I'm more confused about my story now.
I'm losing confidence in my writing ability.
I think I'd save myself a lot of heartache if I'd just stop giving into the temptation of reading how-to books on writing. The more I read, the more I over think the process, and the end result is I write less and pile on a mountain of self-doubt in the process.
Writing is hard and I'm making it even harder in my never-ending quest for the perfect "formula" for writing a novel. I need to build my confidence back up, so I'm stepping away from the novel and Story Genius for a couple of weeks.
We each have our own way of doing things. In the years that I've been writing, I have figured out that if I don't write every single day, it's really hard for me to get back into it. I am a person who needs to write every day. It's important that I get back into that habit. I'm setting the novel aside so I can work on some short stories instead. The idea of being able to start something that I know will not take me very long to complete will give me the confidence boost I need, take the overwhelm out of the writing process, and help me get back to writing every day.
I think you're making the right choice, you're listening to your inner voice and that's always the best way to do things.
I'm sure a little break will give you fresh eyes for your novel and the ability to move forward.
I'm rooting for you, Jennifer! We've all been there before.


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Armenia didn't win the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Azerbaijan lost it.
The Nagorno-Karabakh War is remembered for its surprise victory of the underdog, Armenia, over the perceived winner, Azerbaijan. There are many reasons as to why: Azerbaijan has large oil reserves to feed its war machine, Armenia does not. Armenia has to contend with the possibility of Turkey entering the war and fighting on a Second […]
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The Nagorno-Karabakh War is remembered for its surprise victory of the underdog, Armenia, over the perceived winner, Azerbaijan. There are many reasons as to why: Azerbaijan has large oil reserves to feed its war machine, Armenia does not. Armenia has to contend with the possibility of Turkey entering the war and fighting on a Second front, Azerbaijan has no such worry of a Second Front.
But yet, not only was Azerbaijan defeated in the war of 1992 – 1994, they were defeated decisively, losing not just Karabakh but the whole of Kelbajar. In order to understand this defeat, one must look at the internal politics of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani "Game of Thrones", if you will.
While Armenia only had one ruler during the entirety of the war, Azerbaijan had five. Furthermore, Azerbaijan had ousted their leaders every time the suffered a setback, first following the Khojaly massacre, then the fall of Shusha, and finally, the Kelbajar offensive. Eventually, the military stepped in and launched a coup, diverting attention away from the war and in favor of domestic suppression. All this paved a clear way for the Armenians to win with relative ease. By the time the Azerbaijanis regrouped, the Armenians had taken control over the entire southwest quarter of Azerbaijan, forcing Azerbaijan to respond by launched a series of failed human-wave attacks, further depleting their manpower and making it easier for the Armenians to march on Baku.
So, what has happened to both Baku and Yerevan since the end of the war?
Well, the tables have turned, where Azerbaijani leaders were engaged in constant infighting, now Armenians are, with the April 2018 revolution ousting Serzh Sargysan proving it. Baku, on the other hand, has used its oil reserves to revitalize its economy, now they have become a regional economic powerhouse, and have called for building a Trans-Caspian pipeline bypassing Russia all together. The Four Day War in April 2016 proved the changing circumstances, that Azerbaijan was able to recapture territory in the South from Armenian troops.
Ultimately, though, Armenia must rethink its strategy to deal with a resurgent Azerbaijan.
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By: Cassie Miller - May 18, 2020 2:22 pm
Gov. Tom Wolf briefs journalists on Monday, 3/3/20 on the state's latest efforts to fight COVID-19 (screen capture)
In an online briefing Monday, Gov. Tom Wolf called the response by Pennsylvania's Emergency Management Agency and National Guard "critical" to coordinating the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PEMA has been working to address COVID-19 since before the first case of COVID appeared in Pennsylvania, Wolf said. Along with the Department of Health, PEMA has been monitoring the virus since January.
"Pennsylvania has a great team working behind the scenes to coordinate our response to the coronavirus," Wolf said. "I want to reassure all Pennsylvanians that we are in good hands with the teams at PEMA and the National Guard. The training and planning that they do year-round is tested during exercises, and all of that experience is being acted upon now."
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Gone Girl – Reading Discussion
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Questions found on Lit Lovers.
1. Consider Amy and Nick Dunne as characters. Do you find them sympathetic…at first? Talk about the ways each reveals him/herself over the course of the novel. At what point do your sympathies begin to change (if they do)?
I was rarely sympathetic of Nick until the very end. I had sympathy for Diary Amy though; she completely had me fooled. I think it was easy to fool me because Nick was such a jerk even when he was telling the story from his view point. I frequently thought to myself, "Wow, Nick is such a jerk! He's a real ass! What is this guy's problem?" I was kind of sympathetic with the fact that he seemed "socially awkward" with the smiling at odd times and "freezing" on camera because I could relate to that. However, the lying and cheating was inexcusable. Not only lying about Andy but lying about small stuff with the cops. I just thought it was silly and caused unneeded problems for himself.
2. Nick insists from the beginning he had nothing to do with Amy's disappearance. Did you believe him, initially? When did you begin to suspect that he might have something to do with it? At what point did you begin to think he might not?
Initially I did believe Nick, but after a few exchanges of stories, I started to doubt his innocent slightly. His personality and behavior in both Nick's perspective story and Amy's perspective story are terrible! I really didn't like Nick. I didn't like how he was constantly lying about the littlest of things and I found it extremely annoying that he wasn't confiding in anyone, even his sister!
3. How would you describe the couple's marriage? What does it look like from the outside…and what does it look like from the inside? Where do the stress lines fall in their relationship?
I felt their marriage was definitely going through a long rough patch, but I felt like it was normal. I feel that their relationship was strained because there wasn't enough honest communication going back and forth. I can see that both sides are probably extremely stubborn and believing that their way is the right way. I can see the Nick probably gives in more to Amy but he still wasn't communicating with her his thoughts and concerns in fear of upsetting her. This is a big NO-NO! It's one thing to give a little and drop the small stuff, but somewhere down the line you have to really communicate your needs and your concerns. If it got to the point where he felt he didn't love her any more, he needed to talk to her and let her know that he's unhappy. How can you fix something if both sides are pretending everything is OK? Cheating is NOT the answer no matter how bad things get. That only strains the relationship more.
4. On their fifth anniversary, Nick wonders, "What have we done to each other? What will we do?" Is that the kind of question that might present itself in any marriage? Yours? In other words, does this novel make you wonder about your own relationship? And can you ever truly know the other person?
I think this is a question that will arise in every marriage. Sometimes our bad habits carries over to our partner and vice versa. I think this is normal. The novel did make me think about my own marriage… would my husband ever be capable of doing something like this to me? Would I be capable of doing something like this to my husband? I don't think so. What Amy did was pure evil! I mean, if I caught my husband cheating, I would definitely want revenge, but I'm not insane enough to try and get him killed for it. I'll probably spit in his mouth wash or something. Maybe if I was really upset, use his toothbrush on the toilet and put it back where I found it! Haha teach him to cheat on me! ;P
Can you ever truly know the other person? I don't think so. We all have secrets and dark places in our mind that we do not share with anyone; sometimes we fail to acknowledge it exist in ourselves. I don't think anyone truly knows themselves completely so how can you expect someone else to truly know you?
5. Amy and Nick lie. When did you begin to suspect that the two were lying to one another…and to you, the reader? Why do they lie…what do they gain by it?
I don't think Nick lied to the reader… I know he lied to the other characters in the book though. I didn't know Amy was lying until the 2nd book when she admitted to faking the first persona! Like I said, I was completely fooled! I know Nick lied because he didn't want to be bothered with more questions. Amy lied because she was trying to frame her husband for her murder!
6. Do you find the Gillian Flynn's technique of alternating first-person narrations compelling…or irritating. Would you have preferred a single, straightforward narrator? What does the author gain by using two different voices?
I loved the alternating first-person narrating! It helps keep things fresh and interesting. It felt like I was reading a bunch of short stories so it made it much easier for me to move through the book.
7. A skillful mystery writer knows which details to reveal and when to reveal them. How much do you know…and when do you know it? In other words, how good is Flynn at burying her clues in plain sight? Now that you know how the story plays out, go back and pick out the clues she left behind for you.
I'd probably have to re-read the book to answer this one. I mean, I was surprised by many things but I'm not so sure she actually left any clues.
8. Flynn divides her narrative into two parts. Why? What are the difference between the two sections?
Well, the second part was crucial to reveal the mystery and story to the reader. It felt like Flynn decided it was enough teasing and suspense for the reader. The second half was needed to bring the story to it's conclusion. In many ways, it also help bring in the narrative of a third person since Real Amy is a completely different person than Diary Amy. Again, I feel this helped keep the story refreshing… always adding in new elements to keep the story from becoming trite.
9. In what way does Amy's background—her parents' books about her perfection—affect her as an adult?
It made her think she had to be a certain way. I think she was trying too hard to live up to Amazing Amy that she eventually just cracked. The stress was too much for little Amy and she just cracked! I learned a valuable lesson from this book — don't write a story with your child as the main character! Or rather, give the main character of your series the same name as any of your children!
10. The Dunnes move to North Carthage, near Hannibal, the home of Mark Twain. How has Tom Sawyer been worked into Gone Girl…and why? What does that extra-textual detail add to the story?
I'm sorry to say, if I paid attention more in school when I was made to read Tom Sawyer, I'd have a better answer to this question. Since I didn't, I don't really feel I can answer this question thoroughly. I have no idea how Tom Sawyer was worked into Gone Girl other than Nick played Tom Sawyer for whatever reason (school or work, I forgot) when he was younger.
11. Did you suspect Nick's big secret? Were you surprised—shocked—by it? Or did you have an inkling?
I had a feeling Nick had been cheating. I thought he was cheating while the couple was still in New York though so that set me up to think he was capable of it the entire time. I thought it was strange that he missed his anniversary because he had to take some of the guys out to drink… really? What a terrible husband! At that moment I was thinking, "I bet he's cheating and not out drinking with the guys." I wasn't that shocked when I found out he had been cheating.
12. Does Amy try hard enough to like North Carthage? Or is she truly a duck out of water, too urbane to ever fit into a small, Midwestern town?
I think Amy tried to fit in at North Carthage. I know she had to fake a lot of it, but at least she attempted even though she didn't like it. Fake it til you make it! Even if she never end up liking it, I think she found it amusing to manipulate the local folk into whatever it was she wanted them to do. It would have kept her busy for a long while. She would have always found some new reason to manipulate those around her.
13. What are Amy's treasure hunts all about? Why does she initiate them for Nick?
Amy's treasure hunts were to keep the premise up. She makes a scavenger hunt every year for their anniversary. I think she also did it to torture Nick and also to mess with his head. I think that was explained fairly well in the book in both narrations.
14. Critics, to a one, talk about the book's dark humor and author's wit. What passages of the book do you find particularly funny?
I don't have the book on me right now to pull the words out directly, but I really like the whole splurge Amy gave about "cool girls" being fake. How there are no such thing as a "cool girl" and that it's just a persona girls put up to get the guy. Haha, I don't know, it made me laugh and I felt like I could totally relate. In many ways, I felt real Amy matches my persona with the things that she says. Obviously not completely because I'm not insane (I don't think), but she's very cynical but what she says is the truth.
15. Movie time: who would you like to see play what part?
Oh man… I'm terrible at actor and actresses names so I'm just going to reference it based on the characters I remember them as. For Amy, I can see the main actress from Notebook and also Regina (I think her name was Regina) in Mean Girls. The meanest of the Mean Girls. For Nick, I can see someone like the lead male in The Proposal with Sandra Bullock and incidentally I can see Sandra Bullock as Go. Haha
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Pibuz put in a little request a few days ago for a workflow tutorial on how I created the fire in the below scene. I am happy to oblige, so (for what it's worth) here goes!
The logs and grate were free models downloaded from 3D Warehouse with a bit of modification to remove sharp edges, put in my own materials etc.
I found an image of some flames on Google and then made corresponding clip and bump maps. I made an emitting material using the flames as a light source and then blended that with a null with the fire only at 5% visibility. I found this gave a good mix of light emitted whilst allow you the see through the flames a little. This material was applied to 4 planes throughout the logs as shown below.
The smoke is just a .png image of smoke with a diffuse material, and again blended with a null this time with the smoke at 15% visibility. This material was applied to a simple plane in the middle of the logs.
The ashes are a mix of 3 elements 1. some little pebbles 2. a displaced shape to look like a heap of small pebbles and 3. a displaced shape with the 'Fire Embers' material from the Mat DB applied.
As there are not (as yet ) any emitting double sided thins for Skindigo we always run into the problem that the light emitted for the flame planes is only in the normal direction. In this case out towards the camera and to the right. In order to combat this I had to cheat a little to ensure I also get light emitting to the rear and the left. This was done by simply adding the flames material to areas of the logs as shown below. I can then just flip my grouped fire model along it's red or green axis to ensure these extra lights are not visible to the camera in any particular scene.
The last thing I did was to introduce a small amount of motion blur to the flames to give them that 'roaring up the chimney' look, this was done using Key Frames. I set the default position of the 4 flame planes as 0, moved them up 20mm and set this second position as 1.
And that, as they say, is that! Hope this help some people!
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Wonderful! Thanks bubs!!! Very clear!
..I'd like to suggest you slightly change the topic name: there is a plugin for Maxwell called "Fire" which is sort of an integrated renderer, and this could be misleading for those who know ..maybe..."sketchup fireplace"?
Great tutorial but you missed two quite important things bubs!
also there is no need for a (bad) alpha map!
I will investigate to understand the null emitter material, which is actually something I never ever thought of Thanks again!
@Zom-B - Thanks, I thought about that but you can't blend a null with a null, so my fire was always opaque, but I take your point that it's probably a more correct way to work... but this was just a tutorial on how I achieved what I did, and I am by no means saying this is the only (or correct for that matter) way to do this. Thanks for pointing out my bad Alpha by the way! This fire was never intended to be in close up, it's just a small corner of a larger scene, so I was happy that I was getting away with it!
Yes, the idea here is to have a nullMaterial with a emitting texture!
bubs wrote: but this was just a tutorial on how I achieved what I did, and I am by no means saying this is the only (or correct for that matter) way to do this. Thanks for pointing out my bad Alpha by the way! This fire was never intended to be in close up, it's just a small corner of a larger scene, so I was happy that I was getting away with it!
You are welcome as always!
No offence taken! I've a thicker skin than that! I've added a note to the OP to read down for the better method.
Always glad to learn new and better ways to do things!
Ok Zom-B: I'm trying to do the null emitter.
First of all, in SU we cannot choose null as a base shader, so I just exported a diffuse and I'm trying to set the material directly inside Indigo. What would be the correct workflow to get your nice image n.2?
Pibuz, mine works fine if I set the material type to diffuse, and in the emitter slot I checked 'texture', linked to my image and then set the layer and power as usual. When it exports to indigo I just select the material and change the type from diffuse to null, that's all.
Results using a null emitter on a subdivided plane for the fire as Zom-B suggests.
bubs wrote: Pibuz, mine works fine if I set the material type to diffuse, and in the emitter slot I checked 'texture', linked to my image and then set the layer and power as usual.
Do you use a png..or a clip map maybe? I mean, to exclude the non-flames parts..
Sorry for the question...it works...I thought I did the same thing yesterday but apparently I didn't..
Testing the subdivisions efficienty for a comparison now: it's not that I don't trust Zom-B: I just want to check if I got it right!
Bubs: what did you put in the subdivisions slot for your flames' planes?
A note about the subdivision of the emitting quad: you only need to do this when the emitting part of the quad is a small fraction of the overall quad (like in Zom-b's flame texture). For Bub's image, subdivision probably isn't needed.
I was convinced I couldn't see much difference during rendering with sub-div and not... thought I was going mad as there is clearly a big difference in Zom-B's test. This is good info to know!
The scene is exactly the same: same objects, same materials (null emitter), same light settings, same resolution. Only thing changing is the subdivision of the flames' mesh, as indicated in the images.
The best s/pixels and s/seconds rates are gained in the SUBD.10 test, although I think we get the cleanest result for subd.16.. what do you think?


There once was a man, he was really really desperate... I'm not so sure if Mr. Courbet was as "really really" desperate as he seems, because I didn't do any research on his painting.
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Q: Windows 2008 Share Perimssions and NTFS Write Attributes Permission It appears that there has been a subtle change in the way that share and NTFS permissions interact in Windows 2008 R2. In our application, we need to set the Write Attributes permission on in order to write to custom properties in OLE/DB documents. Under Windows 2003, setting the share permission to Modify would not conflict with this NTFS setting, but under Windows 2008 R2, we have to set the share permission to Full Control or the write to the custom properties will fail.
Please note that if I had my way, this would be fine. I consider share permissions to be poorly designed and there are other better ways to treat network and local users differently, if there is some need for that. But some of our customers have um, rigid, security policies.

A: I'm not sure what you are talking about here. There are no Share permissions called Modify in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 R2:

The interaction between Share permissions and NTFS permissions can be complex. Share permissions take a much simpler view of the world. Your granularity for Share permissions is limited to Full Control, Change and Read. There is no concept of a Share owner and no "Share permissions inheritance". To further complicate things you can have the same folder shared more than once, with each Share having independent permissions. If you have "nested" shares, you'll get the Share permissions of whatever shared you have mapped.
NTFS permissions are always enforced, even if a the user or process is remote. Windows will take into account both the Share Permissions and NTFS Permissions and "calculate" their effective permissions.
The general process is like this:

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*Gather all of the Share permissions and combine them together. A Deny will override any Allowed.

*Gather all of the NTFS permissions the user has to the file. Make sure you account for both explicit and inherited NTFS permissions. Just as with Share permissions, a Deny will override any Allowed permissions. Remember to consider that NTFS permissions that are not inherited or explicitly assigned are implicitly set to Deny.

*Combine the Share permissions and NTFS permissions. Where there is an overlap the more restrictive of the set is the effective permission.

You are probably seeing a more restrictive interpretation of Modify (or Change?) in Windows Server 2008 R2 which is then calculated against your less restrictive NTFS permissions. I like @Helge Klein could not find any documentation on what constitutes actual atomic permissions of the Modify Share "meta-permission".
As you have discovered, this process is complex and prone to errors. Make your life simple and use NTFS permissions exclusively for your access control. Set your Share permissions so they are wide open (DOMAIN\Authenticated Users - Full Control) and then set the NTFS permissions to provide you desired access control - something like the following is typical:

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*DOMAIN\Authenticated Users - Read

*DOMAIN\Accounting-Users - Modify

*DOMAIN\IT-Admins - Full Control
The Access Token the user or process ends up contains the more restrictive ACLs and not just a union of then. This is the only sane way to do it otherwise you have to maintain and troubleshoot your ACLs in two separate spots with two separate set of tools. That way lies the path of madness.

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Retrospectives: Léon Walras and the Nobel Peace Prize
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vol. 21, no. 4, Fall 2007
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This paper is an account of the history of Léon Walras's attempt to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1906. It describes Walras's moves to get three of his Lausanne colleagues to nominate him for the prize, the arguments advanced in the proposal, and the reception that it received by the Norwegian Peace Prize Committee in Kristiania (Oslo). It discusses whether Walras had realistic reasons to believe that he stood a chance of winning the prize, and it evaluates the validity of the arguments on which the proposal was based.
Sandmo, Agnar. 2007. "Retrospectives: Léon Walras and the Nobel Peace Prize." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21 (4): 217-228. DOI: 10.1257/jep.21.4.217
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This page lists opportunities Luria Library learns about for community volunteering and valid sources for donations in the aftermath of the Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslide event, as well as for long-term and on-going opportunities to help our community. Neither SBCC nor Eli Luria Library endorse any specific organization, but we have verified the reliability of all sources.
If your group or organization is hosting a fundraiser event or seeking volunteers to help with local relief efforts, or if you learn of other volunteer ideas, please email the details to library@sbcc.edu and we will post.
American Red Cross: Accepting monetary donations. To donate, text redcross to 90999.
Direct Relief: This Santa Barbara-based organization provides resources to areas around the world that are facing emergencies or poverty. They have done and continue to do so much, since the beginning of the Thomas Fire, to help this region.
Volunteer locally, or donate to local or international relief efforts.
If you are on Facebook: Once you have marked yourself safe in The Mudslide in Santa Barbara County, you can offer assistance and resources to the community in general on the same page; search for "Montecito Community Thomas Fire Mudslide Volunteer Labor Network." Be safe and keep in mind that everyone can see or contact you if you post an offer on this page, including potential scammers.
United Way of Santa Barbara: Here is current info on which major organizations are accepting donations and volunteers. Donations to United Way in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties are being combined into one fund for the Thomas Fire, flood and mudslides: unitedwaythomasfirefund.org or text UWVC to 41444. 100% of the donations will go directly to those affected by the fires.
Unity Shoppe at 1401 Chapala Street: Call to see what they are accepting currently. Suggested items include new clothing, blankets, toiletries, unopened food, and monetary donations.
SBCC Foundation: Always raising funds to build SBCC student success, the Foundation is also working to support members of the campus community who have been impacted by the recent disasters. Consider donating for current or long-term projects that will aid SBCC students, staff, and faculty.
SBCC encourages rideshare/ride-offering: Many SBCC students, staff, and faculty live on the other side of the mudslides and truly can't bring their cars. Could you pick someone up at Amtrak, or drive someone to campus who is staying in your neighborhood during the evacuation?" Sign up here!
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New passports: Uhuru grants relief to Kenyans in diaspora
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President Kenyatta meets Kenyans living in Namibia at the Windhoek Country Club on March 21, 2019. PHOTO | COURTESY | TWITTER
President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed that Kenyans in diaspora be issued with new generation passports in their countries of residence.
Mr Kenyatta, who is on a state visit in Namibia, issued the order to the immigration department and the Foreign Affairs ministry on Thursday when he met Kenyans living and working in the southern African nation.
He said he saw no reason why Kenyans living outside the country should incur huge financial costs to travel back home to Nairobi to acquire the new passports.
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"Form a team that will go from country to country to register Kenyans in the diaspora. No Kenyan should be forced to spend money to travel to Kenya to get passports," he said at the Windhoek Country Club.
The president was responding to requests by Kenyans at the meeting who raised concerns over the difficulties they go through to acquire the new document.
Mr Kenyatta's directive is a relief to many Kenyans in diaspora who had been forced in incur huge expenses coming back to Nairobi to renew their passports.
They have had to endure long queues at Immigration Department, with some missing out on opportunities due to delays.
Early last month, director-general of the department Alex Muteshi said they had put in place mechanisms to enable Kenyans renew and acquire new-generation passports in Paris, Berlin, Washington, London, Dubai and Johannesburg in the next two months.
Majority of Kenyans in Namibia, immigrated following an MoU signed between the Kenyan and Namibian governments in 2002 through which many health professionals, especially nurses, secured employment in the Southern Africa country.
President Kenyatta assured the nurses who are returning to Kenya from Namibia after the end of their contracts that they will get their jobs back when they get back home.
On the ongoing sustained war against corruption, President Kenyatta assured Kenyans in the diaspora that the crackdown will continue, and that every effort will be made in bringing back integrity to the public service.
He said Kenya has great potential but there was need to change practices that hinder the country from achieving progress adding that corruption is a vice that all Kenyans must unite to fight if the country has to progress.
"If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally but if you are corrupt we will fight you," said the president.
He said he will not be clouded by ethnicity or status in his quest to leave behind a united nation and assured that he will continue championing the unity of the nation as he urged Kenyans to shun tribalism.
Kenya's High Commissioner to Namibia Benjamin Lang'at said Kenyans living in Namibia are productive and active in supporting the development of both Kenya and their host country.
On his visit, President Kenyatta was on Thursday the chief guest at the 29th Namibia Independence Day celebrations held in Windhoek.
The president was accompanied by Cabinet Secretaries Monica Juma (Foreign Affairs), James Macharia (Transport and Infrastructure), Peter Munya (Trade and Industry) and Mwangi Kiunjuri (Agriculture).
Here are some quick features of the new Kenyan e-Passport:
How to get it: Applicants must personally present themselves to immigration offices for the taking of biometrics (fingerprints, photo, and signature). Those with the current passports will be required to replace them with ePassports within the next one year. All new applications henceforth will be migrated to ePassport.
Fees: The fee for acquiring the ePassport will be Sh4,550 for a 32-page and Sh6,050-page document. The processing period for an ePassport will be 10 working days.
Distinct features: The ePassport has a chip. The chip provides travellers benefits such as use of automated border clearance.
How it works: The ePassport will enhance faster clearance at points of entry and exit. It is highly secure, hence avoids passport reproduction and tampering.
Passport number: The new ePassport will not bear the same passport number as current passport. It will have a new number.
Valid Visa: If you have a valid visa on your current passport it will still be valid after you acquire the new ePassport.
Living abroad: You can renew or get a new ePassport through any Kenya embassy. President Kenyatta's order mean more embassies will be able to issues these documents.
Logo: The e-passport logo, which appears on the cover, is the international symbol for an electronic passport. It means that the passport has an integrated circuit or chip on which data about the passport and passport holder is stored.
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