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'Monkeys Like You'
An exclusive excerpt from Morgan Jerkins' debut memoir.
By Morgan Jerkins
Sylvie Rosokoff
When I was ten, the only thing I wanted was to be a white cheerleader. Bone-straight hair. Thin nose. Saccharine voice. Slender body.
When I was ten, I realized that I was black. In some ways, that had nothing to do with actual cheerleading, but rather with what blackness meant, writ large, learned from the experience of trying to force myself into this pristine, white, and coveted space, which spit me out before I could realize how much I had been abused.
The cafeteria was large, and the whiteness was blinding.
I grew up in Atlantic County, New Jersey, just twenty minutes from Atlantic City, depending on how fast you drive down the expressway or Black Horse Pike. There are not many places in Atlantic County you can go where the last name Jerkins is not known — my uncles Rodney and Freddie have achieved incredible success in the music industry, producing hits for artists like Jennifer Lopez and Brandy. Maybe this was why I was generally popular with the black and Latinx students in my school. Teachers asked if my uncles could pop in to the class to supplement their math lessons, and aspiring producers wanted to know how they could get in touch with them. There might have been incidents when I was called ugly, or rejected by some guy whom I basically didn't know but was infatuated with nevertheless, but that was all they were: incidents, moments. They were not experiences that defined my childhood, or me.
As a kid, I loved TV. I religiously watched shows like "Saved by the Bell" and "Lizzie McGuire" and slept through the weekday nights while "The Facts of Life" played in the background. And there she was, always: the cheerleader. She wasn't always blonde, but she was always white, skinny, and desirable. She was equally powerful and pure.
When I was ten, the only thing I wanted to be was a white cheerleader.
Cheerleading tryouts for elementary school were under way, and I knew that this was my chance. If I made the squad, it would be easier for me to make the team again and again from middle through high school. All prospective squad members were mandated to attend nightly sessions in our elementary school's cafeteria in order to learn a dance routine, gain tips on how to impress the judges with our energy and attitude, and practice our jumps. I was one of only four black girls in a room of about thirty white girls. The others were Tanya, a second-generation Jamaican-American; Ruby, whose name matched her beauty; and an Afro-Latina whose name eludes me now. There were no Asians, no Pacific Islanders, no Native Americans. If you blinked, you might not have noticed us four black girls there. The cafeteria was large, and the whiteness was blinding.
Although I could not stir up the strength to lift my pudgy body (with 34C breasts, to boot) into the air to perfect a pike or tuck, I made up for it with my enthusiasm. I wasn't as popular with my black and brown classmates as I was with the white ones, although I was one of only a few black girls who regularly mingled with them. To this day, I'm not sure if it was due to circumstance or colorism, my light skin often associated with whiteness, my identity regularly mistaken for biracial. Nevertheless, I wanted equal social standing in both spaces. Just to be in the presence of white girls — mainly those who had been cheerleaders for years, those whom all the boys, both white and of color, wanted — I felt privileged. I hoped that if I were adjacent to them, then some of their desirability could lather me like soapsuds to the skin, polishing me off until I was just as white as them. I scrutinized how easy it was for them to make their bodies fly through the air, how graceful their movements were. Every gesture seemed like a dance. I might have noticed these talents when they sat beside me in class or brushed past me in the lunchroom line, but these sessions isolated them so I could study them a little bit more closely. Spatial boundaries did not apply to their bodies. They could move anywhere they pleased. Their bodies knew this even if their prepubescent minds didn't. There was no place that they could not go without being acknowledged: not the playground, not the classroom, not the lunchroom, and most certainly not cheerleading practice. I had only a faint awareness then that being born in white skin, they had been groomed for this kind of dominance.
White girls weren't expected to be strong; they didn't need to be.
Unlike the cheerleaders in sitcoms and cartoons, these white girls weren't stuck-up and rude. On the contrary, they were quite helpful, giving me tips on how to smile when I appeared in front of the judges and how to stretch so that I could improve my momentum for the jumps. Were they nice to me because of my uncles, perhaps? Because I was light-skinned? I wasn't entirely sure. I was ten; I didn't know myself. I exhausted so much of my mental energy hoping that a nonblack girl would swallow me into her identity that I never spent much time alone with me and only me. Looking back, they seemed to talk to me more than they did Tanya and Ruby, and both of them were darker than a brown paper bag. But could it have been because I made more of an effort to grovel? All of my closest friends were older girls of color who weren't trying out or interested in cheerleading at all. The more I invested myself into becoming like those white cheerleaders, the less mental space I devoted to my actual friends. If I could not be a white girl, then I could mimic one until anyone who saw me would think that my skin was a costume. I thought myself very ugly. I had ill-fitting glasses, a large overbite, plaited hair that made me look like a kindergartner, and an adult woman's body. I felt caught between two worlds, that of children and that of grown-up folks. I dreamed that cheerleading would provide a middle ground where I could be popular, envied by children and adults alike for my youth, fortitude, and beauty.
These white girls were well aware of their beauty and how much power it yielded. They wore their hair in high ponytails that swung whenever they moved. They discussed who had the most tubes of lip gloss, whose butt looked the biggest in Limited Too jeans, who shopped where for bras. There were of course factions, and enemies swung the word "slut" around because there was no worse insult to direct towards another girl. Unlike with white girls, whose repeated mudslinging seemed quite boring and nonchalant, black girls' conflicts were more directed and violent. If you were talking behind someone else's back, that person confronted you. If that person was bigger or more popular than you, you either surrendered through crying (i.e., self-abnegation) or apologizing. But even then, a fight was still a possibility. In our world, the most immediate solution to silencing someone was through physical force. Many black girls, including myself, thought of our strength through physical force as a way of protecting ourselves. White girls weren't expected to be strong; they didn't need to be. They were already supported, cared for, and coddled enough. Fighting, for them, would have been extravagant — what did they have to prove?
The night of tryouts arrived. I had been practicing in my room every night; my mother encouraged me, told me that I "had it in the bag," that they would be a fool not to let me in. When she was a child, she didn't make her cheerleading squad, but then one girl fell ill and she was accepted into the elite. I felt like I was a legacy, that I was destined to follow in her footsteps by becoming a cheerleader and, in the process, I would become beautiful through whiteness. I don't know what fueled my mother's desire to become a cheerleader. I never asked because I was afraid that in turn she would ask me the same.
Families lined the elementary school hallways with beach chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets full of food because they knew that tryouts and decisions would all happen in one night. The judges were the cheerleading coaches, those who also taught us all the vocabulary, jumps, and dance routines. My mother and I held hands to pray that God would hold my fear at bay. I knew the dance steps. I'd practiced them while walking downstairs for breakfast and dinner. I'd practiced them on the way to the bus stop. My smile was congealed on my face; I was excited before my moment began. My confidence was so overwhelming, so filling, that I refused to touch any food or drink before it was my turn.
Suddenly, I understood more about race than I ever had.
Every white girl walked out of the cafeteria where the tryouts were held with a smile on her face. She hugged her mother, high-fived her, or simply walked over to her spot by some wall in the hallway to relax until the moment of truth. When my name was called, I walked in with two other white girls and the Afro-Latina. The judges, all white women, smiled and welcomed us. Their hands gripped their pens, ink bleeding onto their evaluation sheets. I don't recall breathing. Once the music began, I danced our routine almost like I was a programmed machine. I just went, my body moving and cutting through the air. I made eye contact to let them know that I was there, and they watched me. When it was time to judge our jumps, the Afro-Latina was the first to go. We were standing on opposite sides of the cafeteria, with the white girls couched in between us. Our order was not intentional, but nevertheless it was significant to me; we stood as poles for the white girls to remain at the center.
The Afro-Latina faltered on her jumps. She forgot what one of them was and stood there with a surly look on her face. She jutted her right hip and began to roll her tongue in her mouth. Oh no, I thought. I knew those gestures well. I'd seen them in my mother and aunt when they were fed up. She was returning to being a girl of color. When she forgot her steps, she remembered who she was in that room full of white women. She was paralyzed.
"Do you want to try again?" one judge asked.
"I don't know," she replied. She was not upset. In fact, her expression spoke of exhaustion. There was nothing left for her to do, so she stood there and we moved on.
I knew that I had to be better, not only because I wanted to be a cheerleader, but also to signal to the judges that I wasn't like her. We might both have had light brown skin and the same wooly-textured hair, but we were not the same. As I'd expected, I did my jumps without so much as wobbling when my feet returned to the ground. I walked out of that cafeteria feeling as airy and euphoric as the white girls. I couldn't feel my actual body whatsoever. I imagined, I almost believed, that my body had no restrictions. I was limitless, white.
Hours passed as we waited for the results. We had gotten to the tryouts at around six p.m. and didn't hear anything until about nine, ten o'clock. The cafeteria doors opened again, but this time, the judges were coming out rather than inviting girls in. The entire hallway was silent. I could hear my heartbeat thumping in my ear and an incessant ringing in the other. They called names one by one: white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white. White girls hugging their white mothers. White girls surprised at the results, covering their mouths and squealing, "Oh my God." White girls surprised, white women judges holding back their excitement for their new, and yet old, team. The one judge speaking stopped, and they returned to the cafeteria.
I blinked and a tear rolled down my cheek. One became several. Several became innumerable. My mother spoke with Tanya's mother and they deliberated going to the administration to "talk about this." I did not know what "this" meant. Ruby, throughout it all, smiled and gathered her things. As for the Afro-Latina, I don't believe she and her family stayed until the end. My mother tried giving me a CD to cheer me up, but I could not help but think that something was terribly wrong, not so much with the judges but with me. Maybe I didn't smile enough. I didn't recall smiling, but that's because I had been trying to focus. Maybe I was too fat. Maybe I wasn't beautiful. That had to be it. Because I was not a cheerleader, I felt like I was sentenced to eternal ugliness.
Because I was not a cheerleader, I felt like I was sentenced to eternal ugliness.
I got over the results within a few days because I had another kind of drama unraveling in my life. One of my closest neighborhood friends and I were fighting. I do not remember what it was about, but it had to have been something stupid, because what was that serious at ten and eleven years old? The Internet was starting to get popular — more of our fighting happened over AOL instant messaging than in person. We might have typed curse words to each other, talked about each other's hair and clothes, but there was one comment that brought my fingers to a standstill: "Do you know why you didn't make the cheerleading squad, Morgan? It's because they don't accept monkeys like you on the team."
This "friend" was Filipina, and several shades darker than me. I had heard rumors that her family was racist and this was why I was never invited into her house, but I'd never thought she was infected, too. After all, she wore fitted hats, dated black guys, and knew the lyrics to more rap songs than I did. She moved through black spaces with so much fluidity that we accepted her as one of our own. But when she called me a monkey, I thought back to the first of those nightly prep sessions. There was no amount of practice or smiling that could obscure the inescapable problem of me being a black girl. Did those white girls look at me as a monkey who had to be treated with artificial cordiality so that I wouldn't act wild or aggressive? Did I transform into the character of a monkey when I performed in front of those white women, subtly begging for their acceptance without questioning it? Suddenly, I understood more about race than I ever had. It didn't matter if my "friend" was wrong. I didn't make the team, and therefore, she knew that I was inferior. Unlike her, who ingratiated herself with black people and moved into our spaces, I could not perform well enough for white girls to claim me as their own. It wasn't simply because I wasn't good enough to make the team. I couldn't make the team because I was not human. And when I looked at myself in the mirror, when I kissed my mother good night, this feeling of being the monkey, nonhuman, haunted me. I should've known my place. I should've known that when I was around my black friends, I was who I was, and when I was in a white space, I wasn't afforded humanity. And maybe that was what I was really trying out for, not a cheerleading squad, a chance to be a person. Did I smile to be less threatening? Did I dance to prove that if I kept moving, I could avoid being confined by their preconceived notions of who I was? Just what exactly needed validation?
From the book "THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America" by Morgan Jerkins. Copyright © 2018 by Morgan Jerkins. To be published on January 30, 2018 by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission.
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"If you don't love what you do, it shows."
Lisa Buckingham is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Lincoln Financial Group and she has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of human resources management. In October 2017, she was named HR Executive of the Year by HR Executive Magazine. In addition to all HR practices and policies for Lincoln Financial Group Lisa is also responsible for overseeing the corporation's brand and enterprise communications, consumer insights and corporate social responsibility activities. She serves on a number of boards including the Eagles Charitable Foundation and she Chairs the Lincoln Foundation.
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Are these the best RV road trips in the U.S. for 2021?
Mike Wendland
We're always trying to bring you great routes to travel, but we just came across a list of what just may be the best RV road trips in the U.S.
The list we're talking about was compiled by the good folks at TripSavvy.com. To make it easy for you to read, we put the list below.
Of course, the proverbial $64 million question is: are these actually the best RV road trips in the U.S.? Let us know in the comments below!
National Parks & Highway 12 (Salt Lake City to Grand Canyon)
Drivers who head southbound from Salt Lake City, Utah will pass a playground of gorgeous national parks stretching to neighboring Arizona. Highway 12 Scenic Byway is a 122.9-mile route that's regarded as one of the most beautiful drives in the world. It is a designated "All-American Road" that stretches from Capitol Reef to Bryce Canyon National Parks. That means a wide range of breathtaking views, from desert red rock and alpine forest.
Visitors might want to consider a stop at Anasazi State Park and the Anasazi ruins that date back to 1050 A.D. and are located in Boulder, Utah. Continue on to the incredible Grand Staircase-Escalante where you might want to consider parking your RV for the night at Yonder Escalante, which offers plenty of RV sites. From there, continue on with visits to Bryce and Zion National Parks, before finishing at the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The Blues Highway (Nashville to New Orleans)
Highway 61 is also known as "The Blues Highway." It is recognized as the famous road written about by dozens of blues artists, and road trippers will travel through a piece of history and enjoy a wide variety of scenic views.
Starting in Nashville (which we documented a trip to a few year ago here), home to country music's most famous stage and the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum, continue on to Memphis, where Elvis Presley fans can fully immerse themselves in the King of Rock n Roll's life. After a visit to Graceland, head on to Mississippi and finally New Orleans, where the French Quarter has long inspired musicians, writers, and artists.
Pacific Coast Highway (California)
Stretching along most of California's coast, the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) is one of the best-known coastal drives in the country. RVers who start in Dana Point, California will travel through Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Big Sur, and San Francisco. Road travelers will pass stunning cliffs, the iconic Hearst Castle, and redwood forests. Many consider a hike down Fern Canyon, where part of "Jurassic Park: Lost World" was filmed, a must. Be sure to check out some of these previous RV Lifestyle posts for more.
The last pullout before CA1 goes inland – north of Westport, CA This is one of the best RV road trips in the U.S.
Pacific Coast Scenic Byway (Oregon)
Looking for an alternative to the PCH that's just as jaw-dropping as the famous California drive? Try Oregon. Starting in Astoria, RVers will travel down the Oregon coast for 363 miles before ending near Brookings. Along the way, travelers will pass by endless options for sand and surf, including Cannon Beach and Whaleshead Beach. Hikers may want to spent some time in less-crowded state parks, like Cape Lookout and Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, or walk under the world's largest eucalyptus tree (at almost 70 feet tall) along Myrtle Tree Trail.
The Overseas Highway: Miami to Key West of U.S. Highway 1
U.S. Highway 1 is the ideal choice for those looking to experience picturesque views of pristine beaches, sunsets, and palm trees as they pass through charming cities and end at one of the most scenic drives in the nation. Begin with some golf in St. Petersburg at the historic Vinoy Renaissance Resort and Golf Club before heading south to Cape Coral where you can take a dip in the Gulf of Mexico. Head to Fort Lauderdale for picturesque sunsets, then on through the swaying coconut palms of Islamorada. Finally, you will drive across the Overseas Highway and the crystal clear waters of the Florida Keys, ending in Key West.
Blue Ridge Parkway (West Virginia to Tennessee)
It's not hard to see why the Blue Ridge Parkway has the nickname of "America's Favorite Drive." The 469-mile route offers the best of the Appalachian range, connecting Virginia's Shenandoah National Park with North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Suggested route: Start at the northern entrance in Rockfish Gap, Virginia, then drive south, passing through Roanoke before entering North Carolina. Of course, Asheville is a popular stop.
Blue Ride Parkway. Photo by Ashley Knedler on Unsplash
Adirondacks (NYC to The Finger Lakes)
We have fallen in love with the Adirondacks and New York State. There are mountains, raging rivers, deep gorges, gorgeous lakes and hiking that can't be beat. Then there is the beautiful Finger Lakes area and, of course, America's top-rated state park, Letchworth State Park.
Covering a whopping 6 million acres, the world is your oyster when it comes to the outdoors and there's no shortage of hiking and biking trails as well as intimate villages and historical sites.
Along the way, RVers can visit numerous vineyards with tasting rooms in the Finger Lakes wine region. After a beautiful drive through New York state's rolling hills, RVers will enter the quaint village of Aurora and feel at ease with the calming waters of Cayuga Lake and pristinely restored historic homes that make up the lakeside luxury boutique resort at the Inns of Aurora.
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Ohio's Amish Country Byway (Ohio)
Amish Country Byway in Ohio boasts views of natural landscape along winding curves and rolling hills that make it one of the most beautiful backdrops for a road trip. It's a charming country byway that will offer a great selection of Amish country cooking, old-world artisan shops, and historic sites detailing the history of Amish and German people. Those who feel adventurous might want to get out and explore the Mohican-Memorial State Forest for a few hours.
Black to Yellow Route (Wyoming)
The Black to Yellow Route starts on I-90 traveling from Wyoming's Black Hills in the northeastern corner to Yellowstone National Park in the northwest portion of the state. The route allows road travelers to see the nation's first national monument and first national park while enjoying charming towns and scenic byways along the way. Consider a stop in Sheridan, a beautiful small town filled with western history (including The Mint Bar, which was built in 1907 and became a famous cowboy bar) and a growing brewery and distillery scene. You will likely also want to spend some time in Cody. Be sure to check out a video we did on Cody below!
Natchez Trace Parkway (Mississippi to Tennessee)
The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile recreational road and scenic drive through three states. It roughly follows the "Old Natchez Trace" a historic travel corridor used by American Indians, "Kaintucks," European settlers, slave traders, soldiers, and future presidents. Today, people can enjoy not only a scenic drive but also hiking, biking, horseback riding, and camping along the parkway.
Explore the many waterfalls including Fall Hollow Waterfall and Jackson Falls, where you can stretch your legs and go for a cool swim. Quaint towns like Leiper's Fork offer plenty, such as unique galleries and artisanal boutiques. at the Loveless Café on milepost 444 is a must—this former roadside motel serves fluffy biscuits, pies, and iconic Southern cooking.
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Madigan (TV series)
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Dean Hargrove
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Single-camera
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September 20, 1972 (1972-09-20) –
February 28, 1973 (1973-02-28)
NBC Mystery Movie
Madigan is an American crime drama television series based on the 1968 film of the same name, starring Richard Widmark as Sgt. Dan Madigan. The show aired on NBC in 1972-73 as part of the NBC Mystery Movie umbrella series.
Dan Madigan is a veteran police officer in New York, now dedicated to investigating cases in Europe. He is incorruptible and organized crime is the target. Despite the fact that the character in the 1968 film version died he was resurrected for this 'Mystery Movie' version which depicted the seedier side of New York for the initial home based episode, the short run series duly moved the central character to various overseas locations for episodes such as; 'The Lisbon Beat', 'The London Beat' etc. The show was initially grouped alongside; Banacek (George Peppard) and Cool Million (James Farentino) as part of a rotating wheel of 'Mystery Movies' but never returned for a second season (along with 'Cool Million') while 'Banacek' was later grouped with Faraday & Company, Tenafly, & The Snoop Sisters for its second season. The character was based on a much less admirable policeman in Richard Dougherty's 1962 novel "The Commissioner."
"The Manhattan Beat" Alex March Roland Wolpert 20 September 1972 (20 September 1972)
Madigan's new partner has a background in sociology and wants to try to reason with criminals.
"The Midtown Beat" Jack Smight William P. McGivern 4 October 1972 (4 October 1972)
Madigan's latest case brings him to Harlem, where he uncovers a case of revenge motivated by bigotry.
"The London Beat" Jack Smight William P. McGivern 8 November 1972 (8 November 1972)
To catch a group of American gangsters hiding out across the pond, Madigan teams up with Scotland Yard.
"The Lisbon Beat" Boris Sagal Bernard C. Schoenfeld 3 January 1973 (3 January 1973)
Madigan is in pursuit of a prisoner who is freed in a hijacking.
"The Naples Beat" Boris Sagal Stephen Lord 31 January 1973 (31 January 1973)
In an effort to shut down a heroin smuggling operation, Madigan offers protection to a deported gangster in exchange for information, but Madigan's informer has been marked for death by a rival gangster.
"The Park Avenue Beat" Alex March Peter Allan Fields 28 February 1973 (28 February 1973)
Madigan has his work cut out for him when he pursues an ex-cop who is now working as a hit man.
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Nigeria needs to invest in the training of its teachers in order to develop Human capital.
Since Nigeria gained independence in 1960, almost every person that has contested for a political office has made a promise to reform the education sector and make it the envy of the world. It's 57 years after independence and the budget for the educational sector of Africa's most youthful country is 19 percent shy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) suggested ratio of 26 percent. It is interesting to know that this number has increased, with the government further dashing any hopes of an upward movement with the proposed 2018 budget. One might ask why this trend persists, but that won't be enough to show what receiving education in Nigeria feels like.
Unfortunately, it is estimated that about 11 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the United Nations have described it as an acute teacher shortage. As a result of this, Nigeria is expected to recruit about 250,000 teachers to fill the gaps that exist, hopefully, this could lead to an increase in the quality of education. But the bigger problem is that these assumptions are made on the premise that a good number of the already employed teachers are qualified. Following the case of a competency test written in Kaduna state that has led to the termination of over 20,000 teachers, this should be thought through again. Shamefully, the teachers failed a test meant for students in primary 4.
Through the numerous debates on what needs to be done to help improve the Nigerian education system, one option has remained, and that is teacher training or teacher education. This training format dates back to 1879 when teacher education was introduced by University of Cambridge as a means of providing new skills and added knowledge to teachers. The Clinton Foundation explains the impact of teacher training in this report.
In view of this issue facing Nigeria, there is a learning and development organisation that has been involved in capacity building and continuous professional development for teachers known as Axiom Learning Solutions. Located in the financial hub of Nigeria, Lagos, Axiom has designed and facilitated direct training for over 10,000 teachers and over 250,000 teachers via innovative distributive e-learning across a wide range of learning modules, activity-based learning, classroom management, etc. Each training provides the perfect platform for continuous professional development for educational professionals. One other aspect of teacher training is its usefulness in inducting new teachers, by leveraging the experience of older teachers – mentorship style.
One area, which Axiom has focused on, is preparing teachers for classrooms with children that have special needs. So many children are dropping out because teachers can't understand how to reach them, and for each child lost, a dream dies.
As part of efforts to improve special educational needs and disabilities in the country, Axiom, partnered with the National Teachers Institute to train hundreds of head teachers and junior secondary school principals across the country. The training workshop was an exposé on the relevant tools and skills required to promote inclusion for students with SENDS. The trainers were also equipped with materials to train other teachers at their respective schools thereby extending the level of impact. Through a structured monitoring and evaluation process, Axiom was able to monitor and evaluate the impact of training programmes at their respective schools and six(6) teachers with the most competent step-down process were recognised and awarded for their efficiency and hard work across the 6 geopolitical zones.
According to Axiom Co-Founder, Ani Charles Bassey-Eyo Nigeria didn't earn the title of Africa's Giant for its oil or agriculture, but for its human capital. Axiom has a unique desire to build a better world, and to do so by building people. We believe that one teacher better equipped has a ripple effect on a countless number of children; an impact that is almost immeasurable. Our current situation presents new opportunities to renew that investment and develop our human capital further. We can only do so if we leave the minds of our future generation in good hands; those of well-trained educators.
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Robert Indiana's Estate Says Artist's Caretaker Neglected Him
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The executor of Robert Indiana's estate has come forward in court papers to argue that Mr. Indiana, the famed artist who created the iconic "LOVE" and "HOPE" renderings, had been poorly cared for by his caretaker, Jamie L. Thomas. The court filing asserts that Mr. Thomas "improperly lined his pockets" with $1.1 million from the artist and took more than 100 works of art by claiming they were gifts. It also maintains that Mr. Thomas breached his obligations by allowing the artist to live in "squalor and filth." This filing is a response to a case filed by Mr. Thomas in July, in which he sued the estate for millions of dollars for legal fees he incurred fighting a separate lawsuit in New York by Morgan Art Foundation, a former business partner of Mr. Indiana. James L. Brannan, the executor of the Indiana estate who filed the counterclaim, is represented by Preti Flaherty attorney Sigmund D. Schutz.
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There is a big problem these days with business ideas, everyone creates his list with hundreds of ideas and then, he publishes them in a confusing way that never let people understand how to start that business and learn the basics. At the same time, there is no need to talk about blogging and affiliate marketing in 2015 and list them as new businesses when they are there for years.
Other people still think about car washing and call it a creative business idea, why wasting people's time with lists that will never give a good advice and help people instead of bombarding their minds with a long list.
Today, we will talk about some of the new and smart online business ideas for young entrepreneurs. That never means, that's only for young people, but these ideas need lots of work and energy.
This smart business needs a programmer with lots of energy and some networking to build relationships and work with other people. Internet marketers spend millions of dollars in total for things that seems easy to get and for free. It's just a check of a domain name, URL links, and SEO ranking.
It seems an old idea, right? However, there is a big chance that you can be the next billionaire with a well coded program, and also, the best marketing strategy and people who work with you.
Let's make things easier, websites like Ahrefs, MOZ and Majesticseo, are using completely different programs to analyze websites and make statistics about their links. However, their results are completely different from what you find as backlinks can be only the half number of the other website.
Now, what this means for us? Simply, all of them detect only a small percentage of the links and not all of them. If you're a webmaster with Google account, you can understand me, Google analyses pages quickly, and give more links as a report. But, people use other services because they add no follow, or not, and many other good things.
You can build your online business even if there are competitors with millions of customers. The only requirement is to offer something different and people will use your service and pay for that.
Of course, big brands receive millions of visitors per month and their Alexa traffic rank is something like 100 or 200. That means it's hard to compete with them in their work, however, a new site called webmeup.com is doing a great job and its interface is better than the others.
Most importantly, they succeeded the biggest part of their business that's receiving a huge traffic, and that means lots of potential customers. Actually, their Alexa rank is 5000 in a short period of time, and expects to see them in the top 100 sites nearly. I wish them a good luck for the great work. They are working friendly, with beautiful webmaster analytics tools. If they were working like any other software, they will never succeed, but they are offering something better, with extra features.
You should be a programmer first, or have the resources to hire skilled programmers, and work together. You have to spend some 2 to 6 months building the program, and the crawlers that will explore the web by following links. Learn why Google succeeded when the other failed and apply their method to your own project.
Even if there are big companies, web crawling and analytics still unable to detect all the links, that's good for you and this is your best time to show your skills.
Add more social media sites in the backlinks report, Pinterest, for example, is not listed in the big company statistics. So, find a way to crawl them and find links, add as many social networks as you can. Don't forget to focus only on sites with millions of users? Reddit, for example, is a good website to add.
In other words, find what the actual tools have as negative, and make it positive for you. Add what they don't have, and work with creative people. Of course, you need a small investment, at least to start.
This is the most important part, a software without marketing skills will never succeed. What you need is to let the world know about your great tool, create a modern and an attractive website design, and make it looks professional.
Ask bloggers to review your software and publish a post about it. If you have extra budget, invest in advertising with websites. Yahoo advertising, is a trusted platform that you can use.
When you have a new backlink and SEO analytics software, with marketing strategy and great people to work with, you can expect the success. It's not a rocket science to tell people, that your software is great and they can try it.
Give people a reason to sign up, and please give only trials and don't start with free plans. Know you why? People find free things not interesting and will never sign up. You should offer free trials, and then you can add the free plan with limited functions.
Marketers are not people with few dollars, they don't have a problem with investment, but they need to know that you're offering something with value, and then, they will subscribe for the monthly plan. Other companies offer plans that cost $500 and $900 for their big marketers who are also companies in general.
Stop thinking that there are brands and you can't compete with them, just work smarter, harder and make the difference. The success will be your destination. Google started like a small program with no way to succeed, at that time, only Yahoo and Altavista are the leaders, but Google came with something new better.
This is also a great idea for programmers and web developers, it's not new, but the time proves that's easy to succeed. Do you use Twitter, Facebook and Google plus? Yes, of course, at least for one of them, what this business does is spamming people with automatic posting and links, that's it, unfortunately. It's not a 100% social media marketing, as they call it, however, big companies make millions from this market.
All in all, it's a software that lets companies and marketers auto post links or tweets in a fixed time. So, their followers will see those tweets or re-tweets, posts and probably they will click on some of them. Is that a rocket science again?. But it needs a smart marketing also, everything is achievable as idea, but marketing is not for everyone.
I'll tell you an example, Hootsuite is a big social media sharing and post scheduling platform, they are the biggest one today, and no one else was there when they started. In the year 2013, a new company called Buffer and I'm sure, you have heard about them if not a member actually, started their business with the same idea, but with fewer features and it's not a thing that makes Hootsuite users want to move to them.
However, they got millions of members in a short period of time. Remember that Buffer's features are not better, and they have fewer functions, but they still succeed. The reason is simple, marketing is the key, if you have the worst business in the world, people will join you if you're a smart marketer.
Now, what you need is a program that will schedule tweets and posts, and add more features than the other sites. You can add platforms such as Pinterest and make things different and better. It's not hard to do if you're a real entrepreneur and you love the social media world. Passion and hard work can bring big results with marketing skills.
This is a business idea that generates thousands of dollars for companies, or simply, for personal developers who believe in their coding, and WordPress skills and creates useful tools. Unlike the above ideas, this one does not need lots of work if you're a programmer. Even, you can hire programmers and work together.
Coding is not a problem since WordPress developers are thousands and you can easily find lots of them online. Some of them have blogs, others are working with companies and develop tools. So, you can cooperate with a programmer and build your business.
The WordPress plugins are add-ons to extend the basic site functionality. There are thousands of them for free, but with limited features. The good news is that lots of people are searching for specific plugins, and they are ready to pay for that. If you search for these missed plugins you will find a real treasure to work on.
You can start by selling your plugin or plugins with popular marketplaces such as Codecanyon. You can earn up to 70% per sale with them, and that's just to start your project, and then you can build your own website and sell your plugins from there. However, starting with big marketplaces will help much better.
When you feel that you have some resources for advertising, create many plugins and make sure they are unique in function or better than the others. Create an affiliate program for your project and you will be amazed how many bloggers will promote them.
You can also use affiliate networks, I recommend ShareASale because of their trust and long experience. In the end, you will create big business.
Good post. All of these are good avenues to research and get into. They are also great start ups that can grow into big revenue.


In September 2012, at least 83 persons fell victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 58 persons were killed and 25 wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from open sources.
Dagestan occupies the first place by the number of victims. There, in the past month, about 32 persons suffered. Of these, 23 persons were killed and 9 were wounded. During the special operations against members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), and as a result of terror acts and attacks, at least 3 staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and other power agencies. 9 persons got wounds of varying severity. 16 suspected members of the armed underground were killed. As a result of militant attacks, 4 civilians were killed.
In Chechnya, 22 persons suffered. Of these, 9 persons were killed and 13 were wounded. 5 power agents were killed. 4 suspected members of illegal armed formations were killed. 12 power agents 1 suspected member of the armed underground were wounded.
In Ingushetia, 14 persons suffered. Of these, 12 persons were killed and 2 were wounded. 7 law enforcement agents were killed. 5 suspected IAF members were killed. 1 law enforcement agent and 1 civilian were killed.
In Kabardino-Balkaria, 12 suspected IAF members were killed in the armed conflict.
In North Ossetia, 3 persons suffered. 2 suspected IAF members were killed, and 1 soldier was wounded.
In Karachay-Cherkessia and in the Stavropol Territory, in the past month, no one suffered in the armed conflict.
Let us remind you that in the second quarter of 2012, according to the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", at least 355 persons fell victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 169 persons were killed and 186 were wounded.
"In the third quarter of 2012, Stavropol Territory had no victims of armed conflict," "In the third quarter of 2012, 1 person fell victim to armed conflict in Karachay-Cherkessia," "In the second quarter of 2012, 355 persons suffered from armed conflict in Northern Caucasus."


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Q: Scroll TextView automatically to last line in Activity when just started On start of Activity I want TextView been scrolled down to possible last line.
Now when Activity starts I see TextView showing text from top.
How I can scroll TextView to the last line and start and show it from bottom?
The code I'm currently using
@Override
    protected void initUI(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        logTextView = (EditText)findViewById( R.id.text );

        ArrayList<Event> events = getAll();

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64*1024);
        for (Event event : events) {
            sb.append( event.toString() );
            sb.append( "\n" );
        }

        logTextView.setText( sb );
        logTextView.setKeyListener(null);
        logTextView.setFocusable(true);
    }

int y = (textView.getLineCount() - 1) * textView.getLineHeight(); // the " - 5" should send it to the TOP of the last line, instead of the bottom of the last line
            int visible = logTextView.getHeight() - (2* logTextView.getLineHeight());
            if( visible < y ) y -= visible;
            logTextView.scrollTo(0, y);

A: Put the following code after your data is added:
final ScrollView scrollview = ((ScrollView) findViewById(R.id.scrollview));
scrollview.post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        scrollview.fullScroll(ScrollView.FOCUS_DOWN);
    }
});

A: At last I found the solution
Here is the code
@Override
    protected void initUI(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        logTextView = (EditText)findViewById( R.id.text );

        ArrayList<Event> events = getAll();

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64*1024);
        for (Event event : events) {
            sb.append( event.toString() );
            sb.append( "\n" );
        }

        logTextView.setText( sb );
        logTextView.setKeyListener(null);
        logTextView.setFocusable(true);

//This line triggers textView to scroll all the way down to the bottom.
logTextView.setSelection(logTextView.getText().length());
    }

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Another mistake I've seen authors make is to become too attached to a particular title that they won't even consider anything else. Sure, it is important to include a catchy or insightful title (and subtitle) with your book proposal. You want to capture that literary agent's immediate attention. However, chances are that title that you've spent so much time creating and soliciting advice about from friends, family, and acquaintances won't make it past the initial publishing committee. Obviously, your book's title is going to be one of its first selling points. Because of this, publishers spend hours upon hours in meetings devoted to titling your book. Believe me, I've been there. Titling meetings are among the most boring and oftentimes frustrating experiences that any acquisitions editor or publisher has to endure. But it is a very necessary evil.
It typically works like this. Your acquisitions editor asks you to brainstorm four or five additional titles that might work. He or she then brings your list into the titling meeting, which usually consist of the publisher, the sales directors, marketing and publicity manager, your publicist assigned to your book, and often the cover design team as well. They go back and forth, hem and haw, and come up with some suggestions of their own. Your acquisitions editor then goes back to you with the title options the team has created and solicits your opinion. More often than not, the title of your published book will not be the one you had originally proposed. However, I have seen occasions where after all this work, the team agrees that the initial title will work after all and runs with it.
This can be very frustrating and very time-consuming. Remember, although the material is your own, the publisher reserves the right to make all final decisions about how your book is titled and packaged. If you are adamantly against a particular title, be able to articulate why. It is in your best interests do so without sounding too defensive. Ultimately though, everyone wants you to be happy with any decisions made about your book…including the title. Publishing is a very pseudo-collaborative process and generally, when all is said and done, things work out nicely for all parties involved.
Just remember: the title is one of the most important selling factors for your book. As frustrating as the process often is, the best thing an author can be is flexible. That way, it's a win/win situation for everyone.


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Forty-eight years after the declaration of Martial Law, and 34 years after EDSA revolution, are you happy where our country is right now? Join me in this conversation with Rapa Lopa, the president of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, whose mission is to build a society of Filipinos grounded on the transformative values of self-sacrifice and self-transcendence in service of humanity. He wrote the book "To Love Another Day: The Memoirs of Cory Aquino."
My personal invitation to you goes beyond watching this video or listening to the podcast. It extends to answering the question "Is the Filipino still worth dying for?" and in so doing, to discern your own role in all that's happening around us now, no matter how big or small it is.
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Q: Returning [None,None] of split array(Python) Hi i am supposed to learn how to implement the heap sort function.
I have a singly linked list (my implementation as well):
import numpy as np
import math as mt

class list_node:

def __init__(self,obj,next_listnode):
    self.obj = obj
    self.next_listnode  = next_listnode

and
class linked_list:

    def __init__(self,list_node):
        self.list_node =list_node

    def add_node(self,obj):
        current = self.list_node
        while current.next_listnode is not None:
            current = current.next_listnode
        current.next_listnode = obj;

    def print_linkedlist(self):
        current  = self.list_node
        while current:
            print("",current.obj)
            print("\n")
            current = current.next_listnode

    def delete_node(self,obj):
        current  = self.list_node
        if current.obj is  obj:
            target = current.next_listnode
            self.list_node = current.next_listnode
            del target
        else:
            while current.next_listnode.obj is not obj:
                current = current.next_listnode
            target = current.next_listnode
            current.next_listnode = current.next_listnode.next_listnode
            del target

And I am trying to perform the heap sort operation.
I have copied the list nodes to a array of list nodes.
The first step of the heap operation is to dismantle the full array of the list nodes into arrays of 2 elements then sort those small arrays and then work from the bottom to the top.
This is my function so far:
     def heap_sort(self):
        x = 0
        current = self.list_node
        while current:
            current = current.next_listnode
            x=x+1
        print(x)

        arr = [None]*x
        x = 0
        while current:
            arr[x] = current
            current = current.next_listnode
            x = x+1
        newarr= np.array_split(arr,mt.ceil(len(arr)/2))
        print(newarr)

A = list_node("John",None)
B = list_node("Mike",None)
C = list_node("Han",None)
D = list_node("Daisy",None)
E = list_node("Piggy",None)

liste = linked_list(A)
liste.add_node(B)
liste.add_node(C)
liste.add_node(D)
liste.add_node(E)
liste.heap_sort()

However this is printed:
> 5
[array([None, None], dtype=object), array([None, None], dtype=object), array([None], dtype=object)]

And it is wrong it must be [[A,B],[C,D],[E]]. Where am I wrong and how do I fix it?

A: You didn't reset current before your second loop in the heap_sort function so the loop never runs. This version of the function populates new_arr, though you may want arr[x] = current.obj perhaps?
    def heap_sort(self):
        x = 0
        current = self.list_node
        while current:
            current = current.next_listnode
            x=x+1
        print(x)

        arr = [None]*x
        x = 0
        current = self.list_node ## <-- NEW CODE HERE
        while current:
            arr[x] = current
            current = current.next_listnode
            x = x+1
        newarr= np.array_split(arr,mt.ceil(len(arr)/2))
        print(newarr)

You could also make this slightly more efficient by keeping track of the length of your linked list by adding a length variable to your linked_list class and incrementing/decrementing it every time you add or delete a node. This way you wouldn't need that first loop in the heap_sort function :)

A: If you have a list, you don't need array_split to divide into two:
In [218]: alist = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]; x,y=alist[:3], alist[3:]

In [219]: x,y
Out[219]: ([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6, 7])

compared to:
In [220]: np.array_split(alist,2)
Out[220]: [array([1, 2, 3, 4]), array([5, 6, 7])]


The Place for Plants on the Isle of Wight.
We grow ornamental plants that we would recommend and plant in our own gardens that are tried and tested to have a long season of interest. We only stock good doers that are popular with our customers and that we rate if it does not sell and is not popular we will move on to to the next plant.
The range changes over time as new varieties surpass the older varieties with vigor and longevity of the season of interest. Each season we trial out dozens of specific new individual plants and several whole groups of plants. This year for example we are trialing Penshem Penstemons, Half a dozen "Alpine Pinks" (Dianthus).
The succulent project is gearing up to propagate heading up to 100 new varieties this year in our newly built greenhouse designed especially to house these plants. In here the climate is controlled for their growing requirements.
Generally the plants that we specialise in are Succulents, Salvias, Hydrangeas, Agapanthus, Ornamental Grasses, Perennials & prairie style naturalistic plantings that blend into the surrounding countryside.
The Nursery is home to one of the islands most popular annual garden shows the "Isle of Wight Rare Plant Fair" featuring many specialist nurseries, plant groups and related organizations including mainland headline speakers, cafe live band and open gardens.
See availability page for plant availability.
Welcome to our new website with the addition of an online shop.
For the full range of plants we grow in store see the availability page.
To start with we will be gradually adding categories initially there are our two most specialist plant groups, the Succulent plant group and the genus – Salvia. We will continue to add more categories from after our peak spring season. So from June 2019 we will continue with further categories. As its mail order and due to weight we have a maximum size of 2L So as most of our plants are 0.3, 0.5 & 1.4L these will be the main mail order size and succulents will be bare root wrapped in crepe paper & labelled to ensure that there is no moisture that can cause rot without ventilation. So whilst we work on adding new categories we can take orders up to the above maximum size 1.4L by request, by email till we have added all the further categories by the end of this year 2019. This is because before we list online we must fully stock check these plants and take our own original photographs for copyright so hopefully also the main picture will be of the actual plant in the pot taken in our light box that you will receive that may vary dependent on season and dormancy etc. I hope that this helps to explain our thoughts on how we want to develop our web shop and get it right whilst we always keep our attention on our in store experience. To see the whole range of plants that we do grow, if you do live on the Isle of Wight or do ever visit then as always with plants its best if you can to come and see them for real and to speak to us about these plants and see them growing here in our nurseries and gardens.
Further Updates to follow in June 2019.


Hiked up, rode mule part of the way down.
Hiked to the summit a couple of times. Interesting elevational changes in vegetaion, staring with tropical humid, ending in a montane pine forest (with a rocky summit poking above all else.) Tallest point in all the Carribean.
Climbed with students and staff from Escuela Caribe. Spent a day in Valle de Tetero as well. Built a sweat lodge next to the Yaque River. Did 10.5 kilometers on foot in 1.5 hours on the last day descending back to La Cienaga. Thanks to Tigua, Jeno and their family for guiding the trip.
A friend and I took 4 days to do this hike. It was a great experience. Very beautiful area!
One hell of a day hike, thought it was 3087ft, only to find out hours later it was meters.
I climbed with my wife, Kimberly; my brother Mark; and his wife, Angie. We took the La Cienaga Route up and the Valle de Tetero Route down. It took four days, with one day spent in the valley. The valley is a nice place with waterfalls, pools, lots or parrots, and wild horses. All four days were completely cloudless.


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Carl Joachim Hambro, född 5 januari 1885 i Bergen, Norge, död 15 december 1964, var en norsk journalist, författare, politiker, stortingspresident 1926-33 samt 1935-45, stortingsrepresentant för Oslo 1919-57, ledamot ledande i stortingets motståndsåtgärder vid den tyska invasionen av Norge 1940.

Hambro blev cand.mag år 1907. Sedan 1905 var han medarbetare i Morgenbladet, vars huvudredaktör han var mellan 1913 och 1920. 1921 blev han redaktör för Ukens revy. Perioden 1910 - 13 var han sekreterare i Nordmansförbundet och 1923 blev han dess ordförande. 1911 - 16 var han förbundets tidskriftsredaktör.

Hambro var 1910-1943 gift med Gudrun ("Dudu") Grieg, och från 1946 med Gyda Christensen.

Politisk gärning
År 1918 blev Hambro invald i stortinget som representant för Høyre. Från 1925 var han ordförande i Stortingets konstitutions- och utrikeskommitté och 1926-1928 var han stortingspresident. 1927 blev han Høyres ledare och 1928 - 34 samt 1945 - 54 var han ordförande i partiets landsstyrelse.

Hambros vältalighet och arbetsförmåga framstod som förstklassig och förde honom till många framskjutna ställningar i norsk politik.

I en tid präglad av starka antiparlamentariska stämningar slog han vakt om Stortingets ställning. Vid den tyska invasionen den 9 april 1940 blev hans insats legendarisk i och med att han ordnade med transport så att kungafamiljen och Stortinget i tid kom ut från Oslo och formulerade den så kallade Elverumsfullmakten, som gav regeringen befogenhet att utöva sin myndighet även utanför landets gränser. Hambro följde regeringen i exil och vistades under kriget mestadels i USA.

Hambro var ledamot av den norska delegation som 1923-24 förhandlade med Danmark om Grönlandsfrågan. 1926-27 var han norsk delegerad vid Nationernas Förbunds församling i Genève. Han var också förbundsförsamlingens siste president 1939-46. Han var därefter ordförande bland annat vid arbetslivskonferensen i Genève 1947.

Inom Stortinget var Hambro efter kriget president i Odalstinget och hyllades vid sin avgång 1957 som statsman och parlamentariker. Han tillerkändes livstidspension (æresgasje).

Publikationer
Hambro har skrivit bland annat:
 Irske strejftog och studier (1920)
 Mænd og masker (1921)
 Førord. Hvorfor jeg tror på Oxford-bevegelsen. (1935)
 I saw it happen in Norway (1940)
 Taler i krig (1945)
 Drømmer og dådsmenn (1954)
 Memoarer i fem band (1948-63)

Litteratur
 Hambro, Johan; C.J.Hambro: Liv og drøm, Aschehoug ; Stabekk : Bokklubben Nye bøker, Oslo, 1984,  (Aschehoug) ; 82-574-0356-3 (Nye bøker), LIBRIS-id 7171980
 Gabrielsen, Trond; C. J. Hambro som jeg kjente ham - et portrett belyst ved hans egne ord -med forord av Bernt Ingvaldsen, Oslo, 1967, LIBRIS-id 1498861
 Gabrielsen, Trond; C.J. Hambro: verdier og visjoner, Atheneum, Oslo, 1985, , LIBRIS-id 569722

Källor
 Nordisk Familjebok, upplaga 3, band 9, 1928
 Nationalencyklopedin, band 8, Bra Bøcker, Høganæs, 1992

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Avlidna 1964
Mottagare av Finlands Vita Ros' orden

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Brazil is going for their sixth World Cup victory this summer on home soil and perhaps this Brazilian family is the omen that they need to reach their goal.
I am not one to believe in psychics, unless they are of the animal kind, or witches, but when you show me a family where every member has six fingers than I am more easily persuaded. Da Silva family lives in Brasilia and they believe their rare condition is an omen that will help guide Brazil to their sixth title.
It sounds strange, I know, but when 14 members of your family are born with six fingers, I think you should listen to them and maybe, just maybe think that might be something to this story. They suffer from a rare genetic illness called polydactyl. They believe that their six fingers are giving the Brazilian national team a special aura and karma that will help them achieve their goal.
Their sixth digit works perfectly, just like the other five. So they have six functioning fingers. This is rare, but when a family has 14 members with this rare illness you have to stop and look, I know I did. At first I thought the story was bogus, or the pictures were photoshopped, but to my surprise it wasn't. These are as real as Messi's tax returns. They are legit.
One of the family's teenagers, Joao da Silva is a huge fan of Neymar, but wants to be a goalkeeper. Of course he does, he has six fingers in each hand. If I had his hands I would try my luck at being a goalkeeper as well. It is the logical career path for someone with his "natural" ability. He has a far better grip of the ball than a regular kid with 5 fingers. Why not use it to his advantage.
The incredible thing is that they not only have six fingers they also have six toes. Some of the women in the family have had them removed in order to be able to fit in woman's shoes, but the men have kept them. I wonder if this provides them with better grip and acceleration. You would think a player with six toes would run faster than one with five.
If this family is not a sign of the God's I am not sure what is. Brazil may have indeed found their lucky charm, and it comes with six fingers and six toes.


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I've had one user check both IP's and only one is working for them.
Our servers are behind an ELB load balancer with one A record pointed to it.  Curious why we would be having 2 IP's?  And how to fix something like this as it seems that one of the IP's is bombing out on our users.
Any help appreciated.

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Academy Award ® nominated actress and multi-platinum recording artist Hailee Steinfeld pours her heart out on her reflective new track, "Wrong Direction," out today (Republic Records). "I don't hate you, no I couldn't if I wanted to. I just hate all the hurt that you put me through," Hailee opens on the somber ballad with her ethereal vocals to deliver an incredibly emotional performance. Hailee wrote "Wrong Direction" with Lowell, Skyler Stonestreet and KOZ, who produced the song as well.
Speaking with Zane Lowe today on the song's inspiration, Hailee shared, "I've learned how easy it is to fall in love with the idea of falling in love and more importantly how hard it can be to accept the reality of losing yourself in someone else's version of the word."
"Wrong Direction" is the first new music Hailee has shared since the release of "Afterlife (Dickinson)," the "sparkling" (Billboard)" and "haunting" (Rolling Stone) single from her critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series Dickinson this fall. "Wrong Direction" underscores Hailee's newfound fearlessness when it comes to her songwriting and is just a taste of what fans can expect to hear more of as Hailee readies new music imminently.
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The closer it gets to the holidays, the less time you have to save for additional expenses. At the same time, saving money for holiday extra's isn't always easy. This double whammy can easily take a huge toll on your budget in the few months leading to Christmas.
To keep up with these expenses, many people resort to using their credit cards. But that leads to credit card debt and high interest you might not get paid off before next year.
Fortunately, no matter what time of year it is, there are plenty of ways to save before the holidays hit. Here are few you could use to help you save.
Although this tactic could be a bit tedious, it is one way to know for sure just where your money is going. Of course, the idea is that knowing where your money is going will help you tighten your wallet.
You can do this easily by setting up a spreadsheet on your computer. But you could use a simple notebook to write everything down too. Or, put all of your receipts in an envelope and add them up every few days.
Some of these methods are probably a little more time intensive than others. However, as you add up what you are spending, you might see expenses you can lower or eliminate entirely. Then, bank this money in a separate account or put cash in an envelope for holiday spending.
If you have a friend or two who don't mind sharing what they spend you could compete with them. Having another person to help you stay accountable can keep you on track with your savings.
Share with each other once a week or every few days so you always know who's on top. Then you can give each other encouragement to lower your spending.
Another thing you could do to make it fun is give little weekly prizes. For example, one incentive could be a trip to Starbucks for the person with the lowest expenses. Just make sure you say no to large or extravagant prizes so you don't undo your savings.
You could have a "no spend" month to save before the holidays hit. This is an additional way to help you pay for gifts, décor, and food.
Obviously you still have to pay your rent or mortgage, electricity, water, and other mandatory expenses. So, I'm not talking about those monthly costs. What I mean is, no buying anything else on top of that for a whole month.
If that seems to drastic, do it for a week and then take a week off. After that, do it again. Over a two month period you will have had your no spend month.
Get your family on board with your goals and have them help you have a "no spend" month. Talk to them about money and your ideas to lower spending. That way you can avoid debt and still enjoy the holiday.
Eating only what you already have on hand is one way to save money before the holidays are here. Try starting it on a Sunday and going the entire week without a trip to the store.
I actually have a friend who is doing this right now. She's trying to use what she has and not cook anything not already in her cabinets until the holidays. You could try that too to save money for other things in your budget.
To stretch your money even more, go through your pantry and freezer. Use what you have on hand to create meals without buying anything more. If you must buy to cook, make it a purchase that helps you use what is already in your cupboards.
Aside from the bills that are deducted automatically, or must be sent through the mail, use cash. When you spend cash you tend to want to hang onto it rather than spending it. That means you'll naturally spend less and save more.
You can also set it up in multiple envelopes for each category. As an example, you might have an envelope for food, one for personal items, and another for pets. Paying for what you need this way can help you tweak your overall budget and make changes that make sense.
Let's say you budget $250 for food each month but never spend more than $200. That could mean your budget needs to be adjusted.
As stores begin to put out their holiday items it becomes a greater temptation to give in and spend. But if you need to save before the holidays hit, try some of these tips. Once Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around you'll be prepared and won't have to whip out your plastic.
What ways do you save before the holiday's hit?
Out of all the points, compete with a friend sounds very interesting and it can give some great results. But, if the friend is a spender, then it might go very wrong. Instead of saving you may end up spending and crying the entire holiday season.
LOL! You are right, of course! I didn't think about that when I wrote it. I should have included that as a warning to going that route. Thanks for bringing it up to remind others not to let that backfire.
Yes, indeed that is a fact now because there are two valid reasons like use only cash and on the other side track every cent.
Doing none of the others these two alone should help quite a bit. Thanks for your comments.