provides to refugees, despite the State's lack of resources; also urged to codify their current procedures in granting refugee status.
Recognition that several special procedures were invited and able to visit Togo in 2007 and 2008, but calls that the State issue an open invitation to all special procedure mandate holders.
Recommendations that Togo provide human rights training to law officials, judges, and their police force, and questions raised as to whether Togo has mainstreamed human rights education into their school syllabus.
Notable responses given by the delegation to the 43 States that participated in the interactive dialogue included:
Explanations that Togo is in the process of modernising their judicial system which has let to efforts in the capacity building of judicial staff through measures such as improving remuneration, recognition, and ethics education of judicial staff to ensure their independence and impartiality.
Recognition that Togo has a problem with the rights of detainees and assurances that they would work to address this issue, including by creating a separate wing for those who have not yet been convicted.
Assurances that by 2012 Togo's prison refurbishment program should be implemented.
Claim that access to armed forces and civil service is through an open but competitive recruitment process, which they do not believe is restrictive or discriminatory.
Assurances that the budgets of the Commission on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation and the National Human Rights Commission would be considered and called for international financial assistance.
Recognition that Togo needs to 'bolster' its courts to tackle impunity.
Explanation that FGM is prohibited by law and that a study is currently being undertaken on the matter to raise public awareness of the issue.
Assurances that a law is currently being enacted on gender-based violence and a strategy has been drafted on gender-based policy.
Answers that it is giving regular human rights training workshops to judges, police officers, and teachers, but that it does not have human rights in their school curriculum and recognise that this needs to be altered.
Assurances that the Togolese Government is currently completing a bill to ensure gender mainstreaming and a quota of 30% to 40% women in decision-making roles.
Assurances that Togo is working on a bill to bring its criminal code into line with the Convention Against Torture through defining torture, providing sanctions, and providing reparations for victims.
The delegation felt that any failures or slow progression of Togo in the area of human rights should be considered in light of the fact that it is a 'fragile' State that lacks human and financial resources. It explained that the State takes a 'pragmatic approach' to ratifying international instruments, which it argued makes the process of mainstreaming these instruments into their domestic legislation more lengthy. Togo also rejected recommendations that it decriminalise homosexuality, arguing that the topic was too controversial for the fragile nation and that attempts to legislate on this matter could be 'counter-productive' due to the way that 'this phenomenon is perceived in society in Togo'. The response given regarding freedom of speech was not entirely clear, with delegates arguing that the support mechanism for private media outlets ensures freedom of speech for media. The delegation responded to concerns over freedom of assembly with information that a law was passed a few months ago to supplement the right to peaceful demonstration as enshrined in the Constitution.
At the adoption of the report, the delegation accepted 112 of the recommendations given to them and rejected only 11. The remaining 10 recommendations were to be further discussed between the Togolese Government and civil society, and a decision on them will be given at the 19th session of the Human Rights Council in March 2012. In her conclusion, Mme Wilson-de Souza made assurances that Togo would implement the accepted recommendations as soon as possible, and called for the support of the international community in assisting Togo to promote and protect human rights.


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As chief economist at Salomon Brothers in the late 1970's and early '80's, Henry Kaufman was known on Wall Street as ''Dr. Doom'' for his dire predictions about government deficits and interest rates. Those forecasts, which often summoned jeers from his more optimistic peers, clearly earned more for him than notoriety. Last week, Dr. Kaufman gave $10 million to the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he is chairman of the board of overseers. Part of the money will pay for the expansion of the newly renamed Henry Kaufman Management Education Center.
Since he left Salomon to form his own firm in 1988, Dr. Kaufman has periodically reprised his favored role, warning about, among other things, financial euphoria in emerging markets. Again recently, those warnings proved prescient. And of the market excesses that have ended in turmoil, Dr. Kaufman said they ''would not have come to the fore had there been a greater sense of fiduciary responsibility'' among ''those who go forth into the financial world.'' Good subject for a business school course?
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