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Career Story – How I became a Career Coach focused on Life Wellness, a Learning Expert and a Global Development Worker
October 1, 2019 November 3, 2019 by ennielifecoach, posted in Amplifying Voices, Career Coach Learning Journal, Career story, Social and Professional Network
[WARNING – This is an 8 minutes fast read OR a 25 minutes slow read]
My name is Ennie Chipembere Chikwema. I am a Career Coach, a Learning Expert, a holistic Life Wellness Coach and a Global Development Worker. I exist to influence individuals and organisations to utilise a learning approach, for individuals to reach their career potential doing meaningful work and for organisations to achieve their strategic commitments. My personal vision is to have impacted Africa and anyone who encounters me and my work, and for them to value learning, wellness and proactive career management as a means of living meaningfully and achieving their goals. I also want to be remembered as having lived a meaningful, authentic and purpose-driven life, guided by the values of hard work, honesty, a belief in people and lifelong learning. This is my Career Story.
PAST – Where did I come from?
In Zimbabwe if you did a Bachelor of Arts Degree, as I did in 1997-2000 at the University of Zimbabwe, you were destined to be either a Teacher or be on a non-linear career path. The country has very limited professional career development services, so when I graduated in 2000, I had no access to career guidance, so I struggled to find a career home. Being a deeply spiritual person I also grappled with what my life purpose was and what would be meaningful for me to do. These four issues made me land on career development outreach work as an aspiration for the future (vision) so that no one else needed to go through the struggle I had gone through. I saw it as critical work that needed to be done in my country and on the African Continent, and it still is. I had a clear mental picture of what kind of institute and services would have been helpful to me, and this is how the first draft of my personal vision was developed in 2000.
Struggling to have a career identity and options was a career turning point for me as I was just entering the employment market. I therefore found myself gravitating towards work options in the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) sector. This was aligned to my interest in helping and working with people in need, what I was also good at, which is facilitating learning, and what I saw as a valued contribution to society, which someone was willing to pay me for. A combination of these four factors is how the first draft of my life purpose was developed in 2000.
Image – Facilitating group reflection on feminist organising at the annual ActionAid International's Senior Leaders Learning Conversation, 2019
With a draft vision and purpose in mind, I organized and planned my life around a vision I had back then of setting up a Career Services and Living with Purpose Institute (LWPI) to serve the people of Zimbabwe and the African Continent. For example, my education choices such as going to Canada's Dalhousie University for a Masters in International Development in 2003-2004 and not anywhere else, was based on the availability of a career development sector that I could learn from. It was a good and strategic decision. In Canada, I invested in my vision despite limited resources and a mother and three siblings who relied on me for food, clothes, medication and school fees. I still have and I am now using strategy documents, career development program tools, templates and books that I bought while in Canada as a contribution to LWPI in 2004. After Canada, life took me on a journey of developing my three other career pathways – learning expert, holistic life wellness coach and global development worker. It therefore took me another 15 years before I returned to the now more refined career development professional focus. My lesson here is – fulfilling your vision and passion may be delayed, but it never dies!
I could have stayed in Canada as Zimbabwe was already going through an economic and political crisis in 2004, but I returned home. I recall telling my mother that "…development work does not happen in Canada, but in the global South. The people I want to serve and the work I want to do is relevant if I'm closer to Zimbabwe and Africa", so I returned home to my mother's chagrin. What she did not know, may her soul continue to be proud of me and be at peace, was that I had factored this return when I planned to go and study abroad in 2002.
I had been working for Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Foundation for a year, from 2002, without any Development Sector qualification. I quickly realized that without the proper knowledge and skills for the sector, I would struggle to progress and reach my goal of working globally in development. I looked for scholarship opportunities using my Doctoral student status with the University of Zimbabwe and an almost complete doctoral thesis as leverage. I also negotiated with my employer for a one year unpaid leave of absence with a commitment to return and work for a year so I share the knowledge and skills gained. This was unheard of in the KAS Foundations, but my Resident Representative, Anton Boesl agreed as he saw value in me. After all, he had picked a Bachelor of Arts in Economic History recent graduate based on transferable skills learnt mostly from unpaid voluntary work and soft skills that come with an Arts degree.
The career strategy paid off. I wrote a Masters thesis on women's rights and integrating a gender lens to an organizational capacity assessment and strategy development framework, and applied this practically to a KAS partner, Self-Help Development Foundation (SHDF). I figured this was a technical skill that I could "use and sell" having reviewed the career pathways in the development sector open to me and what KAS partners also needed, which was leverage. I returned to Zimbabwe in 2004 and had a ready-made ground to apply what I had learnt. As I had committed, I worked for a year and in that period did 5 gendered organisational capacity assessments for KAS' partners as a new portfolio capacity support offering from the Foundation. I am reliably informed by Wadzanayi Vere, who really helped my young career, that this was one of the processes and my coaching accompaniment that helped her as Executive Director and her organisation SHDF, to transition to explicit women's rights work.
Image – Exhibiting the wares of the women from Self-Help Development Foundation's – Training Advisory Services 100,000+ members all over Zimbabwe, at the Bulawayo Trade Fair, 2005
At the end of 2005, due to personal pressures of looking after three siblings after mum passed on and a challenging relationship with the new Resident Representative, I put out an e-mail to all the people in my network that I was ready to move. It paid off. One of my network members alerted me to an opportunity with ActionAid International, connected me to the hiring manager and I was asked to apply. It was such a huge leap from working in a tiny office of 5 people at KAS in Zimbabwe, to a global arena that I had never worked in. My interview strategy therefore focused on packaging my transferable skills through career stories and the STAR Technique to demonstrate via a Career Portfolio, which I submitted to the panel, that I could take on this global role. It worked! By January 2006 I had secured my first role with ActionAid International as their International Women's Rights Technical Advisor. My role was what my Masters thesis had covered. It was to strengthen the organizational capacity of the 46 countries in the federation to integrate gender analysis capacity and women's rights in programs, staff capacity and organizational systems and culture. It was a major mandate, but in six years it was done.
Image – ActionAid representative at the African Feminist Forum, Uganda, 2008
Career theories such as Sunny Hanson's Integrative Life Planning theory's 6 critical life tasks have been useful in explaining what was going on for me during this whole period in my career. I was looking for a career identity that was tied to my spiritual belief, which is ~ I was created for a particular purpose and given the inert abilities to fulfill it. I really wanted and still want my life to be meaningful and for whatever knowledge and skills that I have to be used to help others locally and, on my continent, to reach their potential, thus integrating my personal values into my work. What I have had to continuously work hard on for the last 20 years has been aligning passion, expertise, what people/organisations need and getting paid for it, and that sweet spot that defines a life purpose is how one lives a meaningful life.
PRESENT – Where am I now?
The past is usually a rosy narrative. I do not want people to think I did not have career disappointments or missteps. This is the reason I am a Career Development Practitioner and Coach, to help you minimize missteps and successfully navigate career transitions.
One major career disappointment I had happened when I was focused on transitioning my career in ActionAid from an individual contributing Technical Advisor role to a Manager and eventually a Senior Leadership level role. I had done deep work in the organisation because by the time I finished six years, I had done 1-2 weeks of field assignments in 35 ActionAid countries on women's rights capacity development and program design. I felt I had to transition. So from 2008 I was applying internally for anything that was management, senior in title and responsibility. I unfortunately had lost my spiritual and life purpose compass as guides in this period and relied on external motivation and influences.
In 2009, I was asked to apply for the ActionAid Zimbabwe Country Director position. I interviewed well up to the last two candidates, but did not secure the job. I felt dejected, but I had to go back to the drawing board. I asked myself if managing a country, dealing with fundraising and a difficult context was what I really loved to do, saw as aligned to my life purpose and my core skills? The answer was No! Sunny Hanson's Integrated Life Planning framework provides tips for safely navigating a similarly challenging time in the future. The 4 career transition tips are – ensure the opportunity is aligned to your life purpose; ensure it is meaningful work that needs doing and is valued; ensure it considers your family situation and negotiate work demands and relationship needs in the family space; and focus on holistic wellness, including spirituality.
Image – Self-care through holistic wellness practices such as regular exercise and journal writing are an important part of who I am and my work with others, 2019
My career's highest achievements were born out of having missed the ActionAid Zimbabwe Country Director opportunity. My then CEO, Joanna Kerr, seeing how dejected I was, sat me down and reassured me that I was a valued leader, but I needed a few more years to grow in other roles. My line manager during this period and today, who is also my mentor and support, Everjoice Win, said something I will never forget – "you are unique my dear, shine where you are". Three years later this was echoed again by the in-coming, now former Secretary General of ActionAid, Adriano Campolina, who gave me full executive support in my role and encouraged me to – find my niche inside and outside ActionAid, which is what I did. From 2010 to today, I have had 3 different Head of Unit roles whose mandate covered: global development programmes quality support, capacity development, monitoring and evaluation, learning and knowledge management. Globally, I am now a recognized learning expert with Global Awards from the NGO sector [HUMENTUM AWARD – https://vimeo.com/190047798%5D and 3 Board level roles to back this up. For the HUMENTUM profile on me visit ~ https://www.humentum.org/blog/learning-profile-ennie-chipembere-actionaid. My current role as ActionAid's Head of Program Quality, M&E, Learning and Knowledge, combines all my four technical areas of expertise. These are all aligned to my personal vision, life purpose, values, passion, core skills, personality and what I am paid to do.
Image – Awarded the Global Rising Star Award in Learning and Development in 2016 by Learning in NGOs (LINGOS), which is now part of Humentum
My career journey inside and outside ActionAid has allowed me to live the life purpose alignment that I envisioned 20 years ago as a rose-tinted dreamer doing a then denigrated Bachelor of Arts in Economic History degree at the University of Zimbabwe. The said career alignment and vision is also expressed outside my paid employment space, in my social contribution work as a career and life coach and learning facilitator to 1000s of mainly young people since 2006 when I left Zimbabwe. This was and still is via a lean Ennie's Gift of Time and Skills model. From 2006 to 2015 (10 years), I annually partnered with 3 youth organisations, gifting time (10 days of my annual leave) and gifting the skills/expertise areas I was using in ActionAid to their set programs on leadership development, learning programs design, organizational capacity strengthening work and life coaching. This was and remains part of my life's work and contribution to Zimbabwe and Africa.
Image – Young Christian Students of Zimbabwe Strategy Session, 2010 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1690580141154&set=t.588765585&type=3&theater
I did this social contribution work in-person in Zimbabwe and other Southern Africa countries for 10 years before catching up with the digital age in 2016. In January 2016, pushed by young people and my changed family status, I set up an Ennie Career Coach Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EnnieCareerCoach/ and 5 WhatsApp Groups. These became cost effective, accessible, and work-life harmony conscious strategies vehicles that allowed my work to reach more people. I began to use an e-coaching approach, guided by the learning ecosystem model, which allowed for sustained coaching accompaniment for behaviour change in the flow of life.
From January 2019, I shifted gears and intensely focused on career development marking my 10th anniversary of being a coach and Ennie's Gift of Time and Skills work. I currently write and share career trends and holistic life wellness self-coaching guides and blogs via www.ennielifecoach.com. I post daily on all my social media platforms motivational quotes and career tips to inspire proactive career management, lifelong learning and holistic life wellness. I also curate and share career information and learning resources, as well as facilitate two weekly webinars. On Thursdays I host a Career Trends and Wellness Webinar, which is more about future proofing yourself, and on Saturday I host via Facebook live and Zoom, a more practical e-coaching Career Advice webinar. I have done 36 of these in 2019 alone, which was a huge learning curve for me, as I prefer smaller group settings behind the scenes.
Image – an affirming tweet from my Team Leader and Mentor, Everjoice Win, on the path I am on and my contribution to the team and her leadership, 2019
FUTURE – Where am I going?
My personal vision, life purpose and values stated in this blog's opening paragraph are still the life anchors that define my career direction, identity, decisions and actions. For me it remains the convergence of four primary elements: passion (what I love), vocation (what I am good at), mission (what the world or society needs) and profession (what I can get paid for). This work-life purpose alignment is what I have sought and worked to have since 2000. It is my intrinsic motivator and driver in life, the reason I get up in the morning, and do what I do and the compass for making life decisions, which influences my behaviour, resource investments and choices.
I continue to invest in my vision and purpose by building my muscles in learning and coaching expertise annually. For example, I am currently on a Certificate Course with eCornell University on Design Thinking, which is the latest trend in learning or product user experience design. Last month I completed a rigorous 250 hours Certificate Program with Life Strategies Limited, which is affiliated with York University in Canada, to become a certified Career Management Professional. This is a major milestone for my year 2000 vision of setting up career services in Zimbabwe and Africa. Delayed, but not dead.
I already have the sweet spot of living my life purpose ~ so if ActionAid will continue to have me, and I have alignment with them, I remain just as committed as I was when I joined in March 2006. In my personal capacity, I now have a team that supports the ever-expanding work of the 20 year vision of setting up Career Services and helping people live a purpose in Zimbabwe and the Continent. This has crystallised into Ennie Career Coach work. I remain committed to the career development outreach work that I started in 2006 as a way of giving back to my country and the continent when I left for the diaspora. You can access these free resources via my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EnnieCareerCoach/ and through www.ennielifecoach.com blog space or follow me on Twitter ~ @EnnieChipembere.
In conclusion…5 Key Career and Life Lessons
I hope my Career Story will inspire you to write yours. It is a powerful tool for career planning, one that I tasked my latest cohort of coachees in my WhatsApp groups to do as part of an online #90DaysCareerProgram from October to December 2019. The 5 key career and life lessons for me have been:
The individual influencers in my personal life or system such as values, vision, purpose, self-concept, personality, gender, age, abilities etc have a huge hold on your career path and success, so shape them to benefit you.
My social system influenced certain events and opportunities, but I still overcame that by not seeing for example cultural expectations, parental voice, my history/where I grew up in the high density area of Gweru, Mkoba etc as limitations. I reframed them to be positive enablers.
Your social (family and friends) and professional network, is the backbone of your career. You alone can only take yourself as far as your shadow 😊. You also need a life partner who understands and supports you in fulfilling your vision.
There are many chance events, encounters or "lucky breaks" in life, but you can successfully make use of them is you are aware of them and prepared to harness them.
There are big influences in our environmental and societal system, such as politics, digital trends, economy, labour market and location that are beyond our control. However, if you invest in career research and knowing them, you are likely to be better positioned to successfully navigate whatever they throw at you.
If you ever feel moved to work with me or to apply any of the insights from my story, please get in touch with me. Feel free to share this story forward and I would love to hear your Career Story too.
References –
Sunny Hansen, Integrating Work, Family, and Community Through Holistic Life Planning, https://www.saramwills.ca/uploads/7/5/9/4/75948963/sunny-2001-the_career_development_quarterly.pdf
Chip Richards, Ikigia: Finding Your Reason for Being (Life Purpose), https://upliftconnect.com/ikigai-finding-your-reason-for-being/
Ennie Chipembere – Life Lessons To Shape Your Career, https://ennielifecoach.com/2019/03/23/5-life-lessons-that-could-shape-your-career-looking-back-to-move-forward/
Ennie Chipembere – Career Story: What is it? Why you need it? How to Write it and use it – https://ennielifecoach.com/2019/09/26/career-story-what-is-it-why-you-need-one-and-how-to-write-it-and-use-it/
Ennie Chipembere – To Tap into the Opportunities Market – Build a Strong Social and Professional Market – https://ennielifecoach.com/2019/09/07/to-tap-into-the-career-opportunities-market-build-a-strong-social-and-professional-network/
E-mail: – ennielifecoach@servicesgalore.co.za
Twitter: @EnnieChipembere
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8 thoughts on "Career Story – How I became a Career Coach focused on Life Wellness, a Learning Expert and a Global Development Worker"
Makena Mwobobia says:
Your life journey my dear is so inspiring, you are a woman of substance, influence and character. Thanks for sharing. Totally challenging and motivating.
ennielifecoach says:
Thank you so much Makena for these positive and affirming words. I take them and own them as reminders during dark days of who I am and what my life means to me and others.
Arafat Masimbi says:
Truly inspirational. Keep up the positivity and the good work, you are surely positively impacting peoples lives!!
Thank you so much Arafat for your words. Words are powerful…I have noted and will own these ones.
Busisiwe Ntsele says:
Wow what an inspiration……I am humbled that our paths crossed your candle is lighting mine daily. I would actually like to have coffee with you month end when I come to Jozi. I have been thinking a lot about piloting my story and then next year after completion of my PhD use it to talk to young black girls. I wish I had my sister in law growing up because I would have had so much affirmation and excelled from a young age. I am still working on the digital story and working on my journey too. The PhD actually is a testimony that I posses traits that I never imagined I had so I would not want to see that go to waste. I want to be that voice that affirms black girls like my sister in law did for me, its important to have a cheer leader that will always affirm you even when you cease to believe in your sel.
Thanks for sharing your story its motivating me to tell mine.
Busisisiwe
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:43 AM enniecareercoach wrote:
> ennielifecoach posted: "[Warning – this is a 6 minutes fast read OR a 20 > minutes slow read] My name is Ennie Chipembere Chikwema. I am a Career > Coach, a Learning Expert, a holistic Life Wellness Coach and a Global > Development Worker. I exist to influence individuals and organisa" >
Dear Busisiwe,
Thank you so much for your lovely affirming message and sharing your plans for positively impacting the lives of others. I would be happy to help in any way I can. As you know, positive energy fuels anyone it gets in contact with…so I want some of what you are getting from your sister-in-law. Congratulations as well on the PhD research to date, it would be great to hear all about it and what is emerging.
Get in touch and we set a check in when you are in Jozi.
Hugs and best wishes,
winile masang says:
Dear Ennie
Wow, what a life/career journey. I have been meaning to write to you and ask for your help. I am at a place where I feel like I have no ambition or dreams. I feel stuck. I had signed up for your program but I dropped out and of late it seems like I am good at starting things and not seeing them through. I have just lost the drive and zeal for so many things and yet I know I still have a lot to live for and give to the world.
Currently I am not working, I am a stay at home mum raising my kids and the youngest is 10 months.
I have been reading your communications and follow you and most of your posts trigger alot of things in me (in a positive way)…but now I am at a point where I do not even know where I need to start picking up my life especially career wise.
I am in the process of starting afresh and I hope that atleast by December(short term) I sort of have a plan, I genuinely need someone to be accountable to and someone to help we walk this journey of finding self.
In short, if you would be available, I am asking that you may please be my mentor and big sister…
Dear Winile,
I am so happy to hear from you. I was sad when you took time out of the "Ennie Career Coach WhatsApp Group" space. I however knew that when you were ready you would come back just as you have. When the student is ready, as they say, the teacher will appear and be ready to support.
Inbox me on my WhatsApp number or e-mail: ennielifecoach@servicesgalore.co.za, I just started a #90DaysCareerProgram push from October to December that would be perfect to address the many career and life roles issues you raise here. I will not presume to understand your exact experience, but come let's accompany each other on this 90 Day Career-Life Reboot journey to December, and you will be set to start 2020.
Here for you…and hugs to you and the babies.


One of Dylan's teachers came up to me after school to tell me that Dylan is a really good athlete.
My kid? Because I distinctly remember being picked last for dodge ball because all those flying rubber balls were really scary. And then I remember not making the field hockey team in junior high. And I blocked out the rest of my sports' failures.
I finally settled on nice individual sport like skiing. No one throws balls at you when you're skiing.
But my girl is an athlete. This is going to be awesome. I'll enroll her in soccer. She'll be amazing. She'll be in regional competitions. She'll kick some arse. Soon, she'll be an international superstar. She'll make millions and then billions in endorsements. She'll travel all over the world. One day she'll marry a hot Swedish male model, they'll have a couple of kids… oh wait, you know maybe that's not the best plan.
Totally fine by me. As long as no one makes me play dodge ball, I'm cool with anything.
My mother is still in the ICU step down unit. My sister Quinn flew back to Memphis so I'm trying to get to the hospital as much as I can. And luckily, my mother has a large network of friends who have really made an effort. My mom's white blood cell count is a bit high, so they are checking her for a potential infection. I couldn't get to the hospital today but a friend of my mom's said she laughed a bit. I believe laughter can help heal broken bones. Prayers + laughter + good medicine = healing. I was always pretty good at math.
And my mother was thrilled that her overnight nurse is from Ghana. My mother spent two years in the Peace Corps in Africa (in Nigeria) so she had an instant connection. So a few moments of happiness amongst all that overwhelming pain and discomfort. We'll take it.
Continued thoughts and prayers for your Mom. I hope her days are filled with joy and laughter I agree it is the best medicine especially if you can throw a Vicodin and some Merlot in the mix.
We're thinking of your mom and praying for an easy recovery for her. xoxo to you, Rick and the girls.
So glad to hear that your mom is smiling a little. I'll keep praying for a speedy and full recovery. Thank you for keeping us all up to date.
As for summer she can keep up the ballet and yoga and save he speed and agility to run away from all the Swedish male models who will indeed be after her one day!
such variety in today's post kelcey! yay for the ghanian nurse and laughter and your daughters who know their own mind!
Your mom is lucky to have such a great relationship with you. Best wishes for as quick a recovery as possible.
Hi Kelcey – We are all sending prayers of healing to your mom from sunny Florida. She sounds like such a fighter with an amazing spirit.
As for Dylan – there is no better gift we can give our children then being good listeners. Swedish model or not.
So glad she's improving – slowly but surely. And how neat that she was in the peace corp! I hope today is a better for day for her.
And your daughter is too cute – I was like you – I skied and rode horses. No team sports for me!
Dylan is like me, a good athlete with no interest. It tortured my Dad, but then I was in high school and that's when you want to torture your parents, just a little bit.
My girl plays soccer, just like Ferdinand the bull. When she's goalie she's got her back to the game, trying to jump high enough to touch the top bar of the goalie cage. And when she's not goalie, she's practicing handstands and cartwheels so her teammates have to cover the ball for her. (I'm not making this up).
So really, I'm a bit jealous that your girl knows where her strengths are because it's a bit embarrassing when the parents all look at you or you hear, 'cover Ava…cover Ava…" heehee.
Any sport with a ball means there's a possibility of an assault. I do not like team sports — for me.
My H is a natural too…but I can't get her to go to a single class unless her sister (not so natural) does it too!
Hey, I'm organising a game of Dodgeball to celebrate Christmas, do you want to be in my team?
GO MOM GO! I'm still thinking good powerful thoughts for her.
And Dylan, I love that kid. "Want to play soccer?" "No." Atta girl! You have two very strong girls and that is the most important lesson you can give them.
Positive vibes sent to your Mom! I am a firm believer laughter is good medicine!!!!! I bet your Mother will make lots of new friends in the hospital, and will need even more Holiday cards next year!
They (who ever they are) say that laughter is the best medicine and THEY are right again! Prayers and love for your Mama. I wish my kids had some kind of natural ability, well OTHER than driving me bonkers!
To hear that your mother laughed is the best news so far. And I'm with Dylan on this one–why run in circles and dodge balls when you can relax on a mat?
Still thinking of your mom every day.
Dylan, I don't blame you. Down here where we attend The Church of Football, soccer is seen as a tool of the devil.
Continued prayers for your Mom. I pray that the pain is going away and she is feeling better every day.
Glad thinks might be 'looking up' for your mother…and Summer still has the cutest little 'open' face, full of mischief and hugs. Is her middle name 'Breeze'? Wait…I hope not…'Summer Breeze' was the name of a douche.
Genny LOVES soccer… LOVES it. She loves dance (jazz) and yoga too though… hmm.
I have been praying for your mother! So glad to hear she's mending.
Does she know that you get really cute uniforms if you play soccer? Might interest her. Or try karate or tai kwon do. They have cute outfits too. It's all about the outfit.
It's good to hear your mom is on the mend. Laughing is a key ingredient to living – clearly you mom is heading in the right direction.
Laughter heals the body and soul.
Kelcey, looks like mom's moving in the right direction if she's in stepdown…hopefully the elevated wbc count is a stress reaction. You're going to be an honorary health care provider when all of this is said and done. 🙂 Thoughts and prayers are again with your family. Oh and BTW, laughter IS the best medicine.
I'm relating to this on so many levels. I was ALWAYS picked last in gym. I have fond memories of big red splotches on my arms from missile like volley balls (we used foam for dodge ball).
And I've had two experiences with flying down to Key West to be with my mother in the hospital. Different reasons – but worrying about your mom is awful for everyone. Losing her to cancer is one of my biggest fears. I'm so glad to hear that you mother is strong and fighting and getting such good care.
Glad to hear there is a little lightness peeking through your Mom's miserable situation.
FivePointFive seemed to have a knack for soccer, too. He promptly quit.
So glad that she's able to laugh right now. Hope she heals so quickly that she astounds the doctors!
Praying for your mom, too.


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The Curious Case of Moscow Blend Coffee
Paulig, a Finnish-owned foods company, recently introduced a line-up of geographically branded coffees to the Russian market. The locations the coffees claimed to represent were established coffee capitals: Havana, Paris, and New York. Soon after these three appeared, however, a fourth, locally-branded, Moscow flavor joined them.
While Russia's rapidly growing coffee market makes a localized product quite reasonable, its appearance is still surprising from a historical standpoint.
The geographically-themed brands lined up. Moscow is definitely a newcomer to the team…
In the USSR, as in most places in the world, instant coffee was most popularly consumed. The US, and later much of the rest of the world, went through a rapid revolutionary change to ground coffee in the late 80s and 90s, at the same time that communism was falling and Russia spent a subsequent decade in economic turmoil.
Ground coffee made some small inroads into Russia as the economy began to solidify and grow again in the 2000s. However, as late as 2016, instant coffee still accounted for 61% of all coffee sales in Russia and Moscow had only four coffee shops per 100,000 people (while New York, for instance, had 132). In addition, most of Moscow's relatively small coffee shop market had been long dominated by Shokolodnitsa and Kofe Khaus, two chains known for serving coffee, but not particularly known for the quality of their product or service.
While there were some higher-end coffee houses in Moscow such as Coffee Bean and Kafemania, these chains remained very small and their influence on the market quite limited. In fact, until about 2016, it would have been hard to say that Moscow had a "coffee scene" at all.
However, this began rapidly changing around 2015. The financial crisis of 2014 coupled with a rapidly growing online retail market saw prices for brick-and-mortar real estate sink. This proved a boon for the food service industry, including coffee shops. The number of chains, many of them locally founded, exploded, and the number of locations, from sit-down cafes to coffee-service windows, likewise grew at lightning speed. By 2017, it felt like the Moscow coffee scene had established itself almost overnight.
Each bag is decorated with a stylized city map that also highlights each country's culture. Note that two Moscow districts are specifically listed: Arbat and Yakimanka. Both had early, well-known coffee shops.
For the first time, a range of coffee options was available throughout the city, with some local options such Pravda Coffee and Surf Coffee offering good product and truly recognizable brands. Smaller non-chain shops, likewise locally operated, also sprouted up.
Given the relatively youth of good coffee in Moscow, it seems strange that, in late 2019, a brand purporting to be a distinctive Moscow blend has appeared so quickly. But it has. And it's pretty good.
Paulig markets this as specifically formulated to be used in raf coffee. Raf was invented in a Coffee Bean location in Moscow and consists of coffee, syrup, and milk all blended into a thick drink.
Paulig's Moscow blend is thus a darker roast to allow the coffee taste to survive being so diluted. However, the company has also found a balance so as to maintain moderate levels of acidity and not roast so dark as to bring out ash flavors. The result is a coffee that can comfortably be drunk black as well.
Paulig has also launched a highly ambitious marketing campaign to establish this new brand in Moscow. It has been recruiting people to speak about the Moscow streets they live on and so far has shot short videos on more than 3600 Moscow streets. They have also arranged what they claim is the world's largest coffee tasting – with 300 liters given away at Moscow's VDNKh park.
Although introduced by a Finish company, this product seems a quite proud achievement to add to Moscow's phenomenal recent coffee history.
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Paradoxodacna piratica is een  straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van Aziatische glasbaarzen (Ambassidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1989 door Roberts.

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Dan Harris (Kingston, 29 de Agosto de 1979) é um roteirista de cinema mais conhecido por ter escrito e dirigido o filme Imaginary Heroes e por seu trabalho ao lado de Michael Dougherty nos roteiros de vários filmes de Bryan Singer, como X2 e Superman Returns.

Ligações externas
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Q: mdframed box, cross-reference, paragraph spacing I'm trying to create an environment that provides a framed box within a report. My current problems are:

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*The interparagraph spacing does not match the body text spacing (the space within the box is small)

*The box caption prints but can't be cross-referenced (the labels aren't getting through)

\documentclass[parskip=half,twocolumn,landscape]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{caption,mdframed,newfloat,xcolor}
\usepackage{varioref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\setkomafont{disposition}{\bfseries\color{orange}}

\RedeclareSectionCommand[
  beforeskip=-.75\baselineskip,
  afterskip=.5\baselineskip]{subsection}

\definecolor{orangeBackground}{RGB}{254,240,222}
\DeclareCaptionFont{orange}{\color{orange}}

\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[fileext=frm,placement={!ht},name=Box]{smallboxfloat}
\mdfdefinestyle{aFrameBox}{%
    linecolor=orange,
    nobreak=true, % prevents page breaking
    outerlinewidth=0.5pt,
    innertopmargin=0.5\baselineskip,
    innerbottommargin=\baselineskip,
    innerrightmargin=11pt,
    innerleftmargin=11pt,
    backgroundcolor=orangeBackground
    }

\newenvironment{smallbox}[2]{%
\begin{smallboxfloat}
\begin{mdframed}[style=aFrameBox]%
 \captionsetup{labelfont={bf,orange}, font={bf,orange}, format=plain,justification=justified,singlelinecheck=false}
 \caption{#1}\label{#2}
}{\end{mdframed}\end{smallboxfloat}}

\begin{document}
 \begin{smallbox}{Box title}{box:label}
  \lipsum[1-2]
 \end{smallbox}
 \subsection{Title}
 \lipsum[1-2] \Vref{box:label}

\end{document}

A: I am not that familiar with cleveref but think what you need is
\crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}
\Crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}

so that cleveref knows how to refer to the smallbox environment.
The paragraph spacing is due to the fact that mdframed uses a minipage which sets \parskip to zero.  This can be fixed by saving the value of \parskip before the smallboxfloat environment:
\setlength{\currentparskip}{\parskip}

and then restoring it once  you are in the smallboxfloat environment:
\setlength{\parskip}{\currentparskip}

References:

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*Why is \parskip zero inside a minipage?

*How to preserve the same parskip in minipage

Code:
\documentclass[parskip=half,twocolumn,landscape]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{caption,mdframed,newfloat,xcolor}
\usepackage{varioref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\setkomafont{disposition}{\bfseries\color{orange}}
\crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}
\Crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}
%\RedeclareSectionCommand[
%  beforeskip=-.75\baselineskip,
%  afterskip=.5\baselineskip]{subsection}

\definecolor{orangeBackground}{RGB}{254,240,222}
\DeclareCaptionFont{orange}{\color{orange}}

\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[fileext=frm,placement={!ht},name=Box]{smallboxfloat}
\crefalias{⟨counter ⟩}{⟨type ⟩}
\mdfdefinestyle{aFrameBox}{%
    linecolor=orange,
    nobreak=true, % prevents page breaking
    outerlinewidth=0.5pt,
    innertopmargin=0.5\baselineskip,
    innerbottommargin=\baselineskip,
    innerrightmargin=11pt,
    innerleftmargin=11pt,
    backgroundcolor=orangeBackground
    }

\newlength{\currentparskip}%
\newenvironment{smallbox}[2]{%
\setlength{\currentparskip}{\parskip}% save the value
\begin{smallboxfloat}
\begin{mdframed}[style=aFrameBox]%
\setlength{\parskip}{\currentparskip}% restore the value
 \captionsetup{labelfont={bf,orange}, font={bf,orange}, format=plain,justification=justified,singlelinecheck=false}
 \caption{#1}\label{#2}
}{\end{mdframed}\end{smallboxfloat}}

\begin{document}
 \begin{smallbox}{Box title}{box:label}
  \lipsum[1-2]
 \end{smallbox}
 \subsection{Title}
 \lipsum[1-2] \Vref{box:label}

\end{document}

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Pierre Dulaine (Jafa, 23 de abril de 1944) é um dançarino norte-americano sendo responsável por inventar o método Dulaine de ensino de dança. É conhecido por ter se voluntariado para dar aulas de dança de salão para alunos de "Detention Class" de uma uma escola pública.

Após presenciar uma cena de vandalismo que é protagonizada por um aluno, Pierre resolve fazer sua parte, e tenta reintegrar os "rejeitados" de uma escola dando aulas de dança para uma classe de alunos rebeldes onde o único estilo de dança que era conhecida era o street dance. Através de um método de dança inovador,acabou por não apenas transmitir cultura, como também
ensinamentos de vida, mudando a forma de ver o mundo e mostrando o valor dos indivíduos através da arte corporal.

O filme "Vem Dançar (Take the Lead)" foi inspirado em sua história. Antonio Banderas foi o escolhido para representar a vida de Dulaine.

Biografia
Pierre Dulaine nasceu em Jafa, na Palestina, em 1944. Em 1948, Dulaine e seus pais deixaram a Palestina. Após oito meses vagando primeiro em Chipre, em seguida, na Inglaterra e na Irlanda, a família de Pierre se estabeleceu em Amã, Jordânia. Crescendo em Amã, Pierre aprendeu a falar  francês na escola, árabe na rua e Inglês em casa. Em 1956, por causa dos problemas do Egito e o Canal de Suez (ver Suez Crisis), a família de Pierre teve que se mudar novamente, deixando tudo para trás. Após uma parada em Beirute,  a família se fixou em Birmingham, Inglaterra, onde um ano mais tarde, aos 14 anos, Pierre começou sua carreira de dançarino.

Com 18 anos, Dulaine tirou seu Associate Degree de dançarino profissional. Aos 21, ele passou em seus três exames mais importantes, - Ballroom, Latin dança e de Olde -, em apenas um dia, uma proeza que não tinha sido realizada antes. Não só Pierre passou nos exames, como também passou com o título de Altamente Recomendável , e se tornou um membro pleno da Sociedade Imperial de Professores de Dança.

Com este sucesso inicial em sua carreira, Dulaine ganhou duas vezes o "Duelo de Gigantes" no Royal Albert Hall em Londres e conquistou o  "All England Professional Latin American Championship". Em 1971, ele trabalhou como bailarino solo no famoso Talk of the Town em Londres West End. Pierre em seguida foi a Nairobi, Quênia e trabalhou em 'Cabaret' com a Troupe Bluebell  de Paris, um grupo de renome mundial, no Casino Nairobi por um ano. Finalmente, Pierre entrou como um diretor de cruzeiro em um veleiro de Nova York para as  Ilhas do Caribe. Em 1972, "Saí do navio de cruzeiro pensando que eu ficaria na cidade de Nova York para um feriado de duas semanas, mas eu consegui um emprego no Estúdio de Dança Arthur Murray e fiquei em Nova York desde então. "

Em 1973, com formação em balé, Yvonne Marceau entrou na Arthur Murray para trabalhar como professora e, em janeiro de 1976, Pierre e Yvonne tornaram-se parceiros de dança. Eles foram para a Inglaterra para estudar por três meses com John Delroy e surgiram como um grupo de dança que ganhou inúmeros prêmios e distinções.
Em 1984, Pierre e Yvonne criaram a Companhia de Teatro Ballroom americana. Em 1989, Pierre e Yvonne entraram num espetáculo da Broadway  e dançaram por dois anos e meio, terminando com uma temporada de cinco meses executada no West End de Londres. Pierre tem sido chamado de "dançarino e professor extraordinário" pelo New York Times e (com Yvonne) recebeu o Prêmio Astaire de "Best Dancing on Broadway", no Grand Hotel. Ele tem sido um membro do corpo docente do School of American Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater e do Juilliard School.

Ligações externas
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Dança dos Estados Unidos
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INXS to star in reality TV show
Singer Michael Hutchence (centre) died in 1997 aged 37
Rock group INXS are to search for a new lead singer on a reality TV show.
The show, titled Rock Star, will see the band hold auditions on five continents to find a replacement for Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997.
The winner will have the chance to record an album with the band as well as touring with them.
Since Hutchence's death in 1997, the band have continued with a number of different singers including Terence Trent D'Arby and Jon Stevens.
"After Michael died we wanted to search the world for a new singer but didn't know how we could effectively do that," INXS guitarist Tim Farriss said.
"But we've now found a fantastic way to make that happen."
Rock Star will differ from other TV talent shows in that the winner will not be chosen entirely by viewers.
Instead, hopefuls will work with the band and music industry professionals, who will assess their performances.
There's room on TV for more than one great music-based show
The programme will be made by Mark Burnett Productions, the company behind US reality TV hits Survivor and The Apprentice.
It will be broadcast on US screens in 2005. Mr Burnett said the band pitched the idea to him earlier this year.
"I am a long-time fan of INXS and feel very fortunate that they approached us with this idea and have entrusted us with their future," he said.
"There's room on TV for more than one great music-based show, and I feel that rock music has been totally left out of that mix."
INXS have sold more than 30m albums during their 25-year career and topped charts all over the world.
US soul singer Terence Trent D'Arby and Jon Stevens, former frontman of the Australian band Noiseworks, are among those who have sung with the band since Michael Hutchence's death.
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is a former Japanese football player. He was born in Lima and became a naturalised Japanese citizen in 1994.

Playing career
Uehara was born in Lima, Peru on July 21, 1969. He is Japanese Peruvians (Sansei), have roots in Okinawa. He played for Deportivo AELU and Sporting Cristal in Peru until 1992. He moved to Japan in June 1992 and joined Urawa Reds. Although he played many matches in 1992, his opportunity to play decreased due to restrictions on foreign players from 1993. In May 1994, he acquired Japanese nationality. However he could hardly play in the match for injury, he moved to Japan Football League club Tosu Futures in 1996. He retired end of 1996 season.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
The VA is the largest employer of psychologists and nurses, and over the years has done an outstanding job of providing high quality health care while simultaneously furthering the utilization of non-physician providers of all disciplines. Thanks to the vision of Toni and Bob Zeiss and the support of Ken Jones, the VA, which has long supported psychology internships, is expected to provide approximately 440 postdoctoral positions in the coming academic year.
This spring the VA proposed to amend its regulations to permit full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) when they are acting within the scope of their VA employment. "This would permit VA to use its health care resources more effectively and in a manner that is consistent with the role of APRNs in the non-VA health care sector, while maintaining the patient-centered, safe, high-quality health care that veterans receive from VA."
At the closing of the public comment period on July 25, 2016, over 214,000 comments had been received. The American Medical Association (AMA) urged the VA "to maintain the physician-led model within the VA health system to ensure greater integration and coordination of care for veterans and improve health outcomes." One political pundit opined that the AMA had as much credibility on this issue as the NRA did on gun control.
Under the leadership of APA immediate Past-President Barry Anton and President-elect Tony Puente, 16 former APA Presidents submitted a letter in support of the VA's proposal:
Dear Mr. Secretary: As former Presidents of the American Psychological Association (APA), the nation's largest organization of psychologists with over 117,000 members, we urge you to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) allows its professional staff to work to the full scope of their practice to improve access to timely, effective, high-quality care for Veterans. We, and the current leadership of APA, believe that expanding prescriptive authority within the VA for qualified nurses and doctoral-level psychologists is a fundamental and urgent component of a redesigned, improved 'MyVA' integrated plan.
One of the key recommendations from the landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report 'The Future of Nursing' stated that "nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training." As colleagues equally committed to providing care for Veterans both inside and outside the VA system, we concur with the IOM that "nurses can and should play a fundamental role" in transforming care in this country, and that "the power to improve the current regulatory, business, and organizational conditions does not rest solely with nurses; government, businesses, health care organizations, professional associations, and the insurance industry must all play a role.
Working together, these many diverse parties can help ensure that the health care system provides seamless, affordable, quality care that is accessible to all and leads to improved health outcomes." Mr. Secretary, you have been instrumental in keeping the VA focused on what is best for the Veteran, and we believe that to do so requires the VA to ensure that its clinical staff is operating at its highest capacity.
In a similar vein, we expect that the VA also will soon make the internal policy changes necessary to recognize prescriptive authority for appropriately trained and certified psychologists within the VA system. The Department of Defense (DoD) has granted this authority to its specialized psychologists for over 18 years, with zero adverse effects or complaints during this entire period. The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps similarly allows psychologists with specific training beyond their doctoral degrees to prescribe a set of medications and meet the urgent needs of their populations, which include citizens in Indian Country.
Illinois became the latest state to grant this authority to psychologists with additional degrees in psychopharmacology and certification. It is clear that the VA, in the face of increasing demand for mental health care and recognized access difficulties in rural areas specifically, must remain a pioneer in the health care arena by allowing nurse practitioners and psychologists to serve Veterans with the expertise and dedication they employ in the DoD, USPHS, and private sectors.
We would be happy to meet with you and your Undersecretary of Health, Dr. David Shulkin, to discuss the implementation of prescriptive authority within the VA. . . .
Two additional Presidential colleagues requested being added to the letter; however, the submission date had already passed. Our sincerest appreciation to APA's Heather O'Beirne Kelly for her outstanding assistance in making our collective voice heard on behalf of our nation's Veterans.
A similarly supportive endorsement was submitted by Dr. Lucinda Maine, Executive VP and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposed regulation… and is supportive of the proposal to "permit full practice authority for all Veterans Administration advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) when they are acting within the scope of their VA employment." We draw upon significant experience with advanced practice authority for pharmacists and other health care providers in preparing these comments.
AACP recognizes that APRNs are increasingly important providers of primary care services in the non-VA health care sector and applauds the VA for integrating these skilled health professionals into the VHA. We view this as an excellent opportunity to "wisely manage its resources and fully utilize the skills of its health care providers to the full extent of their education, training and certification." We support the VA taking the initiative to "establish additional professional qualifications an individual must possess to be appointed as an APRN with VA."
The VA's proposal to standardize the APRN full practice authority by reducing the confounding factor of state regulation is an important step that allows for more consistent management of patient, provider and administrator expectations within the VHA. This action is an important step in increasing patient access to primary care services, especially, as you recognize, in medically underserved areas.
AACP is a strong proponent of patient-centered team-based care. As a founding member of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) we have worked closely with our colleagues across academic medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health to teach future health professionals how to most effectively work together.
Quite recently the IPEC organization expanded to include 9 additional health professions education associations. As this includes the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, IPEC now includes virtually all the health disciplines. Optimizing the deployment of every clinician is the only pathway to insuring access to care for all, especially special populations like veterans who so often are in rural or otherwise underserved communities. Translating this work into the care delivery systems our graduates will serve is also a high priority for IPEC.
AACP shares the VA's concern about the timely provision of high-quality care, particularly primary care, by qualified healthcare professionals in locations readily accessible to the larger percentage of veterans. Towards that end, AACP also encourages the VA to consider proposing a similar set of rules for pharmacists. Like APRNs, pharmacists in the VHA are subject to the congressionally mandated qualifications.
The VA… is authorized to regulate the professional activities and establish qualifications and conditions of employment of pharmacists as it does APRNs. Your proposal reflects a model that is well established in the Indian Health Service where guidance was issued in 1996 regarding designating pharmacists as primary care providers with prescriptive authority (Special General Memorandum 96-2).
The VHA has been a valued partner with academic pharmacy for decades and VA leadership recognizes the value pharmacists add to the health care team through their collaborative approach to patient care. The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) provides ample evidence that pharmacists provide great, and could provide even greater, value to veterans and other members of the primary care team if they were consistently supported and privileged in a manner similar to that proposed in this rule for APRNs.
With an academy of researchers and practitioners focused on care improvement and team-based care, AACP offers the VA the opportunity to initiate a discussion that can create even greater support for and value in the proposed rules related to APRNs through collaboration with pharmacists and other non-physician providers that are authorized with "full practice authority."
A particularly significant supportive communication also came from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Interesting Reflections
From Floyd Jennings:
The year was 1988—now 28 years ago—and I had been appointed as Chief, Behavioral Health Services at the PHS/IHS Santa Fe Service Unit, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Limited, dependent prescriptive privileges (RxP) were granted to me by the Medical Director; i.e., a limited formulary excluding scheduled drugs, and dependent upon his supervision. I had the support of the IHS Albuquerque area psychiatrist with whom I spoke regarding every case; review and support was granted by the New Mexico Psychological Association ethics committee.
Slightly less than two years later I was to leave that post—by which time, after being invited to speak before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, thousands of letters of complaint had been sent to the Medical Director of IHS by psychiatrists across the nation, though over three hundred patients had been seen, with no adverse effects (and with enormous support from the physicians working in IHS). Note that in the years subsequent, there has been no nimiety of psychiatric physicians seeking to work or even volunteer in those pueblos of the Albuquerque area!
From those turbulent beginnings, and due both to vision and persistence, psychologists have been given authority to exercise prescriptive privileges in Iowa, Illinois, New Mexico, and Louisiana, as well as in the Public Health Service, the U.S. military, and Guam. A cursory look at the New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners website reveals 40 names of persons with active certification as prescribing psychologists. Though by no means thorough, an internet search turns up approximately 11 who are in PHS/IHS, state or federal agencies, or mental health facilities. Many psychologists having national prominence in this area have now completed careers in federal services in the almost 30 years since those days in PHS/IHS. We have indeed "come a long way!"
Yet there is much to be done. For example, in Texas alone, 185 of the 254 counties have no psychiatrist. Nurse Practitioners have been quite successful in extending their scope of practice to include prescriptive privileges—in many venues. In fact, the future of primary care may well transfer to nurse practitioners, with the increasing specialization of medicine and the decreased number of young persons seeking careers in primary medicine, where reimbursement rates are far less than in high technology.
Yet, in Texas, and in many other states, the likelihood of expanding the scope of practice for psychology is not great. I argue that is far more likely to occur when the basis is need (rather than greed). Wouldn't it be interesting if there were many programs to train psychologists to prescribe—at no cost to the person—in return for a two-year commitment to work in an underserved area? Wouldn't it be exciting if there were a national recognition of the absolute necessity to increase the array of health resources in now underserved areas—of which psychology could be a part? At 75, I expect that I shall not live to see it, but I can dream, can't I?
And, from Ray Folen, Executive Director of the Hawaii Psychological Association: "Over the last 10 years while at Tripler Army Medical Center I had written 3,178 prescriptions and my colleague Mike Kellar had written 5,780. No adverse events." Psychology prides itself on being one of the learned professions. Yet, whenever Beth Rom-Rymer provides an update on the exciting implementation of her Illinois success, one of our largest Divisions declines to publish her comments on their e-mail list serve; notwithstanding that RxP is APA policy. She notes, "Our progeny have stars in their eyes. Let's help them realize their dreams." Perhaps this Division hopes to protect their membership from the future? I am reminded of the line, "You don't know what I've done"—but let us work together to change that sad reality.
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Use of any cheat program/addon or a non-approved addon/program. There will be an allowed list and a non-allowed list. Those not in either are discouraged from use as you may be penalized for using them. Use at your own risk. Those that are similar to a forbidden program are most likely forbidden as well.
GM interaction is limited here but if a GM messages you in game and you are active — respond within a reasonable time. Ignoring a GM is likely to get you jailed as we will likely think you are afk botting.
Regarding behavior, we don't have an all inclusive code of conduct manual for you to read so use common sense. If you are doing something that would have gotten you banned or in trouble on retail, it is more than likely against the rules here too. If you are doing inappropriate things that you wouldn't do to your friends--I would think twice about that too. Finally, if a GM asks you to stop a behavior--saying "it isn't in the rules" is not a valid excuse for ignoring the GM.
Client-side .dat swaps for cosmetics.
As a general rule, if you don't see the addon you are wondering about on this list, ask yourself "Does this automate anything or give me any extra information that the game otherwise normally wouldn't offer to me?" If the answer to both of those questions is "no," it is likely OK, but your best bet is to consult a GM or ask on the forums.
AuctionHelper / Auction House assistants.
Fishing/exp/healing bots or any other bots that automate player actions.
Claim tools or character enhancement tools like flee or warp hacks. This includes position hacks.
If you find a bug, you can use our Github to report it. Please note that the more detailed you are in filling out your bug report, the faster we can fix the bug.
Go to classicffxi.com and on the lefthand side underneath the "Tools" section, click on the "My Account" button.
Log in using the account information that you use to connect to the server.
Underneath your character on the page that it brings you to, click on the "Call GM!" button underneath the character that you are currently online/having an issue with.
You can change your password on your account page on our main site. You can also update your email address here as well.
You will find both of these options on the page that it takes you to once you're logged in.


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Multidimensional family therapy decreases the rate of externalising behavioural disorder symptoms in cannabis abusing adolescents: outcomes of the INCANT trial
Schaub, Michael P; Henderson, Craig E; Pelc, Isidore; Tossmann, Peter; Phan, Olivier; Hendriks, Vincent; Rowe, Cindy; Rigter, Henk (2014). Multidimensional family therapy decreases the rate of externalising behavioural disorder symptoms in cannabis abusing adolescents: outcomes of the INCANT trial. BMC Psychiatry, 14:26.
BACKGROUND: US-based trials have shown that Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) not only reduces substance abuse among adolescents, but also decreases mental and behavioural disorder symptoms, most notably externalising symptoms. In the INCANT trial, MDFT decreased the rate of cannabis dependence among Western European youth. We now focus on other INCANT outcomes, i.e., lessening of co-morbidity symptoms and improvement of family functioning. METHODS: INCANT was a randomised controlled trial comparing MDFT with individual therapy (IP) at and across sites in Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, The Hague, and Paris. We recruited 450 boys and girls aged 13 up to 18 years with a cannabis use disorder, and their parent(s), and followed them for 12 months. Mental and behavioural characteristics (classified as 'externalising' or 'internalising') and family conflict and cohesion were assessed. RESULTS: From intake through 12 months, MDFT and IP groups improved on all outcome measures. Models including treatment, site, and referral source showed that MDFT outperformed IP in reducing externalising symptoms.Adolescents were either self-referred to treatment (mostly on the initiative from people close to the teen) or referred under some measure of coercion by an external authority. These two groups reacted equally well to treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Both MDFT and IP reduced the rate of externalising and internalising symptoms and improved family functioning among adolescents with a cannabis use disorder. MDFT outperformed IP in decreasing the rate of externalising symptoms. Contrary to common beliefs among therapists in parts of Western Europe, the 'coerced' adolescents did at least as well in treatment as the self-referred adolescents.MDFT shows promise as a treatment for both substance use disorders and externalising symptoms.
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https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-26
Henderson, Craig E
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, United States
Pelc, Isidore
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Tossmann, Peter
Delphi-Gesellschaft für Forschung, Berlin, Germany
Phan, Olivier
Centre Pierre Nicole, Paris, France
Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Hendriks, Vincent
Parnassia Addiction Research Centre, Den Haag, Netherlands
Rowe, Cindy
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, United States
Rigter, Henk
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands


Re: Migration and Restoring configuration from FOS 3.2.1c to FOS 6.4.1a ?
Migration and Restoring configuration from FOS 3.2.1c to FOS 6.4.1a ?
I would like to migrate a 2GBit-SAN to a new one with 8GBit. At th emoment every fabric has 3 IBM Totalstorage 2109-F16 SAN-Switches with FOS v3.2.1c. The new switches are HP StorageWorks 8/80 - one per fabric.
How can I migrate with a minimum of impact to the new SAN?
Is it possible to save the SAN-Switch config and restore it an the new switches?
in such case a simple way is to ISL Old Switches with new, the config will be commited automatically but here is another problem.
to make a long story short, you must create a NEW Config.


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Q: material checkbox style after customize My customized checkbox (MyCheckbox) has extended from androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatCheckBox, but the default styles don't apply to it.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar">
    ...
    <item name="android:checkboxStyle">@style/CheckboxTheme</item>
    <item name="checkboxStyle">@style/CheckboxTheme</item>
</style>

<style name="CheckboxTheme" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
     <!-- for example try to change background -->
    <item name="android:background">@color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>

but did not change anything in preview and runtime.
Also, I migrated on MaterialComponent (extending from com.google.android.material.checkbox.MaterialCheckBox) version:
com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-beta01

and using @style/Widget.MaterialComponents.CompoundButton.CheckBox for style. but DIDN'T change.
NOTE:
This issue fixes just when I mentioned the style for each instance:
            <com.something.MyCheckBox
                android:id="@+id/ch"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="some thing"
                style="@style/CheckboxTheme"
             />

but I want to set this style for all instances of this class.
Could you help me?

A: The MaterialCheckBox provided by the Material Components library uses the checkboxStyle attribute defined in the theme.
Just override this attribute to define globally the style in your app:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight">
   <!-- .... -->
   <item name="checkboxStyle">@style/MyCheckBox</item>
</style>

If you want to customize the color you can use the materialThemeOverlay attribute in the style:
<style name="MyCheckBox" parent="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
   <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.CheckBox</item>
</style>

with:
  <style name="ThemeOverlay.CheckBox" parent="">
    <item name="colorSecondary">@color/....</item>   <!-- checked -->
    <item name="colorOnSurface">@color/.....</item>  <!-- unchecked -->
  </style>

You can also apply the style to the single checkbox using:
<com.google.android.material.checkbox.MaterialCheckBox
    style="@style/MyCheckBox"
    ..>

As alternative you can also use the android:theme in the layout, but it doesn't work globally.
<com.google.android.material.checkbox.MaterialCheckBox
    ...
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.CheckBox"/>

Just a note.
The colorTint selector is defined programmatically in the MaterialCheckBox code. You can also define a custom colorTint selector adding the buttonTint attribute in your custom style. In this case the colors defined above are ignored.

A: According to this answer, I tried using ContextThemeWrapper to apply the style:
class MyCheckbox @JvmOverloads constructor(context: Context,
                                        attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
                                        defStyle: Int = 0)
: MaterialCheckBox(ContextThemeWrapper(context, R.style.CheckboxTheme), attrs, defStyle)


After last week's column, I received quite a few requests for more information on the northern pike. Who woulda thunk?
This is the fish we love to hate. The trout fraternity hates the fish because it eats their trout. The bass boys hate the fish because they catch it when fishing bass tournaments and more often than not, they lose expensive lures. And much like its smaller cousin the pickerel, it is slimy. The pan fishermen hates it because it slices through their lines as its teeth chomps their smaller baits, so they have to re-tie.
Who likes this fish? Anyone who has ever tasted this morsel. It is great tasting and is the shore land lunch of guides in Canada and Labrador, plus any fisherman who likes a fighting fish.
The northern pike is a distant relative of the muskellunge. It has a large head, a flat dorsal surface, duckbill jaws and is very elongated. The mouth is full of very sharp-pointed teeth. The roof of the mouth has short, backward pointing teeth. The back is dark green, shading to lighter green on the sides and to white on the ventral surface. There are many bean-shaped yellow spots on the sides with the fins being dark-spotted.
This fighting fish has been around for approximately 120 million years, so you can see it has terrorized fishermen almost forever. There are more myths and fables written and passed by word of mouth about the pike than any other fish. Nicknamed the "waterwolf," it has a lasting place in folklore.
The range of the northern pike in the United States is New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Recently, the pike's range has been extended southward and westward through a planned stocking in Maryland, North Carolina, Colorado and Montana.
In New Hampshire, it has been said that the Connecticut River system had pike introduced to it as far back as 1838 and from there it spread to other New England states.
The fish itself is a great fighter and those who have had one on their line rave about its strength and fighting ability. However, the odds of landing one are low as this critter's sharp teeth can cut through the hardiest of lines.
Pike, it has been said, were illegally stocked in many lakes and ponds of Maine as 20-pound specimens are being caught. Where? Try the Belgrade Lakes in the Augusta area. Long Pond, Messalonskee, China and Great Pond. In the southern section of the state these fish are, unfortunately, in Sebago Lake and Long Lake. I know firsthand as I caught a 5-pound pike in Long Lake last week.
For your information, most Pike are caught in water depths of 15 feet or less and the best places to try for them are weedy areas where you would fish for bass or pickerel. The best feeding time for them is early morning as they have empty stomachs from the previous night's digestion. They slow down their feeding from about 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (lunch break is over), begin to feed heavily again until about 3 p.m., and then feeding gradually declines for the rest of the evening.
Now that we can enjoy the warm days of summer, there are some little creatures that we should be aware of as we roam the fields, travel the lakes and climb those mountains. Of course I'm referring to ants, bees, hornets, wasps, mosquitoes and ticks.
It's inevitable that we run into the insects if we are going to be in the great outdoors. Rising in the early morning after sleeping in a tent all night will result in you meeting mosquitoes face to face. Fishermen know that the boat ramp is a place mosquitoes frequent as the water is nearby, and I know that those pests hear us coming as we drive into the parking lot. Any spray or lotion with DEET will keep these bloodsuckers away from you.
Ticks are actually arachnids, but we need to cover them here. They can be found in the tall grass, on the branches of trees and on the soft ground. Wear high socks, boots, long-sleeve shirts plus a hat, and watch for them crawling on your legs or arms. Use DEET, tuck your pant legs inside of your stockings and walk in the center of trails so weeds do not brush against you.
In camping areas, individuals who sit on the ground or disturb leaf litter on the forest floor may encounter ticks. If ticks are crawling on the outside of clothes, they can be removed with masking tape, duct tape or cellophane tape. A ring of tape can be made around the hand by leaving the sticky side out and attaching the two ends. Ticks will stick to the tape which can then be folded over and then placed in the trash. Remove any tick promptly. The mouthparts of a tick are barbed and may remain embedded and lead to infection at the bite site if not removed promptly.
You most likely will feel red ants before you see them. Boy, do they sting! Be preventative and wear high socks, don't sit on the ground and keep your feet moving. Easy for me to say, huh? Black ants won't hurt you, so forget about them.
Bees, hornets and wasps are not interested in you unless you threaten them or their nests, so pay attention. Stay away from areas where you see a lot of bee activity. Carry an insect spray just in case you disturb a nest.
Have fun and enjoy the hot summer days.
Wayne Hooper is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association and a lifelong Seacoast resident. He can be reached at sports@seacoastonline.com.


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Applying Article 142 in the Income Tax Law for validating the reassessment proceeding: An overview
There are only two things which are certain in life- Death and Taxes
To do "Complete Justice", for the first time in the history of Indian Taxation, Article 142 appears to have been invoked by the Hon'ble Apex Court of the country. Article 142 is used by the judiciary when the law of statutes is silent or is used to fill the lacuna of the law.
Without Article 142, there would not have been any other options or way out which would have been there in the hands of the Revenue. The reason to some extent appears to be logical as over 90,000 cases involving corers of revenue were related to the issue.
Let us know more about Article 142 which reads as under:
"142. Enforcement of decrees and orders of Supreme Court and unless as to discovery, etc.-
(1) The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed or orders so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe.
(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Supreme Court shall, as respects the whole of the territory of India, have all and every power to make any order for the purpose of securing the attendance of any person, the discovery or production of any documents, or the investigation or punishment of any contempt of itself."
The purpose of Article 142 of the constitution of India is to provide "complete justice". It empowers the Supreme Court (no High Court is empowered under Article 142) to pass any order to do "complete justice".
Cases where Article 142 was invoked by the Hon'ble Supreme Court are as under:
Ayodhya Case:
It may be noted that the Article 142 in Constitution of India was invoked by theApex Court in Ayodhya case wherein the bench handed over the disputed land of 2.77 acres to a trust to be formed by the central government within three months for the construction of a temple, under the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act, 1993. Another 5 acres of land was allotted for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya. The court observed as under:
"The phrase 'is necessary for doing complete justice' is of a wide amplitude and encompasses a power of equity which is employed when the strict application of the law is inadequate to produce a just outcome. The demands of justice require a close attention not just to positive law but also to the silences of positive law to find within its interstices, a solution that is equitable and just. The legal enterprise is premised on the application of generally worded laws to the specifics of a case before courts."
Bhopal Gas Tragedy:
The Hon'ble court observed as under:
"prohibitions or limitations or provisions contained in ordinary laws cannot, ipso facto, act as prohibitions or limitations on the constitutional powers under Article 142……..But we think that such prohibition should also be shown to be based on some underlying fundamental and general issues of public policy and not merely incidental to a particular statutory scheme or pattern. It will again be wholly incorrect to say that powers under Article 142 are subject to such express statutory prohibitions. That would convey the idea that statutory provisions override a constitutional provision. Perhaps, the proper way of expressing the idea is that in exercising powers under Article 142 and in assessing the needs of ―"complete justice" of a cause or matter, the apex Court will take note of the express prohibitions in any substantive statutory provision based on some fundamental principles of public policy and regulate the exercise of its power and discretion accordingly. The proposition does not relate to the powers of the Court under Article 142, but only to what is or is not 'complete justice' of a cause or matter and in the ultimate analysis of the propriety of the exercise of the power. No question of lack of jurisdiction or of nullity can arise."
The much publicized Government order on Alcohol Banning on State And National Highways
Well known Coal Block Allocation Case
Why Article 142 for validating the reassessment proceeding initiated in between 01.04.2021 to 30.03.2021? What now?
The only alternative option could have been the retrospective amendment in the Income Tax Act- 1961 which could have been titled as "Clarificatory in nature". However, this time no retrospective amendment was carried out on this point by the Finance Bill – 2022 but the Judiciary have decided the issue in favour of the assessee.
No Government could have dared to leave crores and crores of revenue for mere "Technical breaches" of law.
It may be noted that there are various other sections where the proceeding is invalidated for the reason of technical breaches like imposition of penalty without due tick in the income tax notices, without mentioning the dates, etc. However, the present issue was backed by some "bonafide" justification as a result of which the Article 142 is invoked by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Now, there are the chances when the taxpayer would approach the Hon'ble Supreme Court with a request for invoking natural justice. It may happen in the GST proceeding in most of the cases.
There are a lot of issues which are going to emerge from the Supreme Court pronouncements. Though, it appears that all the revenue may not get the benefit in all 90,000 cases, but still a major chunk of cases will be there in the kitty of the income tax department.
The Officers Association has already written to the CBDT for clarification, still it appears that the interpretation would be the matter of further litigation and controversy on either side.
One thing is sure now that most of the assessee would be flooded with the notices and compliances of section 148A(b). Let us enjoy the uncertainty of the tax laws.


A real fun day. The sun shone for us all day. Around 30 classic cars on site included, Hillman Avenger, Morris Marina, split screen Morris Minors, Lancia and many more. Local school children dancing around the Maypole. The Spitfire flypast was exciting both to see & hear. Beer tent & BBQ kept visitors fed & watered. A sheep dog rounding up ducks and guiding them through obstacles was very entertaining.