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The first step in maximizing your success in the first year post-op is to follow the rules. Your surgical team aren’t trying to make your life difficult or annoy you, they are simply trying to protect your new tummy. These rules are hopefully going to help you build new habits that you carry forward for the rest of your post-op life. I’m nearly five years out now but if I eat too quickly I know all about it. I still need to take small bites, have a minute or two between mouthfuls and make sure I stop drinking water for 30 minutes before and after eating. If you need to be reminded check out my 10 Golden Rules post.
The second step in maximizing your success in the first year is to focus on your habits. Work on strengthening the helpful habits and eliminating the ones that don’t contribute to your success. Now is your time to figure out what exercise your new body loves and that you enjoy. Keep trying things until you find the thing you love, look forward to and enjoy doing. Use the huge shake up in your eating patterns, when you’re in the liquid and soft foods stages especially, as an opportunity to completely reset the way you approach food and eating. This is the best chance you’ll ever get to drop your unhelpful behaviours around food. Make sure you take time to look at what’s working for you and helping and figure out what you can do to support those great things.
The third step in maximizing your success in the first year is to realise that in terms of weight loss it will NEVER get easier than it is for you right now. I know you want to get to your goal now, I know your friend loses about half a kilo more than you a week and I know those stalls feel like they are never going to end but you need to stop these thoughts right now! Stop comparing yourself to others, expect that stalls will happen and trust the process. The first year after bariatric surgery is your best shot at losing the majority of your excess weight and you will lose more by doing and eating what you should. Yes, you will be able to and will probably continue to lose weight after the one-year mark (if you still have anything to lose!) but it won’t come so easy and your tool will start to change. The malabsorption and restriction for RNYers is at its peak in the first year. Do not waste this time!!! Your restriction will stay fairly consistent over time if you follow the rules and don’t stretch your tummy back out but you will gain some of the absorptive capacity back eventually so you can’t count on it helping forever.
The fourth step in maximizing your success in the first year is to make the most of every non-scale victory (NSV’s) that comes your way. The numbers going down on the scale is pretty cool but the NSV’s really are the icing and cherry on top of the cake. The moment you realise you can cross your legs while sitting. The moment you see that you can tie a towel around yourself and it actually completely covers you. The moment you do up a plane seatbelt without an extender. The moment you feel a weird lump you’ve never felt before and realise it’s a bone. The way exercise gets easier and you actually begin to enjoy it. I can’t put into words how these things feel but it’s incredible and they are really tangible things that show you just how far you have come. Celebrate you, you did this and you deserve all the great things that are coming your way!
The fifth step in maximizing your success in the first year is to make the most of the mental space and clarity you have now that you’re not thinking about food all the time. I couldn’t get over how disinterested I was in food for a long time after my gastric bypass. I would forget to eat on a semi-regular basis and I found I had so much more room in my head now that I wasn’t thinking about food all the time. Appreciate this space and use it wisely. Now that I’m five years out my brain has filled that space with all sorts of other junk and I’ve only just realised how much I miss that time and how lovely it was.
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One Year of Goal Weight Maintenance!
So however hard it maybe. I’m ready!!
In the first year I want to get back into exercise. I used to love the gym even when I was in my teens even then I was overweight but it was the feel hormones from exercising that made me love it.
Om a completely different note… what compression items are “essential” to help look and feel good after the weight loss and the loose skin?
That’s so cool! Enjoy the countdown, life is only going to get more awesome for you from here on out. I can’t articulate how much easier and enjoyable exercise is once you’ve lost a bit of weight. I NEVER thought I would enjoy running and here I am! The rush you get from it is incredible and I find that it suppresses my appetite now instead of increasing it like it used to.
I don’t use any compression gear. I have come off relatively well in the loose skin stakes and while there’s bits I’m not too keen on they don’t bother me that much. I do like wearing exercise tights because they pull everything in and flatten it out but I don’t have any compression stuff.
I have just discovered your blog and am getting so much information and support from it – my roux-n-y surgery is scheduled for June 11 – less than three months to go and this blog is exactly what I was looking for! I agree about the first year setting the pattern for the rest of your life – that is the mindset I want and need – and yes, I look forward to FOOD not holding such a prominent place in my thoughts. I have spent extended periods of time being thin – and extended periods being very heavy (although my current weight is the most I’ve ever been). It was actually summer of 2017 where I had to go on a flight- first time in a very long time – and had to get a seat extender. I am still mortified – and I will say the stewardess (both there and both)- was wonderful – discrete and non-judgmental but I remember those flights with an overwhelming despair – as I sat there in a mortified state. I just want to not WORRY about stuff like that – I realize I have spent the past many years “erasing” myself – as if this excess weight takes up too much space in the world so I stopped wearing makeup, stopped wearing jewellery and the only clothing I have are my sister’s castoffs (in all honesty- some brand new – she’s a clothes horse!) … I want to be able to exercise again (I was VERY fit for years and years)- to WALK again and not see it as an almost insurmountable thing. I will definitely be reading your archives!
Good luck for your upcoming surgery! I’m so pleased to hear you’re finding my blog helpful. It’s different for all of us but we all have that one thing that makes us realise we just can’t live like this anymore. Your life will be so different and it’s great you’re looking forward to being able to exercise again!
Thanks for all the commitment to the blog and your honest sharing, it is inspiring and encouraging. I’m having the Fobi pouch gastric bypass in a couple of weeks and this post is so helpful and I am going to use the time ahead to be self-compassionate and focused on making this my year.
Good luck for your surgery! You will be inspiring others with the journey you are taking 🙂 I’m so pleased to hear this next year is all about you, you’re worth it.

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1-bedroom apartment for rent in Kiev at Volodymyrska Str. 65 near Ploscha Lva Tolstoho metro station.
The apartment has 1 bedroom, 1 living room, a separate kitchen with all necessary appliances, kitchenware. We provide bedroom and bath accessories. WiFi.
To Universytet metro station- 15 minutes.
Opposite National University of Food Technologies.
7 minutes - to Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
2 minutes to Shevchenko Park and 5 minutes to Botanical Garden.

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This 19-day organized motorcycle trip incl .: return ticket UK – Chicago – LA – UK (excl. Airport taxes and fees), transfers, hotel accommodation, based on a two-person room, partly also including breakfast, motorbike rental with insurance, unlimited mileage, professional accompaniment and a trailer with a spare engine, which includes space for the luggage.
Arrival in Chicago. You will be taken to your comfortable hotel.
To start off, we will spend a day in Chicago, home to Al Capone (in his day) and Oprah Winfrey (currently). You can shop till you drop down the famous shopping street ‘Magnificant Mile,’ go up onto the sky deck at the top of the famous Sears Tower, relax on a bench in Lincoln Park, or take a stroll down Navy Pier… there are too many fun options to mention.
Today we will leave the city behind us on our two-wheelers and carry on along country lanes, passing plenty of farms and typical country houses. The first few old-school petrol stations of Route 66 will start to pop up, and in McLean you will see the first few big grain silos.
In the state of Alabama, we will pass through Mount Olive, which houses many old mines, and we will stop to visit a typical Roadhouse. Hamburgers galore! Then on to the Mississippi River and St. Louis, where we will take our time to have a nosey around.
Today we will ride on Interstate 44, passing numerous typical American in-the-middle-of-nowhere towns. Now and then we will ride down bits of the highway: yeehaa! We will stay the night in Lebanon in the state of Missouri.
Via Springfield and Joplin we will reach Miami (Oklahoma). a small town in Oklahoma named after the Indian Myaamia tribe. Taking in parts of Kansas too, we will pass plenty of typical Route 66 souvenir shops along the way, where you will have ample opportunity to haggle.
Heading through the middle of the state, we will visit Tulsa – former Indian Territory – which, before it was taken by the Texans, was well-known for its wealth in oil wells. The most famous resident of Tulsa is the musician JJ Cale, known for his contributions to the Eric Clapton songs After Midnight and Cocaine. Crossing many old arch bridges we will rumble on to the state capital.
There will be no need to ask for directions; your team leader will show you the way to Amarillo. Riding down Highway 40, we will enter Texas via Elk City. There is a lot to see and do in this typical Texan city.
Visiting Cadillac Ranch, you will find out how Cadillac cars got an overwhelmingly more artistic and colourful treatment than other cars. Afterwards, we will enter New Mexico and reach our destination of Santa Fe with its adobe style houses.
Be sure to take plenty of water with you today as – via Albuquerque – we will enter the New Mexico desert. Our lodging for the night will be in Gallup, also known as ‘The Indian Capital of the World’ because of its wide range of tribal descendants, such as the Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo Indian tribes.
Today, reaching the area belonging to Navajo Indians, we will visit the Petrified Forest in the state of Arizona. The ‘forest’ takes its name from the many petrified trees and fossils, but nowadays it is mainly desert. We will stay the night in accommodation alongside the Old Route 66.
After a nice little sleep in, you will have the opportunity to explore the Grand Canyon. Along the South Rim we will take lasting memories of each other, with a backdrop of the 277 mile long crevice, which is even visible from the moon. Recommendations are a thrilling helicopter ride over the Canyon and a visit to the Imax Theatre after which you will know everything about the Grand Canyon.
After breakfast, we will cruise on towards Seligman via Williams. Takers can get a shave at the well-known Angels barbershop.
Via Ed’s Camp and Oatman we will enter the state of Nevada, where we will temporarily leave Route 66 to spend the evening and night in the entertainment city of Las Vegas. Have great fun amidst the immense variety in music, casinos – big enough to fit entire villages – and the diversity of people who come from all over the world to experience Las Vegas. Boredom is not an option in the city that never sleeps!
After a stop in Jerome to visit the open-air museum ‘Ghost Town,’ we will arrive in sunny California and stay the night in the miners town of Barstow, where we will once more pick up the Mother Road thread.
We will bring the Get your kicks on Route 66-feeling to a close with a magnificent ride through the hills of California, ending up at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica. Do not be afraid to shed a tear when we say farewell to our trusted two-wheelers.
You are free to do as you please on our last day here. There is a huge variety of tourist attractions to choose from. We recommend a daytrip to Universal Studios, a limousine ride through Hollywood, or enjoying a lazy day on Venice Beach.
Day 18 Los Angeles – U.K.
In the early morning we will take you to the airport to embark on your journey home. Or… if you wish to extend your stay, we are happy to take you through your possibilities and organise any additional wishes.
Day 19 Arrival in U.K.

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Rwanda’s variable and changing climate is an increasingly serious challenge to the country’s agricultural sector and farming population. Climate information services are emerging as a means to support farmers to manage risk and provide an opportunity to build the resilience of agriculture to climate at all time scales. Climate services include historical, monitored and forecast information, and value-added information products such pest and disease risk warnings, crop yield forecasts, or management advisories. The new Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project, funded by USAID, aims to benefit nearly one million farmers by 2019, and transform Rwanda’s rural farming communities and national economy through climate services and improved climate risk management. This desk review was conducted to ensure that the project design is informed by and builds on existing needs, knowledge, services, capacities and initiatives. It synthesizes what is known about climate-related risks and their impacts on Rwanda’s agriculture sector; the current status of climate information products and services; key institutions currently involved in the production, communication and use of climate-related information; and communication channels that can be used to deliver climate information services to relevant users including Rwanda’s farming population.
Nyasimi M, Radeny M, Hansen J. 2016. Review of Climate Service Needs and Opportunities in Rwanda. CCAFS Working Paper no. 180. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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text: Can I please go one day or more without binge eating, it's so frustrating, the lack of things to do in my life is killing me. I need to get myself a prescription for Adderall. I want to not be able to feel hungry or even think about food. My stupid hormone medication makes me hungry after taking it....such a freaking waste....I want to be 110lbs......20lbs of weight loss come on body listen to me for once. I keep saying this over and over again. It's getting old.


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Just as the pace of subjecting Libya to a new phase of international discipline quickens, the elites of the small club of recolonizing powers that nominate themselves “the international community” have offered painfully little when it comes to explaining Libyan dynamics. The suggestion is that, with a new “unity government,” Libya can acquire “stability,” especially by somehow “defeating” ISIS—it’s all bland verbiage, from start to finish. For my part, I am no “Libya analyst”—I am a “foreign intervention in Libya analyst,” and there is quite a difference. Nonetheless, I cannot pretend that I do not read with interest accounts of shifting power dynamics on the ground, the formation and fragmentation of regional and local military alliances and networks, the ideologies of the actors, and their ideas of where Libya ought to go. I maintain an irregular correspondence with some Libyans, residing in Libya and abroad, follow the social media accounts of Libyans (at home and abroad), and read some of their blogs. I also cannot deny that for the past 33 years I have maintained an interest in the topic of popular democracy in Libya, thanks in part to the first mailings I received as a teenager from the Libyan People’s Bureau in Ottawa, Libya’s embassy.
My comments here, however, do not substitute for the knowledge and insights of any Libyans, whether or not I may agree with them politically. What I would contest is the notion that Libyans have no “solutions” to their own problems—they clearly do, and they hold to them deeply enough to fight each other over their competing ideas of where to take Libya. Certainly, whenever I read the works of Libyans, I am treated to especially eloquent, articulate, and incisive points of view. Envisioned solutions exist in abundance, and are practical in restricted locales—it’s the mass political support for one or another national program that is awaiting formation. Nor do Libyans act out of “lack”—there seems to be a persistent, somewhat perverse tendency among foreign “experts on Libya” to concoct ideas of absence, and thus inferiority, and in turn an inevitable projection of Western solutions.
Left to their own devices, Libyans might have come up with some very interesting, novel political constructions over time, without being rushed toward a goal pre-defined by others. However, one can understand Libyans’ impatience for an immediate solution, given the rising hardships reaped from the destruction of the society of the Jamahiriya. My question then is a simple one: What is a rough political outline of the political dynamics of Libya at present? It’s the methodology for addressing this question that is the problem: not fabricating a state-centric illusion, by ignoring the impacts of external power; gaining a sense of the whole, even though knowledge of the many local parts is much needed (one recent journalistic example being Marlowe, 2016); and being able to discern the fundamental from the incidental. First of all, in producing such an outline, we have to avoid the temptation to reinscribe the phony dialectics produced by Western interventionists and their agencies, which spread confusion about scales and units of analysis, confusing the momentary with long-term, the local with the international, the desired with the needed.
The war that NATO declared over in 2011, never ended in Libya. Domestic war, having gone through various stages of development, has reached the point of producing objective conditions of suffering not seen in Libya since the Italian colonial occupation. According to the UN, which presided over the dismantling of the Libyan Jamahiriya, with the highest human development index of any nation in Africa, Libya now has at least 2.44 million people in need of aid, 1.3 million of which lack sufficient food, along with 435,000 internally displaced persons—this is in a country with roughly six million people (UN, 2015b). The news gets worse: of Libya’s six million people, about 1.8 million Libyans—nearly a third of the nation—have fled to Tunisia as refugees (Gall, 2014). Given that the figure was reported well over a year ago, one might assume that the number has increased since then, as conditions have worsened. An agricultural labourer near Tripoli was quoted as offering the following overview of Libya today: “The country has plunged into the sea. It’s gone. It’s going to be hard for it to come back” (Gall, 2014). It would require the maximum of callous indifference, dishonesty, or ignorance—or all three combined—to conclude that this is still better than “life under Gaddafi,” which comes close to describing declarations on Libya by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the neoliberal-reformed “socialists” that dominate the Western post-left.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Ali Al-Za’tari, calls this situation a “humanitarian crisis”. What does that mean? The terminology, meant to evoke a certain posture of liberal rescue, interventionism to halt emergency, and a restoration of a “bare life” of supposed normalcy—actually explains nothing at all. Most readers, if pressed to explain what makes a crisis a “humanitarian” one, might say that it is a crisis that affects “humans,” or that it’s a crisis that requires charitable foreign action. Otherwise, the phrase fails to illuminate, let alone educate. It is instead simply an exercise in emotions, that must be aimed at those who are not fatigued by giving for every new crisis of the day, especially the majority who are fatigued and stressed by their own economic and financial crises. Thus is it not only an emotional appeal, it is an elitist one, and it still explains nothing of what made the crisis into a crisis, and how to solve it. Food aid and resettlement will actually solve exactly nothing. That will at least keep the humanitarian coordinator in business, because next year—having solved nothing with food and blankets—he will be back to expertly alert the world to the humanitarian crisis.
Meanwhile, two response systems are further entrenched by exhortations such as those of the EU, UN, NATO, and primarily the US: a) that we must forever remain in global emergency mode, so that we can quickly turn over trust and resources to globalist elites who would collectively marshal us this way or that as convenient; and, b) that we must approach Libya as an inherently incapacitated, “needy subject,” that only we can really save—and Libyans can help us help them, of course, if they know how to follow orders.
Even with the dubious benefit of reports such as the inelegantly titled UN (2015a), “Report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to paragraph 13 of Security Council resolution 2214 (2015) concerning the terrorism threat in Libya posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Ansar al Charia, and all other Al-Qaida associates,” basic doubts persist. The Islamic State, in Libya, is discussed as if it were a mere transplant, somehow formed by people who fought under ISIS in Iraq and/or Syria, and returned to Libya—or, non-Libyan ISIS members who just moved to Libya and, lo and behold, embedded themselves within the country’s political landscape and were then able to exert considerable power, enough to be treated as a threat to multiple continents. Like the specious, pseudo-academic fluff about “radicalization” that is produced in North America, there is no credible answer as to how the Islamic State was able to grow in Libya, and go as far as taking over a bastion of support for Muammar Gaddafi, his hometown of Sirte. While our eyes are trained on Sirte by the media—that soon becomes a 150 mile wide swath of territory around Sirte, but then the US bombs a target in Sabratha last week, which is even further west than Tripoli. So where is ISIS? There is even less of a credible explanation as to how ISIS spread so quickly, and how it acquired so many adherents—though, again, some might be tempted to resort to the largely mythical wonders of their so-called professional social media recruitment campaigns (because images of mass beheadings, it turns out, are just so irresistibly appealing—if we believe the claims). In bulk terms, the suggestion is that whatever could help Libya “move forward,” ISIS stands for the exact opposite—the exact opposite of pretty well anything one favours. As a mythically constructed antithesis, it can logically be no antithesis at all.
There seems to be a creeping realization that one possible reason why ISIS may be gaining such a strong presence in Sirte, where no one else has since the end of Gaddafi, is precisely because supporters of Gaddafi and the Jamahiriya have joined ISIS out of desperation and to seek revenge. I have watched Libyans, both those in the country and those residing abroad, debating this idea among themselves. Ibrahim Bate el Mal, a spokesperson for the Misrata military council, told Middle East Eye that fighters from Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Yemen were already gathering in Sirte in preparation for a new round of foreign intervention, and “suggested that Gaddafi loyalists motivated by revenge were also backing the group in the former leader’s home city, as supporters of Saddam Hussein have been accused of supporting IS in Iraq” (Mannocchi, 2016). He said: “We see happening here what has already happened in Iraq with the Baath party. Libyans are still paying for the consequences of the revolution”. This dynamic then, if there is any merit to it, poses a substantial challenge to what is passing under “counter-terrorist” and anti-ISIS headings.
On the other hand, there is so much speculation around this topic that it would be wise to take all of this with a few grains of salt. First, “Gaddafi loyalist” is used by most militias as a term of abuse against rivals and enemies—so it is not surprising to see the Islamic State at the receiving end of this rhetoric. Second, if “Gaddafi loyalists” have indeed joined the Islamic State, it would mean joining with groups they fought during the 2011 war, some of which have joined IS, while at the same time fighting other “Gaddafi loyalists” that are regularly depicted as forming part of General Khalifa Hiftar’s army. It’s not impossible, it just seems that there is a lack of proper substantiation, at least in English language sources.
One reality that does matter, and is the one commonality between post-invasion Iraq and post-2011 Libya, is the reality that makes a mockery of “radicalization” theses: the systematic purging of all those who worked in the previous government. In Iraq, it has been called de-baathification, and in Libya, de-gaddafication. The “antithesis” of stability in Libya is not something produced by “religion,” “ancient rivalries,” nor mysteriously supreme social media recruiting by jihadists. Nor is the problem one caused by Gaddafi allegedly centralizing the state within himself, and leaving nothing but a stateless nation when he was killed. The latter notions—ideological and deliberate in nature—have produced a fog of misunderstanding that send analysis into phony anthropological and exclusively local directions, so as to erase any sense of the impact of the recent past.
Knowledgeable Libyans and some journalists understood that the Political Isolation Law marked a severe turning point for post-2011 Libya, that would aggravate divisions and escalate violence, to the point of a breakdown where two rival parliaments have been created. On May 5, 2013, the General National Congress passed a law—under duress with gunmen laying siege to the parliament and other state institutions—that banned “anyone who held a senior position during Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule from government,” which threatened to unseat top officials despite their role in overthrowing Gaddafi (Donati & Shennib, 2013).
It’s not that Libya had no state, “thanks to Gaddafi” (as US “think” tank propagandists like to say). It is that it was being gutted from within Libya, after first being attacked by NATO and the US which resolutely targeted stated institutions and officials under the pretext of targeting “command and control” facilities. Otherwise, more knowledgeable US diplomats documented in their own cables, as published by Wikileaks, reams of evidence of a functioning, democratic state in Libya that was far from the one-man show that Western politicians and propagandists routinely tell their gullible or under-informed audiences. That Libya was not a liberal democratic state, there is no doubt—but liberal democracy is neither the only nor the oldest form of democracy. And as we should observe during this US presidential campaign, liberal democracy is neither the least corruptible nor the most sustainable form of democracy.
With reference to the political isolation law, one analyst noted that it “could result in most government administrations being gutted, without having sufficient staff or institutional memory to ensure their proper functioning” (Geoff Porter, quoted in Donati & Shennib, 2013). The law would have banned around 40 members of the existing parliament, as well as banning former government officials from joining political parties or working for any state institution. Even as the militias gained a forced legislative “victory,” they continued their siege of parliament and several government ministries (Donati, 2013). That this was a major turning point was highlighted by one Libyan analyst who alerted, “the long-term fallout from all this could be severe. For a start, national reconciliation is under threat, as are the still fragile political bonds between ministries, the police and the SSC. In addition, members of the army’s border control could be culled across the south, east and west of the country, putting at risk decades of logistical knowledge of the terrain and local tribes” (El Gomati, 2013).
Therefore, right at this point in 2013, Libyans were discovering a key lesson important for the future of Libya: there could be no “stability” without national reconciliation, and no national reconciliation without the continued participation of those who actively worked to maintain the Jamahiriya. That does not mean “restoration,” nor “loyalism,” but more of a dialectical synthesis than anything else proposed thus far. Indeed, even the discredited former UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, confessed in a private email to the UAE’s Foreign Minister: “Libyan history shows (even in the case of Qadafi) that only big social majorities can rule the country” (Leon, 2015). Libyan history shows this, and Libyan opinions reaffirm it, as we shall see below.
In terms of foreign intervention, US persecution of officials connected to the overthrown government led by Gaddafi, and persecution of his family members, continues to this day (see Duran, 2016; White House, 2016). In fact, these US sanctions have been renewed and extended by Obama each and every year since 2011. Obama uses the claim that “the situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and we need to protect against the diversion of assets or other abuse by certain members of Qadhafi’s family and other former regime officials” (White House, 2016). This is a very peculiar focus, at the same time that the US and others claim that ISIS is somehow the main source of destabilization in Libya. What is Obama indirectly admitting here? The same argument was used by Obama when justifying the renewal of sanctions previously in 2012, in 2013, in 2014, and in 2015, each year around this time (AFP, 2012; Boyer, 2013; UPI, 2014; Federal Register, 2014; Sputnik, 2015). Sanctions that the US imposed with lightning-quick speed as part of a rush to war in February, 2011, are re-imposed every year since then—it’s as if Obama was still at war with Libya, enforcing regime change against Gaddafi. That suggests what the US fears the most, more than ISIS: a Libyan synthesis that makes peace with the past and salvages the best of it.
In 2012, The Institute of Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, together with The University of Benghazi in Libya, published what they titled the “First National Survey of Libya,” a rare nationally representative survey that involved dozens of fieldworkers doing face-to-face interviews across the country (Oxford Research International, 2012). At first, the picture one gets from the survey and its executive summary, is one where the overwhelming majority of Libyans supported the overthrow of Gaddafi, wanted former government officials put on trial, and had a generally optimistic view of the future. Then, for those familiar with the Libyan political system between 1969 and 2011, under Gaddafi’s leadership, and for those who have read Gaddafi’s Green Book, a peculiar pattern begins to emerge hidden within the other data—one that was generally lost on the Oxford and Benghazi researchers themselves, or at least they neglected to comment on the pattern they themselves helped to reveal.
It is important to keep in mind some of the subtleties of the responses: this survey came mere months after the end of NATO’s military intervention, of which the UK was a prominent participant. Some respondents could have identified Oxford researchers with the NATO side—not that the released survey materials reflect on this possibility. Second, Benghazi was at the centre of the most violent revolt against Gaddafi, and both during the NATO war, and especially after, a reign of terror was unleashed against all those suspected of being loyal to Gaddafi or to the Jamahiriya more broadly. Thus a similar bias could have been produced by surveyors associated with Benghazi. With this in mind, the surveyors found that “social trust is low, only 17% say that most other people can be trusted” and in that context, speaking on the insurrection against the government, “82% think it was ‘absolutely right’ and 15% ‘somewhat right’”. Again, the survey report lacks reflexivity, and does not comment on what accounts for an incredible 97% positive response to what was a bloody and ongoing war that had caused so many to lose everything.
(j) Independence: the biggest group of respondents, 38%, were “adamant that ‘Libya needs no model’”—specifically referring to the idea of importing or following other countries’ models.
On a more ominous note, of relevance to what has been unfolding since then: “16% say they are ready to use violence for political ends. This represents 630,000 potential fighters”.
What is interesting is the suggestion that a large mass of Libyans indicated, by indirect means, a continued preference for key aspects of what had been the norm until 2011: centralized power; stability; no multi-party elections; secular rule; non-tribalism; a strong leader; some level of participatory democracy; state support; equitable distribution of wealth; and, political independence—with the suggestion, or implication, that if frustrated, a large minority was ready to engage in political violence.
To the extent that the survey has any merit, this then could be a portrait of the Libyan synthesis. Rather than drone strikes against Sirte, bombarding houses, or sending in commandos to kill ISIS fighters—and rather than inventing fictitious governments in the halls of the UN and installing them in luxury hotels outside the country—the path toward some sort of solution on the ground, in a way that is meaningful to most Libyans and supported by most, is the path indicated by Libyans themselves. It does not come from Geneva, the State Department, and least of all the Brookings Institution or the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
On the margins of the orchestrated “breaking news” in Western media, one can spot some interesting dynamics at work. Here is a formal propaganda arm of the US government, the Voice of America, coming out and stating a few weeks ago what some of us have known for a couple of years now: “Ahmed Mohmamed Gaddaf al-Dam, the late dictator’s cousin, is seen by some observers as a man to watch” (Dettmer, 2016). The VOA does the disservice of pretending that Gaddaf al-Dam is pushing for “the return” of the “old guard”—he himself parted ways with Gaddafi and argues, very reasonably, that what happened happened, and is not reversible. He never calls for “restoration,” and has commented that such restoration in toto would now be impossible. Where the VOA is correct is in reporting that Gaddaf al-Dam “calls for the remnants of the ousted government to be included in a political settlement the United Nations is advocating,” and that without their inclusion, “a U.N.-brokered unity government struggling to get off the ground will fail and the turmoil engulfing the country will persist” (Dettmer, 2016). What is his role? The VOA calls Gaddaf al-Dam the Gaddafi clan’s “standard bearer,” the “official spokesman” of the Gaddafi tribe, related to the Houara tribe and that he is also related to leaders of the Awlad Ali tribe, which spans the Libyan Sahara and Egypt. The VOA misses or obscures the nuance in his speech—rather than restoration, Gaddaf al-Dam is calling for synthesis as outlined above. First he says, “let’s forget about the past and get together and solve the mess and stop the bloodshed we see every day” (which is neither restoration nor retribution, but coming together), and then he adds that former government figures should be in the nation’s new administration: “Why not? It is their country too” (Dettmer, 2016).
Similarly, Libya analyst and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Centre Hafed al-Ghwell, “places little faith in the peace accord because it fails to represent one of the largest maligned groups in Libya’s civil war: the tribes and figures associated with the country’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi” (Paton, 2016). Ghwell argues that by excluding and continuing to displace members of the former Jamahiriya, Western interventionist powers and the UN would only make it more likely for the excluded to work against the peace process. As was suggested above, Ghwell also thinks there is no coincidence in the fact the Islamic State’s climb to power in Libya is based on Sirte, one of the last major bastions of support for Gaddafi. As Ghwell explains, “We know from Iraq that Daesh builds on these kinds of former regimes and these disenfranchised groups” (Paton, 2016). Ghwell is no “Gaddafi loyalist”: he claims to have been exiled for speaking out against Gaddafi, and took up residence in the US. However, once again, the move toward synthesis: he “is also on record expressing support for Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, the former leader’s cousin and aid. He explained that as well as Gaddaf al-Dam, who still has support particularly in the east, around one million supporters of the former regime remain in exile” (Paton, 2016). Other Libyan authorities also agree that members of the former government and their supporters need to be integrated, or peace will not be sustainable.
And that is the key to understanding this newest round of European and US military intervention already underway in Libya: it resorts to force to sustain an “artificial” solution, justified in terms of the wrong dialectics (humanitarian crisis, ISIS), in order to prevent an independent Libyan synthesis that could eventually block Western powers’ attempts to effectively recolonize Libya.
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Donati, Jessica, & Shennib, Ghaith. (2013). “Libyan Parliament Bans Ex-Gaddafi Officials from Office”. Reuters, May 5.
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Mannocchi, Francesca. (2016). “Libyans Fear Military Intervention Could Set Country Ablaze”. Middle East Eye, January 27.
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White House. (2016). Letter — Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya, February 22. Washington, DC: Office of the Press Secretary, The White House.

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A survivor of a Novichok poisoning in England last year has met with the Russian ambassador to Britain to ask questions about Russia's involvement in the string of poisonings that killed one and left four others seriously ill.
Charlie Rowley -- whose girlfriend Dawn Sturgess died after being exposed to the nerve agent -- met with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Yakovenko in London on April 6.
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This piece features four instruments and one voice, giving it a deceptively simple, but extremely poignant first impression.
The song opens with McCartney's vocal accompanied by the piano which provides the rhythm. The dynamic is quiet, and both piano and voice are pitched low giving the piece a subdued timbre. Although the basic pulse remains constant, the close wording and higher vocal notes of the following two lines give the impression of an increase in tempo. This gives maximum effect to the low heavy, 'she no longer needs you'.
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WriteWork contributors. "The Beatles - For no-one analysis" WriteWork.com. WriteWork.com, 24 April, 2004. Web. 22 Apr. 2019.
Reading this inspired me to listen to the song-- in order to better relate the actual music with your words. Making up for its abrupt ending, is its well constructed conciseness. Nice job!
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I was trying to find a free sample of "for no one" to link onto here, but I couldn't find it, I suppose its because "revolver's" cd came out so long ago. Anyhow link to the lyrics http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/beatles/for-no-one/ oh and well I should say cool analysis, I got my beatles cd out after reading this.
I love this song and i thought your analysis of it was fantastic. It's an intersting topic to write about and I thought you pulled it off very well.
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You've written an interesting analysis of one of the sadder Beatles songs. I liked the way you related how each of the musical instruments supported the song's melancholy message of lost love. It's especially heartbreaking when one person seems to forget so easily while the other can't seem to forget at all "a love that should have lasted years." I was somewhat sad when your essay ended because I had wanted you to say a little more.
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I like the way you put your words together.Probably that is why your essay was short. Your word usage made sure that you got your point across in a few phrases.Good job.
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I highly recommend the bok "Revolution in the Head" for in in-depth analysis of every Beatle song recorded- from both a musical breakdown to an interpretation of the more obscure works. Personally, I would be more interested in this case in the background to the song- what was Paul's motivation and intent in expressing the paean to Jane Asher.
As a musician I find this paper one of the most refreshing reads on cheathouse. It is satisfactorily descriptive and for those who enjoy the Beatles, raises a slight sense of nostalgia and a smile.
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Nate and Erin Klees are so integral to the behind-the-scenes of The Cleveland Flea. No, we don't employ them (maybe we should...) but you can bet that you've seen their fantastic vintage pieces in more than one of our photo shoots. We're not afraid to say it: they make us look good. In addition to keeping their own shop in Westlake AND being parents to their one-year-old daughter, Henlee, they also show up relentlessly in their camper packed with rust belt-inspired vintage finds every single Flea without fail. Read on for insight into how the Articles family manages to do it all!
Nate & Erin: We've always been treasure hunters - seeking out the unexpected. Turning it into a business was less of a path and more of a leap. Nearly three years ago we were living in Pennsylvania and itching to start a venture of our own. We both had design backgrounds, entrepreneurial spirits, and an unwavering sense of "we can do this" (and, more importantly, "we want to do this!"). When the opportunity to take over an existing consignment shop came about, we jumped. Within a month we moved to Cleveland, relocated, edited and overhauled the shop, and were open for business.
N&E: Articles is very much an extension of ourselves. We procure the things we love. If we had a house with unlimited walls, mantels, shelves–these are the things we'd display. If we had a kitchen with unlimited dinner guests, unlimited cabinets–these are the things we'd entertain with. If we had 1000-hanger closets and our bodies were every shape and size–these are the clothes we'd wear. To find these items, and then find buyers who are equally taken by them, is a really special experience.
N&E: Resale shops, consignment shops, vintage shops - there's no shortage of them here. But few offer a truly unique and narrow perspective like Articles. People want to feel a personal connection with the businesses they support and the places they shop. We aim to provide this connection to those that see their own selective style echoed in our offering.
N&E: I (Erin) grew up in this area and was excited to come back. Aside from personal ties, it's fulfilling to be part of the renaissance of creativity and start ups here. There are so many creative businesses supporting each other and collaborating, it's nice to feel like you're part of a community.
N&E: We take risks, make decisions, learn from failure, celebrate success – all in a way that is wholly ours. Every detail, every item, every shop playlist, every Instagram post–all ours. When you step back at the end of the day, you can't help but feel grateful for the opportunity to live life on your own terms, working how you want and making (and breaking) the rules.
N&E: Our biggest struggle is striking a balance between work and personal. So often the lines cross and we find ourselves working seven days a week. It isn't sustainable and we're constantly challenging ourselves to slow down.
N&E: We've taken on almost double the amount of outdoor markets and pop-up appearances this summer. We're looking forward to improving with each passing market and connecting with customers new and old. We also hope to start some online sales later in the year.
N&E: Design has always been an important part of our lives. Did we predict THIS line of work? Not in the least. It was always a conversation of "wouldn't it be awesome to…" until we finally decided to go for it.
N&E: Barely a year on this planet and our daughter Henlee has inspired us in ways we couldn't have imagined. We hope to make her proud. We hope she can grow up to say that we chose happiness and that we work hard and chose to love what we do. She makes us want to do better and set an example of what it really means to be successful.
N&E: There isn't one aspect of our business the Flea hasn't influenced. Most profoundly is the courage and confidence it has given us to put ourselves out there in a big way.
Treasures are everywhere. Never be too proud to garbage pick an antique Singer sewing machine on Columbia Road in Westlake. Even if it means using a shoelace to tie your trunk down. It is our duty to save beautiful relics and deliver them to the hard working people of Cleveland.
N&E: At the backbone of Articles, and our personal lives, is the desire to consistently practice and promote buying secondhand. Our 'Skip the Mall' mantra urges people to step out of their learned consumption patterns and make more intentional buying decisions in a resale setting. By offering a highly curated, styled collection people can buy secondhand without having to sacrifice their desire to own beautiful, unique things.
N&E: We want customers to say they we're surprised and delighted by our collection and that they found something that truly spoke to them. We hope they say they had a pleasant time talking to Nate about anything and everything, and that they'll be back with their friend/mom/brother. It's always encouraging to hear people say how excited they are to share your business with others.
N&E: Does the Flea Bar count? Honestly, we admire so many vendors but are particularly fond of our Flea neighbors. We want to buy everything at Ampersand, Nicola has great style. And The Bus Boutique; true gents and super knowledgable.


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This study aimed to study the effects of paraphrasing on Iranian English language learners’ Vocabulary learning. To do so, 60 Iranian English language learners’ at intermediate level were randomly selected for the study. They were randomly divided into one experimental and one control group. In order to get assurance as to the homogeneity of the learners they were pre-tested and a same test was repeated as post-test after 9 weeks. Both groups were taught some new words but only experimental group received paraphrasing strategy during the treatment sessions. Detailed analysis revealed that, there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups on developing Iranian EFL learner's vocabulary knowledge.
Keywords: Language Learning Strategies, Paraphrasing, Vocabulary Learning.
This study of Wooden Carving Buddha Image Sculpture: Aesthetics and Relations to People’s Way of Life in Luang Prabang, Lao’s People Democratic Republic, amidst Globalization is aimed to find the aesthetics and relations of wooden carving Buddha images to people’s way of life in Luang Prabang. The study revealed that the aesthetics of wooden carving Buddha image sculptures in Luang Prabang were produced, by the present and ancient craftsmen, with mainly the faith they were having towards Buddhism, as well as the support under government’s policy in each period. The craftsmen are divided into 3 groups; Royal Craftsman Group, Villager Craftsman Group, and Modern Craftsman Group. In addition, it was found that the relations between wooden carving Buddha images and people’s way of life amidst globalization were those of social, political, administrative, economic, belief, art and culture, benefits, academic institutes and other type of institutes. Such relations resulted in the aesthetic forms and amount of wooden carving Buddha image sculpture in Luang Prabang in the present and future.
Keywords: Buddha image, wooden image, aesthetic, way of life, globalization.
That the social status (unmarried) has a positive impact on drug abuse and hazardous materials, as is indicated by the results there is no statistically significant differences for reasons of addiction attributed to the place of residence, the researcher recommended that there is a need to conduct further studies on the phenomenon of addiction; and linked to other variables such as qualification to the addict, type of material frequently used by drug addicts.
1. What is the role of the Jordanian legislator in reducing the phenomenon of serious drug use?
2. Is there a sign between drug use and the age of addict?
3. Is there a relationship between drug use and marital status?
4. Is there a relationship between drugs and the place of residence?
Keywords: Abuse, Addictive, Hazardous Materials, Jodran.
The qualitative study of Hmong Music in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Its Music and Change aims to find the history, current status and music and Hmong musical change in Lao PDR. Data collection was held in 2012 in LuangPrabang, Xiang Kwang, and Vientiane. The history of Hmong people was apparent in 2 forms; Hmong legend or folktales, and Hmong music related to ethnic history. The history of Hmong music started from Qin dynasty period. Hmong migrated into Laos in 18 A.D. Hmong music has ordinary rhythm that is found in Dra playing, played in funerals, and in the spiritualistic ritual of Ua neeb which is the playing of Juuneeb and Duuneeb. They rhythm is aboutexpressing/drawing out the ending notes and will stop at the end of the sentences. The vocals are in minor scales which are found in the group of Am and Dm. The changing modernization, economic status, society and culture have all also impacted the musical forms of Hmong people. This study will be beneficial for creating the understanding of arts and culture in Hmong music in this country from then till now.
Keywords: Music, Hmong, Lao’s People Democratic Republic, Musical Forms, Musical Change.
The objectives of this research and development work were to: 1) examine ethical wise-thought skills in first-year students at Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Phitsanulok; 2) create a model to promote ethical wise-thought skills among the students; and 3) evaluate the effects of the model in improving the students’ ethical wise-thought skills. Research processes consisted of four stages: 1) analysis of ethical wise-thought skills; 2) design and creation of educational model according to the college philosophy; 3) implementation; and 4) evaluation of effectiveness of the model. Forty-two students of Public Health Certificate Course, major in Technical Pharmacy, were selected for the study. Research tools consist of 1) questionnaire for evaluating ethical wise-thought skills, 2) course syllabus and lesson plan for moral and ethical subjects, 3) handbook for life rally activity, and 4) questionnaires for assessing Satisfaction with the model. Data collection was conducted between April 2012 and December 2013. Data analyses were performed using descriptive statistic, paired t-test and content analysis. From the results, we found that the educational model for promoting ethical wise-thought skills consisted of the following factors: 1) moral and ethical curriculum offered to the students, applied from the Principle of Buddhism regarding mindful of wisdom concept. This concept consisted of four topics including truth of life, other’s lives, wisdom learning, and tiny paper helps friends; and 2) life rally activity. Results showed that the mean of ethical wise-thought skills in the students after implementing the model was significantly higher than that before using the model (P < 0.05). Satisfaction levels toward the model were high. The study suggested that the model should be developed and implemented on students from all courses. Moreover, evaluation of the model development should be done consistently.
Keywords: Ethical wise-thought, Students, Public Health College, Promoting form of thought, Principle of Buddhism.
This paper reflected on the fifty years of psychology in Nigeria. Despite being a relatively young discipline and in difficult circumstances, psychology has contributed immensely to Nigeria’s national life. Two visible areas that psychology had made the most impact to national development are psychological research and manpower development. The paper also highlighted some challenges and prospects of psychology in Nigeria. The analysis aimed to inspire psychologists to outline strategies for strengthening the discipline in the years ahead. The age-long perception of psychology as irrelevant by the general population has started to change; people now seemed to appreciate the utility of psychology to nation building. This paper concluded that psychology in Nigeria hold good opportunities and potentials for future development.
Keywords: International Psychology, Nation Building, Nigerian Psychological Association, Psychology in Nigeria.
In this study, the researchers explore the problem of the applicable law to parentage in the international private relations. In this article, the researchers focus on the legitimate and illegitimate filiation, they explore the issue of the law applicable to legal filiation as it is result of the marriage contract and as it a component of civil status. They also examine the law applicable to illegitimate filiation as an element of civil status exclusively. They also study the problematic of public order when applying foreign law on illegitimate filiation in light of the provisions of the Jordanian Constitution. The researchers conclude their research with findings and recommendations that they hope the Jordanian legislator to take them into account in the Jordanian law.
Keywords: Conflict of laws, parentage, legitimate filiation, illegitimate filiation.
The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of motivation to learn statistics and compare the levels of motivation to learn statistic of the discipline in general and according to their gender difference, moreover to examine the relationship between aspects of motivation to learn statistic and academic achievement in statistic courses. Participants in the study are composed of (100) graduate students (39 male, 61 female) and (150) undergraduate students (60 male, 90 female) students from Faculty of Educational Sciences. The results of the study showed that the students have high motivation to learn statistic in general. In addition, the results reveal that there were significant differences between graduate and undergraduate students' in the aspects of motivation to learn statistics, while there were no statistically significant differences between graduate and undergraduate students' in the (AX) aspect. Moreover, the result of the study shows that there were no significant differences in (AX) aspect of motivation to learn statistics, but for other aspects, there were statistically significant differences between male and female in the means for the levels of motivation to learn statistics. Finally the results show the six motivational aspects are significant positively and moderately correlated with AESS.
Keywords: Intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, personal relevance, self determination, self-efficacy, assessment anxiety.
The objective of this thesis was to study histories and actual conditions in order to invent the guidelines on traditional handicraft development using the idea of creative economic in Vientiane Prefecture, the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The research tools used in the study were questionnaires, interview forms, and evaluation forms for opinions of the identity of the traditional handicraft acquired from focus group discussions. Then, the analysis was conducted by comparing the data. For the actual conditions of the traditional handicrafts in Laos, it has been found among the growth of 73 traditional handicraft market that most products (60%) are imported while the rest are domestically made by local people. That comes up with 4 key changes in the histories of the traditional handicrafts, 1) the age of cultural foundation of “the New Economic Mechanism”, 2) the age of Lao traditional handicraft image, 3) the age of economic development with the coordination from the government on Lao traditional handicrafts, and 4) the age of new handicraft market heading toward global economic. There are 120 kinds of traditional handicrafts produced by 6 handicraft groups which have been categorized by the Lao Handicraft Association. Sixty percent of the traditional handicrafts are textile products, 8% are silver jewelry, 10% are non-timber forest products and wooden products, 10% are recycled products from plywood and wastes, 2% are pottery products, and 10% are local handcrafts and cultural products. The result of the research on the traditional handicraft development using the idea of creative economic is the invention of new product models. The actual cultural capital has been analyzed for its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis) via focus group discussions for the methods of product presentation. The first method is the background information of the groups, the second one are the craftsmen’s production process and skills which cannot be copied, and the third are the colors, the patterns, the distinctions among the same kinds of products, and the creativity acquired from personal experiences. These methods have been used in the operation of the body of knowledge and the focus group meeting, which are the key substance in the body of knowledge of the creative economic idea.
Keywords: Local handicraft, Creative economy.
Given the ecological limit from fixed land supply, the projection of Thailand’s 20 year economic growth, using the180 sectors computable general equilibrium model, was intended to find structural change and associated distribution of oil use across economic sectors. The structural change was characterized by unequal growth of economic sectors driven by competition for fixed land supply. This study found that a number of economic sectors are likely to decrease in size. The economy will be left with fewer productions, which will be less sensitive to rising land prices. Thefuture principal oil users include transportation, wholesale and retail trade, and final demand. Policy considerations include the transfer of employment, and retraining. Government consumption needs to reduce itsrelative size, and oil use efficiency needs to be improvedto protect the diversification of production.
Keywords: Economic growth projection, economic structural change, oil demand distribution, CGE model.
This study investigates the relationship between some macroeconomic variables (export, inflation, foreign direct investment) and economic growth of Jordan. The researcher conducts this study by using multiple linear regression method. In general, the results revealed that exports and inflation has a positive impact on growth. While there is no statistically significant impact of foreign direct investment in economic growth represented by (GDP). The results also shows that increasing the value of exports by one million dollars will lead to an increase in gross domestic product by (0.898) million dollars, and a decrease of inflation rate by (1%) will lead to an increase in gross domestic product by (0.215) million dollars. The results also indicate that the independent economic indicators included in the model explain a rate (97%) of the changes in the economic growth of gross domestic product. The remaining amount (3%), is attributable to other economic indicators were not included in multiple linear regression model.
Keywords: Economic growth, macroeconomic variables, export, inflation, foreign direct investment, Jordan.
The northeast region has its own unique culture, and the contemporary arts have been growing and expanding continuously. This research aimed to study the history and background, and the interpretation and contemporary art’s creative process reflecting Thai culture of the northeast. The study revealed that arts in Thailand were initially influenced by the western during the King Rama IV period. Later after that, Silapakorn University was established in order to produce art graduates, and those graduates had become art teachers in the northeast. Along with at that time there were 8 teaching colleges established in this region, many art teachers also graduated from here. Thus, contemporary arts have been continuously moving, as well as the faculties of fine and applied arts were established in Khon Kaen University and Mahasarakham University. In addition, the artists had also come together in order to exhibit their contemporary arts and established the Association of Northeastern Artists. The artists received concept and inspiration from the community’s livelihood or the society in various contexts, and the tradition called “Heet Sib Song.” The artists normally have their own studio and exhibition. Most of them have plans to exhibit their works.
The purposes of this research were (1) to study the ways to improve ethical performance in business, (2) to present the methods for analyzing ethical problems in business, (3) to study the principles of corporate social responsibility, (4) to present the modern forms of corporate social responsibility. Qualitative research was used in this study. The results of the study showed that the ability of organization to improve its ethical performance depends on goals and values of its managers; the personal character of its managers and other employees; traditions, attitudes, and business practices. People can use three methods for analyzing ethical problems in business: utility, comparing benefits and costs; rights: determining and protecting entitlements; and justice. The central themes of corporate social responsibility were charity and stewardship. Social responsibility encourage firms to focus on long-run profits and optimum rather than short-run and maximum profits, and promote the interests of company and all stakeholders rather than just stockholders’ interest. People who work in business frequently encounter and deal with on-the-job ethical problems. Learning how to recognize various kinds of ethical dilemmas and knowing its causes is an important business skill. The costs to business and to society of unethical and illegal behavior are very large. A business firm is more likely to gain public approval and social legitimacy adhering to ethical principles and society’s laws.
Keywords: Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Theory, Practice.
This study investigated the roles of gender, gender-role orientation and distress tolerance in work-family conflict. Two hundred and nineteen (97 males and 122 females) married bank workers in Enugu metropolis, Enugu state, Nigeria participated in the study. Their ages ranged between 25 and 55 years, with a mean age of 40 years. Carlson, Kacmar and William’s Work-familyConflict Scale, Hill, Fekken and Bond’s Personal Attributes Questionnaire and Simons and Gaher’s Distress Tolerance Scale were used to measure the three variables of interest. The results showed that gender and gender-role orientation did not significantly influence work-family conflict of Nigerian bank workers. However, the resultsrevealed that psychological distress tolerance significantly influenced work-family conflict.The results were discussed with reference to the rapid changes in the Nigerian world of work, especiallythe reforms in the bank organizations and the cosmopolitan life style in Nigerian urban areas which tend to play down on the traditional gender role ideology.
Keywords: Gender, gender-role orientation, psychologicaldistress tolerance, andwork-family conflict.
Waterproofing is a task that is typically contracted out in the construction industry. However, decision-makers should aim to take into account not only price competitiveness, but also construction technology and quality. In particular, since the experience and knowledge of waterproofing experts, including on-site officials, are crucial when assessing waterproofing construction technology and quality, they must consider and review both quantitative and qualitative selection factors simultaneously during the contracting process. In this study, for 10 factors used when selecting a waterproofing contractor, data derived from an existing database and the results of interview surveys with 20 waterproofing experts are expressed mathematically using fuzzy analysis in order to examine the decision-making process for selecting a suitable waterproofing contractor. The result is derived by applying the fuzzy-AHP model to reflect the relative importance of these 10 evaluation factors. The ranking of the 10 items provides the selection criteria for the final evaluation of a waterproofing contractor using the a-cut method.
Keywords: Decision-making, Appropriate waterproofing contractor, Fuzzy-AHP model, α-cut, CoG value.

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Charges stemming from drug possession and trafficking are some of the most serious anyone can face. If a conspiracy charge is also involved, the outcome can be truly life-altering, not only for you but also for your entire family.
If you were accused of making an agreement with one or more parties to commit a drug-related offense and wish to fight back against the allegations, a Monmouth County drug conspiracy lawyer can serve as the aggressive advocate you need. Work with a qualified drug attorney that could fight tirelessly in your defense.
N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 outlines the conditions under which a conviction for conspiracy may be obtained. To convict someone of criminal conspiracy if they must agree with one or more others to engage in prohibited conduct or attempt or solicit such conduct. Alternatively, a conspiracy charge can occur if an accused party agrees to assist one or more others in the planning or actual commission of a crime.
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