My machete slices through the weeds, the stems bleeding milk, a plant toxic to my horses. When I shopped for one, blades three times as large as a kitchen knife, one edge serrated like a saw, creeped me out. The opening credits to Hotel Rwanda flickered through my thoughts. —"The Tutsi rebels, they are cockroaches…we will squash the infestation"–Machetes, the weapon neighbors used against neighbors. When I hear people calling President Trump's supporters, fascists, Nazi's, Russian bots, I hear language that justifies violence.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Not in God's Name says "pathological dualism sees humanity as radically…divided into the unimpeachably good and the irredeemably bad. (51).He cites the steps to genocide. "Pathological dualism does three things. It makes you dehumanize and demonize your enemies. It leads you to see yourself as the victim. And it allows you to commit altruistic evil, killing in the name of the God of life, hating in the name of the God of love, and practicing cruelty in the name of the God of compassion" (54).
We are sliding quickly towards committing altruistic evil, thinking we are cleansing society of the Nazi, the white supremacist, the people who voted for Trump. We need to back out of our righteous hatred. We need to know people are more than their politics and find common ground—as Americans, as people living in bodies that share the same pains and joys. If we don't, I fear the machetes will flash, the bullets will fly, burying themselves in fellow American's bodies.
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We found these chicken eggs along our fence row. There's something humble about chickens, who train us to feed them when they are hungry and who are mostly limited to walking on the ground, when they have wings. I want to leave us with the hope that eggs signify because I think we can stop ourselves by checking our anger and name calling.
Thank you for your wise comment. Justified hatred towards anyone, bad language towards anyone, is not a good thing. It's verbal abuse. We need to police ourselves and be kind. There are stories about people reaching out to the likes of the KKK and changing their minds. Now that is important and daring work.
That's the key–policing ourselves. We used to do it a lot more.
Wow, that is daring work!
This is really interesting – I feel like this has been on my mind a lot lately because I'm currently in Berlin and it seems to be a big issue here. Hearing the rhetoric of people who claim to be anti-fascist but who use fascist methods to force people into agreeing with them has made me re-think how I think and talk about people who hold different views to me. I may not ever agree with or like what they think, but they are people, products of their environment and education, and fighting hate with hate will never work. It might take longer, and it might be harder, but love is the only way to change the world. Thanks for a great read!
I'm seeing that too–the anti-fascist people using fascist methods to force people into agreeing with them. Eboo Patel said that while there are diverse races and ethnicities on campuses there also needs to be diverse thought. (He started a a center that helps people of different faith traditions come together on campus.) I wonder if it's an important work to ask people to consider other views. I so agree that love is the only way to change the world. Thank you so much for commenting.
I would like to encourage you – that if you want to build bridges between people – you should be not confining your criticism to one side. You spoke out against people being called Nazis who are loyal to Trump, but silent when all people of certain nations i.e. Mexicans, people of Arab nations all being labeled with one label: terrorists, drug dealers, rapists. Mexicans are the indigenous people of many of the southern States. Inequality of pay and opportunities is at the root of the migration of people looking for work (and American agriculture and other sectors are dependent on them). The drug trade is fueled by inequality. On CBC radio, I heard recently of a Sikh man who felt he had to stay out of the public fearing to go to work the two weeks following 9/11 for all the nasty racist comments and dirty looks he got – he got into cartooning to deal with his feelings and later donned a "Captain America" costume. Are you including all the people you consider Americans – those of Latin American, Sikh, Syrian backgrounds? It is important to keep communication lines open to determine what common ground can be found, and exactly what are people being loyal to and what they are willing to accept because of this loyalty.
People should attack the ideas, statements that are erroneous and not just accept when inaccurate statements are continuously voiced by leaders or some media outlets. (Be very discerning when a leader speaks out against all media outlets.) In Ontario, Canada this is as important to be as diligent in protesting of Doug Ford's ideas.
A German book: "Small Stones from the River" – writes of the small things the German people of a town later looked back at and realized they should have spoken up earlier in the first, middle and later stages of the war. What are all the small things we are willing to accept against people who don't look like us or agree with us that escalate from harsh words into real actions of intimidation and acts of hatred and violence?
During war (and other times) it is not always easy to determine who are the collaborators, who are the resisters and many were labeled as traitors who were not. Another book recommendation "the Alice Network" illustrates this.
Thank you for your comments. It's always good to hear your voice. You bring up a very valid point about calling both sides to task, something I did in an earlier WNIJ perspective. It is very true that we need to keep communication lines open. And that both sides need to be held accountable for mean language. Yes.
I too am very troubled by what's happening with immigrants in this country. I just wonder where people were when Obama was deporting people. I remember hearing a report about this on NPR. He built a good length of wall on the southern border as well. People tired of our open borders. Even Mexico has closed borders and severe penalties if you go in illegally. Congress needs to work together to fix it. (Obama could have fixed it when he had the majority in Congress but he didn't.) We need a fair way for people to become citizens and for people to work here legally. There also needs to be a fair way for DACA people to become citizens.
At any rate, I very much appreciate your gentle and respectful response to my perspective. Your support of this blog means a great deal. The peace of the Lord be with you always.
conservatives-in-america-like-marranos-in-medieval-spain/It's well documented that American campuses might be diverse ethnically but they are not diverse as far as political views. Students protest when Jewish commentator Ben Shapiro speaks on campus.
I'm not sure I'm building a bridge in this piece but offering an opinion of how I see things as a conservative. As far as Trump's outrageous statements, I agree, they are beyond the pale and obnoxious. But I just read an interesting opinion piece in the National Review, a publication that grounds me because I don't feel so alone in thinking what I think. I remember the mean comments and memes about the Republican candidates long before President Trump came on scene. I remember the hatred for President Reagan. Here's the piece: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-smears-validate-trumpian-politics/?
As far as President Trump's comments about the "fake media." He may complain but the media has not been shut down. In fact he's been far more present to journalist's questions than Obama. Obama on the other hand did go after journalists. That is well documented. Ever since I was young I remember being aware of the anti conservative bias of the media.
To my mind, the real danger to our Republic is coming from the Left, not the right and maybe that perspective is important to put forward.
I don't believe we can divide the world, individuals in groups completely on the left or completely on the right. Every individual has a variety of opinions that are all over the scale – left/centre/ right. Extremes of harmful words, actions and beliefs are on both sides and can come out in times of economic uncertainty and increasing inequality.
China is a communist country. I read on the cover of the book: The Dreamseller: The Calling – about a man about befriending a number of down and out people(Brazilian -) – a Christian book – I was surprised to read it won the Chinese foreign book award in 2009.
Naron Gebresellassi – a Toronto Mayor candidate advocated for free public transit for all – one would consider as a left of centre opinion. Then I read in Calgary, Alberta (has been associated with Conservative voting) has been practicing this already – during its off-peak hours allowing all to use it for free. Accessible public transit is a necessity and it is good to hear of the variety of ways small towns and other cities are doing this i.e. Belleville, Ontario – has an evening bus utilizing UBER like practices – changing routes according to individual's traveling needs. Many public issues and needs are beyond defining as left or right issues, rather should be about balancing the needs of all sectors of society.
I personally have voted for all 3 parties in the Canadian system in my life – Conservative, Liberals, NDP. People vote at times in favoring their local candidate who they appreciate, even when they don't like the leader at the head of the organization. Or because of revulsion of the leader, switch from a long held devotion to one party, to other parties. Others are voting precisely for a party because they believe they hold the closest views on a variety of issues to their own. Many have mixed feelings because of allegiance to a variety of participants ideas.
I am listening to a video by Ben Sasse, a Senator from Nebraska, where he makes a similar point that we need to stop being so tribal, we need to be more empathetic. We all have confirmation bias. I very much admire what you wrote here and that thought you put into your comment. That is amazing that those towns have worked on a fair public transit system, that works for the people. Serving the people does transcend left or right. I also agree that people are apathetic, that we need to vote. I just found out we have a third choice here in Illinois for governor. The two candidates from the two parties aren't so good, so I'll see about the third candidate, maybe vote for him. I also think we all need more education in civics. People are woefully ignorant of how government runs.
At any rate, thank you for your thoughtful response, for making me think about this stuff, and for listening to me without walking away. I try to keep my political opinions close.


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Equality, Tony Richardson
How a Spurs fan found joy and competitiveness in Belarus
Fair and Belarus aren't two words that sit together very well. Sandwiched between Russia and Poland this unremarkable strip of central European plain is best known in recent years for being ruled by Europe's last dictator. Dig deeper and you find a region ravaged by the worst of the Second World War with a cultural identity pushed to the peripheries by Russian influence. I will add here that to Russian speakers written Belarusian does look, and there's no nice way of saying this, a bit 'yokel' – the spelling being almost entirely phonetic, making it look as if someone who doesn't know Russian has just transcribed what they've heard.
However, during the Covid lockdown its football league was thrust into the global spotlight as one of the few to carry on. In fact, at no point have games even been held behind closed doors; although many fans have taken it upon themselves to avoid games – even including some of the ultra groups. With this being a summer league the supreme decision maker didn't waver and the league kicked off as planned in mid-March.
The league itself, on first glance, looks like a perfect example of Champions League money ruining a smaller domestic championship. The first game pitted BATE Borisov, recently regular group stage minnows, against some domestic small fry in Energetik-BGU – the team nominally representing Minsk University. The setting was somewhat less than low-key – with the inadequate 4G pitch dropped into an aptly post-Communist urban dystopia.
BATE, who beat Arsenal on Valentine's Day in 2019, were by far the better team and despite BGU's keeper looking as if he'd only had vague instructions on how to play the game over a bad phone line, somehow the hosts ran out 3-1 winners – helped in no small part by the Uzbek striker Jasurbek Yakhshiboev (a Jamie Vardy-esque whippet of an attacker) and the creativity of the Liberian David Tweh. To help understand quite how big a shock this is, both of these players were picked off by relatively bigger clubs during the summer transfer window (Shakhtyor Soligorsk – potential opponents for Spurs in the Europa League qualifiers – and Dinamo Brest respectively).
As a Rusophile facing the prospect of no football of months and with a seismic "anyone can beat anyone on their day" shock to begin the campaign everything fell into place for me. The only thing left was to pick a team of my own. As a Spurs fan who still isn't really used to finishing in the top six I tried to find a dull mid-table team to fill the void left by my beloved 90s Spurs. BATE were far too big, Dinamo Minsk were fallen giants (they were the only Belarusian team to win the Soviet Supreme League – at a time when it was one of the best leagues in Europe) but had a whiff of fascism. The two Brest teams were rejected for being too successful (Dinamo won the league in 2019) or too new (Rukh) while Slutsk were attracting English-speaking fans, well, you can guess why.
Most of the other teams in the league were relatively newcomers, seemingly destined to disappear back down the leagues as quickly as they had risen. One name did stand out – that of Belshina Bobruisk who were frequently at the end of the "parade of clubs" as you loaded a new game on Championship Manager 97-98, but their halcyon days of European competition were far behind them and this was their first season in the top flight for three years.
Finally I found Neman Grodno, located near the Polish border. Inoffensively mid-table with one championship play-off (lost, of course) in nearly 30 years of post-independence football. Oh, and one Belarusian cup final (won). Perfectly Spursy. Also we have the best kit in the league, yellow with green hoops, slightly off perpendicular, a manager who looks like a gangster and a technically gifted but inconsistent playmaker – the Armenian Gegham Kadymyan.
To begin with the matches weren't easily available although there were always streams if you could find them. But soon the Belarusian Football Federation decided to stream the games on their YouTube channel. This may have been influenced by other leagues coming back but having watched the Tajik and Guatemalan leagues they didn't have too much to worry about. They did take a leaf out of the Spanish league's book with all the games being shown consecutively and kick-offs tinkered with at the last minute but given the general standard of football administration it was nothing too glaringly incompetent.
The level hovers around League 1 standard, with BATE probably in the Championship and Smolevichi (rooted to the bottom) somewhat out of their depth.
My team, Neman, began slowly, unable to find the net but so found a Leicester-like formula to grind out 1-0 wins, propelling us into a title fight. Other highlights include a couple of games being played in downpours that make the ones in Bilbao look like light drizzle. However, abandoning games doesn't seem to be the way things are done in this part of the world, much to the obvious annoyance of the local goalkeepers' union. During the strictest part of lockdown it was nice just to have a semblance of normality. Trying to explain the away goals rule to my boy (again) during the cup semi-finals being one example that stands out.
So, what have I learnt from watching one of Europe's minor league? Well, for one, you can appreciate just how great European football is for some of these teams. For BATE it's their one chance to fill their stadium and really be tested. For the rest it's a genuine shot at some sort of glamour away from the half-open Soviet-era multi-sports arenas that many of the teams use.
I've also been struck by the number of African players in the league. It's worth noting that this is even more striking in the women's championship. I was expecting a large cohort of players from the ex-Soviet republics but the fact that so many players – mainly West African – are willing to chance their arm in a country like Belarus is quite a damning indictment of the standard of domestic football in that part of the world at the moment.
Another key feature is accessibility. I'll admit my interest waned when the Premier League was being played every day but with the European competitions being unavailable to me (I have Sky but not BT) I've found myself more interested in the three-way title scrap rather than which mega club comes out on top in empty stadiums.
But the key factor is that for a football league to be entertaining and absorbing the main criteria is, of course, equality. As American sports prove with their draft system the best way to sell the league is to have as little as possible between the teams. As I write this, with 20 of 30 rounds completed, nothing in the league is even close to being resolved – even the relative might of BATE and Dinamo Minsk has counted for nothing as they sit 2nd and 8th respectively. Long may it continue.
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Pandemic to keep Asia's growth at lowest since 1967, warns World Bank
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Growth in China was expected to come in at 2% this year, boosted by government spending. (File/AFP)
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The bank said the region this year is projected to grow by only 0.9%, the lowest rate since 1967
The rest of the East Asia and Pacific region was projected to see a 3.5% contraction
TOKYO: The coronavirus pandemic is expected to lead to the slowest growth in more than 50 years in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, while up to 38 million people are set to be pushed back into poverty, the World Bank said in an economic update on Monday.
The bank said the region this year is projected to grow by only 0.9%, the lowest rate since 1967.
Growth in China was expected to come in at 2% this year, boosted by government spending, strong exports and a low rate of new coronavirus infections since March, but held back by slow domestic consumption.
The rest of the East Asia and Pacific region was projected to see a 3.5% contraction, the World Bank said.
The pandemic and efforts to contain its spread led to a "significant curtailment" of economic activity, the report said.
"These domestic difficulties were compounded by the pandemic-induced global recession, which hit EAP (East Asia and Pacific) economies that rely on trade and tourism hard," it said.
Countries in the region may need to pursue fiscal reform to mobilize revenue in response to the economic and financial impact from the pandemic, while social protection programs can help support workers' integration back into the economy, the Washington, DC-based bank said.
"Countries with well-functioning social protection programs, and good implementation infrastructure, pre-COVID, have been able to scale up more quickly during the pandemic," it said.
The economic shock of the pandemic was also expected to lead to a jump in poverty, defined as income of $5.50 a day, the bank said, adding that based on past experience and the latest gross domestic product forecasts, poverty could expand by 33 million to 38 million people to see its first rise in 20 years.
The bank said that 33 million people who would have in the absence of the pandemic escaped poverty would remain in it this year.
"The region is confronted with an unprecedented set of challenges," said Victoria Kwakwa, vice president for East Asia and the Pacific at the World Bank.
"But there are smart policy options available that can soften these tradeoffs — such as investing in testing and tracing capacity and durably expanding social protection to cover the poor and the informal sector."
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The lender said it would be left with 511 branches in the UK following the closures
LONDON: HSBC said on Tuesday it planned to axe 82 branches in Britain this year after a drop in footfall across its retail network and a surge in digital banking.
The lender said it would be left with 511 branches in the UK following the closures, with many of the remaining branches set to be refurbished with some providing fewer services.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dented bank finances, putting pressure on lenders to cut costs, while more customers have opted to bank online as people have been encouraged to stay at home to combat the spread of the virus.
HSBC said it had begun trialing different branch formats and decided to provide fewer full-service branches focused in large cities and towns, with others providing cash or self-service technology.
The bank said 'pop-up' mobile branches would also be rolled out later this year.
"The direction of travel is really quite clear and this is borne out by the reduction in branch usage and increase in digital interaction that we are seeing first-hand," said Jackie Uhi, HSBC UK's head of network.
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Mystery Book Lovers' Club December 2018
Jen Sinclair Johnson	November 21, 2018
Our next reading list is up, starting with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon. It's quick story and a great read — perfect during the busy holiday season. Thanks to everyone who submitted stories and talked about titles for an interesting list for the next year.
Serendipitously, our March 2019 author, Sophie Hannah, will also be the keynote speaker at the March 23 2091 Murder & Mayhem Chicago, a one-day conference geared to readers and librarians looking for new books and aspiring authors hoping to learn about craft and publishing careers. It's only $50 for a ticket (or $60 for a ticket and tee-shirt) until December 31, after which the price increases. Student pricing available. It's a great day for those who love the genre!
December 2018:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon -Time Paperback – May 18, 2004
"A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world." Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
January 2019: The Perfect Nanny by Leila slimani's
When Myriam, a mother and brilliant French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband are forced to look for a caretaker for their two young children. They are thrilled to find Louise: the perfect nanny right from the start. Louise sings to the children, cleans the family's beautiful apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late whenever asked, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on each other, jealousy, resentment, and frustrations mount, shattering the idyllic tableau.
February 2019: Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
A mesmerizing psychological thriller about how a secret can bind two friends together forever…or tear them apart.Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them.
March 2019: The Mystery of Three Quarters: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Hercule Poirot returns home after an agreeable luncheon to find an angry woman waiting to berate him outside his front door. Her name is Sylvia Rule, and she demands to know why Poirot has accused her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met. She is furious to be so accused, and deeply shocked. Poirot is equally shocked, because he too has never heard of any Barnabas Pandy, and he certainly did not send the letter in question. He cannot convince Sylvia Rule of his innocence, however, and she marches away in a rage.
Poirot wonders how many more letters of this sort have been sent in his name. Who sent them, and why? More importantly, who is Barnabas Pandy, is he dead, and, if so, was he murdered? And can Poirot find out the answers without putting more lives in danger?
April 2019: Caged (Agent Sayer Altair #1) by Ellison Cooper
FBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair hunts for evil in the deepest recesses of the human mind. Still reeling from the death of her fiance, she wants nothing more than to focus on her research into the brains of serial killers.
May 2019: The Frangipani Tree Mystery isn't your grandmother's sedate English cozy whodunnit. That's because Yu, best known for a modern-day Singapore-based mystery series featuring a restauranteur named Aunty Lee, has her eye on more than murder. You could say Yu is a woke Agatha Christie. She's also a remarkable talent with a vivid sense of time, place, and character. She puts her skills to use to conjure a captivating Singapore where dramatically different cultures blend, unite and divide.
June 2019: Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true story of a small town with a big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a "husky Negro" did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects.
July 2019: The Widows of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey (Soho Crime) Set in India in 1921, this outstanding series launch introduces Perveen Mistry, Bombay's first female solicitor, whose efforts to assist three widows in an estate case enmeshes her in a murder investigation. Thoughtful characterizations, especially of the capable, fiercely independent lead, bode well for future installments
August 2019: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Verticality, architectural and social, is the lofty idea at the heart of Colson Whitehead's first novel that takes place in an unnamed high-rise city that combines 21st-century engineering feats with 19th-century pork-barrel politics. Elevators are the technological expression of the vertical ideal, and Lila Mae Watson, the city's first black female elevator inspector, is its embattled token of upward mobility.
September 2019: The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem,
Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer in the desert outside of Los Angeles. She's on a quest to find her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hears that Heist is preternaturally good at finding people who don't want to be found…
October 2019: Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told Poso Wells
When journalist Patrick Bracken returns to Gohen, the Irish village where he was born, he knows the eyes of the townspeople are on him. He has come home to investigate two deaths that happened decades earlier when he was a child, deaths that were ruled accidental. But Patrick knows—and believes the whole town knows—they were murders. He knows because he and his best friend, Mikey Lamb, were witnesses.
November 2019: The Word Is Murder Anthony Horowitz (Harper)mIn bestseller Horowitz's metafictional crime novel, Horowitz himself joins forces with Daniel Hawthorne, a former detective inspector, in trying to solve the case of a well-to-do woman who scheduled her own funeral just hours before she was murdered in her London home. The author nicely balances deduction and wit in this tour de force.
Mystery Book Lovers' Club November 2018
Jen Sinclair Johnson	November 6, 2018
Is everyone making their (book) list and checking it twice? Good! We won't be discussing a novel this month, instead we'll be reviewing your suggestions to winnow them down to a half-dozen (or so) titles. Also, starting in March 2019, I won't be able to host for awhile, so we'll also talk about the direction we'd like to take the club. Join us! Don't miss out on the chance to advocate for YOUR favorite reads.
In the meantime, here's what I've received so far in (no particular order).
The Frangipani Tree Mystery isn't your grandmother's sedate English cozy whodunnit. That's because Yu, best known for a modern-day Singapore-based mystery series featuring a restauranteur named Aunty Lee, has her eye on more than murder. You could say Yu is a woke Agatha Christie. She's also a remarkable talent with a vivid sense of time, place, and character. She puts her skills to use to conjure a captivating Singapore where dramatically different cultures blend, unite and divide.
The Word Is Murder Anthony Horowitz (Harper)mIn bestseller Horowitz's metafictional crime novel, Horowitz himself joins forces with Daniel Hawthorne, a former detective inspector, in trying to solve the case of a well-to-do woman who scheduled her own funeral just hours before she was murdered in her London home. The author nicely balances deduction and wit in this tour de force.
The 8 Mansion Murders Takemaru Abiko, trans. from the Japanese by Ho-Ling Wong (Locked Room International) Insp. Kyozo Hayami, of the Tokyo Metropolitan PD, has to figure out how a construction company executive was killed by a crossbow bolt in the unusual figure eight–shaped house that he shared with his parents and two siblings. Abiko combines laugh-out-loud humor with an ingenious murder plot in this extremely clever impossible crime novel.
The Widows of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey (Soho Crime) Set in India in 1921, this outstanding series launch introduces Perveen Mistry, Bombay's first female solicitor, whose efforts to assist three widows in an estate case enmeshes her in a murder investigation. Thoughtful characterizations, especially of the capable, fiercely independent lead, bode well for future installments
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjce. Set in Calcutta 1919 this is a historical crime novel. I thought it would be interesting since it has much background info on Calcutta during that time period.
Murder in Mayfair by D.M. Quincy. THis is the first of a series again a historical novel. Atlas Catesby purchases a wife from a man who has her on the auction block. Soon the husband is murdered and the lady in question is accused. Atlas must find who actually killed the man.
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey. First in a series. Set in London, Alan Grant the inspector must find the killer of a man who was killed in a crowd waiting for the theatre.
The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem,
her best selling novel and described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal—and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. And only the dead are above suspicion.
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King
The Perfect Nanny by Leila slimani's
Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told Poso Wells
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant…But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened…
Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Greg Iles, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in American fiction, delivers a brilliant debut thriller that readers will not soon forget. Jay Porter is hardly the lawyer he set out to be. His most promising client is a low-rent call girl and he runs his fledgling law practice out of a dingy strip mall. But he's long since made peace with not living the American Dream and carefully tucked away his darkest sins: the guns, the FBI file, the trial that nearly destroyed him.
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf
When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters–her job, her husband, David, and her stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years later and with the help of her hearing dog, Stitch, she is finally getting back on her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse in the dense bus ..
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke A powerful thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV show Empire.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others…but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Weeping Waters marks the beginning of a great new series with a striking new setting, a strong ensemble cast of characters and suspenseful storylines.
Inspector Albertus Beeslaar is a traumatized cop who has abandoned tough city policing and a broken relationship in Johannesburg for a backwater post on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered by the repeated attacks of a brutally efficient crime syndicate, as he struggles to train and connect with rookie local cops, Ghaap and Pyl, who resent his brusqueness and his old-school ways.
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It's sad that the warm summer months are finally coming to an end, but the harsh winter season is still pretty far away. Autumn is here to save the day and keep the winter weather at bay for a few more months. But the fall season has some challenges of its own, from yardwork to refreshing the interior of your home. Get ready for the summer-to-fall season change and learn a few facts along the way with these autumn arrival tips.
When winter begins to take its first full breaths of life, it starts pulling beautiful leaves down to your lawn, into your gutters and between the crevices of your car. The same leaves we gazed at a month earlier become a chore. Study these techniques to help you deal with pesky autumn leaves after your trees start shedding.
Many of us are looking forward to curling up on the couch with a throw or quilt to keep cozy. While throws are great functional pieces, they can also be artfully coordinated into your decor when not in use. Read on for some clever home decor tips to help you feature some gorgeous throws and quilts around your home.
Depending on your age, bathrooms can be one of the most dangerous rooms in the house. Many bathroom accidents and injuries can be prevented by taking proper precautions and, most importantly, knowing where the danger zones are. Learn about common bathroom injuries and how to avoid them with this fall review.
You did your best to protect your hair all through the summer; that season of scorching sun, hot winds and chlorinated swimming pools. Now with the fall season approaching and Halloween props popping up, it's time to undo some summer damage. Check out these five hair care tips for the summer-to-fall transition.


Purple Haze tease from Trey.
 Included a jam akin to the sound of a television newscast, complete with vocal quotes from Trey referencing news personality Connie Chung.
Glide included a Simpsons signal and BBFCFM was unfinished. Wilson contained a Purple Haze tease from Trey. Stash included a jam akin to the sound of a television newscast, complete with vocal quotes from Trey referencing news personality Connie Chung. Fishman introduced Brain by talking about his new haircut.
 Dream On and DEG jams.
Dream On and Dave's Energy Guide were both jammed during Bowie. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Weekapaug contained a vocal jam and was unfinished. Slave was played in response to a chant from the front row.
 Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on upright bass, Page on piano and Fish on Madonna washboard.
 Jean Pierre tease from Trey.
 Peaches en Regalia teases and a Random Note signal.
 Peaches en Regalia and Earache My Eye teases.
 HYHU tease in vocal jam.
 Smoke on the Water and Peaches en Regalia teases.
 Peaches en Regalia tease by Trey on drums.
 Brief Odd Couple theme tease from Page; Auld Lang Syne tease.
Ginseng Sullivan featured Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on upright bass, Page on piano and Fish on Madonna washboard and was preceded by a Roundabout tease. Antelope featured Tom Marshall on vocals. Tweezer contained a Jean Pierre tease from Trey. It's Ice contained a Random Note signal. The band put on wet suits during the end of the YEM vocal jam, which contained a HYHU tease. The third set was preceded by bubble noises through the PA and the band "diving" into the aquarium on stage. Peaches en Regalia was teased in It's Ice, Possum, Suzy Greenberg and at the end of the second HYHU (by Trey on drums). Possum also contained an Earache My Eye tease. Auld Lang Syne was teased in the DWD Jam and Hood. Suzy also contained a Smoke on the Water tease and Hood also contained a brief Odd Couple theme tease from Page. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The entire show was broadcast live (and rebroadcast the following day) on Boston's WBCN 104.1 FM.


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Each 1 May is Labour Day in Belize, as in the majority of other nations around the world. In Belize, it is also sometimes called International Workers Day or May Day.
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The origin of the holiday is the 4 May 1886 Haymarket Massacre during a labour protest in Chicago, USA. As the world industrialised in the mid to late 1800's, the dismal working conditions in many factories led to a protest movement. The Haymarket Massacre became a key moment in the movement, leading to the establishment of Labour Day, then called "International Workers Day", to demand things like an 8-hour work day, safer working conditions, and increased pay.
Since the 2011 labour laws amendment in Belize, there has been great progress in working conditions and workers' rights, but there are still always some rallies and protests. Most people, however, just get a day off work or school and get outside to enjoy the weather.
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Q: How to apply a patch containing with absolute file path names? I'd like to apply this generated patch but the patch command is asking me for a file path name :
administrator@server:~$ diff -Nau /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/www.NEW.conf > ~/php8.1-fpm-www.conf.patch
administrator@server:~$ sudo patch -p0 < ~/php8.1-fpm-www.conf.patch
Ignoring potentially dangerous file name /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
Ignoring potentially dangerous file name /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/www.NEW.conf
cant find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
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File to patch: ^C
administrator@server:~$

A: You need to strip the first component, /, and start from the root directory:
cd /
sudo patch -p1 < ~/php8.1-fpm-www.conf.patch

GNU patch considers patch contents with file names outside the tree starting in the current directory (or the directory given by -d) to be unsafe (see CVE-2010-4651). It's best to use relative paths, and I recommend minimising the path as far as makes sense since it allows the patch to be used in different contexts — in your case, I would in fact skip the directories entirely:
(
  cd /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d &&
    diff -u www.conf www.NEW.conf
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A drama where elite doctors and forensic scientists have to investigate mysterious deaths and solve mysteries related to rare diseases. Han Jin-woo after getting involved in an unexpected case returns to the coroner's office for the first time in 4 years as he is a brilliant doctor who is eager to solve God's most difficult Quiz.
The fifth season follows Han Jin Woo enjoying his life. Jin Woo helps his girlfriend, Detective Kang Kyung Hee to solve a case, and that makes him temporarily rejoin the Han kook University forensic lab. As always, Han Jin Woo solves difficult cases using his brilliant mind and keen intuition.
But this time, he is not the only one who finds the answer to God's Quiz. Now C.O.D.A.S, an artificial intelligence system that uses large data to find the cause of death, is used by the department. Kwak Hyuk Min, who runs C.O.D.A.S, is firmly convinced that numbers and data can lead to the cause. That's why he gets irritated with Han Jin Woo, who doesn't hesitate to point out system defects. The disagreement between them continues to create tension in the laboratory.
This popular crime series "God's Quiz" now has a new season, titled "God's Quiz: Reboot", the last one after four long years. The series had its beginnings in 2010 and was about the genius Han Jin Woo and his team that discovered the truth behind suspicious death cases that were deceiving the doctors. "God's Quiz: Reboot" focuses on Han Jin Woo's return to the medical examiner's office after he was absent to solve a case that will test his mental acuity to the limit.
In the main cast is still headed by Ryu Deok Hwan, in his role as a neurosurgeon and forensic doctor Han Jin Woo, Yoon Joo Hee as detective Kang Kyung Hee and Park Joon Myun being forensic doctor Jo Young Shil. "God's Quiz" has four seasons predecessor to this one, the production took the decision to release a new season due to the insistence of fans to continue the series as Ryu Deok Hwan had culminated with his mandatory military service last year.
In addition, "God's Quiz: Reboot" cast will be joined by a new member who is none other than former SISTAR member Bora, portraying Jung Seung Bin, a C.O.D.A.S. investigator in the Medical Examiner's office. While she seems infinitely kind on the outside, she boasts a cold, rational intellect in according with her position. As Han Jin Woo's former student, she respects him immensely, to the extent that she asks him to be her mentor.
This OCN network drama promises to surprise us with new and intriguing cases, so if you're a fan of the drama or like the full medical research series, don't miss "God's Quiz: Reboot". It will offer you that and much more.
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Gregorio Ruiz (September 7, 1844 – February 9, 1913) was a Mexican general who participated in the Mexican Revolution.  He was born in Perote, Veracruz and he died in Mexico City in 1913.  He studied at the Heroico Colegio Militar, and by 1864 was a lieutenant of auxiliaries in the Mexican Army.  He fought against the French Intervention in Mexico and ensuing empire of Maximilian I of Mexico (1862–1867). He participated in the pacification campaigns of Puebla and Oaxaca in 1876, and in Tepic and Sinaloa in 1877 and 1888.

Ruiz was a leading conspirator in Ten Tragic Days, a ten-day massacre and revolt against President Francisco Madero. Early on in the fighting, Ruiz and several subordinates were captured and executed by federal troops.

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Christian Robinson is a staff journalist for MBU Timeline. He is a public relations major. He is originally from West Frankfort, Ill. Robinson works for Student Activities here at MBU. During the summer, he works for a non-profit organization traveling around the country. After graduation, Robinson hopes to pursue a career working with a non-profit organization.
It's been 19 years since MBU's drama ministry group, InCharactre was founded, and the group continues to thrive while maintaining its overall purpose, to share the gospel.
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These $2,000 solar panels pull clean drinking water out of the air, and they might be a solution to the global water crisis
Zero Mass WaterZero Mass Water is backed by a $US1 billion fund led by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.
Zero Mass Water produces solar panels that pull water out of the air, filter it, and deliver it to your home faucet.
The startup, which is backed by a $US1 billion fund led by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, recently created a new sensor that allows you to monitor the quality of your water.
The company sees its technology as a way to help solve the global water crisis, which has left more than 2 billion people without access to safe drinking water in their homes.
The global water crisis has wreaked havoc on communities around the world, from homes in Flint, Michigan, to megacities like Tokyo and São Paulo.
The United Nations estimated that 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water in their homes – a situation with severe health implications that can also limit economic prosperity.
Citizens with access to clean water have a better chance of escaping poverty, fending off disease, and pursuing an education.
As the crisis escalates, many billionaire investors and tech companies have jumped at the chance to get involved. In September, a $US1 billion fund led by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other investors helped finance the efforts of Zero Mass Water, a startup making solar panels that pull clean drinking water from the air.
The panel arrays, known as Source, use sunlight to harvest water from air vapour. The harvested vapour is then sterilized and turned to liquid, which is stored in a reservoir that connects to your home faucet.
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For $US2,000 (plus around $US500 for installation), Source can deliver about 2 to 5 litres of water daily. That's the equivalent of up to 10 water bottles.
Since launching the product in 2015, Zero Mass Water has gone on to install its panels in 18 different countries, from an orphanage in Lebanon to multimillion-dollar mansions in California. The product is available to order online, but Zero Mass Water also works with developers, local governments, and nonprofits to deliver Source to at-risk communities.
Earlier this week, the startup unveiled a new sensor that allows customers to monitor the quality and safety of their drinking water. This data is then aggregated into a daily report, which is available on the Zero Mass Water app.
Zero Mass WaterMany schools in Baltimore and Detroit have had to turn off their water taps.
At a time when even the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can't say for sure if your water is safe to drink, access to real-time data is critical.
In many cases, people who are worried about the quality of their water resort to purchasing plastic water bottles. Not only is this bad for the environment, but it's also not much better than drinking out of the tap.
According to the Centres for Disease Control, "there are no requirements that bottled water quality data be reported to any federal agency or to the public" in the US. Even bottles with the label "purified water" can be treated in several different ways.
In an interview with Business Insider, the famed clean-water advocate Erin Brockovich advised consumers to "use your own common sense" when it comes to determining the safety of tap and bottled water.
"With water, we just sort of look at it, and, if it's approximately clear, we drink it," said Cody Friesen, a material scientist and the CEO at Zero Mass Water. "People are trying to find that next level of security."
Zero Mass WaterFriesen said installing Source panels is cheaper than buying water bottles in the long term.
The cost of water bottles can also add up over time. Customers with a Source panel array wind up spending far less than those who purchase plastic water bottles, Friesen said.
He also said the solution isn't as simple as purchasing a countertop water filter. While these devices may improve the taste of water, Friesen said, most are not successful at removing toxins like lead and arsenic.
Source panels also last much longer – around 20 years.
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Frederica Naval Action
Early on the morning of April 19, Elbert took the galleys down the river to attack the British ships, which were already ranged in their order of battle.
The galleys likely initiated the attack shortly after first light, around 5:30 that morning, beginning their assault on the Hinchinbrook, Rebecca, and Hatter. Galleys are lightly-built craft that are optimized for rowing. They are fragile and at a severe disadvantage against strongly-built sailing vessels. However, galleys have a tactical advantage against pure sailing vessels in restricted waters or when there is no wind. Either by happenstance or by brilliant planning, the ebb tide combined with the lack of wind to give the Americans the advantage; with no wind, the British ships were unable to sail forward to board and storm the galleys, and were forced to remain stationary. Consequently, the galleys began by firing a few random shots at the British vessels before anchoring a safe distance away and beginning a heavy cannonade.
Hinchinbrook and Rebecca carried four-pounders which were no match for the heavier ordinance on the galleys, so they began dropping downriver, hoping to find a place to maneuver and possibly catch a breeze. They thought that the channel was deep, and sailed accordingly; however, at around 10 in the morning, Rebecca suddenly became grounded at a place called "Raccoon Gut". Hinchinbrook and Hatter soon suffered the same fate. As the galleys were drawing nearer, the British made the decision to abandon ship. Most of the officers and men crowded into the ship's boats and rowed downriver to Galatea, which was still anchored in the Sound. A few of Hinchinbrook's crew were left behind.
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Ships involved:
Washington (galley)
Bulloch (galley)
Lee (galley)
HMS Galatea (frigate)
HMS Hinchinbrook (brigantine) - Aground and captured
Rebecca (sloop) - Aground and captured
Hatter (brig) - Aground and captured
The Frederica Naval Action was a tremendous boost to Georgians' morale for it put out of action two British ships that had captured several American merchant vessels. The victory also helped delay for over eight months the British capture of Fort Morris and Sunbury. The tidal currents, lack of wind and underwater shoals certainly affected the outcome, but credit for the capture of the three British vessels must be awarded to Colonel Samuel Elbert for his courage, tactics and leadership, and to each of the officers and men who served under his command.
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The earlier years of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin's life was spent working to his family's clockmaking business in the French town of Blois. It was at this time that he particularly became interested in magic and very soon he was entertaining friends with his skilful sleight of hand tricks. Before he married, his last name was Robert but when he married the daughter of Jacques François Houdin, he petitioned the French government to allow him to use the old style hyphenated last names which had actually been banned under the new regime. His father-in-law was a well-known Parisian clockmaker and soon he opened his own clockmaking studio in Paris with his father-in-law's backing.
Of course the fact that he now lived in the French capital gave Houdin much more an opportunity to indulge his love of magic.
It was in 1844 that PT Barnum the famous American circus impresario purchased a small android that Robert-Houdin had built for the universal exposition. Robert-Houdin was paid 7000 francs and this financial injection gave him the opportunity to finish the creations he was building for a magic theatre which he was soon to open in Paris.
The sight of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin in his elegant evening attire set him apart from other magicians in their long robes and this has led many to see Houdin as the first 'modern' magician.


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(Before Mr Justice Hill)
THE QUEEN v THE INHABITANTS OF WRENTHORPE
This case was resumed this morning, when a number of witnesses were called to prove that the Lawns Road had always been considered a public highway, and had been repaired by inhabitants of the hamlet of Wrenthorpe. Mr Overend, defence submitted that the road question was set out under the Act of Parliament and the commissioners' award as a private road, and had never been dedicated to the public by the lord of the manor, the Duke of Leeds. The allottees and inhabitants of various townships in the neighbourhood ought to keep the road in repair by a rate; but instead of this, an endeavour was made by bringing this action, to throw the whole expense of the repairs upon the hamlet of Wrenthorpe, which was a place where poor colliers resided, and it would be a great hardship upon them. The learned counsel denied that any public user had been proved. The road had only been used privately by persons on horseback and foot passengers, and for the conveyance of coal and lime, and its wretched state was strong evidence that it never had been a public highway. Verdict for the defendants.
Carr Gate, Lawns, litigation
Knitting fog, or the 80-year wait
Before the rec' in Silcoates Lane


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Q: GridView sometimes doesn't update only first item with Picasso even when I save Targets I saw a kind of a similar unanswered question, but I can't comment and ask questions there and he is having this problem all the time even on a first load: Picasso doesn't load first image of ArrayAdapter
So the problem is: I have an app where I can scroll the GridView endlessly and download movie posters. When I return to the very beginning of the screen - it sometimes doesn't update only first poster and shows some other picture.
I set Targets to the ImageView to keep strong reference. My code is following:
@Override
public View getView(final int position, View view, ViewGroup parent) {

    final MovieObject movieObject = getItem(position);

    if (view == null) {
        view = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.movie_item, parent, false);
    }

    final ProgressBar spinner = (ProgressBar) view.findViewById(R.id.movie_item_spinner);
    final ImageView poster = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.movie_poster);

    // Target to show/hide ProgressBar on ImageView
    final Target target = new Target() {

        @Override
        public void onPrepareLoad(Drawable drawable) {
            poster.setBackgroundResource(R.color.white);
            spinner.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }

        @Override
        public void onBitmapLoaded(Bitmap photo, Picasso.LoadedFrom from) {
            poster.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(photo));
            spinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        @Override
        public void onBitmapFailed(Drawable drawable) {
            poster.setBackgroundResource(R.color.white);
        }
    };

    // Save strong reference to be able to show pictures without sliding the screen
    poster.setTag(target);

    Picasso.with(getContext()).load(movieObject.poster_path).into((Target) poster.getTag());

    // If movie doesn't have an image - uses text instead
    if (movieObject.poster_path.contains("null"))
    {
        TextView imageText = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.movie_poster_text);
        imageText.setText(movieObject.title);
    }
    poster.setContentDescription(movieObject.title);

    return view;
}

How can I solve this problem?
Add: I also tried saving Targets in a MovieObject, I also tried declaring separate class for Target - nothing helped.

A: Solved the problem with a callback:
@Override
public View getView(final int position, View view, ViewGroup parent) {

    ...

    spinner.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

    Picasso.with(getContext()).load(movieObject.poster_path).into(poster, new Callback() {
        @Override
        public void onSuccess() {
            spinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

        @Override
        public void onError() {
            poster.setBackgroundResource(R.color.white);
        }
    });

    ...

    return view;
}

I'm still not sure how the poster will be recycled.
In Picasso docs they have a following note:
Note: The Callback param is a strong reference and will prevent your Activity or Fragment from being garbage collected. If you use this method, it is strongly recommended you invoke an adjacent Picasso.cancelRequest(android.widget.ImageView) call to prevent temporary leaking.
Where should I implement it?


Have you lately checked how school fees or tuition fees are becoming expensive each year that comes that it's even a salary of a civil servant? Today taking your child for a baby nursery schooling is paying the same equivalent money with a high school student fees, and if its university worse.
Parents are spending their whole entire lifetime earning just to say what they call I am educating my child; sometimes I wonder if parents of today are really educating their child or children or just wasting their financial life on a child, and the fact is, that financial in school will never be recovered.
I don't see it as sensible to take your child for a university degree and pay thousands of Kwacha or Dollars, and only your child graduating without a job or end up working for Lebanese's hair shop, Pick & Pay, Chopies Super Market or Shoprite getting a k1200 or $100 every month as a university Degree holder or Masters Degree holder getting a K4000 or $400, and when you say taking your child to school for years is an investment when you are just spending such an amount for a one 3 months semester for straight 15 years, and then your child ends up getting such a salary like this after school, or ends up unemployed, and you still call this as investment today, let me just say this, this is financial insanity.
When we say educating your child is an investment and you invest your whole entire financial lifetime on your child's education, and when your child finishes school and your investment does not return within the period or years your child was in school, that's insanity financial investment. Point is an investment is for return.
Today as a parent if you are thinking and expecting that taking a child to school is an investment, please think honestly about such an illusion investment, you will be the one crying in old age years. Today I am seeing parents who where my father's work mates in a company ZESCO called Zambia Electricity Supplying Cooperation and other companies how they are financial sick, broke and confused why they educated their children for years; and some there children have a job but cannot fully support their parents because of peanut butter salaries, others are unemployed today that the money the parents spent for their child's education has never even harvested them any single coin, and we are still saying that going to school is the key to success.
In today time mostly which is killing our older parents it's not actually bacteria diseases, but cancer of the wallet, lack of money, and even though others die with bacteria diseases, most these sickness can be cured if there is money, but lack of money to support the health of our grown up parents causes most deaths.
As a parent today, you have to begin thinking normal, before spending all your entire lifetime money on your child's education that you will 90% never reap that investment, and why not just flip the other page, and use that part of your money to educate you and your child financially so that you might be on the safe side, for your child's financial life and your financial life too. Just look at how unemployment is high today, how many unemployed graduates have no jobs today, and how many employed graduates are getting peanut butter salaries, and you can say that schooling is an investment. Today robots and machines are taking over human labor jobs, and you are saying investing in your child for a job is an investment? Let's think honestly here please parents? I end here, just think about this honestly.
We Could All Learn A Lesson From This Baby Bear!


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