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Manchester United have finally reached an agreement for Bruno Fernandes with the Sporting Lisbon midfielder set to arrive at the club on Wednesday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made the star his top priority with the likes of Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay out injured.
United and Sporting had been deadlocked in recent days over talks for the 25-year-old but they have now made a major breakthrough.
Ed Woodward has agreed to pay £46.6million up front, with an additional £8.5m in realistic add-ons the Portuguese club are happy with.
Fernandes and agent Miguel Pinho are due in Manchester on Wednesday to rubber stamp the move ahead of Friday’s 11pm deadline.
Manchester United have agreed a transfer for Bruno Fernandes
News emerged earlier today that Barcelona had entered the race for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder.
But Fernandes is said to prefer a move to Old Trafford over the Nou Camp.
United will pay the creative midfielder a contract worth £150,000-a-week.
And he could be the natural replacement for Paul Pogba if the World Cup winner leaves United in the summer.
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United and Sporting agreeing a fee means the switch is now down to the Portuguese midfielder who has been in fine form this season.
Fernandes has netted 15 goals and provided 14 assists in all competitions.
Earlier today in his pre-match press conference Solskjaer was coy on doing any transfer business this week.
He said: “I haven't got any updates for you on transfers. Yeah, I think it was a waste [of a question].
“I gave you the option, but I haven't got anything to say now. My mind is just on the game.”
United are desperate to add creativity to their ranks this month and push on for a top four place and Champions League qualification for next season.
The Red Devils were interested in signing Jack Grealish from Aston Villa and James Maddison from Leicester but realised deals for the duo would be too difficult to complete in January.
Instead they turned their attention to Fernandes and have reached an agreement with Sporting over their prized asset.
The deal is subject to personal terms being ironed out and the player passing a medical at Old Trafford.
Fernandes is said to be excited about the move to United and is likely to go straight into the team as soon as he is registered.
The Red Devils return to action tomorrow night when they take on Manchester City in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
It is possible Fernandes could face Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday if the deal goes through in the next few days.


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Last Sunday, I preached on Jeremiah 10:6-10. This passage provides a wonderful reminder of God’s greatness. It also points out the sheer stupidity of following anything or anyone besides Him. These verses form a song of praise that welled up in Jeremiah as he reflected on God’s message and actions. The powerlessness and literal stupidity of idols made Jeremiah praise the greatness of God. God’s ability to work His will among His people despite their utter lack of repentance compelled Jeremiah to praise His sovereignty.
The verse that most strikes a chord with me is verse 10,
10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
In contrast to the lifeless idols, God is living. More than that He gives life. He is also King over all creation and will never stop being so. Judah needed to remember this. As her people strove to control their own destiny and tried to avert the impending crisis of a Babylonian invasion, God had other plans for them that no one could thwart. These plans included total defeat and exile of their people. God poured out on Judah both His wrath for their failure to repent and His grace to preserve those who heeded His warning and trusted Him.
This verse captivates me in part because I have been reading the book during my devotional time. As a result, I followed the story from God’s condemnation of Judah for their idolatry to the fulfillment of His warnings of conquest by the Babylonians. I saw the stubbornness of the people of Judah and her leaders and their refusal to let go of their idols and self-sufficiency. I read about their total unwillingness to repent no matter what God said to them. I observed them doing the opposite what God, through Jeremiah, told them to do. When God says “surrender”, they fight. When God says, “Don’t flee to Egypt,” they flee to Egypt. When God says, “stop worshipping idols” they insist on keeping their vows to “the queen of heaven.” I just want to shout at them, “LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS DONE. LOOK AT WHAT GOD IS DOING. YOU ARE FACING OBLITERATION AND YOU JUST DON’T GIVE UP YOUR SIN. REPENT AND LIVE!”
And then God causes me to examine myself. What about the things that I hold on to and refuse to repent of? What about the actions and attitudes of my heart that I stubbornly cling to but God has told me to let go of time after time? What about the things I absolutely refuse to do for Him and His kingdom due to my stubborn nature? Maybe God is also shouting at me, “REPENT AND LIVE!”

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The government of Borno state, on Sunday, January 20, declared Monday, January 21, a public holiday to enable the government and residents welcome President Muhammadu Buhari who would be visiting with his campaign train.
Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking re-election and would be going to Borno to campaign.
Television Continental reports that the government declared the one-day public holiday to “enable all the good people of Borno state, including workers in both the public and private sectors as well as students to, as usual, troop out in large numbers to welcome Mr President to the state.”
Legit.ng earlier reported that residents of Yobe are reportedly in high spirit as Damaturu, the state’s capital is said to be wearing a new look ahead of Buhari's visit.
The report stated that some streets were cleaned, while the Damaturu stadium, venue of the campaign was given a facelift.
On Sunday, January 2, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau described Saturday’s mammoth crowd in the state at inauguration of the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari as an automatic endorsement of his candidature by people of the state.
Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was in Jos on Saturday, January 19, in continuation of his nationwide campaign for the February 16 general elections.
The Rwang Pam Township Stadium, venue of the event, was jam-packed by ecstatic party supporters, who kept hailing the man they love and admire so much.
So much was the surge that the President could not eventually address the crowd.
However, Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, declared same Sunday, January 20, that President Muhammadu Buhari will return to Daura, his home town in Katsina state, if the 2019 presidential election is free, fair, peaceful and credible.
Obasanjo made this declaration when he addressed journalists at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
The former ECOWAS chairman whose address did not last more than eight minutes, simply gave out a booklet titled ‘Points for concern and action’ and asked the journalists present to go through it.
Obasanjo also criticised President Muhammadu Buhari, likening the latter to Nigeria's former head of state, late General Sani Abacha.
The former president stated this on Sunday, January 20, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, where he addressed journalists.
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Obansanjo said among others: "What is happening under Buhari’s watch can be likened to what we witnessed under Gen. Sani Abacha in many ways.
"When Abacha decided that he must install himself as Nigerian president by all means and at all costs, he went for broke and surrounded himself with hatchet men who on his order and in his interest and at high costs to Nigeria and Nigerians tortured and killed for Abacha. Buhari has started on the same path in mad desperation."
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The newest issue of RI Lawyers Weekly features attorney Jason Knight in an article on the recent Tempest ruling, in which a 1992 murder conviction was overturned because of improper actions by police and prosecutors. Jason is quoted several times throughout the article, discussing the legal ramifications for prosecutors and defenders:
Providence attorney Jason Knight, who wasn’t involved in the case, thinks Procaccini’s decision contains no shortage of instructive material that lawyers can use in future cases. “Every once in a while it’s very handy to have someone go through and recite the entirety of Brady law, its rules, and what you’re supposed to do,” says Knight, the communications director for the Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “Never mind whether you believe Mr. Tempest deserves this or not, it’s going to be nice to have this decision as a reference.”
You can read the whole article here: RI Lawyers Weekly: Ruling Seen as Must-Read for Defense, Prosecution It’s always nice to be recognized as an expert!

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07-30-2013, 12:33 PM
Join Date: Mar 2011
My Ride: 325Ci
| That link is for the main forum page.
I do have the link, I am sure you meant this one:
The link to check the height:
Here is what I checked this weekend:
And re-checked the torque on every nut and bolt.
Every possible hardware is new, except for the control arms. I am not changing the control arms because the ball joints are firm and is showing no degradation.
Stock style 44 wheels with 225/45/17 sumitomo htr z III tires.
New ECS tuning 10mm hub centric spacers with extended bolts.
New Front shock mounts.
New washer between the strut body and shock mounts.
All new bolts.
3 nuts on the shock mount to shock tower tightened at 27ft lbs.
one 22mm nut on the strut tightened to 37ft lbs.
New melye HD FCABs with new bolts(tightened to spec)
8 new bolts on the subframe reinforcement plate(tightened to spec)
New Endlinks provided with the street edge kit.
New sway bar bushings.
New ECS tuning 15mm hub centric spacers with extended bolts.
New Meyle HD M3 Rear shock mounts with z3 reinforcement plates.
New Meyle HD RTABs with limiters.
All new nuts and bolts(torqued to spec).
So here are the measurements from the outside.
Adjustment: Coils set almost all the way down, with one thread remaining.(almost lowest)
Height measurement: from center of the wheel(center of center cap) to the bottom edge of fender: 12.5"
Adjustment: Coils set almost all the way up, with one thread remaining. (almost highest)
Height measurement: from center of the wheel to the bottom edge of fender: 11.5 "
I am still getting the creaking/grinding noise when I turn the steering wheel, this is from the driver's side front wheel.
Why is the rear height lower than the front even on the highest position?
I know I need to get the part numbers from the springs and perches to Kris for confirmation, but it is really annoying to remove the suspension every weekend and still not fix the issue. I work full time and I am a full time graduate student, so spare time is not something I have.
I did not remove the wheels this weekend to check on the spring and perch numbers because it was raining. May be next weekend.
I am happy with the ride comfort, but the creaking noise and ride height is annoying me. There was no noise for about a month, but then it started.
PS: the creaking noise when turning the wheel is louder and more pronounced when the temperature is above 90 degrees. So, looks like the temperature is also playing a role in this.
I am going to change all 4 rear ball joints soon, so I would like to take care of whatever is making that noise and the ride height before I go to get another alignment(they are not cheap).
Edit: Added a picture of how it sits right now.
Before: On sports suspension
Last edited by trj; 07-30-2013 at 03:46 PM.


Weeks after China showed signs of recovering from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, smartphone brands from the country have been on a launch spree. The past few days have seen several new smartphone launches in the country. The latest handset that is likely to be added to this list is the new Honor X10 5G — which was made official by a senior Honor executive earlier today.
In case you are wondering, the Honor X10 5G is the new name for the Honor 10X 5G that we had talked about earlier here on MySmartPrice. Honor has confirmed that they are making this change to the name so that the model will not be confused with the Redmi 10X — another smartphone that archrival Xiaomi plans to launch in China.
The formal announcement of the name-change from Honor 10X to Honor X10 was made at the Global Mobile Internet Conference currently underway at Beijing by Honor’s President Zhao Ming.
Note that we still do not know most of the hardware specifications and other aspects of the Honor X10 5G. The phone – at least going by the naming scheme – seems to be a successor to the Honor 9X that was launched in China earlier this year. What we do know as of now is that it will feature a 6.6-inch display and a 4,300mAh battery.
It is, therefore, likely to feature several feature upgrades over its predecessor in terms of the processor, camera features, and software. The most significant change, however, is the addition of 5G support. The Chinese variant of the Honor 9X (which is different from the one launched in India) came only with 4G support.
With the Honor X10, Honor’s aim seems to be to bring the cost of 5G capable handsets and, in turn, increase the base of 5G users across China. Honor is also likely to price the Honor X10 5G very competitively in a bid to take usurp the title of the cheapest 5G phone in China from the Redmi K30.
Do watch this space for more updates on the Honor X10 5G.
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HOXIE -- Don Moss watched as his brother, Rick, struggled to cut out an awkward part of a field of corn.
They already had sent a truckload of corn to the west, carrying a load of high-moisture corn to Hoxie Feedyard -- a nearly 45,000 head capacity feedlot that is in the early stages of piling what likely will be more than 5 million bushels of corn into a single pile.
Nearby, a giant pile of silage is growing ever higher, as tractors work to move and compact the bright green silage brought in from several locations by the semi load.
Together, the two piles will provide much of what's needed to fatten the cattle for market.
"Just kind of getting started," Moss said of cutting a patch of irrigated corn.
They already cut what dryland corn they had, but a lack of rain didn't boost production levels to what some areas will see.
"It wasn't nothing to brag about," he said of the dryland corn. "Little short on rainfall."
But other areas not far away have received better rainfall totals, and Moss said in some areas it's difficult to tell the dryland corn from the irrigated.
Estimates released late last week suggest the state's corn farmers will harvest 578 million bushels of corn this year.
While that's up 14 percent from last year, the estimate is up 34.3 million bushels more than the estimate just a month ago.
With prices edging closer to $3 a bushel, that represents another $105 million in farmers pockets -- although with the boost in production, prices are sure to continue tumbling.
Average yields are forecast at 154 bushels per acre -- nine bushels more than the estimate in August.
Moss agreed the corn this year is "probably better than it's been."
While they had started cutting an irrigated patch of wheat last week, moisture levels were still slightly higher than what he'd like.
"This is a little bit too wet, so we're cutting out the edges," he said.
Moss is in the area covered by a special management plan affecting water and said he planted drought-tolerant corn, a shorter season variety and reduced planting rates.
"I think we're going to come in at our 11 inches," he said of the annual allocation afforded farmers in the so-called Local Enhanced Management Area.
He's planning on putting wheat in behind the corn, letting them reduce the amount of water pulled from the declining Ogallala Aquifer.
Crop production estimates also suggested the state's grain sorghum harvest likely will amount to just 182 million bushels. That's up from last year, but down slightly more than 5 million bushels from the August report.
Soybean production is forecast at 147 million bushels, down 2.2 million bushels.
Mike Corn writes for the Hays Daily News.

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Arts University Plymouth opens its doors to Alma Yard
Tuesday, 18 October, 2022 — Arts University Plymouth welcomed a group of working creatives from Plymouth’s Alma Yard in a pilot venture that will see visiting professionals gain access to the world class facilities on offer in the UK’s newest arts university.

Arts University Plymouth recently welcomed a group of working creatives from Plymouth’s Alma Yard in a pilot venture that will see visiting professionals gain access to our industry-leading resources and facilities.

Alma Yard is the latest addition to Eat Work Art, a leading organisation that transforms disused buildings into workspaces for independent creative communities to grow. Eat Work Art already has four sites in London, Hackney Downs Studios and Netil house in East and Camberwell House and Old Paradise Yard in South, bringing together a community of like-minded individuals who champion innovation and collaboration.

The visit from Alma Yard representatives forms part of Arts University Plymouth’s most recent tranche of Knowledge Exchange projects, partnering academic staff and researchers with external partners and communities to exchange ideas, evidence and expertise. Kate Pierce, Devon Manager of Eat Work Art, said the visit left the residents, 'inspired and dedicated to working collaboratively on this offer as the benefits for their personal and professional development are vast."

Three images showing Alma Yard residents being shown around Arts University Plymouth's facilities, including FabLab Plymouth, Dye Studio and textiles workshop

Previously a rope factory in the 1800s, Alma Yard in the heart of the East End of Plymouth has been transformed into a busy community of makers and independent businesses. The group who visits Arts University Plymouth came from a wide range of creative disciplines, including printmakers, digital artists and bookbinders. Over the coming months they will explore our workshops and studios as part of an open-access programme that is designed to upskill and diversify their creative knowledge.

“Having professionals using our facilities alongside our student community creates a fantastic opportunity for both parties,” explained our Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Stephen Felmingham. “This creative exchange supports the local economy and strengthens our ties with nearby artistic communities. With students and local professionals working side-by-side in our workshops, we foster an environment where both parties can gain inspiration from each other's practices.”

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A British philanthropist has given $2.2-million to the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries to expand efforts to digitize their vast collection of books and manuscripts.
The gift, by the businessman Leonard S. Polonsky, will help pay for a new digital-imaging studio as part of a $115.6-million renovation of the New Bodleian Library, which will be known as the Weston Library upon reopening in a few years. The facility will be used to scan and make available online Oxford's most valuable and fragile documents and publications.
In addition, the donation will support the Bodleian's current efforts to digitize materials that promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship. For example, in 2010 and 2011 the library system plans to digitize Oxford theses and rare Islamic and Jewish manuscripts.
The money will help the Bodleian give humanities scholars and other academics greater access to its 11-million volume collection, only a "small fraction" of which has been digitized so far, said Sarah E. Thomas, the institution's librarian.
Mr. Polonsky, an alumnus of Oxford's Lincoln College, made a similar gift this month to the Cambridge University Library. The donor, who is executive chairman of Hansard Global, a financial-services company, said in a written statement that being part of a sea change in how a library operates was "exhilarating."
"Our inherited notions of 'library'—its architecture, scale, content, and services—will undergo quite extraordinary change over the coming years as digitization extends its impact," he said.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Large Gift Will Speed Digitization at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries
News item from Ian Wilhelm in yesterday's Chronicle of Higher Education:

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iVoice Delivers IVR Application Generator 2.0 For Tapi Wav
MATAWAN, N.J., May 20, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- iVoice, Inc. (OTCBB:IVOC), a leader in speech recognition technology, today announced the release of its IVR Application Generator 2.0 for Tapi Wav, available for the Avaya IP Office, 3Com NBX and Shorelines IP Voice System. The iVoice IVR telephony development environment leverages the latest in Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech and Telephony features. iVoice continues to set the standard for delivering superior developer productivity and flexibility.
FindProfit.com Provides Investment Coverage of Fiber-To-The-Premise Firms
PRINCETON, N.J., May 20, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- FindProfit (www.findprofit.com), an investment service that delivered a +67% audited return in 2003, announced today that it has provided to trial and paid subscribers investment coverage of fiber-to-the-premise ("FTTP") companies, including coverage of Corning (NYSE:GLW) and Advanced Fibre Communications (Nasdaq:AFCI).
Military Communications Technologies Inc
Military Communications Technologies -- Announcement of Additional Share Dividend For Shareholders of Record May 31, 2004
IRVINE, Calif., May 20, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Military Communications Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:MLTA), announced today that it would issue an additional dividend for shareholders of record May 31, 2004. All shareholders who were eligible for the previous dividend, announced March 1, 2004, will also be entitled to participate in the new dividend. The new dividend will be issued on the same basis as previously announced, all shareholders of record on May 31, 2004 will be entitled to receive 1 additional share for each 15 shares held.
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GKIG and DigiCast to Create an Intelligent Shopping Interface
HOUSTON, May 20, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- GK Intelligent Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:GKIG), a publicly traded holding company with entertainment and technology subsidiaries announced today the formation of a co-venture with DigiCast Interactive Media, Boca Raton, FL to create an Intelligent Shopping Interface Assistant to further the personalization of the consumer's Internet and "In-store" shopping experience. The Co-Venture will use GKIG's award-winning Smart One(sm) learning technology.

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yes it does
No. ***Dual ohc means there are 2 camshafts on the vehicle also meaning more valves
all the civcs have a single overhead cam motor(sohc) the civic si is the only one with a dual overhead cam motor
1.9L Dual overhead cam 16 valve 125 hp
The SL series came equiped with either a single overhead cam or a dual overhead cam engine. If yours has the single overhead cam, it's the SL1. If yours has the dual overhead cam, it's the SL2. Open the hood, look at the engine and see what's on the rocker cover; if it says DOHC or "Twin Cam", you are the proud owner of a SL2.
Where is the dual overhead cam located or the air temp charge sensor?
A Saturn SL -- and every S-series Saturn -- has a 1.9 liter 4 cylinder engine. The SC2, SL2, and SW2 have a DOHC (dual overhead cam) engine; the SC1, SL, SL1, and SW1 have a SOHC (single overhead cam) engine.
Its a single cam.. it says " 2.0 Split Cam on the cover of the engine... A dual cam would say " 16V Zetec" on the engine cover.
It has a single cam. But the question is confusing. Usually it is asked if it is a single or dual overhead cam when it is overhead head cam. Your engine is a pushrod, which was only offered in single cam
SOHC--Single OverHead Cam DOHC -- Dual OverHead Cam
If you change the whole engine.
The rocker arms are small devices that press the valves open. Typically, "lifters" ride on the camshaft and press a push rod. The push rod presses against the rocker arm and the rocker arm opens the valve.However, overhead cam engines do NOT have rocker arms.Saturn engines come in three basic varieties:The 4 cylinder single overhead cam engine (note the fact that it has an "overhead cam".The 4 cylinder dual overhead cam engine.The 6 cylinder dual overhead cam engine.None of which use rocker arms.
The Z24 has a 2.4 L engine that is a Dual Overhead Cam engine. The other models have the 2.2 L engine that is Single Overhead Cam engine.
Exhaust cam, is the cam that control valve timing on a DOHC, (DUAL OVERHEAD CAM) motor.
Yes you can but you will have to swap out the wiring harness and the on board computer as well. Otherwise it just won`t start.
Single overhead cam 94856515 Dual overhead cam 94845263
The Saturn 4 cylinder engines were available in 2 styles, the single overhead cam and the dual overhead cam. In both engine types, the camshafts were always in the head, just under the top cover of the engine. If you remove the top cover (where you install the sparkplugs) you will see the camshaft(s).
if its a single overhead cam it has a belt and if its dual it has a chain
1990 is ka24e, single overhead cam, 1991 is ka24de, dual overhead cam.
The Mercury Sable and the Ford Taurus will have DOC in printed on the engine if they are dual overhead cam engines. The symbol should be on the top of the engine.
No Ford Crown Victoria or Police intercaptor has dual overhead cams. The dual overhead cam engines were only used in Mustangs and Lincoln MK8's.
If it's a zx2 it's a dual overhead cam. It it's an LX SPI it's a single overhead cam.
look at the top of the engine you will see the cover is very wide for a twin cam also it is usually maked on the cover DOHC which means double overhead cam
it is a dohc engine.


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Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) received with shock, the news of Governor Umahi\’s life ban on two A-list journalists: Chijioke Agwu of Sun Newspaper and Peter Okutu of Vanguard newspaper respectively.
It is rather unfortunate, that in this particular time where stakeholders the world over are closing ranks to create a common front, to execute the war against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic that\’s sweeping through Nigeria, a governor who should be seen sleeves up, in service, to ensure the safety of his people from the pandemic and it\’s immediate and eventual economic implications, is instead wasting time on a losing battle against journalists going about their legitimate business.
What is particularly scary and of great concern, is the governor\’s spat during a statewide broadcast, that if \”the journalists think they have the pen, he has the koboko\”. This arrogance was also on display when he declared, in clear Draconian style, that the people of the state might unleash mayhem on the journalists if they refuse to leave Ebonyi state.
OMPAN considers the above statement a call to violence against the journalists whose only sin is reporting the true state of affairs in the state. Here then, is why OMPAN wants to state categorically clear, that should anything happen to the two journalists, Governor David Umahi should be ready to take responsibility, or face the wrath of the pen he has so arrogantly and disdainfully dismissed.
For the sake of peace, especially in this material time, OMPAN calls on Governor Umahi to beat a quick retreat, lift the needless ban and retract his damaging statements with respect to the safety of the journalists without delay.
The Nigerian Journalists is held to a code of conduct and ethics which if violated, invites sanction(s) commensurate with the transgression(s). However, nowhere was it stated that state governors can usurp the powers of the Nigerian Union of Journalists which is the statutory body responsible for the discipline of erring members, to play judge and jury on issues bothering on the professionalism of journalists.
The authors of the Nigerian Constitution didn\’t make a mistake when they unambiguously spelt out the right of the journalist in section 39 subsection one of the 1999 constitution as amended. And, under no circumstances will OMPAN fold it\’s arms and watch governors or other trigger happy Executives continue to trample on the sanctity of the Journalism profession.


Foodbank reminds people to check expiration dates after receiving decades old can of soup
A Wales foodbank that received a decades-old can of kidney soup, tweeted a friendly reminder last week to check the expiration date before donating canned food.
Cardiff Foodbank tweeted a photo of the vintage can of soup on October 5. According to the food bank, they realized the can was the oldest they'd ever received after spotting a price sticker with Britain's currency before it went to a decimal system in 1971.
"It's a record!! Never had a donation with 10d on before! Please, could we remind everyone that food donated needs to be in date! Thank you:)," Cardiff Foobank tweeted.
Staff believe the soup is at least 46-years-old, and was donated along with other decades-old items, including a can of sweetcorn from the 1980s and tinned carrots, WalesOnline reported.
Helen Bull, the foodbank's fundraising manager, said this isn't the first time the foodbank received out-of-date food.
“Sometimes we do end up throwing quite a lot of food out," Bull told WalesOnline. We get an awful lot of out-of-date food.”
Bull told WalesOnline they plan to keep the cans.


Fall River Legend
is a ballet
based on the life of Lizzie Borden
. One of choreographer Agnes de Mille
's best-known works, it featured an original score by Morton Gould
and scenic design by Oliver Smith
The ballet premiered at American Ballet Theatre on April 22, 1948, with Alicia Alonso as Lizzie (called simply "the Accused"). Other notable performers in the role included Nora Kaye and Sallie Wilson. The Dance Theatre of Harlem's production, with Virginia Johnson as the Accused, is available on DVD, although a kinescope also exists of a televised version with Kaye.
ABT will be performing the ballet during the 2007 fall season at New York City Center, with Julie Kent and Gillian Murphy in the lead role
De Mille famously altered the historical record by finding Lizzie Borden guilty as charged.
- de Mille, Agnes. Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1968.
- Easton, Carole. No Intermissions: The Life of Agnes de Mille. New York: Little, Brown, & Co., 1996.


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Two-dimensional Numerical Modelling Of Hydrogen Diffusion Assisted By Stress And Strain
Free (open access)
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J. Toribio, D. Vergara, M. Lorenzo & V. Kharin
This work is based on previous research on the one-dimensional (1D) analysis of the hydrogen diffusion process, and proposes a numerical approach to simulate the phenomenon in two-dimensional (2D) situations, e.g., near notches. The weighted residual method was used to solve numerically the differential equations set out when the geometry was discretized through the application of the finite element technique. This developed procedure can be a suitable practical tool to analyze hydrogen embrittlement phenomena in structural materials. Keywords: numerical modelling, weighted residual method, hydrogen diffusion, axisymmetric notch.
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A trove of 47 fossil human teeth unearthed from a cave in southern China may change the human migration history to prove that Homo sapiens may have arrived in Asia much before they did in Europe. The teeth are reportedly close to 80,000 years old, whereas most researchers until now have believed humans only left Africa for the first time around 60,000 years ago that too towards Europe.
According to findings published in the journal Nature, the discovery seeks to challenge the widely accepted theory of modern human migration, known as "Out of Africa," which indicates that modern humans originated in Africa and made their first successful migration across the continent between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago. The finding now puts the migration of modern human species northward earlier by at least 20,000 years.
"It was very clear to us that these teeth belonged to modern humans [from their morphology]. What was a big surprise was the date," said Maria Martinon-Torres from University College London, co-author of the study published in Nature.
The teeth found in the Fuyan Cave in the Daoxian region of Hunan province are in fact so ancient that they could not be tested using carbon dating and thus scientists had to date the surrounding calcite deposits. Luckily for them, a layer of flowstone had grown over the layer that held the human teeth, sealing them in and preventing them from being disturbed. Over the flowstone grew a stalagmite, which was dated to at least 80,100 years old — which means all the material below it, teeth included, must be older.
The finding may also help explain why it took Homo sapiens so long to move into Europe which was already inhabited by the Neanderthals -- a species in the genus homo that became extinct between 41,000 and 39,000 years ago. Previously, research on the Neanderthals has vaguely suggested that they prevented the migration of modern humans to Europe. But the present research says the Neanderthals may have been much more formidable opponents than we once gave them credit for.
While researchers find the discovery and the study compelling, most say it is not definitive. More parts of the human anatomy have to be linked to these teeth to come to a full-proof conclusion. Moreover, the study suggests that no tools were found in the cave area which indicates that it was impossible for these humans to live there and only a predator or likewise could have dragged them there.
"What is the origin of this population? And what was their fate? People really now have to reconsider models. Maybe there's not only one 'out of Africa' theory but several," said Torres as the research group will now extract DNA from the teeth samples to shed more light on the origins.


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African “World War” Flares in Congo
For the last two decades fighting in the Central East African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed between three and six million people due to a combination of ethnic violence, genocide, extreme poverty, starvation and infectious disease that the International Rescue Committee has called Africa’s “World War.”
Recently, leaders at the United Nations warned that the cycle of violence is gaining strength after a rebel group calling themselves M23 seized Goma, the second largest city in Congo, stating they were there to “liberate” the country and march to the capital, Kinshasa.
Named after a peace agreement in March 23, 2009, M23 claims to be fighting against corruption and bad governance.
The rebels temporarily withdrew from Goma after holding it for 11 days, but the situation remains tense and uncertain in the absence of any tangible peace accord to end the insurgency.
Violence traced to 1994 Rwandan genocide
The roots of eastern Congo’s most recent cycle of violence can be traced to the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda, when the world largely stood by as soldiers and militia of the Hutu ethnic group killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
While the immediate conflict ended after several months, many of the rebels crossed into neighboring Congo and continued their reign of terror. Rebels overthrew longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997, then his successor Laurent Kabila was assassinated in 2001 and succeeded by his son, Joseph Kabila who was re-elected President in 2011.
As the years passed, the various ethnic groups and rebel forces have continuously engaged in violent armed conflict, drawing in other sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Chad and Sudan.
Rebel fighters or reformers?
UN and Goma officials say they believe Rwanda is supporting the M23 fighters in an attempt to get at some of the natural resources in the region. The hills near Goma contain gold mines, tin and coltan – a precious metal used to make mobile phones.
There have been unconfirmed sightings of Rwanda Defense Forces assisting M23 units on the ground.
Opinions in Goma are mixed, although the residents would like to live in peace. “Before it was unbearable, there was so many killings, so much violence,” said Rinoni, a young hairdresser, reported the Christian Science Monitor. “The M23 definitely brought some kind of stability the FARDC [Congolese Army] were never able to give us.”
One young soldier who had been working for M23 for a couple of months said, “All armed groups are the same in Congo. It is just for money; whichever side wins I’ll join, most the groups are like this.”
President Obama weighs possible actions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congo’s President Joseph Kabila at the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York in September to urge them to find a peaceful solution to not only M23, but the underlying issues that were fueling the rebel group.
The administration also suspended $200,000 in military aid to Rwanda, the staunch U.S. ally, who investigators say is funding the rebel group. But human rights groups say last week’s actions by M23 are proof that not enough has been done diplomatically.
The Obama administration dispatched the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Johnny Carson, to Central Africa this weekend to help negotiate an end the latest crisis.
— Compiled by Imani M. Cheers for NewsHour Extra
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ulani terrorists invaded Enonyi state and massacred villagers. The response of the governor is not to take responsibility as the chief security officer and say never again. He is not calling a state security meeting to set up the security apparatus that would keep the people safe. He is not discussing with the people how he can help them protect themselves against AK47 carrying terrorists, whose aim is to cleanse them from their ancestral land.
This is because if he takes any meaningful step to fight fulani terrorism, his fulani masters in the north will be displeased.
Instead, he is asking local government chairmen without providing the necessary fund to use vigilantes to fight back.
How can people with machetes fight terrorists with AK47 supported by Miyetti Allah, the police and army? How can the people protect themselves from enemies who want to hunt them like wild animals?
For those who may not know what is happening. This is the beginning of ethnic cleansing in Igbo land. The same kind of devastation that the fulani have pursued in southern Kaduna and middle belt.
The problem is existential and unless Igbo leaders see it as such, Igbos are doomed. These Fulanis are trying to conquer territories
Igbo leaders do not seem to understand that as long as a fulani is President and minister of defence in Nigeria, Fulani terrorism will never end and Fulani terrorists would continue to get the support and resources they need to pursue their ethnic cleansing for land grab,
Nigerians have no choice, but to fight fulani terrorism. Why should Igbo leaders stand by, while Igbo land is turned into a killing field? If Nigeria army and police have become instruments in the hands of fulani oligarchy, why can’t governors in Igbo states set up a security out fit to protect the people? What are the governors doing with the security vote?
This insecurity and massacres undermine the most important right of human beings, the right to life. This is what is being violated in Nigeria and those in position to protect it are failing.
“The necessary consequence of man’s right to life is his right to self defence. In a civilised society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. All the reasons which make the initiation of physical force an evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. If some “pacifist” society renounced the retaliatory use of force, it would be left helpless at the mercy of the first thug who decided to be immoral. Such a society would achieve the opposite of its intention: instead of abolishing evil, it would encourage and reward it” Ayn Rand.
Igbo politicians are failing in their duty to fight for the interest of Igbo land and the future of a free and fair Nigeria.
They are quiet about Fulani Jihad
They are quiet about Buhari nepotism, which has resulted in most senior positions in Nigeria being occupied by Muslim Northerners and Fulanis.
They are quiet about the registration of under age voters in many northern states.
They are quiet about selective war against corruption which spares those in APC and the friends and relatives of the president.
This is the reality of Nigeria today, and those who should be speaking out and leading the war against injustice, inequality, nepotism, insecurity, sectarian government etc, have chosen indifference and silence.
The Fulani terrorists and their sponsors Miyetti Allah are pillaging Nigeria. From Buhari to the last fulani terrorist, the aim is the same, to take as much as possible from Nigeria.
It does not matter whether it is through government corruption stage managed hostage taking, criminal hostage taking, terrorism or ethnic cleansing. Nigeria is under siege by fulani bandits.
The masacare in Ebony must be the wake up call. No other person need to die. Igbo governors must now do what they should have done years ago. Take steps to ensure that Fulani terrorists do not turn Igbo land a killing field.

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The writer tells us about the topic of therapist’ dilemmas emerged when he turned with a particular dilemma he was experiencing with a client at that time. Thus all his research was in vain since it led to question the limits of the scientific practitioner model currently in vogue in the field of clinical practice. He says his aim was to re-create that kind of informal atmosphere where contributors would feel relaxed enough to discuss their dilemmas in public. To achieve this he decided an interview format since that medium was most closely approximates the interactive setting in which therapist discuss their dilemmas. The interviews focus on the frame of reference of the contributor than to shift it to that of the interviewer.
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Who Am I To Teach Morals?
Who am I to teach morals is a conversation between windy Dryden and peter lomas.Peter lomas is a was trained in medicine at Manchester and became a senior house surgeon to sir Geoffrey Jefferson at the Manchester royal infirmary, and was a general practitioner for six years then he trained at the institute of psychoanalysis in London he has worked in mental hospital a child guidance clinic a school for maladjusted adolescent boys. At present he is involved in teaching set up in which students are encourage to use their own initiative in finding the optimal means by which they can learn psychotherapy. Peters aim is to understand the factors which stand in the way of an open and equal relationship between the therapist and client.
In this conversation about who am I to teach morals windy Dryden ask questions about the dilemma peter lomas is facing as therapist. Here peter lomas is confused that from where the morality comes from in the field of psychotherapy, and how far does ones own set of values influence his client peter says that people him are usually those whose lives have gone badly away from the right track and they came for the solution to find their way in their life, here the dilemma begins that should he teach his clients moral values and make them a kind of person he admire or the kind of person who is good according to the standard that he or perhaps many other person would admire or is acceptable in a society or a person who might regard as virtuous according to philosophers and religious scholars on the other hand he thinks he is not a preacher or does he has a right to impose his moral system on his clients as said he would he would not like if someone else comes to him and teach him own set of morals furthermore a persons who try to turn him out the way he want him to be. As an example he discusses a case of a client who come to him having an issues with the authorities of the hospital his client questioned the doctor about his treatment he had but now is worried about making nuisance of himself he is confused whether he had a right to challenge the authority or he should go along with what was being done. Now here in this situation the dilemma faced by the therapist is that according to him he favor challenge and rebellion but does not want his valves to influence the decision of his client furthermore he thinks that he should be open with his client in his client what is happening between him and his client. Windy Dryden then gave him a suggestion and open a new way of solving problem he said that as therapist he should discuss both point of his views with his client for example his own values and other possible choices. In the situation discussed earlier peter lomas should have tell his client that if he would be at his placed he would have challenge the authorities of the hospital however there are other ways too and you have to select which option suites you the most.
Peter lomas discusses another example of a woman who was confused that should she get her baby aborted or not now her dilemma faces by the therapist is that according to his moral abortion is not a right way but looking at all the situation a girl was facing abortion was a best choice.
At the end of the conversation peter it is concluded that peters dilemma is neither he wants to impose his values on clients nor does he wants to remain neutral. He actually wants his clients to know where they are stand on things and for doing that he thinks that he would have to be tactful and must use his common sense in therapy just as much as in ordinary life.
“Who Am I to Teach Morals?”
An interview with Peter Lomas
Peter Lomas, following, medical education, trained as a psychoanalyst with the British Psycho-Analytical Society, but has since become deeply critical of what he sees as a largely impersonal and withholding set of techniques, at least as practiced in traditional psychoanalytic therapy. Peter Lomas was particularly interested in the nature of the psychotherapeutic relationship and has a long list of publications to his credit, such as True and False Experience, Beyond Interpretation and more recently Cultivating Intuition, most of which concentrate upon analyzing the therapeutic relationship. He challenges some of the laid down notions of what is assumed to be good practice.
Peter’s aim was to understand the factors which stand in the way of an open and equal relationship between therapist and client and most of his writings focus on this question. He believed that professionals take for granted an unjustifiable superiority in conceiving what takes place between the two participants and explores some of these issues in an interview with Windy Dryden.
The ‘dilemma’ he talks about with Dryden is concerning the question of where morality comes into psychotherapy. Particularly of the issue of how far one’s own set of values actually influence what one is doing as a therapist. He says that as a therapist he has some idea in his mind of the kind of people he wants his clients to turn out to be. Lomas think that consciously or unconsciously he aims for his client to become the kind of person he admires, likes, the kind of person he himself might want to be with. That means the client could (if the therapist influences him) end up having values that are similar to the therapist. Lomas says that he would like his client to end up as a ‘good person’ in a moral sense and good according to standards that he or perhaps other people may find acceptable.
Lomas says that it could said that he is in the business of “character building” he considers himself as a ‘priest’ (not religiously) in the broadest sense. However he says that he does not want to impose his values or moral systems of belief on somebody else. He himself he says might not like it and would not want to put himself in a ‘vulnerable position’ where he might be influenced to adopt a set of beliefs. This is where he finds the dilemma to be. He says that he will try to influence his client in some way or the other; he cannot just simply not say anything and leave his clients as they are. For example he says that in a straightforward situation like a person who steals, he would not feel particularly uneasy about trying to influence him, by self-understanding or by helping him feel more secure so he doesn’t feel the need to steal. In this situation he says he wouldn’t have a dilemma and would know what to tell the person because most people would say it is a good change and it would be beneficial for his client. He says
issues concerning conformity and rebellion are the kinds that are tricky. In situations like if a person should question or challenge existing authorities are the ones that put a therapist in dilemma. He feels that he has values that favor challenge and rebellion do influence the way he discusses a topic with his client, even if ‘subtly’ Lomas says that if not by speaking openly about his views the client could discern them by his responses, perhaps his non-verbal responses, tone of his voice, bits of approval and so on. He says that his values will become evident. If he thought a clients behavior was inappropriate according to his own values he might question his client differently, if he thought the behavior was appropriate he might not question or make any interpretation.
One thing Lomas thinks very passionately about psychotherapy is that whatever the therapist does he must try not to confuse the client. There should be no double bind communication or cues. The therapist should not pretend that he has no views and is completely neutral to the situation, when he really is not. The client will pick up cues which indicate that the therapist is incongruent and will become more confused. Peter Lomas says that he needs to find a way in which he is not shouting his views at patients or ‘trying to indoctrinate them’ but in a way which he is not hiding his own views to such an extent that he becomes confusing to his clients. “One has to find a middle way in which one doesn’t try to brainwash people into accepting ones views, but also one would not try, as parents tend do to conceal things”
According to Lomas the therapist and the client need to have an open dialogue, in which there is equality as far as possible. If the therapist is open he can discuss the situation with the client and they can discuss the conclusion they reach. The client might believe something, why the therapist on the other hand might disagree with it, but they should discuss it openly. Lomas says that he does not believe that one can be neutral and if one takes a neutral stand it could at times be immoral to sit back and let someone do something very destructive. For example if the therapist thinks that the client might commit suicide, the therapist would want to do something about it and even take drastic measures.
Lomas says that as a therapist he does not want to impose values on his clients nor does he want to remain neutral. He wants his patients to know where he stands. But in certain instances for example if something was going to be particularly painful or traumatically painful to another person he says that he would hold back his own view. If someone had committed a heinous crime he would play it down so that he doesn’t increase the guilt that that person is already feeling. However he says that he feels uneasy doing that and does it to the very minimum.
Peter Lomas says that he “must use common sense in therapy just as much as in ordinary living”
In my opinion psychotherapy endeavors to make lost, and unhappy people able to lead more meaningful more satisfying and more useful lives. This in itself is a highly ethical undertaking. A therapist should be competent and skillful. The therapist should stay as neutral as possible, even though it is hard to do so. The therapist should not impose his values and belief system on his client but should be able to ‘advise’ a better alternative to the situation the client has bought with him. The therapist should not question the client’s beliefs or morals, as everyone has their own set of beliefs or morals which the therapist should respect.
But I feel in instances where intervention becomes necessary, for example if there is a threat that the client might commit suicide or commit murder or something that potentially harms the client or others around him, the therapist should take instant action, even if drastic. In that case the therapist can let his morals and beliefs seep in. Though the therapist is no one to decide between good and wrong but if something of this sort comes up the therapist should intervene. If the therapist feels strongly about something, or some act that the client has committed, talking about it could be painful for the client or could increase feelings of guilt and shame. This should be avoided at the time but not ignored.
Hence I agree with Peter Lomas when he says that the therapist must use his common sense in therapy.
Splitting And Integration In Marital Therapy
Splitting and integration in marital therapy is a conversation between Windy Dryden and Paul Brown.
Paul brown is a clinical and as occupational psychologist. He was the founding chairman of the association of sexual and marital therapist proposed the information of the counseling section of the British psychological society and has just completed a period as chairman of the association of clinical psychologists in private practice. He is coeditor of the new journal entitled sexual and marital therapy and is the review editor for the British journal of guidance and counseling. His own publication includes co authorizing treat yourself to sex. Clinically he works especially in sex and marital therapy. In Splitting and integration in marital therapy Paul Brown as a therapist facing a dilemma that whether he should tell his clients that their marriage cannot go further and it seems so obvious to him that it is going to end. When the client in the first session directly ask for the solution about their marriage as to whether or not their marriage is at the end. Here the therapist is confused, because according to him it seems so obvious that there is no future of the marriage but on the other hand it is difficult for him and at times it is unkind or anti therapeutic by him to not reveal his view about the situation if that view is well founded. Here Paul Brown shares an example of a cancer patient who ask his doctor about the his illness but his doctor dodges him by doing this act the doctor is depriving the individual with an opportunity to cope constructively with the illness Paul Brown compares this situation with the dilemma his facing he find it wrong to dodge his client by not clearly telling him/her a proper solution.
Furthermore he discusses the case of a 46 years old women who was worried about her married life she was having problems with her husband who was not giving her enough time she thinks that he is having an extra marital affair. She ask the therapist directly that “Do you think our marriage is at an end?”therapist Paul Brown before giving her any suggestions invited her husband for a session after discussing issues related to their marriage he concluded that their marriage seems to be blocked the only point her wife is facing is husband not giving her time she felt isolated and cut off and most of her friends suggested her that its time for her to get out of this marriage. As a solution Paul brown suggested her that their marriage is very viable and they should try to carry on with their marriage he thinks that if he would suggest someone that their seem no future of their marriage it would not only effect two people but the whole family setup would be destroyed.
Sex Therapy: Education or Healing?
An Interview with John Bancroft
John Bancroft trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and was a clinical reader at Oxford University from 1969- 1976. Later he became a clinical consultant at the Medical Research Council Reproductive Biology Unit in Edinburgh. He has extensive experience in all kinds of clinical sexual problems and done research on various aspects of human sexuality.
John Bancroft’s Professional Dilemma
In his therapy sessions he faces the dilemma of adopting the role of an “educator” or a “healer”.
He defines the healer role as a professionally widely accepted authoritative personality that presents fixed solutions to the couple at a “round table discussion” after taking a thoroughly comprehensive history of the couple in therapy. He believes that there is an “ethical issue” involved in this that a lot of irrelevant but extremely private information is disclosed in such an approach.
He defines the educator role as “directive”. An educator through various behavioural approaches sets the couple behavioural assignments so the relevant problems become identified and possible solutions presented. He believes that the preeminence of the educator role lies in the fact that it presents possible solutions to the couple instead of a fixed authoritative decision and also equips them to deal with possible future related problems.
The dilemma between the two roles arises when he feels that at times some couples may need the healer role of authority more than the educator role. However, at the same time he believes in convincing couples that they are enabled human beings and do not need figures of authority to dictate the ultimate and sole solution to their predicament without their active and continued contribution.
He further claims that it is very easy to bring about improvement in sexual problems. The problem is whether this improvement is maintained. Hence, the supremacy of the educator over the healer is that the educator enables couples to deals with future sex problems without dependency on an outside authoritative figure.
His hypothesis is that the healer is quicker to achieve change because in times of crisis, people need someone with a “sense of power”. However, in understanding and learning to cope with their sexual problems lies the durable solution which he provides to his patients in the educator role.
His background in that of a scientist and he believes the educator role is good science as it avoids making assumptions and value judgments.
Most of the time he believes with conviction that the role of the educator needs to be emphasized, but occasionally he doubts it. He has no evidence to prove when the healer’s authoritative proves more effective. Eventually, he hopes to be able to predict how he should behave with particular couples. Future experience and research will he believes bring improvement in his work.
Death by starvation: whose decision
An interview with Fay Fransella
Fay Fransella is the director of centre for personal construct psychology and emeritus reader in clinical psychology at the University of London. Since the late 1960s she has played an active role a teacher, researcher, author and psychotherapist in making the work of George Kelly known internationally. Her major research work has been concerned with the development of a personal construct theoretical model to account for stuttering. Her other major area of research has been in the field of weight disorder, both obesity and anorexia nervosa.
In this chapter she discusses her dilemma with Windy Dryden. She explained her dilemma “that as a therapist should she intervene with the client who according to her is in danger and is not seeking any help. Such as, young individuals who are suffering with anorexia nervosa as she knows that at the end of the road they are confronted with death. However, she wanted o help these individuals in improving their lifestyle. According to her these individuals are the unhappy individuals she ever comes across with she thinks their problem will worsen if no one would show them the right path. Moreover these individuals these individuals are emotionally disturbed and are not in a position to make right decision for themselves. She thinks that they don’t even assume that they are having any problem and they need help.
According to her there are two reasons for giving these individuals help. (1) Here is a social pressure. And secondly there is a potential threat that they will starve themselves to death. There social circle is effected badly. They are usually stick with there own circle of life and cannot see the world outside their constricted world. She thinks by helping these individuals would be an opportunity for them to see the world outside of there interest. She then talked about personal construct theory and Kelly’s Philosophy which states that the individuals themselves have created this issue for them. There is no prescription for a good way to construct or a bad way to construct their selves. If a something that a person choose for him selves serves a purpose of their life. So, as therapist he has no rights to disregard them or tell them that you should be different than other. Because they have not committed a crime or harmed someone these individuals have not done any thing against the societies norms. Windy Dryden then poses her a question what if the client is over the age of consent does that help you in solving the dilemma or when they are not over the age. She replied, the dilemma still would be there no matter what the age of a client is. She further explained that the problem is not like a school phobia, where parents can force their children to go to school. Because, there is no law states that you have to eat, no law has been made over this issue. But she still wanted to help these individuals and want them to lead a normal life. She says that if she or other therapist would not help them to get rid of the situation than there whole life would spend in a hospital. She further states because she could not rule out her dilemma she referred these individuals to other psychologist. When asked by windy Dryden what if you have no other choice or there is no other psychologist present to whom you can refer your client and you are requested to see an under legal aged girl who is seriously anorexic what would you do? She answered for sure she will see that client but she is not sure whether she would be hostile or unfriendly with the client as she knows that it is very difficult to persuade these individuals. At the end of the conversation she concluded, that her dilemma is still there but now she is aware that how she has to solve it, she added at the end that one can never fully live on a theory or a philosophical principle. One has to find ways other than just believing on theories.
Where are the boundaries?
Brian Thorne is the director of counseling at the University of East Anglia. Brian Thorne has been much concerned to draw on different areas of knowledge and experience in order to enrich his therapeutic practice. He believes that groups, communities and institutions have within then powerful resources for helping the development of individuals which often go untapped and un-channeled. As a committed Christian he has been particularly concerned to relate theological insights and institutional church life to the practice of therapy. His book “Intimacy” is a powerful example of his attempt to move across traditional boundaries in the search of a more holistic approach both to therapy and to human living.
In his interview while talking about his book “Intimacy” Brian Thorne discusses how a traditional therapeutic one hour of a session is a dilemmatic concern. He argues that an hour a day can not help the individual and he himself feels that by spending an hour he is not able to offer much help to the client.
He talks about how if one traditional therapeutic hour is not enough for the client then he is finds ways of helping which are not normally perceived as therapy in any professional sense. The way of helping the client in Thorne’s style results from his intervention and cooperation. Thorne experiences which in many ways seem more closely related to an identified with the client’s day-to-day existence. He feels that when clients want to offer things to their therapists that this behavior may actually be something which is enormously important to clients in terms on the development of their own self concept. Clients can then start seeing themselves as persons who can offer and give. Thorne’s experiences have shown that meeting the client in this kind of context has enriched his relationship with the client; it may have also enriched the confidence of the client.
Thorne also believes in a therapeutic community he thinks that a client who has been exposed to destructive forces it is important to offer appropriate therapeutic climate. Thorne realizes that this climate can not be attained by a one hour session so it becomes necessary to introduce the client to a therapeutic network
The situational problem that Thorne can not seem to overcome in his interview is the relationship with the client. The kind of practice Thorne idealizes has a very thin line between professionalism and incompetence. This kind of therapy entails the client and the therapist to be very closely knitted in a relationship so close that they may overcome the relation of a client and a therapist and begin a journey of friendship that may initiate ethical issues.
I'm not an expert as I am still doing my bachelors in Psychology. However, it was one of the first things I've learn, that a counselor shouldn't befriend the client, especially not while they are still in therapy.
However, just using common sense I can't imagine such relationship being equal. As a counselor, you get to know so much about your client, his darkest thoughts and fears. The stuff nobody would usually tell their friends. I doubt it the client would ever learn the same about the counselor and that itself puts him in a vulnerable position.
Also, the client knows nothing about the counselor, so what are the reasons for wanting to befriend him? The fact he listens? The fact he cares? What about the danger of transference? Also, as a friend, can a counselor still be unbiased in giving advice? What if in real life the counselor doesn't really fulfill the client’s expectations? What if he lets him down like we sometimes let people down simply because we are humans? It could easily cause the client to lose all the trust in the counselor and all the good work would be undone.
It's all too risky I would say. Better not to mix work and pleasure
Confrontation or Collusion?
The Dilemma of a Lonely, Burdened Behavioral Therapist
An Interview with Dougal Mackay
Dougal Mackay is a district top grade psychologist to Bristol and Weston health authority and is based at Barrow Hospital, Bristol. And despite his various administrative responsibilities, he continues to be actively involved in psychotherapy along with cognitive behavioral lines. He has published a number of scientific papers and review chapters on such diverse topic as sexual dysfunction, depression, insomnia, assertion problems, childhood behavior disorder, and anxiety states. He is heavily involved in the training of students from the Plymouth MSc. course in clinical psychology and indeed regards psychotherapy supervision of trainee from all the caring professions as one of his main interest.
Dougal discusses his dilemma with Windy Dryden that as a behavioral therapist it is a difficult decision for him to made whether or not to work directly on the problem the client present with. He believed that he should respect the need of the client and do his best to help them achieve their goals, but sometimes it happen that the area he would want to work is quiet different than what the client had in their mind. He thinks that if follows client will then there would be less chances of the success of his therapy results. Or whether to give his client different perspective on what is really going on in their life. He explains his dilemma by giving an example of a woman who came for help. Her problem was that she could not get out of the house to go to shop. They reason she explain was clear that is unable to assert herself with her husband and cant handle the feeling of resentment towards him. So she herself withdraws into herself and becomes less confident in all kind of social situations. Even passing a stranger in the street becomes a problem for her she consult her doctor who told her that she has agoraphobia and prescribed her tranquillizers. So when medicines dose not work for her. Her doctor referred her to him. Now he is confused should he take her out for walk as requested by the client and her GP. Or on the other hand he could help her t see that she is allowing her husband to trample on her and that it would be better to sought out few things before he start working on her phobia. He also think that by discussing the problem with her husband would be like an opening a can of worms. She suddenly might have realized that her marriage is a total disaster and may be by discussing she would want to leave her husband, but she cant take that step may be because of children, or financial issue. He said he could have solved this problem by discussing all the problems with he husband or he could made her realize all the difficult areas of her life. But he thinks by doing so may be she could end up more depressing than she was before. After hearing the dilemma Windy Dryden asked him that would he like to involve the husband in the therapy. Dougal Mackay answered, that he often does but only when it is really necessary. He said his approach is to understand the problem fully and then try to find the shortest route for achieving the goal. He further added that he does not want to create any unnecessary complications so he prefer to deal with an individual client rather than two or more member from the clients family. He said he prefer to involve husband in therapy where e thinks that this is the only way to produce a change. He than again gave an example, of an 40 years old lady who has been admitted because of depressive episodes, she has been in and out of the psychiatric hospital during the last ten years, she has five adolescent children who have been quiet disturbed because of the condition of their mother. Her husband takes no responsibility for her condition neither he takes any responsibility for any of the house chores or even for finance. The family is heavily in debt. All her husband do is to watch TV and eat food. Now in that case he said he wanted to consult her husband. When he talked to her husband he said no is responsible of her illness she herself has made her life miserable. Now by assessing the attitude of the husband he thinks he has made a mistake, now her husband would take out his anger on the client. So because of that he doesn’t feel comfortable involving other member of the family I therapy. He explained, if he worked with just one client, this gives him freedom to explore any number of options. As soon as he involve spouse in the therapy two things might interfere with the therapy. Firstly, he could only deal with issues which directly relate to the system. He says, than he cannot pursue an individual cognitive processing error at great length without excluding the others. Secondly, by involving significant others as clients, he would have equal responsibility to all parties.
At the end of the discussion he concluded that attitudes and beliefs, both personal and theoretical affect how a therapist feeds backs information to the client.
Dilemma’s in Giving Warmth and love to Clients
Albert Ellis is a highly qualified renowned psychotherapist and author. One of his interest is in his relationship between therapist and their clients. In this connection he has been interviewed by Windy Dryden.
Ellis tells Dryden that the therapist dilemma is how warmly to relate to client’s in general and how warm to be with very vulnerable clients in particular. Ellis had realized that orthodox psychoanalytic style did not give good results so he switched over to active psychoanalysis. This involved praising the client’s for their god traits which would help them get over their problems and he thought that the client had not been treated lovingly in their childhood. He provided verbal affection to the client, his appraisals he downplayed his negative feelings towards the client and emphasized their positive side which they liked. The clients loved that and they patronized him. However it did not bring any noticeable change in their external life, despite the fact that they claimed to be benefitting from the therapy (they were feeling better but not getting better).
The dilemma at that time was between therapeutic and practical considerations. Ellis had a choice between cutting down warmth method and thereby losing their patronage or be practical went onto establish RET ( rational emotive therapy ) along with warmth from time to time problem was how warm to be with exceptionally vulnerable clients. Dryden raised a query regarding short term and long term consequences of therapy. According to Ellis short term warmth was reinforcing, rewarding and kept people in therapy. However later on they have taught i.e. RET to think for themselves, dispute their irrational beliefs, take tasks etc. If the therapist is nice to the clients they work at therapy mainly for the therapist which is a wrong reason. The therapist must show unconditional acceptance to the clients. This kind of acceptance when it works does not make client’s dependant and less needy. For dealing with vulnerable clients including suicidal. In the beginning therapist has to be extra kind to them. They get a glimpse of RET, encouraged to do active disputing, their traits are highlighted and are given hope.
Regarding vulnerable and suicidal clients Ellis says. He combined warm approach with the RET and touched the negative things, they were telling themselves. In a warm fashion he negated leafs like “ I am no good, I am hopeless”. Many clients got over their suicidal feelings in a few session. But it took longer to get over their feeling of depression. He claims that a number of clients discontinue therapy because of warm approach. In Ellis way of doing therapy is to find out what the client thinks is the problem and start from there. Then check how client is feeling and using RET and how homework , assignments are being carried out. He asked questions what bother you most this week and what do you want to talk about this week etc. He is dissmaid by therapeutic consumerism. He feels that therapeutic time should not be wasted and the therapist should a the client’s problem. Instead of adopting a collaborative stance with the client. Such therapist are afraid of being directive. Ellis complains that the therapist tried to fit the client into RET system. These include behavior therapist, Rogerian therapist and Gestalt therapist. However multimodel therapist have an overlap with RET therapist. The client must be persuaded to therapist view or referred elsewhere.
RET is an eclectic in its techniques but not in its theory which is that disturb people have basic irrationalities which therapist can identify and help clients identify very quickly. Different clients require different techniques, cognitive emotive or behavioral Ellis says that if a client comes in and want something which is bad for him he would try to talk him out of it. Ellis confines his patients to what is on theoretical and practical grounds and is therapeutic.He takes the risk of losing clients because he does not cater to consumerism oriented therapy.He does not practice techniques which provide temporarily relief but do harm later.
Ellis firmly believes the therapist should not go along the client’s consumerism by agreeing to his or her whims regarding therapeutic treatment. (IRTEZA)
To Share or Not to Share?
An interview with Marcia Davis
This interview was taken from Marcia Davis regarding the confidentiality of the therapists’ notes, to determine if the notes should be shared with the clients and does not hinder the process of the therapy. This issue has got very much to do with trust.
She gives the example of man of thirty one who was a school-refuser at the age of twelve. The man has severe personality disorder and had an issue with his previous social worker on the confidentiality. For him the ability to trust and to form a close relationship with another person was quite an issue. He really wanted to know what the therapists thought of him and wanted to read their notes. Silence would feel very hostile to him. Many of the bad negative feelings he had about himself were the things which he believed the therapists held about him as well. And the therapist feels that it is only natural for any human being to know what people write about him/her.
Since the issue of the man was related to trust, the therapist thinks how he was ever really going to learn about trust while she could not trust him in the first place. While, helping him to feel that there were boundaries seemed an important issue on the other side of the fence. The therapist labels this situation as entangling as some of the notes contained very personal reflections of the therapist herself. The therapist even feared that he might in some sense use it against her with her employers. Also, there is always a concern about revealing sexual areas,.
After a lot of thinking, the therapist finally decided to share her notes with the client after considering all the ethical issues related to it despite the opposition of some of her colleagues. She states that there are some patients from whom you learn a great deal, although painfully. Although she was tempted to edit or censor some parts of them but decided not to in the end. She also mentions she felt irritated by the whole issue and it might have been better if she had directly expressed her feelings of irritation towards him.
After having read those notes, the man was depressed at first as it was kind of a mirror to him and he did not like what he saw about himself. However, reading them did help to move him on to face the next issues in the psychotherapy and strengthening of the trust. The therapist also agreed that he could see any further notes she made. She says that it should not alter the way therapists take notes in such cases. The man also came to realise that the therapist was a human and was not perfect and that one could not expect that of a professional. It is important for many patients to know exactly where they stand and where the boundaries lie.
The therapist thinks situations and issues like these are helpful in the growth of the perspective of the therapists. They continually make us think about the values, the contradictions, the behaviour, the views, and the messages we give to others. One session with this kind of patient is worth thirty for the rest of the week. The therapist states in the end that she experienced both a tremendous relief and also a sense of emptiness because though it was so draining, a challenge had disappeared from her life. (saad)

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THE CANCELLATION of this weekend’s opening pre-season game is a setback for Hunslet Hawks, coach Barry Eaton has admitted.
Hawks were due to visit Featherstone Rovers on Sunday for the annual Gareth Swift memorial fixture, but the game was called off several weeks ago due to problems with the pitch at Big Fellas Stadium.
Hawks will now begin their pre-season campaign with a home Lazenby Cup clash against Leeds Rhinos on Sunday January 18, before trips to Doncaster a week later and Rochdale Hornets on February 8.
Hunslet’s squad has been overhauled since they won last season’s Championship One Grand Final to secure promotion to the Kingstone Press Championship and Eaton admitted he is keen for his side to get as much match practice as possible before their league opener at Featherstone on Sunday, February 15.
“This Sunday’s game is definitely off,” Eaton confirmed. “Their pitch is being relaid and it is not playable.
“We’d like to re-arrange, but we’re not sure if we will be able to get the game in, because of our schedule and their schedule. Also, we play each other in the first round, so we wouldn’t want to play too close to that game. We still want the game to go ahead, but it is looking unlikely at this stage.”
Eaton admitted the cancellation was “disappointing” and he added: “We are prepared for pre-season games to possibly be called off because of the weather, but it is a blow because this is such an important season coming up.
“We have made so many new signings and it is important to get them all bedded in. We have had a long pre-season, despite finishing after everyone else, but we’ll have to wait another two weeks before we can get a game under our belts.”


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JAMMU, July 2: Youth Congress today held strong protest against Agnipath Scheme of the BJP Govt and demanded roll back on it.
Led by PYC president Uday Bhanu Chib, many office bearers of the Pradesh Youth Congress and Block presidents besides youth activists assembled at Purani Mandi Chowk and held strong protest against the Agnipath Scheme. Ex-MLA Jammu East Yogesh Sawhney was also leading from the front.
They strongly criticized the BJP Govt for this scheme and said that there was big fraud with the youth of this country. The Army has also been converted into contractual system and all other benefits have been snatched from them. They demanded that Govt should roll back on this scheme.
Youth Congress members and Ex-MLAs’ supporters said that they will continue campaign against the Agnipath scheme of the Government. To mark their protest, the protesters raised slogans against the Government and held placards projecting demands.
Speaking at the protest, ex-MLA Jammu East Sawhney blamed the Government for attempting to privatise and contractualise the Army and playing with the future of students and aspirants who eagerly wait for these recruitment opportunities every year. Param Vir Chakra awardee Hony Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav has also explained that the Agnipath scheme will further weaken the army. So, this four-year contractual recruitment scheme will not benefit anyone, neither the army, nor the youth of the country, he stated.
Along with the name “Agniveer”, the government has hyped the scheme as a game-changer for the country and the army, however, that is not the case. He said that the youth needs employment, however, that should not come in the form of temporary solutions which are more of a gimmick than anything else.
Uday Bhanu Chib also condemned the scheme and said that there are many unanswered questions when it comes to the scheme, about whether or not there is any guarantee of future employment Agniveers after their contracts end. He said government has disappointed youth hugely, as they cannot offer any guarantee, or any assurance. The scheme is a huge blunder, he said.
Youth Congress leaders including Sahil Singh Langeh, Pawan Dev Singh, Chander Shekhar Sharma, Atul Sharma, Jung Bahadur, Ranjot Singh and others also joined.


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Joe Ginsberg 1926-2012
The New York Mets family lost another link to the 1962 team on Friday when former catcher Joe Ginsberg passed away at a retirement home in Michigan. He was 86.
Ginsberg spent most of his 13 years in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles, but played his last two games for the New York Mets.
Other former Mets who’ve left us this year include Gary Carter, Dennis Bennett, Harry Parker,Hawk Taylor, Bob Myrick and coach Eddie Yost.