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Between West & East: Sarah Al Agroobi, the experience of a cosmopolitan life
Posted on 3 January 2019 28 April 2020 by Clélia
I discovered Sarah Al Agroobi's work a few months ago at the Versus Group Exhibition, a famous art gallery in Istanbul.
As you probably already guessed, for some time now, following my experience in the Gulf countries, I am interested in Arabic artists and the way they question the mutations of the world we live in.
So when I saw Sarah's name associated with a masterpiece that precisely just caught my attention, I decided to know more about her personal experience as well as her artistic approach.
I visited her website and I realised how much she is a multicultural woman.
Indeed, Sarah's mother is Syrian and her father is a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates. She was born in Belgium and she spent several years in Turkey, due to her father's professional responsabilities. She is now graduated from the Royal College of Art, in London.
In order to know more about her artistic reflexion, I choose to question her about the concept of identity, the way she feels towards her multicultural way of life and the relationship between all the influences surrounding her.
As I could see on your website, you were born in Belgium, you studied in London, your parents are from Arabic countries… How do you feel regarding this paradigm ? Do you feel Belgian ? Emirati ? Or your relationship towards identity is more global ?
I feel like I belong everywhere and nowhere. My recent work discusses that very topic head on which was exhibited at Abu Dhabi Art this year in November "To foreign for here" and "to foreign for home" (see attachment), are both visual explorations of displacement, disruptions and the poetic role of place.
Both works call into question the notion of home and now the duality of both Middle Eastern and Western contexts can bring a socio-cultural awareness to spatial-temporal marks of rupture or exclusion.
The works present an unsettling distinction between the foreign and the familiar to where the text within the work acts as the process of a human cycle of creating and destroying, peeling back the strata of the deployment of materiality.
It is neither too foreign for home or too foreign for here, yet the word "to" is used as a preposition to guide the viewer. Both paintings abstract the landscape to the point where location is vague, non-binary but rather entangled in multiple associations to texture, viscosity, corrosion and fragmentation.
The obscurity of location further pushes the audience to think critical about the urban discourse of cultural duality and intervene socio-cultural dialogue. The work was inspired by an exert of the poem by Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada, that reads: "So, here you are too foreign for home too foreign for here. Never enough for both".
I also saw that you question the colonial Western discourse towards East. Could you explain what is this discourse according to you ? What is your opinion about this discourse and what do you think about the relationship between this two "worlds"?
With regards to your question of colonialism, I approach it through the western gaze, in my painting entitled White collared boys make born coloured girls cry, it's a diptych where two paintings are in dialogue with each other addressing notions of othering, whitewashing and white male supremacy in my own experience.
The work was an outcry to interpose itself in an ongoing wider debate around systemic gendered bigotry where my ethnic background was brought to the forefront of conversations and whether my identity would position itself against a western background curated by my male counterparts.
I saw a pattern in response to my work, where men would often condemn the work for being 'too ethnic' or 'too Arab' to which I would question whether the remarks would be the same if I was a man. The work was a physical and emotional response to institutionally facilitated sexism and bigotry against the Western exploitation of Arab culture and identity and in doing so, allowed me to question that if I dressed like a man, I could have a conversation man-to-man. That was when I used the traditional clothing of the men in the Middle East called a kandora to symbolise not only the 'skin' of me, but it also became the symbol of a counter narrative in which I could be seen as equal.
The work functions as sort of self-portrait to where the shift the conversation towards the body and perhaps the absence of the body is where I can carve out a place for personal contemplation. The compositional consideration is where the canvas (kandora material) functions as an object, the edge of the painting is considered to where it frames the kandora as seen as a sort of relic to "testify" a position taken against my counter-parts. This where the 'subject' or the work becomes the 'object' in itself. The scale of the paintings conveys a kind of physical deliverance.
On one hand they are targeted in specific areas of the body, the lungs, the heart, the leg, as battle scars or open wounds that symbolise the decay of the body or absence of a body.
On the other hand, they act as an agent of mark making that reveals something tangible beneath the surface of the cotton fabric, peeling back the strata of flattened paint. The name itself is a play on words, White collared boys (implying people of privilege, white men, or people in kandoras themselves).
Finally, you are the co-founder of Arab Art Salon. Could you tell me more about this project ? Was it a way to express your Arabic heritage ?
The Arab Art Salon is a 'hypothetical space' in London where Arab artists gather to engage in critical thinking and art discourse. I co-founded the group with post-graduate Arab Artists from the Slade, Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins where we would need to discuss contemporary art practice in the Arab region on a consistent basis.
We hosted Exhibition, private tours, panel discussions, studio visits, talks, and an online platform entitled OUT OF CONTEXT, which is an extension of that 'space' where shared views on contextual displacement are confronted through text-based, time-based and print-based media.
Without the Arab Art Salon I don't think my post-graduate experience would have been as beneficial to the development of my practice. We, as a group, found a gap in the conversation and filled it ourselves and for that I am forever grateful.
If you want to know more about Sarah's work: https://www.sarahalagroobi.com/
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Bills disappointed only in themselves
Although the Bills made the final score look respectable, the players admitted that seven-point final score wasn't indicative of how they played for the full 60 minutes.
While the loss didn't mathematically eliminate Buffalo from playoff contention, they would need a minor miracle to have a chance at their first postseason football in 17 years.
The first half was ultimately the Bills kryptonite, and with no margin for error, the Bills were disappointed with how they failed to execute from the start.
In those first 30 minutes, the Bills only had six first downs--two of them coming while running out the clock-- and only 46 yards passing from Tyrod Taylor.
Despite only being down 14-7 at the half, it set the tone for the rest of the game.
"Usually we start off fast and put up points, and then later in the game we can't score," Sammy Watkins said. "Today, first half we were flat, and second half we showed flashes and driving on the field. Three-and-out, three-and-out in the first and I don't know why. That's for the coaches to tell us. We have to watch film and go over it."
The film will also show the Bills defense being unable to do anything against one of the game's best running backs. Buffalo said that they developed a game plan to try and stop Bell's patient running style, but that they just weren't able to execute it.
Bell crushed the Bills defense with 236 yards on the ground, and an additional 62 in the air. For a team trying to play from behind in a must-win game, Bell's constant big gains were too much to overcome. Those 236 yards were the most in a single game in Pittsburgh franchise history, and the most that Bills have ever given up in a game, as well. The Steelers came into the game averaging 102 rushing yards a game.
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Despite the Bills leading the league in rushing, LeSean McCoy could only manage 27 yards on the ground Sunday. He was limited to only 12 carries with the Bills being down, but his longest rush for the game was only nine yards. McCoy averaged 116 yards on the ground the past two games.
"They did a good job against the run," McCoy said. "They played better than us. There is no excuse. There is no answer … they played better than we did."
Pittsburgh's running game worked so effectively, that it didn't even matter that the Steelers chose to be one dimensional in the second half. On a 10-play, 72-yard drive in the third quarter, Bell carried it nine times and averaged over eight yards a carry. He capped it off with an effortless five-yard touchdown.
Bell finished with 38 carries, and had Bills defenders still scratching their heads even after the game.
"He is amazing," Corey Graham said. "There is no other way to look at it. He is definitely to me the best running back in the league."
On the flip side of that, the Bills wasted a strong performance from their pass defense. Ben Roethlisberger completed only 14 passes all game, and threw three interceptions. He had one in his previous four games. Antonio Brown was held relatively in check as well. He had 78 receiving yards, but only 29 of those came in the second half. He was targeted 11 times and only hauled in five catches.
The Bills did little things in the game that hurt their playoff chances, too. They had seven penalties for 46 yards. One of those negated a 25-yard catch from Charles Clay, and another gave the Steelers a first down after the Bills went offside on a field goal attempt.
No matter what the reasons were in the end, the Bills still feel the hurt of missing their chance to win big games in back-to-back weeks.
"That's what you play for," Lorenzo Alexander said. "Obviously your goal every year is to win the division, get in the playoffs and then win the Super Bowl. Now that you don't have those at stake, it is a disappointing season. We haven't been to the playoffs around here in a long time."
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Indie trio Wild Rivers (Khalid Yassein, Devan Glover, and Andrew Oliver) have a gift for penning introspective lyrics and genre-fluid melodies that transmit wisdom beyond their years. Their anticipated full-length album, Sidelines—co-produced by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Sharon van Etten) and Wild Rivers and recorded in Connecticut, Los Angeles and Khalid and Devan's college town of Kingston, Ontario (where the two originally met and began making music together)—touches on coming-of-age themes and embracing the unknown. Sonically, Wild Rivers pull from a spectrum of sounds, imbuing pop, rock, indie, and folk into each song's blueprint. "We all listen to a wide range of music, from hip-hop to indie rock to pop," Devan says. "We like to pull our favorite parts of every genre and patch them together and see what works and see what feels good." As they embark on the next chapter of their journey, Wild Rivers, who first caught audiences' attention with their 2016 self-titled debut, followed by two EPs (2018's Eighty-Eight and 2020's Songs To Break Up To), are especially eager to take Sidelines on the road. The live setting is where they originally cultivated a dedicated following and opening for celebrated acts like The Paper Kites, Donovan Woods and Jake Bugg. Building an authentic relationship with fans, while channeling classic singer-songwriters like James Taylor and Fleetwood Mac, has been vital to Wild Rivers' connection with audiences across the globe.
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Clarence Bans Nothing
March 11, 2014 buffalopundit 3 comments
On Tuesday night, the Clarence School Board held its regularly scheduled March meeting. On the agenda was a review of the curriculum procedure regarding materials that some parents might find objectionable. This is a completely reasonable thing for a board member to want to discuss, and wholly uncontroversial.
However, late last week, an inflammatory hit list of allegedly obscene or inappropriate books and other materials was sent to selected homes in town. I obtained a copy of it and posted it widely – here at Artvoice and on social media sites. It – and my accompanying letter to the board – spread throughout the town.
The people who had hoped that Tuesday's meeting would include a discussion of an inappropriate curriculum were met with a shocker last night. These meetings – at best – attract about 20 spectators. This time, however, the place was literally standing room only.
The board flew through its regular agenda, including a somewhat distressing presentation about the district's understaffed special education department – last year's budget crisis eliminated all of the social workers. Zero, nada, zilch. Kids who need these special services include those who undergo some sort of situational trauma like death, disease, divorce, drugs, or depression. So, it's an interesting coincidence that many of the books on the hit list included kids who underwent similar traumas – especially rape. It was also striking to me that the majority of the books on the hit list were written by women, had female lead characters, or advocated somehow for the notion that women not be victims of assault, and that they are human beings equal to men in all things.
When the discussion turned to this agenda item, Trustee Jason Lahti, who originally brought the matter up, begged off the controversy, indicating that he merely wanted to discuss the curriculum process, not ban any books. He indicated that he did not know anything about the letter and hit list from his wife, Ginger, that circulated throughout the town. Trustee Roger Showalter, Ginger's brother, tersely indicated his satisfaction with the town's opt-out provision for parents or kids who find materials objectionable. Then the rest of the board spoke. Every single Trustee spoke passionately and eloquently about the teachers, the students, the curriculum, and the adequacy of the current policies. Julie McCullough got the first standing ovation, and a huge sigh of relief when I realized that the crowd was there to defend – not defame – the books and faculty. Board President Michael Lex spoke about the need for adolescents to learn about overcoming assault and adversity, and quoted the author of hit list book Speak:
But censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them." – Laurie Halse Anderson
Then, the community spoke. Student after student – some current, some recent alums – was unbelievably brave and eloquent. Not only had they been taught to be rational analysts and critical thinkers, but good speakers, too. They defended specific books – one especially brave young alum spoke of her own assault and how it affected her mental health, causing her to drop out of college. She explained that she suffered terrible anxiety, yet she stood bravely in front of the board and 100+ members of the community to defend Speak, holding up her dog-eared copy and explaining how it helped her. Kids stood and defended their teachers and the way in which they teach these materials in a thoughtful and engaging way.
There were a small handful of people there who were there to defend the hit list. Ginger Lahti herself was there, and tried to disassociate herself from the controversy. While Channel 2 was airing an interview with her in which she acknowledged preparing the mailing to address "obscene" works, she stood before the community to explain that it wasn't even her list, that she had only shared it with two pastors, and that she doesn't know how it got circulated. She said she wanted to see what the community thought, and she acknowledged that the community was clearly just fine with the current policy. One woman relentlessly attacked the works, alleging that she and her family had opted out over 30 times because of language and themes in some of the works, and she saved especial ire for the sex ed curriculum. Frankly, if you're opting out of award-winning literature 30 times, perhaps public school just isn't for you.
However, the four people, including Lahti, who spoke about the hit list did raise an important issue – some kids who opt out have no meaningful alternative, and are just sent to the library for weeks at a time.
When I spoke I thanked the board for bringing this matter to the community's attention, and thanked Mr. Lahti specifically. I said it was good to, basically, air grievances and discuss how to make policies work better, and that it was important that the handful of affected opt-out parents bring the issues of alternatives to the board's attention so that these matters can be handled better. But I pointed out the Blue 4 Ben movement and argued that the community was capable of great things when we work together, rather than trying to rip people apart. While the agenda seems uncontroversial now, when it was coupled with the outrageous hit list, it certainly seemed to be a set-up for an effort to ban books and restrict the faculty's and students' rights. While Mrs. Lahti now disavowed the list and said she didn't know where it came from, I noted that she referenced it in her letter. I closed by noting how my parents emigrated to this country in order to flee totalitarian dictatorship and a place where they were told what to think, what to read, and with whom to associate, and never did anyone imagine that we'd be facing similar issues in the U.S. a half-century later.
The faculty – Mr. Zahn and Mr. Starr spoke passionately to defend the teachers and the curriculum, but also the Constitution. There was the kid who joked that the books on the hit list were so harmful to his upbringing that, instead of being back at college doing drugs, drinking, and having sex, he was at a school board meeting during Spring break defending the wholesomeness of his education. One parent stood to link the earlier special education presentation to the issues brought up in many of these books – how will we adequately help kids who suffer real-life traumas if we refuse properly to fund the nurses, special education, and school psychological staff.
It was a glorious night, and the board just killed it. A packed house to defend free speech and critical thinking. A packed house to defend controversial books and essays, arguing that these materials are part of a carefully crafted, well-considered curriculum, and that the works are handled appropriately, with care.
Yesterday, in advance of the meeting, I took some time to learn a little bit about each book on the hit list. Each one of them is an important, noteworthy work that teaches adolescents a valuable lesson.
The Clarence List by Alan Bedenko
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But I learned a valuable lesson, too. I learned that the kids are awesome. They're brave, well-spoken, thoughtful, and hungry for knowledge. Whether it was the professional-quality, amazing production of Spamalot that the high school drama club put on last weekend, or the heartfelt speakers last night, they made us all proud.
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John Wilcox
In recent years, we've become so accustomed to witnessing the bloodthirsty outrage of the right wing lunatic fringe, in congress, at town halls, all over talkradio, Faux news, countless nutty blogs and websites, etc, that when the silent majority finally speaks up in a public way as described at that meeting last night, it does beg the question: Where has the majority been hiding for the last 5 years?
All the wingnuts have become so emboldened in recent years, feeding off their own ferocity, completely convinced that THEY are in the majority, primarily because so few ever go to the trouble of becoming as loud and active as they have been. Granted, the right's inherent racism and paranoia provides a potent fuel to inspire them, something the left, maybe due to majority complacency, fails to match. But hopefully, there will be more moments in the not-so-distant future, where justice and fairness is louder than the mob of malcontents we're so used to hearing.
The MOB does not always, "Rule"…………..
Diane Burley
Well maybe we learned that our secret weapon is the youth — it sounds like they were emboldened — and are well-quipped to handle with passion and civility what many adults can not. Proud to be a parent, proud to be a parent of Clarence High School kids, proud to be a taxpayer that educates those darn Clarence High School kids.


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Ruth Scurr
12:01AM GMT 16 Feb 2008
Ruth Scurr reviews The Rowing Lesson by Anne Landsman
Anne Landsman's acclaimed first novel, The Devil's Chimney, published 10 years ago, was set in South Africa, close to the Congo Caves. Through the prism of ostrich farming, Landsman explored the violence of apartheid and her native country's dependence on international trade. She wrote beautifully about disturbing social and emotional conflict.
Her second novel, The Rowing Lesson, returns to South Africa, where pregnant Betsy Klein waits beside her father's hospital bed for him to stir from his coma or die. As she waits, Betsy evokes her father's life.
Harold Klein is descended from Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. His childhood was spent messing about in a boat on the river Touw, hanging around the family business (a general store in George), and aspiring to become a doctor.
As a medical student in Cape Town in 1939, he misses the war because his health has never been robust. Afterwards, he qualifies, marries, has children and spends 43 years working in a small Boland hospital with separate entrances and exits for "Blankes en nie-Blankes, Europeans and non-Europeans".
Harold Klein lies dying in a different hospital, the Groote Schuur, where he trained as a young man, and where the world's first heart transplant was performed in 1967. His daughter notices "white faces and brown faces in the lift, white coats and white shoes, and sturdy brown legs, next to khaki pants". But for all the medical expertise and equipment surrounding him, there is seemingly nothing his professional colleagues can do for him on the last journey of his life.
A doctor's death is always poignant. His old patients in the Boland mountains nicknamed Harold Klein Doctor God: "He'll fix anyone. He doesn't mind touching white skin or black, and all the brown shades in between." Now his daughter has to blink back tears as a younger practitioner, with white clogs squeaking apologetically on the tiled floor, admits: "He was a bloody good doctor."
Landsman captures precisely the surreal atmosphere of hospital visiting. There is an unopened strawberry yogurt pot and plastic spoon set down inside a nest of plastic tubes and sterile trays beside Harold Klein's bed. Betsy's conversation with her mother and brother Simon moves seamlessly from wondering if anyone wants, or needs, to eat that yogurt, to whether or not her father can hear anything and how much longer he has to live.
Betsy thinks of the last time she saw her father when he visited her in New York and she waved him off on a flight back to Johannesburg. "We exchanged one last juddering hug, before you walked past the sign that said, PASSENGERS ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT. You turned to look back at me one last time, lifting your hand, and my hand was lifted too, and I wasn't sure which one of us was which." This is melodramatic but the sort of thing that comes to mind when you are hanging off the end of a relative's heart monitor.
The confusion of "I" and "you" extends beyond individual reminiscences to disrupt the novel's narrative perspective. In recounting her father's life, Betsy's voice sometimes flows with his, sometimes pulls against.
Thinking of his childhood, she imagines: "You want to stop the consumption from galloping, the fevers from burning, your rickety knees from knocking. For your ma's sake. She worries and you can see all her fears written on the walls, invisible but burning."
This is a clever way of blending Betsy's consciousness with her father's. It reflects grammatically the emotional strain of trying to keep someone alive by inhabiting or appropriating their memories.
There is always a slight jolt when Betsy's own voice returns: "I think we should get a second opinion, I say to Ma and to Simon as they watch the nurses move you and turn you, as if you were an oversized doll. Ekskuus tog, I say to the older nurse, her grey-streaked hair tucked and folded under her white cap. Is dit te laat vir die bloedversuiwering? Is it too late to purify my father's blood?"
The fluctuation between first and second person narrative voice is mirrored in recurring shifts between English and Afrikaans. Of the two languages, Afrikaans is the weaker, less and less frequently used, but still the language that pulls Betsy's deepest memories of her father to the forefront of her mind.
The Rowing Lesson is both innovative and unusually intense. It is certainly credible that it took a decade to write. "Rarely will we encounter language of such fire and passion," J M Coetzee claims on the front cover. I think he's right.
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If only people were more compassionate towards each other, this world would definitely be a better place. But in 2 Corinthians 4:4 it says "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them".
Praise God for His compassion towards us!
Amen, Sister. How different the world would be. But maybe it would help if we were able to expereince and accept compassion on ourselves. This is what my friend and I are were talking about, and I had to agree with him that I struggle with it. God tells us to have compassion on ourselves. Maybe God knows there is a wise connection. There's certainly a connection with the Compassion He had in sending His Son, and the Compassion His Son gave us on the cross! ❤ Me and God love you, Piera! I pray you are able to show compassion to yourself!
Amen. It's hard to explain to someone the depth of understanding we DO NOT deserve it, without sounding like low self esteem or something bad! But God so lovingly insists we have it. He's such a loving Father!
What a powerful lesson learned! Thank you for passing it on. The compassion the Father showed to us with the gift of His Son is for everyone – and that includes me!
PTL! It surely does include you, Karen! God loves you, Sister!
Thank you for sharing this, Gail. I remember saying to myself and others that, if God has forgiven and accepted me, why couldn't I do the same to myself. Wonderful message!
PTL! He wants us to have it. Just like salvation, it is a gift that we must be willing to accept. ❤ God loves you, Miriam!


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'My Wife Woke Me At Midnight, Said I'm Not The Father Of Our 14-year-old Daughter'
by Pezuoma Oluwasegun
A Lagos-based commercial motorcyclist identified as Yaqub, explained how his wife, Murida, woke him up in the middle of the night to tell him is not the biological father of their 14-year-old daughter, who is the eldest out of four children.
According to him, he said things were rosy and sweet until he lost his job and picked up a commercial motorcycle to at least put food on the table. At that point, she noticed his wife's strange attitude.
"I met Muridia 17 years ago when she was an apprentice. I assisted her financially until she mastered the skill. Thereafter, we started dating and living together. I brought her to Lagos, from Otu Village, Oyo State, to set up a business for her.
It's An Abomination For A Woman To Carry The Financial Burden Of The Home – Pastor Paul Enenche
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" We are blessed with four children, a daughter and three sons – aged 14, 8 and 4 years and three months respectively.
"Initially, things went smoothly in the family while I was working as a truck operator. At a point, I lost that job. I started riding a motorcycle in order to put food on the table.
"Recently, I noticed that my wife started behaving strangely. I kept calm to allow peace reign until she brought a Tecno-5 Phone home. When I asked where she got it from, she gave a flimsy reason. I also noticed she had been communicating with a man whose identity I did not know. I had to seize the phone.
"About a month ago, she woke me up at midnight and told me that I was not the biological father of our 14-year-old daughter. She said her former boyfriend who lives in Germany is the biological father of the child. You won't believe that this same man and I were once neighbours before he travelled abroad.
"I fainted out of shock and disbelief, twice. It was neighbours that resuscitated me. What baffled me was that the man she claimed to be the biological father is a relative and an old friend of mine. His father has two wives, one of them is my aunt.
"I later got to know that things were not going smoothly with him. When they enquired to know the cause spiritually, it was revealed that he had a child somewhere and that until he accepts the paternity of the child, there won't be any solution to his issue.
"Initially, I thought my wife was out of her senses. I contacted her family members to pray for her so that she could get well but I didn't know she had other plans.
Two weeks ago, she reported the matter with So-Safe Corps at Abule-Iroko, Ogun State. I was arrested and detained by the Corps. Its officials ordered me to pick up my belongings and leave our one-room apartment.
''It did not end there, they ordered me to return the phone I seized to her and pay N5,000 weekly, for the family upkeep. I have been homeless since then. The attention of both families have been drawn to the matter but from all indications, Muridia's family members are in support of her action.
"I have an aged mother and an elder brother who are not medically fit to intervene.
''The man my wife claimed is the father of my daughter said I should stay far away from her or face the consequences, boasting that he has the financial muscle to deal with me.
"I used to have three motorcycles but sold them to enable me to fend for my family. The one I am currently using was bought on hire purchase."
Muridia, she clarified that she was already pregnant for another man who she identified as Teslim, when she met her husband.
She said: "When I discovered I was six weeks pregnant, I told Teslim about it but he sent me away and asked me to terminate it.
"Luckily for me, Yaqub walked into my life and slept with me. A few weeks later, I told him I was pregnant for him, he accepted paternity and we pulled resources together to rent an apartment. Teslim and I were in the village while Yaqub was visiting from Lagos.
"I am a hairdresser but our stay together had been hellish as Yaqub has no tangible source of income to fend for the family.
"Several attempts to walk away from the marriage were unsuccessful as he tactically tied me down with pregnancy. This is the fourth rented apartment I have paid for but he always disrupts my chances of staying alone.
"One day, I got a call from Teslim's friend, who requested to know what happened to the pregnancy of 15 years ago, I did not give him any response.
"I was in church one day when Teslim's relative sent a Tecno-5 phone to me because mine was faulty. Teslim called me to say he was in Germany but that settling down maritally had been difficult. He told me that upon divination, he was told to go and claim the paternity of the baby he abandoned in order to have a settled life.
"Two weeks ago, Yaqub and I had a quarrel in my shop. Neighbours intervened by contacting the So Safe Corps which effected his arrest.
"My uncle and other members of my family are aware of this matter. There are moves to conduct a DNA test to ascertain the biological father of my daughter, Zainab," she told Vanguard.
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The Environment and the Effects of COVID-19
by Allen Choi and Payton Suh
Although the Coronavirus has brought shutdown to many parts of the world, many things, both good and bad, have happened to our Earth due to a decrease in human activity. Ever since we have been in lockdown, the Earth has been changing slowly in many ways. From CO2 emissions to the ozone layer, quarantine may be bringing a positive effect on the environment.
The Los Angeles Air Quality
The Coronavirus has brought many surprises, such as the sudden decrease in pollution in Los Angeles. From mid-March to early April 2020, one of the most polluted municipalities in the world had a sudden streak in good air quality. Studies show that Los Angeles air quality hasn't been so good since 1980, over 40 years ago. The average bad air quality in Los Angeles was cut down by 20%. Researchers also found a drop of 40% in PM 2.5, which is a group of microscopic pollutants that can cause serious issues with respiratory and cardiovascular functions. PM 2.5 gets into the air through many sources; in Los Angeles, this mainly happens because of vehicle traffic. Since quarantine has encouraged people to stay at home, traffic has been reduced, which is why PM 2.5 levels have decreased.
The decreased pollution in Los Angeles gave the city some beautiful views. But unfortunately, all good things come to an end. Soon after the decrease in air pollution, Los Angeles's good air quality streak has slowly gone back to normal. Some people claimed that Coronavirus had got rid of smog. Is this true? Not really. Even though being in quarantine contributed to decreasing pollution, being stuck inside our houses was not fully responsible for the clean and fresh air. Air quality experts say that stormy spring weather was another main contributor to why the Los Angeles sky was so clear. Another study shows that the good air streak came to an end because of a recent heatwave, which created unhealthy smog levels again. We do have to remember that the Los Angeles basin traps both water vapor via our regional marine layer, particulate matter, and emissions, creating smog. Health officials suspect worse air quality as we head into the hotter summer months. So, did quarantine cause the air in Los Angeles to become more clear? Not exactly, but being in lockdown surely did make a good impact on our air quality. Perhaps we can maintain some of the improvements if we continue to reduce our driving and industrial emissions.
The Arctic Ozone Layer
Recently, there have been reports from NASA about changes in the ozone layer over the Arctic. The ozone layer sits in the stratosphere and is very important to the planet. Ozone consists of three oxygen atoms, and ozone molecules are highly reactive. Although just three oxygen atoms, these atoms block ultraviolet radiation. The ozone level should be well-maintained because ultraviolet radiation can cause skin cancer, eye cataracts, genetic, and immune problems. Oftentimes, Dobson units are used to measure ozone levels. Unfortunately in the Arctic, the ozone layer in the stratosphere has been damaged quite a lot. In recent years, it's become worse due to global warming. However, the ozone levels in March were at around 205 Dobson. This is low compared to last year's ozone levels at this time. Seasonally, an Arctic "hole" appears in our protective ozone layer. Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons have been destroying the ozone layer in the Arctic for the past century, eventually causing the famous hole that formed in Antarctica in the 1980s. In 1987, over 175 countries agreed to stop using these chemicals.
Astonishingly, in the last days of April, scientists announced that the Arctic "hole" had healed, according to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. Experts say that this "healing" is most probably due to reduced industrial activity as well as reduced travel via cars and planes, although there is still not enough information to make an accurate claim.
Over the past decade, annual CO2 emissions have increased by 1% (excluding 2019). CO2 is important for the carbon cycle, especially to green plants. Green plants use CO2 to create glucose, which plants need for survival. But CO2 is also a greenhouse gas, this means that it contributes to global warming. When cars use fossil fuels to run them, CO2 or carbon dioxide, is released into the atmosphere. Even the slightest increase in CO2 causes the Earth to get warmer.
Since being told to stay in our homes, fewer cars roam the streets. Because of this, there has been a decline in CO2 emissions, which is beneficial to the environment in the sense that it helps fight against global warming. Recently, daily global CO2 emissions have fallen by an average of 17%, compared to the Spring of 2019.
Wild Animals Take Over
In some major cities, as people stay in their homes, animals have begun to explore areas that they were once too afraid to venture into. In some cities, wild animals have been seen on the streets. In Nara, Japan, about 100 deer were spotted walking in the city. Mountain goats were found walking on the streets in Llandudno, Wales because of the lack of people. There are also many other animals that are walking into the road such as boars, coyotes, alligators, hippos, and, in Chile, even pumas. Sadly, some animals who live in or near cities have grown dependent on humans as sources of food handouts. Fox News reported that hungry monkeys have been sighted fighting for food in the cities of Thailand and India. Hopefully, as lockdown restrictions begin to be eased, animals and humans can find away to peacefully co-exist in high population areas again.
We hope this article gives you good information on some of the recent changes in the environment. – Payton Suh and Allen Choi
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by Ms. KincaidJune 10, 2020 Global Research, Health & Medicine, Sciences, Student Life, Tech0 comments
A Guide To The Coronavirus: Origins, Genetics, Vaccine Testing and More
by Suren Grigorian
Following the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus resulting in an increasing number of infected people, we are entering a new era filled with fearful projections of the future. A large majority of that fear appears to originate from fear of the unknown, specifically from the fact that among the individuals representing the statistical majority of the public, a small quantity possess actual knowledge of the scientific mechanisms responsible for the dissemination of the virus or what may remain attempted to halt the aforementioned spread. The fact that the mechanisms of the virus, to the general public, remain an opaque novelty is particularly dangerous, as ignorance fosters misinformation and misconceptions; thus, this article shall attempt to elucidate the fundamental principles behind the outbreak in a manner which, the author hopes, shall relieve a small quantity of the anxiety associated with this event, an event which has effected great change upon the lives of us and our relatives.
For an individual to understand the fundamentals of the outbreak, it first remains necessary to understand the virus itself. The virus, currently designated as the Severe Acute Respiratory Disease Coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 via scientists, primarily remains classified as a member of the family Coronaviridae; generally named for their appearance, similar to a crown beneath an electron microscope. Coronaviruses remain associated with numerous mild illnesses affecting the upper respiratory tract, including the common cold, a small fraction of which remains attributed to them. However, 3 viruses within this family, with the inclusion of SARS-CoV-2, remain attributed to severe respiratory diseases. The origins of the current virus remain slightly obscure, though the development of the virus allows for the delineation of its development. According to current scientific research, the genetic composition of the virus resembles the genetic composition of coronaviruses prevalent among bat species; however, additional evidence links the proteins upon the surface of the virus (discussed in additional detail further onwards) to pangolins, with the former remaining a particularly plausible explanation. Though the origins of the virus do not remain certain, a recent scientific statement within The Lancet regarding the danger of virus conspiracy theories cites papers analysing its genetic composition. One such paper concludes that the coronavirus possesses an approximate 88% similarity to 2 bat coronaviruses, providing general evidence that the virus remains of natural origin.
With a generalised scientific outline of the taxonomy and epidemiological history of the virus established, one can proceed to the biological components of the virus within its generality. To establish the fundamental biology of the virus, one must begin with its typology. The novel coronavirus remains classified as a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus; the virus itself possesses an approximate width of 90 nanometres, while 4 varying proteins remain contained within the virus, in addition to the previously referenced genetic material. The virion primarily remains distinguished as a mammalian virus due to its external phospholipid membrane; such a membrane, primarily constructed from the external plasma membrane of the cells which the virus infects, assists within entry. The genetic material of the virus primarily contains approximately 29,900 nucleotides, a miniscule quantity in comparison to the gene sizes known to us today, but massive for the large majority of RNA viruses. The internal components of the genetic material of the virus determine the process of infection. 20,000 RNA bases, 20 kilobases within the virus, remain devoted to replicase genes, responsible for the construction of polyproteins, which remain divided into non-structural proteins. An additional 10 kilobases remain devoted to essential and accessory proteins, including the spike, envelope, nucleocapsid and membrane proteins. However, the large majority of scientific discussion concerns the membrane of the virus; here, the key to entry within a cell remains located.
ACE2, scientifically known as Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme 2, remains established as a protein receptor upon the surface of human cells responsible for regulation of cardiovascular and renal metabolism. However, it serves as a binding protein receptor to the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2, forming a primary and crucial component of the entry of the virus into a healthy cell. An additional factor responsible for assisting the entry of the virus into the archetypal cell remains the serine protease TMPRSS2, responsible for assisting within S protein priming. The function of this remains the splicing of the aforementioned spike protein, producing a fusion peptide and allowing finalisation of entry. The surface of the virus additionally possesses such receptors as hemagglutinin esterase; however, this does not remain particularly applicable to the mechanisms via which the virus remains responsible for infecting human cells.
However, an essential component of the general effect of the virus upon the human body remains the entry of a singular virus within a singular human cell. This occurs via a detailed biological process responsible for general infection. Firstly, the spike protein receptors upon the surface of the virus attach to the ACE2 receptors upon the surface of the human cell (As previously referenced, the serine protease TMPRSS2 splices the spike protein, producing a fusion peptide and allowing entry). Following this, a series of processes occur which allow for the replication of the simplified genetic material of the cell via the utilisation of replicase enzymes which exist within the cell itself; a set of pp1a and pp1b polyproteins remain produced, primarily responsible for the formation of a replicase-transcriptase complex, which manufactures replicated RNA segments. As viral proteins remain manufactured and assemble concomitantly to the proteins comprising the viral body, exocytosis occurs, releasing additional viruses into the interstitial fluid of the body and producing the incipient entrance instances of a viral infection within the body. The spike proteins which mediate these processes within viruses (including the virus responsible for the SARS outbreak within the early 2000s) and those within the coronavirus remain generally similar.
Though individual mechanisms of infection remain a component of the damage produced via the virus, its general effects upon the body and its methodology of attack remain an additional component. Analysis of this requires a general understanding of the immune system. A singular component of the mechanism utilised via the coronavirus to conduct a total bodily infection remains the offensive upon the human lungs. Following infection, virions enter the alveoli of the lungs, the primary centre for respiration and the general absorption of oxygen from atmospheric substances. With the virus inflicting severe damage upon the cells of the alveoli, leukocytes within the blood attempt to halt the damage, with the immune system producing an excessive reaction known as a cytokine storm. Within the worst instances, the walls of the alveoli collapse, producing acute respiratory distress syndrome. Acute respiratory distress syndrome remains defined as a respiratory disorder within which fluid from capillaries within the alveoli begins to leak, producing decreased quantities of oxygen within the blood stream and a condition known as hypoxemia. Following this, severe organ damage occurs, with potential sepsis resulting from immune system activity and producing a possibility of death. The final stage within the dissemination of the virus remains its spread to additional individuals. This primarily occurs via a system of release which necessitates the utilisation of masks; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus primarily remains released via infectious droplets of saliva or mucus, producing infections within additional individuals.
However, to produce a general understanding of the methodologies necessary for the development of an epidemic and an eventual pandemic, one must understand the mathematics of epidemiological dissemination; in particular, the development of the coronavirus remains reliant upon exponential growth. In particular, the general model utilised via epidemiologists remains the SIR model, additionally known as the susceptible, infected and recovered model, with the addition of exposed individuals. Utilisation of this model requires the application of Rₒ, the quantity of individuals which may remain infected as a fraction of the quantity who contact an infected individual. Following the progression of an epidemic, epidemiologists adjust this in association with variations within the progression of the pandemic, though the Rₒ of the virus remains 3. The mathematics of the development of the pandemic ultimately remain dependent upon this; the development of the epidemic, however, progresses beyond simple transmission models.
One could primarily characterise the development of the pandemic within an SIR model via a formula within which the change within the quantity of cases per day, perhaps represented as ΔC, remains equivalent to the quantity of individuals exposed each day, multiplied via the quantity of existing cases, multiplied via the probability of contracting the virus provided an instance of contact. When one utilises such a model, it remains effortless to note that at a particular point within the outbreak, all individuals within the population will remain infected and the virus will remain incapable of disseminating further. The question remains if the outbreak remains capable of infecting all individuals within the population, a definitively avoidable outcome; if this occurs, one could expect to observe exponential growth within an outbreak, decaying following a period of time. However, epidemics tend to follow, with the occurrence of restrictions, logistic growth, a mathematical methodology of growth whereby a function continues within a stage of exponential
growth for a period of time, following which, at the inflection point, the derivative of the function begins to decrease, within a bell curve pattern. Following this, the development of the epidemic remains drastically reduced, culminating within a flatline, where the quantity of additional cases remains particularly small. In fact, if one plots the derivative of the resulting function, known as the sigmoid function, the derivative intersects the Y-axis at precisely 50% of the value at which the sigmoid intersects; this indicates that the inflection point for the sigmoid function and thus, the point at which the dissemination of the disease begins to halt, occurs at the point within which the derivative attains its largest value.
Though this aspect of the outbreak possesses relevance, a particularly primary aspect remains the history of the outbreak; within weeks of its development, the entirety of the developed world screeched to a halt, industrially, commercially and governmentally. How did this occur? Beginning with the outbreak itself, one could analyse the development of the outbreak from its inception; on November 17, 2019, according to Chinese officials and the South China Morning Post, an individual, 55 years of age, became the first recorded case worldwide of the virus. During the previous year, approximately 266 individuals placed within medical surveillance remained registered; however, the extent of the outbreak became clear to Chinese Communist Party officials upon December 31, when government officials within the province of Hubei announced that several dozen individuals remained within treatment for a novel infectious virus, as of yet unknown to the scientific community. Upon January 11, the Chinese government reported the first death from the novel disease, a man of 61 years who purchased materials from the wet market where the virus remains suspected to have begun; the death occurred upon January 9, when the man, admitted to a medical facility for treatment, failed to recover and died of heart failure. Following this, the first confirmed cases were reported within external nations, as within the following days, Thailand, South Korea and Japan reported cases; upon January 21, the first case within the United States was reported, with a man of 30 years developing symptoms following his return from Wuhan.
Upon January 23, Chinese government officials ordered the immediate placement of the city of Wuhan and the province of Hubei within lockdown, prior to the Chinese Lunar New Year. At this point, approximately 570 individuals remained infected, with approximately 17 dead. The remainder of the nation experienced increased lockdown measures, with Lunar New Year celebrations cancelled. Upon February 2, 3 days following the WHO declaration regarding the coronavirus as an emergency of international concern, China reported approximately 14,380 cases. As the nation of China remained placed within severe lockdown, precautions began within additional nations; several governments imposed testing upon all entering flights and their passengers. Several days prior, human-to-human transmission remained conclusively located, massively increasing the urgency of global preparations. Upon February 9, approximately 37,198 cases remained recorded, with noted Chinese whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang dying of the disease upon February 7.
On February 14, France became the first nation within Europe to report a death resulting from the novel virus, with Italy reporting 3 deaths upon February 23 and local government officials halting the Venice Carnival, an event which, were it to continue upon its charted schedule, could produce hundreds or perhaps thousands of additional infections. From February 24 to March 1, a wave of incipient cases occurred, with nations such as the Netherlands, Greece, Georgia, Denmark and numerous contemporaries reporting initial cases. With cases exiting the quarantined and docked Diamond Princess cruise ship, upon February 27, the United States government began to consider the implementation of the Defense Production Act, which would grant President Trump the ability to control national production facilities within emergency situations. The first death within the United States occurred upon February 29, with President Trump disrupting travel from Europe upon March 11 and declaring a national emergency upon March 13. Gathering within groups of 50 or greater was promptly chastised via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and upon March 15, the New York school system, the largest within the United States, closed. Though the European Union, facing increasing infections, restricted non-essential travel into the bloc, 2 days following the announcement, upon March 19, China reported 0 local infections, with 14 resulting from external travel and approximately 80,967 infections total; the first nation to experience an immediate halt to the continuation of the virus, China reported positive results primarily due to their brutal quarantine measures.
Upon March 30, an influx of state isolation directives remained issued within the United States, with approximately 265 million Americans placed within isolation. Earlier, upon March 13, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest within the United States, announced a 2-week closure, extended first to May 1 and, following the initial announcement, to the terminal end of the school year. As the outbreak continued, numerous additional events began to contribute to its dissemination, with cases surging within Russia, deaths increasing within Iran and Italy and the United States assuming the mantle of the nation with the largest recorded quantity of coronavirus cases upon the planet. `Russia now possesses approximately 300,000 cases, an issue compounded via the manipulation of statistics due to bureaucratic machinations. And thus, our story returns to today.
With this immense quantity of suffering and death, as well as economic difficulties for millions of Americans and global citizens, one would naturally wonder: does there remain a cure? Scientists, researchers and pharmaceutical specialists across the world are labouring to locate a cure; so far, 7 promising treatments remain within clinical trials, according to The Economist. A promising option, one which I am sure our readers have observed within televised media, remains remdesivir, a treatment originally developed via Gilead Sciences, a prominent American pharmaceutical corporation. As a nucleoside analogue, a treatment which mirrors the chemical structure of genetic material, the efficacy of remdesivir primarily remains attributed to its ability to prevent genetic replication. In addition to 2 trials within Asia developed via Gilead Sciences, the chemical remains authorised for emergency clinical utilisation within the United States, with supplies allocated to hospitals within multiple states. However, though promising, it does not halt the effects of the virus totally, with several researchers insisting it possesses a minor effect and a previously cited Chinese study within this article additionally supplementing this view.
If not remdesivir, then what? Trials of the clinical cocktail Lopinavir-Ritonavir, commercially known as Kaletra, remain within progress or completed. However, as within the case of a study published within the New England Journal of Medicine, they do not necessarily deliver promising results, with an additional study published within The Lancet indicating that triple antiviral therapy performed superiorly to Kaletra. Perhaps favipiravir, known as Avigan, then; this appears to remain the case, as the Russian government, in association with domestic pharmaceutical groups, indicated that a trial of the treatment remains near completion, displaying greater than 80% efficacy. Tocilizumab, known as Actemra commercially, remains an additional option; approved for utilisation within China and sparingly utilised within Italy, it prevents inflammatory responses such as the referenced cytokine storm within its standard application as an arthritis drug.
As for vaccines, numerous varying methodologies exist for the development of vaccines to combat the virus. These include live vaccines, viral vector vaccines, nucleic acid vaccines, protein-based vaccines and additional types. Within a live vaccine, a weakened or destroyed version of the virus, with spike proteins intact, remains introduced within the body, allowing for immediate recognition via the immune system and the development of immunity. The American biotechnology corporation Codagenix, within collaboration with the Serum Institute of India, currently remains within the process of developing a deactivated live vaccine. Viral vector vaccines, additionally known as recombinant vector vaccines, utilise the process of genetic modification to introduce relevant spike protein genome sections within the genomes of varying viruses, such as adenoviruses, an approach pursued via Johnson & Johnson and CanSino, the latter of which possesses a Phase II vaccine. Nucleic acid vaccines, a novel and untested development within the field, primarily remain reliant upon recent advances within genetic engineering, whereby the coronavirus spike peptide gene, in addition to a quantity of DNA, remains subjected to electroporation, developing membrane pores to increase acceptance and allowing for the production of spike proteins, triggering an immune response. This remains within Phase I trials under the guidance of Beijing Advaccine Biotechnology Inovio Pharmaceuticals as a DNA vaccine and an RNA vaccine under Moderna and CureVac, the latter of which aims to "print" such components. Protein-based vaccines primarily insert large quantities of independent antigens, triggering an individual immune response; this remains pursued via Clover Pharmaceuticals, Novovax, the notable Sanofi Pasteur and the United States military, among others. With such entities as Oxford University, the US government and Chinese state apparatus developing vaccines, there remains a slight quantity of hope. However, solutions remain within the distant intervals of several months onward.
In conclusion, the author hopes that this analysis of the individual components of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak shall provide a sufficient quantity of comfort to those who are subjected to the jarring reality we face today. Hopefully, this virus shall be eradicated, but for now, our thoughts and hopes remain both with the relatives of those lost to the outbreak and to the researchers attempting to develop a cure.
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Saying that parenting is a tough job is an understatement. After all, "jobs" are supposed to end when you clock out, and you know perfectly well that being a parent is round-the-clock. Even the best parents make mistakes and are sometimes unsure they're doing the right thing.
Parenting is the most important job to be done in Nebraska communities, and as a parent, you're in the thick of it. There's plenty your community can do to support you to be the parent you want to be. There's also plenty that you can do to support yourself.
Protective Factors are attributes in individuals and families that increase health and well-being. All families have protective factors. You've probably heard of "risk factors." Protective Factors act as a buffer against risk factors and are even more important in predicting positive outcomes for children.
If you look at any strong, healthy family, you will see the Protective Factors. When things are going well, we are building the Protective Factors without thinking about it. But like many worthwhile things in life, living all of the Protective Factors takes practice. Basically, this means discovering the best ways to take care of yourself, be a strong parent, and build healthy family relationships.
Nurturing and attachment means developing a pattern of positive interactions with your kids over time. Juggling the demands of work, home, and other responsibilities leaves many parents feeling like they do not have nearly enough time with their children. But even small acts of kindness, protection, and caring - hugs, a smile, or loving words - make a big difference to children.
Commit to responding, instead of just reacting, to challenges from your child. Exercising the self-discipline and self-control we want our children to have begins with our own behavior. It requires practice!
Even though they are too young to understand you, talk to your child. Make eye contact, smile and make exaggerated faces as you converse. They'll soon start to return the conversation with coos and happy shrieks. Hold your baby as often as you can. Rock your child to sleep and cuddle during the daytime. Read more about building an attachment with your baby.
Between 1 and 3 years, toddlers want your attention more than anything. Give it to them! Reward their good behaviors – playing quietly, sharing with a sibling, being gentle with a pet, eating their food – with praise and attention. This will give your toddler the attention they crave and strengthen the bond between you.
Your toddler will start moving farther and farther away from you as they explore the world. When they come back, reward them with your attention and let your toddler know that they're safe and that you're proud of them for exploring. Holding and snuggling are still great ways to bond at this age.
Connect with your more independent 3- and 4-year olds by playing with them. Hide and seek, tag and backyard races are great for active games. For quieter moments, play pretend with dinosaurs and dolls, build a blanket fort or create something with blocks. Encourage them to use their imagination!
Your preschooler loves snuggling and leaning against you while listening to a story – sometimes the same one over and over!
When your preschool child challenges you, and you hold firm, you reinforce the fact that he is safe and protected with you. It strengthens the bond!
Your child is starting kindergarten, getting involved in sports and activities, and becoming more involved in life outside your home at this age. Your child will be discovering new things and wanting to tell you about them.
Encourage them to talk about what they're learning in school with very specific questions. Instead of "How was school?" ask "What did you work on at your math station?" or "Tell me about this art project that was in your bag?" Giving your child a concrete question will elicit better answers.
Listen when your child is talking, and you'll learn about some of the things that really interest him. Aside from just helping with homework, enjoy time doing the things that interest your child. He'll know that he's important to you, and you'll get the joy of watching his face light up because he's doing something he really likes.
Being a parent is part natural and part learned. Having a good understanding of how kids develop makes it easier to react positively to challenges like tantrums and defiance. Informed parents are more likely to have realistic expectations, provide appropriate guidance, and build a positive relationship with their kids.
Parental resilience means being both strong and flexible. It is being able to manage stress and function well when you're facing challenges big and small. Your ability to bounce back from stress plays a huge role in how you respond to your kids and how they respond to you and others.
Sometimes the worst stress comes up when something unexpected does. Plan for what you can – have a schedule of how to get everyone out of the house in the morning. Pack lunches and backpacks the night before. Plan and shop for your weekly meals over the weekend – you can even make one or two meals ahead of time. Keep a big calendar in the kitchen of the family's activities and spend a moment each morning looking at what's coming up that day.
The occasional night out can do wonders for your stress level. But don't forget the most powerful source of fun in your life – your kids! Take some tips from them on how to let go of your troubles. Spin around until you get dizzy. Have a dance party in the living room. Play Simon Says and charades. Laughing with the people you love most can reduce stress.
Social connections are positive relationships that provide emotional support and advice. Parents need friends. Having a network of social connections you can rely on is important for every family. This doesn't mean that you have to have hundreds of people in your life – just a few people at each level will provide you with people to lean on, learn from and laugh with.
Spend time with people who make you feel good and distance yourself from people who tear you down. Be careful to include people who you trust to tell you the truth, not just to feed your ego. People on your go-to team keep you positive by contributing to you growing stronger, healthier, and more aware. They sometimes make you work to bring out the qualities that you value the most in yourself.
Concrete supports mean having access to goods and services that address your family's needs. Your community provides concrete supports and services so that when things get tough, you have somewhere to turn for help. And everyone needs help sometimes.
Your child develops social-emotional competence with your help. Basically, it means that children can manage their emotions, talk about their feelings and develop ways to solve problems in interactions with others. These skills are critical to success in school and life.
Visit the Zero to Three website for tips and tools for infants and toddlers.
Make sure your child is receiving high-quality early childhood education as soon as possible. For stay-at-home parents, this can mean partnering with a trained home visitor to share new ways to help your child with social-emotional skills.
Kids who have ample time around other kids have more opportunities to practice their own people skills, like sharing, taking turns and having conversations. If your child isn't in school, playdates, church groups, tumbling classes or trips to a park are great ways to make sure your child is connecting with others.
Every child has challenging behaviors from time to time. If you have concerns, ask your school or pediatrician for information or resources.
http://www.boystown.org/parenting/ Resources and guidance on how to successfully raise, praise, discipline, teach, and nurture your child.
http://www.parentfurther.org Information for parents of children ages 0-18.
http://dhhs.ne.gov/behavioral_health/Pages/nebraskafamilyhelpline_index.aspx Answers to questions about children's mental health and behavior. Resources and counselors available 24/7.
http://www.answers4families.org/ Answers4Families.org is Nebraska's support and information connection for families and professionals seeking assistance for family members with special needs.
https://www.text4baby.org/ Free mobile app that sends text messages with information for parents expecting a child through the first year. English and Spanish.
http://edn.ne.gov/cms/staying-track-mobile-app Free mobile app available through iTunes (from Nebraska Early Development Network) that provides information on child development , safety, learning, child care and related for parents of children ages 0-3.
Vroom. Website to help parents build brains, http://www.joinvroom.org/. Videos are available at, https://www.youtube.com/user/joinvroom.


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South Africa's ICC Act (2002) reproduces the war crimes listed in the 1998 ICC Statute, including in both international and non-international armed conflicts: "using [children under the age of fifteen years] to participate actively in hostilities".
South Africa, ICC Act, 2002, Schedule 1, Part 3, §§ (b)(xxvi) and (e)(vii).
At the 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in 1999, South Africa pledged "to promote the adoption of national and international standards prohibiting the military … participation in armed conflicts of persons under 18 years of age".
South Africa, Pledge made at the 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 31 October–6 November 1999.


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Silver October 26th, 2021 14:21
CD Projekt RED - Buys ex-Bioshock Studio
PCGamesN reports on a studio purchase by CD Projekt RED of The Molasses Flood who are ex-Bioshock people.
In a statement today, The Molasses Flood announced that it was joining CD Projekt. Buying an indie studio is an unprecedented move for the studio behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, which normally builds all of its projects in-house - from its biggest titles to smaller games like
The statement and accompanying tweet also confirmed that this meant the formerly-indie studio is building "a completely new game in the universe of an existing CD Projekt IP" - meaning The Witcher and Cyberpunk. Beyond that, the statement doesn't reveal much more, other than The Molasses Flood would continue to make "games with heart built on rich gameplay systems".
Couchpotato October 26th, 2021 22:44
I'm very interested in what this new studio of CPDR is working on. Hopefully it's better then the developers past games at least. Probably wont know for a few years though.
JDR13 October 26th, 2021 23:00
They've only developed two games, and the last one was a co-op village builder. Calling it an ex-Bioshock studio just because a few of the guys worked on that game back in the day seems like a stretch.
largh October 27th, 2021 08:56
Does this mean that CDPR won't get purchased by Microsoft or some other giant? I have been expecting that to happen after the problems with CP2077…
Cyberpunk 2077sold over 14+ million copies so despite it's lackluster launch it's still a success. Just not the success CDPR wanted. They just learned a valuable lesson.
Don't announce games way to early and over hype them for seven years.
Redglyph October 27th, 2021 09:16
And don't bite off more than you can chew.
Originally Posted by largh (Post 1061660951)
Does this mean that CDPR won't get purchased by Microsoft or some other giant? I have been expecting that to happen after the problems with CP2077…
I don't see CDPR getting bought out anytime soon. They're a bit of a giant themselves.
Morrandir October 27th, 2021 14:03
Originally Posted by JDR13 (Post 1061660962)
a bit of a giant
Sooo… an adolescent regular giant or an adult small giant?
mercy October 27th, 2021 15:36
CD Projekt RED has become a media scandal company in my eyes. They don't produce real games anymore that I would play. They just use millions of dollars to create something that people can complain about. Their product is not real attraction, no hype for me, since Witcher 1's sex cards. I could play W1 enhanced edition to about 50%, before the entire experience drowned in boredom..
joxer October 27th, 2021 15:51
That doesn't apply to me.
In my case it is Blizzard.
gabrielarantest October 28th, 2021 04:59
I am deciding whether or not to buy Cyberpunk this week. Can anyone here tell me if it is "fixed"/"playable" with the recent patches?
Originally Posted by gabrielarantest (Post 1061661046)
I recently concluded my third replay as the outlaw origin. Now I've said it before it you like Witcher III then you will enjoy playing CP 2077. So yes it's very playable.
Hopefully CDPR don't break any part of the game with future patches though.
Originally Posted by Couchpotato (Post 1061661068)
Oh nice. I guess I will buy then. Thanks!
With 5+ year development cycles for blockbuster games it must be necessary to get other developers involved to avoid the boom, bust cycle and get a steady income coming in. CD Projekt RED simply has too much riding on one game.
Originally Posted by Silver (Post 1061661183)
Don't forget GOG has also been struggling for many years. The news made the headlines a few years back about cutting staff and running on a red budget. So that's a factor.
They should start making smaller games based on the IPs they own. Not just card games either. I can see them branching out into strategy and other genres with those IP's.
largh October 31st, 2021 13:00
Also referring to what @Silver and @Couchpotato wrote above, I have been thinking about this and don't see CDPR being bought by a giant as an unlikely scenario. Not saying that it will certainly happen but there is a possibility. Why?
Assuming that the media entertainment giants think that game pass or streaming services are the future of gaming as they seem to think about TV and music, some of the giants are still lacking IPs and talented studios to attract people to their service. Ok, Microsoft has recently invested in this and is a less likely candidate. Sony has got its Japanese studios. Valve has Half-life but no other big IPs. They might be too small, though. Disney has Starwars among other big IPs. Amazon and Google have none at the moment and are likely to invest in streaming services or Stadia, respectively, in the foreseeable future. Sure CDPR is a large studio, but its worth is still a fraction of Amazon's or Google's revenue.
What would they get by buying CDPR? Too large IPs with two popular AAA games that could be added to the game pass/streaming service immediately. They would also acquire a talented studio that could make future exclusive AAA games for them. In addition, they would get GOG either out of the way or added to their list of services. Another question is whether CDPR owners are willing to sell. With the gaming community already turning against them due to the CP2077 release, they might be less motivated to keep to their principles.
JDR13 November 1st, 2021 08:11
I think it's a stretch, but yeah, it's not out of the realm of possibility or anything. I don't see it happening though.. at least not in the near future.


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Big ThinkersHerminia IbarraOvercoming the barriers to great business leadership
BIG THINKER
"Professionals over-invest in their strengths. In fact, it's our success in the past that's holding us back."
Herminia Ibarra, professor of leadership and organizational behavior, INSEAD
Photography: Harry Borden
Overcoming the barriers to great business leadership
Maxine-Laurie Marshall — April 2016
Herminia Ibarra, business school expert on leadership and organizational behavior, reveals how an operational focus hinders leadership success.
Career successes obtained through a professional's journey to senior management are potentially holding them back from leadership opportunities. As a result, says Herminia Ibarra, a worldwide authority in leadership development and visiting professor at London Business School, business managers primed for top leadership positions should be encouraged to unlearn the behavior that has got them to that point and get ready to start acting very differently.
Ibarra, professor of leadership and organizational behaviour at France's INSEAD business school, believes 'the competency trap' is one of the biggest hurdles for those seeking to successfully transition into a leadership role. As she explains, professionals approaching top jobs often "over-invest in their strengths under the false assumption that what produced their past successes will lead to future wins."
It's difficult to avoid that trap, she says. "We know from research that we invest our time and energy in the things that make us feel competent. When we feel competent we feel good. We feel like we're adding value, we enjoy what we're doing, therefore we invest more in it. We're usually rewarded for it and so that leads us to invest even further. And, after a while, it's very hard to get out of that because the rewards are so high. In fact, it's our success in the past that's holding us back."
Inventing the future
This way of working, where the aim is to complete day-to-day, operational tasks well, is indicative of management as opposed to leadership. And the distinction between the two is vital. However, Ibarra, author of the highly acclaimed Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, notes: "It's not a distinction between people in that some people are [natural] managers and some people are leaders. It's a distinction between different roles you play and different kinds of work that need to be done."
A manager's work is ensuring processes are running as efficiently as possible, whereas a leader's role is to push boundaries, to look to the future and see what direction the company should be heading in and how to get it there. It's visionary and inspiring, she argues. Encouraging professionals to make up their minds and define which they want to be, she says: "What is the goal? To manage the day-to-day routine or invent the future?"
The visionary leader
The tendency is to opt for the visionary role, but Ibarra cites three skills that are crucial to fulfilling that successfully.
1. The first relates to finding ways of breaking away from the day-to-day tasks that your current professional competency has long been centered on. As she says: "You need the capacity to redefine your job so that you're focusing your time and energy on those things that are truly important and that add value." That means developing the capacity to delegate many of the existing activities that are not and structuring your job so you're really able to contribute strategically, she says.
2. Ibarra highlights the need for leaders to build strong networks: "The second skillset has to do with building relationships, creating alliances, having connections that allow you to get buy-in for your ideas, that allow you to bring people in and offer perspectives of value."
3. Finally, she advises that any visionary leader has to look internally at themselves: "This skill has to do with how you manage yourself: how you remain adaptive and push yourself out of your comfort zone while still remaining authentic. Getting the balance of the two right is critically important."
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