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I would call this one a challenge but I thought – hey, why not mix it up a little?
Totally not because my previous reading challenges have crashed and burned due to my utter lack of continued persistence to keep it going.
Jokes aside – this will be my year of redemption. I’m absolutely determined to read all these books by December 31st, 2019. For the books that stand out, for either good or bad reasons, I’ll be posting book reviews (hyperlinked where available).
May the Gods of Literature provide me the strength, energy and renewed passion for the written word to make it through this list!
Italicized – read / completed month (R) – book review available Bold – currently reading / current month
Back in the old days, the only things I needed to get those words flowing were a pen, paper and an idea. A mug of hot chocolate on the side worked wonders too. Now, in this modern age of technological wizardry, writers have an abundance of tools at their disposal to optimize their writing.
I, personally, have evolved from pen-and-paper style to an utter dependance on the cloud for my writing. I don’t adopt as many tools and stick to old-school tricks but here are five tools that come in handy and I highly suggest you leverage when you’re penning out your next masterpiece.
Hands-down, my favorite all-inclusive planning and writing app has to be Scrivener. I’ve been using this for years now and it’s been incredibly helpful in piecing together the various elements of a novel with features for expanding upon character descriptions, setting, timelines and the plot. It’s perfect for long writing projects and you can work in bits and pieces by breaking it into segments and incorporating your research in easy-to-access background files as well. And once you’re done, there are various exporting options available depending on what you want to do with the completed manuscript.
Scrivener isn’t limited to just working with novels however but has options for non-fiction works, screenplays and even comic books! It’s not free but it’s definitely worth the purchase (it’s only $45)!
For planning and mapping out your ideas, I find Trello to be incredibly useful. Yes, it’s a sub-function of Scrivener when you think about it but useful for smaller writing projects that don’t require a mass-scale program to plan out. If you’re an Android user, the advantage with Trello is it’s accessible via multiple devices (unlike Scrivener). You can download the app on PlayStore and set up reminders and deadlines for delivering content that pop up as notifications on your phone!
Pacemaker helps wonders when you have a writing project that you’re hellbent on finishing within a given time-frame. For example, during NaNoWriMo when you’re crunched for time maybe cause you’re juggling school or work but you want to see that 50,000 word novel complete. The tool helps structure your word goal per day dependent on the kind of strategy you employ. You can keep track of your progress and also extend the timeline if necessary.
Of course, sometimes life gets in the way and having a set word goal per day doesn’t always works. But having that number loom in the back of your head with a pinch of determination is all you need to get started, really!
I draw so much inspiration for my writing from the wonderful visual world of Pinterest. Depending on what are your interests where your muses are, you can create boards that source content from those areas. For example, I have boards designated for character visuals, settings, book covers and poetry/creative writing prompts. They’re a great writing reference to come back to later when I need ideas to draw from.
Specifically, my favorite board for this purpose would be Writing Things (feel free to check it out!), filled with various tips and resources from around the web on several topics like character development and world creation.
Honestly, Pinterest is an underrated treasure trove.
How could I not have a music-app on here? Spotify has been my best friend in this category due to the vast playlist options that tickle my inner muse. Many chapters have been written, curled up on the sofas of public libraries or standing at a bus stop, furiously tapping into my phone with my earphones serenading me thanks to this platform. My favorite playlist for writing would have to be Deep Focus. The soulful instrumentals are deeply inspiring.
So, there you have it! Let me know what you guys think of the above tools. If you use any others that you think are worth checking out, do let me know in the comments!
‘what a Dreamer,’ they scoff, throwing the word my way upon seeing the distance in my starry-eyed gaze. i pay no mind to their condescending tones, their earthly ways – no.
i lift my eyes and / trace the edges of the velvet sky / i touch the stars with my finger tips and * bring the sparkle to my lips * so my words may shine the light of a thousand suns and it burns me ( till i am nothing but a shadow of what i used to be )
i glimmer, i dazzle, i thrive.
so faraway from the world from the souls that tethered me to a lie of what i am, of what i should be when i could be
The pleasures of falling deep into the pages of a promising book are endless and an adventure I very much cherish when I get the chance to do so. With December right around the corner, distant memories of curling up in a bundle near my bedroom with a nice steaming cup of cocoa and a good book linger in the back of my mind. Granted, hot Indian winters don’t carry the Christmas-vibe as effectively, I still can’t wait for the season to begin.
And what better way to reignite my love for reading than with a Christmas reading list?
Boy, would it be a wonder if I get through ’em all – here’s to hoping for a Christmas miracle!
To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it’s too late.
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe, from New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz, is a sweet, sexy and hilarious gender-swapping, genre-satisfying re-telling, set in contemporary America and featuring one snooty Miss Darcy.
Asked to investigate an incident that needs to be dealt with discretion, Poirot reluctantly agrees to spend Christmas in the countryside with the Laceys. Dreading the cold and traditional English fare Poirot attempts to locate a missing ruby in order to save a kingdom…
Narrated by Death, The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old German girl who given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939, shortly before World War II.
It is just before New Year’s. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo’s sleazy nightlife on three successive evenings. But Frank’s behavior is so strange that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: that his new client is in fact the serial killer currently terrorizing the city. It isn’t until later, however, that Kenji learns exactly how much he has to fear and how irrevocably his encounter with this great white whale of an American will change his life.
Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall—named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining…
Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah’s voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood–the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers–Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah–the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J. R. R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.
Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. Then, one day, Vic goes looking for trouble—and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manx’s unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx never stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. He’s on the road again and he’s picked up a new passenger: Vic’s own son.
My previous blog post was all about where I get my ideas from so I thought it only fitting to address the problem of what to do when you’re lacking inspiration to get those very ideas written out. Writer’s block is a common foe to us wordsmiths and also, one of the trickiest to overcome. Or so we choose to believe. So how do we go from Exhibit A to B?
There are a few ways to remedy the infamous block, ones that have proven quite effective for me in the past. Here are a few general things to try when you get stuck.
Distract yourself from the distractions: Focus on your writing and writing only. Often times, writer’s block stems from having too many things on your mind that keeps you from finding the space and correct mood to get the words flowing. In that case, get all those prior engagements done with and create a distraction-free zone for yourself. That might require a little more discipline, especially if you have a lot on your plate from work or uni. Create a routine that works for you and stick to it.
Take a break: If you’ve got the time write but you’ve been sitting there, trying to muster up the words to start your next big hit for over an hour – stop. Stop right there. Forcing yourself to get the words out never works because of that big bad P word – PRESSURE. It ain’t good for your heart and it certainly ain’t good for your writer’s soul. Take a moment to leave the words that won’t come out and go out for a walk, play with your pet, listen to your favorite music or make a good cup of hot chocolate (or whatever floats your boat). You might already have the space to write but it certainly shouldn’t feel like a prison.
Stimulation is key to get the ball rolling: The innuendo-lover in me is trying so hard to keep her comments to herself but this point is pretty important. Maybe you’re completely in the zone but you just don’t know where to start. In which case, engaging yourself with sources of inspiration could be your solution. Read a book by your favorite writer or watch a TV show or movie in the same genre as the piece you’re working on. Talk to your friends and family and gather ideas from them too. Interacting with the environment around you can often help visualize what you want to do with your work.
If you’re stuck on a particular scene or can’t seem to get around a certain development in your story, there are a few more writing-specific solutions that you can try out.
Rewrite the scene from another character’s POV: I was stuck on a scene where my protagonist comes face to face with the villain for the first time and no matter what I wrote, the interaction between the two just came out chunky and weird. It felt so off. I was so focused on capturing her emotions, I realized what was missing was his part of the formula. So, I re-wrote the scene from villain’s POV and it helped me discover exactly what I needed to fill in the missing parts of the equation. Although that didn’t make the final cut for the story, it helped me get over the speed-bump. If you feel there’s a missing element somewhere, try and find it.
Hit backspace till you’re comfortable to start again: Let’s say you’ve written the first page of your new chapter but you’re finding yourself unable to keep going. Everything was going well right up to that point. Try cutting something out and rewriting that part in different words to get back your flow. Maybe the last paragraph or two, or even the entire page. I guarantee you, your second rewrite will beat your first. It’s like trying on new pants. You just need to find the right fit.
Pull a Leo: And by this, of course I’m referring to the one and only Mr. DiCaprio. He’s infamous for his method acting and dedication to stay in character (Django Unchained anyone?). Try and get into your character’s shoes. Live a day of your life and approach everything the way you think your character would, see it through their eyes. Just don’t go extreme and kill anyone or uh…rub a gash oozing your blood over someone’s face. Nothing that’ll get you arrested, basically.
And if all else fails:
DO ABSOLUTELY .
(Get it? No?)
Do nothing, my friends.
Sometimes, you just gotta wait it out. If you’re not feeling up to writing at that very moment, it’s absolutely fine. You should allow yourself to suck once in a while. We all need some time to rekindle the flames and if that means giving yourself some time off from the written word, do it.
You might think I’m contradicting everything I’ve said so far but trust me, if there’s a block that none of the above solutions can solve, it’s probably something a little bigger than you think. Got a personal problem? Are you stressed out from work? Did you watch Infinity War and find yourself unable to come to terms with reality after that ending (I feel you on this one)?
Give yourself a break and get back at it when you can but this doesn’t mean you can:
use self-pity as an excuse to get nothing done if it’s something you can address
procrastinate away because ‘you’re just waiting for your Eureka! moment’
find reasons not to get over it
The best solution to own writer’s block is simply: to write.
There’s no one out there who can write the way you do – so go. Don’t try to do perfect, just do you.
^^ That would be my answer in its vaguest form, but honestly – there’s not much more to say.
Growing up, I had this little jar which I proudly dubbed ‘The Imagination Sanctuary’ consisting of story ideas I came up with on the go scribbled onto bits of paper which were then neatly rolled up and placed inside. Whenever I felt like working on a new project, I would reach in and grab a chit, and get to work.
A little Jack Sparrow never gets old.
Over time, the jar was tossed and replaced by a Word Doc spanning several pages. Not nearly as magical, but it did the job and continues to be sanctum to hundreds (I’m not kidding) of novel ideas I’ve come up with – ranging from fantasy to sci-fi to romance and even childrens’ books. Whether I get them all written out is another story.
I draw inspiration from everything I see on a day to day basis and leave my brain to do the rest of the work. A lot of my stories are imaginings I concocted while being bored out of my mind in the middle of a lecture in school.
Others are rooted in dreams I’ve had that I jotted down the moment I woke up so I wouldn’t forget the potential they had to be written out. One of my sci-fi story ideas consisting of an alien invasion and intergalactic characters with special abilities was spun from a visit to the dentist and my lack of fondness for modern medical equipment.
So there’s absolutely no restriction on where inspiration can strike from. Although I do have a few tips on how to cultivate a more ‘idea-friendly’ environment for yourself apart from the ones I’ve already mentioned:
Knock yourself out with bingeing on TV shows and movies: this can do wonders. What better way to gain inspiration than from successful and entertaining productions that have engaging characters and good scripts (I hope)?
Read, read, read: consume the written word like nothing else before it. I used to read a lot as a kid (the luxury of time having robbed me blind of this satisfaction now). Read genres you love, classic and well acclaimed writers to see why they’re so good and new ones to discover what’s happening in the genre as of late. I’m heavily influenced by the books I read and it helped me become better at the genre I dabble in.
Your social circles: a lot of the oddball humor and witty dialogues that come out of my characters are directly in relation to my interactions with my close friends and parents. I even based Helena, a supporting character in my story The Closeroff of my best friend. It helps to observe the people in your life. After all, your characters are human too. (Or not in case you’re writing about shiny blood-sucking vampires or something. In which case, I sincerely hope yours will be more interesting.)
The news and whatever’s up in the real world: fun fact – Suzanne Collins came up with The Hunger Games when she was flicking between two channels; one showing some reality tv show similar to The Bachelor and the other broadcasting latest news about the Iraq War. She fused the two together and BOOM: a worldwide literary sensation was born. Of course, she had to squeeze in a-looot of work in the middle somewhere.
Writing communities really do help: I talked in detail about this in my previous blog post but being part of one can boost thinking levels to a whole other planet. You get to mingle with writers in similar genres and absorb feedback and criticism on your writing. This not only helps you grow more ideas but improve as a writer too.
And to save the day if all else fails, Google it: this is self explanatory but a search engine that can produce an endless list of helpful resources is pretty much a modern day magical wizard substituting as one’s muse (except it’s really no magic here but next-level algorithms and mathsy stuff).
In short, like I said at the start, I get my ideas from everything and everywhere. It’s really just a matter of paying more attention and being receptive to your surroundings. Heck, the next time you’re at the bus stop or in a cafe somewhere, I dare you to eavesdrop a little on the conversations people are having around you. There’s bound to be a hidden gem somewhere.
I remember having a conversation with a classmate once back when NaNoWriMo was happening. She asked me how I manage to write so much while still managing to ‘be a nerd’. She was under the misguided notion that writers get into the zone by isolating themselves from the outside world, locking themselves up in a room and punching in words into their keyboards. Maybe some writers do that (the 1% I bet you) but that definitely does not apply to me. If at all, my writing has grown immensely over the years by doing the exact opposite.
July 9, 2009 – 12 year old Beatrice returns home from school and settles into browsing her Facebook feed (she was super interested in the mechanisms of social media back then *cough* especially MSN messenger *cough*). She notices a cute little advertisement to the right corner of the page for a writing community called ‘Protagonize’ and decided to explore and give it a shot. Little did she know it would change her life f.o.r.e.v.er.
I am not being dramatic.
Joining Protagonize did change my life for the better. I was on the younger end of the writers on the site but talking, collaborating and sharing my work on the community did wonders for it. Comparing and contrasting my writing from the pre-Protagonize-era versus when it really started to boom on the community, it’s pretty clear how much I’ve improved.
Unfortunately, the community shut down June of last year. It was difficult, to say the least, to bid farewell to that small but golden corner of the Internet that I’d come to call home. My time on the community spanned eight years of friendships formed, collaborations entered into with fellow writers and literary adventures I’ll never forget. I will always treasure Protagonize for what it was and still continues to mean to me.
Since then, I’ve migrated to Wattpad , another writing community much larger in scale than Protagonize was with millions of readers and writers. Wattpad is great, especially in terms of finding a marketing base and target reader segment due to its size, but I feel it doesn’t come anywhere close to capturing the magic of what Protagonize was. Nevertheless, being part of an online writing community is always something you can do to step up your writing skills.
You have a platform to showcase your work and meet like-minded writers and readers that can help cultivate your skills.
Constructive criticism is necessary to grow, as tough as it may be to hear. Getting feedback from other writers and reviewers can help you nurture your weaknesses into strengths.
It’ll discipline you. Once you get a steady base of readers expecting updates from the other side of the world, you’ll be more motivated to keep the words flowing and it can help establish a routine which could be just what you need to keep your writing intact.
You’ll have inspiration in abundance that can help keep writer’s block at bay. When you’re not busy writing, you’re reading other people’s work. This can help form ideas for your own stories and get the ball rolling again!
Friendships are formed. I met some of the most amazing people online on Protagonize and Wattpad – some of them very dear to my heart. We became writing partners and collaboration buddies and not only is it fun, it helps you grow and pitch ideas off one another.
The evolution of writing communities has also led to a new wave of self-published authors. Writing online helped me find the confidence to publish my first book, A Midnight Reverie and is the very reason I’ve embarked upon the journey of publishing my second. You get a support system and you find a place to share your writing. It only gets better from there.
I still believe because of Protagonize – in who I am, not just as a writer, but as a person. If you’re a writer, I urge you to join an online writing community. There are so many to choose from but once you find the perfect fit, there’s no going back.

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NCP Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule on Friday congratulated the Uddhav Thackeray government for staying the work on metro carshed in Aarey Colony, a prime green lung of the metropolis. The Baramati MP said she was in favour of cooperating on issues relating to development, but added it was wrong to cause damage to environment for development.
"Congratulations to Uddhav ji Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) and his council of ministers for staying the metro crashed work at Aarey Colony.
We will cooperate on the issues of development, but causing damage to environment for development is wrong. Let's all come together for development that complements environment," Sule tweeted.
Earlier in the day, Thackeray announced he had stayed the carshed works in Aarey. The chief minister, however, said he has not stopped the work on the metro project.


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In the wake of Tony Reagins resigning as Angels general manager amid an overall front office housecleaning there’s been a lot written about how manager Mike Scioscia is truly pulling all the personnel strings and any GM would mostly just be a figurehead.
In terms of actually becoming the GM, though, Scioscia has no interest.
When asked yesterday if the Angels would consider Scioscia for the GM opening team president John Carpino replied: “I don’t believe so, but it would probably be a question for Mike, wouldn’t it?”
And so Randy Youngman of the Orange County Register asked Scioscia, who said: “I’m happy with what I’m doing. I have no aspirations to be the GM.” Scioscia also declined to comment on Reagins’ resignation other than to say they always had a good relationship.
Jeff Mathis is set for a raise from his $1.7 million salary via arbitration after hitting .174 in 93 games, so what the Angels do with their starting catcher should show how much influence Scioscia has on the roster.
- No-hitter! Four Phillies pitchers combine to blank the Braves 18
- Bo Porter fired by the Astros 35
- Settling the Score: Sunday’s results — and a reminder of what Labor Day is all about 39
- Reds trade setup man Jonathan Broxton to the Brewers 17
- Miguel Cabrera sits Sunday with nagging ankle injury 13
- A’s acquire veteran slugger Adam Dunn from the White Sox 54
- Settling the Score: Saturday’s results 18
- Orioles acquire Kelly Johnson from the Red Sox 15
- Could women play major league baseball? Sure. Right now, though, the deck is stacked against them. (220)
- Forgiveness for Pete Rose? Not in this lifetime (146)
- Albert Pujols plays the “you never played the game!” card (104)
- Great Moments in Drug Testing and Punishment: The NFL Edition (101)
- And That Happened: Thursday’s scores and highlights (75)

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The Fighting Poverty program addresses the biggest issues of our time. Modern globalization thrusts forward, seemingly on a course and with a speed of its own, powered by huge economic interests and directed by powerful political elites. Human needs and noble aspirations are destroyed in its track, and on its way our natural and only habitat is sold out.
However, it is, for good and for worse, our world, and we cannot just escape it, pretending to go off on a private tangent, busy with our own life, avoiding to see the consequences of world politics as they are acted out in our time, or to take a personal stand to the realities of The Poor. The Poor constitute more than half of mankind, caught in a whirlwind of wars, hunger, illness and repression, without land, without means, without work or education: without basic human rights. Based on this knowledge, activists from all over the world join Richmond Vale Academy and the Fighting Poverty Program.
Fighting Poverty Shoulder to Shoulder with the Community
The Fighting Poverty Program is an 18-month comprehensive study and action program with different periods of studies, practical actions, experiences and taking responsibility for humanity in crisis. Through completing a set of subjects, a balanced combination of theoretical studies, practical actions and experiences participants earn the A-Certificate in Fighting with The Poor as Distance Learners with One World University.
The first 6 months take place at Richmond Vale Academy, where participants train themselves to become Development Instructors in poor communities in Latin America.
Upon completion of the first 6 months, the Development Instructors travel to Belize or Ecuador, where they complete a 6-month Service Period. During this period participants experience the daily struggle of the Poor, by living and working shoulder to shoulder with them to develop their communities.
After 6 months in the project, the Development Instructor returns with a basket full of experiences to the Academy. During the last 6 months, the participants collect all their combined experiences of learning and working in Journal products and focus on spreading awareness and using all the new capacities to teach and inspire other people to take action for a fairer world. In this period final studies and exams are taken and plans are made for a future of fighting shoulder to shoulder to eradicate poverty.
The first 6 months of the Fighting Poverty Program are divided into two periods: The Present and The Future. These 6 months take place at Richmond Vale Academy in St. Vincent. The Fighting Poverty Program is divided into 4 different periods; the present, the future, the service period and the journal period.
During the 6 months at Richmond Vale Academy participants train themselves to become Development Instructors. Once the Present and the Future periods are completed successfully, the now qualified Development Instructors travel to fight poverty shoulder to shoulder with the people in poor rural communities in Belize or Ecuador.
The Present – 3 Months
During the first 3 months participants dig deeper into the causes and the history of poverty and inequality. The subjects are based upon understanding the different forces that run the world and the big issues of our time. The participants learn about the causes and conditions of poverty and inequality. During this period, participants also get themselves organized in the team. The starting team gets into all aspects of running a sustainable community collectively. Participants also get to know their new environments: both at and around the academy as in the country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1. Month: The forces that run the world
2. Month: Big issues of our time
3. Month: Riches and potentials of the world
The Future – 3 Months
The second part of the first period at the school is focused on the future. Based on the new knowledge and new understanding of how and why the Poor are poor, the program goes into looking at the expectations for the future, new technologies that will shape the future and ways to build a sustainable future. The Poverty Fighters also get prepared to travel to the projects communities in Latin America. They do this by studying relevant issues and by training themselves in the practical skills needed to make an impact in the communities. Topics as health, organic farming and sustainability are a big part of this period. During the last month the now qualified Development Instructors organize their travels and prepare specifically for the projects they will be working with.
1. Month: Expectations for the future
2. Month: New technologies shaping the future
3. Month: From here to the future
During the first 6 months of the program, the team of the Fighting Poverty Program – participants also raises the necessary funding for traveling to Latin America and for making the programs’ economy work. The fundraising goal for each participant is 1200,- US$.
The Service Period takes place in Ecuador or Belize. The trained Development Instructors work and live shoulder to shoulder with poor communities in Belize or Ecuador. During this period the participants serve in community development projects with the NGO Humana People to People. The service period is focused on developing poor communities in terms of vegetable production and nutrition, healthy living, education and income generating projects.
6 Months in Latin America
The Development Instructors travel in groups of 2 or 3 to their respective projects in Belize and/or Ecuador. During this period, participants live and work shoulder to shoulder with poor rural communities, working together with projects of the local NGO, Humana People to People. The projects in Belize and Ecuador are based on improving the conditions of the community through promoting organic farming to increase food security, health and hygiene campaigns, building community spirit; teaching children, youth and adults; and creating income generating and social enterprises to assist indigenous people to improve their living conditions. Development Instructors investigate through action research ways to fight poverty, conditions of the poor and creating productive cooperation between people.
Humana People to People Belize carries out a Child Aid project in Toledo District, the Southern and poorest part of Belize. The project works with around 50 indigenous Maya communities with the aim to improve the living conditions of the children.
To improve the conditions of the child the project aims to create better conditions for families and communities, in education and health systems and through increasing food security, promoting healthy living and income generating activities.
Humana Pueblo a Pueblo Ecuador carries out two different projects. The Child Aid project in Loja province and the Farmers’ Clubs project in the area of the Chimborazo volcano.
Child Aid Loja is focused on improving health and food security in remote communities. This is done through building organic vegetable gardens with local families, teaching about health, hygiene, how to prevent and treat common diseases and by developing income generating activities.
The Farmers Clubs project in Chimborazo is working in rural farming communities with the aim to create farmers’ cooperatives, improve and create sustainable farming techniques and create better living conditions for the farmers and their families.
Elements of The Service Period in Belize or Ecuador.
1. Arriving at the project in a country in Central or Latin America, ready for doing the work as needed, bringing plans and materials from the previous periods.
2. Getting to know the people at the project, the vision and idea of the project and the many concrete tasks to be carried out.
3. Carrying out the tasks as defined within the necessities of the project and by the Project Leadership.
4. Fighting Poverty right into the community: Building and organizing preschools, starting Garden Farming, doing literacy campaigns, eradicating malaria, teaching about big issues of our time, starting income generating activities – as a few examples.
5. Winning over obstacles to move matters, joining forces to get results, also when they do not come easy, inventing solutions from the means at hand, or getting hold of the means needed.
6. Studying and working with your Specialization in Fighting Poverty, finalizing with a People’s Exam and a written thesis at the end of the period.
7. Planning and going for investigation in the area, listening to stories of people from all walks of life, asking questions and getting wiser about the country you are working in and connecting it to what you learned in the first two periods.
8. Developing the project with its productions, its routines and its actions, more members, better implementation and wider reach.
9. Acquiring skills in information work: making interviews, taking notes and pictures, writing summaries and reports, recording video film.
10. Living together with the people at the project, being a good example of living a humble life while improving things with small means to better the daily life.
11. Mobilizing people for community actions.
12. Working in the Trio to make all possible improvements at the project, and cooperating and sticking together with the project leadership throughout.
13.Holding one Open Sunday each month, preparing the topics, the entertainment, the organization and mobilization of the people.
14. Making many new friends among the people you meet and work with, realizing what it means for them that you are there, and what they gain from it, also on a longer term.
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The final part of the Fighting Poverty Program is the Journal period. The Journal period takes place at Richmond Vale Academy. During the Journal period participants conclude on their 6 months of working shoulder to shoulder with the Poor.
The different trios reunite at the school and share their experiences with each other and with the new participants that now started their program at the school. The purpose of the Journal Period is to share the experience of poverty with the rest of the world through the creation of a Journal product and to conclude of 18 months in the Fighting Poverty Program. During this period the participants become key members of Richmond Vale Academy and part of the teacher council.
Reporting and Editing
The Development Instructors return from the project, meet again in the team and bring together all collective experiences from 12 months of learning, working and gaining experience. The participants then share their experiences with the school and find ways to share their knowledge with the world through creating a Journal Product; a magazine or newspaper or radio broadcasts or television programs – or a multi- media production, theater, or book – in order to bring to the public the knowledge and experience derived from the first 12 months of the program.
The News Desk
After having crafted the product, the team spends 2 months ‘on the road’ of teaching and inspiring others to create change. The Journal Product is taken on the road and shared with as many people as possible. Part of the teaching will take place in St. Vincent, talking to a lot of people. Another part of the teaching is to share the product online in as many ways as possible.
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The last months of the program are spent on taking final exams with One World University and on making common and individual conclusions of 18 months fighting shoulder to shoulder with the poor. Participants, now equipped to take on bigger responsibilities for the world, prepare to leave the school and make individual or collective decisions about how to continue the fight to eradicate poverty.

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Group urges judiciary to ignore calls for boycott of EFCC cases
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the judiciary not to give any consideration to calls for boycott of cases brought by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The group urged the judiciary to ignore such ignoble meddling in affairs of law enforcement agencies capable of throwing the country into chaos.
This is in response to calls by some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and individuals to boycott EFCC cases.
But HEDA, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, expressed concern over the calls, saying that such are unconstitutional, against the rule of law and capable of undermining the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
According to the organisation, the EFCC has been instrumental in the fight against corruption and any attempt to undermine its work will only promote corruption and impunity.
The organisation noted that the calls are not in the interest of Nigerians and Nigeria, which is tantamount to sabotaging efforts of government in its fight against graft.
Suraju also called on all stakeholders to work together to promote transparency, accountability and good governance in Nigeria, adding that it is only by working together that the country can achieve development and progress.
The body also urged the CSOs to desist from making such spurious calls, which it described as “precipitating unnecessary unconstitutional acts because of pecuniary interest.”

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calendar_month Publicación: 01/01/2015
Autor: Edgar Kausel, Culbertson, S., Leiva, P.
Profesor Relacionado: Edgar Kausel
Advice taking is central to making better decisions, but some individuals seem unwilling to use advice. The present research examined the relationship between narcissism and advice taking. In particular, we studied the mechanisms that explain why narcissists are dismissive of advice. In three studies, we found that narcissism and advice taking were negatively related, but only when measuring narcissism at the state level or when controlling for extraversion at the trait level. We also tested two mechanisms and found that confidence did not mediate the relationship; disregard for others did. In Study 4, participants were placed under different accountability pressures to affect self-enhancement. Results showed that the narcissism–advice taking relationship was strongly negative under process accountability. Taken together, these results suggest that narcissists eschew advice not because of greater confidence, but because they think others are incompetent and because they fail to reduce their self-enhancement when expecting to be assessed.
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It goes without saying that tree is life. Well, we all know the role of trees in the environment. Trees play a unique role in the hydrological cycle which is the process in which we receive or lose rainfall in our environment. As much as trees are the reason to our healthy environment, trees enhance the beauty of a place.
Think about the green leaves and the beautiful grass that grows in your backyard, who does not want that in their homes? I believe we all appreciate nature and a serene environment created by the presence of trees.
This feature is what everyone in Houston, TX is looking for in a commercial property. If you do not know about this yet, money grows on trees. Do you know why? Let us get to the bottom of this fact.
A property with well-maintained trees is more attractive than one without a single tree. Come to think of it, unkempt trees create a scary and unpleasant view, and nobody wants this kind of a backyard near them. Where there are trees, there is fresh air.
You will also find green grass that flourishes in such an area creating a breathtaking view. With all this near at your home, you will see an automatic increase in the value of your commercial property by as much as 19%.
A fascinating landscape
You may have a lush lawn filled with startling flowers, but this does not add value as much as trees do. Trees create an instant visual interest of a place provided they are well maintained. They are durable, adaptable, and attractive and require low maintenance. Trees create a compelling landscape to an ordinary lawn that will catch any buyer’s your eye.
More trees, less energy cost
No one wants to spend in a situation where you can save. In Houston TX, energy bills can be very high during the hot seasons. Get this: trees reduce the cost of heating and cost of cooling to up to 50%. So how is this possible? Trees provide shade in homes blocking direct heat to the house.
In return, you will not require the AC much often as compared to homes without trees. During winter, you will be surprised on the saving you make when you have trees in your home. Trees provide a barrier against cold winter winds and therefore reduce the frequency of the heater.
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As the world continues to battle various viral outbreaks, one of the latest to cause concern is the Marburg virus. This highly infectious and deadly disease is known to have devastating consequences on both human health and global economies. In this article, we will provide a comprehensive guide to the Marburg virus, its origins, symptoms, and potential treatments.
The Marburg virus, named after the city in Germany where it was first identified in 1967, is a highly infectious virus that belongs to the family of filoviruses. The virus is considered to be one of the most virulent pathogens known to humans, and it has a fatality rate of up to 88%.
The origins of the Marburg virus can be traced back to the African green monkey, which is a natural host of the virus. The first recorded outbreak of the virus occurred in 1967 in Germany, when workers at a vaccine production plant became infected with the virus after being exposed to infected African green monkeys.
Since then, the virus has been responsible for sporadic outbreaks in Africa. The most recent outbreak was reported in Guinea in 2021, where four cases of the virus were confirmed.
The Marburg virus is primarily transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals. This can include blood, saliva, and vomit. It can also be spread through contact with contaminated surfaces and objects.
Healthcare workers and family members of infected individuals are at the highest risk of contracting the virus.
Symptoms of the Marburg virus typically start to appear between two to 21 days after infection. These can include:
- Muscle pain
- Abdominal pain
- Chest pain
- Sore throat
As the virus progresses, it can lead to more severe symptoms such as:
- Hemorrhagic fever
- Organ failure
There is no specific treatment for the Marburg virus, and no licensed vaccine is available. Supportive therapy, such as fluids and electrolytes, is the mainstay of treatment.
Researchers are currently exploring potential treatments for the virus, including monoclonal antibodies and antiviral drugs. However, these are still in the experimental phase, and more research is needed to determine their effectiveness.
The Marburg virus is a highly infectious and deadly disease that has caused sporadic outbreaks in Africa since its discovery in 1967. While there is currently no specific treatment or licensed vaccine available, researchers are actively exploring potential treatments to combat the virus.
As with any infectious disease outbreak, it is important to remain vigilant and follow proper prevention measures such as hand hygiene, social distancing, and wearing protective equipment when in contact with infected individuals.


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Cyient Endows Chair in Future Communications at IIT Hyderabad
Prof. P. Rajalakshmi, Department of Electrical Engineering at IITH, selected as the first Chair professor
Hyderabad: Cyient, a global engineering, manufacturing, and digital technology solutions company, today announced that it has established an endowed chair in the field of new-age communications at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH). Prof. P. Rajalakshmi, Department of Electrical Engineering at IITH, was chosen as the first appointee of the Cyient Chair in Future Communications. The Cyient Chair will endow the professorship with an honorarium of Rs. 25,000/pm and a contingency grant of Rs. 1,00,000 per year for three years to further research and development in the field.
A young IIT established in 2008, IITH is a top-ranking institute, and among the Top 20 in the recent Ministry of Education’s ARIIA rankings under “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development.” It has a strong research focus with state-of-the-art labs, research and entrepreneurship centers, and students and faculty at the forefront of innovation.
A selection committee comprising IITH Director Prof. B. S. Murty, Chair Professor Ranjan Mallik, IIT Delhi, and Prabhakar Atla, Senior VP & Business Unit Head – Communications and Utilities, Cyient, picked Prof. P. Rajalakshmi for her significant contributions in the field of new-age communications technology.
Conveying his wishes on the occasion, Krishna Bodanapu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Cyient, said, “We are honored to be associated with IIT-Hyderabad and its initiatives to nurture creative talent. The Cyient Chair is a significant step forward in deepening the relationship between academia and enterprise to accelerate innovation. Helping attract the best minds and providing opportunities to experiment with new ideas and incubate technologies is exciting for Cyient. This is another important step of delivering on our vision of applying technology imaginatively to solve problems that matter.”
Expressing his delight on the endowment, Prof. B. S. Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, said, “IIT Hyderabad shares a special bond with Cyient Limited and is indebted to them for establishing the first Chair Professor position at IIT Hyderabad—the ‘Cyient Chair in Future Communications.’ I am hopeful that this pioneering Chair established by Cyient will be the nucleation event that leads to many more such Chairs at IITH to help in the growth of the institute and the country at large.”
Prof. P. Rajalakshmi, IITH Chair Professor, Cyient Chair in Future Communications, said, “It is indeed a moment of pride to be recognized and picked for this Chair. I am thankful to the selection committee for appreciating my work in the field of communications. This recognition will surely result in more good research in the future to come.”

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Barnstable, Mashpee, Yarmouth and state police officers arrested seven people during a "warrant sweep" Thursday morning. An eighth person was arrested Wednesday night.
Two teams of officers from the departments swept the towns of Barnstable and Mashpee between 6 and 8:30 a.m. looking for people with outstanding arrest warrants, according to Barnstable Street Crime Unit Detective Lt. John Murphy.
The purpose of the sweep, according to Murphy, is to "hold people accountable in terms of the justice system" and to protect the community from potentially dangerous criminals.
All the arrests were handled without major incident, Murphy said.
Briggs was taken into custody Wednesday night, Murphy said, when it was determined he was a threat to flee the area.
Although Briggs wasn't violent, Murphy was happy to develop a working relationship with the state police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section.
"No one was dangerous," he said, "but if we needed them, it could be nice," he said of the unit.
The eight people arrested were arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Thursday.


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By Ronan Dodd
North Tipperary has been shocked by the closure of one of Munster’s biggest independent supermarket outlets, O’Connors of Nenagh, with the loss of 70 full-time and part-time jobs.
The centre closed last Thursday. The closure had not been anticipated and the centre had been open for business the previous day. Staff were greeted with the shutters down when they reported for work on Thursday morning and many stood around in tears as the news broke.
Rory O’Connor, director, O’Connors Nenagh Shopping Centre Ltd, said in a statement: “As of Thursday, 26th, May, 2011, the company, O’Connors Nenagh Shopping Centre Ltd, will cease to trade. The O’Connor family greatly regret this decision and the consequences to staff and suppliers. Further information will be made available as early as possible.”
He told the Tipperary Star that because the centre had ceased trading, it would not be sold as a going concern.
He revealed that the centre had been “struggling for a while”, and while they had hoped to keep it open by restructuring borrowings, it had not happened fast enough.
“We were aware for the past three months that we had problems, and had been working on trying to restructure our borrowings, which would not have been that large,” he said.
Mr O’Connor said that the decision to close had to be taken because if they had stayed open, there was a chance that could lead to a charge of wreckless trading.
He said that the business had not been closed by the banks, but on the the advice the company had received.
Mr O’Connor said that the financing had been based on property values but that lettings at the centre had been too difficult.
In the current climate, he couldn’t see too many people being interested in buying the premises, he said, blaming the level of competition and the decrease in the market share of the independent grocery trade on the closure.
Mr O’Connor described the closure as a “sad day for the O’Connor family”, who, he said, “had put a lot of money into it”.
He described the centre as a “institution in the town” and said that the company would work with everybody to make the closure as painless as possible.
O’Connors, as it was known throughout North Tipperary, was opened in 1975 by former town and county councillor Joe O’Connor, and at one stage had a bar and function room, The Friary Court, as well as a drapery department and a toy department, both of which closed in the past number of years. The area occupied by these has since been turned into small trading outlets.
Customers who arrived to do their shopping at the centre were shocked by the closure.
“This is a sad day. We came in here three days a week to shop. We did all our shopping here,” said Sheila Healy from Newtown.
Her husband, Pat, said that the staff were “100 per cent the very best. I was always 100 per cent pleased the way we were treated here.”
Steven Williams from the Petzone store in the centre said: “I am shocked. I was not expecting it. I feel very sorry for the staff. It will not be easy for them to get another job at the moment.”
A spokesperson for Nenagh Chamber of Commerce said: “It is with great sadness we received the news of the closing O’Connors Shopping Centre. O’Connors were pioneers of supermarkets, not alone in Nenagh, but in Ireland. This is a severe blow to to the town with the loss of 70 jobs in an already ravaged indigenous retail sector.
“As a family business, O’Connors gave valuable employment to generations of Nenagh people and always supported local and Irish brands.
“This closure highlights the challenges faced by our local family-owned businesses against the might of the multinationals. It also emphasises the necessity for people to shop local to save local jobs. The Nenagh Chamber will continue to champion this cause.”
Meanwhile, Mayor Seamus Morris thanked the O’Connor family for creating employment for so long in the town and said his thoughts were with the workers.
“I know the O’Connor family would have done everything possible to keep the shop open,” he said.
Mayor Morris said that the closure was a “huge blow to Nenagh”, and would leave an imbalance in the town, with no other shopping outlets on the Dublin road side of the town.
Junior Minister Alan Kelly said: “This represents a major shock to the town.
“My first thoughts are with the workers, many of whom gave long-standing service to the people of Nenagh and the surrounds for many years.
“O’Connor’s has been a long-standing presence in the town.
“Every job lost is a huge blw, not only to the individuals involved, but to the life of the town as a whole,”
“For my part I am committed to working to ensure the workers get their full entitlements and I will do my utmost to make sure proper re-training schemes and labour activation measures are put in place for people who have lost their jobs.
“I will ensure that all possible opportunities are explored fully,” he said.
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Seventy-six years ago, on the 20th January 1942, some high-ranking representatives from the National Socialist administration met here under the direction of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich to plan the deportation and murder of 11 Million Jews all over Europe.
The protocol written by Adolf Eichmann was found 1947 in a foreign ministry file and clearly documents the participation of the government organs in the genocide.
The exhibit shows the prehistory of the National Socialist persecution, exclusion and deprivation of rights of the German and European Jews, and as well the aftermath on the successors from both, victims and offenders.
Despite of the exhibit not being very contemporary—one has a lot to read—there are some important insights to gain.
The reason why Auschwitz became a killing machine
Having been to Auschwitz last summer which—despite having known most of the facts in advance—left a disturbing impression on me, I wanted to know the place in my hometown where those evil and severe plans have been made up. And indeed, it is like everyone always writes about it: In the atmosphere of this beautiful mansion with great lake view to Strandbad Wannsee, this administrative decision was, like many other decisions taken without looking at their direct outcomes, far away from gas and loss, from blood and suffering, from humiliation and death.
Fake news made up by the Nazis
The antisemitic resentment was seeded centuries ago into peoples thoughts and like this, fake news and alternative facts—which were spread over and over by Goebbels Reich Ministry Of Propaganda—apparently found a fertile soil and a way into the mind of common Germans and Europeans.
Jews were accused to have killed Christian children for religious rituals in the middle ages and children’s books and propaganda ads depicted the Jew as evil and ugly – a threatening and unworthy personality.
Based on alternative facts: The Nuremberg Laws from 1935
The biggest farce of all were the Nuremberg Laws, introduced in 1935. They were based on the fake fact that being Jewish is a question of race, not of religion. This invented Jewish race then was declared inferior and had to be separated from the aryan race because the latter had to be kept pure.
This was absurd to a degree that a lot of German Jews didn’t even take it seriously. They lived here for centuries, they felt German and they served in WW1. A lot of them thought, this preposterous fuss would be over soon and they stood in Germany until it was too late.
Did we really learn from history?
The Nuremberg Laws are a far-reaching example how fake news can cause harm, how even absurdities and obvious lies can spread far and become the (fake!) facts on which further decisions and actions would be based. They are also an example, how mass seduction works step by step and how something like this can lead to millions of people closing their eyes in the face of terror.
We can only hope to have learned from history.

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MH17 'Black Box' Data Intact, Not Tampered With
Air accident investigators successfully extracted data from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17's two "black boxes", Air Accident Investigation Branch lab in Farnborough said.
The Dutch Safety Board, which is coordinating the inquiry into the causes of the disaster, in which 194 Dutch citizens died, said it had found no evidence that the Boeing 777's Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder had been tampered with.
The flight's so-called "black boxes" were handed over to the Dutch Safety Board in Kiev Tuesday evening and promptly shipped by air to the United Kingdom.
The Netherlands, which lost nearly 200 citizens on the flight, has taken over formal responsibility for the air crash investigation.
Investigators say the analysis of the two black boxes will take several weeks.
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Potato 6 tuber
Eggs 2 fruit
Cheese 150 gram
Bread crumbs 1 pack
Fresh milk 100 ml
- Peeled potato, boiled with 1 teaspoon of salt - Put all the water in the pot, puree with a fork of potato
- Then you break 2 eggs. - Add cheese to the pot of potatoes and mix well
- You knead until the potato is very smooth, then make a round ball
- Add 1 cup of fresh milk to the egg, stir well - Add each potato dip to the milk and then fry - Bring fried

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The Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference
Sponsored by The Center for the Study of the First Americans Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey, SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - Saturday, October 19, 2013
Santa Fe Community Convention Center
Santa Fe, NM
The Paleoamerican Conference is a three-day conference focused on the Ice Age Colonization of the Americas to be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The audience will learn about the latest research at Upper Paleolithic sites in Siberia and Japan, cutting-edge developments at Clovis, Pre-Clovis, and late Pleistocene sites in North and South America; megafaunal extinctions, and the genetic record of the earliest Americans.
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Eagle-eyed residents near the Lal Lal Windfarm have spotted a wind turbine missing one of its three blades.
Thought to have occurred last night, locals have noticed the turbines at Spreadeagle Road near Yendon have not been running this morning.
A spokesperson for Lal Lal Windfarm has confirmed their technical team is investigating after one of the blades from their V136-3.6 megawatt turbine broke.
It’s estimated the blade came adrift around 6:40pm, the same time as the storm passed through the area.
It’s not yet known if the storm caused the turbine to break.
Lal Lal Windfarms has confirmed that no one was injured and there has been no property damage as a result of the incident, and WorkSafe Victoria have also been contacted.
The affected area has been sealed off by workers.
All operations at the windfarm have been suspended until further notice, while they work to determine what caused the blade to break.
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In this tutorial you will learn how to crochet a 6-treble crochet popcorn stitch. For this you need to work 6 treble crochet stitches through the same stitch and on top of each treble make a 3-chain picot. To complete the popcorn from behind make a slip stitch through the first treble stitch. You can change the amount of stitches in your popcorn like make 8,7 or 5 trebles, and also you can make the popcorn with other tall stitches like double, double treble, triple treble etc. Enjoy!
Yarn: 55% Cotton, 45% Polyacrylic, 160m/50g, 5ply. Steel Crochet Hook 2.25mm or 2mm (#2 or #4 US Standards).


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Zoning Planning & Land Use Law in Texas
Odessa, Texas has laws which govern how individual parcels of land can be used, and how they cannot. These rules aren't always simple, and this article should serve as an introduction to some of the most common issues that homeowners might face, though it is not meant to turn a layperson into an expert.
Municipal governments which practice zoning typically follow a similar scheme: the town or city is divided up into "zones," or areas in which particular types of use are permitted. For instance, the downtown area might be zoned for commercial and office use, and perhaps for large, multi-unit apartment buildings. The surrounding areas will typically be zoned for residential and small-scale commercial use, and the outskirts zoned for manufacturing and other heavy industry.
The purpose of zoning is to preserve property values, and make towns and cities more livable. For instance, without zoning laws, a company might be able to purchase a vacant lot next to your house and build a noisy, smelly, dirty factory on it.
Zoning laws don't exist just to protect residential use - it also protects people who engage in other types of use of land, by making sure that they are able to do their business, without bothering neighboring landowners, and thereby preventing legal disputes.
Possible Outcomes of Boundary and Title Disputes in Odessa, Texas
If something on your property is in violation of an Odessa, Texas zoning law, the landowner has several avenues.
Initially, and perhaps most obviously, you can correct the violation. If the violation is comparatively minor, and correcting it would not cost you much or be a significant burden, this might be the best way to go.
Of course, just fixing a zoning violation isn't always affordable or easy, and may interfere with your planned use of your property. For instance, you might have just undertaken a significant remodeling of your home, and later found out that some small part of it technically doesn't conform to Odessa, Texas's zoning laws. If this happens to you, you can apply to your local zoning board for what's known as a "variance." This is simply a decree by the zoning board that the particular rule your property violates no longer applies. The Supreme Court has held that local zoning boards have to grant variances when the violation is very minor, and enforcing the ordinance would be unduly burdensome and not in the public interest.
You also have significant protections if a zoning law changes, and you find that the land you've been living on for years is suddenly in violation of the new law. In general, zoning laws cannot apply to structures and uses which were built or commenced before the law was changed. Under the U.S. Constitution, it's not permissible for state or local governments to pass laws which have retroactive effect. You should know, however, that any future changes you make to your property will have to comply with the new zoning law.
What Can A Odessa, Texas Attorney Do?
If you suddenly become involved in a zoning dispute with your local government, it's essential to seek competent legal representation. The counsel of an experienced Odessa, Texas real estate attorney can make it much easier for you to act within the law to use your own property as you wish, or at least be as free as possible to make improvements to your land.


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As with previous singles from Dori Freeman's upcoming album, "Almost Home" just sounds slightly off. Of course, I mean that in the best possible way. "Almost Home" is a great country/Americana song, but it's definitely not like typical country although it does have all the elements. Freeman's voice is stunning, and has just the right country tinge to it so make it country, but it wavers just a bit too much to be country. And then there's the guitar. Sure, there's twang and some jangle to it, but it's an otherworldly jangle. Despite being sunny, "Almost Home" has some darkness and dinge to it as well. This is why you're going to need to listen to it.
You can listen to "Almost Home" below. Ten Thousand Roses is due out September 10 on Blue Hens Music. You can pre-order/pre-save the album here. For more on Dori Freeman, check out the artist's website.


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*Incoming phone call by Dwight Howard* If you’re Rob Hennigan in your first two weeks on the job as Orlando’s GM, this is a call you don’t want to take. This is the call everyone knows where you just look at the ID for a couple seconds as you decide. Or, maybe if you’re Hennigan you’re psyched to take it because you have all this Oklahoma City front-office confidence and after all didn’t Howard just say he wanted to stay near Disneyworld? Yeah, he did say that last season at the trade deadline — and now, he’s told Hennigan he wants a trade to the Brooklyn Nets. ESPN’s Chris Broussard reported that news Saturday night and even if it’s a a walk back from his last stance, it’s not a surprise with Howard, you know? Apparently Howard accused the franchise of blackmailing him and — OK that is a surprise. We’re calling it. The Nets get Howard and Ed Hardy in a trade and the Magic get Avery Johnson (Howard becomes player-coach) and like six players. You know Otis Smith just heard that news and thought, “Not my problem” with a huge grin. … Marc Stein reported Saturday about the anti-Dwight, Tim Duncan, who is working with the team to make him a Spur For Life. The deal will be worked out without a huge time crunch as other San Antonio business gets resolved. R.C. Buford just heard the Howard news and thought, “Glad that’s not my problem.” … Shipping up to Bawston now where at least 2/3 of the Big Three band is back together with the news Kevin Garnett is staying in the green and white. Local reports pegged his new salary at about $10.5 million each for three years. His $292 million in career earnings goes up. A lot of people don’t like KG — paging Duncan — but he had a hell of a playoffs that made us want him back. After the five-year they’ve had, and even if Ray Allen does the expected and carries the Mike Miller Memorial Torch in Miami, it would just seem weird to see Boston with just Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo. … We seriously love this time of year on free agency eve with all this news. Another of the league’s big hitters is expected to stay home, too: Blake Griffin is expected to sign a five-year extension in July. Under the new CBA, teams can choose one guy to sign a five-year extension instead of the usual four, and the Clips were obviously going to target Griffin. … Continue reading to hear about Deron Williams’ Monday meeting between free agency finalists…
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Designed and Made in India, our limited edition organic cotton baby products are uniquely designed for gender-neutral gifting. Inspired by an original read-aloud poem titled 'Little Koi wants to fly'.
The gift set contains:
- 1 x Fish Rai Pillow: Mustard seeds pillows have traditionally been handmade in India for newborn babies. Experts believe that it conforms to head shape, allows air circulation, and helps to prevent flat head syndrome. Mustard is also known to keep colds away due to its natural warming properties. It is recommended to use this product after a few weeks of birth till the baby starts rolling on his/her tummy. Hand embroidered by traditional Lambadi women artisans in rural south India.
- 2 x Wooden White Maracas: Crafted from sustainably sourced rubber wood and painted with child-friendly water based colours. Ergonomically shaped handles are perfect for a child's grip or for you to shake shake shake!
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Have you eaten any blueberries lately? If so, hair surgeons say you might be less likely to suffer from androgenetic alopecia, or pattern baldness. According to a new study, certain vitamins and bioflavonoids could enhance the health and functionality of hair follicles, creating long and beautiful hair that will last long into adulthood.
Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress, and Balding. The idea that antioxidant super foods could hold the key to preventing hair loss comes from leading research institutions in the United Kingdom. The Centre for Cutaneous Research at the Queen Mary’s University of London, along with the Farjo Medical Centre and Unilever R&D, have published the findings in an abstract titled Oxidative Stress and Cell Senescence in Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA).
In the report, researchers contrast two separate cultures of hair follicle dermal papilla (DP): One from scalp that has experienced pattern baldness, and one from scalp that exhibits normal hair growth. By contrasting these two selections of DP, researchers were able to make a number of fascinating discoveries:
1. The derma papilla (DP) of balding scalp exhibited higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS).
ROS molecules are a special type of free radical that is sometimes produced when the body metabolizes oxygen. As professor of nutrition at Tufts University, Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg has dedicated his professional career to the study and science of free radicals, oxidation, and cell damage. He explains:
“While the body metabolizes oxygen very efficiently, 1% or 2% of cells will get damaged in the process and turn into free radicals,” (i).
Once produced, free radicals are known to swarm the body in search of an extra electron. Numerous studies suggest that this process causes damage on the cellular level, referred to as free radical damage. According to health experts at the Harvard School of Public Health, free radical damage may contribute to cardiovascular disease, vision loss, and other chronic conditions (ii). Now, according to researchers in the UK, it seems free radicals might also lead to pattern baldness by damaging hair follicles.
2. Higher levels of ROS corresponded to decrease cell motility.
Cell motility refers to the ability of body cells to naturally reproduce in a dynamic fashion. Motility is vital for wound healing, tissue regeneration, a number of other important biological functions. When comparing DP cultured from balding scalp to that of normal scalp, researchers found cell motility to decrease as oxygen levels increased, indicating that increased ROS might significantly impair the DP’s ability to support healthy long-term hair growth.
3. DP from balding scalp exhibits higher levels of cell senescence.
Cell senescence occurs when a cell is alive but no longer able to divide and proliferate. As cell senescence increases, the ability of the hair follicle to support natural hair growth decreases.
As a result of the 3 main findings above, researchers now believe “oxidative stress may exacerbate the onset of androgenetic alopecia [pattern baldness],” (iii).
This exclusive health report has been published by the Hair Transplant Institute of Miami. For additional information or appointment requests, please call toll-free 1-877-443-9070.
(i) “How Antioxidants Work.” WebMD. Accessed 8 July 2013.
(ii) “Antioxidants: Beyond the Hype.” Harvard School of Public Health. Accessed 8 July 2013.
(iii) “Oxidative Stress and Cell Senescence in Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA)”

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A trip around Myanmar
We visited Myanmar in early 2014. We flew in from London via Doha on Qatar Airways.
We made a trip around the country in a clockwise direction. We started in Yangon and flew to Bagan. We then continued by boat along the Irrawaddy River to Mandalay. We returned from Mandalay by overnight sleeper train to Yangon.
Before we left Yangon at the start of the trip we took time to take the fascinating circular railway around the city. The loop is just 30 miles long but takes 3 hours to circumnavigate.
The flight to Bagan
We arrived just as the Hot Air Balloons were taking to the sky.
We spent the next two days touring the temples.
We went off to the market by pick-up truck to buy longhi (traditional Dress)
The next day we got up bright and early for a 13 hour trip up the river to Mandalay.
A lovely Sunrise on the river
We spent a very relaxing day on board all day.
We arrived in Mandalay just before nightfall.
Our hotel, near the red canal, was a wonderful oasis. The area around the hotel was fascinating too.
Next day we ventured out to see the sights of Mandalay. We started with the Golden Buddha where men (only) continue to add gold leaf to the figure.
We had a trip out to the famous rickety bridge.
And we saw more temples.
The next day we had a 50 minute stroll up Mandalay Hill.
We boarded the overnight sleeper express heading from Mandalay to Yangon
Locomotive made in India !
Porters boarded the train on the outskirts of Yangon
We arrived the next morning at Yangon at 7:30am.
We toured the religious sites of Yangon.
We had time to spend in the markets of Yangon too.
Despite the fact the country now drives on the right the majority of motor vehicles in Burma are left-hand drive. They are mostly Japanese second-hand imports.
Many are former company vehicles with their Japanese company names still on them !
A taxi we took in Bagan was an ex-driving school car complete with a “excuse my driving” sign in Japanese on the back window. When we translated it for the driver he wasn’t too happy.
Many of the city buses in Yangon are still in their old Japanese liveries with the doors on the left blocked up….
…..and new doors cut on the right !
Food & Drink
Western breakfast !
A typical Yangon tea house.
More breakfast noodles
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