Debbie posted: "Ekiti police arrest herbalist for raping and duping woman of N10m on pretext of conducting spiritual cleansing The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, for allegedly raping and fraudulently obtaining N10.4m from a woma" VistaNaij
Ekiti police arrest herbalist for raping and duping woman of N10m on pretext of conducting spiritual cleansing The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, for allegedly raping and fraudulently obtaining N10.4m from a woman seeking spiritual help from him in Aramoko-Ekiti, Ekiti West local government area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, […]
eurosmap3 posted: " Roma. La lista di Forza Italia nel Lazio è vincente. Ne è convinto il vicepresidente del partito Antonio Tajani che, dopo più di trent'anni trascorsi in Europa, torna in campo, si schiera alle elezioni del 25 settembre, e gioc" GiornaledelRubicone.com
Roma. La lista di Forza Italia nel Lazio è vincente. Ne è convinto il vicepresidente del partito Antonio Tajani che, dopo più di trent'anni trascorsi in Europa, torna in campo, si schiera alle elezioni del 25 settembre, e gioca la sua partita sui territori. I suoi. Dai Castelli Romani fino ad Anzio e Nettuno, in un collegio uninominale che lo porterà dritto a Palazzo Montecitorio. «Credo sia giusto dare un contributo al centrodestra nella mia Regione, sul mio territorio. Bisogna valorizzare i Comuni di provincia. Roma certamente è la Capitale, ma il Lazio non è soltanto Roma. Ci sono tante altre realtà importantissime alle quali bisogna dare grande importanza. Ecco perché ho scelto di candidarmi in provincia di Roma che, tra l'altro, è parte importante del mio collegio elettorale europeo; quindi, continuerò a lavorare sul mio territorio come ho sempre fatto», ci dice Antonio Tajani dopo aver presentato la squadra azzurra del Lazio. Forte, già pronta a governare.
Ventidue donne e uomini determinati, agguerriti si presentano alla stampa nella sede nazionale del partito, a Roma. Alcuni volti nuovi provenienti dalle comunità della città metropolitana fino ai big del partito che hanno contribuito, insieme al Presidente Silvio Berlusconi, a renderlo grande. Credibile, affidabile. Due squadre, una al Senato capitanata dal fondatore di Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi, che ha scelto di schierarsi nel collegio Lazio 2 insieme alla capogruppo Anna Maria Bernini, Maurizio Gasparri e Emanuela Mari. Annagrazia Calabria corre, invece, nel collegio Lazio 1 con Pasquale Calzetta, Paola Musitano e Simone Foglio. Schierato nel collegio uninominale per un posto a Palazzo Madama il coordinatore regionale del Lazio Claudio Fazzone. Un'altra squadra, la più nutrita, punta a Montecitorio ed è capitanata dal campione olimpico Paolo Barelli, attualmente capogruppo alla Camera da Maria Spena e Sestino Giacomoni insieme ad Alessandra Feduzi, Marisa Grossi, Rina Grasso, Sandro Grassi, Patrizia Marrocco, Cosmo Mitrano e Moira Rotondo. Alessandro Battilocchio, coordinatore provinciale di Roma, è in gioco all'uninominale.
Alla presentazione delle liste non poteva mancare il saluto di Silvio Berlusconi che ha spiegato il perché della sua discesa in campo «Ho voluto essere candidato a Roma e nel Lazio per testimoniare il nostro grande impegno per Roma capitale. Da tempo proponiamo uno status speciale per Roma capitale, con una legge costituzionale, come avviene per le altre grandi capitali europee».
Antonio Tajani promette impegno e dedizione anche e soprattutto per la provincia di Rieti, colpita dal terremoto. «Siamo sempre stati vicini a questi territori e non l'abbiamo mai dimenticati. Dedicai il Premio Carlo V che ricevetti dal Re di Spagna alle aree colpite dal terremoto e feci assegnare il premio economico ai Comuni delle aree colpite dal sisma». E chi gioca una partita un po' più difficile come Sestino Giacomoni non si arrende, anzi è più determinato a vincere. A dirlo è lui stesso: «Non sempre si può giocare come titolari o come punte, a volte ci può essere chiesto di giocare stando un po' più indietro oppure di stare in panchina. Chi crede nel presidente Berlusconi, non cambia squadra». In gioco c'è la battaglia per la libertà.
taurusingemini posted: " Patching the holes, as the leaks are, turning into the water that flooded a property anyone??? Yeah, this is still, the STUPIDITY of the government that's ruling over this country here! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated… The inmat" Mirroring the World
Patching the holes, as the leaks are, turning into the water that flooded a property anyone??? Yeah, this is still, the STUPIDITY of the government that's ruling over this country here! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The inmate, Lin "hadn't returned from his days away from prison", murdering two officers, and the systems of serving time outside of prison for the inmates came under fire, and the political parties started evading the responsibilities, blaming the problems on each other, but, as the two amendments were brought up, the professional advisor of the justice department made no objections then, and surely, it deserved to get criticized harshly. And certainly, the serving away out of the prison needs to be discussed too, but the correctional offices, he crime prevention isn't unilateral, it's complicated, and the evaluations of the nets of security of society should be seen as a whole, by just criticizing the systems of operations, the rules set up, it can't prevent these sorts of tragedies from recurring.
Last year, the inmate, Lin was chosen to serve the outside sentences, assigned to work as a cook at the kitchen, had the warden known of his violent tendencies, he would've never been allowed to work in the kitchens where there are knives available to him, nor would they have transferred him around; besides, the systems of serving the terms out of prison is by keeping the identity of the inmates privately guarded, to get rid of the differential treatments, by going after how the individuals are selected to serve their sentences away from the penitentiary won't solve anything.
The external serving sentences serves as a hallway house between the inmates' release, with the primary functions of helping the inmates adapt to the outside world as their time served is up, it's functional, and shouldn't be ousted entirely because of this isolated incident.
The wordings of the law is cold, those in power should work with the people, and set up a working system of correction, to avoid this from happening and to prevent the criminal behaviors. The escaped convict's murdering the two officers is bad, but, after the judgmental, and upset and anger passes, the security nets of the society still need to get patched up properly.
And so here, we're, too focused on the death of the officers by the inmates who "behaved" themselves and received the incentives of serving their sentences away from the prison systems, and, this time, the convicted tried to escape, and murdered the two officers, and this is a huge HOLE in the systems, because these inmates took advantage of the incentives that they received, and murdered an officer, and because of what they did, chances are the prison systems will no longer be allowing these incentive programs to be offered to the inmates who'd behaved themselves, and are at the end of their terms, and in need of getting resocialized, to start their life outside of prison normally.
melissamleddy posted: " Earlier this summer, I had a job interview for what seemed like my dream job. It was a writing position in the education field, similar to the work I love doing for my higher-education freelance clients. Another plus: The job was part-time, which mea" Melissa Leddy
Earlier this summer, I had a job interview for what seemed like my dream job.
It was a writing position in the education field, similar to the work I love doing for my higher-education freelance clients. Another plus: The job was part-time, which meant I could continue my freelance work and even some of my library shifts. Wonderfully, too, the job was weekday-hours-only—my work schedule would match my daughters' school days.
A regular writing job that was interesting, well-paid and flexible. What more could I possibly want, right?
Before the job interview, I drove over to the nearest LOFT, where the extremely kind staff helped me find the perfect interview outfit. (In case you're curious, friends, I bought this beautiful tiled maxi dress, complemented by a white tunic cardigan. We felt this was the right mix of professional/approachable.)
The what-should-I-wear question now answered, I gathered work samples to share with the hiring manager, from the very first story I ever had published (at age 9!) to this magazine article I wrote for Loyola University Maryland (a piece I truly loved working on). I asked several colleagues if they'd be references for me. I practiced answers to potential interview questions, and solicited prayers and positive vibes from loved ones.
I felt prepared, polished, optimistic.
What more could I possibly want, right?
The job interview went well; it was a real conversation.
Then two days before our family beach vacation, I found out that while I'd be one of the top candidates for my dream job, the No. 1 candidate had been offered the job—and had accepted.
As anyone would be, I was disappointed. It can be painful learning that while you're good, you're not quite good enough.
I also agonized a bit over what I could have done better, or differently.
In the end, though, I accepted that the moment simply wasn't meant to be. There may be a future opportunity there, but for now...no. And that's OK.
It really is OK.
A quote that resonated with me recently is this one, from comedian Chris Hardwick: "The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle—or they don't exist."
I have to admit, friends: I laughed out loud at "depth of a puddle."
Ultimately, I feel very thankful for my job interview. I genuinely enjoyed our conversation, and the hiring manager, who's a lovely person, said we'd keep in touch. Overall, it was a good experience.
Very coincidentally (if you happen to believe in coincidences—I'm not sure I do!), less than 24 hours after I learned the supposed dream job wasn't mine, a dear colleague got in touch to ask if I was available for some extended freelance writing and editing.
YES, I replied. As it turned out, I happened to be very available (and very excited) for this new project. YES.
Around this time, I also celebrated my one-work anniversary at the local public library. It felt really good to have made it one whole year. And while my current schedule there isn't perfect, it's OK.
So after I marked my library work anniversary, I had a heart-to-heart with myself. I decided I'd make a conscious effort to be more positive about my schedule because the column of "Things I Love" about my library job was (much) longer than the column of "Minor Grievances."
One of my first steps toward this effort was bringing chocolate-chip cookies to work on a Saturday morning. A small gesture, but a way to help make the best of working on a sunny summer Saturday. If I can't change my schedule, then I'll change how I respond to it.
(Cookies. Such an easy solution. Why did it take me so long to realize this? )
...if you happen to believe in coincidences—I'm not sure I do!...
The other evening at the library, a patron told me his son had loved the book "Moon Pops," which I'd recommended the last time we'd seen each other. Another patron checked out the book "I Am Charlotte Simmons," and we had a fun conversation about our shared love of its author, Tom Wolfe. "I even met him once," I said.
The patron couldn't believe it.
I smiled, remembering that evening, decades ago, in Richmond, Va. My friend Allison was part of an event that Tom Wolfe was participating in, and she found a way for me to meet one of my favorite authors at the reception afterwards. I hadn't thought about that chance encounter—that happy memory—in years.
Not until that evening at the library.
As human beings, we tell ourselves all kinds of stories to explain things we can't explain, or rationalize hurt away, or find the strength to move forward.
Sometimes, our stories are true.
The story I've been telling myself these last days of summer is this: You are where you're supposed to be. You're doing what you're meant to do. The people you have to meet, the stories you need to write—it's all here.
I read once, a long time ago, in a book about writing, that nobody wants to hear the story of a perfect day.
Why not?
Easy: That kind of story is boring.
The story of a perfect day. No struggle, no endeavor, no adventure. No wisdom or lessons learned.
Partly for this reason, then, I decided to share here the story of my imperfect job interview. To share with whomever may read this that I tried, and I failed, and it hurt.
I did not have a perfect day.
However...the world didn't end. I took a breath. Hugged my family.
And other good things, that I didn't know yet were out there...those good things happened. Maybe for the best.
Here's to not getting everything you (think you) wanted.
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