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Here's an excerpt from The Story of Caya.
Catherine (now going by the bitch-slave name of Caya), accompanies her Black Master Amos to a Black-Owned market, where he consumates and impregnates her afterwards.
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They drove to a hotel where Master Amos had made arrangements of his arrival ahead of time. The truck carrying the slaves drove to the back of the hotel where they would be sequestered in horse stables for the duration of their being traded or sold. Master Amos had made reservation for three rooms; it was a good thing he'd booked earlier as the proprietor explained to him that his establishment was totally booked as it usually was whenever the Arun market convened. Caya carried her master's luggage up to his room; the other two bitch-slaves went with individual overseers who'd driven with them. The hotel was teeming with other bitch-slaves and white boi-slaves serving black Masters and Mistresses, although a lot of them were under supervision by the hotel proprietor as entertainment to the black guests staying. Whatever the Masters or Mistresses required, it was their duty to serve. Any complaints or act of disobedience from them and they would be sleeping in chains in the dog house in the back and eating from the dog's plate.
Inside his room, Caya laid his knapsack bag on the bed and went down on her knees awaiting whatever next instruction was coming; her own nylon bag hung from a rope slung over her shoulder. Master Amos inspected the room, opened one of the windows and closed it back, switching on the air conditioner. He checked the durability of the bed, sat on it and felt its weight and nodded affirmatively at this. He unzipped his knapsack, took out the clothes he'd arrived with and hung them in the closet. Finished, he took off his clothes and stood in the room naked. Caya felt herself become wet as she appraised his magnificent body, the beauty of his abdomen and his cock which hung between his crotch. Standing this close to him, his masculinity filled the room. She wanted to stimulate her pussy but was disinclined to do that in his presence ... except if he ordered her to.
Master Amos went on taking stuff out of his bag. He unzipped a handgrip and took out a bottle of tooth-paste and toothbrush. He spoke to her without looking in her direction. "You in heat now, right? Your period."
Caya was day-dreaming about him when she heard his voice spoke to him, snapping her back to reality.
"Uhh ... yes, yes, Master. It starts today."
He nodded. "I thought so. A pussy in heat is what I like."
He unfurled his towel and threw it at Caya to hold for him while he went into the bathroom and left the door open. Caya watched and listened to him brush his teeth before turning off the sink and stepping into the shower stall. She heard the sound of the water bathing down on him; how she ached to be the one scrubbing his body.
As if he overheard her thoughts, Master Amos parted the shower curtain and hollered at her: "Get in here, slave! I need a good scrubbing."
Caya couldn't believe her ears and for a second thought she hadn't heard him correctly. She shot to her feet with the towel in her hand and hurried to join her Master in the shower stall; she hung the towel on a jutting nail and stepped in to join him. Water rained down on both of them. She took the soap and rubbed it over his arms, torso, and knelt to rub it over his thighs and legs. She got the sponge and he turned and leaned forward against the linoleum wall giving her room to scrub his body. She scooped water with a plastic bail she found and splashed it over his backside as she continued scrubbing him, falling to her knees and running the sponge underneath his crotch, fondling his balls, taking her time about it before sliding down his thighs. He held up his legs and she scrubbed the sole of his feet before splashing more water over him. Water from the shower washed much of the soap suds off him. She was about getting to her feet but his hand came on her head and he pushed her downward back to her knees. She saw his cock nodding its head against her thigh. She stroked his prick and kissed the bulbous head before swallowing him.
"Aaahhhh ... yes. That's a good bitch-slave. Master Amos is going to impregnate you tonight. Going to fuck you as a black Master would. You want some of Master Amos' cum inside your womb, don't you, bitch-slave?"
"Uh-Huh," she murmured as she sucked on his cock, smacked her lips around the tip, stroking it. "This slave wants all of her black Master's cum. I want your cock in me. Everything I am is yours, Master Amos."
He thrust more of his meat in and out of her mouth. Caya relaxed her jaw muscles, struggled to swallow him more. Her other hand went down her crotch to finger her pussy's wetness. Hearing her Master talk to her always spurred her pussy juice to flow. Her Master pulled her up to her feet and sucked on her breasts. She exhaled a soft moan from the feel of his teeth raking her skin; her hand rubbed the back of his neck while the other kept stroking his manhood.
Their bath over, Master Amos pulled her out of the stall, both dripping water, and threw her on the bed. She made to get up and turn around but he indicated for her not to. He knelt before her, his hands parted her ass cheeks and pulled her buttocks towards his face. Caya grabbed the bed sheets and muttered an unexpected moan as she felt his tongue lick and slobber up and down her cunt. His tongue slipped between her labia lips; he groaned with frantic passion as he kept wetting her bitch-slave pussy. His thick pair of hands kept slapping at her buttocks. She in turn pushed her butt backwards to meet his tongue; she reached a hand underneath her legs and parted her pussy lips for him. The sucking noise his lips made as he sucked on her juice sent shivers down her spine.
Master Amos slapped her butt one last time before rising to his feet. He reached into his still open bag and took out a riding crop. He whipped it on her butt, making her yelp from the sting.
"Keep assuming the position, bitch-slave," he said to her at the same time whipped her once again.
Caya did as he wanted. He inched his cock forward and without use of his hand guided the head of his prick between her pussy wall. Caya shifted her buttocks backward to meet his cock, loving the way it pushed through her opening and further inside her. Amos planted one foot on the bed and held her down. His thigh muscles and hips contracted as he thrust his cock in and out of her pussy. Caya was moaning surreptitiously from the contact. In time as he increased the pressure, she was panting wildly from it, pulling the sheets towards her as her body responded to his onslaught. He would pause to flog her with the riding crop if she slowed her pace. He took his foot off from the bed and grabbing her waistline pulled her towards his at the same time slammed his abdomen against her buttocks. His breathing was rapid, controlled. He fingered her anus with his thumb as he fucked her, eventually gaining entrance. She cried from the pain; he brought the crop down on her backside, snapped at her to shut up. He didn't appear to slow down. Caya had her hand under her legs and rubbed at her pussy steadily. She reached her hand further and fondled her black Master's balls; in there was the seed that would fertilize her ova.
Amos stopped and pulled out of her. Caya slumped down on the bed, gasping. He wasn't done with her yet. She watched him take out a little bottle from inside his hand grip and pour some lube oil on his palm and returned to her. She assumed the position once again, knew what he was about to do. He rubbed the oil around her anus region and when he was ready got up on the bed behind her and thrust the head of his penis at the anal hole. Caya tried relaxing her spintcher muscles, still the rush and initial pain of his prick piercing through her hole made her shake all over. She screamed. She thrashed her feet on the bed; she prayed for the pain to be over, at the same time she wanted her Master not to stop. He didn't make like he was about to. He grunted into her ear, pulled her ear lobe with his lips while his cock struggled to find room inside her anal hole. He pulled out of her afterwards. He laid on the bed and she came on top of him and rode his cock as hard as she could. To show her submissiveness, she stopped and inserted his cock back into her asshole and continued to rock his dick. Again she returned his cock back into her pussy and went on riding him. Her hands scratched through her wet hair; she was panting frantically, immersed in the mist of ecstasy his cock was giving her.
"Fuck me, Master," she groaned. She leaned forward, her tits shook before his face. "Fuck me ...Uggghhhhh ... take me, Master! Fuck your bitch-slave! Gimme all your black prick, Master!"
Master Amos grabbed her ass cheeks and the bed shook underneath them, along with her stuttering cries as he slammed his prick harder and faster in and out of her cunt. Caya had a surprising orgasm and she was still reeling from it, her body spasming uncontrollably when another intense bolt of orgasm set off inside her womb. She wanted to scream aloud her Master's name but felt it caught in her throat. He was grunting against her neckline. His lips kissed a trail of sweat off her cheek. His balls tightened. A bullet train of cum travelled up his shaft and he sat up on the bed, holding Caya to his body, gasping against her breasts. She too held on to him and cried high-pitched as she felt his prick ejaculate his sack of cum inside her.
He held her to his body, both of them gasping in each other's face. His prick was growing weak inside her cunt. He released his arms from her and fell back on the bed, breathing heavily. Caya left the bed and went to stand over the toilet seat and scooped up much of his cum pouring out her cunt and licked it off her palm. She washed her hands when she was done and got the towel from where she'd hooked it and returned to the bedroom and wiped the copious sweat off her Master's face, neck and torso. He allowed her to do so, afterwards lay properly on the bed and shut his eyes. He looked peaceful when he was sleeping. Caya threw the towel aside and lay beside him. She placed her palm gently over his chest, felt the rise and fall of his muscles.
He had ejaculated inside her. His cum was still oozing out of her cunt.
"I love you, Master Amos," she whispered to him.
She didn't know if he heard him. She partly wanted him to, though was as well afraid he might lash at her for displaying such whimsy type of affection. She waited for him to explode. He didn't.
Caya got down from the bed and spread her mattress across the floor and lay on it and used her arm for a pillow and slept off.


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Regional Youth Cooperation Project: Final online webinar in Mostar
After many months of hard work, the complete adaptation of the project due to the "new normal" and after having transferred all the activities online, we got to the final seminar for our first regional project "Transforming the Region One Conversation at A Time – Inspiring Youth Cultural Cooperation", supported by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office – RYCO. This seminar was the third major event, hosted by our partners from Bosnia, OKC Abrašević. The day of the 28th of November was also an occasion for the participants' teams to present the pilot projects they worked on.
The seminar consisted of four parts, where in the first part participants presented the projects they developed with their teams and mentors, the second one was dedicated to the lecture on new methods of (re)evaluation of projects, hosted by Ilija Pujić, the third one was organized as a presentation and discussion about the Mostar's candidacy for the European Capital of Culture, done by Tanja Miletić-Oručević while the last part was a virtual visit to the Partisan monument and cemetery in Mostar, narrated by Ronald Panza.
In the first part of the seminar, we attended a presentation not only of great ideas that aim to connect young people from the region but also the results of joint work. Even though transferring the project completely online was a game-changing step, teams adapted successfully and ended up making various projects – from short documentary movies, creating an Instagram account dedicated to language learning, and experimental artistic movies, to reciting the same poem in three languages and online tours of three cities. It seems like all of them were but the start of a regional network of young, ambitious people, ready to pass on the knowledge, experience, and values of mentorship they gained throughout this project.
Shortly after the presentation of these numerous ideas and results of hard work, Ilija Pujic, a youth cultural worker and actor with rich experience in projects that use theater as a tool for overcoming division in the communities held a lecture on new methods of (re)evaluating projects. The lecture opened many new perspectives on the different factors that affect any project – from social, environmental, or any other aspect, depending on the context and overall circumstances of the community. Using a very detailed and systematic table to show all the categories and illustrate the system, Ilija gave an inspiring insight on how culture and cultural projects can be used efficiently in different backgrounds and contexts, even when faced with great challenges.
Then, Tanja Oručević Miletić, a well-known Bosnian theater director, shared her experience of using the theater as a tool for building bridges in divided communities, reducing prejudice, and reinventing healthier relations between people. Tanja also touched on the topic of being a part of the team working on the application for the city of Mostar as the European Capital of Culture and all the challenges that brought. She explained that this project is so important to Mostar community in order to overcome some unresolved, lingering bias.
The very last part of this seminar was a virtual walk at the Partisan monument and cemetery in Mostar, narrated by Ronald Panza, one of the mentors in this project. In this creative way, Ronald shared with us the story behind this monument, an architectural masterpiece created by the architect Bogdan Bogdanović. Walking through the monument and listening to the soothing voice narrating the rich story behind this place, was a perfect finish of this project. We started it live and visited together different, culturally important places in Belgrade, and now at the end, we were virtually walking together again and discovering new sites in Mostar. The whole audio tour is available here.
In the end, we can say that the project come to the end successfully. The long months of changes, adaptations, and hard work paid off and the cooperation of young people from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia gave us concrete and valuable results in different forms; a sort of legacy to testify how creativity and openness can go a long way, even in the most unusual times. They can even help us overcome them more easily.

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The importance of reading Reviews when choosing the best New York to Florida Moving Company
If you're considering relocating to Florida from New York and are trying to choose the best moving company for the job, it's important to read several New York to Florida movers reviews. Moving company reviews provide valuable information about those companies that are potential candidates for helping with your relocation. In many cases, these reviews can be very opinionated and show a customer's dissatisfaction or satisfaction with the company they hired for a recent move. However, reading the reviews can give you an impression about the company that helps you decide whether you want to or don't want to work with them.
Are moving company reviews reliable?
Naturally, the entire staff at NYC Movers & Packers appreciates all positive customer reviews. However, we also believe that negative reviews are equally as valuable in that they tell us where improvement is needed. However, it's also important to understand that some reviews are unreliable. Recent studies have shown that the most reliable and trustworthy reviews are those where a person has given a company a 3 or 4 out of 5 stars rating.
Why only the 3 or 4 star and not 5-star New York to Florida movers' reviews? Because no moving company is perfect. All of them make occasional mistakes. Furthermore, it means customers are not 100% satisfied all of the time. Additionally, they may have written their review when they were happy at that particular moment and weren't aware of everything at that point in time. Conversely, you shouldn't pay much attention to the 1-star reviews either because that person may have been upset about something that happened during the move and are focused solely on that instead of the positives. Thus, it is good to go with the average scores that the company has received. It will help you shortlist dependable and trusted services that you can choose from when you are looking to move.
How has our company benefited from online reviews in the past?
NYC Movers & Packers know from experience that positive online reviews provide many benefits. A customer's comments enable us to get more positive reviews down the line by being prepared to do everything in our power to satisfy the next customer. Here are three ways that online reviews have benefited our business:
- Reviews have helped us build our reputation as a trustworthy moving company.
- Reviews have helped us improve the lines of communication with the customer.
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Most importantly, online New York to Florida movers reviews has helped customers make a well-informed decision about hiring our services.
Have negative reviews hurt our business?
The only time a negative review can hurt your business is if the company in question fails to react or respond to it. If handled properly, a negative review can actually work in a company's favor. Here are some statistics to back that up:
- 40% of consumers believe that negative reviews build a company's credibility
- 68% of consumers will trust a company that has negative as well as positive reviews
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- 80% of consumers look for negative reviews when comparison shopping
Additionally, whenever we see negative New York to Florida movers reviews, they are dealt with in prompt fashion. The first thing we look for is multiple instances of the same complaint. When this happens, we know there is a genuine problem that requires our immediate attention. Next we respond to each customer quickly and professionally.
Statistics show that when a customer writes a negative review, 40% of them expect a response within one hour of posting their comments. Neglecting to do so can hurt a company's credibility. Finally, and most importantly we pride ourselves on taking immediate action whenever someone has a complaint about NYC Movers & Packers or our services. We know there will be negative consequences if we don't.
Should you trust only online reviews of our company?
Even though you may feel that we are reputable and trustworthy when reading reviews about us, you should still confirm this by contacting us and asking questions that you feel are essential to making your decision. By doing this, you'll learn more about our company, the moving services we offer, and the costs involved in moving. So, don't rely solely on our New York to Florida movers' reviews. Remember, there are other positive qualities to look for when choosing a moving company.


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(RxWiki News) Certain types of bone fractures have the potential to put you at risk for further bone fractures — even on a different part of your body. Wrist and hip fractures are one of these combinations.
A recent study found that patients who have suffered a Colles' wrist fracture are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing a hip fracture, compared to people who have not had a Colles' fracture.
The researchers found that osteoporosis (bone disease) is a risk factor associated with hip fracture, especially if a patient has had a Colles' fracture and has osteoporosis.
"Tell your doctor if you have ever had a Colles' fracture."
The lead authors of this study were T.-L. Huang and C.-W. Chen from the China Medical University, the China Medical University Hospital and Chung Yuan Christian University.
A Colles' fracture is a fracture of the Radius bone of the forearm, just above the wrist, and is commonly found after falling onto an outstretched hand. The bone is usually broken in such a way that the wrist bends back behind the normal position. It is common in older people who fall and have osteoporosis — a disease where there is a significant decrease in bone mass.
The study used data on all patients who were diagnosed with Colles' fracture between 2000 and 2006 from inpatient care and outpatient care medical records.
The researchers also selected a control group of patients who had not been diagnosed during the study period. There were eight controls for every one patient with Colles', and the controls and patients were matched by year.
The participants in both groups were followed for one year so the researchers could determine how many patients experienced a hip fracture during the study period.
The findings showed that the participants with Colles' had six times as many hip fractures compared to the control group.
The hip fracture incidence was 56 fractures per 10,000 person-years in the Colles' group compared to 9.3 fractures per 10,000 person-years in the control group.
Person-years is a unit of incidence measurement that is calculated by multiplying the number of years each patient has been in treatment by the number of patients.
Comparatively, the hip fracture incidence ratio between both groups for the female participants was higher than it was for the male participants in each group.
The researchers discovered that Colles' fracture and osteoporosis were the two biggest predictors of hip fracture.
The participants with Colles' fracture were found to be 6.59 times more likely to have a hip fracture compared to the participants that did not have Colles' fracture.
In addition, the participants with osteoporosis were 4.30 times more likely to have a hip fracture compared to the participants without osteoporosis.
Lastly, the researchers determined that the participants who had osteoporosis and Colles' fracture were 7.73 times more likely to have a hip fracture compared to the participants with neither osteoporosis nor a hip fracture.
This study was presented at the International Osteoporosis Foundation Regionals 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong, and was published in the December edition of Osteoporosis International.


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200 Germans unsure if they got vaccinated or not after nurse confesses to SWAPPING vial of Pfizer jab with normal saline
Some 200 people in northern Germany have been asked to take Covid-19 antibody tests again after it was revealed that a nurse's blunder led to several patients being injected with normal saline instead of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
An employee of a vaccination center in Lower Saxony's Friesland district had confessed to making the swap, local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.
The woman, in her forties, whose job was to fill syringes with the vaccine, said she had dropped an ampoule with the Pfizer-BioNTech jab during her shift on Wednesday and didn't want to report her mistake.
In order to cover up her tracks, the nurse filled six syringes with normal saline and passed them on to another medic, who administered the shots.
The stunt would have remained unknown if the woman didn't open up about it to one her colleagues, who swiftly notified the medical authorities.
Also on rt.com Oh la la! French medics inject 140 patients with normal saline instead of Pfizer vaccine 'by mistake'Normal saline is a harmless solution of sodium chloride dissolved in water. It can be injected to treat dehydration or used externally to clean wounds and help with dry eyes, among other conditions.
While the actions of the nurse were not expected to harm the health of the patients directly, Covid-19 still remains a threat for them.
With the identities of the six unlucky patients being unknown, some 200 people who visited the vaccination center on April 21 would now have to take antibody tests to figure out which one of them still needed the jab. They would then be able to get their Pfizer-BioNTech shots only on May 12.
Also on rt.com 'As many as possible': Berlin, three other German states make AstraZeneca vaccine available to ALL despite federal warningA 'four eyes principle' has been introduced in the center after the "deeply shocking" event, Sven Ambrosy, Friesland's district administrator, said. It means that at least two people are now involved in handling the vaccines at all times.
The police have launched an investigation into the action of the nurse, with the local media reporting that she will likely get fired.
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How My Ulcerative Colitis Makes Me Uniquely Suited for Leadership
Waking up from anesthesia for the first time in my life, I wondered how much my life would change based on a procedure that took only an hour from start to end. The two things I remembered in my still-groggy state were, one, my Chinese improved greatly while drugged up and, two, I was not as invincible as I once believed.
The doctor brought my dad into my outpatient room to share with us the diagnosis: ulcerative colitis. They did not know what caused it, nor did they know how to cure it. It was October 13, 2008 and I had just turned 20 years old three weeks prior. Instead of celebrating my entrance into adulthood, my birthday present that year was a 12-pack of mesalamine enemas and an incurable illness. At only 20 years old, I was told I would be on management medication for the rest of my life and that by 30, my risk of developing colon cancer increased fourfold. With all that said, my doctor assured me I could live a relatively normal life.
While my classmates at college spent their nights out partying with friends, I spent mine curled up on the floor of my dorm's bathroom inserting enemas into my rectum. I soon became accustomed to wearing adult diapers to class under my jeans in case of sudden diarrhea. The medication caused my hair to dwindle from a luscious mane into wispy, brown strands. On more than one occasion, I soiled my underwear after failing to reach a toilet in time.
Even with my body determined to destroy itself, I pulled out a 4.0 GPA that semester, eventually graduating in the top 3 percent of my class. No one who looked at me would know I spent a majority of my time bawling from the pain on a bathroom toilet or that according to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, I could be classified as disabled. All that mattered to the outside world was that I was a productive and achieving member of society.
When I first heard about the media's treatment and portrayal of Hillary Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis, I found myself greatly discouraged. Here society was, telling those of us who are disabled or chronically ill in the world that we should be classified as unfit to run corporations, become ambassadors or hold public office. It brought me back to 2007, during Japan's Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's first term in office.
Suffering unpopularity and a tumultuous political environment, Abe's health declined. In the midst of a bad flare of his ulcerative colitis, he was forced to resign. The Japanese media was particularly tough on him for stepping down to what they labeled his "weak stomach" and succumbing to "bathroom issues." As most people are aware, Prime Minister Abe managed to get his colitis under control and was reelected as Prime Minister in 2012. What Abe's story reveals to me, as a fellow person with IBD, is that the world believes illness and disability should automatically exclude us from serving in the highest positions. Our place in the world is to follow rather than lead.
The past eight years living with my chronic illness has led me to a different conclusion. Instead of being a hindrance to the top jobs, those of us with chronic illnesses and disabilities are uniquely qualified to serve as our nations' corporate and political leaders. After all, who would you rather have lead you into battle: someone who is devastated by the common cold or someone who has strapped on a diaper come hell or bloody stool?
The common argument I have heard against promoting chronically ill people to leadership positions is that our sickness would hamper our ability to carry out the duties of the job at the same level of a conventionally healthy person. Moreover, some are afraid that a sudden and unexpected decline in our health would throw the entire organization into chaos.
Contrary to this prevailing belief, a majority of those I have met who are chronically ill or disabled are some of the most health-consciously driven people. Dealing with a lifetime of illness means not only preparing for the unexpected, but also becoming an active participant in the management of one's health.
In my case, my disease caused me to reevaluate my everyday life routine. I began to see my doctors every six months, ensure I had all of my vaccinations, learn more about what my medications did and pay more attention to the minute changes in my body. To deal with any stress or bouts of depression that might instigate a flare, I took up long-distance running. While others drink or smoke at work events, I decline in favor of a Shirley Temple or soda. This diligent management of my condition ensures that any change in blood count, any new growth or any sign of disease activity will be caught early, abating a potentially disastrous outcome for both my work and myself. Trust me, any increase in bowel activity means a trip to the doctor the next day.
Another popular argument for keeping those disabled or sick from serving in places such as the Oval Office is that we do not have the perseverance to stick with the job for the long haul. Contrary to this belief, those who go through life with disabilities or illnesses have learned the true definition of endurance. Simply living our lives is a never-ending marathon with periods of high-speed dashes followed by labored steps. At some point, we will face failure, but we know we will face success, too.
At the lowest and most severe point in my disease journey, I found myself crying in a bathroom stall at work after my seventh bowel movement in under an hour. I wiped my tears, called my doctor to schedule a colonoscopy and went back to work like nothing was amiss. That day was horrid, but the next week, month and year were better. When your greatest battle is always with yourself, you gain the fortitude to deal with any of the hardships that come with a leadership position.
One last argument I have heard against elevating the chronically ill or handicapped to the top positions is that we will be too preoccupied with managing our conditions to focus 100 percent of our time on the details and decisions required by the job. What I have learned in the eight years I have struggled with my disease is that we, the chronically ill and disabled, are the masters of multitasking, negotiation, and efficiency. After all, many of us have to liaison between doctors, insurance companies, pharmacies and billing agencies, while simultaneously performing the regular duties of our full-time jobs.
If the ability to navigate the approval process required to fill one month's worth of experimental medication is not considered a valuable skill, then I believe it is time we rethink the requirements for our leaders. I would proudly support a leader who has rallied month after month against their insurance companies and won.
As we choose our next leaders, these argument roll around like marbles in my head. Are these arguments holding back those who are chronically ill or disabled from running for public office or even from asking for that promotion? If they do decide to enter the political sphere or take on a leadership role within their organization, what kind of backlash and opposition will they face?
With these questions in mind, I challenge the general populace to stop asking what limits those who are chronically ill and disabled from carrying out these jobs, and start examining the skills that make them uniquely qualified for those positions.
We did not ask to be saddled with a lifetime of personal hardships, but we do sometimes ask to lead our companies, communities and countries. When this happens, I hope we are given a fighting chance. When we are ready to serve, will you be ready for us?
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Alanis Morissette has released a statement following multiple reports regarding statutory rape allegations made by the singer as part of the new documentary that made the rounds on social media on Monday.
See the full statement from Morissette below:
I agreed to participate in a piece about the celebration of Jagged Little Pill's 25th anniversary and was interviewed during a very vulnerable time (while in the midst of my third postpartum depression during lockdown). I was lulled into a false sense of security and their salacious agenda became apparent immediately upon my seeing the first cut of the film. This is when I knew our visions were in fact painfully diverged. This was not the story I agreed to tell. I sit here now experiencing the full impact of having trusted someone who did not warrant being trusted. I have chosen not to attend any event around this movie for two reasons: one is that I am on tour right now. The other is that, not unlike many "stories" and unauthorized biographies out there over the years, this one includes implications and facts that are simply not true. While there is beauty and some elements of accuracy in this/my story to be sure — I ultimately won't be supporting someone else's reductive take on a story much too nuanced for them to ever grasp or tell.


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Utah's Timpanogos Storytelling Festival is this weekend, and Thursday, Doug is joined by featured performer Kevin Kling. Kling is a humorist, perhaps best known for his commentaries on NPR. His stories are autobiographical - funny, but deeply personal. Kling shares everything from holidays in Minnesota and performing his banned play in Czechoslovakia to living with a birth defect and surviving a near fatal motor cycle accident. He joins Doug to talk about the power in story to overcome tragedy.
- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival runs September 1 - 3 in Orem, Utah. For schedule and ticket information, call 801-229-7436 or click here
Books and Music from Today's RadioWest:
- Kevin Kling: Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn , The Dog Says How , Big Little Brother
- Psapp, Tricycle
- Swan Lake, Paper Lace
- Booker T., Space City


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MÁV-Start calls tender for 50 electric railcars
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MÁV-Start, the passenger unit of state-owned railway company MÁV has called a European Union tender to purchase 50 electric railcars which can operate either using batteries or overhead electric lines, the company said on Monday, according to a report by state news wire MTI.
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MÁV-Start said they will finance the acquisition of the railcars using loans. Some 20 of the vehicles will have 200 passenger seats and 30 will have 150 passenger seats.
The company plans to receive the 200-passenger seat units in 2023-2024 and the 150-passenger units in 2024-2029.
The new railcars will significantly reduce MÁV-Start's environmental impact and the energy efficiency improvements will reduce emission rates. The company will also directly reduce its costs by around HUF 3.6 billion annually because of the upgrade.
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Johannes Knuth is a photographer and motion picture director based in Hamburg. His photography is emotional, authentic and embodies an intense sense of joie de vivre. He loves to create storytelling moments. A daydream. A real moment. A snippet of life.
He is an American Photography winner and gold award recipient at Prix de la Photographie Paris.
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A Small Medium @ Large
The 20 Year Plan – A Survival Strategy for Small Farms
The pattern of today's column, like most weeks, begins with an indictment of a situation. But beyond a simple complaint about what's wrong with the way things are, I try to articulate a vision of how things might be. I always aim to leave a message of hope, plus include any insights that folks send back from the front.
We're all just trying to get through what's in our everyday lives. That's why today's exclusive feature – a leak of an upcoming Presidential speech – flat out bombshells the Herald's competition:
"My fellow Americans. . . I hear that some of you are getting, like, all emotional about the tariffs and stuff. So listen up- because this is gonna be huge. Huge! The overarching crisis in agriculture- and everybody who eats can thank me for this- is that the transformation of farming into an industry is all but complete."
"Everything we need to know to grow food is now up in the attic- in satellites. Boy do we have satellites! Now our great scientists say we've got food that can plant and harvest itself, almost, without any human intervention whatsoever."
"Let's hear it for our scientists. We've got meat that tastes like vegetables, and vice versa. We never had it so good. And now Chi-nah! Communist China wants what we've got- can you believe it? Not $16 billion, not $30 billion, but $50 billion worth of food! Our giant multinational corporations, which control each commodity sector with the singular objective of maximizing profits for their stockholders, are the envy of the world. So we need to triple production overnight! It's true!"
"And our economy! Industrialization means specialization, standardization, and consolidation of agricultural production, processing and marketing under one roof. Industrialization absolves stockholders from skyrocketing environmental, social and economic costs. America's agriculture establishments' finally freed of regulations that mangle anything that threatens short term profits. America's corporate model has come to Chi-nah! How 'bout them farmers!"
"We need bigger tractors. You can't even believe! We need . . .right now they're building three models for me to choose from- and there's a lot of room down there at the border now- let me tell you. And the economy! Huge tractors. . . and plows so big they can't even turn around in- forget little-bitty blue states like Rhode Island or Puerto Rico- so sad about the hurricane- America needs red state like Texas- am I right? You've got the room . . . and talk about a turnaround- HUGE! These are manly tractors- Texans know what I'm talking- so let's hear it: Make America Grain Again!"
The election is coming down to those four beautiful words, j-o-b-s. We only use the best words. And corporate collectivism is beautiful- you should see how it advances management types that are deficient in any human quality that could complicate profit streams. We've got lots and lots of profit streams now. Everybody needs a job, right? So I've turned it all around.
Management's paid higher when profits are higher – nothing's fairer than that. We're not so shabby in the stocks – holding its own – and you've got a 401K, right? You farmers, teachers and the little people everywhere- you are making it work! And because of you America will never be a socialist nation!"
(Ed Note: Over his strenuous objections, and notwithstanding the Small Medium's regard for secondhand informants, this leak has been condensed from 35 pages).
Now where was I? Oh yes. Farmers are being told to maximize production to feed a hungry world. Missouri's ag industry says we need to go deeper into debt to feed 50% more people fifty years from now, never mind that nutrient-dead soils are losing the ability to feed even us here at home.
The revival of 19th century corporate triumphalism comes with the crash of social and environmental integrity at all levels of the ruling establishment. There is zero intention of helping farmers to become independent of costly farm inputs, poisons and machinery. Open Secrets.org, to give but one example of how many zeros, calculates a 1,176.6% change in $enator Roy Blunt's net worth since grabbing the barrel end of the "public service" corn cannon. Who's in your wallet?
Not one truly consequential idea has come from him, or any Missouri politician, in my lifetime. They cannot even imagine a system of agriculture that would stop destroying nature with public tax dollars, much less a sustainable food system as a worthy key-end goal. But listen to them bemoan the lack of trust in the system.
The truth is that nothing about Missouri's industrial agriculture policy is done above board and their clap-trap about "saving the family farm" continues to insult our intelligence. The institutional culture of the USDA, and the corporatized U. of Missouri's School of Agriculture, wholly dominated subsidies of industrial agriculture do not further the cause of food security.
The dirty little secret is that all the potential economic gains from "efficiency" have already been realized. Now the farmer is being eliminated altogether through satellite-directed technology. The corporate-state control of food systems, by driving the independent family farm into oblivion, has devoured the soul of freedom itself. Who's on your ballot?
"How can farming families" writes Ag economist John Ikerd, "hope to compete with the giant agribusiness firms? How are people- those who are committed to stewardship- compete against corporations that mindlessly exploit nature? How can people who are committed to being good neighbors and responsible members of society compete with corporations that mindlessly exploit other people?"
The answer, he says, is that real farmers can't complete, at least not for the single bottom line. But we can do new things. This is the reason for the triple bottom line accounting of the watershed-based, community foundation economies I write about. When caregiving, labor and capital are equitized, social justice follows.
Managing for a triple bottom line balances the economic, environmental and social dimensions of business performance. We need this because the single bottom line mindset is wholly opportunistic- it ignores social and ecological consciousness – nothing it touches will be economically viable over the long run. And here we are.
If common sense remains our last social asset, the question becomes "Who has it?" Well, those who actively conserve nonrenewable resources have it. Those who promote species diversity, and strive to be better neighbors and civic leaders do.
When will our honorable Congressman and Senator speak to the reality of an agriculture system gone wrong? Will they ask voters, service organizations and the Chamber of Commerce to get behind a sustainable food system policy?
We can only hope. The collapse of family farming has directly affected the personal integrity of each one of us, not only politicians. To restore our integrity means voting for the redirection of scarce public resources to proven approaches that will feed the Ozarks of the 21st century.
Missouri's government web site lists $26.4 billion as the general expenditures for the 2019 Fiscal Year. Some fraction of this amount- who knows how much- subsidizes research and salaries at our corporate universities. Some goes to high-tech and biotech research. And some just goes to poisoning our roadsides, power easements, air, water, and living flesh. The natural environment is seen as a constraint, not an asset, and the people's health is simply irrelevant to profits.
Whatever the money involved, we can turn things around by de-monopolizing synthetic biocide use. The entire industry must be redirected around health considerations, must be reformulated and decentralized. The cultivation and scaled-up production of plant-based substitutes, by state licensed entrepreneurs will rapidly redirect capital into rural job creation. They did it for weed, right?
The price we are paying for subsidized agribusiness is the soul of freedom itself. To rediscover agriculture is to revive hope in American democracy. The real political mandate for Missouri's political leadership is to restore the resilience and regenerative capacities of full-time family farming.
Vaclav Havel, who led the peaceful overthrow of Soviet occupation wrote, "It is hope, above all, that gives its strength to live, and to continually try new things, even in conditions that seem hopeless . . . Life is too precious to permit its devaluation by living pointlessly, emptily, without meaning, without love and, finally, without hope."


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#386 TECHNIQUE DISCUSSION: Damaged techniques
Creating damaged objects or structures can be a great way to incorporate more detail into your MOC, or jut make the environment look lived in. Here are 6 examples of damaged objects you can use:
Broken windows are something very relevant if you focus on military dioramas and scenes, while they are surprisingly easy to make, they can add a lot to your creations. This simple broken window module can be integrated into most conventionally built LEGO houses and can be made with a wide variety of colours.
1. Concrete wall by Marin Stipkovic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marinstipkovic/8630528235/
2. Destroyed window by Sheo.: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheogorath/40994935255/in/photostream/
3. Crashed Imperial Shuttle by Sanel Luković: https://www.facebook.com/bloquerojo01/posts/1536105879829637?__tn__=K-R
4. Scattered glass by Thorsten Bonsch: https://www.flickr.com/photos/xenomurphy/41188659185/in/photostream/
5. Crashed car by Aaron Dayman: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cbla_member/3894510397/in/album-72157622554251321/
6. Smashed window by Darkwater2013 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4wXFqai40


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Month: September 2022
Nasal congestion may not be a sign of a cold – it could be poor air quality
If you are suffering with nasal congestion, worsening asthma or allergies, the problem may not lie with your body's defenses but could be a sign that your home's air quality is poor. Many people think that staying indoors will help them avoid air pollution or allergens that can trigger breathing problems, but the issue could
Celebrate National Tradesman Day by considering a career in home services
As we take some time on Sept. 17 to celebrate National Tradesman Day, we should also reflect on what it means to work as a skilled tradesman and why it's a career with considering. What would life be like without the men and women who fix our leaky sinks or ensure our heating or air


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We help apply the infrastructure, hardware, and applications, that all play in creating a stable, secure, 24/7 running service. IoE technological advisory solutions enable businesses to analyze data generated by sensors on physical objects in a world of intelligent, connected devices.
Cyber & Risk Strategy Planning is a crucial part of adopting these new interconnected devices that IoT is offering. IoE's cyber strategy applies to governments and public services that can work with our Internet of Everything Consulting and Commercial IoT Cyber team.
Our experts provide strategical advisory solutions for organizations to become faster, more innovative, and more resilient to ever-changing threats. We stand alongside you to offer cyber and strategic risk management solutions that can help you focus on enterprise-level risks through a wider lens.
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But to evolve into solutions that fully realize the potential of the internet, delivering real, tangible benefits to its inhabitants, we will need to solve three things:
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In short, we need to: See, Think, Do. Our team of experts has produced an Internet of Everything Informed Infrastructure to solve these challenges.
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1. Structs
A struct is a way to define a type that consists of one or more other types pasted together. Here's a typical struct definition:
This defines a new type struct string that can be used anywhere you would use a simple type like int or float. When you declare a variable with type struct string, the compiler allocates enough space to hold both an int and a char * (8 bytes on a typical 32-bit machine). You can get at the individual components using the . operator, like this:
Variables of type struct can be assigned to, passed into functions, returned from functions, and tested for equality, just like any other type. Each such operation is applied componentwise; for example, s1 = s2; is equivalent to s1.length = s2.length; s1.data = s2.data; and s1 == s2 is equivalent to s1.length == s2.length && s1.data = s2.data.
These operations are not used as often as you might think: typically, instead of copying around entire structures, C programs pass around pointers, as is done with arrays. Pointers to structs are common enough in C that a special syntax is provided for dereferencing them.1 Suppose we have:
We can then refer to elements of the struct string that sp points to (i.e. s) in either of two ways:
The second is more common, since it involves typing fewer parentheses. It is an error to write *sp.data in this case; since . binds tighter than *, the compiler will attempt to evaluate sp.data first and generate an error, since sp doesn't have a data field.
Pointers to structs are commonly used in defining AbstractDataTypes, since it is possible to declare that a function returns e.g. a struct string * without specifying the components of a struct string. (All pointers to structs in C have the same size and structure, so the compiler doesn't need to know the components to pass around the address.) Hiding the components discourages code that shouldn't look at them from doing so, and can be used, for example, to enforce consistency between fields.
For example, suppose we wanted to define a struct string * type that held counted strings that could only be accessed through a restricted interface that prevented (for example) the user from changing the string or its length. We might create a file myString.h that contained the declarations:
1 /* make a struct string * that holds a copy of s */
2 struct string *makeString(const char *s);
4 /* destroy a struct string * */
5 void destroyString(struct string *);
7 /* return the length of a struct string * */
8 int stringLength(struct string *);
10 /* return the character at position index in the struct string * */
11 /* or returns -1 if index is out of bounds */
12 int stringCharAt(struct string *s, int index);
and then the actual implementation in myString.c would be the only place where the components of a struct string were defined:
1 #include <stdlib.h>
2 #include <string.h>
4 #include "myString.h"
6 struct string {
7 int length;
8 char *data;
9 };
11 struct string *
12 makeString(const char *s)
13 {
14 struct string *s2;
16 s2 = malloc(sizeof(struct string));
17 if(s2 == 0) return 0;
19 s2->length = strlen(s);
21 s2->data = malloc(s2->length);
22 if(s2->data == 0) {
23 free(s2);
24 return 0;
25 }
27 strncpy(s2->data, s, s2->length);
29 return s2;
30 }
32 void
33 destroyString(struct string *s)
34 {
35 free(s->data);
36 free(s);
37 }
39 int
40 stringLength(struct string *s)
41 {
42 return s->length;
43 }
45 int
46 stringCharAt(struct string *s, int index)
47 {
48 if(index < 0 || index >= s->length) {
49 return -1;
50 } else {
51 return s->data[index];
52 }
53 }
In practice, we would probably go even further and replace all the struct string * types with a new name declared with typedef.
2. Unions
A union is just like a struct, except that instead of allocating space to store all the components, the compiler only allocates space to store the largest one, and makes all the components refer to the same address. This can be used to save space if you know that only one of several components will be meaningful for a particular object. An example might be a type representing an object in a LISP-like language like Scheme:
Now if you wanted to make a struct lispObject that held an integer value, you might write
where TYPE_INT had presumably been defined somewhere. Note that nothing then prevents you from writing
1 x = 2.7 * o.u.floatVal;
but the effects will be strange, since it's likely that the bit pattern representing 27 as an int represents something very different as a double. Avoiding such mistakes is your responsibility, which is why most uses of union occur inside larger structs that contain enough information to figure out which variant of the union applies.
3. Bit fields
It is possible to specify the exact number of bits taken up by a member of a struct of integer type. This is seldom useful, but may in principle let you pack more information in less space, e.g.:
defines a struct that (probably) occupies only one byte, and supplies four 2-bit fields, each of which can hold values in the range 0-3.
Arguably, this is a bug in the design of the language: if the compiler knows that sp has type struct string *, there is no particular reason why it can't interpret sp.length as sp->length. But it doesn't do this, so you will have to remember to write sp->length instead. (1)


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Despite Jakarta's rapid growth and an increasingly global outlook, a recent clamp down by police on the lgbtq+ community has resulted in the closure of many of the most tourist accessible venues.
On Sunday 21st May 2017, Police raided Atlantis Sauna, detaining 140 men for questioning. Of these, a number where arrested for alleged offenses relating to pornography.
Police allegedly took photos of some of those detained either naked or partially clothed and then distributed the images online and to the media.
lgbtq+I Rights Group, Arus Pelangi condemned the raid and dissemination of images saying that police action was illegal and inhumane. Read the statement here.
In October 2017, Police raided and closed T1 Sauna in Jakarta. Both locals and foreigners were detained by police.
Same-sex sexual activity is officially legal in Indonesia (the age of consent is 18), but there is no equality legislation for lgbtq+ citizens, no legal protection for same-sex couples and no discrimination protection. This reflects widely held traditional local customs and is unlikely to change anytime soon. Despite this, the lgbtq+ community in Indonesia has become increasingly visible and politically active.
The provinces of Aceh and South Sumatra were allowed by the Indonesian government to introduce Sharia Law in 2002, though only applicable to Muslim residents. This criminalises being gay in these provinces… so best avoid going there.
Even in Jakarta, the official classification for all lgbtq+ communities is 'mentally handicapped". There have been some cases of discrimination and harassment, directed at transgender people in particular. There are no legal guidelines regarding HIV/AIDS and there is a possibility of being refused entry a visitor is considered to be HIV+ (i.e. travelling with meds).
On a more positive note, Lambda Indonesia is the oldest and most well-established gay and lesbian movement in SE Asia, and the many lgbtq+ groups now active throughout the country are able to provide HIV/AIDS counselling at least.
Since early 2016, public discourse and debates on lgbtq+ issues has intensified. A number of events organised by lgbtq+ activists have been disrupted by police.
In 2017 a number of gay popular venues in Jakata have been raided and closed by police.
Gay Indonesians face growing challenges in their day-to-day lives. Gay travellers to Jakata should not encounter issues. However public displays of affection between same sex couples (such as kissing or holding hands in public) should be avoided.


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As the Oxfordshire Artweeks virtual festival looks at the beauty of small things in their daily art trail, we uncover an artist who takes collections of small objects and turns them into wall art with wow factor. Using a rainbow of coloured pencils, Robert Strange https://www.artweeks.org/galleries/2020/robert-strange-oas-woa impressively transfer these three-dimensional objects onto paper, a process which take several weeks. Each illustrates how the ephemera other people throw away can equally be described as art: each is large, fresh and cheerful pictures series of objects that have been discarded or out-served their purpose including old pencils, beach toys, golf tees, gun cartridges and sets of soft toys.
As a child Robert Strange filled his pockets and drawers with odd bits and pieces documenting his finds in scrapbooks and illustrated diaries: his many collections stored in dozens of boxes and glass jars now line the walls of his immaculate Harwell studio and serve as a basis for this Squashed series.
One drawing shows old toy cars, evocative and battered matchbox cars, many of which have a real family history. 'I've picked up a few intriguing ones from junk shops and other places, he explains, ' but mostly the toy cars were mine as a child and then my children played with them and now they come out for my grandchildren. They've been much loved for a very long time.'
There's always something to hand to inspire his next work, and each choice brings forth an accompanying story. 'Once squashed into their boxes,' explains Robert, 'every collection seems to take on a whole new lease of life, as if they have their own tale to tell.' His sense of fun is on show in a collection of pencil sharpenings, curled and colourful, that form interesting shapes and swirls, and which he has used to create small varnished and boxed 'sharpening flies' – like miniature butterflies collected for perpetuity. 'I pretend they're a whole new species,' he laughs ,'and for children, I imagine a life-story: how the pencil tip is like a colourful egg, a small piece of pencil is like the caterpillar, and them from a pile of shavings stuck together, like a chrysalis, these beautiful art-butterflies emerge!' Currently Robert is working on a selection of squashed beer bottle tops, perhaps a record of days in self-isolation.
Robert also draws rusty objects, the sorts of things you'd find in an old shed or workshop – decaying old tools, rusted hardware and worn garage ephemera that have served a lifetime. The rusty surfaces are richly coloured and textured which makes them a real challenge to draw and yet the realism Robert achieves in a series of one lock, two nuts and bolts, three hinges and so on is remarkable.
For more, visit: https://www.artweeks.org/festival/theme/small-beautiful


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Water or sky today? Maybe the inside of a flame? Or a bluebell busting out of it's bud in the spring? Maybe it's just the wind, running along the sidewalk. Oh... wait... it might be my kid.
They don't know she's improving her gross motor skills through sensory play. They don't know she's exercising. They don't know that the pretend play in which she is engaging is helping her cognitive development and will benefit her for the rest of her life.
Use these ribbon wands as outdoor play toys, inside toys, color learning toys, gross motor skills toys... the open ended play possibilities are endless! Sensory toys are perfect for pretend play.
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A Miller County jury handed down sentences of 40 years and six years for rape and sexual indecency after finding a man guilty of sexually abusing an 18-year-old relative when he was a boy.
The jury of eight men and four women recommended that Michael David Lee Walker, 32, be ordered to serve the terms consecutively. Circuit Judge Carlton Jones agreed.
The victim testified he was 5 or 6 when Walker began molesting him on property in Doddridge, Ark., on Highway 267 where his immediate and extended family occupied mobile homes. The victim's mother, brother, grandmother and aunt testfied on Walker's behalf during the trial.
"Testifying cost him his family. His own brother threatened him with physical harm," Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Connie Mitchell argued in closing remarks. "But he did it anyway. Why would he come here and put himself through that if it were not true?"
The victim testified Tuesday that Walker threatened to kill him as a child if he told of the abuse which began when he was a young child and that his family has threatened to cut off all contact with him if he appeared in court and testified. It took less than an hour for the jury to return with two guilty verdicts.
During the punishment phase, the jury heard testimony concerning two pending cases involving female relatives of Walker's who were allegedly abused sexually by him as children as well as testimony concerning seven prior felony convictions which are not related to sexual conduct.
Texarkana attorney Darren Anderson argued that the victim was angry at Walker for punching him in the face and told the jury his inability to "look them in the eye" during his testimony was a "tell tale sign" of lying.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kristian Robertson asked the jury to put themselves in the victim's place.
"What if I asked any of you to get up here and talk about your first sexual experience," Robertson asked. "And then what if that sexual experience was with your (relative). How hard would that be?"
During his testimony Tuesday, the victim spoke softly and often stared at the floor.
"I'm here to look you in the eye on behalf of (the victim)," Robertson said. "On behalf of a kid who can't speak for himself."
During the punishment phase of trial, Walker took the stand. He did not testify during the guilt or innocence phase.
"I just want to be a part of my daughter's life. I want to put my family back together after all of this," Walker said under questioning from Anderson.
Robertson asked Walker about the many phone calls to the victim he made while being held in the Miller County jail.
"You told him not to come testify," Robertson said. "You never said, 'just tell the truth' because he was telling the truth, wasn't he?"
Walker asked the jury for mercy.
The pending cases involving the female relatives of Walker's are scheduled for pretrial hearings next month. Walker must serve 70 percent of his 40-year sentence on the rape charge before he can be considered for parole.


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SpaceX is teaming up with Northrop Grumman today to deliver more than 8,000 pounds of cargo, fresh food and scientific experiments to astronauts on the International Space Station.
The NG-20 resupply mission will take off from the Space Force's Cape Canaveral in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at around 12:07 p.m. EST. Northrop's Cygnus cargo capsule will arrive at the International Space Station on February 1.
Northrop has been launching Cygnus to the ISS for resupply missions using its own Antares rocket since 2013, with the exception of just two missions that used a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5. But Northrop retired that version of Antares last year, and the next version — an all-American launch vehicle called Antares 330, which it is developing with Firefly Aerospace — will not be ready to fly until around mid-2025.
Both Northrop and SpaceX have multibillion-dollar contracts with NASA to deliver cargo resupply missions to the ISS. Under its contract, SpaceX uses its Dragon capsule; this is the first time it will launch a Cygnus.
That Northrop is using Falcon 9 — and that the change required no modifications to Cynus, per Northrop VP Cyrus Dahlia during a press briefing last week — reflects both companies' critical importance to American civil space efforts.
SpaceX was able to modify its own hardware to accommodate the spacecraft: William Gerstenmaier, SpaceX's VP of build and flight reliability, said during the briefing that the company added a 5 feet by 4 feet hatch to the payload fairing to enable a "late load" of cargo. Loading the cargo late in mission preparations, or within 24 hours of launch, allowed crews to add materials (like ice cream) to the spacecraft even after it was encapsulated in the fairing.
Adding the "gigadoor" to the fairing, as Gerstenmaier called it, is especially tricky because the contents inside must remain environmentally controlled.
"That's a pretty intense activity," he said. "It's taken a lot of modifications on our part to get this hardware ready to go fly."
Cygnus will remain docked to the ISS for around six months. While attached, it may use its thrusters to boost the altitude of the station, which is subject to atmospheric drag — an important capability unique to Cygnus. At the end of its stint, astronauts will fill the spacecraft with trash and other debris, which will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.


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London-born, Melbourne-based musician Alison Ferrier has released her third long-play album What She Knows, a crafted collection of atmospheric folk, laid-back country and rockin' blues.
Boosted by Ferrier's clever electric riffs, What She Knows taps into her early British blues and rock influences, including Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, while her lyrically rich, slow-build country numbers are reminiscent of Lucinda Williams.
Ferrier's voice is unadorned and inviting, singing songs of nostalgia and the human condition, with observations on the universal emotions of everyday life.
Her lead fuzz guitar in the spacious track Once had a Love (think, Dylan's Time out of Mind) and in country-punk remake of trad folk song The Cuckoo, take her playing to an impressive new level and perhaps hint at a new rockier direction for Ferrier.


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These amazing Salted Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bites are a super satisfying snack that doubles as a dessert packed with whole grain goodness and plenty of chocolate!
For the bites:
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 1/2 tsp sea salt, plus more for topping
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter* (try Sunbutter for nut-free)
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the chocolate coating:
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 tsp coconut oil
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, stir together oats, flax, and salt. Add peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla and stir until combined.
- Wet hands and form dough into about 18 balls. Place on cookie sheet and freeze while you melt the chocolate.
- Place chocolate chips and coconut oil in a mug (this makes the balls easy to coat). Melt in 20 second increments, stirring each time, until melted.
- Remove bites from freezer and use a fork to coat each bite in the chocolate mixture. Sprinkle with salt (flaky salt is the best!) and freeze until hardened. Once they're set, bites can be transferred to a container and stored in the refrigerator or freezer. I like them best right out of the freezer!
*Peanut butter made with just peanuts or peanuts and salt. Should be drippy!


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Parliament Appreciates The Selection Of Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday 26th October 2017 showered praises and felicitations on her Deputy Speaker, Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah, following his preferment as running mate to Dr. Samura M.W. Kamara for the March 07th Elections in 2018 on the All Peoples Congress (APC) Party's Ticket.
The Rt. Hon. Speaker of the House, Ambassador SBB Dumbuya, whilst thanking MPs on both sides of the political divide for their apt contributions, said he regarded Parliament as a family, fellowship and a union. He said Hon. Bah came to Parliament in 2007 at the time when he was Deputy Majority Leader of the House and later, Majority Leader before ascending the Speakership. He described Hon. Bah as a magnetic personality who comports himself with dignity that is exceedingly respectful, with loyalty and sincerity of purpose. He also regarded him as someone who takes his work very seriously. He furthered that he personally likes Hon. Bah for his humility because it is the foundation for all the virtues. He also averred that indeed, Hon. Bah had stooped to rise, whilst congratulating him on behalf of the Leadership and staff of Parliament.
Responding to the sentiments expressed by MPs on both sides of the aisle, Hon. Bah regarded himself as part of Parliament for ten years; comparatively, in the Judiciary he would have been invited to serve in the High Courts. He also said that "on March 07th 2018 I will be down the road heading for the superior heart of governance, but my heart will be with Parliament on whose hands the continued development of Sierra Leone restâ€.
MPs on both sides of the political divide heaped enormous praises on Hon. Bah for his choice as running mate to Dr. Kamara, describing him as a servant-leader, caring, young, religious, dynamic and popular MP that has been chosen for the second highest office in the country. They also said that his preferment came from God through the Chairman and Leader of the APC.
Both Paramount Chiefs Kailondo Banya and Sheku Fasuluku Sonsiama wished him well in his political pursuits, saying that he has enormous respect for traditional leaders. Those who respect Chiefs are always elevated, they observed.
Acting Minority Leader, Hon. Ansumana J. Kaikai on behalf of the SLPP congratulated Hon. Bah, describing his potential ascendancy as great and tremendous, but said that the sad moment is that the SLPP is prepared to win the next elections in 2018.
Reacting, Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Leonard Fofanah said that SLPP will win the next elections on the condition that Hon. Bah is the vice president. On representation, he said that MPs had spoken on behalf of the country whilst wishing Hon. Bah success in his vice presidential bid. He also said that "Chernor positively touches every life he comes acrossâ€, saying that his nomination is a blessing to Parliament and the country.
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Rootstock Sydney is a wine and food festival that celebrates artisan products, sustainability and community. Bringing together some of the most talented, authentic and exciting wine and food producers from Australia and around the world. Rootstock Sydney features collaborations between farmer-growers, chefs, winemakers, cooks, distillers and foragers all brought to the fore.
The largest event of its kind in Australia, stretching over a weekend showcasing organic-biodynamic-local produce markets, wine festival sessions, talks and masterclasses, unique bars, coffee/artisan cheese/Slow Food Australia pavilions and in 2015 with a strong focus on Indigenous food and agriculture. Presented by Carriageworks and Rootstock Sydney.


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Profit Plan Pricing
ExecTalentSource Profit Plans
understanding exectalentsource Profit plans
An ExecTalentSource Profit Plan is the first step towards profitability for most small businesses. The following 7 topics are essential to understanding the inner workings of a Profit Plan.
Profit Plans are designed for founders/co-founders that own small businesses making between $0-$10M in annual revenue across the US.
Included is a 45-minute to 3-hour working session that serves as the discovery needed to produce a personalized profit model for small businesses that helps them launch, maintain financial alignment, and scale.
A Profit Plan provides businesses with a financial roadmap that includes a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly operating budget for all expenses, revenue, and regulatory obligations.
The seven pillars of a healthy financial management plan include revenue, owners compensation, operating expenses, payroll, marketing, taxes, and profit margins; which are all included in ExecTalentSource Profit Plans.
Total ALIGNMENT
The goal of a profit plan is to find alignment between business ownership, operations, and the financials flowing in and out of the business. Financial alignment happens when the seven financial pillars are budgeted and balanced. Alignment allows for all of the needs of the business to be met without sacrifice.
Positive CASH Flow
The seven pillars are designed to flow into a cash management system that eliminates debt and places the company into a cash flow positive position.
Rule of Thumb
The rule of thumb for this cash management system is money can only go into their designated budget accounts and not moved around. When money moves between budget accounts, it breaks the integrity and validity of the cash management system, making it unusable.
Of all the pillars, the taxes budget must be presented to the client's CPA for confirmation and acceptance before the plan can be considered complete.
Let's walk through the answers
to some commonly asked questions.
WhERE Should i start?
If you are ready to begin working with ExecTalentSource, the Owners Profit Plan is where you would start.
If you want to learn more about the next steps, a free 20-minute consultation is great for you.
how should i prepare?
Start by:
- Making a list of what's keeping you up at night pertaining to your business.
- Pull any financial data that you are proud of or concerned about.
Who Should Be Involved?
All founders should be involved in the Owners Profit Plan.
Owner operators and managers should be involved in all Profit Plans excluding the Owners Profit Plan.
Profit Plans are not designed for the participation of silent partners and those who own private stock.
How much time will this take?
You will need:
- 20-minutes for a free consultation
- 45-minutes for Owners Profit Plan
- 90-minutes for Payroll + Operations Profit Plans
- Up to 3 hours for Marketing + Sales Profit Plans
Does ExecTalentSource work With Non-Profits?
ExecTalentSource has served non-profit organizations since 2010.
The biggest takeaway for non-profits is the Payroll, Operations, Marketing and Sales Profit Plans.
We gladly welcome new non-profits into our space.
How doEs exectalentsource operate during covid-19?
Profit Plans are designed for in-person delivery but can be facilitated on Zoom due to Covid-19.
Dallas, Texas is the only ExecTalentSource office still facilitating in person delivery of Profit Plans.
how often will i need a profit plan?
Profit Plans outline what goals and budgets you should adopt.
For optimal results, Profit Plans are recommended annually and Profit Plan reviews are recommended quarterly.
How Can are all my financials Be misaligned?
When we uncover financial misalignments within your business, it means your actions and goals are out of sync, which is good information!
Your goal is to uncover all of your financial misalignments so you can rebuild them and create new strategies to improve your performance.
What Do I need to Know About Making payments?
ExecTalentSource accepts checks, wires, and ACH payments. A processing fee is applied to credit cards and debit cards payments.
After account set up and the profit plan is selected, clients are sent an invoice via email with a Click to Pay link.
ExecTalentSource does not offer payment plans.
Services are rendered once payment is made in full.
does ExecTalentSource provide consulting, Coaching, advisory, or mentoring services?
This is by far the most commonly asked question and unfortunately ExecTalentSource does not offer consulting, coaching, advisory or mentoring services.
The company's strategists utilize Q&A working sessions to draw out information needed to develop Profit Plans for entrepreneurs. However, the strategist do not individually coach or consult for any business owners.
ExecTalentSource's only service offering is a physical Profit Plan.
what Type of companies Purchase Profit Plans?
ExecTalentSource provides Profit Plans to founders/co-founders that own small businesses making between $0-$10M in annual revenue across the US.


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Marijuana flower is coming to Louisiana dispensaries by 2022! With all the excitement going around about this news, there is one big concern that we have been hearing.
At Louisiana Marijuana Card, our job is more than being your go-to medical marijuana card provider. We prioritize your all around health and wellness by answering any questions or concerns you may have. Education is key to creating the best treatment plan for yourself and we are here for you every step of the way!
With medical marijuana flower on its way to Louisiana dispensaries (also known as just pharmacies), one big concern is being brought up. Will I smell like marijuana if I use marijuana flower?
Good question! Marijuana does have a very distinct and potent smell. The Louisiana medical marijuana program up until has only offered marijuana oil products. With marijuana oil, you don't have to worry about smelling like marijuana after you medicate.
Even though there is no harm in smelling like cannabis, it can be a bit embarrassing for some. The smell is a dead give away that you have been smoking marijuana which many like to keep personal to themselves as there can be stigma surrounding the subject.
There are a lot of questions that Louisianians have raised when it comes to the cannabis scent. We will be answering all of these questions today!
Q: Will smoking in a steamy bathroom help with the marijuana smell?
A: Smoking in a steamy bathroom is almost a rite of passage in the marijuana community. Everyone does it at some point! Many people stuff a towel under the door and "hotbox" the room.
While hot boxing a room does contain the marijuana smell from seeping into the rest of the house, it will not totally eliminate the odor. When you come out of the bathroom, you will more than likely smell of marijuana. The odor in the bathroom usually dissipates after about a half an hour or so.
Q: Can I remove the smell after hotboxing?
A: You definitely can remove the marijuana odors after a hotbox! The best thing to do is get some air flowing in the room. If there is a window, definitely open it up or put a fan in the room. This will help the marijuana smell to dissipate faster.
Another trick you can use is the baking soda trick! Open a couple of boxes of baking soda and place them around the room. Baking soda absorbs the odor that is in the air.
You also can be proactive and like some candles or incense to make the place smell differently. This will also help cover up any lingering odors that may still be in the room.
Q: If I smoke out the window, will that help with the smell?
A: Smoking marijuana flower and blowing it out of the window will definitely decrease the marijuana smell!
There are still some tricks you can use to make this work even better! You can blow into an air conditioner vent which will take the smell outside of the room or you can use a tool called a sploof. "A sploof is a cylindrical object that filters cannabis smoke through a set of perforated materials. The device uses a filtering material, such as a dryer sheet, to remove smoke and odor particles from smoke blown into it."
For these two tricks to work, just make sure that the wind is blowing away from the room or else the odor will come right back at you!
Q: What if I smoke in the shower? Will that decrease the marijuana smell?
A: Many people try to do this thinking that it will help but it really doesn't. Smoking in the shower is just a steamy hotbox. The steam will help contain the smell in the bathroom but it won't prevent the smell.
Also keep in mind that since you are smoking marijuana flower, it will be hard to keep it lit because of the water and moisture in the bathroom.
Q: If I smoke outside, will someone else smell it?
A: If you are smoking outside, someone could definitely smell it but there are a lot of factors that come into play with this one. The odor of marijuana can travel depending on the direction of the wind, how fast it is blowing, the humidity in the air and many other factors as well.
Of course, your method of medicating also plays a role in this too. If you smoke a joint or pre-rolls, these will smell more potent than dry herb vaping or just vaping in general.
Q: Will my clothes smell like marijuana after I smoke?
It all depends on how you are smoking your marijuana flower. If you are smoking a joint or a blunt, it is more likely that the smoke can seep into your clothes because the scent is stronger. If you are using a bong, it won't be as strong.
You can easily get rid of the smell by changing your clothes or spraying some body sprays or air fresheners!
Takeaways. . .
Even though you could leave a marijuana smell behind with flower, try not to get overly concerned. Smells usually dissipate quickly and with some of these tips and tricks you can cover the order easily!
Don't let this stop you from getting your medical marijuana card with us. You deserve relief. It can be yours today!
Doctors Who Care. Relief You Can Trust.
At Louisiana Marijuana Card, our mission is helping everyone achieve wellness safely and conveniently through increased access to medical marijuana. Our focus on education, inclusion, and acceptance will reduce stigma for our patients by providing equal access to timely information and compassionate care.
Call us at (833) 253-2943, or simply book a medical marijuana evaluation to start getting relief you can trust today!
Check out Louisiana Marijuana Card's Blog to keep up to date on the latest medical marijuana news, tips, and information. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to join the medical marijuana conversation in Louisiana!


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Find a way to re-define and re-organize the name of your Prometheus metrics to meet your requirements
Prometheus has become the new standard when we're talking about monitoring our new modern application architecture, and we need to make sure we know all about its options to make sure we can get the best out of it. I've been using it for some time until I realized about a feature that I was desperate to know how to do, but I couldn't find anywhere clearly define. So as I didn't found it easily, I thought about writing a small article to show you how to do it without needed to spend the same time as I did.
We have plenty of information about how to configure Prometheus and use some of the usual configuration plugins, as we can see on its official webpage [1]. Even I already write about some configuration and using it for several purposes, as you can see also in other posts [2][3][4].
One of these configuration plugins is about relabeling, and this is a great thing. We have that each of the exporters can have its labels and meaning for those, and when you try to manage different technologies or components makes complex that all of them match together even if all of them follow the naming convention that Prometheus has [5].
But I had this situation, and I'm sure you have gone or will go towards that as well, that I have similar metrics for different technologies that for me are the same, and I need to keep them with the same name, but as they belong to other technologies they are not. So I need to find a way to rename the metric, and the great thing is that you can do that.
To do that, you just need to do a metric_relabel configuration. This configuration applies to relabel (as the name already indicates) labels of your prometheus metrics in this case before being ingested but also allow us to use some notable terms to do different things, and one of these notable terms is __name__. __name__ is a particular label that will enable you to rename your prometheus metrics before being ingested in the Prometheus Timeseries Database. And after that point, this will be as it will have that name since the beginning.
How to use that is relatively easy, is as any other relabel process, and I'd like to show you a sample about how to do it.
- source_labels: [__name__]
regex: 'jvm_threads_current'
target_label: __name__
replacement: 'process_thread_count'
Here it is a simple sample to show how we can rename a metric name jvm_threads_current to count the threads inside the JVM machine to do it more generic to be able to include the threads for the process in a process_thread_count prometheus metrics that we can use now as it was the original name.
[1] Prometheus: Configuration https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/
[2] https://medium.com/@alexandrev/prometheus-monitoring-in-tibco-cloud-integration-96a6811416ce
[3] https://medium.com/@alexandrev/prometheus-monitoring-for-microservices-using-tibco-772018d093c4
[4] https://medium.com/@alexandrev/kubernetes-service-discovery-for-prometheus-fcab74237db6
[5] Prometheus: Metric and Label Naming https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/


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LITTLE ROCK — After nearly two weeks of clear skies and dropping temperatures, producers across Arkansas have increased their harvest tempo as fields have dried, but now the year's umpteenth weather system — Hurricane Delta — threatens to slow progress again.
As of Friday morning, modeling from the National Weather Service placed Delta's path as likely to be moving up the Arkansas-Mississippi border Saturday, and into northern Mississippi and Tennessee by Sunday, gradually downgrading from a hurricane to a tropical storm to a tropical depression along the way.
The National Weather Service also predicts that the remnants of Hurricane Delta will pour varying degrees of rain on the southeastern half of the state, with Chicot, Ashley and Desha counties receiving five inches of rain or more through Saturday night.
As has been the case for several years in a row, the 2020 Arkansas harvest has been stop-and-go, largely due to large weather systems pushing rain and wind from the Gulf of Mexico into the Southern Plains and beyond.
The Laura weather system — first a hurricane, then a tropical storm — pushed through Arkansas in late August, and slowed both the Arkansas sorghum and corn harvests, which had already begun, and effectively delayed the beginning of the rice harvest. Between Sept. 21-22, nearly the entire state received between a half inch and five inches of rain, followed by a week in which the southeastern corner of the state received an additional five to six inches of rain.
In the past two weeks, however, Arkansas producers have made strong gains in harvesting rice, corn and soybeans, with each commodity seeing 10 percent or more of its respective total acreage harvested or more over the past week alone. As of Oct. 4, 86 percent of the state's corn acreage had been harvested, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. That puts growers still behind the five-year average of 96 percent by this point in the season, but within sight of the crop's last leg.
Jason Kelley, extension wheat and feed grains agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said corn producers in the state are trying to wrap harvest up this week.
"We are more than 90 percent done at this point, and we would make a good push at nearing completion without the rain that Delta is brining," Kelley said. "Corn that has not been harvested yet really needs to miss this rain and wind, as many fields are lodging and will be more difficult to harvest if we get wind from Delta.
"Delta will also bring wheat planting to a stop," he said. "Wheat acres look to be up this year with increased grain prices, but that hinges on the weather allowing for planting."
About 70 percent of the state's rice acreage had been harvested by Oct. 4, according to NASS, with growers making the most of the first week of the month. Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist for the Division of Agriculture, said last week's above-average temperatures aided progress.
"We're making excellent progress on rice harvest right now," Hardke said.
"While we're still behind the five year average, we should have over 80 percent of rice harvested by the time Hurricane Delta reaches the state," he said. "If the upper two-thirds of eastern Arkansas can avoid major rainfall amounts, we have an excellent long-range forecast after Delta leaves to try and finish harvest on a high note."
Soybean producers were still seeing the effects of saturated soils, however. Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist for the Division of Agriculture, said the fields would need additional time to dry from September's penetrating rains.
"On the soybean side, we just need some dry weather to get the crop harvested," Ross said. "Prolonged periods of wet, cloudy weather could have some quality issues. We have seen some quality issues after Tropical Storm Laura, but most everything looks good so far."
Of the state's major commodity crops, cotton has struggled the most this season. As of Oct. 4, only 13 percent of the state's total acreage had been harvested, well behind the five year average of 29 percent of acreage typically harvested by this point in the season.
"Cotton harvest statewide has just gotten rolling this week, and should be 20 percent complete as the rain bands from Hurricane Delta arrive," Bill Robertson, extension cotton agronomist for the Division of Agriculture, said. "This time last year, we were over 50 percent harvested.
"We need mother nature to be a little more kind to us," he said.


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Our Priorities Change
When we're embroiled in our addictive patterns, we tend to prioritize our addictions over everything else in our lives. Our values and priorities shift. What we care about changes. We're putting the most important things and people in our lives on the back-burner so that we can focus on doing whatever we need to do to feed our addictions. We might endanger ourselves and the people in our lives. Our loved ones can feel neglected, ignored, and abandoned. We can make the people we care most about feel unloved and unappreciated. Our work can suffer. We miss deadlines and take too much time off. Our mental and emotional health, our feelings of happiness and inner peace, are sacrificed as well. We aren't pursuing our interests and passions. We're not keeping up with our self-care regimens. We let our wellness routines fall by the wayside. We stop going to therapy. We leave rehab early. We give up on our support groups.
Our Relationship With Self Changes
Struggling with addiction can mean our lives are turned upside down, and along with them, our values, and the things we deem important. Having enough supply of our drug of choice becomes our top priority. Getting high is what we care most about. Being able to feed our addictive patterns is our main concern. When our values change, it's often because we've experienced a shift in our relationship with ourselves. We're ignoring our intuition. We feel disconnected from ourselves. We feel self-hating and self-rejecting. We're distracting ourselves from our inner truth. We're escaping our difficult thoughts and feelings with our drug of choice. We're choosing not to heed all of our internal warning signs that something is very wrong in our lives. We ignore the very clear messages from our inner voice that we need to prioritize our health and well-being.
Our Lives Are Turned Upside Down
Many of us are continuing along with our lives as if everything is fine, feeding our addictions, and living in denial. We might even be managing to function somewhat normally. When we take the time to be honest with ourselves, though, we realize that everything in our lives has changed drastically, and sometimes it is our values that have changed the most. We can feel like we can't recognize the person we've become. It can feel like nothing makes sense anymore like our lives have become a total disaster we won't ever be able to extricate ourselves from. These feelings can arise because our values have shifted, because we've been neglecting the things we hold dear, and prioritizing the addictions that are destroying us.
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