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Increasingly concerned that veteran Montrae Holland won't be the answer at right guard in 2011, the Cowboys have begun re-working their offensive line as training camp ends here in San Antonio after this afternoon's final padded practice at The Alamodome. Yesterday the Cowboys switched vete ... More >>
10. Total attendance at camp will soar over 90,000 after this afternoon's final open-to-the-public practice. The Cowboys have issued 279 media credentials for camp and on Monday Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings attended practice. The Cowboys' contract with the City of San Antonio is up after ... More >>
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After an epic swing and miss at the NFL's No. 1 free agent, the Cowboys are off and crawling at training camp.
10. To accommodate the veterans who will practice with the team for the first time tonight and to give those fans who get off work later a chance to see their 'Boys, the team has moved its 2:30-5:30 practice this afternoon to 6:30-9:30 tonight at The Alamodome. Players like Doug Free an ... More >>
This is what happens when, for the first time in a long time, the Cowboys have no sexy new faces at training camp. Seems every player Dallas signs has already played with Dallas. The hottest topic in San Antonio is ... Tony Romo Dez Bryant Jay Ratliff's weight the Dallas heat. Non-stories ar ... More >>
10. Impressed yesterday that -- on a players day off -- 6th-round draft choice and receiver Dwayne Harris was running sprints and routes. All by his lonesome. 9. Mat McBriar isn't exactly Rob Ryan, but he's departing pudgy and heading toward fat. McBriar pulled his hamstring running in ... More >>
10. Per the new collective bargaining agreement, the Cowboys are tweaking their San Antonio schedule. Today's padded practice ends at 4:15 p.m. instead of 5:30. Off day is moved from Wednesday to tomorrow. Plan accordingly. 9. Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan keeps calling cornerba ... More >>
Tiffany DerryThe Dallas Association of Young Lawyers hosts its third annual Food for Thought on Saturday at The Tower Club, where guests can buy goodies in the silent and live auctions and sample fare from a number of top-notch local chefs and restaurants. The event is a benefit for Big Thou ... More >>
For those who found this morning's paper particularly dissatisfying, here are some other Sunday stories with that taste particularly local:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution begins its "Atlanta Forward" series this morning by comparing and contrasting that city with ours, a not-uncommon occurrence, ... More >>
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I know one practice doesn't make a career and, as Bill Parcells says, let's hold off on shipping that bust to Canton, but Cowboys' first-round draft pick Tyron Smith looks like a beast ... More >>
10. Was it just me and Fox 4's Mike Doocy, or was owner Jerry Jones choking up a bit yesterday when talking about the voyage that was lockout negotiations? "We took the boat out into a perfect storm and got the boat back home." The older he gets, the more sentimental and emotional Jerry get ... More >>
Well, are you ready for some?Arrived in San Antonio this morning and will attend owner Jerry Jones' State of the Franchise press conference at 3 p.m. in The Alamodome. (After an off-season of relative silence and so many topics to cover, this baby could go 90 minutes.) In the post-lockout ... More >>
Lyle Leong, the newest CowboyWith their first practice in San Antonio's Alamodome in about 48 hours, the Cowboys are scrambling to piece together a roster. The first step in that process is signing undrafted free agents, which can begin today per the post-lockout NFL rules. Who ... More >>
I'll never forget the image. It was 2009 and your Cowboys were holding their afternoon training camp practice at San Antonio's Alamodome. In shorts. The pace and feel of coach Wade Phillips' camp mimicked that of a leisurely picnic kicking off a weekend 10-year high school reu ... More >>
While we await word of court dates in DeShawn Stevenson's Irving arrest and shrug at yet another blemish on the record of former Texas running back Cedric Benson, some TCU football players and a former Dallas Cowboy were arrested over the weekend in Dallas. According to Dallas police, former ... More >>
It was already a bad week for Dez Bryant, after former mentor Deion Sanders reiterated that he is severing ties with the firebrand Cowboys' receiver. Now Bryant is on the verge of more legal trouble after standing up a New Jersey memorabilia show. According to organizers of the Collectors ... More >>
Via.Well, this is certainly odd timing: Only a few hours after flashing back to that Dallas Times Herald gimme featuring Spider-Man and Danny White, Your Dallas Cowboys have announced a partnership with Marvel Entertainment. As in:Through an agreement that enables the Dallas Cowboys to license Ma ... More >>
Via.Shortly after we recalled Bruce Springsteen's rock-and-roll down an Oak Cliff bowling alley -- almost moments after -- news broke that Clarence Clemons had died from complications caused by a stroke suffered a few days earlier. At which point I cued up the '84 Reunion stop and remembered-when ... More >>
More than Tony Romo, Jason Witten and, yes, Mat McBriar, the most valuable Cowboy is DeMarcus Ware.Drafted 11th overall in '05, the outside linebacker has led Dallas in sacks in all five of his seasons and is the only player in the NFL with at least 10 quarterback traps in each of the last four y ... More >>
Great. But is it the greatest? When Dirk Nowitzki accessorized his lefty layup in the final minute with private tears of joy and accomplishment last Sunday night in Miami, the Dallas Mavericks symbolically threw Don Carter's 10-gallon hat in the ring. After years of sheepishly having B ... More >>
Last we heard from two-time Grammy-winning, Dallas-based sibling production duo Play-N-Skillz, they were taking over the world with their David Guetta collaboration, "Where Dem Girls At?" and prepping the release of an upcoming EP called Alter Egos. Turns out they had something else to do first -- ... More >>
If there's less post-draft buzz than usual, it's because the Cowboys for once went substance over style.
Not a secret in media circles that Tony Romo has long planned on marrying fiancee Candice Crawford at historic Arlington Hall in Dallas on May 28. Today TMZ is making a huge deal out of it. Guess it's a good time to peek at the actual wedding announcement. We know Candice is a gorgeous woma ... More >>
10. The pick of Southern Cal offensive lineman Tyron Smith isn't sexy, but it's savvy. Thumbs up. And he says he doesn't like jewelry. Two thumbs up. 9. Fifth-rounder and former Cedar Hill star Josh Thomas is physical and a good tackler in the secondary, but you wonder about a four-year ... More >>
Tyron Smith: The next Dallas Cowboy?The Cowboys need help at safety. Their 2010 pass defense was the worst in the 50-year history of the storied franchise and two culprits were Gerald Sensabaugh and Alan Ball. Problem: The Cowboys won't take a safety with the 9th pick in tonight's NFL Draf ... More >>
As much as we'd all like to hear it, NFL commish Roger Goodell isn't going to finish that sentence with "Patrick Peterson. Cornerback. LSU."That's because Peterson will likely be taken in the top seven picks of Thursday night's NFL Draft, and Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said yes ... More >>
Was talking to Cowboys' long-snapper L.P. Ladouceur yesterday when the news broke: "Judge Susan Nelson rules for players. Lockout to be lifted."Him: "What does that mean? We're back to work tomorrow?"Me: "Um, I'm not sure." At the time -- as usual -- I felt like an uninformed dork, clueless t ... More >>
While the NFL lockout storms toward mediation, the Dallas Cowboys are proceeding with business as usual.At least when it comes to business. Season-ticket holders this month were mailed invoices for the 2011 season, requiring balances paid in full by May 1. The bill comes with a caveat, o ... More >>
Saturday afternoon's screening of Cooper & The Castle Hills Gang at NorthPark Center, among the handful of family-friendly offerings at the Dallas International Film Festival, is nearly sold out; all that remain are rush tickets. But if you're desperate to see the 50-minute short about kids w ... More >>
Flickr user: colteraOver the last five, six years, Southern Methodist University has slowly, surely expanded its presence along N. Central Expressway -- beginning with the purchase of Expressway Tower, once the home of the Dallas Cowboys corporate offices; 6200 N. Central Expressway, which now ho ... More >>
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A year ago Doug Free was a question mark. Now he's an exclamation point. The Dallas Cowboys professed their love for their left tackle yesterday, placing the highest possible tender on him as the NFL prepares for unchartered and unsettling free agency in the midst of a labor lockout. Under t ... More >>
Enough of this asinine stuff about "best player available." What if, somehow, at No. 9 in April's NFL Draft that player happens to be a tight end? A weakside linebacker? A punter? Or, God and Tim Cowlishaw forbid, a quarterback? Under that premise, the Cowboys - 6-10 and desperate for help ... More >>
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On the other side you'll find the 11-page complaint filed yesterday in Dallas federal court titled STEVE SIMMS and MIKE DOLABI, individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, vs. JERRAL "JERRY" WAYNE JONES, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL CLUB, LTD., JWJ CORPORATIO ... More >>
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Right about the time I finally feel like I'm totally in the know about WDW, we may be throwing a cruise into the mix. I've never cruised on any cruise line before, so everything is new to me.
We'd specifically be looking at an Alaskan cruise. Are there ever discounts offered for DCL? I know I've heard of things like "kids sail free", but have never really paid attention before. Do the special offers ever include Alaskan cruises?
Also, are there "seasons" with the cruises, like there are with the WDW resorts, such as "peak" with the highest prices and "value" with the lowest?
And finally, how do you find out about discounts? I know for WDW there are entire threads and sections involved in specifically looking out for discounts. I don't see anything similar for the cruises. Am I just not looking in the right places?
TIA for any info you can share!
Yes, there were Kids Sail Free specials offered for Alaska cruises. These were the May cruises when many kids were still in school.
There are seasons for cruises, but less so for Alaska--you can't cruise there in the winter, which is typically the off season. The easiest way to define seasons is that if most kids on a traditional system are out of school, that is peak. Early fall, first 2 weeks of December, January and early Feb. all are "off season" with lower fares.
A good travel agent will keep track and notify you of any discounts. Cruises that don't sell well are often discounted beginning about 75 days before the cruise. The DCL web site has a tab for "specials" that list SOME of their discounts. The big specials/discounts are discussed almost the minute they ar released--these boards sometimes seem to know more of what's happening than the DCL CMs do!
Best advice for a new DCL cruiser is to read every thread...after speding some time on this forum you will begin to learn all the ins and outs...it can be overwhelming so take your time. You will learn lots from all the great people on this board. You came to the right place.
Feel free to ask any questions...we have heard them all and don't mind giving answers!!!
My January 2013 cruise is paid in full - if a discount comes out before I sail would I be able to obtain the lower rate?
Sorry, I had too do it................
Opening dates have the lowest rates available, specially for peak sailings.
But there are last minute *GT rates. These show for sailings that are not selling well, usually within 75 days prior to sailing. These are restricted rates and non refundable. These rates are as good as or even better than opening day rates.
There are also discounts available (in the form of cash card back) for booking through Costco, if you are a member.
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The Meripaviljonki floating restaurant, to be built as an addition to a cultural treasure – the Paasitorni
congress centre – is a demonstration of Finnish ingenuity: the architectural design, other designers, three
contractors and the restaurateur realising this globally unique project are all Finnish. What is more, the
practical construction work is 90% Finnish.
Meripaviljonki's modern architecture will bring a light touch to the impressive granite construction alongside
it. The building's shape and glass walls will allow customers to enjoy the surrounding scenery and natural
light from morning till night.
Future Infinite Congress – The future in our hands
Aging population, environmental issues, globalization, and technological development. Our future is filled with challenges but the answers to our problems can be remarkable. Or what would you say to illuminating plants instead of street lights? Future solutions also entail a huge potential for innovative business opportunities.
Unlike our history, the future is something we can have an impact on. We have gathered the most insightful future experts together in order to find the best elements for success in the future.
In June, the Wanha Satama event centre will host the first international Future Infinite Conference. It gathers people and ideas from different areas of research, management and business under the same roof to discuss the possibilities that lie ahead. It is the only event of its kind in Europe, and Finland with many internationally acknowledged futurists, a Committee for the Future in the Finnish Parliament, and the Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC) is the natural place for it.
Their views on the future are given by, for example, R.K. Pachauri, the chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Professor Sohail Inayatullah from the University of Tamkang, expert on synthetic biology Anthony Evans from Glowing Plant (USA), futurist Clive van Heerden from Electrolux, and Professor Paul Verschure from the Robot Companions for Citizens –project. The programme can be checked online at www.futureinfinite.fi.
Future Infinite – Helsinki International Conference for Solving Global Challenges is held at Wanha Satama event centre 12-13 June 2014. Also the 16th International Futures Conference 'Sustainable futures in a changing climate' is held there from 11–12 June and it goes by the name Future Infinite Academic. The organisers are the Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC) of the University of Turku, and Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre. The media partner of the event is Kauppalehti, Finland's leading financial publication.
Twitter @futureinfinite
Helsinki Congress Centre Paasitorni- Full service venue completed
The Meripaviljonki restaurant, opening for business in April 2015, will complete the full service package of Paasitorni congress centre.
The Meripaviljonki floating restaurant, to be built as an addition to a cultural treasure – the Paasitorni
The 10th ITS European Congress exceeded all expectations
The 10th ITS European Congress for intelligent transport systems and services was held in Finland for the first time on 16–19 June 2014.
The event attracted approximately 2,400 decision makers, engineers, researchers and other experts from over 60 countries to Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre. The exhibition held at the same time included 80 exhibitors. The four seminar days offered 13 simultaneous seminars.
According to the organiser, Helsinki as a destination attracted new participants who came to visit Finland for the first time. Messukeskus Helsinki was perceived as a well-functioning, flexible and modern venue with highly professional staff.
"Organising a congress at Messukeskus Helsinki was a very positive experience. The team was helpful, professional and easy to work with. They will go to extremes to get everything running smoothly", states Congress Manager Céline Nieuwenhuys from MCI – the global event management company responsible for the event.
The ITS European Congress for intelligent transport systems and services is organised by Ertigo-ITS Europe in cooperation with the European Commission. ITS Finland, the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the City of Helsinki acted as the hosts of the event. The arrangements for the congress were carried out by MCI.
ESHRE conference to Messukeskus Helsinki
The scientific congress will bring more than 8,000 participants from over a hundred countries to Messukeskus.
"On this occasion we were looking for a host city and suitable arena in Northern Europe. Messukeskus is able to provide our large conference with flexible and high-quality premises. An important factor behind our choice is Helsinki's reputation as a valued conference city. Helsinki is universally accessible and has enough hotel rooms for our large number of guests," says Managing Director Bruno Van den Eede, of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) that is responsible for organising the conference.
Espoo Awards its 6th Congress Ambassador
Ari Sihvola, professor of electromagnetics from Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering is chosen as EspooAmbassador 2014.
EspooAmbassador operates as a congress ambassador of Espoo in Finland and abroad. The award was presented 28th of August 2014 during the annual EspooAmbassador event at Dipoli Congress Centre.
The decision was based in Sihvolas active work in national and international scientific organizations. Professor Sihvola has been involved in a number of program and organizing committees of international congresses, and thus have had a positive impact for the role of Espoo and Finland within the international scientific communities.


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How Sierra Leone fell into the hands of young soldiers.Julius Maada Bio Brigadier General Julius Maada Bio (born 1964 in Bo, Sierra Leone) led a coup in Sierra Leone on January 16 1996 ousting president Valentine Strasser. He was previously Strasser's deputy and was a participant in the April 1992 coup that ousted the All Peoples Congress (APC) , ex-military leader of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (sēĕr`ə lēō`nē, lēōn`; sēr`ə lēōn), officially Republic of Sierra Leone, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,018,000), 27,699 sq mi (71,740 sq km), W Africa. , handed over power to Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (born February 16, 1932) was the President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2007. He worked for the United Nations Development Programme and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992. He was elected president in 1996. in 1996, and then went off to the USA to study at the American University. He has since returned home and is now aspiring to become the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party's (SLPP SLPP Sierra Leone People's Party
SLPP State and Local Policy Program
SLPP Summary Level Planning Package (earned value management)
SLPP State and Local Preparedness Program
SLPP Simple Loop Prevention Protocol (Nortel) ) presidential candidate for 2012. As part of our special series to welcome Sierra Leone's 50th independence anniversary, which falls on 27 April, we sent our correspondent, Lansana Gberie, to interview Julius Maada Bio. Here is his report.
THERE IS SOMETHING EXTRAORdinary about Julius Maada Bio. Alone of all the core members of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC NPRC National Personnel Records Center
NPRC National Primate Research Center
NPRC Needham Pool and Racquet Club (Massachusetts)
NpRC Non-Profit Recyclers Council
NPRC Northumberland Pistol and Revolver Club (Canada) ), the fresh-faced junta that ruled Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996, Bio has somewhat thrived, and has remained a national figure. His senior colleague, Valentine Strasser
Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser (born 1967 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a former head of state of Sierra Leone. , who headed the NPRC for a time and was pushed aside by Bio, is a shambling, barely recognisable figure who occasionally rants incoherently from his home outside Freetown.
When he handed over power to President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah after elections in 1996, Bio went to study in the USA, including at the American University in Washington, where he earned a masters degree in International Relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, . He then returned to his country and started a pharmaceutical business. When that went nowhere, Bio started another business, exporting cocoa and coffee. He also re-entered politics, joining and contesting (without success) the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) leadership position. Now, 46, Bio is campaigning once again to become presidential flag-beater of the SLPP (the key opposition in Sierra Leone); if he is successful in March, he will then face the current president, Ernest Bai Koroma Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953 in Makeni, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone[1]) has been the President of Sierra Leone since September 17, 2007. He is the leader of the All People's Congress (APC) and was minority leader in parliament prior to becoming , at the polls in 2012. And he will have a credible prospect of becoming, once again, President of Sierra Leone.
Although this may be unfair, it might be said that Bio's continuing gravitas--compared to his ex-junta colleagues--is due to his descent from a ruling house: he has a distinctly regal demeanour demeanour or US demeanor
the way a person behaves [Old French de- (intensive) + mener to lead]
Noun 1. and perhaps a sense of entitlement. But Bio thinks otherwise. "I am one of 35 children of Paramount Chief A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional (usually tribal) chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. Charlie Vonie Bio. In fact, I was the 33rd child. That's not the greatest start in life," he said, sardonically, when I met him at Mamba Point Hotel in Freetown.
Somewhat to my surprise, Bio went on: "Most of my values, the driving principles of my life, I acquired from my mother. She was a calm, hardworking and calculated person, and she had a strong belief in God." Bio is associated, among his friends and colleagues, with three of those qualities. And a strong belief in God? "Yes, I am a life-long Catholic. I went to a Roman Catholic primary school, and was baptised early. My belief in God has remained unshaken through all these years."
The Bio family home was too crowded: 35 children and nine wives (not to mention the many dependants of a ruling house). It was more like a village than a home.
For his studies, Bio had to move elsewhere. He went to stay with his elder sister Agnes, who was a schoolteacher in Pujehun, many miles away. Bio stayed with Agnes for five years, and remembers those years with great fondness. From the way he speaks about it, Agnes was more of a mother than an elder sister to him. Her influence over him was overwhelming.
Agnes sent Bio off to the Bo School, a famous boarding school some miles away from Pujehun, where he spent seven years, and became Prefect prefect or praefect (both: prē`fĕkt), in ancient Rome, various military and civil officers. Under the empire some prefects were very important. The Praetorian prefects (first appointed 2 B.C. for Discipline. He left in 1984 with 'A' levels and became a teacher at a Methodist secondary school. He taught there for a year.
The army
Aged 21, Bio applied in 1985 to enter Fourah Bay College which, founded in 1827, is the oldest Western-style university in West Africa West Africa
A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century.
West African adj. & n. , and perhaps the region's most famous. Shortly after he did so, however, someone mentioned to him that the army was recruiting new cadets. "I was instantly thrilled. I had always wanted to do public service: it was the way I was brought up. And the army offered the most direct and unambiguous opportunity for that, so I applied immediately," Bio recounted.
This explanation appears correct--but only correct: the Sierra Leone army did not have a high reputation for public service in 1985. It had been politicised and degraded by the then president, Siaka Stevens, and his All People's Congress
- "All People's Congress" is also the name of a sister organization of the International Action Center in the United States.
The All People's Congress is a political party in Sierra Leone. (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) one-party state. The army was headed by a pliable Falstaffian character named Joseph Momoh, who Stevens had made a member of parliament, and would soon become his successor as president.
By the time Bio applied to become a cadet, it was already clear that Momoh would replace Stevens as president. This would have provided an attraction of sorts for an ambitious young man, in more ways than one. Bio's colleague and exact contemporary, Valentine Strasser, told Ann Bushby of the London Observer newspaper shortly after he became leader of the NPRC that he had joined the army, at about the same time as Bio, primarily to carry out a coup against the "rotten" APC regime.
Bio trained at Benguema, and graduated in October 1987 as a Second Lieutenant. He was posted at the Lungi lun·gi or lun·gyi also lon·gyi
n. pl. lun·gis or lun·gyis
A cloth, often of brightly colored silk or cotton, that is used as a piece of clothing, especially the traditional skirtlike garment of India, Pakistan, and Airport, and then later in the Kambia District as part of the Economic Emergency Unit created by the already faltering Momoh regime to combat the deepening meltdown and criminality of the state.
The following year, 1988, Bio was re-posted at Lungi to be trained by the UN in aviation security. After the training, somewhat curiously, he was sent to Benguema as a platoon commander. In 1990, he was brought back to Lungi. War had broken out in Liberia, triggering a massive humanitarian crisis. Tens of thousands of Liberians were fleeing to Sierra Leone every week, exposing the country's fragile security and adding to the economic hardship.
West African leaders, including Sierra Leone's, decided to set up a peacekeeping force called ECOMOG ECOMOG ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Monitoring Group
ECOMOG Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group to stem the tide Stem The Tide
An attempt to stop a prevailing trend. Sometimes referred to as "stop the bleeding."
If a stock is continually falling, stemming the tide would be an attempt to halt the free fall and change its direction.
See also: Reversal, Trend of the Liberian carnage. Sierra Leone contributed troops to the force: the first batch that left included Strasser.
Bio had in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified"
meantime, meanwhile been deployed at Gendema on the Sierra Leonean-Liberian border. "While at Gendema," Bio reveals, "we had cogent intelligence relating to plans by some of Charles Taylor's forces to invade Sierra Leone. We informed the army intelligence officer about these plans, and despatched him straight to Freetown to inform the government. Nothing came out of this."
Shortly after, Bio was despatched to Liberia as part of the second batch of Sierra Leone's contribution to ECOMOG. The soldiers sent to Liberia were the best that the country had; as such, after their departure the borders of Sierra Leone were left largely unprotected. Momoh appeared too busy with other matters to envisage that there would be repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl
repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl for such negligence. Of course in Liberia, "there was no peace to keep," Bio said. "I really wonder why, given how tense the situation was at our own borders with Liberia, we were sent to ECOMOG at all."
In March 1991, Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front (RUF Noun 1. RUF - a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit ) invaded Sierra Leone from Liberia, and overran o·ver·ran
Past tense of overrun. the border regions in the Eastern and Southern Provinces. It was not until September that year that Bio and some of his colleagues were redeployed to Sierra Leone, in the Kailahun District.
"We were part of a new battalion called Gladio, under Major Anderson," Bio said. "This battalion was hastily put together. SAJ Musa was a part of it as well. There were 600 men in all, but most of these were hasty new recruits, poorly trained, and not at all prepared for combat. It was a mishmash mish·mash
A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge.
[Middle English misse-masche, probably reduplication of mash, soft mixture; see mash. really, not a team. Within five minutes of our deployment in Kailahun, we were attacked by the rebels with heavy bombardment. Two-thirds of our battalion simply ran away. Yes, two-thirds. It was a disaster."
The army was also poorly armed. The soldiers had guns from the Second World War: often the guns couldn't fire. "Our weapons were no match for those that the rebels had," Bio remembers. "We felt that we were set up to be slaughtered. Our guns were not firing at crucial moments. This was what created the myth of Rambo: the invincible rebel whose body was impervious to bullets. Well, the bullets weren't getting to him, you see."
At the time, it riled. Bio said: "I spent four weeks with Gladio, and then I was transferred to Segbwema, where Prince Benjamin Hirsch was the commanding officer. Prince and I had trained together, and we were friends. We formed a team. We were both very bitter officers, very concerned about the rot that passed for our government in Freetown. Then we started talking--there was really no plan at this point--we started talking about changing the system."
Many other young officers, it turned out, were doing the same thing. Strasser, who had also fought in the Kailahun area and had sustained a bullet wound in the leg (which partially disabled him), was now at Benguema as paymaster. But he was in touch with Bio and Hirsch; he visited them any time he could.
"One evening, we were sitting at 'Bodehose' in Segbwema--myself, Strasser, Prince and some others. We vented our bitterness," Bio recounted. "We were not getting food, our [weapons] weren't firing, we were neglected. And here was this government which created the conditions for the war itself, seen as benefitting from the war. We were being killed for their crimes and profit. We knew Momoh and his APC weren't interested in the multiparty business; they were trying to sit it out. We decided that they had to go. We wanted a clean slate."
That romantic language--a "clean slate", suggesting optimism about the depth of possible change--is unusual with Bio, who does not even use the word "comrade", preferring "colleagues" or "friends".
In the event, while Bio and Hirsch were preparing to launch an attack against the RUF at Lalehun, Hirsch was murdered. "My hunch tells me that he was killed by ULIMO [an anti-Taylor faction that was being supported by the Sierra Leone government at the time].
"Hirsch was very strict with soldiers who engaged in looting; we were alter all operating in his home district. He had apprehended a few ULIMO fighters that week while they were looting, and he was rather harsh with them," Bio recalled. "He was killed close to a ULIMO checkpoint. He had left us on the way to Lalehun to collect some stuff in Segbwema. The RUF was not active in the area. We found his bullet-riddled body, and ULIMO didn't say a word. They simply vanished from the area."
Bio first met John Benjamin, the elder brother of Hirsch, at the "40 days" funeral ceremony of Hirsch at Segbwema. "Benjamin was naturally very bitter about the death of his brother, and about the terrible conditions we soldiers endured," Bio said. "He intensely disliked the Momoh regime. So I thought he would be safely brought into the plan. I told him we planned to unseat the government, and of course he was enthusiastic."
Strasser and Bio did all the planning. Bio said SAJ Musa, Tom Nyuma and Lt. Sandy were later brought in. "We had planned to move against Momoh on 30 April," Bio said. "But overzealous Nyuma and SAJ Musa forced our hands [so we had] to act earlier, a day before. They commandeered a vehicle belonging to Major S.B. Kami in Kenema on the 28th, and drove it all the way to Freetown.
"You can see from this that the state had collapsed. Two junior officers commandeering a vehicle belonging to a senior officer, who they simply pushed out, and [they] drive that vehicle past Bo right down to Freetown! And there was nobody to stop them!"
Bio and Strasser had already mobilised 40 hardened soldiers in Freetown, who were ready to spring into action. Strasser was in Freetown, while Bio was still in Segbwema planning to move to Freetown the night of the 27th (Sierra Leone's independence anniversary day).
Nyuma and Musa crashed into Freetown on the 29th, and Strasser quickly mobilised the 40 waiting men. The soldiers easily occupied State House, and the slothful sloth·ful
Disinclined to work or exertion; lazy. See Synonyms at lazy.
slothful·ly adv. Momoh fled to Guinea. The NPRC was launched. Bio was 28 at the time, and Strasser 25.
And what about Major Yayah Kanu? I asked Bio. "He knew nothing about the coup plot," Bio replied. "He was commanding officer for Nyuma and Sandy. After Nyuma and the others occupied State House, he approached them. Perhaps he was sent by the APC to talk his boys out of it. But later, after Momoh fled, I think he wanted to commandeer com·man·deer
tr.v. com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers
1. To force into military service.
2. To seize for military use; confiscate.
3. To take arbitrarily or by force. the coup by using Nyuma to take power for him.
"Nyuma is a decisive man, but he can be easily swayed. And Yayah Kanu nearly got him to do his bidding. But Musa and Strasser quickly intervened. That was the start of Kanu's troubles. SAJ had him immediately detained."
NPRC and executions
Surprisingly, giving the leading role he played in the coup, Bio initially took the fairly minor position of secretary of state for the south, and then, quickly, the post of secretary of information and broadcasting, though he was a key member of the Supreme Council of State, the NPRC governing body.
Strasser became head of state and chairman of the NPRC, and SAJ Musa the deputy. Nyuma was appointed secretary of state for the east; and Benjamin, the only civilian member of the coup, was made chief secretary of state, or prime minister.
On 29 December 1992, the NPRC, barely seven months in power, announced that it had foiled an attempted coup. Strasser announced that "a group of officers and civilians had attacked the presidential residence at Kabassa Lodge" in Freetown. The very next day, he announced that the coup plotters, according to him numbering 26, had been executed after a trial by a military court. Much of what preceded this announcement became clearer only later.
It emerged that Lt. SAJ Musa, Strasser's choleric chol·er·ic
1. Easily angered; bad-tempered.
2. Showing or expressing anger. deputy, had coordinated the arrests and brutal murder of the alleged plotters who, in fact, numbered 29, and they included: a palm wine tappet; a pregnant woman of no known political affiliation; about half a dozen newly-recruited police trainees; several people who had been in detention at Pademba Road prison at the time of the alleged plot; and a fortune teller or "herbalist herb·al·ist
1. One who grows, collects, or specializes in the use of herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
2. See herb doctor. " who had been allegedly consulted by the alleged plotters.
Even for a nation inured to brutality, the announcement was shocking, and was made even more bewildering be·wil·der
tr.v. be·wil·dered, be·wil·der·ing, be·wil·ders
1. To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements. See Synonyms at puzzle.
2. by the NPRC's press statement that day. It baldly stated: "The special military tribunal convened by His Excellency HIS EXCELLENCY. A title given by the constitution of Massachusetts to the governor of that commonwealth. Const. part 2, c. 2, s. 1, art. 1. This title is customarily given to the governors of the other states, whether it be the official designation in their constitutions and laws or not. the Captain to immediately try the suspects apprehended has met and they have proved beyond all reasonable doubt that [the alleged plotters] did try to overthrow the government of the NPRC and has found each of them guilty of treason and has sentenced them to death by fifing squad. The confirming authority of the NPRC have met and endorsed the sentence recommended and have ordered that the executions take place immediately."
It was a sordid moment in the life of the regime, and it certainly helped change the trajectory of the NPRC from the course of brash reform and national and international embrace, to condemnation and a lapse into self-defensive neurosis neurosis, in psychiatry, a broad category of psychological disturbance, encompassing various mild forms of mental disorder. Until fairly recently, the term neurosis was broadly employed in contrast with psychosis, which denoted much more severe, debilitating mental .
What was Bio's responsibility for this? He says he stands by his testimony to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC TRC
(in South Africa) Truth and Reconciliation Commission: a commission which encourages people who committed human rights abuses or acts of terror during the apartheid era to reveal the truth about their crimes in return for immunity from prosecution ); its report in 2004/05 had this to say: "SAJ Musa had known some of those implicated in the coup from their time together in the army; he regarded them unambiguously as traitors who had betrayed him, personally and politically.
"According to Maada Bio, who had known in advance of SAJ Musa's volatile temperament and the likelihood that he would attempt to carry out some kind of summary justice, some of the implicated men were taken to Musa's own residence and subjected to torture by Musa himself: 'When I went there at night, he had actually tortured them very seriously--their ears were cut off and they were practically dead".
"SAJ realised that by daybreak they had been really badly tortured in his compound: 'It was better to do away with them, than to keep them on his hands in this terrible state'--he was then alleged to have organised the summary executions.
"Maada Bio lamented their inability to put the coup plotters through proper judicial process, blaming it on SAJ Musa's ambitions for power: 'To a very large extent, SAJ was somebody who liked power and could do anything to retain it. ... that was the darkest side of our whole period in power'," Bio told the TRC. "SAJ Musa's quest for power was an obsession for the man; and he had a wife who inculcated that into him; so it was a terrible combination.
"SAJ was also responsible for the killings of looters. At this point in time, he was actually the key actor; Strasser was much more laid back, and to an extent he let SAJ get on with his business."
This account has been corroborated by others who were in a position to know at the time, and who are no friends of Bio's. The TRC, however, concluded with a non-sequitur: "Maada Bio's account is an attempt to shift responsibility for a gross failure of leadership by their government to the shoulders of one person. The execution of the alleged coup plotters did not advance SAJ Musa's lust for power in any way." It somewhat betrays an ignorance of how the early NPRC, a ramshackle junta, operated. Strasser, weak, often dissipated, was hardly in control, and SAJ Musa was virtually running riot. But again, why did some members of the NPRC, including Strasser himself, defend and continue to defend the killings? Clearly there was no trial, though the NPRC's spokesman at the time, Karefa Kargbo, told the BBC BBC
in full British Broadcasting Corp.
Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. shortly after the killings that he and his colleagues had concrete evidence of the coup plot, including the most telling: "a written agreement" between the coup plotters and "an illiterate herbalist".
Talking about the 30 December killings was the most uncomfortable point of my conversation with Bio: he still clearly thinks that it was the most disastrous thing that happened under the NPRC, and Bio's bitterness at SAJ Musa's murderous behaviour that day was undisguised.
Bio as head of state
The revulsion that the killings caused for the NPRC became very infectious. Things began to fall apart for the junta. In a move that was orchestrated by Bio, SAJ Musa was chased out of the country, and Bio, tapidly promoted to brigadier, became Strasser's deputy and chief secretary of state. In that position, Bio became the most powerful man in the country. Strasser, now remote and unengaged, was, rather, something of a figurehead. He wasn't even attending cabinet meetings, and he became too beholden be·hold·en
Owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted.
[Middle English biholden, past participle of biholden, to observe; see behold. to certain civilian members of the NPRC who had formed a political patty, the National Unity Party (NUP n. 1. Same as Nupson. ), to contest elections scheduled for 1996. As a result, Strasser was dispatched out of the country, in a helicopter, to Guinea in 1995, and Bio took over as head of state. The palace coup was an anti-climax of sorts. I asked Bio what his proudest achievements were. "We had three goals as a government," he said." We wanted to end the war, revive the economy, and then hand over to a democratically elected government. You can judge us on what we did. The war derailed most of out plans."
But even so, under the NPRC, he said, electricity was largely restored, there were no longer long queues for petrol and rice (as was common under Momoh), roads were being constructed, substantive peace talks were begun with the RUF, and "most important, we handed over the government to a democratically-elected president. We reintroduced credible plural politics, and we left peacefully, setting a standard which would be hard to mess with."
There had been some speculations that Bio was not serious about either the peace talks or the democratic process. I followed both very closely at the time, attending the peace talks in Cote d'Ivoite as well as coveting the democratic process daily.
On taking over from Strasser, Bio made a terse appeal, broadcast live on national TV and radio: "To you, Corporal Foday Sankoh, the message from my government is that we are prepared to meet with you anywhere, any time and without preconditions."
The RUF, it seemed, had been waiting for such a gesture. Sankoh quickly sent word through the International Committee of the Red Cross
- "ICRC" redirects here. For other uses, see ICRC (disambiguation).
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. that he was willing to talk to Bio, who responded publicly that he too was ready to talk. He announced that both Ivorian president Henri Konan Bedie and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore were actively attempting "to get the NPRC and the RUF to the table".
A few days later, over an ICRC ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRC n abbr (= International Committee of the Red Cross) → CICR m
ICRC n abbr radio hook-up at the British High Commission (which I witnessed), Sankoh told Bio that he had to postpone the scheduled elections before any progress towards negotiations could be made. Bio's response was that such a decision was ultimately up to Sierra Leoneans and suggested that the two meet in Cote d'Ivoire or Burkina Faso.
Sankoh rejected the two venues at first in favour of talks within Sierra Leone, but his resistance quickly evaporated and a meeting was set up in Abidjan for the end of February 1996. I arrived in Abidjan a week or so before the peace delegates did. With my friend the late Ambrose Ganda, I visited the place where some of the RUF representatives in the country were living, a gated house in one of the suburbs of Abidjan.
The peace talks, at least as far as Bio's involvement went, did not at all appear rigged. Bio certainly kept w the timetable to hand over power. That power went to the SLPP and its new leader, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Some of Bio's colleagues were not at all happy: they had set up a new party, the National Unity Patty (NUP), and they had expected Bio to manipulate the outcome of the polls to give power to them.
The future
Bio left the country after handing over power, and took two degrees in the USA. Strasser, on the other hand, flunked his studies at Warwick University in the UK, and returned to Sierra Leone a diminished man. I asked Bio which candidate he takes most seriously as a rival for the SLPP flag-bearer position. He didn't hesitate. "Three people really, and for various reasons," he said. "The first is Dr Kadie Sesay. She has excited potentially the same people who would support me, and many of them are coming to me to suggest that she and I pool together. I'm very open to that.
"The other is Andrew Kellie, for similar reasons. And then there is Usman Boie Kamara, for the simple reason that he has a lot of money, and this current phase is about winning [over] delegates. You see what I mean." Knowing what odds he has had to overcome in his life, underestimating Bio may not be well advised.
Sierra Leone at a glance 1961 Sierra Leone becomes independent Siaka Stevens becomes president and creates a one-party state 1971 Major-General Joseph Momoh takes over 1991 Start of civil war. Foday Sankoh (RUF) begins campaign against Momoh 1992 Momoh is ousted in a coup led by Captain Strasser. Bio plays a major role. The National Provisional Ruling Council is formed with Strasser as its leader 1996 Strasser is ousted in a military coup led by his defence minister, Brigadier Bio 1996 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah is elected president, signing peace accord with Sankoh's rebels 1997 The peace deal unravels. President Kabbah is deposed by Major Johnny Paul Koroma 1998 Kabbah returns to Freetown, winning the 2002 presidential elections 2007 Ernest Bai Koroma becomes president 2010 UN Security Council lifts the last remaining sanctions against Sierra Leone
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. out-drove points leader Chris Forsberg in the final round to earn his second consecutive victory in this weekend's Formula DRIFT "Round 3: Miami Heat" event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Gittin and his Monster Energy/Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR held off Forsberg and his Hankook Tire Nissan 370Z to win his second win in the series' first three events.
"It feels really amazing to be here and come to a brand new track and work with my team to get my Monster Energy, Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR on rails to be able to hit every mark and compete with some of the best drivers in the world," Gittin said. "Back-to-back wins is just amazing and we are working hard and it just feels good that it's paying off and I'm just pumped."
While Forsberg kept things close, Gittin earned just enough points to not only win the event, but also to move into second place in the Formula DRIFT standings, just 10 points behind Forsberg.
Kenny Moen, in the Achilles Radial/Bridges Racing Nissan 240SX, finished third.
It was the first time that the Formula DRIFT series has raced at HMS.
"Homestead-Miami Speedway provided a great new venue for our Championship," Formula DRIFT president Jim Liaw said. "The increasingly bigger fan base was treated to some impressive driving all weekend with the first event PRO 2 Series competition and Round 3 of the Pro Championship."
The 2014 Formula DRIFT Championship season continues with Round 4: The Gauntlet at Wall Speedway in New Jersey on June 20-21.
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Formula DRIFT Professional Championship Presented by GoPro Round 3: Miami Heat Event Results
Winner: Vaughn Gittin Jr., Monster Energy / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR
2nd: Chris Forsberg, Hankook Tire Nissan 370Z
3rd: Kenny Moen Bridges Racing Nissan 240SX
Formula DRIFT Professional Championship Presented by GoPro 2014 Standings After Three Rounds:
1. Chris Forsberg, Hankook Tire Nissan 370Z, 263.00 points
2. Vaughn Gittin Jr., Monster Energy / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR, 253.00 points
3. Kenneth Moen, Bridges Racing Nissan 240SX, 205.50 points
4. Fredric Aasbo, Hankook Tire Scion Racing tC, 189.50 points
5. Justin Pawlak, Falken Tire Ford Mustang, 140.00 points
6. Robbie Nishida, Achilles Radial / Bridges Racing Lexus SC300, 132.50 points
7. Forrest Wang, Get Nuts Lab / Hankook Tire / STR Racing Nissan S14,129.50 points
8. Aurimas Bakchis,Feal Suspension / Nitto Tire Nissan 240SX, 121.00 points
9. Tyler McQuarrie, GoPro Mobil 1Chevrolet Camaro, 114.00 points
10. Michael Essa, Essa Autosport / Yokohama BMW M3, 109.00 points
11. Darren McNamara, Falken Tire Nissan S14, 102.00 points
12. Chelsea DeNofa, BC Racing Nitto Tire BMW 3-Series, 92.00 points
13. Conrad Grunewald, Megan Racing / Top 1 Oil / BRE Chevrolet Camaro, 90.50 points
14. Ryan Tuerck, Retaks Maxxis Tires Air Force PSI Scion FR-S, 90.50 points
15. Ken Gushi, GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S V2, 89.00 points
16. Matt Field, CX Racing / Nitto Tire Nissan 240SX, 84.50 points
Manufacturers Championship Standings After Three Rounds:
1. Ford 393.00 points
2. Nissan 334.50 points
3. Scion 312.00 points
4. Chevy 204.50 points
5. BMW 201.00 points
Tire Championship Standings After Three Rounds:
1. Hankook 452.50 points
2. Nitto 422.00 points
3. Achilles 338.00 points
4. Falken 242.00 points
5. Yokohama 128.00 points
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Toyota to launch hydrogen (ie, NATURAL GAS) powered fuel cell hybrid
Re: Dreaming @Tom 7
"A domestic PV installation supplies a fraction of the household's current electricity demand."
"It has evidently passed you by that this is a UK based web site, and the discussion centres on UK issues."
It has evidently passed you by that you are on the internet. Just because you live on a tiny island that is permanently cloudy and wet, doesn't mean everyone else does. I am also pretty sure the article is about a car that was designed and built in Japan, which hardly qualifies as a 'UK issue'.
Where I live, the solar panels on my roof cover my family's domestic usage and then some. We export over 15kWh to the grid on an average day (and get paid for it).
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Re: Meh
Perhaps I can interest you in some cowry shells? One shell for forty hours of your time is the current rate.
Tesla to add charging network in China
Re: 400 charging stations?
Racist much? China has the second most millionaires in the world.
Re: 400 charging stations?
Would you buy an ICE car if there were no petrol stations? Obviously the charging network needs to be established to stimulate demand.
Fanbois shun 'crappy plastic' iPhone 5C
How embarassment.
Ticketmaster warns phishers using tickets as bait
I don't know why the spammers would bother phishing
Ticketmaster store passwords in plaintext, may as well focus your efforts on lifting the DB.
US retail kingpins swoon: Nobody bonks like Google does
Re: The problem with NFC payments by phone in the US
The idea behind using your phone to 'bonk' is that it removes the need for a wallet entirely. In a (bank's) perfect world, NFC is everywhere, everyone owns an NFC enabled phone and cash is not required (therefore neither is your wallet). I don't necessarily agree, but this is the 'advantage' of NFC payments on a phone.
Also, if you have more than one card, bonking your wallet against a terminal isn't the best idea as you can't really be sure which card will be charged.
Simon Cowell plans X Factor for Tech
"Imagine if YouTube, Google or Twitter had asked first how you make money. What I like about startups is that it is a tool first to be adopted, the monetization comes later."
He does realise that both YouTube and Twitter make huge losses right?
Google celebrates as Android hits 25 billion downloads
"equivalent to the number of minutes since humans first entered Europe (although historians still haven't actually sorted that one out quite yet) "
Probably because historians don't know anything about pre history. I think you mean archaeologists.
Google plants rainbow flag in anti-gay countries
I would be more impressed
If they didn't funnel a big slice of their revenues through Singapore so as to enjoy the low tax rate. If they were really serious about this then why not move their Asian operations elsewhere?
Google coughs up what it coughs up to govs - and what it suppresses
And so Google became the moral compass for the world
Who is to say insulting the monarchy is more or less ok than threatening to perform an act of terrorism? They both undermine the government but in Google's eyes one is ok and one isn't.
Cloudy QR code bike theft stopper gets Police thumbs up
But I don't want my personal details readily available to anyone who can scan my bike. This feature immediately makes a frame worth less on the second hand market to a large part of the buyers.
1) Everyone knows thieves spray paint stolen bikes black.
2) As mentioned scanning curved QR codes doesn't work so great
3) The second hand bike market is HUGE, what happens when I sell my frame???
Google shows off Project Glass augmented reality specs
Who is this dipshit who needs Google Maps to navigate two blocks?
4G hobonet stunt was riddled with flaws, doomed to ridicule
"The telcos have designed their networks to work without the need for homeless people with femtocells."
This is why this idea is so dumb.
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MWC: Inscrutable slogans, Google toys and the invisible Apple
"Ed Moore is Partner, Ocasta Labs, a developer of mobile-optimised internet software." - their slogan is 'innovating success' which is totally not dumb.
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When you say not many, are you including the 142 million Russians nationals or not?
So according to your logic (and ICANN's), we should reserve Moscow in every language known to man, and then repeat for every city in the world?
Yes - exactly. If the city of Roma want to buy Rome then they can apply but if we have to protect the name of every city in every language then there isn't going to be much left.
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I have no idea where to post this. I was spoke to by a close family member who has apparently been monitoring ds and researching his behavior. They montioned autism yesterday to me for the first time. This may sound offensive for someone to do this, but thats not the point, I trust their instincts and it has honestly been something I have been thinking myself. What are some determining factors in a child this young? I have read alot online about 18 mos, but I dont know what to look for in this age braket. He just started waving opening and closing his hand, doesnt make alot of eye contact, gags on food almost once a day, doesnt eat alot of food-mostly nurses, and is sooo fussy. I try to talk to eople about it, and all I get is "oh, thats how babies are." No way. There is not a chance other babies are like this. He as an infant would cry all day. ALL DAY. I would sit and rock and rock him. I removed alot of allergies at 6 mo and he did better, but he is still fussy. And he didnt sleep through the night until recently. I was up nursing him at least 2x per night until a month or two ago. Oh, and he was only pooping 1x per week. He has had digestive issues since we gave him his 1st bite of solid food, even though hedidnt get anymore for a long time after. We even have gone to constipation specialist, who gave us no info. He was primarilyu bf, and not pooping. He has started pooping better, with switching his probiotics. These are just some of the things they brought up yesterday. What else can I go on to understand if these concerns are legit?
Thanks in advance. Im feeling so overwhelmed by all of this.
This test is a good place to start:
I hope you're not vaxxing!
But if he is ultimately diagnosed ASD, there IS help. My son is recovered from ASD.
The younger they are the more possibilities as to what can be causing the symptoms. You already know he has GI problems and allergies, both of which can result in those symptoms (caused by bowel discomfort/pain and not neurologically based). It's also possible he may have sensory issues. You could call up EI for an evaluation, as well as a developmental-behavioral clinic for a more thorough evaluation (though the latter may require a referral from a PCP).
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Thank you for all the help. Im not sure what El is? New to this I guess...And no vaxes! Vit K at birth, which I regret as we didnt circ. It was actually a battle to not vax as dh was for it. Im so glad I stood my ground. Thanks again for all the help. Is it common to be idenitfied in children this young? And yes, she was super hesitant to bring it up, but when she said it my first thought was "she thinks it too! Im not crazy!"
I would trust your instincts and talk to Early Intervention. There is no harm (or cost) in doing that. I work with kids on the spectrum and I'm able to see it very easily at 18 months for kids that show signs early, it's not out of the range of possibility to see something that warrants a closer look. And it can be really helpful to have some play-based and relationship-based services from an early age.
The M-CHAT is a screening tool for toddlers to assess whether they are at risk of Autism Spectrum disorder; it can be used starting at 16 months. If you google it you should be able to find the questionnaire and the scoring instructions, and then you can take that information to the Pediatrician if it indicates a need for further assessment. Regardless, if you have concerns about his development it doesn't hurt to get an evaluation through EI and discuss your concerns with the Pediatrician.
It sounds like your relative was coming from a place of love and sincere concern. Early Intervention (EI) is offered through your local public school district. You can call and request an evaluation (just call the main phone # for the district and ask for the number for Early Intervention), and the district has to respond within 30 days. You may also request an eval in writing -- in some school districts, this is more effective than a phone call. The school district will then do a multi-disciplinary team eval to determine if your child is eligible for services such as speech therapy, occupational/sensory integration therapy, physical therapy, feeding therapy, social skills, etc. This is not the same as a medical diagnosis. Even if it is decided that your child is not eligible for services (usually only the children in the bottom 25% qualify for services), the team can recommend all kinds of useful activities to try at home or other strategies to help your child -- that's what happened with my DS2, who is not autistic, but was a late talker.
You may also want to pursue a medical diagnosis. You can do this through a developmental pediatrician (covered by most insurance plans with a referral) or developmental psychologist. Most doctors will not diagnose a child under age 2 with autism, but my DS1 was red-flagged with "behavior consistent with Autism Spectrum Disorder" at age 18 months. My DS1 received a formal medical diagnosis of ASD at age 3. The funny thing is, he didn't have most of the symptoms on the M-CHAT checklist. He was able to talk and even read as a baby, but his words were all scripts that he memorized from books, and he used them metaphorically, not in a functional way. He loved to be held by me and has always been very affectionate with me, but he has severe stranger anxiety. He made eye contact, but it was fleeting. My point is that autism is a spectrum with a wide range of symptoms.
There's a lot you can do right now at home for free to help your child. If you can concerns about communication, the book Play to Talk by MacDonald is pro-AP and scientifically solid and easy to integrate into everyday activities at home. You can also look into play therapy in one of Stanley Greenspan's books. Here's a blog that explains how to get started with play therapy.
You're welcome to pm me if you have questions. I have one child who's been "in the system" with global developmental delays since age 18 months and one child who has many autistic personality traits but no developmental delays -- he's actually my more difficult child! I wish your family all the best on this journey.
I ditto the Early Intervention recommendation. I actually contacted them when my son was about 2 because of concerns I had about his speech. It turned out that his speech was within the range of normal, but that he had low muscle tone, which no one had picked up on! So he received OT for that, which helped him a lot. And with all of these sorts of things, the earlier they can get help, the better! And if it turns out there's nothing wrong, then so much the better :)
While I agree that you should contact EI, it wouldn't hurt to get on the waiting list for a developmental pediatrician. My son didn't qualify for EI at 18 months and at 22 months - we were told he didn't have a speech delay but rather, he was too active and he needed to learn to sit still. Turn outs, he had a severe articulation delay among other things. Seeing a DP was what put us on the right path. They don't have an ulterior motive, EI does (saving the state $$).


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All extensions that use javascript (libraries) are prone to conflicts with other scripts.
You say "You need to be really focused in not missing any classname for modals links"
Yes, if you choose the option to modalize links based on the classname... it is logical to have to make sure the links have that.
But you can also use the {modal} syntax or modalize all links with a target="_blank".
"No conflicts"? Well, that may be true for you. But Modalizer uses a mootools script for most of the Modal types. And that can cause conflicts with other extensions that use their own mootools script.
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I tried several components and plugins until i found this one.
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Along Interstate 64 near exit 120 leading to Fifth Street, Virginia State Police said a car slammed into a truck owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation. Officials said that around 3:30pm, the driver of the compact car slammed into the back of a snow plow truck. The driver of the car was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
Along U.S. Route 29 close to the Albemarle County Line, Virginia State Police says around 1:00pm, a Jeep Grand Cherokee with five people inside was going too fast. The Cherokee lost control which caused it to crash into the guard rail. One person from this accident was rushed to the hospital with glass in their eyes.
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Another great self-compassion resource
This morning I shared some resources I'd put together on the subject of self-compassion, but I just realized that there's another great resource of mine that I can point you to. It'll be especially ideal if you can't make it to my November 22 workshop at the NY Insight Meditation Center, or a good primer if you can.
This resource is a video presentation on "How to Stop Beating Yourself Up," on En*Theos Academy, which is a kind of Netflix for spirituality and personal development.
This class presents my latest teaching shared in a fun, high energy, 30-minute video format (you can also download MP3s and a PDF for …
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How to stop beating yourself up
"How to stop beating yourself up" is a workshop I'm teaching at the New York Insight Meditation Center on November 22. In this workshop I'll be introducing, step-by-step, the skills of self-compassion. If you live in the area I hope you'll be able to join me. Click here for more information on the workshop.
But we have a world-wide community here, and most of you won't be able to attend.
I hear from a lot of people around the world who create suffering for themselves through self-criticism and self-hatred, and so I want to share some articles on self-compassion that I hope will be helpful. (And if you do live near NYC, …
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Anastasia Pollock, NewsOK: Healing from heartbreak can feel daunting and overwhelming. These five skills can aid in the healing process, making it less overwhelming, and helping a person to heal fully so he or she can move forward with his or her life.
Heartbreak can be the result of many situations. It can be the loss of or a change in a relationship, the loss of a loved one, a major life adjustment or the loss of something that is important to you. The common denominator here is loss and change that feels like (and is in some respects) loss. Often, when we …
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Bodhipaksa will be in New York City on Nov 22, 2014. He's leading a self-compassion workshop at the New York Insight Meditation Center: "How to Stop Beating Yourself Up."
In this workshop Bodhipaksa will introduce a step-by-step guide to the core skills of self-compassion. As well as drawing on models from Buddhist psychology, we'll take a look at insights from neuroscience, and explore Buddhist compassion and lovingkindness meditation so that we can learn to regard ourselves — and our pain — with compassion and kindness.
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Not many people like their bodies. The typical reaction from looking at oneself naked in the mirror lies somewhere on a spectrum from mild disappointment to outright revulsion, with a bit of disbelief thrown in (how did I get so old? where did those wrinkles come from? where's my hair gone?)
I had a little epiphany the other day, though. I'd been talking with my girlfriend, who I adore. She's beautiful. Really beautiful. And she's also afflicted by doubts about her attractiveness. So when we were talking she was going over some of the things she didn't like about her appearance (wrinkles, etc) …
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Self-compassion webinar
Last month I was honored to be a guest of Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, who had asked me to talk about and to answer questions on self-compassion.
It was supposed to be a video, but unfortunately my camera decided to stop talking to my computer just as the webinar began. But Leo kindly send me the audio of the conversation, and I invite you to listen to it below.
I discuss the practice of self-compassion in terms of a very useful Buddhist teaching extracted from the 12 nidanas (links) that illustrate dependent origination, or paticca-samuppada. These are (in a slightly adapted form):
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I was talking to a Buddhist friend recently who's a wonderful writer. She creates amazing blog posts that usually start off deeply personal but go on to teach important and universal lessons about life. I have a lot to learn from her about combining the personal and the instructional, and in many ways I regard her as the better writer. The thing is, she told me she hasn't been able to write for two years now, because she's a perfectionist.
And that's the problem with perfectionism. Perfectionism makes us anything but perfect, because, for one thing, it makes it harder for us to create. Perfectionism is like teaching an animal to do a …
Jun 09, 2014
Turning problems into spiritual opportunities
I remember one day, thirty years ago, when I was living in Glasgow, Scotland, and was depressed. I can't remember what I was feeling down about, exactly, although it definitely wasn't a clinical depression. There were just things in my life that weren't going well, and I was taking things too seriously. But there I was, in a state of self-pity, heading home on the bus. It was a rainy night, and being on a bus in Glasgow when it's dark and raining, and the windows are running with condensation, is not a cheery experience. I guess I spent much of the bus-ride mulling over my woes and talking myself deeper into …
May 11, 2014
Meditating with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Someone recently wrote to tell me that she suffers extreme embarrassment when meditating with other people, because her IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) causes a lot of intestinal gurgling. She becomes self-conscious about these noises, finds that the anxiety about them dominates her meditations, and has been so upset at times that she's left the meditation room in tears. Also, her anxiety around making noise actually causes her condition to get worse.
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