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Nigeria was 100 years on January 1st, 2014, and the Federal Government celebrated this milestone achievement. A century is significant for a country like Nigeria which has had its fair share of upheavals ranging from colonialism, communal clashes, civil war and religious crises, to even insurgency. While it is proper to justify some degree of festivity, it is also expedient to retrospect and appraise our national life.
An anniversary is always worth celebrating, but the extent to which one celebrates is somewhat determined by the achievements one has made. What score is on our national report card? How strong is our imprint on the global map? Have we been left behind or lost in the global radar?
In the past, whenever Nigeria speaks, the world listens; and when Nigeria leads, the rest of Africa follows; not because of population or resources, but because of bold global foreign policy initiatives.
It is either we lack the initiatives now or we are now hostage of our internal problems. In the global scene, we have become very inert and supine. No doubt, we still attend regular global summits, regional meetings, presidential inaugurations, foreign burials, ceremonies and events, but not in an active capacity but as onlookers, bystanders and mere back benchers.
The last time global focus was on Nigeria was when President Olusegun Obasanjo was elected President of the African Union, Chairman of the Commonwealth and Chairman Non-aligned nations in 2004. Since then, our status has reduced.
Pre-Colonial and Colonial Eras
In the pre-colonial Nigeria, there were considerable market-oriented economies in such areas as agriculture, commerce, arts and craft. There were various trade routes and centres. The commercial activities of the natives were largely unstructured and informal. Markets for its manufactured goods were opened in the 19th century by British dominant commercial presence in West Africa. Some trading companies then are precursors to present day multinationals.
The Once Upon a Time Agricultural Sector
Agriculture was the major industry at the time. The main challenges facing the sector have always been:
1. Large scale production –growing population
The population of the country was growing nonstop and we are still counting. The challenges resisting large scale production at the time were:
- Getting the farmers to accept and swap peasant farming for high-tech agriculture
- Education and training for high-tech agriculture
- Provision of agricultural equipment
- Provision of fertilisers, pest control aids
As colonialism faded out, farmers embraced the idea of mass production and let go of their suspicion of high-tech agricultural techniques, synthetic fertilisers and pest control chemicals. Education for high-tech agriculture, including livestock farming, boomed and youths were trained.
However, little equipment was provided and fertilisers and pest control aids were scarce. This was mostly because in the early post-colonial days, the government left food production to fend for itself for too long. The result was a shortfall in food production, and overwhelmed farmers. This led to a slump back into peasant farming which, by now, was no longer a 'dignified job' and saw youths fleeing the excruciating and less rewarding labour of the farm for city jobs.
2. Rural-urban transportation of food stuff
This was a challenge and the colonial government took it head on. The immediate post-colonial government focused more on cash crops for exports, so it kept the rail, road, and water networks running for the benefit of cash crops.
But these were barely maintained. Transportation for food stuff became second fiddle to cash crops. The exploration of crude oil took the government's attention off cash crops shortly afterwards. As a result, rural-urban transportation of farm produce was practically abandoned altogether.
3. Preservation and processing
The challenges here were:
- Skill acquisition
- Equipment
- Developing new products
- Investments/funding
Right from the colonial era, Nigerians were already getting familiar with products like yogurt, evaporated versions, powdered, cheese, butter, juices and crushes, jam and marmalade, etc; this was in addition to the local varieties.
More products meant better demand, better preservations and near-zero waste. It was important that the products were socially accepted, and they were. This was progress.
Provision of equipment trickled in but has remained haphazard till date. Also, the training of manpower for the mass production has been grinded to a halt. There are several reasons for this; one of which is the absence of the equipment the trainees were being trained to use. Soon, the little equipment available were either ruined from overused or poor maintenance, and are totally obsolete.
Lack of funding meant new equipment could not be acquired. So, many farmers had to return to the peasant farming methods. That means we lost the points we scored on embracing high-tech agriculture. Many developing countries, even in Africa, have recorded substantial progress in mass production of food.
Oil Boom Era
In 1971, the share of agriculture to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stood at 48.23%. By 1977, it had declined to almost 21%. Agricultural exports, as a percentage of total exports, which was 20.7% in 1971, reduced to 5.71 percent in 1977. The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in the mid-1950s, coupled with the oil-boom resulting from the Arab oil embargo on the USA in 1973, affected the agricultural sector adversely. The economy became heavily dependent on oil. By this time, oil revenue represented almost 90% of foreign exchange earnings and about 85% of total exports. While the boom afforded the government much needed revenue, it also created serious structural problems in the economy.
The agricultural sector was the most hit. Rural urban migration increased, as people attempted to reap or benefit from the windfall from oil. Production of agricultural commodities for export declined. Food production became a problem.
Starting from 1974, the economy became a net importer of basic foods. Huge foreign exchange earnings were utilised in importing food. Nonetheless, prices of foodstuff remained high. Policies like the government's Operation Feed the Nation programme could not reverse the deteriorating food situation. Government was involved in direct food production, provided subsidies to peasant farmers and created more commodity boards for various agricultural and food products. The growth rate of GDP was quite high, such that a growth rate of 10.5% in 1976 was considered unimpressive.
Government expenditure fuelled the inflation rate. Between 1975 and 1976, the rate of inflation reached 23%. It reduced to 16% in 1976 and 1977. For the same periods, unemployment rate was 4.3% and 2%, respectively. The discomfort index in 1976 stood at 27.3%.
The exchange rate regime encouraged imports. The economy was heavily dependent on imports; almost everything was imported, from toothpicks to toothpaste dispensers. There was no serious attempt to invest the windfall from oil in viable projects. Except for the huge expenditures on education and construction of dual carriage highways in some parts of the country, Nigeria would have had nothing to show from the oil boom era. The industrial sector also depended on imported inputs, machinery and raw materials.
Declining oil revenues, disequilibrium in the balance of payments, growing unemployment, increasing rate of inflation and political instability, all confirmed that demand-induced policies were no longer effective. A country which had thought that foreign exchange was not a constraint on development went borrowing on the Euro-dollar market. Despite the oil boom, the private sector remained weak. The existing macroeconomic policies continued to encourage consumption rather than production. The economy was consuming what she was not producing.
Neglect of More Sectors
Clearly, apart from the abating agricultural sector, some other sectors of the economy have also been left behind while we have managed to accumulate few scores in some sectors.
In the late 50s, 60s and even early 70s, students from all over Africa came to study at Nigerian universities which were considered the best. Certificates issues by these universities were accepted and valued all over the world.
More Nigerians embraced education, especially with the free education campaigns in the South West. More universities and colleges were opened nationwide. Corruption and neglect took its toll and the rest is history. Nigerians are rushing off to study in 'former fellow third world countries' and pay huge fees for it.
Health and Mortality
The health sector sings along with the education sector. It is the same story. Private hospitals and clinics are springing up like the private schools. The lacklustre supervision of these is scary. Just like education, it is strike after strike. Neglect, recklessness, and unnecessary deaths ooze from the government hospitals.
The country has been left behind. Today, Nigeria does not have a functional cancer centre, when India, a fellow colony, has several well developed centres.
Infant mortality, deaths at child birth, and even malaria deaths have shamed on the statistics. Even more shameful is the fact that Nigeria still records cases of polio, a crippling childhood disease that many countries have long eradicated into their history books. The last surge of this horrific disease had a few people suggesting that Nigerian immigrants to their own countries be tested to avoid a spread.
Information and Communication
We have scored some points in the information and communication technology and this was made possible by the private sector, in spite of the road blocks by several government officials and policies over the years.
The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken credit for this. The abominable price tags the mobile phones started with damped that 'progress.' The real progress came with the price crashes and the affordability of mobile telephones for the average Nigerian. Several factors including the per-second regime initiated by indigenous GSM provide, Globalcom in the face of stiff 'fight backs' by rival companies, the price-crash war initiated by Visafone and the massive freebies from Globalcom and Etisalat should be lauded for making mobile telephony a real progress for Nigeria.
The explosion of the used-items (second hand) markets in the 90s expanded into the used PC market; lower prices made laptops more accessible to lower income earners who make up the majority of the population. The explosion in mobile telephony alongside this brought the Internet, infotech and communication benefits to many Nigerians –something they have been deprived off for ages.
Today, many Nigerians have access to computers, mobile devices and the Internet. The number is growing steadily and on this count we are not lost on the radar, albeit lagging behind. We still have a long way to go in this sector especially with regards to the quality of service.
Leadership and Corruption
This is the centre of it all. Our progress as a nation or lack of it is a result of leadership. The years of military rule were setbacks for the country, but the civilian government has to get to work.
So far, it has been all about salaries, allowances, theft, and of course, the boxing and wrestling bouts of the state and federal lawmakers. They really seem oblivious that the world is leaving them behind.
Corruption on the other hand is growing bigger by the day. It has developed and expanded. Usually, culprits go unpunished; making it glamorous to the youth. Thieves now get heroic receptions in Nigeria while more third world countries are taking corruption seriously.
State of the Economy
Nigeria's economy is struggling to leverage the country's vast wealth to displace the poverty that affects about 45% of its population. Economists refer to the coexistence of vast wealth in natural resources and extreme personal poverty in developing countries like Nigeria as the "resource curse."
This table trend the global ranking of the Nigerian economy, in comparison with other countries of the world, derived from the historical List of countries by GDP (PPP).
Nigeria must grapple with its decaying infrastructure and a poor regulatory environment. The country possesses many positive attributes for carefully targeted investment and will expand as both a regional and international market player. There is a growing Nigerian consensus that foreign investment is essential to realising Nigeria's vast but squandered potential. European investments are increasingly exploring the Nigerian market.
Companies interested in long-term investment and joint ventures, especially those that use locally available raw materials, will find opportunities in the large national market. The Nigerian Government is keenly aware that sustaining democratic principles, enhancing security for life and property, and rebuilding and maintaining infrastructure are necessary for the country to attract foreign investment.


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Séminaire de Mr Laurent CONDAT (Gipsa-Lab (Université Grenoble-Alpes))
Joint seminar CVGI - OGRE - Discrete Total Variation: New Definition and Minimization
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Eddie Fishman
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, The D. E. Shaw Group
Eddie Fishman is a managing director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., the Chief Operating Officer for the D. E. Shaw group, and a member of the Executive Committee of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., in which capacity he jointly supervises the D. E. Shaw group's worldwide asset management businesses. Mr. Fishman is also a member of the Executive Committee of D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. ("DESIM"), which manages a suite of systematic, benchmark-relative equity strategies and Orienteer, DESIM's global asset class investment platform.
He has oversight responsibility for several infrastructural and capital-raising functions, including the D. E. Shaw group's human capital, investor relations, legal and compliance, and India-based financial research and information technology activities. Prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer in 2010, Mr. Fishman was a senior member of the group's Investor Relations department.
Before that, he had management responsibility for a multi-manager portfolio the D. E. Shaw group once advised and shared responsibility for the operations of D. E. Shaw Research, LLC, which focuses on the early-stage development of technology-oriented ventures. Prior to joining the D. E. Shaw group in 1995, Mr. Fishman served as an equity research analyst at the Spanish investment firm A.B. Asesores, now a unit of Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. He graduated with honors from Princeton University with a degree in comparative literature.
Mr. Fishman holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He serves on the board of directors of StreetSquash, an urban youth enrichment program based in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
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Minister of Rural Affairs Urmas Kruuse (Reform) and Vice Minister Mei Kebao signed a protocol on food safety that will make it possible for Estonian dairy producers to export to the Chinese market. Kruuse met Mei Kebao, Chinas' vice minister responsible for the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), on Monday [16 May 2016]. The main objective of the meeting was to achieve an agreement opening the Chinese market to Estonian dairy producers, the minister said…Full Article: Estonian Public Broadcasting May 2016
Key Points
- In September 2015, Chinese food safety inspectors visited three milk processing companies and a dairy farm in Estonia. Estonia produces twice as much milk as the country consumes.
- In 2015, Estonian and Chinese officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to food and veterinary monitoring in Beijing.
ChinaAg Comment
- In August 2014, Russia imposed sanctions on Estonian milk and dairy products. Estonian export milk prices and export volumes have declined as a result.


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United States District Court, D. Arizona
March 6, 2018
Margaret Suisala-Tavita, Plaintiff,v.JR Rodriguez, et al., Defendants.
G. Campbell United States District Judge.
driving to work on March 12, 2015, J.R. Rodriguez, a U.S.
Border Patrol Agent, struck and killed a pedestrian in Pinal
County, Arizona. Doc. 23 at 2. The pedestrian's mother,
Plaintiff Margaret Suisala-Tavita, has filed a complaint
against the United States, alleging that it is liable for
Rodriguez's negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act
("FTCA"). Doc. 10 at 2-3 ¶¶ 8-10. The
United States has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of
subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 12(b)(1). Doc. 23. The motion is fully briefed, and
no party requests oral argument. The Court will grant the
motion to dismiss.
Legal Standard.
motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1) can be either a facial
or factual attack on jurisdiction. Thornhill Publ'g
Co. v. Gen. Tel. & Elec. Corp., 594 F.2d 730, 733
(9th Cir. 1979). A facial attack asserts that the allegations
in the complaint are "insufficient on their face to
invoke federal jurisdiction." Safe Air for Everyone
v. Meyer, 373 F.3d 1035, 1039 (9th Cir. 2004). A factual
attack "disputes the truth of the allegations that, by
themselves, would otherwise invoke federal
jurisdiction." Id.
In a
facial attack, the complaint's allegations are taken as
true and construed in favor of the non-moving party.
Jacobsen v. Katzer, 609 F.Supp.2d 925, 930 (N.D.
Cal. 2009) (citing Fed'n of African Am. Contractors
v. City of Oakland, 96 F.3d 1204, 1207 (9th Cir. 1996)).
In a factual attack, the plaintiff's allegations are not
entitled to a presumption of truthfulness, the court may look
beyond the pleadings to resolve factual disputes, and the
plaintiff has the burden of proving jurisdiction exists.
Safe Air for Everyone, 373 F.3d at 1039. The
plaintiff must "present affidavits or any other
evidence necessary to satisfy its burden[.]" St.
Clair v. City of Chino, 880 F.2d 199, 201 (9th Cir.
argues that the Court must accept all allegations in the
complaint as true and construe them in her favor pursuant to
Rule 12(b)(6). Doc. 27 at 3-4. But the United States moves to
dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1), not 12(b)(6), and the dismissal
standards under these rules "differ greatly" when
a 12(b)(1) motion makes a factual attack. Thornhill
Publ'g Co., 594 F.2d at 733 (citing Mortensen v.
First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 549 F.2d 884, 891
(3d Cir. 1977)). The government's Rule 12(b)(1) motion
makes a factual attack - it challenges the truth of the facts
alleged in the complaint. Doc. 23 at 5-8. As a result, the
Court will not presume the allegations to be true, and
Plaintiff bears the burden of proving jurisdiction exists.
assert a claim against the United States, Plaintiff must
prove that it has waived its sovereign immunity.
"'It is well settled that the United States is a
sovereign, and, as such, is immune from suit unless it has
expressly waived such immunity and consented to be
sued.'" Dunn & Black, P.S. v. United
States, 492 F.3d 1084, 1087-88 (9th Cir. 2007) (citation
omitted). The FTCA provides a limited waiver of sovereign
immunity for torts committed by federal employees acting
within the scope of their employment. 28 U.S.C. §
1346(b)(1); Nurse v. United States, 226 F.3d 996,
1000 (9th Cir. 2000). "FTCA scope of employment
determinations are made 'according to the principles of
respondeat superior of the state in which the
alleged tort occurred.'" Wilson v. Drake,
87 F.3d 1073, 1076 (9th Cir. 1996) (citation omitted).
Because the accident at issue in this case occurred in
Arizona, Arizona law applies. Doc. 23 at 4; Doc. 27 at 2-4.
To show a waiver of sovereign immunity under the FTCA,
Plaintiff therefore must show that Rodriguez was acting
within the scope of his employment under Arizona law.
Arizona, "[a]n employee's tortious conduct falls
outside the scope of employment when the employee engages in
an independent course of action that does not further the
employer's purposes and is not within the control or
right of control of the employer." Engler v. Gulf
Interstate Eng'g, Inc., 280 P.3d 599, 602 (Ariz.
2012) (adopting the Restatement (Third) of Agency §
7.07). Whether an employer exercised any control over its
employee is determined at the time of the accident.
an employee going to or returning from his or her place of
employment is not within the scope of employment
"unless the employee is rendering a service growing out
of or incidental to the employment." State v.
Superior Court (Rousseau), 524 P.2d 951, 954 (Ariz.
1974); see also Engler, 280 P.3d at 602. In
Rousseau, an Arizona National Guardsman was involved
in a car accident at 5:20 a.m. while traveling to a 6:30 a.m.
work training session. 524 P.2d at 953. The Arizona Supreme
Court found that the guardsman's training did not require
that he drive his own car or run errands for the Arizona
National Guard prior to the training session. Id. at
954. Although the National Guard granted travel
reimbursements, it "had no right to dictate the manner
of travel, the route to be taken, [the] speed, or that [the
guardsman] use his car to go and come from [the training
session] as compared to other modes of travel."
Id. Based on these circumstances, Rousseau
held that the State of Arizona was not vicariously liable
because "the travel itself . . . was not intrinsically
involved with the scope of the employment service, nor
involved with collateral duties[.]" Id.
complaint alleges that Rodriguez was an employee with the
United States Border Patrol ("USBP") at the time
of the accident and "was under the control or subject
to the control of the USBP and the United States
government." Doc. 10 at 2-3 ¶¶ 8-9. The
United States disputes this allegation. Doc. 23 at 6.
has executed a declaration stating that his scheduled shift
on March 12, 2015, was from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., that the
"accident occurred at approximately 5:49 a.m., "
and that he was driving his "personally owned
vehicle" at the time. Doc. 23-1 at 3-4 ¶¶ 4,
8-9. He declares that he was off-duty when the accident
occurred because "Border Patrol Agents are
'on-duty' when their scheduled shift begins, or
when they check-in to the station or duty location, whichever
is later." Id. at 3 ¶ 3. Rodriguez
attests that he planned to arrive at his duty station
"just before 7:00 a.m., and to begin [his] shift at
7:00 a.m." Id. at ¶ 5.[1] He further avows
that he was "not on an errand for the USBP, had made no
stops for the USBP, was not going to make any stops for the
USBP, and other than [his] service-issued uniform and gear,
[] had no USBP property in [his] vehicle." Id.
at 4 ¶ 14. He also states that "USBP does not have
rules governing how I get to work, what route I take to work,
or whether I can make any stops on my way to work."
Id. at ¶ 15.
supervisor, Jack T. Jeffreys, confirms these facts. Jeffreys
declares that on March 12, 2015, "Rodriguez's
scheduled shift was from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m."; that
"Border Patrol Agents are 'on-duty' when
their scheduled shift begins, or when they check-in to the
station or duty location, whichever is later"; and that
"Border Patrol Agents are not 'on-duty' when
they are commuting to work." Id. at 8
¶¶ 4-6. He also asserts that Border Patrol agents
are not assigned government vehicles for their work commutes
and that "Rodriguez was not assigned a government
vehicle to commute from home to work and vice versa" on
March 12, 2015. Id. at ¶¶ 9-10. The United
States also cites a federal regulation providing that
"[a] Border Patrol agent's travel time to and from
home and the agent's regular duty station . . . may not
be considered hours of work under any provision of
law." 5 C.F.R. § 550.1637; see also Doc.
23 at 7.
does not dispute that the accident occurred at 5:49 a.m.
while Rodriguez was driving to work, nor does she suggest
that Rodriguez was performing some service for the USBP at
the time. Plaintiff's sole argument is based on her
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If you live in an urban area you are surrounded by noise at nearly all hours of the day. It never seems to end, and most people have adapted by tuning it out or overpowering it with their own noise. It's obvious that the effects of noise are extremely detrimental to human life but you will never hear a politician pledging to do anything about it.
As a society we've recognized air pollution as a major health threat, and we've passed numerous laws to mitigate or penalize it. What air pollution is to the health of the lungs, noise pollution is to mental health. But there aren't any serious laws against it, and what few regulations exist are rarely enforced. We've allowed our cities to become noisy hellholes because economic activity is prized above mental health.
According to a whitepaper published in the US National Library of Medicine, "Noise pollution chips away at the public health, interfering with our immune systems, learning, and sleep, boosting stress hormones, and contributing to cardiovascular maladies, even at levels too low to cause hearing damage."
Backup beepers installed on industrial equipment are frequently cited as one of the most annoying noises, causing the most complaints wherever they are used. Everything from the garbage trucks at 5am, to delivery trucks, to construction sites use these ear-piercing beepers, visiting angst and misery upon millions of nearby residents. The default decibel level on these beepers is far above the level that causes ear damage. There are dozens of columns written in newspapers and magazines which complain about these infernal beeps.
At a past residence, I thought I had the perfect setup. My window overlooked a vast undeveloped field. Aside from the usual rude neighbors and barking dogs, I enjoyed long periods of unbroken peace and quiet during the day. This is exactly what I required for working from home as an aspiring writer and web developer. Natural silence is necessary for allowing your mind to access deeper levels of thought. Unbroken chains of thought lead to profound insights. Quiet focus is needed for reading comprehension and learning. In a noise-filled environment, I often need to read the same short passage three of four times before I can comprehend its meaning.
Then one day, the nightmare came. As per usual, the greedy real estate developers could not stand to see an empty parcel of land go unpaved and unmonetized. They decided to turn it into a "park", for which the city would pay out millions of dollars. In our perverse society, an urban "park" needs to be a highly developed artificial environment. God forbid they just put up a sign and a walking path, and leave it at that. That wouldn't allow them to swindle the taxpayers for all their development and maintenance fees.
Speaking of development fees, the signs went up that this land would be under construction for more than a year. That's how long it takes them to turn a grassy field into a grassy field with sidewalks and bathrooms.
Before long the armada of heavy equipment arrived, and from that day forward my peace and quiet was a thing of the past. One of the most senseless and irritating aspects of that experience was the backup beeps. Much of the development work involved grading and leveling large areas of land. They use a lot of different equipment for this and a water truck comes behind them spraying everything down to prevent dust clouds. The trucks and earth movers needed to repeatedly do short sections and then backup and repeat. Every time any of the dozens of vehicles on this project went into reverse gear, a loud ear-piercing beeping would sound, to warn nearby workers. The result is that the beeping was pretty much continuous for 8 – 10 hours a day, beginning at 6am. It was so incredibly loud that it was impossible to ignore it or drown it out. The noise was scientifically designed to disrupt thought patterns and break concentration, even piercing through ear protection, so that it can't be ignored.
The backup beepers are mandated by OSHA to prevent workplace injuries, but it's a classic case of bureaucratic incompetence. They aren't actually proven to have any effect on worker safety – quite the contrary. Studies prove that not only are the noises detrimental to the health of construction workers and nearby residents, but that they are so ubiquitous they are quickly tune out. Imagine being a worker on a busy construction site, hearing these continuous beeps all day every day. Are you going to constantly jerk your head around looking for the source of the noise? Or are you going to use a little common sense and watch where you are going so that you don't get run over? OSHA weaseled it's way out of addressing the complaints by adding an alternative to the rule – a construction site can provide human flaggers to work every truck on site, in place of the beepers. Of course, most equipment has no way to shut off the beepers, and the flaggers would cost a lot more money, so nobody uses them. They would rather cause permanent cognitive and hearing damage to their own workers than spend any more money.
Millions of people have complained about these beepers all over the world. They are so bad that the City of London has banned them – you know, that small area of London where all the well-connected banksters live. Silence for me, noise for thee. We see similar patterns in the U.S., with extremely affluent enclaves banning leaf blowers while everyone else is stuck with them. Limousine Liberals always look after their own interests first and foremost, and say what you will about them but at least they have the legislative cohesion to get it done.
Newer, more effective technology exists that is proven to work much better without the noise pollution. But the new technologies have not been widely adopted because the equipment-makers would have to spend slightly more money to implement them. This is a case of a problem that was created by government, and can only be solved by government. Lovely how they guarantee themselves job security with their never-ending loop of problem creation and problem solution.
If you manage to get lucky for a while and live in an area that's only rarely disturbed by the backup beepers, that is certainly no guarantee of future enjoyment. At any time, a neighbor could decide to renovate their house or install a swimming pool. A vacant lot could go into development. A government building could be torn down and rebuilt.
Other noises that top the list of urban nuisances are loud motorcycles (bikers think that they look like tough guys by annoying the shit out of everyone within earshot), modified car mufflers (ditto for the idiots who think the loud pipes on their shitty Honda Civic makes them look cool), and booming subwoofers. If there were any justice in this world, it would be legal to pull these cretins from their vehicles and bludgeon them to a state of near-death, on the first offense. It would also be permitted to siege and ransack the businesses who develop and manufacture these instruments of satan.
Barking dogs, car alarms, leaf blowers, loud televisions and stereos, trashy morons who yell at their kids, and home power tools are also choice weapons in the war against silence and sanity. It's getting to the point where everyone in the typical city is so mentally damaged that they make noise on purpose just to act out their passive-aggressive sociopathy against the rest of humanity. The utter selfishness and arrogance of most people is also a contributor, as so many of them believe it's their god-given right to disturb others if it brings them the slightest personal benefit.
The desire to be free of unwanted noise is not just a personal preference, though sensitivity to it varies. It's medically proven to cause damaging physiological effects. Sleep disruption is proven to impair cognitive function and physical health. There is no debate – it's bad for humans, period. It should fall under the purview of government mandate to get something done about it, since it is a public health issue.
Stroll around any lower class, poverty-stricken neighborhood. Whether it's a trailer park or a ghetto housing project or a Mexican barrio, you will be struck by the sheer noisiness. There are honking horns, loud engines, people yelling and screaming, out-of-control children shrieking at the top of their lungs, booming bass from shitty music, airplanes and helicopters flying overhead. Is the noise part of the cause, or the effect, of the low IQs and low incomes? Probably both. Noise disruption is proven to cause learning disabilities in young children. Obviously anyone surrounded by a cacophony of noise will not be able to string a series of deep thoughts together and form strategies for raising themselves out of poverty. They are in a constant state of stress and reactivity, because intrusive noise subconsciously signals danger and puts people on high alert.
Look at rap music, and it's accompanying car subwoofers, for all the proof you need. The music was systematically designed to short-circuit any deep thinking, and to cause maximum annoyance to all within earshot. The people who listen to it are some of the most retarded and antisocial scumbags ever to walk the planet. This terrible excuse for "music" literally helps keep its listeners in mental slave chains, and they are too stupid to know it. They wish to inflict this burden on everyone around them, which is why you will often see them driving around with all car windows rolled down even in severe weather, in order to force their pollution on the entire neighborhood. It's the only taste of power they will ever know.
Anytime someone describes a nice neighborhood, the word quiet is used. It's a huge selling point in the real estate industry – quiet tree-lined street, quiet cul-de-sac, quiet gated community.
It's become one of those problems in society that you are forced to buy your way out of, because only the wealthy can afford to get away from the noise, and so they don't care about reducing it in the commoners' neighborhoods. Expensive high-rise apartment buildings in noisy downtown areas are mostly constructed of steel and concrete, with soundproof thick glass windows. Compare that to your typical stick-frame apartment building in the suburbs with paper-thin walls and idiotic neighbors on all sides.
The great philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer left us some choice quotes regarding noise, in his classic essay series Studies in Pessimism:
"There are people, it is true — nay, a great many people — who smile at such things (noise), because they are not sensitive to noise; but they are just the very people who are also not sensitive to argument, or thought, or poetry, or art, in a word, to any kind of intellectual influence. The reason of it is that the tissue of their brains is of a very rough and coarse quality. On the other hand, noise is a torture to intellectual people."
"Noisy interruption is a hindrance to this concentration. That is why distinguished minds have always shown such an extreme dislike to disturbance in any form, as something that breaks in upon and distracts their thoughts."
"Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought. Of course, where there is nothing to interrupt, noise will not be so particularly painful."
"I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and may therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it. "
On the idiots who don't seem to see anything wrong with all the useless and disruptive noise, he had this to say, which matches perfectly with my own observations:
"…their senses are obtuse; consequently, when they hear a noise, it does not affect them much. It does not disturb them in reading or thinking, simply because they do not think; they only smoke, which is their substitute for thought. The general toleration of unnecessary noise — the slamming of doors, for instance, a very unmannerly and ill-bred thing — is direct evidence that the prevailing habit of mind is dullness and lack of thought."
If noise was such an ongoing torment in the early 1800s, I can only imagine the good philosopher's reaction were he forced to endure a single week in our modern urban hellscape.
Noise pollution needs to be fought at the government level, with laws and funding provided to enact severe penalties on those who disturb our peace. This is already done in every affluent neighborhood in the country, but it needs to trickle down to the less fortunate middle and lower classes through local government action. It may seem a petty and trite thing to devote energy to, but we're talking about the mental health of millions of citizens. The fact that most people are apathetic and complacent in the face of this problem is further proof that 90% of society are a bunch of cowardly and brainless NPCs.
You can count on the government currently in power to do the opposite of whatever would benefit humanity. They know that noise keeps people stressed out, angry, and DUMB, and that is exactly why they refuse to address it with the same vigor they employ against phantoms like climate change.


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Originally posted July 18, 2016 at http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mike-schreiner/pickering-nuclear-plant_b_11051446.html
Ontario could save money, increase public safety and create jobs if it closes the Pickering Nuclear Station when its operating licence expires on Aug. 31, 2018. Yet, the Liberal government has approved plans to extend Pickering's operating life to 2024.
Pickering is already 15 years past its best before date. It's the fourth oldest nuclear station in North America and the seventh oldest nuclear station in the world. Given its age, it is not surprising that Pickering is one of the most unreliable and poorestperforming nuclear plants in North America. Or that is has the highest operating costs of any nuclear station in North America.
Best before dates are important — not only for the milk you drink but also for the nuclear plant you live by. Pickering is surrounded by over 2.2 million people who live within the 30-kilometre high-risk zone. The Liberals are rolling the dice on a nuclear station that is surrounded by more people than any nuclear plant in North America.
While it is possible to eat food past its best before date — my kids complain about my inability to waste dated food — it might not be such a great idea to gamble with the best before date of one of the largest nuclear stations in the world. This doesn't pass the sniff test.
While Kathleen Wynne chooses to gamble on Pickering, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for the closure of Indian Point nuclear station north of New York City. It's Number 2 on the nuclear population list. Governor Cuomo is putting safety first.
The Liberals argue that extending Pickering beyond its best before date is necessary to keep the lights on. Although I support utilizing nuclear facilities until their end of life date, the Liberal argument for Pickering simply doesn't add up.
The Liberals seem more interested in making the nuclear lobby happy than in making smart energy choices for the people of Ontario.
Ontario is currently selling excess electricity at a loss. Ontario's total electricity exports (22.6 billion kWh) exceeded the total output of the Pickering Nuclear Station (22.6 billion kWh) in 2015. Ontario's peak hour demand for electricity has declined by 17 per cent in the past decade.
Even if electricity demand goes up because of the Ontario's efforts to electrify the transportation system, Ontario can purchase electricity from other sources at a lower cost.
We live next door to the world's fourth largest producer of water power — Quebec. Quebec has a large and growing supply of water power available for export. On average, Quebec water power sells at one third the price of power from Pickering. Why not use this low cost source of clean power to meet possible increases in demand and to cover gaps from the anticipated temporary shut down of the Darlington Nuclear Station?
Ontario can also do more to stretch our energy dollars by investing in energy efficiency measures. The cheapest source of energy is the energy we save. According to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), large industrial energy efficiency programs save electricity at an average cost of 1.5 cents per kWh. Residential, commercial and small industrial energy efficiency programs save electricity at an average cost of 3.5 cents per kWh — far below OPG's estimate cost of power from Pickering of around nine cents per kWh.
The Liberals seem more interested in making the nuclear lobby happy than in making smart energy choices for the people of Ontario. And while I understand why the nuclear lobby would fight to protect jobs at Pickering, I believe the Liberal government has a responsibility to make energy decisions that benefit all the people of Ontario even if it means cancelling their $100,000 dinners with the premier.
Moreover, what if we could convert operating jobs at Pickering into jobs decommissioning Pickering–making the area safer for residents while establishing Ontario's expertise in the decommissioning of nuclear plants. Doing this would create 16,000 person years of employment according to a study by Torrie Smith Associates. This could establish Ontario's global expertise in decommissioning nuclear plants. With a number of nuclear plants around the world reaching their best before dates, Ontario nuclear workers could benefit from becoming the global experts in shutting down nuclear plants.
The Liberals have a choice to make — give the nuclear lobby what it wants or provide the people of Ontario with an affordable, clean electricity supply; a supply that doesn't include an old and aging Pickering Nuclear Station that is well past its best before date.


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What's new for 2014 part 8 - Multi Process Welder PowerPRO 256D
Multi Process Welder PowerPRO 256D - TIG Welder, Stick Welder & Plasma Cutter
When the Milti Process Welder PowerTIG 255EXT was initially announced, the immediate question we faced with some of our customers was "when will you release a PowerPRO TIG, STICK, Plasma version?". Initially our response was "No." We felt this might water down the line and the significance of the development in our product line. But as we thought about it, we knew it was technologically feasible and the effort to do so was not that great, so we decided to green light the development and production of the Multi Porcess Welder PowerPRO 256D. The PowerPRO 256D is a true digital TIG, Stick, and plasma unit with digital control and output of all functions. The Plasma function will improve the utility of the unit and will increase the cost by only a few hundred dollars. For people that are serious in portable repair and basic prototyping this may be a unit that you should look for. The TIG welding and Stick welding capabilities of the PowerPRO 256D are roughly equivalent to the PowerTIG 255EXT but with the added 60 amp plasma function. While this may not be a suitable unit for production welding such as the PowerTIG 255EXT, it is a great advancement in multi process design, and is something we can offer our customers if they are looking for a little more in the way of a AC/DC TIG Stick, and plasma inverter welder and cutter. The unit features the usual: 2T/4T TIG controls, Stick function with hot start and arc force adjustments, TIG pulse with the new advanced pulse feature and even a "purge" setting to clear air or argon from the line when transferring between processes.
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New Mom Must Haves
Congratulations on becoming a new mom! Bringing your new bundle of joy into this world is so exciting (and exhausting). During this new time of transition, it is important to remember to take care of yourself too. We understand that sleep is of short stature right now so we have created a list of other New Mom Must Haves to make new mom life a little easier and much more comfortable!
New Mom Comfort
Being comfortable as a new mom is extra important. You are taking time to heal and to learn your new baby. If you are in clothes that are pinching or not functional, it can be distressing. If you are breastfeeding too, you want to make sure that you have clothing to accommodate those needs! It is all fine and dandy to live without a shirt on until you have (unexpected) guests arrive. This is the time to embrace the loungewear look and find comfort and relaxation. You have the best excuse in the book for this right now!
What you will want to have:
New Mom Breastfeeding Gear
Breastfeeding is a journey within itself and it can be frustrating in the beginning as you are adjusting into new motherhood. Remember, it does not come naturally for everyone. The Mommy Wrap is here to make mom life easier, so we have a lot of knowledge aimed at breastfeeding. You will want to make sure that you have the correct clothing for breastfeeding.
What you will want to have:
New Mom Baby Carriers
A lot of new moms haven't discovered the joy of babywearing this early in their journey. They are not just for walks! Babywearing promotes closeness and bonding with your baby and also frees up your hands to help you get a little more done or so you can drink and eat without holding the baby in an awkward position. There are both carriers and wraps you can use, and which is going to be best for you is dependent upon you and your baby! You can also use the Mommy Wrap while babywearing! It is designed to wrap around you and the baby, so if it is a little chilly or you would like a little extra support, the Mommy Wrap is perfect. If babywearing isn't for you, the Mommy Wrap also is a great alternative. It is not designed to be hands-free like the carriers but you are able to spare up a hand and have more freedom and mobility.
New Mom Care
When you transition into the role of new mom, it is easy to put yourself on the backburner. In order for you to be able to play this role fully, you need to take care of yourself! This is the time to call in your support to help you with tasks such as cleaning, cooking, showering, and sleeping. Even if you can borrow someone for 30 minutes, that can give you just enough rest to pull yourself together.
New Mom Life
Becoming a new mom is a huge transition but you will make it through! We hope that our list of New Mom Must Haves will bring ease to your life and give you a little extra support on this beautiful journey.
Connect with us!Do you love our list or think that you have some other must have items? Let us know!
Self care for many moms seems like a far fetched idea but it is possible to fit in! It is time that you put yourself first instead of on the backburner. In order for you to be the best mom, you need to take care of yourself. Here are some great ways you can treat yourself to self care while you have a baby with you!


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Buty Jordan Sklep has officially entitled the pop-ups/experiences 'a cultural destination and learning environment for the advancement of sport, design, and innovation' which will be held at the NikeLab 21M in New York from September 6th-8th and at NikeLab 1948 LDN and DSM in London from September 14-17. More than likely both experiences will be granting those in attendance an opportunity to partake in purchasing your desired silhouettes from 'The Ten' Collection, so why not sign up?
Not only,Buty Jordan Damskie is adidas featuring the two in their latest Fall/Winter lookbook, the Three Stripes has officially launched a concert series featuring Danny Brown, Angel Haze, and Jay Daniel surrounding their adidas Equipment collection. adidas planned to host four EQT 'Essentialism' concerts throughout the month of August kicked off by a Miami show and followed by stops in Atlanta, Detroit, and Chicago, all of which are free. That's right free of charge to enter...
One of the norms Barato Air Max Venta doesn't seem to be a big fan of is that of lacing big names in your shoes for free. It doesn't even matter if you are, say, number 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz. The man behind Big Baller Brand made it clear that if Fultz was interested in the Lonzo 2.0, he's gotta go and buy them "like everybody else." Clearly, he isn't interested in endorsing any one outside of his kids.


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Spanish Wines Win Hundreds of Medals at Decanter World Wine Awards
The winners of the Decanter World Wine Awards have officially been announced! These prestigious accolades, which are now in their 16th edition, are one of the biggest and most influential competitions in the industry. Winners are selected in the following categories: Best in Show, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze, and this year, Spain performed especially well.
It had 8 wines in the Best in Show category, one of which scored a 98 out of 100 points: Almacenista Antonio Caballero y Sobrinas del Castillo, and the remainder received 97 points: La Fillaboa 1898 Albariño, Les Ones Samsó, Coto de Imaz, 30 Years Old VORS, Nobre Treixadura, and Grans Muralles.
There were 20 wines in the platinum category, 3 of which scored 98 points, among them Tio Pepe Tres Palmas and Celler Batlle Brut. Other wines, with 97 points, included Palacio de Primavera, El Cel, Una Palma, and Yaso Matteria Tinta de Toro.
Forty-two Spanish wines received a gold medal, with scores of 95 and 96. This included 42 by Eneko Atxa, Nivia, Teixar Garnatxa Vella, Cerro Las Cuevas, Pico de Luyas, and Sed de Caná.
An impressive 378 wines took home a silver medal, among them Petit Verdot, 200 Cestos Godello, Rayuelo, Les Terrasses, Parcela 15, Roble, Camino de Seda, and Laders del Norte.
And 966 Spanish wines took home a bronze medal, such as Targum, Darila M-100, Kripta Brut Nature, Lastra Riserva, Baron Amarillo, Navamarin, Bruant Brut Nature, Rabia Petit Verdot, and 61 Dorado Verdejo-Palomino.


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Photo: Maria Koell
Dear friends of music and art,
This is, unfortunately, already the finissage of the beautiful exhibition "Over the Lotus Sea" by Dao Droste. Enjoy the elegant and soothing art of this great artist. Perhaps you will also find a painting or sculpture from which you no longer want to part …? On this day, you have the opportunity to learn about these works of art first hand because the artist will be present!
On this occasion there is of course also a great concert! Recently we had the gifted guitarist Rasmus Vamos Fecher with us in the music studio. This time, his teacher will be heard here and we will get into the special listening pleasure of Latin American guitar music.
Alexander Sergei Ramirez will present his new program "Leyendas de America Latina":
Saturday, 24th of June 2017
5 pm
Blücherstraße 14
53115 Bonn
Pedro Ximenez-Tirado (1780-1856)
"The Rossini of Latin America"
Agustin Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944)
"The Paganini from the jungles of Paraguay"
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
"The single most significant creative figure from Latin America"
Entry: 15,-€ / 10,-€ red.
By filling in the fields below, you can conveniently reserve your tickets:
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Alexander-Sergei Ramírez was born in Lima, Peru into an artist family. He studied with Prof. M. Kersting and Pepe Romero, Spain and USA among others.
He has also performed as a soloist in orchestral concerts (including the National Orchestra of the Belgians, the Latvian National Orchestra, the Winterthur Conservatory).
Important performances, among others, were at the Salzburg Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Musikfestival, the Kammermusikfestival "Spannung" in the Kraftwerk Heimbach, Istanbul Music Festival, "Schubertiade", Roskilde.
His CDs, published worldwide by DENON and DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, were enthusiastically reviewed by the international trade press.
Ramirez, a professor at the Robert-Schumann University of Duesseldorf, is a regular guest at the International Guitar Festival, gives master classes worldwide and is a jury member of international guitar competitions.
I'm looking forward to your visit!
Gabriele Paqué
Note on parking!
Parking spots in Bonn-Poppelsdorf, about a 10 minutes walk from the Blücherstraße!
Now, the music studio is taking a summer break. We wish you a lot of fun in the summer and hope to see you again in September at the exhibition of the artist Maria Dierker with her nature-bound art!
The gallery is open on saturdays between 14 and 18 o'clock.
After telephonic agreement the gallery can also be visited at other times.
Blücherstr. 14, 53115 Bonn
Phone: 0228-41076755


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Not knowing what other posts to write in between my normal blogging features, I was scouring Blogtober posts for inspiration and came across this idea over on Library Looter. I think they were actually in charge for providing prompts for Blogtober, and I wish I could have come across it a few weeks ago because… Continue reading What Were You Reading This Time Last Year?
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Review: The Familiars
Stats: Title - The FamiliarsAuthor - Stacey HallsGenre - Adult Historical FictionFormat - HardbackStyle - ProseStandalone/series - StandalonePage count - 416 pagesDate of Publication - 7th February 2019 Warning - there is the possibility of minor spoilers regarding the history of The Pendle Witch Trials. It is 1612 and society is all ablaze with fear.… Continue reading Review: The Familiars
January to April Pre-Orders.
Hello. Welcome to what is me wincing and feeling excited all at the same time because there are too many great looking and sounding books coming out in the next few months. To say I'm hyped for all of them is quite an understatement. I'm squealing! As there are quite a few books to get… Continue reading January to April Pre-Orders.
My Witch To-Be Read Pile
Hello! I have an odd post today because it is a TBR post and I don't usually do these! The main reason being that I am a mood reader through and through and I cannot stick to TBRs. That's just the way it is. However I do have a TBR the length of my arm… Continue reading My Witch To-Be Read Pile
Library Pick #1: The Lost Book of Salem
The only thing to do when you have zero motivation to write, already finished cramming books onto a full bookshelf, and can't focus on much else due to a headache, is walk down to the village library and be engulfed in all the fictional magic just waiting to be awoken. The Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Historical Fiction… Continue reading Library Pick #1: The Lost Book of Salem
February Reads
Does anyone else feel that February seems to pass quickly compared to quite a lot of months, and not just because it is the shortest month of the year? It's crazy! I don't think it helps that Easter is super early this year, because then mine and my sister's birthdays will only be around the… Continue reading February Reads


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April 29, 2016 by Robert Franklin, Esq, Member, National Board of Directors, National Parents Organization
In 2014, 110 prominent scientists from all over the world leant their names to Dr. Richard Warshak's summary of the established science regarding child well-being and parenting time following the parents' divorce or separation. Since then, that science has only increased in scale and persuasiveness. In his latest paper, Warshak reprises the recommendations of the 2014 consensus report.
One axiom never addressed by those who would come between a child and its father is that fathers are universally applauded for their hands-on parenting. That's because children tend strongly to do better with two involved parents than with one. So why is that a good thing during marriage but a bad thing afterward? Opponents of shared parenting never explain. Warshak states the obvious.
Just as we encourage parents in intact families to share care of their children, we believe that the social science evidence on the development of healthy parent-child relationships, and the longterm benefits of healthy parent-child relationships, supports the view that shared parenting should be the norm for parenting plans for children of all ages, including very young children.
Needless to say, not all parents are capable of shared parenting. Indeed, some parents aren't capable of any kind; some are unfit for the job. Family court judges need to sort out those from the overwhelming majority of parents who are both fit and willing to care for their kids.
Young children's interests benefit when two adequate parents follow a parenting plan that provides their children with balanced and meaningful contact with each parent while avoiding a template that calls for a specific division of time imposed on all families.
That recommendation, like so much of the consensus report is aimed squarely at correcting some of the misinformation bandied about by opponents of shared parenting when faced with a bill before a state legislature that seeks to give kids meaningful relationships with each parent. Their claim is that, in some way, shared parenting bills impose a "one-size-fits-all" on children, parents and judges. That claim is simply untrue. I have read countless shared parenting bills in many different states and nations and not one has ever attempted to deprive judges of the discretion to order shared parenting, sole parenting, primary parenting/visitation or to allow parents to fashion their own parenting plan. Not one. That of course is just common sense, but time and again the red herring argument is made.
Then there's the issue of children's attachment. Typically, children form attachments to both parents and it is this vital emotional/psychological connection that family courts routinely break when the parents divorce. That is bad for kids. Shared parenting seeks to maintain those attachments and therefore diminish the trauma children suffer when their parents split up.
In general the results of the studies reviewed in this document are favorable to parenting plans that more evenly balance young children's time between two homes. Child developmental theory and data show that babies normally form attachments to both parents and that a parent's absence for long periods of time jeopardizes the security of these attachments. Evidence regarding the amount of parenting time in intact families and regarding the impact of daycare demonstrates that spending half time with infants and toddlers is more than sufficient to support children's needs. Thus, to maximize children's chances of having good and secure relationships with each parent, we encourage both parents to maximize the time they spend with their children. Parents have no reason to worry if they share parenting time up to 50/50 when this is compatible with the logistics of each parent's schedule.
By contrast with shared parenting, existing parenting time orders that marginalize one parent in the lives of their children exacerbate the trauma of divorce.
Parenting plans that provide children with contact no more than six days per month with a parent, and require the children to wait more than a week between contacts, tax the parent-child relationships. This type of limited access schedule risks compromising the foundation of the parent-child bond. It deprives children of the type of relationship and contact that most children want with both parents. The research supports the growing trend of statutory law and case law that encourages maximizing children's time with both parents. This may be even more important for young children in order to lay a strong foundation for their relationships with their fathers and to foster security in those relationships.
And shared parenting should begin early in the child's life. Again, there's no evidence to support the claim that children's overnights with one parent should be strictly limited.
There is no evidence to support postponing the introduction of regular and frequent involvement, including overnights, of both parents with their babies and toddlers. Maintaining children's attachment relationships with each parent is an important consideration when developing parenting plans. The likelihood of maintaining these relationships is maximized by reducing the lengths of separations between children and each parent and by providing adequate parenting time for each parent. Such arrangements allow each parent to learn about the child's individual needs and to hone parenting skills most appropriate for each developmental period.
Shared parenting is best for kids in all but fairly unusual circumstances. Some parents shouldn't have kids at all, but that's no excuse for depriving the rest of kids of one of the two most important people in their lives.
Our recommendations apply in normal circumstances, for most children with most parents. The fact that some parents are negligent, abusive, or grossly deficient in their parenting—parents whose children would need protection from them even in intact families—should not be used to deprive the majority of children who were being raised by two loving parents from continuing to have that care after their parents separate.
Those are the opinions of 110 of the most respected and accomplished scientists working in this field. Shared parenting bills before state legislatures generally keep close to the recommendations of the consensus report, as they should. It's far past time that opponents get out of the way and allow needed progress to be made.
National Parents Organization is a Shared Parenting Organization
National Parents Organization is a non-profit that educates the public, families, educators, and legislators about the importance of shared parenting and how it can reduce conflict in children, parents, and extended families. Along with Shared Parenting we advocate for fair Child Support and Alimony Legislation. Want to get involved? Here's how:
- Become an official member of the National Parents Organization team.
- Join our Facebook Page.
Together, we can drive home the family, child development, social and national benefits of shared parenting, and fair child support and alimony. Thank you for your activism.
#sharedparenting, #Dr.RichardWarshak, #child'sbestinterests


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The decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to remove Farooq Sattar as the Convenor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) comes as a shock to many for several reasons.
In light of the Constitution of Pakistan, each political party has the right to decide how it wishes to be governed. However in the case of a breakdown in functioning as severe as this, the ECP can be called into arbitrate in the light of the party's own constitution and procedures. After no resolution of the MQM's power struggle seemed apparent, the ECP declared the intra-party election null and void.
While Dr Farooq Sattar railed against the decision, calling it "managed", the verdict was on the cards. He had lost support of the majority of Rabita Committee and couldn't muster the numbers to keep himself in the position of Convener. The veritable mutiny by party members was certainly the result of political machinations, but the verdict stands relatively justified
What becomes of the MQM, its vast voter base of urban Karachites, and its various splinter groups, is anybody's guess. The decision has now steered the party – what remains of it - into a completely new direction, where the policies that it will adopt need to be thought out from scratch. It is going to be interesting to see which side they will choose to align themselves with. Both sides at this point, the government and the opposition, need to shore up support in Karachi and will be avidly watching the fallout to pick up the pieces for themselves.
It is difficult to see the party regaining lost ground and emerging as a powerful force in Sindh politics before the next elections. The large urban voter base, and the problems faced by historic Muhajirs in the province still remain as they were.


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Faster is the preferred speed in most contexts these days. Businesses actively hope for faster payments, and the variety of cash flow management options they open up. Consumers may want to linger longer over their dinner or coffee, but when it comes time to pay the tab, they'd rather tap and go than wait around when dining is done. But, of course, the need for speed in payments and commerce means security has to get faster, too, not to mention smarter.
83: Number of countries (out of 129) ranked as being at "significant" risk for money laundering and terrorist financing.
70 percent: Share of businesses that say they would benefit from real-time payments capabilities.
59 percent: Share of businesses that report real-time payments would improve their cash flow and certainty.
13 percent: Share of Starbucks orders that come in via mobile order-ahead.
1.5 years - 2 years: The amount of time that fraud-fighting AI needs to be trained before it can reliably spot and stop threats.


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Valve has approved its first videogame featuring full pornographic content. Negligee: Love Stories gets the honor of being the first "uncensored" game announced for Steam. You need to be logged in to Steam and you must opt-in to "Adult Only Sexual Content" on your preferences page to view the not-safe-for-work entries. While sexually explicit games were available on Steam before, the games were sold in a manner that forced buyers to download a separate set of files via the developers or fans sites to enable the naughty bits. Alternately, games like Ladykiller in a Bind offered erotica that skirted between the lines of mature content and pornography by tempering their visuals. Following a wave of game delistings and fan outcry in June, Valve admitted that changes were needed. With this latest move, developers like Dharker Studios may now be able to sell their wares in an uncensored manner.


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New Odyssey will Appear on the Market this Evening
Honda new Odyssey will be launched August 7th and they will provide five car models for customers. The official is going to publish the selling price of new odyssey this evening 19:56-21:30 and we get some information that the price will be higher than ¥220.000.
The appearance of Honda new odyssey continues the Japanese car model design and compared to the exist one, new one is more reliable robust and prone to business style. The front face of new odyssey adopts much decoration of chrome panel. The design of headlight group is slender and fog light tends to round while front bumper kit is more sporty. As for tail part,the taillight group echo to headlight and also decoration of chrome panel between taillights.
Fuzik products GPS Tracker with Android/IOS Iphone App is compatible with Honda new Odyssey.
Smart Key (Keyless Entry system) and Push Start & Remote Start System have already successfully been adopted with most of Honda new Odyssey, and the specialized cable is supplied.
Smart Start Master Android/IOS iPhone Apps are also compatible with Honda new Odyssey. It supply SMS/GSM smart phone control and management, Smart Start Master is integrated with GPS Tracker and Push Start System.
Especially, the Can-Bus Push Start & Remote Start System has already been released. The Window Closer has also been released.


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Is it possible to updating the binaries of a Brain without having to upload/download it via Pac terminal or Pac control?
We would like to make automatic updates of a Brain via our own application communicating with the Brain via MMP. Would be nice if it was possible to say FTP a new CDF and then restart the PLC via MMP command.
Please bear with me if this topic has already been discussed; I have tried searching the forum but the search method seems broken.


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Seattle is probably the third or fourth most enthusiastic market for EVs in North America, so it's not surprising that the dealerships here don't negotiate very hard. I've seen some bizzare price inflation with one dealer, had one try their best to cheat me just on principle, and had another sell the car I wanted the day it arrived on the lot. I've been watching the Cars.com inventory of Focus Electric fluctuate, dropping by 4 or 5 cars every weekend then picking up during the week as new ones arrive. It currently stands at 42 within 100 miles of home.
I can't bring myself to buy a car at sticker price. It's always a negotiating process, and it's hard to deal with the pressure tactics and intentionally confusing documentation. If a car dealership is going to play hardball, I'm going to get some discount out of that game.
So I headed south and made a deal with Courtesy Ford in Portland, OR.
My bullshit detector was highly calibrated from my adventures with local dealers, so I pushed very hard on Courtesy Ford to put all their verbal promises in writing, and to explain in detail every number they used in calculating the lease. I maintained from the beginning that I would not sign any contract I didn't understand.
Even though their standard forms and processes leave a little to be desired, they did come through with a good discount and they certainly earned their $75 documentation handling fee… they probably spent $50 in UPS charges to get the lease paperwork signed before the end of the month.
So it's almost a done deal; the paperwork is signed and delivered, and I'll make the down payment today. It's already been added to my insurance, and I bought a bus ticket to Portland.
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Blogger, entrepreneur and proud mum Ascia Al Faraj is taking the fashion world by storm. With over two million followers watching her every sartorial move on social media, the Kuwaiti icon is known for her modest fashion that she styles in a very modern way.
And now the 28-year old Instagram star adds 'fashion designer' to her ever-growing resume as she announced her collaboration with luxury fashion house Aigner. Together with the brand's creative director Christian Alexander Beck, the duo designed the everyday bag that is sure to top all your gifting wish-lists.
Aigner's creative direcotr Christian Alexander Beck
"Two years ago when I met Ascia at our showroom in Milan during my preparations for the fashion show I thought right from the start that I want to work with her one day," Aigner's creative director explains. "She is an inspiration, keeping traditions alive yet being open-minded towards modern ideas. That's Ascia, and that's AIGNER. A perfect match!"
The bag, which is a revamp of the Munich-based label's classic Genoveva, is a nod to Ascia's penchant for practical fashion and is aptly named the Ascia Bag.
"I am so excited to work with Aigner and Christian on this new collaboration," says Ascia on the partnership with the brand. "The Genoveva Bag is so versatile and I had so much fun playing around with the colours and patterns. The bag is a perfect reflection of my style and Aigner's craftsmanship. I cannot wait for the bag to hit the stores."
Kuwaiti blogger Ascia carries her eponymous handbag
This is the leather goods company's first collaboration in the Middle East. The limited edition Ascia bag will be available in-stores from mid-January 2018 for Dhs3,425 (KD 280 in Kuwait, SAR 3,495 in Saudi Arabia and BD 350 in Bahrain).
Two brands whose principles are built on sophistication and class, we think this was a sartorial match made in heaven.


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Accompanying Elder Cook were his wife, Mary, and other Church leaders and their wives: Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy, Bishop Keith B. McMullin of the Presiding Bishopric, and members of the Pacific Area Presidency—Elder James J. Hamula, Elder Kevin W. Pearson, and Elder F. Michael Watson of the Seventy.
Following a visit to Sydney, Australia, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles traveled to meet with members, missionaries, and local officials in Christchurch, New Zealand, and in Melbourne and Auckland in Australia.
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When the Allmans were the opening act
On Feb. 14, 1970, a group of guys from Georgia, after getting lost in lower Manhattan, opened up for Love and The Grateful Dead at the Fillmore East. They wouldn't be relegated to opening act status too often after this show. Duane would have turned 64 yesterday yesterday.
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Red Sox owner John Henry says he thinks Yawkey Way should be renamed.
4 Yawkey Way is the address of Fenway Park. Yawkey Way is closed down during home games, and you need a ticket to even walk down the street. Tom Yawkey, a well known racist, was the owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1933-1976. The Boston Red Sox was the very last Major League Baseball team to integrate in 1959.


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Through its DFA Cares Foundation, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by dairy farm families across the U.S., is making good use of Northeast Area milk this holiday season. The Cooperative is delivering four truckloads of milk, which will be processed into more than 21,000 pounds of cheese, for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in Harrisburg, Pa. The total donation will help provide cheese for more than 168,000 people based on a typical serving size of two ounces.
The first load of milk was delivered to Amish cheesemaker Oak Shade Cheese in Kirkwood, Pa., on Friday, November 23. Three additional truckloads of milk are planned for delivery in late December. All the milk will be made into cheese and sent to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank at a later date.
"As farmers, we work hard every day to help produce nutrient-rich dairy for individuals and families in our local communities," says Jason Martin, a dairy farmer from Pequea, Pa., and a Mount Joy Cooperative member, which markets its milk through DFA. "It's an honor to support this effort and help provide food for people throughout Pennsylvania who are facing tough times and struggling with hunger."
Serving 27 counties, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is the largest non-profit food distribution organization in central Pennsylvania. The food bank provides food to more than 1,000 partner agencies, such as food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters that directly serve people struggling with hunger. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank distributes more than 48 million pounds of food and grocery products, which is equivalent to 40 million meals every year.
"Dairy products, like cheese, are rarely donated, due to the perishability," says Joe Arthur, executive director at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. "With this donation, we can help provide our clients and families with not only a food that they enjoy eating, but also one that provides nutritional benefits like calcium, protein and other nutrients."
The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank donation was made possible through the DFA Cares Foundation, which was established in 2005 as a nonprofit charitable organization. Through the DFA Cares Foundation, DFA provides disaster relief via product and monetary donations, invests in the future of the industry by providing scholarships to students pursuing careers in dairy and donates nutritious dairy and food products to those in need.
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"[Soros taught me] it's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong." – Stanley Druckenmiller.
The conventional wisdom a typical investment advisor will say, "Diversify your risks. Your portfolio should be divided among equities, bonds and cash."
However, what irks me the most is when it is mentioned that to have higher return equates to taking on higher risks. Equities carry higher risk than bonds. Therefore, it is important to diversify your portfolio among the various investments of the various risk levels. This logic cannot be more flawed; diversification for its own sake is not at all sensible.
As an investor, my key tasks are capital allocation based on the expectancy of your return on invested capital and more importantly, risk reduction.
The best investors such as Warren Buffett are terrific risk managers. To George Soros, success in investment comes from "preservation of capital and home runs."
Diversification may minimize risk, but at the same time, it can have an adverse side effect on profit potential. Having too many holdings can assure that even a spectacular gain in one holding will have a diluted effect on your portfolio value.
Concentration in a small number of investments will make a difference. Concentration results from the way an investor approaches and selects his investments. In this way, opportunity cost is considered. After all, the top 5 stock ideas are likely to generate a higher returns than the 50th stock idea on the list. Therefore, when you have tremendous conviction on a trade and when the opportunity presents itself, make sure you go for it to make a real difference to your wealth.
However, there are no guarantees, and even the best investors makes mistakes. But the idea is to approach diversification based on your assessments on the risks they entail and the expectancy of your return on invested capital rather than allocating capital in many different investments you own for the sake of it.
"Diversification is a protection against ignorance. [It] makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing." – Warren Buffett
Think about this for a moment:
Compare two portfolios. The first portfolio is diversified among 100 different stocks; the second portfolio is much more concentrated, with just 10 stocks.
Now if one of the stocks in the first portfolio doubles in price, the portfolio value rises just 1%. However, the same stock in the second portfolio will cause the portfolio value to rise 10%.
Now what you think is easier to do?
– identify one stock that is likely to double in price;
– identify 20 stocks that are likely to double?
An investor that knows a lot about a few investment holdings will be better off than knowing only a little about a long list of holdings.
The reality is that when you look at those who achieve the greatest wealth, almost none of them ever diversify, or at least throughout most of their years. Imagine if Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, or Jeff Bezos diversifying into the S&P 500 after their companies' IPO, they'd probably have a fraction of the wealth they do today.
"I can't be involved in 50 or 75 things. That's a Noah's ark way of investing – you end up with a zoo that way. I like to put meaningful amounts of money in a few things." – Warren Buffett


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PICTURES: Rare mushrooms discovered at Tyntesfield
PUBLISHED: 13:00 29 September 2019
A National Trust site has enjoyed a record month for sightings of different varieties of mushroom.
The North Somerset and Bristol Fungus group meets monthly at Tyntesfield House to conduct an audit across the estate.
The group believes August's extensive rainfall led to a good number of the fruiting bodies on the estate.
Its August foray uncovered 73 different species of mushroom, the most species identified since 2017, including the highly-toxic death cap mushroom.
Since the turn of the year, six species new to Tyntesfield have been recorded, as well as one which has not been seen since 2008.
Darren Mait, area ranger for Tyntesfield, sees the discovery as a positive indication of the estate's work with nature.
He said: "Without the group's expert knowledge, many of the rare species found would go unnoticed.
"The diversity of mushrooms at Tyntesfield is a great sign to the health of the land."
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Planning an anniversary getaway? Consider one of these six beautiful destinations.
1. Cook Islands, South Pacific
2. Nevis, Caribbean
3. Koh Yao Noi, Thailand
4. Choice of 300 islands, Fiji
5. Bali
6. Cebu, Philippines
Pictures for each location and detailed descriptions of the land, activities, and more are highlighted in the following article.
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Cook Islands, South Pacific
They say it's like Hawaii was over 50 years ago – raw beauty and untouched charm – but with all the modern conveniences you've come to expect. That's the Cook Islands!
For the adventurous – and isn't love an adventure! – you can embark on the 3 to 4-hour hike from the northern to southern coast in Rarotonga. Just like traveling through life, the trek can get dangerous if you veer off course. However, don't despair! Follow the path that many others have walked before you and you will be rewarded with many breathtaking vistas and memories along the way.
If you love snorkeling and stunning coral lagoons, then Aitutaki is your destination. Because many refer to this as Honeymoon Island you are sure to leave with your love fires turned up a few notches.
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Nevis, Caribbean
Back to Eden. Life began in a lush, tropical jungle and your romance can be rekindled when you surround yourself with beautiful vacation islands rich with the natural beauty, and heavenly scents, of a place like no other. Let the sounds of crashing waves and the cool breeze coming off the ocean carry you away to the past…where your love first began.
Nevis is home to old sugar plantations that have been tastefully re-purposed into one of a kind accommodations. Pedal through this paradise by mountain bike. After a dinner served fresh from the sea and local farms, stroll along a moonlit beach and enjoy the unique boutique hotels that are built with style and art that even the non-art enthusiast will enjoy. In the tropics, everything is appreciated just a little more.
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Koh Yao Noi, Thailand
Halfway between Phuket and Krabi lies a quiet haven for visitors . It's an island paradise surrounded by rich coral reefs submerged in milky blue waters and beach-hut complexes where you can be pampered. Koh Yao Noi, Thailand is where the rainbow ends and paradise begins. Neighboring islands may be crowded with big resorts and nightlife; yours may be the only footprints on the pristine beaches of this less-visited, more intimate island. Perfect for a vacation for your wedding anniversary.
Accommodations and bars are available with hosts ready to serve with beautiful silk dresses and warm smiles, although in a less frenetic atmosphere than other resorts. There are plenty of things to do in Koh Yao Noi. Bike around the island, stretch out with some yoga, dive in the island waters or indulge in an open air shower on your private courtyard as you take in the simple beauty of your remote island vacations.
Be sure to taste the local cuisine like pad thai and banana roti. And if you can tear yourself away from the hammock, explore the island by scooter, kayak, or rent a longtail for the day.
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Choice of 300 islands, Fiji
A list of romantic anniversary vacations would not be complete without mentioning Fiji. Your choices range from all-inclusive options like Turtle Island with their beach villas and private beaches to your own "mini" private island in Vomo with its 5-star accommodations.
The "real world" will seem to be a world away…perfect for romantic anniversary vacations. You can relax and read a romantic novel, jump into the crystal clear waters for some diving, play golf, or ride horses along endless beaches. The choice is yours!
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Affordable, romantic luxury…is it possible? Places like Tanadewa will indulge you with the luxury of the gods, while the infinity pools along Batu Belig Beach will inspire you to gaze out into your future and dream about what it holds. In fact, vow renewals can be arranged in places like Berry Amour Romantic Villas.
Enjoy activities of your choice such as couples yoga, daily high tea, candlelit dinners, and pools and spas filled with flowers. It's easy to remember why you started on your romantic journey when you take the time to nourish your souls together.
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Cebu, Philippines
Sugary white sand beaches and clear waters are the first thing you notice on this affordable romantic escape. Next, you'll notice a wide range of romantic hotels…over 300 to choose from ranging from resorts to more intimate locations.
At the Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa you can take a garden tour or relax with a spa date. Because Cebu, the Queen City of the South, was the first Spanish settlement there is lots of history to explore. It's home to Basilica Menor del Santo Nino, the oldest Catholic Church in the Philippines. But history isn't all there is to enjoy. You can snorkel, explore the area and take the time to remember how life is supposed to feel.
There are many tropical getaways to choose from for romantic anniversary vacations. Whether it's a once in a lifetime island paradise escape, or a way to enrich your love every year, these islands offer a great setting for romance.
Written By: Riya Sander. About the author: Riya is an inspired writer. She loves traveling, cooking, crafting and yes! sipping a good coffee. Follow her on Twitter .


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ATWATER VILLAGE (CBSLA.com) — Atwater Village merchants said they were fed up with the stinky messes left by the homeless in their neighborhood.
Peachy Mahapol, who works at a Thai restaurant on Fletcher Drive, said he and his neighbors have had to clean up human waste left outside their businesses nearly everyday for the past three weeks.
"It smells so bad. We think that it's just a dog because we don't think it's going to be the human because who going to do that? So disgusting," Mahapol said.
But then toilet paper started showing up with some of the messes.
Sita Patel is a chef at an Indian restaurant that has been spared so far. But it is just a matter of time, she said.
"My staff would quit. I can't even imagine going to my dishwasher and saying: Please! Somebody just peed outside. Can you put some soap and water out there?" Patel said.
The Los Angeles Police Department said it was aware of the problem and could cite offenders if they are caught in the act.
The homeless population has grown dramatically in the Atwater Village area, according to police.
Many live along the Los Angeles River, which is only a few blocks away from the restaurants and shops.
Police said officers often try to convince the homeless to leave the area and go to shelters. Apparently, not many had taken that advice.
Mahapol said he worried the stinky problem could hurt business if it continues.
"We clean it up before we open the restaurant so the customer doesn't see it. But the smell is still here," he said.


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