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Title: The Dry
Author: Jane Harper
Genre: Crime fiction
Intended audience: Adult
Dates Read: 02/08/2021 – 06/08/21
I finally got around to reading The Dry! It’s only been sitting on my shelf for four years!
This might have been a five star read for me if I hadn’t seen the movie first. I had hoped that I had forgotten all the major details in the intervening eight months but things started coming back to me as I read, including the identity of the murderer and how a seemingly unrelated plot point led to their discovery.
Despite all of that, this is a very well-written book. I’ve said before that while I enjoy thrillers, general crime fiction doesn’t work for me quite so much. This book does lean more towards the crime fiction, but Harper creates such a vivid picture of a small drought-stricken Australian town that I was drawn in. Lines such as “Falk bought three shirts, because the man seemed so grateful that he was prepared to buy one” felt like a punch to the gut.
The writing style, with flashbacks in italics intruding on the modern day narrative, revealed things at a great pace. The flashbacks are from a more omniscient narrator, providing us insight into the past of characters who are already dead by the time our main character arrives, as well as things that the POV characters would have no way of knowing. It all worked really well to keep the tension building.
I am definitely keen to check out more of Jane Harper’s work, particularly as I won’t have spoilers for subsequent ones the way I did from seeing the movie for this one. I can only imagine her writing goes from strength to strength.
This review is part of my 2021 Australian Women Writers Challenge. Click here for more information.
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Pandemic Worsens Food Insecurity in North Texas Food pantry founder said demand for help quadrupled By Diana Zoga • Published July 27, 2020 • Updated on July 27, 2020 … All around this community, people everywhere are lining up for a meal and this shouldn’t be in America, it really shouldn’t be,” Jackson said. Commission. Photo Courtesy of the North Texas Food Bank. Graph Selections Across the state, applications for the Supplemental last April. The university’s Dr. Patrick Stover said food insecurity was more manageable before the virus hit in March. According to the North Texas Food Bank, the rates for household food insecurity for area residents have increased significantly since the pandemic began and unemployment for September also shot up to more than 8 percent. That day, the pantry distributed food to just over 600 households. Get the latest news on COVID-19 delivered to you. Number of apartments or other units that were affordable and available for every 100 renter households with very low incomes in 2018. Thirty-five percent of Black families in Texas were food insecure at the end of July. … PUBLISHED 9:11 AM CST Dec. 27, 2020. Unfortunately, simple grocery shopping for healthy food in 2020 shouldn’t be such a difficulty, or a wait, but it is in Texas. Experiences of Hunger and Food Insecurity in College. Hunger and food insecurity is just one of many systemic issues in the U.S. which have been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Africa is where the highest levels of total food insecurity are observed, it is in Latin America and the Caribbean where food insecurity is rising the fastest: from 22.9 percent in 2014 to 31.7 percent in 2019, due to a sharp increase in South America (Table 3). 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The average benefit is $349 a week, according to the Texas Workforce Feeding Texas identifies and advances policy solutions that help Texas families create a path to healthy, hunger-free lives. **County totals below include all 32 North Texas counties, not just Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant. Thu 17 Dec 2020 10.10 EST. Mississippi and Louisiana have the highest estimates of food insecurity during COVID-19, at 31.6% and 30.1%, respectively. “We’re talking about close to 9 million Texans who don’t always know where their next meal is coming from,” Cole said. Jackson said the food pantry that typically feeds 5,000 people a month is now feeding 5,000 people a week. see the kids in the cars with the parents pulling up and I see the frustration By the time the non-profit began distributing boxes of food, a line of cars stretched a mile and half down the street and around the corner. In this brief, we have revised our initial projections of how food insecurity may increase in 2020, using updated assumptions about projected unemployment and poverty rates. In April, applications peaked at around 417,468 compared to 114,244 Click here to sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. “Food insecurity is twice as high as before the pandemic. We find that food insecurity rates are dramatically elevated in every state, though there is substantial heterogeneity. job market and an additional $600 federal weekly unemployment benefit ends. In Texas, 4,277,540 people are struggling with hunger - and of them 1,676,740 are children. Food insecurity is defined as limited or uncertain access to food. Fort Bend Co. Combats Food Insecurity with We All Eat Program that Helps Residents, Restaurants . “We’re just trying to do our part.”. It's a … Monday, November 9, 2020 4:30 to 6:00 pm On Zoom. 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Emerging research suggests that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may decrease the risk of cognitive decline or dementia. Having that occasional drink may actually help protect your memory.
Long-term alcohol abuse is known to negatively affect memory function and can cause brain cell death.
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Estimates from various studies have suggested the prevalence of alcohol-related dementia to be about 10 percent of all cases of dementia.
Now researchers have found after analyzing 23 longitudinal studies of subjects aged 65 years and older that the impact of small amounts of alcohol was associated with lower incidence rates of overall dementia and Alzheimer’s dementia, but not of vascular dementia and cognitive decline.
It is still an open question whether different alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, and spirits, all have a similar effect.
Some studies have shown a positive effect of wine only, which may be due either to the level of ethanol, the complex mixture that comprises wine, or to the healthier life-style some ascribe to wine drinkers.
A total of 3,327 patients were interviewed in their homes by trained investigators (physicians, psychologists, gerontologists) and reassessed 1 1/2 years and three years later.
Information on the cognitive status of those who had died in the interim was collected from family members, caregivers or primary care physicians.
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Oak Pacific Interactive acquired Xiaonei, a Chinese Facebook clone. The price was not disclosed by judging from the words coming out of Oak Pacific Interactive, it was in the single millions. According to Shanghai Youth Daily, Chinese campus social networking site Xiaonei.com and will integrate the site with its own campus community site 5Q.com, reports Shanghai Youth Daily. Xiaonei was founded in December 2005 and has over 300,000 users to date. Xiaonei's website is almost an exact copy of US campus networking site Facebook. Xiaonei founder Wang Xing will join Oak Pacific Interactive.There are differing views on the exact number of users that Xiaonei actually has. Red Herring
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So, I have just landed in San Francisco a few hours ago and the rain has been pouring down non stop! What a welcome to the city!! They say it’s a huge storm coming… So as we speak I have positioned myself in a cozy café close to our hotel with my laptop and a cocktail to catch up on some writing. I though I would also post this editorial that has been hiding in my inspiration folder now for a bit. It is about everything I wish for in the summer, style wise!
The photography really stunning as it captures those melancholic, or thoughtful perhaps, moments… Like the last days of summer, those gorgeous warm days when everything is perfect, expect the knowledge of that tomorrow it might all be gone. That feeling is what I’m getting from this editorial and that makes me almost get goosebumps!
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- Visit the iconic Tra Prohm Temple
- Discover the network of tunnels built during the Vietnam War

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Fuller Center builds on faith
Submitted On March 17, 2009
By Megan Mosher of the Hammond (Louisiana) Star
As many mourn the loss of Habitat for Humanity and Fuller Center for Housing founder Millard Fuller, the North Shore is starting to see his “build on faith” ministry continued in St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Livingston parishes.
Led by Hammond CPA David Danel and his wife, Tamara Danel, the Northshore Fuller Center for Housing became the 50th covenant partner of the Fuller Center for Housing in February, not two weeks after the death of its founder.


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As we said in yesterday’s introductory post, the Old Northeast neighborhood has very distinct sections. To start with our individual analyses, we’re looking at the area from 4th Street N east to 1st Street N, and from 5th Avenue N north to 22nd Avenue N. It’s not the “sexiest” part of the neighborhood, but it’s often where you can get “more bang for your buck.”
The homes in this area tend to be a bit smaller, with a vast majority being the cute bungalow style. Particularly as you get closer to busy 4th Street, there are not as many homes that have been remodeled as in other parts of the neighborhood, which contributes to a lower average sale price (currently $327,359 for 2013 year-to-date, 29% lower than the Old Northeast as a whole, and 38% lower than the quadrant east of 1st Street). There is also a higher concentration of multi-family properties and rental apartments in this section, which tends to be unappealing to the single-family-home buyer.
True to the data as a whole, it’s clear that 2011 was the turning point in the market. Price per square foot ($/sq ft) hit a low of $135, and average sale price hit a low of $232,520. Interestingly, the total number of sales and $/sq ft are exactly the same today as they were in 2008, with average sale price just a hair lower. What has changed dramatically is length of time on the market.
In 2008, the average time to contract was 165 days. That figure reached a high in 2012 at 195 days, but for the current year-to-date has plummeted to 83 days! We feel that is a true reflection of lack of inventory in this historically more affordable quadrant of the neighborhood.
In 2011 when the inventory started to sell like gangbusters, the number of cash buyers overtook those using financing. In 2012, however, the pendulum swung drastically, with the number of financed purchases skyrocketing to 71%. For the current year-to-date, cash purchases are a slight majority at 53% of the closed sales. We feel as though this is a reflection of the greater appeal of this quadrant to investors, particularly those who intend to rent their properties. It’s also consistent with the statistics if you break the whole neighborhood into price bands – 64% of homes under $250,000 have been cash purchases in the last 19 months.
Throughout the rest of the week, we’ll share the data on the other quadrants of the Old Northeast neighborhood. If you’d like more detail, or have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Oxalic acid, an effective metal-chelating ligand, is abundant in natural resources. In this study, a chitosan-oxalate complex biosorbent (COCB) was prepared by an iontropic cross-linking method. The COCB beads were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The XRD analysis shows that Cu(II) ions can form complexes with chitosan and oxalate. Adsorption of Cu(II) ions onto COCB beads was pH-dependent. The isothermal adsorption data fitted well to Langmuir equation with the maximum adsorption capacities of 227.27. mg/g for porous COCB beads and 175.44. mg/g for non-porous COCB beads at pH 5.0. The adsorption kinetics described by the pseudo-second-order diffusion models, suggesting that the rate-limiting step in adsorption was chemical sorption. Thermodynamic parameters (δ. G°. . 0) indicated a spontaneous and endothermic adsorption process. The COCB bioadsorbent exhibited fast adsorption rate and high adsorption capacity for Cu(II) uptake.
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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2013 12:00 am
Sarpy County will spend $1.15million on land for a new parking lot at Werner Park.
The eight-acre parcel north of the baseball stadium was not included in the original site plan. But County Attorney Lee Polikov said the agreement is necessary to fulfill a contractual obligation to provide 2,250 parking spaces at the two-year-old stadium.
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If youвЂ™re currently looking for a car that is cheap, make use of our tables below to look at a few of the lowest-rate five-year car and truck loans available from a snapshot of loan providers in the marketplace.
The market that is entire maybe maybe perhaps not considered in picking the services and products below. Rather, a cut-down part of the market is considered which include retail services and products through the big four banking institutions, the very best 10 customer-owned organizations and AustraliaвЂ™s larger non-banks.
Auto loan contrast
There are numerous factors to consider whenever choosing a vehicle: the make, model, 12 months, safety-rating, fuel-economy plus the wide range of cupholders, simply to name a couple of.
However when it comes down to selecting car finance, perhaps the essential important aspect is the attention price.
ItвЂ™s vital you check around when taking right out that loan for a car or truck as rates of interest can massively differ between loans.
Auto loan contrast price
It is also essential to understand the essential difference between an assessment price in addition to advertised price. The advertised price may be the yearly interest rate youвЂ™ll be charged on your own financial obligation, whereas the comparison price reflects the advertised rate and the fees and fees youвЂ™ll pay вЂ“ providing you with a truer depiction associated with the loanвЂ™s cost that is actual.
For instance, car finance with a rate that is advertised of% but an evaluation price of 9% probably will have big costs. All accredited loan providers in Australia are lawfully necessary to show the contrast price beside any rate that is advertised ensure it is easier for customers to compare loans from various loan providers. But contrast prices should simply be utilized as helpful tips before committing to anythingвЂ“ itвЂ™s important you look into all the fees and charges yourself.
Car and truck loans in Australia
Vehicles are a desire for some but a discomfort for others вЂ“ symbolising one thing similar to a cash-burning machine. Generally speaking, a motor vehicle is the 2nd many expensive purchase somebody can certainly make inside their life вЂ“ behind a home.
Most Australians donвЂ™t have actually tens and thousands of bucks lying around to readily manage to purchase a car that is new. It was obvious in 2017 whenever research from the royal payment research discovered that 90% of most vehicle product sales are arranged through finance вЂ“ 39% of these are arranged through personal loans in idaho dealerships, although the remaining 61% is financed off their sources, like banks.
Secured vs loans that are unsecured
YouвЂ™ll see a few of the loans above are secured although some are unsecured, therefore whatвЂ™s the real difference?
A loan that is secured a loan that is guaranteed in full by a secured item, frequently the vehicle it self. The financial institution utilizes this asset as safety, therefore they have the right to repossess the asset and use it to cover the remaining cost of the loan if you can no longer afford your repayments. This added protection enables the lender to provide a lesser interest for a number of secured car and truck loans simply because they have actually the asset that is secured a back-up. With regards to vehicles, loan providers have various guidelines, but youвЂ™ll generally speaking need certainly to offer information on the car and stay considering a reasonably brand new vehicle.
Quick unsecured loans may be used for the wide selection of things, like a vacation, wedding or maybe even a gorilla. Whatever it is for, a loan that is unsecurednвЂ™t have actually the protection for the lending company that a secured loan does, so these loans generally have an increased rate of interest, even though this isnвЂ™t constantly the actual situation. You will get a loan that is unsecured purchasing an adult automobile, or when purchasing the vehicle as something special for somebody. TheyвЂ™re generally harder become authorized for whether you have a good credit history as they rely on.
New vs used vehicles
YouвЂ™ll see into the tables above weвЂ™ve displayed loans both for brand brand new and utilized cars, therefore just how much of a significant difference does that make?
In terms of secured car and truck loans youвЂ™ll see that car or truck loans might have marginally greater interest levels. This is merely as a result of them being less assets that are reliable.
What difference does an interest that is good make?
LetвЂ™s check out just how much a little margin in your rate of interest could make, using our auto loan payment calculator for a loan that is five-year.
So a secured $20,000 car loan over 5 years in this instance might cost you around $800 less altogether interest costs when compared with an unsecured loan, assuming youвЂ™re spending a fairly low-interest price for each. Just just Take this by having a grain of salt though вЂ“ it does not element in several things such as the charges on your own auto loan, exactly what your balloon re payment is (a one-off lump sum payment if you take out a variable loan) that you agree to pay your lender at the end of the car loanвЂ™s term in return for lower monthly repayments), any possible introductory rates and whether or not your rate changes (.
Having a credit that is bad does not disqualify you against getting car and truck loans, you might find it harder to obtain an excellent one.
2. Just how do car finance pre-approvals work?
A pre-approved car finance may be useful before you go out to buy a car as it lets you know what you can afford.
To obtain a pre-approved car finance:
- Compare auto loan providers to ensure that youвЂ™ve found the right choice
- Always check your credit history before using
- Gather every one of the documents that are necessary100 points of ID, income, evidence of work, assets and liabilities etc.)
- Contact your chosen lender and let them know you need to apply for pre-approval
3. Am I able to submit an application for a motor auto loan with bad credit?
You can boost your chances of being approved for a car loan by if you have bad credit:
- Being practical in your objectives & deciding on a modest vehicle
- Being truthful in the job
- Stretch your budget ahead of time
- Obtain employment that is stable
- Tidy up debts that are existing
Also work at enhancing your credit rating ahead of time by having to pay bills and bank card repayments on time.

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Paint with fresh blackberries! A fun craft for kids that's perfect for berry season. Inspired by the new children's book A Fine Dessert, this is the perfect table craft for June's Family Dinner Book Club. You have to see how it turns out!
Make your own dazzling rainbow paper! This is a quick and easy science activity for kids that only requires a couple of materials to make. Toddlers and preschoolers can do it all by themselves and older kids will just as amazed by the results!

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Contending that the closing of 49 Chicago elementary schools violates children's human rights, activists have sent a letter to the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights asking investigators to look into the city's decision, according to WBEZ.
The "letter of allegation" sent Tuesday evening to Geneva, Switzerland, asks U.N. officials to investigate whether the closing of 49 Chicago elementary schools violates children's human rights.
"The United Nations taking this issue up and giving it serious attention will really bring home to Chicago and the United States that there are violations occurring here of human rights, potentially, not just about a budget crisis," said Sital Kalantry, the University of Chicago law professor who filed the letter on behalf of the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights.
"(It's) not just about closing schools to save money, but you need to be concerned about the rights of children when you close schools," said Kalantry.
The letter argues the closings violate the human right to equality and nondiscrimination by disproportionately affecting African American students. About 40 percent of the district's students are black, but 80 percent of students impacted by this year's historic number of school closings are black. The school district has said the closings are driven by population declines in African American neighborhoods.
Read more at WBEZ.


Pádraig Harrington is 99th in the latest Official World Golf Ranking - his lowest position for more than 14 years.
The Dubliner, who could soon fall out of the world’s top 100 next for the first time since he was 108th on 8 August 1999, will miss this week’s Portugal Masters as he must travel to Bermuda on Sunday to prepare for his defence of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
With Open champion Phil Mickelson opting against teeing it up, Harrington will take on Masters champion Adam Scott, U.S. Open champion Justin Rose and US PGA Champion Jason Dufner before preparing for the BMW Masters in Shanghai.
He made the field for the first event of the European Tour’s four-tournament “Final Series” by the skin of his teeth as one of the top 60 available players from the top 100 in the world rankings.
However, he does not qualify for the following week’s HSBC Champions and may not get into the field for the following week’s Turkish Airlines Open either.
That means a top performance in BMW Masters at Lake Malaren is crucial if 66th ranked Harrington - nearly €44,000 adrift of 60th ranked Craig Lee - is to make the top 60 in the Race to Dubai who qualify for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
Darren Clarke, who had his best European Tour finish since winning the 2011 Open when he came tied 12th in the Alfred Dunhill Links, joins Charl Schwartzel for the OneAsia Tour’s $1m Nanshan China Masters next week
Admitting that 2013 has not been his best season, Clarke said: “It hasn’t gone exactly as I would have liked, but there have been several encouraging signs recently and I am hoping to have a much better end to the season than the start.”
Clarke is not among the eight Irish players competing in this week’s Portugal Masters at Vilamoura, where Shane Lowry defends the title hoping to build on his third place finish in the Alfred Dunhill Links and edge closer to the world’s top 50.
The second last counting event for those trying to finish in the top 110 in the Race to Dubai who will retain full playing privileges for 2014, it’s a crucial week for Peter Lawrie and David Higgins.
Both have entered the final counting event in Australia, next week’s Perth International at Lake Karrinyup in Perth.
Lawrie is 111th in the money list with Higgins 114th and both need to make the cut at least to ease the pressure on their shoulders in Australia.
As things stand, Higgins is third reserve for the Perth event and may need to do all the work this week if he is to avoid another trip to the Q-School.


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Labor Day Weekend started with the Stingray Point Regatta Stingray Light Distance Race. This was effectively a warm up for the 2 days of buoy racing on Saturday and Sunday. Only 1 other boat in our A1 fleet had arrived and was there to race and we were started with the A2 and B fleet.
At the start the wind was pretty light. We worked our way upwind and out into the bay. There was some current around the mouth of the Rappahannock as we were sailing to weather heading North. Once we rounded the entrance to the Rappahannock we headed south again and were able to put up a spinnaker in the light air and catch up to the boats just ahead of us. It was a very tight reach and only because it was so light were we able to run the spinnaker almost like a code 0. GOIN’ was the only other boat with a spinnaker up and they were just ahead of us. As we approached – we couldn’t go above them or we couldn’t carry the chute. We couldn’t go below them because we wouldn’t lay the mark. Eventually that didn’t matter when a barge went by and messed up the wind for both of us requiring us to pull the chute to the deck and go upwind for less than a minute to fetch the mark.
Though our competition finished well ahead of us, it was a good day for only having 5 of us aboard the boat. Nice light day and we didn’t make any big mistakes and actually got to do some upwind sailing. More racing tomorrow and we’re going to get A LOT more light air practice.


text: Over at Flourishes the lovely Stacy Morgan has a tutorial on making a gift card pocket from a paper bag. Such a cute idea! The challenge is to make something similar. Well, I decided to make my paper bag into a pocket holding flower seed packets. I only have white bags, so I stamped mine all over using an image from Flourishes Garden Dreams set and Memento Potter's Clay ink and Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. I created the pocket, trimmed the top of the bag, and then punched some white cardstock with Martha Stewart picket fence border punch, cut that to size and stuck it to the top of the bag. Next, I stamped another image from Garden Dreams with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics and die cut it with a Spellbinders Classic Oval die. Then, I die cut some Old Olive cardstock with Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Victorian Oval Template Die and popped the image piece on top with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment (from Flourishes In The Garden set) with the Potter's Clay ink onto white cardstock, die cut it with the smallest Spellbinders Labels 8, sponged on some Bamboo Leaves ink and glued it to an ice block stick. The stick and image piece were then added to the front of the project, and finally I popped a couple of flower seed packets into the pocket. Result = a cute little gift for a gardener!!

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8 March 2017
At a public consultation event last night (7 March), NHS England’s national clinical director for heart disease, Professor Huon Gray, admitted there was “no scientific evidence” to back the decision to withdraw congenital heart disease services from Royal Brompton Hospital.
The ‘Question Time’ consultation event was the first NHS England have held on their proposals to decommission congenital heart services from a number of NHS centres, including Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust.
‘Co-location’ of services not supported by evidence
Professor Gray’s admission was in relation to a new ‘co-location’ standard for congenital heart disease services which NHS England claim Royal Brompton does not meet. There are around 470 other new standards and no centre in the country meets them all.
The co-location standard requires certain paediatric services, such as gastroenterology and general surgery, to be ‘co-located’ in the same building as the CHD service. As a specialist heart and lung hospital, Royal Brompton delivers a co-located paediatric service in partnership with neighbouring Chelsea and Westminster hospital, just a few minutes’ walk away.
Clinicians are jointly appointed between the two trusts and part of their contract (job plan) is allocated to Royal Brompton work. They attend weekly joint clinical meetings, joint ward rounds, use shared systems and some nursing staff take part in shared staff rotations. The co-located service has a 100 per cent record of providing emergency care (within 30 minutes) to the 1 per cent of patients who need it, day or night.
NHS England have stated that there are no issues either with the quality of care delivered at Royal Brompton, or the nature of the partnership with Chelsea and Westminster, but claim they are ‘future-proofing’ congenital heart disease treatment.
Prof Gray described a ‘consensus’ of opinion behind the decision to introduce a co-location standard but repeatedly agreed that the decision was not based on evidence that showed it would improve patient care in any way. Currently, there is no impact on patient outcomes of having the nominated services in the same building.
Responding to the suggestion that the decision to introduce the new standard was the result of wide consultation, Caroline Mutton, the mother of a young Royal Brompton patient, said: “As a member of the patient and public group present throughout, I remember significant conversations about the definitions of co-location ……at no point was it made clear that this ‘on site’ co-location requirement was on the cards or necessary. This discussion did not take place in those patient meetings to this degree, so how are you claiming patients support this?”
Her comments were echoed by Dr Duncan Macrae, consultant paediatric intensivist at Royal Brompton, who said: “I think it’s disingenuous to imply that two years of discussion around the current definition of co-location is actually the fact. The fact was that the clinical reference group – in actually recommending the standards to NHS England – defined co-location as response time within 30 minutes and it was only at the very last minute that a very small group… changed it to absolute co-location on the same physical site. So it’s not true that the vast majority of clinicians recommending the standards actually agreed absolute co-location.”
Dr Rodney Franklin, consultant paediatric cardiologist, agreed with Dr Macrae.
Parent, Wai Ho, told the panel: “I have had a child who has gone through multiple heart surgeries, he’s nine years old…. He was an inpatient for seven months and I never had any problems whatsoever with the speed at which the doctors from Chelsea and Westminster came to his bed.”
Robert Craig, chief operating officer, re-iterated: “It’s not just about how quickly a clinician can get from Chelsea and Westminster to the bedside at Royal Brompton, although that matters. It’s the fact that they’re a single team and they work together on the paediatric intensive care unit, on the ward, they’re members of the multi-disciplinary team.
“If we need them to be there every day, they’re there every day, if we need them to be there once a week, they’re there once a week. So the characteristics of a co-located service that have been described are exactly what you would find at Royal Brompton.”
Impact on children’s respiratory services
The impact on children’s specialist respiratory services, of withdrawing congenital heart disease services from Royal Brompton, was also discussed at the event.
Royal Brompton’s children’s intensive care unit is also part of the closure plan and, without intensive care, a number of other vital children’s heart and lung services would have to be withdrawn, forcing children with conditions like cystic fibrosis and difficult asthma to find care elsewhere. NHS England have not yet explained what they have planned to ensure these patients continue to receive the care they need.
Fiona Copeland runs a family support group for patients with a rare respiratory condition, and has two children who have been treated at Royal Brompton for 16 years. She asked about the plans for respiratory patients who will no longer be able to be treated at the hospital if NHS England’s plans go ahead.
Responding, Will Huxter, regional director of specialised commissioning at NHS England, admitted that no risk assessment had been carried out for those patients: “We haven’t at this stage done the detailed assessment about what re-provision of any other services, apart from CHD, would look like but we have acknowledged that’s one of the pieces of work we would need to do before we were able to start implementing overall.”
Robert Craig responded by saying: “That suggests the views of respiratory patients and their families will not really be taken into account in the consultation responses because they’ll have to wait and see what the decisions are, before they get a view of what [NHS England] think the impact on their services will be… That seems to fly in the face of the requirement that all of the knock-on impacts are taken into account in making proposals about the future of these services.”
Other issues discussed at the event include:
- The irrationality of withdrawing a service from 8,000 adult patients on the basis of one new paediatric standard that affects 1% of children treated at the hospital
- The logic of spending millions of pounds recreating capacity at other centres when it already exists at Royal Brompton, especially when NHS finances are so challenged
- The risk that many of the clinical staff and academics who come to Royal Brompton from around the world to work in the congenital heart unit, will return to their country of origin if the unit closes, fragmenting research teams and losing expertise from the wider NHS
- The irrationality of closing a unit rather than helping it work towards achieving the new standard.
As the event came to a close, Jim Hedge, the parent of a young Royal Brompton patient, asked the panel from NHS England “You’re tearing up a very good unit, scaring a lot people, destabilising a whole load of lives, for something that you ‘have no robust evidence for’. With the NHS in the state that it’s in, is there nothing better you could be doing?”
Find out more about NHS England’s proposals to decommission CHD services from the Trust in this section.
Spend a day on our children’s ward and paediatric intensive care unit by visiting a Guardian ‘live blog’ from earlier this month.

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Ajiit is a spiritual teacher whose guidance shows the way to personal development and spiritual liberation.
His life story shared here is an inspiring tale of Self-Discovery.
Ajiit was born in Iran in 1966. As a young boy, he got attracted to martial arts and started practicing karate very intensively which he continued for 28 years. He opened his first dojo at the age of 18. After he became a master of karate do in the physical form, his attention turned towards the spiritual background of all martial arts and he started to study and follow the zen teachings and principles. The discipline and practice made his mind more and more mature and focused towards the direction of Self investigation. He often meditated and practiced zazen, the art of silent sitting.
Due to his cultural background Ajiit has always had a deep interest in sufi mysticism. The sufi path is the path of love, a spiritual journey towards the Self.
As a young adult, he started reading the works of sufi masters such as Rumi, Omar Khayyam and Hafez, and their pointings to the Divine sew the seed of longing for unity and love in his heart. He started to feel that he is looking for something more than what he can see and touch, for – as he later called it – the eternal, divine part of himself.
Meanwhile great changes took place in his social life and circumstances. He moved from Iran to Denmark at the age of 23 where he still continued teaching karate do for several years. Despite entering a very different culture and adapting to new values and lifestyle, he did not lose focus on his direction. On the contrary, living far from his motherland and everything that used to be familiar to him, made his passion even stronger towards discovering his own true nature.
In 1991 a friend of his introduced Ajiit to the teachings of the great master, Osho. As he was reading several of his books and visited his ashram in India, he found that Osho’s teachings confirmed his understanding of sufism and zen independently from any religious beliefs or concepts.
During this time he became increasingly interested in the human psyche, in trying to understand the motifs and relations that shape personality and cause mental and emotional difficulties for many people. Therefore started his two years of education in psychotherapy and three years of education in acupuncture. After finishing his education in psychotherapy he has been working for the last 16 years as psychiatric nurse assistant in hospitals in Denmark. This experience provided him the necessary skills to deal with various types of mental disorders and psychological problems. It also gave him an extensive knowledge and understanding of the functioning of the human mind, including his own which allowed him to go even deeper into self investigation.
Experience of the Self
The moment that permanently changed his life took place in 2007 during a chance meeting with John David. Ajiit was invited by a friend of his to the satsang (spiritual meeting) of a Self-realized master whom he never heard of previously, John David - at that time known as Premananda - in Copenhagen. In this meeting a dialogue took place between them.
"The dialogue didn’t take long but it was very strong and effective. I heard from my friend, who invited me to satsang, that John David lost his luggage during the flight. When I had a chance to talk to him, I just wanted to make some kind of connection to him, and show my sympathy, so I asked him: 'By the way, have you found your luggage?' His answer was: 'Yes, thank you, I found my luggage, but let me ask you something too. Are you ready to lose your luggage?'
I understood the question immediately, and also his meaning behind, so I said passionately and without hesitation, firmly and strong: 'Yes, I am ready to lose it, therefore I am here!'
This short conversation was enough to bring about this experience. This dialogue was enough to wake me up, to guide me to another state."
After this, Ajiit experienced a very strong energetic phenomenon through all his body. As an effect of this meeting also, later that night he had a very clear vision of the Indian sage, Ramana Maharshi. Ajiit had never seen or heard of Ramana Maharshi before.
“It is hard to talk about this experience which looks like chronosthesia. It had been almost impossible for me to associate myself with this kind of phenomena until I experienced it that night coming from the satsang. I couldn’t sleep. Most of the night I was sitting quietly, with closed eyes but absolutely aware. I found myself many times in the state of samadhi. For some moment I didn’t have any sense of space, where I am. Suddenly I found myself in a very old room with bamboo roof with one simple lamp, amongst many Indian people. In a moment, they brought in a big chair which almost looked like a bed, with an old man sitting on it. It was clear that he was very weak and he couldn’t walk. With his head falling forward to his chest, he was looking at the people in a loving way. There was a very strong wave of silence in the room.
This experience deeply affected me, and occupied me a lot after that, but for some time I couldn’t figure out how it is related to my state. Until later, when I saw similar photos of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi in the same condition, I understood. Even more later on when I visited his ashram in India, I recognized the place immediately, as I saw the details very clearly and exactly that night."
The deep connection with Bhagavan made Ajiit a devotee of Ramana. Since then he visits the sage's ashram every year.
The energetic explosion or Big Bang – as Ajiit called it later – in his mind and body continued for several weeks after the meeting. He experienced as different parts of his mind and personality underwent a dramatic and irreversible change. He knew that he was not the same anymore. For almost three years he gave up all his activities and spent his time mostly alone, sitting quietly and observing the transformation of his body and mind, living life from one day to another.
After a few years he returned to society but in a very different way. He started to travel to India regularly, to the ashram of Ramana Maharshi in Tiruvannamalai. In 2011 he met a Hungarian friend there who invited Ajiit to Budapest, Hungary. From that time he started giving Satsang meetings and retreats on a regular base. In 2012 by the support of this friend and other new friends, Ajiit established the community of Mauna House in Hungary. Since that time all his activities take place in Hungary.
In his guiding method Ajiit uses all his previous knowledge and experience to make his pointing as simple, practical and easy to understand for everyone as possible.
His work is manifested at two different levels: personal development and Self development.
As he started his meetings with people who came to him with the desire to hear about Truth, he found that it is difficult for most to follow the pointings to the divine nature of man directly. He understood that the mind of the seekers must be mature and prepared for self inquiry first, otherwise the mind remains too involved with its own personal stories and dramas to even hear the Truth. He also recognized that certain issues must be solved and transformed on the personal level in order to live a balanced and healthy life, as this is also the foundation for Self development and spiritual growth.
Therefore he needed a method, by which people who come to him, can get to know themselves better and become free from many physical, mental and emotional difficulties that block their way on the journey towards the Self.
JIAIDO Movement Meditation
Meditation is a wonderful tool to quieten the mind and bring the attention to the present moment. However, sitting still and meditate in our fast paced world can be a challenge if the mind is not trained for it. To make the practice easier and bring the mind into the state of stillness, the body also needs to get involved in a dynamic way. So Ajiit took his 28 years experience in martial arts and his education in psychotherapy and acupuncture and combined it with his insight and wisdom of life to create a system of movement meditation, which he called JIAIDO.
The term JIAIDO consists of three Japanese kanjis meaning the path to love one Self, the Self that is universal and exists beyond the limitations of the personality.
The aim of JIAIDO is to achieve physical, mental and emotional stability and balance by transforming the functioning of the brain. JIAIDO is based on the idea that through conscious practice people are able to develop their own personal abilities and come beyond mental and emotional difficulties such as depression and anxiety. A balanced personality is necessary for a harmonious and healthy life and it is also the foundation to start the spiritual journey of Self-discovery.
The other main focus of Ajiit’s guidance is the emphasis on the art of conscious living and the importance of a healthy, natural environment for our physical, mental and emotional transformation and stability. Intellectual understanding in itself is not enough, Self-development and spirituality need to be manifested in our everyday actions and decisions. For this purpose he created a center for Holistic Living and Self-Discovery, in the beautiful countryside near the lake Balaton in Hungary. Mauna House is home to the community of friends who wish to lead a conscious lifestyle in harmony with the natural environment.

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Nabralift 2.0, Nabrawind´s self-erecting tower (SET), has been awarded with the Design Evaluation Conformity Statement by DNV. Nabralift 2.0 portfolio consists in three different towers ranging from hub heights of 140 meters to 190 meters.
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Mortgage brokers tipped five-year fixed rates at our property round table last week, despite predictions that Bank rate could remain at its record low for several years.
Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, signalled that big rate rises were a long way off, despite inflation remaining above its 2% target.
“The gradual improvement in credit conditions that was evident earlier in the year seems to have come to a halt in recent months,” he told the Treasury select committee last week. “We judge that it is right to keep our foot firmly on the accelerator in order to stimulate the economy.”
His comments followed a forecast from the Ernst & Young Item Club that…


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Pixie Lott confirmed off her rising child bump in an elegant neon gown on Monday whereas having fun with a sun-soaked vacation in Ibiza.
The singer, 32, who’s anticipating her first little one with husband Oliver Cheshire, 35, seemed unimaginable within the form-fitting summer season quantity, which boasted a mandarin collar.
She paired the ensemble with a pair of silver Chanel sandals and an elegant inexperienced bag as she posed in entrance of the idyllic Spanish backdrop.
The Mamma Do singer tied her blonde locks in pigtails and coated her face in dramatic black sun shades.
The star has been in Ibiza for some time and final month she was very busty when she took a dip within the pool.
Gorgeous: Pixie Lott confirmed off her rising child bump in an elegant neon gown as she loved a sun-soaked vacation in Ibiza on Monday
Wearing a low-cut halterneck swimsuit, she pulled her brilliant blonde hair again into a number of free buns and shielded her eyes with trendy sun shades.
Pixie merely seemed sensational within the inexperienced bathing swimsuit enjoyable within the solar with a mocktail.
The hitmaker and her husband gave the impression to be having the time of their lives throughout their escape – as they put together to welcome their first little one.
The singer took to her Instagram in June to share the jovial information with a slew of candy snaps of her rising child bump.
At the time, she shared that she was already 31 weeks previous whereas protecting her child information a secret, however is now counting down the times till she welcomes her first little one.
In a sequence of lovely snaps, Pixie confirmed off her blossoming stomach in a black sports activities bra and leggings, whereas Oliver planted a kiss on her abdomen.
The overjoyed couple additionally had an enormous smile as they held up an image of the ultrasound to the digicam.
Alongside the pictures, she wrote, “We are beyond excited to announce we are expecting our first child together and can’t wait to start a family of our own.”
Mother-to-be: The singer, 32, who’s anticipating her first little one with husband Oliver Cheshire, 35, seemed fabulous within the form-fitting summer season quantity, which boasted a mandarin collar
Holiday mode: She paired the ensemble with a pair of silver Chanel sandals and an elegant inexperienced bag as she posed in entrance of the idyllic Spanish backdrop
Sun-kissed: The star has been in Ibiza for some time and final month she had a really busty present whereas taking a dip within the pool
Congratulations! Pixie introduced in June in a candy Instagram submit that she’s anticipating her first little one with husband Oliver
It comes after the About Tonight star opened up about her being pregnant in an interview with Fashionrevealing that she and Oliver already know whether or not they’re having a boy or a lady.
But the singer added that she gained’t be having a gender reveal get together as a result of she and Oliver have determined to maintain the information a secret.
She stated, “We were so excited to find out, it’s nice to keep that information just for us.
“Feeling the little kicks with Oli was magical and I’m addicted to getting the little outfits — we’re so excited.”
Pixie and Oliver lastly tied the knot at Ely Cathedral final June after their nuptials have been canceled a number of instances resulting from Covid.
They have been pressured to cancel their huge day a number of instances in the course of the Covid pandemic after getting engaged on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral in 2016.

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Green & Branson’s exchange return
Two ennobled entrepreneurs look set to return to the London Stock Exchange in separate deals. Sir Richard Branson (pictured) plans to float Virgin Money, at up to £2bn, while Sir Philip Green, the Topshop tycoon, will make his return by buying a quarter of the soon-to-float online fashion group Mysale. Sir Philip was last on the stock market 26 years ago with retail group Amber Day.
Councils ‘ignoring town centre policy’
Retailers today slammed the Government’s “town centre first policy” ahead of a select committee inquiry and claim councils are ignoring planning guidance. The Association of Convenience Stores said since the policy came into effect 76 per cent of approved floor space was out of town, despite the Government’s guidance designed to consider the impact on town centres.
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Collapsed jet firm linked to Eads boss
Eads UK’s chief executive, Robin Southwell, a close adviser to the Government, was director of a private jet company, Corporate Jets Services, which went bust owing £113m to HBOS bank. He and fellow directors were sold the collapsed company for what was described as a “knockdown price”. He denies wrongdoing.
Independent on Sunday
Investor revolts at ITV and Centrica
Bosses at ITV and Centrica, the owner of British Gas, are to face shareholder revolts over their huge bonuses at their AGMs this week. The investor Royal London has condemned ITV chief executive Adam Crozier’s £8.3m, while Chris Weston, British Gas boss, will face the wrath of investors today over his £401,000 bonus.
Mail on Sunday
Interest-rate rises ‘before election’
The Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report, released on Wednesday, is expected to signal that interest-rate rises could start before the general election. It is also likely to lift growth forecasts for this year to 3.5 per cent or higher, from the 3.4 per cent predicted three months ago.
Dixons merger with Carphone
Carphone Warehouse is set to announce its £3.6bn merger with Dixons on Thursday. It will be structured as a deal in which Carphone buys Dixons, although both firms’ shares are valued at about £1.8bn. Carphone’s founder, Sir Charles Dunstone, will be chairman; Dixons’ chief, Seb James, will be CEO.
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Modelling Security Market Events in Continuous Time: Intensity Based, Multivariate Point Process Models
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A continuous time econometric modelling framework for multivariate financial market event (or 'transactions') data is developed in which the model is specified via the vector conditional intensity. Generalised Hawkes models are introduced that incorporate inhibitory events and dependence between trading days. Sufficient conditions for identification of linear Hawkes models and for stationarity of some new non-linear Hawkes models are derived. Novel omnibus specification tests based on a multivariate random time change theorem are proposed. A computationally efficient thinning algorithm for simulation of generalised Hawkes processes is also developed. A bivariate point process model of the timing of trades and mid-quote changes is presented for a New York Stock Exchange stock and related to the market microstructure literature. The two-way interaction of trades and quote changes is found to be important empirically.
Keywords: point process, conditional intensity, Hawkes process, specification test, random time change, transactions data, market microstructure
JEL Classification: C32, C51, C52, G10
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These two beautiful black cats are male and female siblings that have been living her at The Centre since the 29th December 2018 when they were born here, there mum had come into us a few days before as there were too many cats in her home. Sadly it’s now nearly been over a year that they have been living with us and we just want them to find a home of their own. These two can be quite shy when you first meet them because they do find life here at The Centre a bit scary. They are not too sure about being stroked so may run away when you first meet them, but with a little bit of patience they will settle down, they are also both very inquisitive and love to play. All these two cats know is life here at The Centre and we would love to finally get them out and into a forever home together. They would prefer a quite home with no older children but they could live with other cats. They are looking for a patient owner who has lots of time to spend with them bringing them out of the shell and we are sure they would flourish in a home.
If you think you may be able to give Km213-19 and Kf214-19 the new home they deserves please give The Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre a call on 01243 641409 or visit www.crrc.co.uk
These two beautiful black cats featured in Pete’s column earlier this year.
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The two cats Km213 and 2f214 both found a new home together. They ended up spending 1 year and 6 days with us at the rescue centre, one of the longest stays of last year. They are now called Ziggy and Zelda and are very happy and settled in their new home. We are so grateful for their new owners taking a chance on these little shy black cats that just need the chance of a home life.

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Though street art is technically illegal in Indonesia, ephemera such as murals, posters and stickers are cropping up overnight in the city of Yogyakarta, with messages that challenge capitalism and the country’s leaders.
Bangkok’s murky Saen Saep canal is usually a workaday channel for riverboats, but recently it has taken on a new identity: art gallery.
Tech-savvy Indonesians now have a chance to express themselves through street art — without the hassle of spray cans, disapproving authorities or lurking around alleyways after dark.
Long before he appeared in the hip-hop movie “Wild Style” or hosted the equally seminal TV show “Yo! MTV Raps,” Fred Brathwaite was a teenager in Brooklyn with two main interests: art and Bruce Lee.
His genre of choice was graffiti, which, like rapping, breakdancing and beatboxing, was just beginning to take shape on the streets of 1970s New York. At the same time, Bruce Lee’s star was rising in the U.S., where Mr. Brathwaite first watched his films in Times Square.
A street art exhibition in Sydney aims to bring art to innocent bystanders.
It’s with the Olympics’ “non-winners” in mind that Indian graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee came up with his latest public art project: “The Gallery of Losers,” comprised of characters who came to life on billboards and posters displayed in East London over the past few weeks.
When a graffiti image of an old man appeared on the wall outside an Armenian Street corner shop in George Town, Penang, it had local residents buzzing. Instead of demanding it be removed, however, they asked for more, and starting from today, that’s exactly what they’re getting as part of the annual George Town Festival.
A controversial Singapore artist known popularly as “Sticker Lady” is inspiring copycats, despite authorities’ efforts to rein in her activities.
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Well after about a 4 weeks it is pretty much fitted to ME yes ME a stock that is really fitted to fit ME :D this is my 1st custom fitting. All done by hand. I used a boyd blaster uninleted stock to start with and altered the bajesus out of it.
I sanded and cut chiseled and wittelyed and sanded and sanded to get it to fit just right. The list of alterations is long.
1. Took down the top as it had a raised part on the top buy the breach.
2. Shortend the hole stock as it was way too long left a little to protect the end cap from getting nocked off in the woods.
3.Sanded down the top of the stock to get the right depth.
4. Totally reshoped the pistol grip to get it to fit my hand and have the perfect trigger placement.
5. Opened up the The thumbhole to accomodate a more comfortable position and allow room for a lite fleece glove for hutning lateer in the season.
6. Reshaped and contuored the thumb up position to make it so comfy :D
7. Light finish sand.
Now what to put on it???? HMMM It will be mostly bench shot with the occasional hunt.
So what you think?? Cant wait to dial it in tomorrow. I got it pellet on pellet at 20 so far and shooting spinners at 60 yards right before dark tonite.


Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has urged the communities in the city to observe proper solid waste management as over 3,000 sacks of garbage were collected from coastal areas for the month of May.
The Bantay Dagat volunteers retrieved the garbage, mostly plastic, bottles, wrappers, tires, sacks and rubber slippers in 32 coastal communities of Davao, said Paul Bermejo, officer-in-charge of the Ancillary Services Unit.
Huge volume of wastes collected came from Barangay 23-C, he said.
Duterte-Carpio also asked the residents to join in the clean up drives.
“These (pile of) garbage that we have collected were the effect of the heavy rains and flooding (that hit) the city center. Wastes are being washed into the coastal areas,” Bermejo said.
Currently, there are 300 Bantay Dagat volunteers, who continue to conduct simultaneous clearing operations all over the 32 coastal areas. They conduct clearing operations every Saturday.


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It recently occurred to me that, in the last eighteen months, I’ve written a book.
I’ve been a full-time college student since the fall of 2010, and in that time, I’ve written somewhere around 90 essays, reports, and research papers for school. Their lengths have ranged between one and sixteen pages, but I’d guess that the average is around four. 90 x 4 = 360 pages. And that, my friends, is a pretty decent-sized book.
I tell you this not to brag about what a prolific writer I’ve become, but to offer as my somewhat flimsy excuse for being so non-prolific as a blogger.
A lot of work goes into my school papers. They’re the products of countless hours of study, research, and reflection (not to mention the writing itself). All of this leaves little time or motivation for pleasure writing (which is what blogging’s supposed to be, right?). I’ve also taken on two part-time jobs since my last post. These have soaked up pretty much every free moment not already devoted to studying.
I know. Excuses, excuses. This blogging thing should be quick and easy. No research or study required. Just write what’s on your mind. Simple. Done.But as it turns out, writing for school seems to come a lot more easily than writing for my friends and family (and any unfortunate strangers who might stumble across this site). Most of my school assignments come with built-in structure, well-defined content expectations, and most importantly, enforced deadlines. I can usually nail a straightforward school paper with relative ease and surprising speed. I’ve been known to crank out the occasional quarter-long writing assignment in a single weekend. And I believe my 3.97 GPA suggests that I’ve been doing pretty well at this. (Okay, that was me bragging).
But with this school work, I don’t really swing for style points or try to wow professors with my prose. I just try to articulate my learning in a clear and concise manner while hitting all of the marks laid out for the paper. Not terribly exciting, but it does the job, and it’s still work I can be proud of.
Writing for this blog is a whole different ballgame. Trying to convert the considerable amount of mush in my head into coherent, interesting, and, if I’m really “on”, funny and/or poignant pieces can be somewhat challenging for me. Without the benefits of a well-structured assignment, and with plenty of distractions all around me, I can quickly lose my writing steam. As is often the case, I may start a piece, decide halfway through that I hate what I’m writing and that I SUCK AT THIS, and then simply throw my hands up in frustration. For me, the discouragement of a single false start can fuel an entire month’s lack of inspiration. It makes me dread writing.
On the other hand, if I feel like I’m onto something, it can consume me. Hours will fly by and my basic needs and obligations will go neglected as I obsessively tweak the life out of every word and phrase in a given piece. But only rarely does this result in a completed post that I actually consider worthy of the eyes of my friends and loved ones. In other words, I really do try to dazzle you, my dear readers, with the style of my prose. Writing for you guys is a labor of love, so I guess that’s why it takes a little more time. I’m sure you understand.
Anyway, that’s it. This is the explanation for my prolonged absence from SOTD. I do sincerely hope I can post more frequently, and will do my best amuse you all with my (hopefully unique and witty) insights whenever I get the chance. I already have one or two new posts in mind for the immediate future, plus an upcoming guest post for my friend’s blog you won’t want to miss. So, this is encouraging, no?
Thanks for reading, folks! You’ll be hearing from me again real soon!


The sporty AUDI A1 is a compact favourite with South African vehicle owners since its launch in 2010. Almost alone in the luxury mini car bracket, the eye-catching design redefines hatchback elegance. Compared to the A1 Sportback, the A1 is the sport 3-door model instead of the more sedan-like 5 doors of the Sportback. Already an iconic shape, the wide track and short overhangs, wing segments on the flanks and the side-panels on the roof add finishing touches to the overall feel of this model as sporty, capable and agile.
The interior is trademark elegance with different options from the standard leather seats to the luxury wood panelling. This vehicle is geared for a digital age, with a standard with a fully digital instrument cluster with a high-resolution, 10.25-inch display and a multifunction steering wheel. Optional choice of the virtual cockpit is available for the more discerned driver, as is a Bang & Olufsen Premium sound system. The optional smartphone interface ensures ease of use and compatibility to your smart devices.
The AUDI A1’s technical performance has been rated above average for a hatchback. Comparing with other models in its class it is a smooth ride for a long-distance but nippy and capable on more challenging roads and surfaces.
With the launch model, only one engine was available, namely the 114bhp turbocharged 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol, known as the 30 TFSI. Since its introduction in the market a wider option of petrol engines (no diesel available) has been introduced, including the 94bhp 25 TFSI, a 1.5-litre 35 TFSI with 148bhp and a 2.0-litre 40 TFSI offering 197bhp. It is expected that AUDI will soon launch a flagship S1 and it is more than likely that the car will shift to hybrid technology in future. With a responsive and adequate, 0-100 km per hour time of 9.5 seconds, the 30 TFSI should suit most A1 drivers, especially with the smooth-shifting seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic automatic gearbox.
The overall image of this model is one of capability, smooth technology and responsiveness on the road. Sporty yet elegant, it is an AUDI success story in the super-mini vehicle range.


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Khalil Gibran is one of the most underrated artists of all time. He has had made a big impact on society, especially in counterculture circles. He is a writer, poet , and painter. Gibran is a brilliant bohemian artist, and as a result Khalil Gibran quotes are full of meaning and wisdom. He is one the most important men in the world and someone that everyone should emulate if they want to be successful.
When the heart hurts, sometimes the only medicine is poetry. For introspective introverts like me, this is doubly true. We introverts often struggle to find the right words in real life, yet we grasp our voice in the written word. Lebanese-American writer and poet Kahlil Gibran wrote of struggles and insights many introverts will relate to. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
I have selected 60 excerpts from poems infused with the mystic wisdom of two greatly gifted poets, Persian Jalal al-Din Rumi and Lebanese Khalil Gibran. Their work speaks of the ecstasy of romantic love, the unconditionality of true acceptance, the devotion associated with seeking truth in life, and the beauty of human nature, while transcending time, countries, religions and languages. The focus of the poems that appear below is on savoring the sweetness born out of the exchange of love between two souls.
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This post resonates my thoughts. I recently was talking of happy life, love and loyalty to my bestie, sharing pretty much the same lines. Glad that you have penned it. It becomes a ready reckoner now :. It is at so many levels true - To each his own. My truth need not be yours too.