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How Safe Are the Tires on America's Roads?
"Colson Hicks Eidson is recognized as one of the top litigation firms in the country, handling local, national and international litigation for a wide range of clients." - Chambers USA
Tire Blowouts a Critical Threat
Lewis S. "Mike" Eidson served as lead counsel in litigation involving Ford Firestone tires, which were involved in several rollover accidents caused by the tread separating on these tires. When tires blow out, they can easily cause the vehicle to lose control and injure multiple drivers and passengers on the road.
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Tire blowouts are one of the most dangerous things that can happen to a person driving a car at highway speed. They're sudden, they're unexpected and they can immediately cause the car to go out of control and crash. The frequent result of a tire blowout, whether it's caused by a tread separation—where the tread comes off the tire—or just suddenly loses air for any reason, is it's a drag on one of the wheels which the driver can't anticipate. What they do is, they'll immediately veer off the road, which results usually in a rollover accident. A lot of times even people wearing seat belts; those seat belts come loose or they come out of the seat belt and they get ejected. Then they suffer brain injuries, there are deaths and there's paralysis.
So this is one of the most severe and dangerous things that can happen to a person when they're driving a car. That's why tire safety is so important. Back in 2000, when we were representing tens of thousands of people around the world, I was the lead counsel in the Ford Firestone litigation at that time. Our actions led to the recall of 40 million tires. We represented well over a thousand people; this group of lawyers that were handling these cases from all over the world because these tires were failing prematurely, exactly the way I just described to you. Cars were going out of control and people were dying. We were able, effectively, to get Firestone to take the tires off the cars. 40 million tires were taken off and turned in. We think that saved tens of thousands of lives of people that would have had accidents like this if those tires had remained on their cars. So this is a serious thing that I'm talking to you about; tire safety.


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For those of you who never did time in the Bay Area, we'll lay it straight out: when the Bay Bridge is closed, the normally bad traffic goes from indigestion to amoebic dysentery. And to demolish the old Western Approach to the hoary gray workhorse (and actually our favorite bridge anywhere (yes, we love you, too, Vincent Thomas, don't worry)), CalTrans has shut down the eastbound lower deck of the structure, causing traffic toward Oakland to either divert south on 101 to the San Mateo Bridge, or to cut through the City, head over the Golden Gate, up to San Rafael and over the Richmond Bridge.
Either way, it adds a good 20 to 40 miles to one's trip, depending on the destination. What's more, it soaks the other already-overloaded arteries with traffic. However, officials say that the public has responded rather well to the closing. Still, we know the public is helluv annoyed. The bridge re-opens at 5am Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, we wanna see 'em shut down the Altamont Pass permanently, cover the stretch of 580 with more windmills and watch the soulless office parks of Pleasanton staffed by miserable schmoes fall into the toilet and cause the awful housing tracts of Tracy to disintigrate blow away in the Central Valley wind. Our lackadaisical blogging ass will just take the 101 next time we drive up to see friends. The rest of you can go back to Salina, Kansas or wherever.
Traffic keeps flowing despite bridge closure [SFGate]
A Seven-Axle Civic? Bay Area Motorists Charged Big Rig Toll Rates [Internal]


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Every year, for several years, I have forgone New Year's Resolutions (because seriously, by January 5th I've already failed) and picked one word to help me focus on throughout the year. It's the only 'resolution' that's worked for me.
Last year the word I chose was the word blessed. By January 23rd I didn't know how, after losing Mikail, I could ever feel blessed. Why would God lead me to such a word? How can one feel blessed after the unexpected loss of your oldest child? I quickly learned that there were blessings in the small things and every day I would look for something or someone that blessed me and by the end of 2015 I knew that even though life is hard, really hard, we are truly blessed.
For 2016 I thought about keeping on with the word Blessed, or choosing a word such as faith or joy, but after much thought and prayer I've decided that my one word for 2016 is the word hope. Why hope? Here's why:
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13
As for me, I will always have hope...
Psalm 71:14a
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.
Psalm 39:7
I could go on and on, there are so many pieces of scripture that shout out to me when it comes to this thing I hang onto, this thing called hope. Even poetry eloquently speaks of hope.
The verse that I am plastering all over our house this year? (I have a feeling I am going to become anchor obsessed)
This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.
It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.
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Miami Beach's Deauville Beach Resort is located on A1A on a tiny strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve. In operation since the 1960s, the resort's history includes being the site of the Beatles' 1964 Ed Sullivan Show performance. The area around the resort is filled with a variety of hotel choices, ranging from basic comforts to luxurious indulgence.
The New Hotel
The New Hotel (thenewhotelmiami.com) is a boutique hotel located two minutes from Deauville Beach Resort in a historic Art Deco neighborhood just a block from the beach. Room choices include Base, Deluxe and Pool Suites, all of which give you the option of ordering in-room spa treatments. Enjoy the on-site bistro and bar, or one of the Cuban, Brazilian, Italian or Greek restaurants located about a block away. Two miles from the hotel, Bal Harbour Shops offers upscale fashions including Gucci, Dolce & Gabanna, Prada and Yves Saint Laurent.
Hawaii Hotel
Two minutes north of Deauville Beach Resort, Hawaii Hotel (hawaiihotelmiamibeach.com) offers minimalist one- and two-bedroom studios, some of which have an ocean view. The amenities here don't get much fancier than a continental breakfast and [beach towels](https://society6.com/beach-towels?utm_source=SFGHG&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=4563) to borrow, but the hotel does put you right at the beach for prices starting around $70 per night at the time of publication. The hotel is within walking distance of a day spa, bank, two pharmacies, a nail salon and the Miami-Dade County Library.
The Ocean Breeze Hotel
The Ocean Breeze Hotel (theoceanbreezehotel.com) is located just across the street and one building down from Deauville Beach Resort. Although the hotel's rooms and amenities aren't as luxurious as some of its neighbors, staying here puts you within walking distance of a variety of restaurants including Chinese, Brazilian and Italian, as well as being just across the street from the ocean and about five minutes from South Beach. Amenities at the hotel include a pool with room for sunbathing and a gym that is free for hotel guests to use. Walgreens and Budget car rental are both conveniently located one block from the hotel.
Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa
Thai massage, private yoga sessions, customized food advice from nutritionists and manicures done with only vegan products are just some of the options you can take part in during your stay at the Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa (canyonranch.com), less than a tenth of a mile away from Deauville Beach Resort. The hotel's one- and two-dedroom suites offer views of the ocean, swimming pool and Intracoastal Waterway, and include furnished kitchens, luxurious bed linens and posh spa-inspired bathrooms featuring deep tubs to soak in, Italian glass tile mosaics and imported stone floors. Special fitness classes for families, children and teens give you the option of working out with your family or separately. Dining options at Canyon Ranch include one full-service restaurant, a juice bar, a lounge and a cafe by the pool.
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Bertoia to sell impressive set of nautical toys
Bertoia to sell impressive set of nautical toys
2 May 2012, 09:49 GMT+01
American toy auctioneer Bertoia Auctions are to sell the incredible 30-year nautical toy collection of Dick Claus.
Dick Claus's antique model boats will be sold in two auctions, the first on Saturday May 12th, and the second in November. With an impressive array of Marklin ships, luxury toy craft, and clockwork boats, these two auctions will display the finest examples in two centuries of nautical toy history.
Dick Claus's 2005 reference work The Allure of Toy Ships: American & European Nautical Toys from the 19th and 20th Centuries, has enchanted many a collector, all of whom are keen to see his personal assortment in the flesh, and thrilled to have the chance to purchase these fine miniature vessels for themselves.
Marklins usually model themselves on real seafaring ships at their time of production, such as the Maine, the Brooklyn, and the Olympia. They are impressive as toys, but even more so as depictions of history.
Highlights include a large scale Marklin 'Kaiserin Augusta Victoria' steam-powered ocean liner, German, 46", which replicated the Hamburg America ship launched in 1905. It is estimated to sell for $90,000-$100,000. Additional items of note are a Gunthermann clockwork eight-man scull, German, 29", valued at $10,000-£12,000, and a Marklin 'Blenheim' clockwork riverboat, German, 1909, 13", expected to fetch £8,000-£9,000.
The auction will also include various accessories such as sailor figurines, U-boat submariner's badges, navy recruitment posters, European trolleys, and several toy zeppelins. One zeppelin, a Marklin clockwork 17" German tin with celluloid rear propellers, is estimated to sell for $7,000-$9,000.
This is one of the most impressive collections of nautical toys to come to auction, a collection amassed over three decades of passion and fascination.
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Afghan and coalition officials say a suicide car bomber has attacked a convoy of U.S. troops in Kabul, killing six civilians and wounding at least 35 people.
Officials say four U.S. soldiers traveling in the convoy escaped Thursday's attack with minor injuries.
The bomb damaged the coalition's two armored vehicles and several other cars along the road near the Kabul airport.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In other developments, Pakistan lodged a strong protest against coalition forces in Afghanistan Thursday after a cross-border attack killed two women and two children in Pakistan.
Coalition spokesman Major Chris Belcher confirmed that U.S.-led forces fired precision-guided ammunition into Pakistan Wednesday. He said they aimed at a suspected militant target one and half kilometers inside Pakistan.
Separately, Afghan officials say a roadside bomb killed three Afghan police and wounded four others Thursday in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul.
In the southwestern province of Nimroz, the provincial governor said air strikes by Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in the area this week. The U.S.-led coalition has not confirmed the attack.
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The Shower
4 Jan 2013
4 Jan 2013
Leslie, I always enjoy reading your posts. They are always thoughtful and well written. I hope this year is one full of joy.
Jade's Grandma Leslie
Hi Leslie, Thank you so very much. I wish you – and your family – the same. Aiden and Jade haven't seen each other in quite a while. Hopefully Linden and I are able to schedule some time soon. 🙂 Happy New Year!
As always Leslie, thank you. Much love, light, and continued strength to you
Thank you, Patty. You are always so supportive of my family (and writing) which really means so much to me. Thanks again!
You inspire so many. Thank you for sharing in your family's journey. Prayers to Aiden for his health and to you and your husband for a rebuilding of love that is founded on ease and laughter.
Wow, thank you so much. Honestly, your words – and the words of all Aiden's supports – drive me. Thanks for the prayers for Aiden as well as my marriage; they are so very appreciated. Wishing you only the best!


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I was so excited several years ago when I heard the words "systems person" coined. Doesn't it sound so much better than "anal" or "OCD"? "Systems" just sounds ... smart! "Anal" just sounds, you know...
What's that got to do with pancakes, you may well be asking by now. Hold on! I'm getting there.
I can be a morning person as long as my systems are in place. My clothes for the next day are out and ready before my head hits the bed. We're weather watchers, so I plan out my week's wardrobe in advance. Then, of course, I color coordinate my nail polish to match. (Okay, that sounds a little OCD, even to me.)
Another personal system is prepping breakfasts and lunch for the week. (And, no, it's not because I'm Suzy Homemaker; it's because I'm lazy.) Anyway, all winter I made a big batch of oatmeal on the weekend to enjoy the next week. Trying to eat healthier means thinking and preparing for lunches, also.
I'm not the only one in the house who loves systems. It's like a contagion all of us have, even the cat! I guess that would make her a "creature of habit" instead of a "systems person", wouldn't it? Unfortunately, Maisie doesn't adjust to a change in habits as easily as I do. (That's me being a little sarcastic.)
Maisie isn't adjusting well to a change from oatmeal every day to pancakes, french toast or something else sticky, one day a week. (Small compensation for the dairy, salt and chocolate I've been cutting out of my diet.)
Anyway, Queen Maisie is perched on my lap watching her program. Then, right in between bites of syrup soaked pancakes, she decides it's time for a big stretch! There went my fork, off the plate and squarely onto her black velvet coat. Good grief!
Oh, wait! I haven't gotten to the real stupid yet. I deftly recovered my fork, also engrossed in the program, and not noticing that it had landed on my own Black Beauty, Going in for another bite, I didn't notice my fork was furry until I nearly had it in my mouth. Pretty gross, huh?
Not paying attention and/or not using the good sense God gave me, gets me in more trouble than I care to admit. It doesn't take a scholar to figure out the Isrealites seemed to have the same issues. How do you ignore a pillar of fire? Or how about those daily catered meals? How could they miss what was right in front of them? How do we?
Have you ever heard this speech in your head: "22 "Fools, how long will you love being ignorant? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate knowledge? 23 I wanted to tell you everything I knew and give you all my knowledge, but you didn't listen to my advice and teaching." (Proverbs 1:22-23 ERV)?
The speech in my head goes something like, "Hey, Dork! Get a grip! How long is it going to take you to figure this thing out?!" Does that sound familiar?
God's Word is full of great news for His children! One translation contains over two hundred references for "wisdom", or getting a grip. I especially like what He has to say in the book of James, "Do any of you need wisdom? Ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to everyone. So he will give you wisdom." (James 1:5 ERV)
And just to make sure we know what we're asking for, God tells us exactly what wisdom from Him looks like. "But the wisdom that comes from God is like this: First, it is pure. It is also peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help people who have trouble and to do good for others. This wisdom is always fair and honest." (James 3:17 ERV)
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go cut up vegetables for this week's salads.


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Fifteen Weeks Old
2 Responses to "Fifteen Weeks Old"
Great poses, Evan! You go from a tough guy look in the second and third pictures to finding security and comfort in your thumb and on Dad's shoulder in the last two photos. All are wonderful!
We had fun talking with you last night! Love, Grandma Barby and Grandpa Bob
Evan keeps changing. Can't believe he's almost 4 months now. Cuter n cuter, if that's possible. Love y'all. Ree


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This Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa was a part of a dinner party menu for friends this weekend. It's pumpkin season in many parts of the world, and I thought why not share more pumpkin recipe ideas on my blog. While Gajar halwa or carrot halwa is the more popular of the halwas, I like this mix of pumpkin and carrot to prepare this popular Indian dessert.
Halwa is an Indian style pudding, typically made in the winters, when the quality of vegetables and milk is really good. It is richly garnished with a mix of nuts and dried fruits. The halwa can be made using vegetables (carrot / pumpkin / gourds etc), fruits such as pineapple or even lentils such as moong dal ka halwa.
In most Indian kitchens, halwa is considered to be a by-product of severe elbow grease, painstakingly made, by a mum struggling to please her family, typical Bollywood ishtyle! I regularly make carrot / pumpkin / beet halwas but no elbow grease for me, thank you. I love to feed my family and friends, but with minimum possible time spent in the kitchen, and for that purpose if modern gadgets and time saving tricks are to be used, so be it 🙂
My recipe gives a creamy, mildly sweet pudding. Using the blender to mince the vegetables and the pressure pan to cook the pudding saves a lot of time and elbow ache. Do use a food processor or a mixer to finely grate or mince the vegetable!
This adds to the many other Pumpkin recipes on the blog. Do use the search tab to find the others or follow my Best Pumpkin Recipes board on Pinterest.
Watch my latest video on YouTube: Guacamole on Toast
- Peel the carrots. Scoop out the seeds and membranes from the pumpkin and peel it.
- Using a food processor or a manual grater, grate or finely chop the pumpkin and carrot.
- Use a heavy bottomed pressure pan to prepare the halwa. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in pressure pan. Add the grated pumpkin and carrot. Saute on medium flame for 5 minutes. (A pressure pan is nothing but a wider, shorter, pressure cooker, used to cook curries / dals / vegetables very quickly)
- Add the milk, give it a stir. Cover the pressure pan with its lid, along with the whistle. Cook for 3 whistles and on sim for 5 minutes. Switch off the flame and allow the pressure pan to cool.
- Open when cool. Add the grated khoya and sugar, along with saffron strands dissolved in 1 tsp milk. On a low flame, allow to simmer until most of the milk has solidified and halva is dry. At this stage add the powdered green cardamom seeds, stir well to mix.
- Remove this into a bowl.
- In a small saucepan, heat 1 tbsp ghee. Fry the cashewnuts until golden brown, drain and keep aside. Fry the raisins until puffed up. Transfer both the cashews and raisins over the Halwa.
- Serve chilled or warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or as a filling in tartlets.
Equipment required for preparing this halwa:
Pressure Pan (You can also use a pressure cooker)
Small saucepan for frying nuts and raisins
I used the KitchenAid Diamond Blender to finely mince the vegetables to prepare the Halwa. The blender was sent to me to use and share my experience. Using the Pulse + Liquefy mode, in just a few seconds, large chunks of carrot and pumpkin were chopped into a very fine mince.
You can prepare the same halwa using carrot, pumpkin, bottle gourd or beetroot.
I use Milky Mist brand khoya. If you have no access to khoya, try preparing with the addition of half a cup of milk powder.
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The Young Feminist Wire in collaboration with AWID's Membership & Constituency Engagement team is excited to be hosting a 'Guests on the Wire' session featuring 'Young Lakota': a feature documentary directed by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, executive produced by Heather Rae, airing on PBS's Independent Lens in November 2013.
Young Lakota
Young Lakota sheds light on the fight of pro-abortion activists in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota against the state's potential law to ban abortion in South Dakota including during instances of rape and incest. The struggle against this law and the push to open up a women's health center is exposed through following the lives of Sunny and Serena, a young man and woman deeply involved in the social political climate of the Lakota people of the reservation eager to make a change in their community. The documentary contextualizes this struggle within the local context of the tribal elections at the reservation and touching on issues of racism, violence, and poverty that the Lakota people face.
Session Format
The Guests on the Wire session will offer participants exclusive access to the film a few days prior to the session. The film is 80 minutes long and participants will be asked to watch the film prior to attending the session. The session, which will be held on October 17th from 9-11 AM EST, will bring to the panel the producers and directors of the documentary, Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, alongside the protagonists featured in the film, Sunny and Serena, for in-depth discussion of the issues the documentary touches on.
Date and Time
Thursday, October 17th from 9-11 AM EST (New York Time)
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This session will be held in English
If you are interested in participating in this live discussion, sign up to be a Young Feminist Wire member (if you are not already a member) and then fill out the sign-up sheet below. Also, if you are not an AWID member, consider joining AWID HERE. Please note that individual and organizational AWID membership for young women is free of charge.
Raffle Draw
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Charitable Contribution Compliance
Introduction to Course:
Charitable contributions are subject to a wide variety of special requirements. Only certain types of contributions to certain types of organizations are deductible for tax purposes. Furthermore, special substantiation and other compliance rules apply. This course provides a description of these requirements and tips for making sure that an intended charitable contribution meets the standards for deductibility.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Recognize the elements of a deductible charitable contribution.
- Differentiate between the rules applicable for contributions to public charities and private foundations.
- Calculate the charitable deduction when something is received in exchange for a contribution.
- Distinguish the charitable deduction limits applicable to individuals and corporations.
- Identify the special rules for vehicle donation.
Field of Study: Tax
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Delivery Method: Self Study
Duration: 100 Minutes
Expiration: In accordance with NASBA standards, access to this course will terminate one year from the date of purchase. Incomplete courses will no longer be accessible beyond the one year deadline.


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Sagittarius are delighted to announce that they will be taking part in this years annual Dragon boat race at Bewl Water on Sunday 14th September 2014.
The Dragon Boat Festival is the largest event of its type in Europe, with 85 teams competing over the weekend in 8 dragon boats with estimated spectator numbers expected to top 8,000!
Sagittarius will be rowing in aid of Demelza House Hospice Care for Children and have also chosen Demelza House as the agencies chosen charitable cause with future fundraising events planned into 2015.
Demelza House Children's hospices support children and young people (0-19) who are not expected to reach adulthood, and offer support to their families.
With the whole agency team in the boat including CEO Paul Stephen and MD Nick Towers the day is sure to be filled with excitement, anticipation and hopefully celebrations!
The Sagittarius team have a target of £2000 to raise from this event for Demelza House, If you would like to donate to this very worth cause, please throw your pennies this way online here: https://www.justgiving.com/sagittarius/
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Wire EDM
The AQ1200LH is Sodick's largest Wire EDM and features Sodick's Linear Motor Technology and a 24" Z Axis. The AQ1200LH features a direct-drive, frictionless, vibration-free mechanism that has unrivaled acceleration and positioning accuracy with no backlash.
- 10-Year Positioning Guarantee
- Linear Motor Drives (X, Y, U, and V axes)
- Glass Scale Feedback (X, Y, U, V)
- Super Jet Annealing High Speed AWT
Wire Tip Disposal Unit
Advanced Corner Control
Automatic Tension Servo Control
FTII (Precision Pick-Up Function)
High Speed Electrolysis-Free Power Supply
USB and LAN Connection Port
Remote Hand Control and Mouse
Energy Saving Circuit
Dielectric Cooling Unit
Built-In Voltage Stabilizer
UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply)
On-Board, User-Friendly Heart NC Software
44 lbs Spool Wire Feeder
|X - Axis Travel
|47.24" (1,200 mm)
|Y - Axis Travel
|31.50" (800 mm)
|Z - Axis Travel
|24.00" (600 mm)
|U, V Axis Travel
|48.03" x 32.28" (1,220 x 820 mm)
|Wire Diameter Range (min ~ max)
0.006" ~ 0.012" (0.15 ~ 0.30 mm)
|Work Tank Dimensions (W x D)
71.81" x 55.12" (1,824 x 1,400 mm)
|Maximum Workpiece Weight
|8,818 lbs (4,000 kg)
|Distance From Floor to Table Top
|47.24" (1,200 mm)
|Machine Tool Dimensions
190.95" x 159.84" 115.35" (4,850 x 4,060 x 2,930 mm)
|Machine Weight
|26,455 lbs (12,000 kg)
Sodick's Linear Motor Driven Wire EDMs have no backlash and are vibration-free, this results in machining accuracy combined with a fine surface finish.
Material: SKD11
Thickness: 2.756" x 3.937" x 4.724" (70 x 100 x 120 mm)
Surface Finish: 2.56 µm Rz
Wire: .008" (.20 mm)
Detailed Product Description
Linear Motor Drives Coupled with Glass Scales
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Almost half of American adults have high blood pressure. Because high blood pressure usually has no symptoms, many people with high blood pressure don't even know that they have it.
It is important to know if you have high blood pressure because the effect of chronically high blood pressure on one's blood vessels, heart, and brain puts them at risk for health problems, including heart attack and stroke.
The good news is that it is easy to check whether you have high blood pressure and there are a number of things that you can do to lower your blood pressure.
7 Tips to Better Control Your Blood Pressure
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The Brief: To add a fun element to the conference helping new members of the team to integrate whilst energising the group as a whole… Oh and one of the guests will turn 30 on the day and as a birthday treat they wanted to make him do more exercise than anyone else…
you know who your friends are!
The client (thirty members of the marketing team from a world-renowned brewer) was looking for an event with a physical, competitive feel and after discussing a number of options we agreed that the best event to deliver their message would be Krypton Factor.
The client wanted to keep the event a secret from the team and so we arrived incognito (big shades!). Once all the delegates had entered their meeting room we worked quickly to assemble the inflatable assault course for the outdoor element. Then when the meeting broke for lunch we quickly transformed the meeting room for the indoor element including Mental Agility, Intelligence, Observation, Response and General Knowledge rounds.
Scores from the indoor elements were carried forward as guests moved outdoors to compete in a team relay on a gruelling 90′ inflatable assault course with the overall winners being crowned champions of the Krypton Factor.
The feedback:
Just a quick note to thank you for yesterday. We had a great afternoon, Garry and the team were fantastic and the inflatables provided great amusement! And to top it all, I was on the winning team so I couldn't have asked for more! Please pass on my thanks to the guys and no doubt we'll be in touch for our next meeting!
… and the birthday boy – exhausted, still made it to the bar!
Wayne Lamb
June 2009
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The iconic MEXICO 66 model was born in 1966 and debuted at the 1968 Olympic games pretrials in Mexico with a premium white leather, stitched with red and blue ASICS Stripe design and trademark. Today, the classic runner has been reawakened and remains the most popular shoe in the ONITSUKA TIGER collection. This MEXICO 66 PS model for kids is built with heel-cross reinforcement for greater stability, stitched with the legendary ASICS Stripe design and trademark and is accompanied with a heel tab branded with the ONITSUKA TIGERemblem.


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Women need other women. The closeness we share with our female friends is a unique and special bond. This connection takes many forms: mothers and daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters, sisters, girlfriends and colleagues. Female friendship gives us stability and a sense of belonging. That's why it's important for us to create ways to share time together -- whether that's a weekly coffee date or membership in a book club.
But what about giving yourself the gift of an even bigger experience? Whether or not your besties live in the same city as you, consider taking a trip together once a year to strengthen your ties. Girlfriend getaways can be mellow, exciting or anything in between.
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The North Oak Cliff Music Festival returns to Lake Cliff Park for its third year on Saturday, Oct. 25.
Among the headliners is South Dallas Funk Revue, a super group composed of Bobby Patterson, The Relatives and the Disciples.
Kat Edmonson also headlines. Also scheduled are the David Garza Trio, Fox and The Bird, Emily Elbert and Meiko.
Tickets go on sale next Friday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m.


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MyNotes - Wiki Fun
Experimenting with wikis has gotten to be a favorite past-time with me. I'm not sure why I'm enamored of wikis, only that it's fun. That's probably why I spent 2.5 hours--in a blink of an eye--trying to get PMWiki.org, one of my favorite php-based, no need for MySQL database, wikis going last night...ok, I was trying to get it to look like a blog. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work. I got pleasantly lost in the innards of my already cooked up config.php file.
I reminded myself of an old friend who would putter around his garage/doghouse featuring a top of the line PC, air-conditioning, couch and other amenities...it wasn't so much what he was doing anymore as just spending time learning something new.
So, what a laugh to read Christopher Dawson's account, Digging the Wikis. Come on, Chris, admit it! The real reason you did all this was because Dokuwiki was fun! I know the feeling...I spent one evening playing around with Dokuwiki to get this look....
chose the open source DokuWiki, for a few reasons.
- It's free
- It's incredibly simple to set up. All you need is FTP access (with write privileges) to a single folder on a web server. The DokuWiki folder and subfolders get copied to the server and the rest of the install happens via an install.php file that is accessible via any browser.
- It's fully text-based; there are no databases to install or access and files are stored as text making them readable outside the wiki and easily transported to other wiki instances.
- It's incredibly fast.
- It's very well-documented.
- It's customizable with templates and easily installed plugins.
- The default installation uses a wiki markup syntax, but a WYSIWYG editor can be installed for novice users.
- It takes a while to get the hang of creating namespaces (essentially directories) and pages for people used to a non-wiki interface, but once understood becomes quite simple for all users to extend the wiki and clearly organize files.
- It has basic authentication, roles, and access control lists built in, but can easily be connected to a database or LDAP server for more sophisticated authentication needs
- It scales very easily.
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The crazy low temperatures we have had for the last several days have made for some spectacular Instagram posts for frozen waterfalls and icicles. And, as I am prone to do, I waited until the very last day that low temperatures were forecasted to go out and find me some frozen water.
I gathered together my closest hiking buddies (for the record, I have the BEST group of gals to hike with) and the four of us headed off into the cold, dreary Saturday morning in search of beauty and fellowship. We found it.
I have to admit I was taken aback by the number of cars that were in Greeter Falls parking lot when we pulled in. I mean, who is crazy enough to get out early with degrees in the teens and go hiking? Oh, wait!!! Nevermind. I had really hoped that the hoopla was done and that I was the last person to decide to venture out and do this. I was so very wrong. It was packed. Packed with lots of people with cameras and equipment far better than mine. I suffer from LE aka. lens envy. I look at everyone else and figure why should I bother.
But I still do…..
Not sure how I captured a pink sun flare. I did not add that in post.
We stopped at Upper Greeter Falls first and were blown away.
After seeing this we couldn't wait to get down to the lower falls. The spiral staircase was clear of almost all ice. There was a huge frozen ice mass right next to them.
Down the spiral and then down the long staircase to the base. It was ALL clear.
There was even a husky running around. He was thrilled with the cold temperatures. His tag reads 'Winter'. How cool is that?
After Greeter we trekked on over to Foster Falls. I have to admit Foster is my favorite waterfall. However, my picutres did not do it justice. Unlike Greeter it was actually flowing quite well. I had accidentally left my neutral density filters at home ( I know, made me sick too). I was not able to catch the soft flowing water without them.
The hike down to Foster is very steep. It is not a long hike at all, just very, very steep. There is a little cave house right at the beginning of the descend and the ice was absolutely beautiful.
Foster was creating a bowl at the base where the water had frozen when it splashed up.
It really was something to see.
A little further up on the rock climbers trail there was a huge, frozen fall on the rock face. It was stunning.
And, just like that, it was time to head back up the hill.
Did I mention it was steep?
And now, for the important part. I want to give a shout out to this awesome restaurant.
The post-hike meal. I mean, that IS why we hike isn't it?
Whenever, and I mean with.out.fail, I am in the Savage Gulf area we stop and eat at Jim Oliver's Smokehouse. I would describe it as Cracker Barrel's redneck cousin. Their food is the best. I always get the bbq. They have a buffet as well that usually sports a gigantic iron skillet with bread budding. They have bbq sauce called "Blazin' Rectum" and also have coffee and peach flavored sauces. You HAVE to stop there. insert blurry iphone pic.
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Volunteer at SkiFever
- Setup the ski swap. We need to put the racks up and then spread the merchandise on the racks in orderly fashion.
- Ski Swap public merchandise check in. We need volunteers to help with check in and tagging the merchandise on check in day. That merchandise after being checked in and tagged needs to be spread on the merchandise racks in orderly fashion.
- Working the Swap. We also need help with the swap itself which can be a paid position. Get in touch with SkiFever early during September or October at (503) 249 - 7733 to be trained to work the swap. Use the form below to sign to sign up as a swap volunteer and tell us that you would like to work the swap during the show in the additional questions area.
- Ski Ramp. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we need help setting up the stage, ski ramp and rail. It takes some work to move the pieces around and then the rest is decoration which is pretty light work.
- General setup. Come and be ready to do whatever we need help with on the day or days that your available. There are a lot of banners to be hung and decorations that we need help with to make the show look cool.
All Volunteers check in with the show office for assignment
What you will recieve in reuturn for your volunteer service!
- PART TIME SHIFT Part time shift workers will receive a T-Shirt, six free tickets and one bracelet to the show.
- FULL SHIFT For starters you will receive a $70 Nordica backpack for a full shift for time. The backpack will come with six free SkiFever show tickets and one three day bracelet for yourself to enjoy the show.
We do receive a lot of swag items and we'll fill the bags with as much as we can to make it more fun.
- ALL THREE DAY FULL SHIFTS Any one who works full shifts all three days in the swap as security will eligible for $100 plus the backpack and the bracelet and free tickets. The full shift slots are limited to 10 so sign up now to secure your spot.
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Hillsborough 'suspects' figure rises
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Twenty-two people have been identified as "suspects" by two investigations into the Hillsborough disaster.
On Thursday, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) confirmed 13 officers, retired or serving, had been identified in its inquiry.
Operation Resolve, the criminal investigation into the tragedy, has also identified 13 people, four of whom feature in the IPCC inquiry.
Fresh inquests into the 96 deaths will begin in Warrington on Monday.
The IPCC is examining police conduct following the tragedy.
The football supporters were crushed during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium on 15 April 1989.


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DeVol Radiator Race Braces are the performance upgrade to keep your radiators stabilized when you push the limits on your motorcycle. DeVol Radiator Race Braces offer enhanced support for your motorcycle radiators. This product is designed to prevent radiators from being damaged by side impacts or being bent backwards. This substantial increase in strength is achieved without raising engine-operated temperature.
They protect against front and side impacts, with an incredibly sound and durable design. The DeVol Radiator Race Braces are proudly innovated and manufactured in the U.S.A. Highly recommended for knee-brace wearers due to the additional stress put on the radiator mounts by the knee braces.
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There are many male enhancement products available today. Hence, it leaves men with many choices. Before, these products have a bad reputation, since many were convinced these products are unnecessary, labeling men who use it as "suckers". Many changes occurred since then, and now men look at these products differently.
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Kama Deva or the many variations of his name such as Mara, Manmathudu, Telugu, Atanu, Ragavrinta etc. is the Hindu god of love and desire and much like his Greek and Roman counterparts, he too is rooted in the erotic kind of love.
It is said that these ancient gods had the power to bring two people together and make them fall in love; Cupid and Kama Deva in particular would shoot arrows laced with their home-brewed love potion on the man and woman they choose and they would instantly become loving couples! Suffice it to say that we here at ExtenZe have brewed a similar potent potion that can be found in the extenze male enhancement liquid. Well, kind of…as this one has a more "direct approach" to it.


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1) That the globe is actually warming
2) That man is causing the warming and not solar cycles, and
3) That global warming would be a bad thing!
However, if spittle flecked invective is more persuasive to you than fact or logic, here's Ed Begley Jr.
Ed Begley, Sr., the great character actor, was apparently a Reagan supporter. In this case, the apple has fallen quite far from the tree!
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This blog is written by Lee Gale Gruen to help Baby Boomers, seniors, retirees, and those soon to retire find joy, excitement, and satisfaction in life after retirement. Her public lecture on this subject is titled: "Reinventing Yourself in Your Retirement." Her memoir, Adventures with Dad: A Father and Daughter's Journey Through a Senior Acting Class, is available by clicking here Amazon.com. Click here for her website: http://AdventuresWithDadTheBook.com
Now, on to my blog:
We all hide in one way or another. It can be deliberately or subconsciously. We hide the traits, aspects, and details of ourselves that we think are undesirable or a turnoff to others.
Hiding can take the form of outright lying or simply omission. Hiding can involve deception from small, socially acceptable behavior to a major ruse.
Commerce encourages us to hide our appearance and age by hawking products such as hair dye, wigs, cosmetics, plastic surgery, and the rest of that ilk. They couple that with propaganda which convinces us that our altered presentation to the world is okay, appropriate, no big deal, "everyone does it." Entertainment idols help sell that lie by partaking and flaunting it to the public. Seventy-something actresses look forty, parading their deception and bragging about it. Ordinary folks seeing this in the media comment on "how wonderful she looked on TV the other night."
There was a time when women who wore makeup were considered "painted ladies" and scorned by polite society. Now, it's just the opposite. Both sexes spend multi-billions of dollars worldwide on cosmetics, procedures, and the like to alter their appearances to something they think will be more pleasing to others. They put their health and even their life in danger with elective surgical procedures, again to try to present a different self to the world than what they consider the ugly one they wear naturally.
Behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia have to do with poor body image. Where does that come from? Why are we telling people that "you can never be too rich or too thin"? Why don't fashion models look like the majority of people?
We teach this self-assessment to our children who want to emulate what they consider "grown-up" behavior. They quickly learn by their teenage years which of their bodily attributes are unattractive: nose, hair, height, weight, voice, skin color, and on and on. Too many obsess about it. Commerce, always on the lookout for new grist for its ever churning mill, panders to this market, too.
There's nothing wrong with trying to look nice. However, when it impacts your view of yourself and the world and tends toward the pathological, dangerous, or even life threatening, it is a major problem.
Fred Rogers of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" fame used to make his young TV listeners feel special by letting them know he liked them no matter how they looked or acted. Where are the Mr. Rogerses of today? Who is telling our children now? Who is telling our grandchildren? Who is telling us?
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The Ministry of Finance revealed on Monday in a press statement that the volume of cars, passenger or transport, and spare parts that were released from customs during fiscal year (FY) 2017/2018, worth EGP 29.7bn.
Meanwhile, the total taxes, customs duties, and other fees and fines collected amounted to EGP 9.92bn.
The statement explained that the customs released, under the supervision of the General Administration of Customs, headed by Mahmoud Mustafa, director of the General Administration of Customs of Cars in Alexandria, 75.32m passenger cars of various origins, models, and capacities, worth about EGP18bn, noting that the customs duties collected from these cars amounted to EGP 3bn.
"The value of taxes and customs duties exempted under the European and Turkish partnership agreements and Agadir has approached the value of EGP 5bn," stated the ministry.
On the other hand, the total customs duties exempted under the European Partnership Agreements, the Turkish Partnership, and the Agadir Agreement, during FY 2017/2018, amounted to about EGP 6bn.


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As I continue to discover what my body will and won't do, we pushed the limits yesterday by attending two giant expos, the Marathon Expo and the Home and Garden Show. I was holding up pretty well and enjoyed trying some of the demonstration items like massage chairs and home exercise equipment, when I came across THE WIGGLE CAR.
It's a small plastic sit-on toy that is sized for children, but the salesman cleverly posted, in large letters, that it will hold up to 300 pounds. It looked like great fun and the salesman was very happy to let me try it.
The hugest challenge was that it sits about 4-5 inches off of the ground and I wasn't real sure I was going to get all the way down to it, and if I did, I was also concerned that it would slip out from under me at the last minute, leaving me to crash my bionic pelvis onto a concrete floor. I just took my time and slowly worked my way down to the ground. There were about a dozen people watching and I simply didn't care. I could have hurried so that I didn't look so old or decrepit, but I have learned to protect my body over my ego as it is far more fragile.
And, what a surprise, no stranger at the Home and Garden Show yelled, "Hey Grandma, get off that toy!" Quite the contrary. Adults watched with fascinated attention, and several others joined me, including a silver-haired woman, a tragically cool Goth teenager, and, by that time, a fairly intimidated 8-year-old boy.
It was so much fun. I really loved it. I rode it for far longer than would probably be considered a "polite" amount of time, but the salesman could attract more attention to his booth if people were riding these things, so as long as he encouraged me to stay on it, I did. Never even occurred to me that I might have to buy one, I hadn't gotten as far as thinking of what would happen if and when I ever got off of it.
But, off of it, I did get. I asked about the price and walked silently away from the booth, slowly considering whether or not I was going to try to pry $45 out of my tight-fisted husband's wallet. Having been married 10 years, I knew how the discussion would go, so I argued his part in my head for several minutes, slowly coming to the conclusion that I would not, in fact, ride that thing more than 2-3 times a year and that we'd have to find somewhere to store it in the meantime.
I came to realize that the car itself, although fun, was probably not the best purchase I could make. However, what I was really attracted to was the fact that I was having physical fun. I never lost my sense of humor throughout this recovery, but I did lose the ability to jump and run and bounce and dance and twirl and hop and skip and slide and climb and crawl and roll and do cartwheels, all of which I did on a somewhat regular basis, despite being 40 years of age. Riding this Wiggle Car was the first real physical fun I had had in a very long time and I just didn't want it to end. I told myself that if I continued to recover, I might once again be able to be more physical and that I didn't need a Wiggle Car to do it. What I needed was perseverance to keep up with my Physical Therapy for as long as I took and the mental commitment to doing various maintenance exercises for the rest of my life.
For starters, today we are going to try hiking.
We're going to drive 60-90 minutes to the Superstition Wilderness, a place we both love to hike, with the idea that I will hike for as long as I can, and I even bought trekking poles to help. When I call quits, that's it, we leave, no questions asked, no pushing or cajoling. And, if we drive an hour to hike 25 minutes, that's what we do. At least it's a start!
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Every other day you might have come across a big splashy advertisement in the newspaper, announcing the launch of a new integrated township somewhere in the city.
If you've ignored it, thinking it must be some sort of new marketing spiel by developers, it's time you changed your outlook, because integrated townships are indeed the way of the future and they're here to stay!
Let's take a quick look by going through frequently asked (or thought) questions about this phenomenon.
1. What is the difference between lifestyle enclaves and integrated township? Why should I opt for Integrated township.
The gated community consists blocks of apartments or villas bound together by a gate. This gives residents privacy as it gives controlled access to non residents. Gated community often referred as lifestyle enclave provides safety by eliminating traffic, as it has restricted access .
Integrated township offers much more than just homes to stay in. These are huge properties with schools, hospitals, supermarkets, offices, Malls all built inside it. They are self sufficient in every possible way. Residents don't need to leave their premises because all their needs are met inside the township. The reason why you should invest in integrated townships is it gives you affordable and convenient infrastructure for a better lifestyle
2. Is it safe for my family?
Since it is so self-contained, integrated townships are considered to be very safe for families where both spouses are working. Often, at least one spouse might have their office within the township making them extremely accessible to their family in case of any emergency.
During normal times also, knowing that their family is just a walk away, affords a sense of mental peace to the working spouse, helping them focus on their work better.
3. Are Integrated Townships a good investment?
Actually, they're the best investment opportunity. Investors have the option to invest in residential or commercial property as both are available inside the township. They can even invest in a combination of both. Prices of properties inside a township tend to appreciate faster as builders promote them heavily.
Property prices here also go up much higher than regular investments. Whether it is through rental or sales, investors will definitely benefit from investing their hard earned money in a township.
4. Okay, but is my money safe with such investment?
Absolutely. Since only the biggest developers out there can afford to set up an entire township, it goes without saying that your investment is safe. Big developers have their reputations to consider and they will conduct all due diligence before they start the construction. It's there for safe to say that your investment will be protected.
Key Takeaway
Integrated townships are the way of the future for most developers. This makes it a huge opportunity for investors because properties inside townships appreciate faster and better. Even if you are looking to buy a property here for your family, it's a good option because it is safe and lets you enjoy all the amenities you need without having to step out of the township.
Nimmy Joseph is a marketing specialist and has a deep knowledge on the online consumer behavior. Over the course of her career she has interacted with many home buyers, noted their grievance and gained actionable insights. Her strong communication skills helps her to connect with the consumers faster & create a comfort zone for them.
Nimmy holds a MBA in marketing and Post graduate diploma in corporate communication and Advertising and is currently working with Vakil Housing in their Marketing Department.


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DETECTIVES believe the UVF attacked a man in east Belfast in the early hours of this morning.
The victim suffered a suspected broken leg and another man was hit on the head with a gun during an attack at a house in Dundonald.
A woman was also threatened with the gun during the incident at Millars Court shortly after midnight.
Two masked men threatened the woman, then assaulted a 22-year-old man with a hammer, breaking his leg.
They then hit an 18-year-old man on the head with the gun.
Both men were taken to hospital. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Detectives at Strandtown police have appealed for anyone with information about the attack to contact them on the non-emergency 101 number.


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By Professor Akinyemi Onigbinde– Let me begin, as should be expected by the code of conduct amongst people of Yoruba extraction, a Nigeria ethnic-nationality group and say, e ku ile o, se daadaa ni mo ba yin. This salutation is for everybody here present that has come in felicitation with our common host at this auspicious gathering.
Yet, I cannot proceed with my short commentary without due and specific commendation of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) who had considered me worthy of being accorded a space, as Guest Speaker, on the occasion of its first Annual Conference 'which also coincide with the occasion for the election of new executives' to speak on critical national issues, 'especially as they relate to online publishing and the social media.'
When my dear friend and brother, a compatriot and ready ally in my own convened interventionist group engagements on critical national issues, our own Gabriel Akinadewo, called on me about two weeks ago to offer me a privileged platform to be here, today, I was inclined to decline, albeit for a clear and present reason. The reason being that I was already scheduled to depart the shores of the country, later today, and was too immersed in the preparations for the very business of my engagement, as an academic and a researcher for which purpose I was due out of the country. Thus, for me the invitation to deliever an address to a forum of seasoned journalist-writers a challenge I considered too tasking, and definitely too risky to accept, 'just like that'
However, on reflection, I saw in the invitation by GOCOP, through Gabriel Akinadewo, an opportunity to pluck a low-hanging apple, of a platform, from where I am able to discharge a truck load of gratitude to publishers of some of our nation's on-line publications, who has been willing collaborators in my own-led New Independence Group (NIG) interrogations of the Nigeria nation space. And in these seemingly 'subvertive' activities, Gabriel Akinadewo's freedom online publication has been most guilty of 'treason' for its unconditional obligation, always.
What Economy, What Diversification And Towards What End
I have elected to speak on my own adopted title of "Diversification of the Nigeria Economy, Restructuring As First Principle" in apparent subversion of GOCOP 'Command' Topic of 'Sustaining Growth Through Diversification of the Economy. But I assure you, I am not just a rebel against the 'constituted authority' of this plank of the Fourth Estate of the realm, represented by the Guild of Editors. The point is, a proper deconstruction of my chosen topic would reveal a mere varied version of GOPOC theme because, at the end of the day, it will be seen that your Guest Speaker has only insisted on the need for the resolution of the 'first principle' to enable the business of 'diversification' to proceed on an un-clustered pathway to growth and development. And I can only hope that your group, made up of journalists, placed in a vantage position to constantly engage our nation unfolding history, will help to correctly articulate and ventilate this 'first principle' in our quest for nation-building. This, however, is on the assumption that GOCOP has not permitted itself to be sucked into 'false consciousness', to the extent of being unwittingly dragged into a revisionist theory on diversification of a so-called economy, outside of a wholistic theory of political-economy that ensures growth and development. The point is 'nothing can be built on nothing', just as it is idle speech making to talk of sustenance growth in the absence of crop-planting.
Let us put it like this: the issue of diversification is a recognition of a fact and a presumption that a mono-culture economic practice is bad, as it is susceptible to vicissitudes of market forces, to the extent that, if a product is no longer viable, or no more valuable to consolidated consumers, the single-product economy suffers. Thus, there is always the need for a society to ensure that it trades in many goods and services, believing that such a tactical approach is a guarantee that a society's strategic objective is never at peril. I suspect that this elementary economic theory is in line with peoples native intelligence to wit, 'do not put all of your eggs in one basket'
Let me say this, and it is with all sense of responsibility, that the proponents of this 'diversification' theory, with respect to the chronically ill Nigeria economy, are not being honest. Indeed, I dare say they are being mischievous, just as they insist on playing Nero as our Rome prepares to go up in flames. Truth is, for Nigeria, it may well be one-minute to midnight, if we continue to ignore the 'first principle' in nation-building.
Nigeria economy is in recession. Many reasons have been advanced for the perilous state of the nation. We have heard of 'corruption' as the cause, except that my ordinary level economics class taught me that recession is a factor of drop in productivity. Economists call it Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is to say that an economy need not go into recession simply because stealing is abroad, otherwise, all capitalist countries will be on permanent recession mode because 'corruption' is built into capitalist or market-force driven economy. So, what is responsible for Nigeria's arrested development, to put it in a counter thesis to GOCOP request: Nigeria economy cannot enjoy a sustainable growth and neither can it be diversified because there is even no basis for economic growth.
As I had earlier suggested, what economy are we to diversify? And As I had also insisted on, there can be no economy to be diversified, hence there will be no growth as to speak of 'sustainable growth.' If we recall the idea of diversification of the economy, as a major policy option of the present administration, was first hinted at by the Acting President. To be clear, Professor Yemi Osinbajo thunder, like Zeus, from Mount Olympus, was no more than political-gallery acting, as his widely reported statement was a deliberate subversion of strident calls, by different sections of the Nigerian polity, for a review of terms of co-existence by Nigerians. Such agitations by different sections of the polity, calling for the rebuilding of the Nigerian state, is contained in the code-name of 'restructuring.'
Restructuring is a loaded issue, and we would not be delayed with its explification on this platform. But let us, however, say that Nigeria will continue to remain in a state of suspended animation, economically, so long as some sections of the Nigerian nation space feel short-changed by the Nigeria political economy, due, largely, to the operations of present structure of the Nigerian state. It think it too obvious to serious-minded minds to bother pontificating on benefits that Nigeria wait to harvest if the over-extended central govenment will thinker with the 'Exclusive' of the militay imposed constitution of 1999, and devolve some of its functions. It is only in Nigeria, purporting to run a federal system.of Administration that a serious business of policing in centralized, with a Zamfara-born and nurtured police office is expected to secure the people of Iberekodo in Abeokuta.But why is it difficult for policy makers to know that policing, as subset of security matter, is a local affair
Truth is, so long as the centre holds a 'veto power' over the economic activities of Nigeria so-called federating units, so long will Nigeria manifest destiny remain dormant
We speak, rather gleefully of 'diversification' of the economy. For clarity or understanding, 'diversification' may mean that states should seek other areas of income (IGR), instead of depending on monthly allocations from the centre, which income has dwindled, due partly because less of our mono-cultural product is being demanded on the international market because alternatives to our (only) export are being daily patronized. Yet, even our quota cannot be met because those on whose geographical space the exportable crude oil reside makes smooth operations of the explorers difficult because they are not happy with the rest of the country on account of not being given their due 'as the goose that lays the golden egg.'
Again, let us agree that even if there is peace in the Niger Delta, and we are meeting our quota for export, we must also agree that oil is a vanishing and non-renewable product. Hence, the need for 'diversification.' Regrettably, 'diversification' can hardly proceed as a policy-option without the requisite infrastructure procurement. And infrastructure procurement is hinged on the constitutional resolution of the 'First Principle'. Today, as we speak here, in this August gathering of nation's information purveyors, I know of no geo-political zone of six zonal structure, into which Nigeria's pseudo-federalism is subdivided, that is not endowed with extractive mineral resources, literally begging for exploration, and made maketable for the much needed foreign exchange earnings to boost Internally Generated Revenue, one way by which states of the Federation can be freed from feeding bottle of the Nigerian government over extended state. Here, we are not even talking of Agriculture productive sector of which no state is impoverished. Let us look at the mineral resources endowments.
Abuja: Marbel, clay, Tentalite, Cassiterite, Gold (Partially investigated), Lead/Zink (Traces), Dolomite
Abia: Gold, Salt, Limestone, Lead/Zink, Crude Oil
Adamawa: Kaolin, Bentonite, Gypsium, Magnesite
Akwa Ibom: Lead/Zink, Clay, Uranium (Traced), Salt, Lignite (Traced)
Anambra: Lead/Zink, Clay, Limestone, Iron Ore, Lignite (Partially investigated), Salt, glass, Sand, Phosphate, Gypsium, Crude Oil
Bayelsa: Clay, Limestone, Gypsium (Partially investigated), Uranium (Partially investigated), Manganese, Lignite, Lead/Zink (Traces)
Bauchi: Amethst (violet), Gypisum, Lead/Zink (Traces), Cranium (Partially investigated)
Benue: Lead/Zink, Limestone, Iron-Ore, Coal, Clay, Marble, Sekt, Berytes (traces), Gem stones, Gypsium
Borno: Diatomite, Clay, Limestone, Hydro-carbon, oil and gas (partially investigated), Gypsium, Kaoline, Bentonite
Cross River: Limestone, Uranium Manganese, Lignite, Lead/Zink, Salt, Crude Oil
Delta: Marble, Glass sand, Gypsium, Lignite, Iron-Ore, Kaoline
Ebonyi: Lead, gold shocked, salt
Edo: Marble, Lignite, Clay, Limestone, Iron-Ore, Gypsium, Glass Sand, Gold, Dolomite-phosphate, Bitumen, Crude oil
Ekiti: Kaoline, Feldsper, Tatium, Granite, Synite
Enugu: Coal, Limestone, Lead/Zink
Gombe: Gemstone, Gypsium
Imo: Lead/Zink, Limestone, Lignite, Phosphate, Gypsium, Salt, Crude Oil
Jigawa: Batytes
Kaduna: Sapphire, Kaoline, Gold, Clay Supenitinite, Asbestos, Amethyst, Kayginte, Graphite (partially investigated), Silhnite, Mica (Traces), Aqua Marine, Ruby, Rock Crystal, Topaz, Flosper, Tourmaline, Gemstone, Tantalime
Kano: Prrochinre, Lassiterite, Copper, Glass sand, Gemstone, Lead/Zink, Tatalite
Katsina: Kaoline, Marbel, Salt
Kebbi: Gold
Kogi: Iron-Ore, Kaoline, Gypsium, Fieldsper, Coal, Marble, Iron-Ore, Cassiterite, Colubite, tantalite, Fieldspar (Traces) Mica (Traces)
Lagos: Glass sand, Clay, Bitumen, crude Oil
Nasarawa: Bery (emerald), Asquamite and Haliodor), Dolomite/Marbel, Sappire, Tourmaline, Quartz-Amethyst (Topaz gamet), Zireon, tantalite, cassterite, columbite, Limenite, Galena, Iron-Ore, Barytes, Falspar, Limestone, Mica, Cooking Coal, Talco Clay, Salt,Chalcopyrite
Niger: gold, Talc, Lead/Zink
Ogun: Phosphate, Clay, Fieldspar (traces), Kaoline, Limestone, Gemstone, Bitumen Crude Oil
Ondo: Bitumen, Kaoline, Gemstone, Fieldspar, Granite, Clay, Glass sand, Coal, Crude Oil
Osun: Gold, Talc, Tourmaline, Columbite, Granite, Marble, Clay
Oyo: Kaoline, Marble, Clay, Sillimote, Talc, Tale, Gold, Cassiterite, Dolomite, Gemstone
Plateau: Emrald, Tin, Marble, Granite, Tantalite/Columbite, Lead/zink, Barytes, Iron-Ore, Kaoline, Beronite, Cassitenite, Plurochlore, Clay, Coal, wolifam, Salt, Bismuth, Fluoride, Molybdonite, Fluoride, Molybelemine, Gemstone, Dioxide.
River: Glass sand, Clay, Marble, Lignite (Traces), Crude Oil
Sokoto: Kaolin, Gold, Limestone, Phosphate Gysium, Silicon-sand, Clay, Laterite, Potash, Flakes, Gold, Salt
Taraba: Kaoline, Soda Ash (Partially investigated)
Zamfara: Coal, Cotton, Gold
But because of the way our country is structured, politically, as enshrined in the 1999 fraudulent constitution that ascribed a military imposed document to "…we the people…," Osun State, for example, can do very little in accessing the mineral resources underneath its soil, as only the Federal Government can accord explorers/miners that the government of Osun State may encourage to come, the requisite license to proceed to Ijeshaland where the gold deposit is much. And given the atavistic nature of our retail politics, hinged, essentially on zero-sum equation, where it is "winner takes all", such requested mandate on economic activity in Osun State may be denied in Abuja, especially if the Osun government is under the administration of a different political party from the one in the nation's capital. It once happened to an idea of electricity power generation, as conceived by the government of Lagos State in 1999, when the PDP-run Federal administration, at dagger-drawn encounter with AD-administered Lagos State, ensured that the project was nonprofitable for the foreign investors, with which Lagos State government was in business under some public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement. Yet, today, the same Lagos State government is reported to have approached, literally on its bended knees, to seek the permission of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to enable it retain for the good people in Lagos State, the 3,000MW it wishes to generate, through the activities of some private investors. Perhaps, the Leviathan in Abuja will oblige, afterall, Lagos State, this time around, waves the same broom with the party that controls the levers of power in Abuja. Yet, the minister in charge of power once ran the shop in Alausa, Ikeja. But this is also assuming that the zero-sumpolitical sensibility, currently running within the ruling party in Lagos State, is not brought to bear on this 'begging' mission of the incumbent in Alausa.
But it is this 'begging' culture, a presumed 'privilege' to be accorded a unit in a supposed federal arrangement that we must constantly interrogate, if really we are interested in building an economy to be nurtured for 'sustained growth.' And, on this simple, yet herculean task, the over 50 membership of Guild of Editors Corporate Online Publishers has its job already cut out, provided it hopes to be in business through patronage of advertisers. Afterall, only a vibrant economy, within a free political environment, where rights are claimed and citizens welfare, through the provision of requisite infrastructure, is not subjected to sets of privileges to be 'dashed' out, albeit it, conditionally to peoples representatives by a coordinate power at the centre.
The Imperative of Restructuring
I reckon it is time to bring this short address to a close, but it is also important to remind ourselves of where we were before the locusts arrived in 1966, dorning military fatigue and studded boots to eat off the very foundation of our nation's economic growth. Again, we should remind ourselves of why we are being asked to 'diversify'.This call, when it came, was meant to veer us from the 'feeding bottle' federalism, of each and all – from all corners of Nigeria, including my local government of Ifo, in Ogun State – to proceed to the centre of power, every month end, to receive from the 'lord of manor', its benevolence.
Let us not forget, for a moment, that what we are being 'dashed' by the putative benefactor are proceeds from the beneficiaries, constitutionally warehoused to Abuja, for where, for example, the Lagos, Bayelsa, Ogun, River states, receive a token of their contributions – less than what was 'seized' from them. Let us, again, not forget that, presently, not all are 'equal' contributors to this national coffer. Indeed, some do not bring any edible to the village eating mat, even when we all know that no member of our large family is a destitute, poor enough as not be in a position to feed itself, and still have enough to donate to our monthly 'egungun' festival for the blessing and benefit of our community. But this is only feasible if and when we resolve to arrange the terms and conditions of our relationships, to co-exist under equity and justice.
At this stage, perhaps for the necessary illumination on why we must commence an urgent dialogue with the Nigeria's future ask the question: why has successive leaders of Nigeria acquired the dubious post-office tag of 'corrupt', 'tyrant' 'clueless' and indeed,'incompetence'. Yet, we may ask, why has our immediate post-independence leaders, adjudged as relatively successful, at least in terms of democracy and governance deliverables. For example, years, long after Obafemi Awolowo left office as Premier of Western Region, which comprised of what now constitute Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti, Osun, Lagos, Edo, Delta, he remains a reference point in good governance and competent leadership. For instance, and this was inspite of Awolowo public disagreement with Odumegwu Ojukwuover his misrepresentation of what transpired over the Biafra course, the Biafran leader, at Awolowo's funeral, saw in him, 'the best president Nigeria never had'.
Before him, in a goodwill message, made public, on the occasion of Obafemi Awolowo last earthly celebrated birthday, the then military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, described Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the 'main issue of Nigeria politics'
Let us get it right, lest we run into the 'Bermuda triangle' of historiography: the enduring crisis of legitimacy between individual role in history and the counter claim of de-legitimising the individual in the dynamics of historical reconstruction. To be clear, I am a firm subscriber to the doctrine of the individual pivotal role in the eternal movements of history, through its many modes and trajectories. But this is in so far as we do not lose the fact that, the 'super hero' of history is a 'mere' product of the environment, a variable among other contending, cooperating and conflicting forces that shape a declared end of historical activity, in which the individual is involved as co-participant. And those contending and cooperating variables include the way the operating theatre, where the drama of history is played out, is structured to enable the various actors to act their allotted parts in the various scenes. We should also not ignore the roles of the 'prompters', the 'constumers',the make-up artste.And indeed, the lightening of the stage.
My social sensibility and political relationship makes me a subscriber to Awolowo political philosophy, but I shall not be found amongst those who will submerge Awolowo's operating environment under his richly deserved greatness, as an achiever of many firsts.Indeed, to do this is to do a great disservice to a man's 'political manifesto' of a life-long struggle to achieve a country properly structure along a federalist agenda, befitting a nation made up of multi-ethnic nationalities and multi-religious persuation.
Obafemi Awolowo in the West,and his fellow premiers in the North, East and later mid-West, were in healthy competition to out-perform one another, simply because the 'First Principle' Nigeria being, as enumerated under Lyttleton constitution of 1954,as adopted for the 1960 independence constitution, and later upgraded to the Republican constitution of 1963 gave them sufficient elbow room to operate as the imperative of the needs, based on their respective region's incomes dictate. The Western region, for example, had its Marketing board from where it was able to lend money to the federal government of Nigeria when the latter needed a bailout fund to offset a budgetary deficit. Yet, it is on record that civil servants of Western region received monthly salaries and emoluments than their counterparts at the federal level, then based in Lagos.
Thus, my friends and colleague in the media, your task is to assist in the struggle for the re-making of Nigeria, so that we can have an economy to grow and sustain.
Regrettably, the option before us, even if we choose to live a lie, is between restructuring of the warped and indolent pseudo-federal arrangement and secession-the option being offered us by the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and other ethnic-nationality groups that has, since Nnamdi Kanu launched his secession bus, joined the long and bumpy road to Somalia.
I thank you all.
*Being the text of an address delivered to the First Annual Conference of the Guild of Editors of Corporate Online Publishers(GOCOP) on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.


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Girl group love forever!
Fifth Harmony paid special homage to a group that came before them with a performance of a Destiny's Child medley for ABC's Greatest Hits show. The new show, which premiered Thursday night, has current artists singing songs from the past.
Harmonizers got a sneak peek at the performance (above, via Buzzfeed), but their whole set airs on July 28.
Watch above as the slayage goes down in matching red and denim outfits, and then watch this epic video, in which Fifth Harmony and Little Mix interview each other:


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