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"Donald Trump's mother asked: 'What kind of son have I created?'" by Caroline Mortimer
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Donald Trump's mother asked: 'What kind of son have I created?'
by Caroline Mortimer, Published in The Independent on November 4, 2017
Donald Trump's mother once reportedly asked his first wife "what sort of son have I created".
Mary Trump, the Scottish-born mother of the US President who died in 2000, is reported to have been acutely embarrassed by the antics of her fourth child during the 1990s when his failing marriage and business were the subject of intense tabloid scrutiny.
Born as the 10th child of the MacLeod family on the Outer Hebridean Isle of Lewis in 1912, Ms Trump was raised in a strict Presbyterian, Gaelic speaking household.
She emigrated to New York in 1930 and found work as a domestic servant before later marrying businessman Fred Trump and having five children.
She then spent many years as a society housewife in the Queens neighbourhood and the city, volunteering with local charities and helping her husband with his real estate business.
But Ms Trump despaired of her son's antics during the late 1980s when the ups and downs of his divorce from his first wife, Ivana Trump, meant her family were thrown into the spotlight when she was in her eighties.
She became a minor source of attention during this time and was frequently photographed by the paparazzi. She was horrified at the role her son played in it, according to a 1990 article by Vanity Fair.
Mr Trump is known for his frequent references to his father and the role he played in his life but is more reluctant to talk about his mother.
Despite describing her as "fantastic" and "a homemaker" who "loved it" with a "great sense of pageantry", it is his father's picture which sits in the Oval Office – not hers.
Friends of the family have commented that Ms Trump always seem more distant from her family than her husband.
A childhood friend of Mr Trump recounted how Fred Trump "would be around and watch him play" but "his mom didn't interact in that way".
A friend of Mr Trump's older brother Fred Jr agreed that they "rarely" saw his mother but "did see a lot of the housekeeper".
Psychologists who are analysing the President behaviour have wondered whether his thin skin, need for praise and poor treatment of women – particularly those who stand up to him – stems from his relationship with his mother.
Prudence Gourguechon, from the American Psychoanalytic Association, told Politico: "I'm not talking specifically about any individual, including the president, or his mother".
But she added that a solid relationship with an attentive mother builds up "the capacity to trust, a sense of security versus insecurity [and] knowing what's real and what's not real".
She said: "Your mother helps you identify your feelings and develop a cognitive structure so you don't have to act on them immediately. And I think it's fair to say that the capacity for empathy develops through your maternal relationship."
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The story of St Anne from the beginning...
Taken from the book, St Anne, Grandmother of Our Saviour by Frances Parkinson Keyes.
Ancient Story
According to the ancient story called the "Gospel of James", Anne the mother of Mary, was born in Bethlehem, where, years later, Jesus would be born. She married Joachim from Nazareth in Galilee. Their marriage was blessed in many ways. They loved each other very much and over the years their love only grew stronger. The couple prospered when they moved to Jerusalem. Joachim, a shepherd who owned a large herd of sheep, was given the task of supplying the temple in Jerusalem with sheep for its sacrifices from his flocks, which grazed in the hills nearby the city. Unfortunately, after twenty years of marriage Ann and Joachim had no children. They prayed and prayed, and even vowed to dedicate to God any child they would have. Year after year they entered the Temple to plead with God for help. But no child came. Once, when Joachim went to the Temple for the feast of Dedication, he overheard someone ridiculing him for not being able to father a child. Stung by the remark, he went out into the hill country near Jerusalem where shepherds tended his flocks and cried to God over his disappointment of so many years.
Angel's Message
After many days there alone, pouring out the sadness in his heart before God, an angel appeared to Joachim in dazzling light. The vision frightened him, but the angel said: "Don't be afraid. I have come to tell you the Lord has heard your prayers. He knows how good you are and he knows your many years of sorrow for having no child. God will give your wife a child just as he did Sarah, the wife of Abraham, and Anna, the mother of Samuel. Your wife Anne will bear you a daughter. You shall call her Mary and dedicate her to God, for she will be filled with the Holy Spirit from her mother's womb." "I will give you a sign", the angel continued. "Go back to Jerusalem. You will meet your wife at the Golden Gate, and your sorrow will be turned into joy." Meanwhile, Anne, not knowing where her husband had gone, grew anxious and afraid. She, too, was hurt that she had no children and felt as though she were being punished by God. Going into the garden, she noticed some sparrows building a nest in a laurel tree, for it was springtime, and she began to cry: "Why was I born, O Lord? The birds build nests for their young yet I have no child of my own. The animals of the earth, the fish of the sea are fruitful, yet I have nothing. The land produces fruit in due season, but I have no infant to hold in my arms." Suddenly, the angel of the Lord came to her and said, "Anne, the Lord has heard your prayer. You shall conceive a child whom the whole world will praise. Go to the Golden Gate in Jerusalem and meet your husband there." So she quickly went to the city gate. The two met there and embraced, and joyfully shared the news the angel had given them. Returning home, Anne conceived and bore a daughter, and called her Mary. Mary was a common name for Jewish women of the time. The name is derived from Miriam, who was the sister of Moses. Perhaps the Jewish people then, longing for someone like Moses to lead them from their long slavery to foreigners like the Greeks and the Romans, chose that name for so many of their daughters, hoping that a new Moses would come and find another Miriam at his side. HT

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Tens of thousands of new immigrants failed to report to immigration within 15 days
Most new immigrants fail to report Tens of thousands of new immigrants failed to report to immigration within 15 days Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1pfR2ZE
Associated Press Published 7:11 a.m. ET Sept. 26, 2014
A woman and child are escorted to a van by detention facility guards inside the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children in Artesia, N.M, Sept. 10, 2014. (Photo: Juan Carlos LLorca , AP )
Washington — For nearly three months this summer, the Obama administration carefully avoided answering questions about what happened to tens of thousands of immigrant families caught illegally crossing the Mexican border and released into the United States with instructions to report back to immigration authorities.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and others said they faced deportation. But it turns out that tens of thousands of those immigrants did not follow the government's instructions to meet with federal immigration agents within 15 days. Instead, they have vanished into the interior of the U.S.
The Homeland Security Department privately acknowledged that about 70 percent of immigrant families failed to report as ordered. The disclosure came during a confidential meeting at its Washington headquarters with immigration advocates participating in a federal working group on detention and enforcement policies.
The Associated Press obtained an audio recording of Wednesday's meeting and separately interviewed participants.
On the recording, the government did not specify the total number of families released into the U.S. since October. Since only a few hundred families have already been returned to their home countries and limited U.S. detention facilities can house only about 1,200 family members, the 70 percent figure suggests the government released roughly 41,000 members of immigrant families who subsequently failed to appear at federal immigration offices.
The official, who was not identified by name on the recording, also said final deportation had been ordered for at least 860 people traveling as families caught at the border since May but only 14 people had reported as ordered.
The Homeland Security Department did not dispute the authenticity of the recording.
In an emailed statement Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the no-show figure represented "an approximate snapshot" of cases since May. Christiansen said some people may still report to immigration court hearings, and a "significant" number of deportation cases are still pending before judges.
The AP reported in June that the administration would not say publicly how many immigrant families from Central America caught crossing into the U.S. it had released in recent months or how many of those subsequently reported back to the government after 15 days as directed. The AP noted that senior U.S. officials directly familiar with the issue, including at the Homeland Security Department and White House, had dodged the answer on at least seven occasions over two weeks, alternately saying that they did not know the figure or didn't have it immediately at hand.
Homeland Security's public affairs office during the same period did not answer roughly a dozen requests for the figures.
More than 66,000 immigrants traveling as families, mostly mothers and young children, have been apprehended at the border since the start of the budget year in October. Nearly 60,000 of those immigrants are from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala and cannot be immediately repatriated, so the government has been releasing them into the U.S. and telling them to report within 15 days to the nearest Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices.
Republican lawmakers have been critical of the administration's decision to release any immigrants caught crossing the border illegally.
"With this administration's failure to enforce our immigration laws, it is no surprise that 70 percent of the families released take their chances to stay here and don't show up for their follow-up appointments or court dates," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said.
That previously undisclosed no-show rate led in part to the government's decision in June to open a temporary detention facility at a federal training center in Artesia, New Mexico.
A second immigration jail in Texas was later converted for families and can house about 530 people. A third such detention center will open in Texas later this year. Before the new facility in Artesia, the government had room for fewer than 100 people at its only family detention center in Pennsylvania.
Immigration advocates have complained that the new detention centers were punishing immigrants who ultimately may win lawful asylum claims to remain in the U.S. In the meeting, they also questioned whether immigration officials had clearly and properly instructed immigrants to meet with federal agents within 15 days.
The ICE official said it was necessary to detain families to ensure they didn't vanish into the U.S. He encouraged advocacy groups to help find ways to ensure that immigrants reported to federal agents as ordered so the government could begin processing their cases, including any requests to remain in the U.S. legally.
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A-Rob's Money Train
2020 CFB Record: 15-7-1
A-Rob's Comprehensive Guide on How to be a Successful Sports Bettor
CFB Week 4 Picks
Posted on September 19, 2019 September 19, 2019 by Adam Robertson
There are two types of people in this world.
There are sheep (sheeple). And there are wolves.
The sheeple are not necessarily a cowardly type. I have heard about and seen various sheeple act as brave as a human being can be. They are often very fastidious in their beliefs, not to mention their capability for nobility. But it is not bravery, or valor, or even physical strength that separates the sheeple and the wolves, as it is more so portrayed in nature.
The true disguising factor is the tendency to capitulate and assimilate. And you know what? There's nothing wrong with that. It takes all types in this world to make it go round. That's why our creator enriched our planet with a multitude of personalities, some similar and others on the opposite ends of the spectrum. It gives the universe harmony. The Ying and the Yang. Namaste.
But let it be known that A-Rob is a gah dang wolf.
There's a funny game you become involved in when you're one of the wolves. And its not played with the sheeple. Its a game between other wolves. Especially the ones that are power hungry and fiend for control. There are wolves that want to turn other wolves into sheeple, thus enlarging their territory of influence. And for those of you that feel the need to direct that energy at me, you're in for a hell of a resistance.
A-Rob's Money Train or A-Rob's Roller Coaster?
To this point in the season, has the Money Train been profitable? No. We sit at 14-18-1 ATS. But has it been entertaining? You'd be lying to yourself if you said it hasn't. We've been on the end of some ugly losses (and a push), as well as some damn good wins and thrills (Shout out to Ryan Hilinski for giving us a hell of a cover. And I haven't forgotten about you either, Bo Nix).
Listen, I do realize this is more about the picks than anything else. ITS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE PICKS. And in all honesty, this is a new situation for us. The Money Train has never been in an overall unprofitably position at this point in the season. But fortune will favor the bold. Trust the process. This season is still going to bring us cash stacks. Last Saturday we had our first winning week. The seal is broken. And now… we're about to start going ham.
Houston @ Tulane -5 (Thursday)
King is a fun quarterback to watch, and its easy to fall in love with offense. But you gotta be able to play some defense baby!
Tulane is a sound football team. On both sides of the ball. I wanted to take them early in season, but somehow they've slipped my mind. They have my attention now. And if they haven't gotten yours, take a look at this line. The books are begging you to take Houston (a Group of 5 team the public has some knowledge of).
The Green Wave has played solid defense all year. They held FIU to 14, Auburn to 24, and Missouri State to 6. Offensively, they are a ground and pound attack. Remember what happened last time Houston played an option team? Army absolutely shredded them on national television.
And this game is in New Orleans? The Green Wave is set to deliver the green bag.
Utah @ USC +4 (Friday)
An important lesson in gambling: transitive properties need not apply.
BYU got smacked by Utah. Then they beat USC outright. Therefore Utah should take care of the Trojans? Not so fast my friends. I'm not letting BYU throw me off the scent of USC. In fact, I'm done taking stock in anything that happens in a BYU game. Those damn Mormons keep costing me money cause I keep thinking I have them figured out, only to be made to look foolish in the end. DARN YOU COUGARS AND YOUR POLYGOMOUS FANBASE.
You know what's interesting about this Utah-USC series? The home team has won the last six meetings.
If you still think Mike Leach and his air raid system is a gimmick, you need to pull your head out of the 1990s. The shit works. In the 50 games prior to Mike Leach arriving in Pullman, Wazzu was 10-40. His record there is 37-13. He took an average (at best) program in Texas Tech to heights they'd never seen. The guy is a developer of coaches and players. And the man calling the shots for the Trojans on offensive is no other than his former Red Raider quarterback Graham Harrell.
I say all that to point out styles make fights. Utah is a physical football team, but the finesse and speed of USC could make this very interesting. Clay Helton is still not dead yet.
Tennessee +14.5 @ Florida
Something in my system causes my PH level to get out of wack the beginning of Florida week. Like some building concoction of hope for victory and disdain for the opponent unlike any other rival on Tennessee's schedule. The maddening, bewildering, and embarrassing course of events this series has taken over the last 15 or so years would cause lesser fanbases to crack. But not us. We're still here for it. And one of these days the tide in this series is going to turn. And I will revel in every bit of it for as long as that run lasts.
Is Tennessee good? If you base it off the record, you'd have to say no. I mean the Vols lost to Georgia State who just got destroyed by effing Western Michigan. But that was a few weeks ago. This has always been about conference play. The beginning of an SEC revenge tour where Tennessee may not get all of them, but they're damn well getting at least a few of them. This team has gotten better every week. A lot of young guys have been out there, and I see a couple potential stars starting to show signs of life.
The real x-factor is how number 2 plays. And behind an improving offensive line and run game, JG has to start showing something. Its now or never with him. And if his performance in this game ends up being more evidence of the latter, then I say just go ahead and pull the plug and get one of those young qbs in there.
Is Florida good? If you base it off their 3-0 record and the ranking next to their name, you would be inclined to say yes. But after watching a few of their games, my eyes tell me they're pretty damn average. And pretty damn beatable at that.
That offensive line is nothing to write home about. They're banged up on the defensive front. And they have a quarterback making his first start since he was in freaking middle school (I'm serious, look it up).
Dan 'Meatloaf' Mullen and his gang of heathens escaped Kroger Field with a win I'm not sure they deserved. Could this be the week the chickens come home to roost? I'm going to miss the Pool Boy, but we have a potential new source of dark humor in Kyle Trash (sometimes the jokes write themselves).
Give me the Vols and the points. I'm not necessarily calling for the outright win, but that +475 moneyline is just too damn juicy for me to stay away from. Sprinkle that bitch with me if you have any balls.
Cal @ Ole Miss -2.5
I spoke with a middle aged woman just today that moved to Nashville from Northern California. She told me the weather is literally the same all year round, except it rains consistently between February and April. Let's just say Cal making its way across the country to the deep south is going to put them in an element they're not accustom to. The humidity and heat in Mississippi is just different. Keep in mind, this is a noon kick (high 80s by kickoff, could be worse but definitely gives the Rebs-I-mean-landsharks a slight edge).
I understand Cal's defense is stingy. They're especially good in the secondary. They have a nice win against Washington, but you have to admit with the weather delays, that game was at least a little fluky. And for as good as their defense is, the offense doesn't do them many favors. If they're going to win games, they have to make it a defensive slugfest.
Last year, when you thought of Ole Miss, you thought about offense. But Mississippi seems to have a surprisingly competent defense. And after a rough start against Memphis, Matt Corral is coming along at quarterback. Speaking of Corral, he's a California kid himself. The only one on Ole Miss's team. He spurned the Golden Bears in terms of his recruitment, having his eyes on playing in the SEC, the best damn league in college football. He should be extra motivated to shred his home state team.
Michigan +3.5 @ Wisconsin
Fun fact: I'm betting these games as I write this week. I'm scrolling the slate, locking in a bet, and then immediately writing about it before going on to the next. Keeps this a little more organic. Something that pops out at me is Michigan is 0-2 ATS. Wisconsin is 2-0 ATS. You know what that means?
Just as everyone starts to sell Michigan, its time to buy a little Wolverine stock.
Laying 22.5 with Michigan was one thing. Still haven't forgiven myself for that one… But underdogs? Very tasty.
Wisconsin has started out on a tear, but you know what? That win at South Florida really doesn't impress me much. Charlie Strong and his USF Bulls are basically hot garbage. Both teams are coming off bye weeks, which I have to think benefitted the sloppy Wolverines more than the Badgers, who would have probably been content with keeping the momentum going.
As much as Michigan has looked out of sync on offense (I'm thinking they'll have a breakout game where they put it together), they're defense has still played pretty damn well. Do you remember that salty offensive line Wisconsin had last year? Most of those dudes are gone, and Michigan's front seven is a different level of opponent than they've faced.
Appalachian State @ UNC -3
I've told you people, I've told you people, I've told you people. We zig and zag. Zig and ZAG.
However, in this instance we are on the side of the public, which goes against how that typically works, but like I always say, sometimes the public has to win some money too.
This game could be chippy. Two in state schools squaring off, but are we really sure who little brother actually is? How is this the first time these two programs have played each other? If this game lives up to the billing and is a good one, they should consider making this a regular thing.
App State has made it a habit to make a decent showing of themselves in these matchups with Power Five opponents. But with UNC coming off a loss against another North Carolina school, and coming back home, Mack Brown should have his team locked in this week.
Kentucky @ Mississippi State -6
And for this version of A-Rob's stinky line of the week, we're headed to Stark-Vegas. So far, the stinky line specials are 2-0 with Maryland -2 vs Syracuse and Wake Forest -3 vs UNC both hitting.
Coming off that brutal soul crushing defeat to the Gators, the 'Den of Cowbells' is a tough bounce back spot. Kentucky really missed out on a prime opportunity to boost their program to another level. If you come off a 10 win season and then follow it up with a second straight victory over Florida, you're making a strong statement about how far your program's come. But alas. They choked that one away.
Originally I thought it could be a good thing for Kentucky to move on from Terry Wilson. He can run, but he's definitely one dimensional. That was until I got a load of this Sawyer Smith character. That dude is a turnover machine. And you want to bet him on the road in another tough conference game? Count me out.
The Bulldogs may have lost to the scrappy Kansas State Wildcats, but they found themselves a starting quarterback in the process. If they had started the game with Garrett 'Helicopter' Shrader behind center, they very well may have won.
South Carolina +9 @ Missouri
HILLINSKI!! You wily son of a gun. Way to hang in and deliver the +25.5 cover last Saturday.
This kid isn't short on moxie. After the game, he said that he felt the Gamecocks were on their way to a comeback victory if the game would of lasted longer. And then he called Alabama 'just alright'.
GAHHHH that's the kind of quarterback I can get behind betting as an over touchdown dog on the road. Especially against Missouri, which I'm still not sold on. I mean they opened their season with an L to the freaking Wyoming Cowboys and now you want to lay 9 here? This is a conference game between competently matched talent. Not to mention, South Carolina has won the last 3 against the Tigers. The Cocks should be able to put some points on the board and do enough defensively to at least keep this one close.
Charlotte +41.5 @ Clemson
This one is ugggggly. There's a strong possibility I feel like a complete asshole by halftime. But I have a confidant that's a fellow gambling sharp who turned me on to the 49ers last weekend. Their head coach could be an up and comer, and my compatriot has made money betting them the past two weeks. I was interested to see what number Vegas would spit out for this one, and its just enough points to have me backing them here as well.
Charlotte runs the ball well enough that they should be able to keep a few possessions alive and run some clock. The M.O. is to minimize the pain, get that check from Clemson, and get out of Dodge.
The Tigers are coming off two games they had circled as hurdles to start the season. Now they have this chance to rest up before they get into the meat of their conference slate. I can see them treating this as a bye game, playing a healthy dose of backups, and being satisfied with simply fine tuning a few things without running up the score over what's necessary to feel good about the win.
Oklahoma State @ Texas -5
I liked this at 7, so I'm all over this line movement.
Its fair to have some degree of concern for the Longhorns defense after that LSU game. But let's be real, Joe Burrow looks like he's about to lit up quite a few teams this year. Not to mention, Texas has a young defense. I assume they will continue to improve.
When you think of a Mike Gundy offense, you probably think of the passing game. But this year, they have relied much more heavily upon their rushing attack. Chuba Howard is a damn good back, with an even better football name. Now, back on the subject of Joe Burrow, LSU was able to light up the Longhorn's secondary (self proclaimed DBU). However, they didn't get much on the ground. This could actually play to Texas's strength on defense.
By the way, this is a revenge game. In fact, the Cowboys have owned Texas recently, winning the last four meetings. Tom Herman should have no problem getting his team's full attention for this one.
Notre Dame +14.5 @ Georgia
I planned on taking UGA all week. But the more I thought about it, and the more this line crept north, I couldn't help myself. I'm on a ML parlay with the Dawgs as well, so I'm hoping the Irish keep it close and I cash both tickets.
I will say the fact that Notre Dame is ranked all the way at number 7 feels a little generous. As of now, they seem more adequately placed in that 10-15 range. But here's their chance to prove me wrong, as well as most college football fans for that matter. And that's the point…
Notre Dame has had all offseason to think about the shellacking they took to Clemson. Their name has been drug through the mud, and you know, maybe that's a little harsh? They're not the first, or the last, big name program that's been embarrassed by Clemson in a big spot (Alabama 2019 and Ohio State 2016). The problem is, that wasn't the first time the Irish have been put into a championship scenario and gotten boat raced. But this… this is the perfect chance to save a little face.
Not to mention, Notre Dame has actually comported themselves well in these marquee regular season matchups (outside of Miami 2017). Ian Book has another offseason under his belt, and has looked good so far. UGA is talented as all get out, but they're still young, and this is this year's version of the Bulldog's first real test.
Dingo's Moneyline Parlay
So Dingo's just going to casually waltz in on his very first picks feature and drop an absolute BAG? Its like that?? If you missed it, look back at his parlay last week and view that nice +315 payout in all its glory. The man isn't messing around.
Here's what he has on the docket this week, and I have to say, it smells delicious:
TCU (-340)
Oregon (-390)
Texas (-200)
Georgia (-600)
Green Bay Packers (-365)
LA Rams (-150)
100 dollars pays 504.16
A message from Dingo: "Tell people to buy a ticket or get off the f***ing train."
I appreciate the energy, and he's not wrong.
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Is it too soon to bring this spot back? Probably. Typically I save me rankings for the back half of the season, but hell. Any self respecting college football writer has their own top ten at any given point, and I'm here for it.
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The Vampire Diaries: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
by Josie Kafka
"Have you never portal-jumped through an eclipse before?"
As the world's throbbing, beating heart beats on and on like a perky metronome of viscera, we are forced to reckon with the fundamental questions of the tragic corn maze that is human existence: Is it ever right to fall in love with your brother's girl? Is it ever possible to move on? Is sarcasm ever an unexpected response?
This episode had a lot of great dialogue, some overblown compliments, and one deliciously underblown compliment. Important stuff happened—Damon's back!—but some of the major plot points seem either hackneyed or out of character.
Like how Bonnie is, once again, stuck in an impossible self-sacrificing situation that doesn't make much sense. 1994-world is the same day on a loop. Damon and Bonnie could have easily put the ritual on pause, figured out a way to immobilize Kai for 24 hours, and tried to get back home safely the next day. Bonnie's wounds might have even disappeared; the rules for the re-set aren't 100% clear. But no: Bonnie sacrificed herself to save Damon, and Damon let her. Bonnie sacrificing herself is par for the course, but I wish Damon had made more of an effort not to be saved. I think his character has grown past that sort of selfishness, hasn't it?
Stefan's decision to abandon Ivy and Caroline seems equally out of character. He has been disengaged from everything for a while, and we know from last week how important the rituals of moving-on are for him. But does Stefan really need to abandon someone that he is responsible (Ivy) and abuse the trust of someone who has been his friend for so long (Caroline)? Even Alaric is angry at Stefan.
Will Damon's return fix Stefan? I hope so. We're five episodes into this season, and no true villain has emerged, although Tripp (and the threat of discovery) is a contender. But I'm starting to wonder if the villain is the group: like the theme of Buffy's fourth season, the real threat is a lack of unity and communication among our heroes. If Damon can be Stefan's point of re-entry into the TVD madness, then the plot-wheels will start to move a bit more, right?
Damon's return just might fix Alaric. Then again, he's doing okay on his own. Sure, vamp-angst and hunger pangs. But Damon can help Alaric get his drink on, and the sexy, un-compellable doctor is both okay with his drinking and impressed with everything else. Just witness her hyperbolic and tipsy declaration of affection: "I think you're great. You're brave, funny, not to mention maybe the most attractive man I've ever seen…and call me crazy, but I think I was meant to know you." Aww.
That wasn't the only over-the-top declaration of love this week. Elena's decision to take her own advice and remain happy has left her…happy. Almost normal happy, which I frankly find a bit creepy; I'm not used to the characters on this show doing regular college-student things like dating regular people in regular ways. And Elena seems to be really into that guy whose name I still can't remember: "You were a hero tonight. An absolutely, jaw-dropping, out-of-this-world hero. That's my type."
But the best declaration of affection was the low-key interplay between Bonnie and Damon, who have managed to put six seasons of animosity behind them without any dramatics:
Damon: "I'm sure there are about a billion people you'd rather be here with."
Bonnie: "Not exactly."
Damon: "Hmm."
I assume—I hope—that Damon will do everything in his power to get Bonnie out of 1994-hell. Hopefully this Gemini coven, and/or Liv and Luke, will be of some assistance there. And maybe this can be Bonnie's last death. She's like the Kenny of The Vampire Diaries.
Bites and Pieces:
• Ivy: "I used to be a decent person. I got good grades. I went home for Christmas. I had a freaking Etsy store!"
• Ivy: "You know, the real tragedy of all this? I read He's Just Not That Into You, and..."
• Elena: "You are like one hoodie and three missed haircuts away from becoming Professor Shane."
• Alaric: "Are you asking me to help you with a breakup?"
• Can you grow corn in Georgia? Isn't that more of a cottony place?
• Ivy saying "Erase!" to her victim was hilarious. It's not an iPhone command, sweetheart.
• Tyler kept claiming that the car accident was, in fact, an accident. He certainly didn't intend for it to happen, but he was texting while driving. I wish he'd taken a bit more responsibility. Because now Liv has to.
How many bottles of Zima out of four?
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...the tragic corn maze that is human existence... LOL, Josie. OMG. And other three letter abbreviations. :)
I think Damon did try his best to stop Bonnie from (once again, sigh) sacrificing herself. And of course, we didn't see her dead and there's the resetty thing, so I doubt Bonnie will ever, ever die.
Let's hope Alaric gets a little emotional shot in the arm by Damon's return and what's her face the non-compellable woman (that was a fun scene). I was just thinking that if TVD finally ends soon, Alaric might be a fun crossover character on The Originals. Which might make him miserable since I had read somewhere that the actor is tired of playing Alaric. I'm not tired of Alaric.
Loved your review. I must have laughed out loud four times.
Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 2:19:00 PM PDT
topher darling said...
Best episode of the season so far. The chaos in the maze was exciting and I actually for once liked a Tyler moment in the show. And that was the first time I've enjoyed Liv as a character.
What you said about Bonnie and Damon just waiting made sense but I wonder if the device had already been triggered by Bonnie's blood and therefore it was now or never for a trip back. Or maybe Bonnie just really loves being literally self-sacrificing? Maybe she's part Winchester?
As always, thanks for your reviews!
Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 11:31:00 AM PST
lisa menaster said...
I don't understand why Tyler wasn't arrested. I know Liv was the one to kill that guy, but the cops wouldn't have believed that. They would've assumed the guy who ran him over killed him.
Monday, November 3, 2014 at 2:58:00 PM PST
Patryk said...
If Matt Davis tired of playing Alaric why did he agree to come back instead of asking for his character to be erased like Lexi...
Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 6:47:00 AM PST
Patryk, it's likely that much like all of us, Matt Davis needs money. :) And maybe they promised to do something cool with his character?


"Giardini Colourfall" is a large-scale painting made by British artist Ian Davenport for Swatch Faces 2017, the Swatch presence at The Venice Biennale 2017. Extending over a 3.8 x 14 meter aluminum panel, it consists of a structured, rhythmic sequence of more than 1'000 colours. Poured down from the top, they leave vertical chromatic traces on the panel, pooling into each other at its base.
Born in 1966, British artist Ian Davenport is renowned for his colorful abstract paintings. Nominated for the Turner Prize in 1991 and awarded a prize in the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition in 1999, his work has been exhibited at a number of prestigious venues in the United Kingdom and abroad, in both solo and group shows.
Previous large-scale installations include work for the Tate Triennial, Warwick University and the 48meter long 'Poured Lines: Southwark Street'. His work is also on prominent display in public collections.
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Out April 8, 'Kick Snare And An Idea Part 1' is the first of two upcoming singlesunder the 'Kick Snare And An Idea' banner, from the Mercury nominated producer and rapper Ty. The lead track on this release, 'Like You Never', is a deep and multi-layeredcut that finds Ty setting out his stall and airing his concerns about the state of the music scene today, his philosophical and measured flow carried up on a euphoric melodic hook to a resolute chorus. The video premiere for the track hit over 20,000 YouTube hits in a week.
Two more brand cuts showcase Ty's versatility: the sparse, loping beat and laid-back fluidity of 'Knock Knock', and 'Playing With Fire' with its staccato delivery over a melodic, dreamy soundscape. The latter track warns of the dangers of ignoring and undervaluing people, especially the young, and features celebrated rapper and poet Akala and grime MC Durrty Goodz, these younger performers each coming with a verse and injecting Ty's sound with a vibrant, urgent hit of grime.
Ty has always been involved in the composition and production of his music, and this has deepened over the course of his four albums (also leading to additional work for Scratch Perverts, Talib Kweli, Blak Twang and Arrested Development). These new Ty tracks, co-produced with long-time collaborator and musical brother Drew Horley at his London studio.
Ty: "The music comes first. Then the music calls out and says 'THIS is what needs to be said'. The music, always, is the boss. Beats are personal. Everything starts at home, late at night…I have an idea, I get it down, and then we build on it in the studio."
In 2001, Ty signed to Big Dada to release his acclaimed debut album, 'Awkward'. 2003's 'Upwards' then won him a Mercury Prize nomination, and 'Closer' followed in 2006, again to many plaudits. Since his fourth LP, 'Special Kind of Fool' (2010 via BBE), Ty has featured and collaborated with acts all around the world, including a recent track with former Radio 1 DJ and producer Kissy Sell Out. Also respected as a spoken word artist, in 2012 Ty was asked to perform and host workshops for the British Council, culminating in the end of a 35-year halt on international performers in Port Sudan. He is also a member of The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company - having become involved at the invitation of Akala - running workshops with young people to show the influences of Shakespeare in today's scene. Recently, Ty founded the Beat Inn, a Facebook group where beatmakers can share their creations.
Ty: "It was a case of finding somewhere people could communicate this fanaticism with making music. A lot of people share this love affair, and I tip my hat to anyone who appreciates that process". Now with over 1600 members, from bedroom producers to international stars, it clearly struck a chord.
Catch Ty at the Jazz Café, London on April 10 for the live launch of 'Kick Snare And An Idea'.
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Midtown Campus Inpatient Psychiatry
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The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) Midtown Campus Inpatient Psychiatry Unit is a brand new 24,000 square-foot adult inpatient behavioral health unit. Our world-class team of experts are rooted in the heart of Baltimore City, where we tirelessly work to improve the lives of our most vulnerable community members every day.
To treat people of all ages with mental or behavioral health needs with specialized inpatient and outpatient services, including:
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Our newly constructed unit features 37 private rooms with hand-painted murals that were commissioned through a partnership with The Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts and local artists with experience in behavioral health. Each room reflects a calm, safe space, while also embodying the diversity and character of our surrounding community.
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I cut the stretchers and set them in the legs, cut a cross piece for the top of the leg then laminated two 1×12's for the top stretcher of the legs. (Yep, I mis-measured the amount of 2×12 I was going to need, and ended up using a 1x12x6′ plank I had on hand to make up the difference). After both stretchers were glued and screwed in place, I cut a final piece of 1×12 for the end of each apron, to capture the leg assembly. These were glued and screwed (temporary screw clamps again <grin>) and the whole things was set aside to dry.


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Marketing: Connecting People & Ideas
Travis Arnold
A Guest Post by Eric McCarty of ITD Interactive
Let's whittle "marketing" down to its lowest common denominator. What is this marketing business about, at its core?
Every marketing endeavor, regardless of which form it takes, is about connecting people and ideas.
You have a product or service that makes another person's life better. That is, in its purest form, an idea. In marketing, you need to plant that idea, that knowledge of a potentially improved life, into the mind of your prospect.
How Thoughts Became Chicken Sandwiches
The first best-selling "self help" book ever published (over 10 million copies) – Think And Grow Rich – had this message at its core: thoughts are things. They are real. Though you cannot touch them or hold them, they are capable of changing people's lives and producing things that you can touch and hold.
Ever enjoyed a Chic-Fil-A sandwich? You can thank, in part, Andrew Carnegie, the steel industry magnate who commissioned Napoleon Hill to interview the world's leaders and write Think And Grow Rich. Truett Cathy read the book and said it influenced him to help build Chic-Fil-A. Carnegie's thoughts influenced Hill's thoughts which gave Cathy ideas and, voila, you enjoy a chicken sandwich.
Thoughts turned into things.
Notice that there were real people involved in this process. Truett Cathy read the book because of the people who were interviewed for it and because Carnegie commissioned it. He had trust in those names.
Names Names Names
Trust in people goes a long way in connecting people and ideas. That's why you have names like Richard Petty and Johnny Bench endorsing Blue Emu (one of our clients). Blue Emu knows that people trust Richard and Johnny. They want to plant the idea of soothed sore muscles (without the stink) into your mind because you trust Richard and Johnny.
Blue Emu is connecting people and ideas and turning thoughts into things.
There's something mysterious about names. Another famous Carnegie (Dale) wrote about the importance of names in How To Win Friends And Influence People. "Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language."
Have you ever noticed how you can skim a page of text and find your name instantly out of all the other characters on the screen? It's your own name. It's magical. It's important because you are important.
The most successful small-town newspaper publisher, Hoover Adams of the Dunn Daily Record in North Carolina, had a mantra of "names, names, names". He told his reporters he would print the phone book if he could, just to get more local names in his paper. That principle guided the decisions of his editors and reporters and created incredible success.
Think about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. A major component of the success of that campaign was the use of names. In each video, the participant mentions three names. "I challenge Jessica Lunk, Erin Posey, and Lindsey Stroud." If your name is used it gets your attention.
Pete Frates, who started that campaign, understood the importance of names.
That's great, you say, but how can I use this knowledge to make my business better? I don't know any celebrities who would want to endorse my ideas, products, or services, so what's the point?
Why Does It Matter To Me?
Remembering that thoughts are things and that names are important can open doors you didn't think you could open.
I can prove it.
We just published an infographic called Marketing Blog Writing Styles that got shared by six top marketing bloggers – David Meerman Scott, John Jantsch, Pat Flynn, Derek Halpern, Marcus Sheridan, and Spencer Haws. And only one of them had ever heard of us.
Those were names that our prospects trust and we got a lot of traffic from it.
How did we do it? We connected their names and ideas.
The idea was to take information that is already out there, connect names to it, and turn it into actionable content. It's about connecting people and ideas.
I wondered if it was a trend to break paragraphs up often. I see that a lot of top marketing bloggers hit the enter key quite frequently. That is something that could be measured with real numbers and it was just sitting there, waiting to be analyzed.
With a few simple tools, I was able to compare sentences per paragraph, words per sentence, words per post, and characters per word of 12 big-name bloggers in our industry and track their style changes over a 3-year period.
Why is that important?
Because these folks are successful and we would do well to see how they do things. One of the big takeaways is that nearly all of these guys use short paragraphs. The median was less than two sentences per paragraph.
Is that actionable information? Yep.
You may have noticed I'm averaging close to two sentences per paragraph in this post. I now think about it consciously.
The median word count per post is nearly 1,000.
Is that actionable information? Yep. This post is over 1200 words. "Epic" posts (1,000 words or more) tend to get more trust and shares. Let's do epic posts.
So I had names and ideas but how would I connect them to get lots of exposure? I knew two things.
These guys would be interested in their own stats. They write for a living (partially) and probably have no idea how many words per sentence and sentences per paragraph they average. If I were them, I would be interested in that data. (Nearly all of them who tweeted the infographic used the word "interesting" in their tweets.)
These guys would be interested to see where they stood in comparison to other folks they respect and admire. If my name was mentioned in connection with some other top bloggers, I would want to share it because it puts me in their league. We intentionally used some with huge followings and some with moderate followings. The guys with moderate followings would really like being included! (All of them are worth following, in my opinion.)
With an infographic we had the opportunity to use not only names but faces and we didn't have to ask them for their profile pictures. Those are public. Here's what it looked like:
Next we had to figure out how to let these guys know that we included them in our infographic and hope they would spread it around. Then, if it's worthwhile, their followers would spread it further.
We took the time to find out where these guys interact online and connect with them in that arena. Some specifically said email on their website, some said twitter, some didn't say but we saw that they responded to blog comments or tweets. So we went wherever they hang out and dropped a note.
The result was six of the twelve made tweets to their combined 300,000 twitter followers. And their followers tweeted as well.
Connect People & Ideas
Notice that I've included the names of 17 real people in this post. Hopefully that made it more interesting, more real, and built trust in the ideas I'm trying to convey.
Understanding the mysterious power at the intersection of people and ideas can change your business and make the world a better place.
Marketing is connecting people and ideas. Connect your ideas with people and think your way to success.
Eric McCarty is Marketing Director for ITD Interactive. He has launched several online businesses and participated in and judged at several Start-Up Weekends. A proud husband and father, he enjoys reading, running, and learning.
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 Lagunitas Formation, Cuba, an Early Miocene geologic formation of Cuba
 Lagunitas Formation, Colombia, a Cretaceous geologic formation of Colombia
 Lagunitas Sandstone, a member of the Bartonian Verdun Formation of Peru

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A Mother's Love Letter: "The Way that I Love You"
It's indescribable, really . . . the way that I love you. I want more for you than I could ever imagine wanting for myself.
I want you to find fulfillment, love, and self-worth. I want you to know how special you are, that you can move mountains if you choose to, and that I'll love you no matter what.
I want things for you that are seemingly impossible.... You see, while I wish for you a life without hard knocks, I hope you'll grow to appreciate the benefits of mistakes made and lessons learned. I want you to feel puppy love, bubbling teenage excitement, and butterflies in your twenty-something stomach; yet I cringe at the thought of your broken heart. I want you to always aim for the highest highs, yet I hope you'll find gratification in knowing that you've done your best. Even if your best isn't first place.
I want anything fulfilling and everything good for you. I want your heart to sing upon your successes and to find peace when times are hard. I want you to know the true contentment that lies in helping others and promoting kindness. I want you to know that before you could even speak, you'd made an immeasurable difference in this world just by being you.
As Mother's Day approaches, my dear child, words fail in my pursuit to describe the depth of my love for you. But know this.... I love you to the moon and back a billion times. And somehow, while it's seemingly impossible, I'll love you even more tomorrow. And every tomorrow after that.
Happy Mother's Day from the WUSA 9 family!


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Zag (en tamazight ⴰⵥⴰⴳ, en arabe : الزاك) est une ville du sud du Maroc. Elle est située dans la province d'Assa-Zag, dans la région de Guelmim-Oued Noun.

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Pendant la guerre du Sahara occidental, la garnison des forces armées marocaines défendant la ville est assiégée par le Front Polisario de  à .

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Zag possède un climat désertique, qui se traduit par une aridité importante. De par sa proximité du Sahara, les précipitations sont très rares.

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 Province d'Assa-Zag
 Guelmim-Es Smara
 Maroc

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Utkirbek Kakhorov es un actor y guionista uzbeko. Nació el 15 de diciembre de 1999 en Andijan, Uzbekistán. Utkirbek se graduó como Licenciado en Artes de la Universidad Internacional de Westminster en Taskent con la segunda clase más alta de honores. Más tarde tomó clases de actuación profesional de maestros de teatro.

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Network Distribution Announces CSMO Retirement and Succession Plan
SCHAUMBURG, IL, March 17, 2022 – Network Distribution® (Network), a global distribution organization, announced today that Kevin Rudd, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer will retire June 3, 2022. The organization has appointed Natalie DePace to succeed Rudd as Chief Sales Officer effective May 1, 2022.
Network President and CEO, Alan Tomblin said, "Kevin has been an exceptional business leader who has transformed the sales and marketing organization. His vision, drive, and performance focus, combined with his commitment to serving the best long-term interests of our membership and supplier base, have considerably strengthened Network. We will miss Kevin's leadership and the gusto he brought to our business. He leaves behind an indelible legacy, and I thank him for his many contributions."
Ms. DePace has served Network as Vice President of Business Development for 14 years after spending the better part of two decades with a valued supplier. In her new role she will lead the development and execution of the organization's strategies and business plans to drive profitable sales growth. In naming Natalie to the role Tomblin stated, "Natalie is a dynamic and values-driven leader grounded by a customer-centric mindset. Her deep understanding of our business, the markets in which we operate, and commitment to the success of our Member Distributors and Supplier partners are fundamental to the impressive track record she has established at Network. I am highly confident our overall sales efforts will thrive under her leadership."
About Network Distribution
Network Distribution, with worldwide revenue of $21 billion, is a leading B2B distributor. The company is designed to deliver supply management solutions to customers in a core set of business segments. From janitorial supplies to foodservice disposables and industrial packaging, Network provides innovative product solutions supported by the power of local expertise. With over 900 distribution centers in more than 52 countries, Network improves lives and creates value by enabling local, regional, and global businesses to be their best. For more information visit networkdistribution.com.


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Our Softouch line has a seamless index finger construction. This feature provides unobstructed control with small diameter welding rods and ultra-light TIG welding torches. This glove design also minimises seam burnout and best protects the sewing in the index finger from abrasion that could shorten the life of the hand glove.


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Art ain't Enough
For Ever Mozart (1997) - Godard
An old director Vicky (Vicky Messica) is about to direct a film called Fatal Bolero, about a war and suffering. It is largely financed by a seedy old gambling mogul who makes his girlfriend transcribe anal porn, word by word for his pleasure. Vicky holds a large audition for roles and rejects every one of them before they even finish one word from the line they were given. He doesn't want acting, he wants reality. In the mean time, his idealistic daughter Camile (Madeleine Assas), a philosophy professor, decides to go to war torn Sarajevo and put up some romantic play. Her lovelorn cousin Jérome (Frédéric Pierrot) and her Arab maid Rose (Ghalia Lacroix) follow her to her journey. Before they even get to Sarajevo, they are captured by Serb forces and anally raped and forced to dig their own grave and die during heavy bombardment. Rose escapes with one of the fighters who takes a shine to.
After getting the exhausted "Oui" from the actress (Bérangère Allaux of whom Godard was infatuated at the time) the non-acting acting he wanted, Vicky finishes Fatal Bolero with a huge boxy ancient film camera. The words get around that the film is shot on black and white and it's about war and suffering, the movie goers who lined up outside the theater peters out saying, "Let's go see Terminator 4 instead!"
It ends with a Mozart concert by a young orchestra. The audience take their seat, softly debating the weightiness of Wagner and light-heartedness of Mozart, having too many notes, etc. They are all waiting for a pianist to arrive. And he happens to be an effete young man with a long hair, playing beautifully. One of Vicky's overwhelmed (by the pianist's beauty) crewmember unwittingly becomes a page turner for the pianist. Exhausted Vicky listens to the concert at the top of the stair case he just reached.
Godard's condemns the passivity of France and Europe in general about another genocide taking place in their backyard, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He also plays with the theme of differences experiencing existence through body and spirit, representation of real events with a movie camera being nothing but a shadow, a generation (grand children of WWII generation) not purified but corrupted by suffering and guilt of their fathers weighing on them (Camile, a granddaughter of Camus). For Ever Mozart is not a heartless all out satire of Weekend. Camile & Co.'s action doesn't play out like a farce and characters drawn sympathetically. But Godard admits the limit to the power of art- that in the face of horror, even art is not enough to save the day. There is overwhelming sense of sadness and defeatism throughout the film.
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"Somewhere To Belong" (2020) by Yolanda Sfetsos
greyirish Review November 11, 2020 3 Minutes
The thing was like something out of a Lovecraft story.
—Yolanda Sfetsos, "Somewhere To Belong"
in Under Her Black Wings: 2020 Women of Horror Anthology Volume One
His name was Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Invoke it at your peril.
One of the side-effects of the rising awareness of H. P. Lovecraft is an increased number of references to the man and his work. What might have started out as a geeky in-joke or homage, such as "I Had Vacantly Crumpled It into My Pocket … But By God, Eliot, It Was a Photograph from Life!" (1964) by Joanna Russ or "The Discovery of the Ghooric Zone" (1977) by Richard Lupoff, would go on to become a deliberate effort to conjure associations with the man and his work, to inform a story by mentioning Lovecraft without necessarily drawing any tangible link to the Lovecraft Mythos into the narrative. This can be seen in works as wide apart as Brian McNaughton's "To My Dear Friend Hommy-Beg" (1994) to the discreet use of a copy of The Shadow over Innsmouth as a prop in Aquaman (2019).
When Yolanda Sfetsos invokes Lovecraft in "Somewhere To Belong," it tells the audience things, both explicitly and implicitly. That the story is set in a world where Lovecraft wrote and published his fiction; that the narrator (Enid), has read Lovecraft; and that, connection established, the reader should be primed for more subtle references. In this instance, the last bit is probably the primary point. The story would be Lovecraftian without any explicit reference to Lovecraft, but invoking Lovecraft sets the reader to look for the themes and parallels.
A good point of comparison might be "She Flows" by Takeuchi Yoshikazu (竹内義和). Both stories have a similar mood, and some common elements—the rain, children, a supernatural transformation, friendship and loneliness. Takeuchi's story is more subtle in execution; Sfetsos' more explicit, but they're playing around with some of the same themes and building blocks. Water, childhood, transformation. The ghost of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" hangs over both stories, even if they never mention Innsmouth or anything explicitly connected to it. Sfetsos, by invoking Lovecraft, establishes a connection in the mind of the reader while keeping it out of the narrative itself. Enid doesn't make the connection between the entity of Mother and Lovecraft's Mother Hydra. The burden of such connections is placed on the reader.
We shall swim out to that brooding reef in the sea and dive down through black abysses to Cyclopean and many-columned Y'ha-nthlei, and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory for ever.
The ending of Lovecraft's story is either horrific or wondrous, depending on your interpretation. A loss of self or a finding of ones true self, a true family. Somewhere to belong. Y'ha-nthlei is in that sense a promise of things to come, and for those who are lonely in their life—and there are few that have not felt like outsiders—finding such a place might be worth a few sacrifices. Loneliness is definitely one of the quieter sub-themes in many of Lovecraft's stories, including "The Shadow over Innsmouth." The protagonists tend to have few friends, to be disconnected from those around them. The nameless narrator wanders through the streets of Innsmouth, a stranger in a strange land, and yet he already has the Innsmouth Look…he already belongs there. He just doesn't know it yet.
Enid's journey in "Somewhere To Belong" focuses on that theme of loneliness and belonging, on a smaller, more personal scale. Enid thought about getting a dog or a cat, but she really needed was a friend…and got one. Yet this is not a bittersweet reflection on Mother Hydra's promise, as in "All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts" (2016) by Sonya Taaffe. Sfetsos' maintains the horror of it all, the loss. A bit more visceral and metaphysical than Lovecraft, because tentacles can squirm inside brains and souls can be plucked out. There's not much beauty in it, but that might be the whole point. Sometimes we don't feel we belong anywhere beautiful, and as Milton says in Paradise Lost:
The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
"Somewhere To Belong" by Yolanda Sfetsos was published in Under Her Black Wings: 2020 Women of Horror Anthology Volume One.
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IGP institutes special promotion mechanism for policemen posted to northern Ghana
shawana yussif August 10, 2020
The Police Administration has instituted a new special promotion mechanism for policemen who serve in the northern Ghana.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh who made this known said police men and women who passed out of the training school and are posted to the northern parts of Ghana will be promoted three years before their next promotion as compared to their counterparts posted to areas such as Accra and Tema.
That, he said was part of the motivation policies that has been instituted by the Police Administration.
The IGP said this when he inaugurated a 250 capacity conference room and a police band for the Northern Regional Police Command in Tamale last Friday, August 7, 2020.
The conference hall project was started in 2016 by the then Northern Regional Police Commander, Mr Isaac Ken Yeboah, now the Director General of the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) through personal financial contributions from senior police officers in the region.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh said "this is not common phenomenon for police officers to dip their hands into their pockets and construct something for the institution. So I believe that the regional commanders who initiated and the one who completed deserved commendation".
He expressed gratitude to all and sundry who also contributed in diverse ways for the construction of the conference hall.
Touching on the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the IGP urged all police officers to be very circumspect, highly professional and impartial in the discharge of their duties.
He further urged officers and men of the service to follow laid down procedures to police the ballot and protect life and property.
"You must act on every complaint that you receive and you must do so speedily to clear the doubt of all critics", he said.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh also used the occasion to sound a note of caution to the youth, not to allow themselves to be used by anybody to destabilize the state.
"Do not allow yourself to be convinced or to be persuaded by anybody to go into violence because if you do the long arm of the law will catch with you. Let me say that let no one attempt to take the law into their own hands because if you do the police will arrest you and deal with you", he added.
The Gukpe-Naa, Alhassan Abdulai, Paramount Chief of Gulkpegu Traditional Area (Tamale) pledged the support of the chiefs in ensuring peace in the region.
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The State of Value-Based Care in Pediatrics
Children's hospitals navigate new contracts and standards for patient outcomes.
By Kelly Church
In April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced five voluntary value-based care (VBC) payment models, the latest effort to steer health care away from fee-for-service (FFS) models. The move puts an emphasis on quality over quantity to "empower patients and providers to drive better value and results."
Medicare beneficiaries are the target for now, but Medicaid programs adopting similar payment models in the future would be in line with CMS' current strategy for achieving the Triple Aim—improve patient experience and overall health of the population, and lower health care costs—through value-based programs.
Ian Morrison, Ph.D., author and consultant, views FFS as an invitation to provide more services, even if they don't affect patient outcomes. VBC may encourage providers to think twice about the appropriateness of utilization. "There's an incentive to leave no stone unturned," Morrison says.
"In a risk-based contract [under VBC] is this notion you're thinking twice about the services you're delivering." As institutions continue the push toward VBC, children's hospitals are left to navigate new contracts and anticipate new standards for patient outcomes with uncertainty.
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Alternative payment models: Value-based contracts where providers assume increased accountability for quality and total cost of care with a greater focus on management.
Upside risk: Shares cost savings between providers and payers; a way for providers to try risk contracting without the possibility of financial loss.
Downside risk: Providers share in the savings and are responsible for losses.
Under alternative payment models, the insurer or the hospital covers the payment gap. In a FFS model, there's no incentive for a provider to reduce services. The more services a provider performs, the larger the payment. VBC introduces risk contracts, sharing the financial burden between the payer and the provider.
With two-sided risk, Morrison says providers must care about volume of services. "In value-based systems, there is economic penalty if you don't perform in terms of quality of utilization," he says.
Risk-based contracts require agreed-upon performance measures that hold providers accountable and determine who's paying. "That's the concern people have about capitation where you have a per member per month fee to cover all the health care needs of that patient," says Morrison. "There is an incentive to skimp on care. That's why you need good quality metrics."
Industry-accepted pediatric-specific quality measures have yet to be formally developed. Many measurements used in adult care need to be adjusted for the needs of pediatric populations. Even when quality metrics are established, the challenge then becomes meeting them. "The care redesign that will yield significant improvements in value is hard clinical work," Morrison says. "You have the incentive to do it, but it requires changing the way you do things."
Drawbacks of VBC
VBC models aren't perfect due to the industry balancing a mix of FFS and VBC. That poses a conflict for hospitals as they attempt to find equilibrium between contradictory payment models.
"If you're in a VBC model where you're rewarded for limited utilization, you end up with strategic schizophrenia where you're trying to fill the hospital and also trying to empty it," Morrison says. "This has caused problems for almost every organization." Hospitals may need to adjust their strategy if VBC drives providers into narrow networks.
The idea is to provide higher quality care at a lower cost for routine care. The unintended side effect is if a children's hospital doesn't meet metrics for routine care, it may be required to survive on quaternary services. "The dream of a value-based system is it's attentive to the needs of the sickest kids," Morrison says. "The downside is payers try to drive care of the non-sickest kids to lower cost settings and undermine the finances of children's hospitals."
While results in VBC have been mixed—particularly within adult care—Morrison is an advocate of VBC. But, the cost, he says, of continuing to provide care without accountability metrics for quality, performance and spend could result in harm and inappropriate care. "There's arguments on both sides that we're wasting our time, but compared to what?" Morrison says. "Compared to doing nothing, that is a bad idea."
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