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The 2019 campaign saw an SF Giants team very much in transition as a new front office took over and aggressively cycled through the 40-man roster. This led to some brief stints in a Giants uniform, including a veteran outfielder who recently announced his retirement.
Longtime veteran outfielder with brief SF Giants tenure announces retirement
Gerardo Parra has hung up his spikes after 12 seasons according to Dan Kolko of MASNsports.com. The veteran outfielder has moved into a role as a special assistant in the Washington Nationals front office.
Parra originally signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in 2004 and debuted with the club in 2009. Early in his career, the 35-year-old proved to be an excellent defender as he took home a Gold Glove in two of his first five seasons.
The left-handed bat was a below-average hitter throughout his career, posting a 91 OPS+ in 12 seasons. However, he did prove to be a capable hitter in a platoon role as he slashed a .285/.330/.428 line against right-handed pitching.
By the time that Parra made his way to San Francisco, the Giants had more questions than answers in the outfield. The Giants inked the veteran outfielder to a minor league contract with a camp invite just before the 2019 season.
The hope was that Parra could provide a steady glove and good at-bats, but that did not come to fruition. In 97 plate appearances, Parra registered a .198/.278/.267 line (47 OPS+) with just one home run and six RBI before being released.
Parra did not know it at the time, but this proved to be a fortuitous transaction as he latched on with the Nationals for the remainder of the season. His bat warmed up with Washington as he posted a .747 OPS in 204 plate appearances to finish out the 2019 season.
The Nationals went on to win the World Series that year and Parra played a role in that. The longtime outfielder returned to the Nationals in 2021 where he made his final stop as a major leaguer.
Parra did ink a minor league pact with Washington in 2022 but he did not make the club out of camp. In 12 seasons, Parra appeared with the Diamondbacks, Nationals, Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, and Colorado Rockies. We at Around the Foghorn want to wish Parra the best as he shifts into a new career!
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In addition to all of the families with children we offer extra beds and baby cots for the little ones. It will be sufficient to make the request during the reservation and at your arrival you will find the rooms equipped for your children.
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Driving in winter: safety tips you want to consider Driving in winter: safety tips you want to consider
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Driving in winter: safety tips you want to consider
While a car is an essential tool all year round, vehicles tend to perform better in certain seasons. Severe cold can have multiple negative effects on both the health of your car and your driving experience, potentially leading to accident, injury and expensive repair works. If your car is going to be regularly exposed to the cold this winter, consider these tips for staying safe on the road:
What should you have in mind while driving in winter?
The adverse weather conditions of the winter season can play havoc with your car, increasing the likelihood of operational issues as well as the risk of accident or injury due to skids and slips. It’s essential that your car is properly maintained for cold weather and that you drive with care during the winter season – but which main factors should you keep in mind when driving in cold and frosty weather?
-Poor visibility is more common:
As the days get darker and more prone to wet weather, visibility tends to decrease – this can lead to potentially serious accidents on the road. In order to boost the visibility of your vehicle, always ensure that all of your lights are fully operational before driving; ensure that you leave plenty of stopping distance between yourself and other vehicles to make up for lost visibility.
-Driving on snow and ice:
Take care when driving on snowy or icy terrain, and avoid contact with these wherever possible. If you have to travel in extreme conditions regularly as part of your job, make sure that you drive more slowly and carefully than you usually would, especially when approaching corners or driving on particularly icy, un-treated strips of road. Again, maximise stopping distance to avoid the likelihood of an accident.
-Light rain is even worse than heavy rain:
Light rain tends to be more troublesome than heavy rain, especially in terms of reducing visibility through your windscreen and mirrors. Consider replacing any cracked or foggy mirrors and investing in new windscreen wiper blades to improve visibility when driving in the rain.
-Car issues:
Your car may be more likely to break down or malfunction during the winter months, especially if you haven’t prepared your vehicle sufficiently for the cold. To reduce the likelihood of mechanical, electrical or operational issues, ensure that your car is fully checked and serviced for the season (including the lights, engine, battery, oil, coolant, anti-freeze and in-car systems). Consider investing in special winter tyres to provide grip and prepare an emergency winter kit for your car should you break down on the road.
-Try to leave a bit earlier every time you take the car:
When taking a long car journey in the winter, ensure that you make a move within plenty of time – by setting off earlier than you usually would, you can not only ensure that you make your appointment on time, but you can also reduce the risks of an accident caused by driving at speed through snow and ice – always drive slowly and carefully in cold weather conditions.
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In Pont-de-Lilac it is said that there is no riddle that Linnamèn couldn’t solve. The death of the royal family, however, his own family, is a different story than a pervert kidnapping young girls. Linnamèn has long been absent from the palace. Too long.
He talked to everybody about everything – he talked politics with servants, religion with the lords and palace cuisine with the priests. It seemed he could find common ground with anyone, from the youngest butler’s helper to the highest priest.
Norticles – a fictional universe, where the stories and novels about Linnamèn the detective are set. Linnamèn is the banished prince and then becomes the king of Nort.
The world is inhabited by people and Inhumen (vampires, werewolves, unearthlings, Erindian dwarves), with whom Nortans used to fight bloody wars that ended in the exodus of Inhumen to the neighbouring democratic states.
Regardless of where he is – from the settlements on the frontiers, metropolises familiar with steam and electricity, to the structures defying the laws of physics in the City of Tall Ruins – Linnamèn encounters crime and mysteries that only his probing mind is able to solve.
‘What is beyond the wasteland?’ I asked.
‘Nothing, my child,’ she replied. ‘This is where our world ends.’
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Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), a top Natural Resources Committee lawmaker, during an online Earth Day event last week. Future Coalition/YouTube
House Democrats want to highlight environmental justice issues amid talks on the next phase of COVID-19 relief.
Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Reps. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) will hold a virtual roundtable event with environmental justice advocates tomorrow, part of a larger focus on the issue from Democrats and environmentalists as the pandemic continues to hit home.
In the Senate, last week more than a dozen Democrats in the Environmental Justice Caucus wrote leaders a detailed seven-page letter with policy proposals.
Environmental justice was also a topic at several virtual Earth Day events last week, as lawmakers continued their efforts to promote their work via Zoom and other video conferencing platforms.
It’s likely to be a talking point for Democrats as negotiations proceed in the coming weeks to the fourth phase of coronavirus relief, particularly after research is showing vulnerable populations are being hit hardest by the pandemic.
"Any stimulus should help everyone," Haaland said during a virtual Earth Day event. "It should help all people regardless of race, immigration status, gender, anything."
For Democrats, Haaland added, the next phase of relief "will be an opportunity for us to invest in the Green New Deal and environmental issues and climate change."
The next steps for Congress remain uncertain, with both chambers expected to remain in recess until at least May 4 and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) downplaying the immediate need for another legislative package (Greenwire, April 22).
But the focus on environmental justice comes amid an increasingly frantic rush by energy and environmental interests to be included in the next stimulus (see related story).
Environmental groups and the clean energy industry have been lobbying for weeks for deadline extensions for renewable tax credits, as well as green infrastructure and new tax credits for energy storage, among other things.
And the National Wildlife Federation is pushing lawmakers to include "natural" climate solutions — such as new loan funds for mitigation projects, investments in water infrastructure and forest conservation — in stimulus talks.
The group is circulating a set of policy recommendations to key committees and individual lawmakers this week, which it says can help prepare for and mitigate climate change, as well as create jobs in an unprecedented economic crisis.
While the policy platform was initially a contribution to the emerging discussion about natural climate solutions on Capitol Hill before the pandemic, it fits neatly into congressional discussions about using infrastructure to stimulate the economy after COVID-19, said Shannon Heyck-Williams, director of climate and energy policy at the National Wildlife Federation.
The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, for instance, included $167 million for NOAA for coastal restoration projects, which ultimately created thousands of jobs, Heyck-Williams said.
"The set of solutions presented here are actually by and large very appropriate for what the country desperately needs," she said. "These are, in most cases, near-term, shovel-ready jobs that can be throughout our country, in rural areas, small towns, large cities and everything in between."
Schedule: The roundtable is Tuesday, April 28, at 1 p.m. via webcast.
Witnesses:
Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.).
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.).
Wayne Henley, reverend at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church.
Francesca Dominici, biostatics professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Michele Roberts, co-coordinator at the Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform.
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Two black creatures were walking through the leaf-littered forest floor of the Forest of Darkness. One of them looked like he’s in his late 20s, has long black hair tied up with a red ribbon and dark blue eyes. The other was an old man, has black eyes and, although he once had hair as black as his companion, he now had white hair. They were both wearing black clothes just like they have nearly their entire lives.
“Haa..”
The older of the two stopped momentarily to catch his breath.
“Do you want me to carry you?”
The old man looked at his companion. This ‘young man’ has a stoic expression on his face much like a certain young master he once knew. He couldn’t help but laugh a little.
“Asking that question with that expression makes me remember things from the past.”
The past. The time when he used to carry a certain red-headed young man around because he was weak and sometimes coughing up blood. The truth was, it’s not just this young man’s expression that made him recall the past. Although his hair was black, he looked almost identical to that red-headed young master. Almost like a far more handsome version of the red-headed young master.
“Raon, even if I am old and withered, I still wish to reach that place with my own feet.”
That’s right. That young-looking man was the same person as that chubby 1.15-meter young dragon he rescued with the red-headed young master and a couple of cat tribe kittens.
Raon snickered and said, “Sure, if that’s what you want, Choi Han.”
They continued on their way to their destination, while flashes of old memories pop up in their minds.
Raon stared forward as he remembered the last great battle he fought in.
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It was a battle that surpasses the battle during ancient times. The White Star just needed to do one more thing to fulfill the dream he’s had for a thousand years. What was that step? He had to kill three people. One was Choi Han, the other was Raon and the last one was his human. The White Star needed to kill these thorns in his path that was about to ruin his dream.
Puzzle City was destroyed. The surviving ordinary soldiers, highest-grade knights, and the rest of the population in the western continent were in disbelief. Only one thought was in their minds as the battle unfolds before them or through a video communication screen.
‘This-, this is a battle not even a highest-grade knight could participate in.’
Powerful white and red-gold bolts of lightning clashed against each other in the sky. The aftershock of each clash was enough to cause fear and uncertainty in their hearts.
They were all currently being protected by multiple layers of shields that were cast by Rosalyn, Mary, the dragons, and Cale from the lightning bolts of the White Star’s sky attribute.
Cale had exerted himself once again to his limits. The others were at their limits too. They had to deal with all the hidden cards the White Star had shown them at the final stages of the battle. Raon was out of his mind with worry. His human’s weak glass plate was in danger of breaking again. He knows, and his human knows, that if this human’s glass plate breaks again, he would certainly die this time.
There are no more other chances.
He remembered his frustration, anger, dread, despair, and desperation at that time.
‘That stupid plate!’ He remembered cursing that weak plate of his human at that moment.
‘My human is suffering so much because of that weak plate! I-!’
–I want to destroy it–
It was at that moment that his human’s shield broke for the third time. Raon then saw his human coughing up bright red blood and in pain. And he can sense another thing about his human. He can feel that his human’s plate was starting to crack.
Raon lost all self-control. A great wave of mana never seen before exploded out of him. This mana pushed everything in its path away from him and his human. He stared for a moment at the real cause of his human’s suffering in the eye with pure hatred before his own black mana enclosed him and his human just like a protective shell.
Raon shifted his eyes back toward his human and he knows his human can see the anger, desperation, and a hint of insanity in his eyes.
“Cale.” His human flinched after he called him by his name. He had only ever called his human by his name once in his life. “You are so weak.”
He lifted one of his stubby paws and black mana slowly surrounded Cale. Cale was confused and tried to say something to Raon but he ended up coughing out more blood. Raon, on the other hand, can feel the crack on Cale’s plate getting bigger.
“No, you are not the one that is weak.” Raon’s tone was almost emotionless. Cale was worried that Raon had finally snapped. He was worried that Raon was about to go berserk and desperately tried to reach out to the young dragon to soothe him. But that weak body of his is no longer cooperating with him as he coughed out more bright red blood.
Raon’s mana completely engulfed Cale and the power unique to Raon moved. That power started to break his human’s plate. That stupid fragile plate, much like his human’s existence, started crumbling.
Little by little.
He can tell his human was suffering because of what he’s doing judging by his gasps and his trembling body. But he didn’t stop. He wanted to destroy it. He doesn’t want this plate to endanger his human ever again. And at its place…
“I will share my plate.”
Raon’s plate. Raon will share his plate with his human. It’s practically non-existent. He destroyed it himself during his first growth phase but something else became his plate as a result. He was giving that to his weak human. He was giving it to him as a present.
The others, who could feel that Cale’s plate was being destroyed, screamed his name out.
White Star was laughing out loud thinking he’s finally gotten rid of one of the obstacles in this path.
Only Eruhaben and Mila could tell what is really happening. Eruhaben, whose eyes were opened wide, slowly grinned and then laughed out loud, while Mila felt goosebumps all over her.
Eruhaben was the only one who could tell exactly what Raon was doing. He was the only one who experienced it before. Beacrox was also there, but it was only Eruhaben who could tell what was happening to Raon’s plate at that time.
‘Unbelievable! That little kid is removing that unlucky bastard’s plate! This could only mean one thing.’
One’s plate represents one’s limits. Raon was removing Cale’s plate just like he did with his own, although he didn’t know it at that time. Raon was removing Cale’s limit.
The ancient powers within Cale were panicking at first. After all, they knew that if someone’s plate breaks, that someone would die a painful and explosive death as a result. But Cale’s plate was starting to crumble and disappear because of Raon.
Then they realized something. Cale’s plate may be disappearing but the ancient powers that the plate once held didn’t run wild. It did not crash against each other like it normally would. In fact, they felt a far firmer and more stable foundation in comparison. They rejoiced after realizing what’s really happening and Cale could also feel the pain subsiding quickly.
The Vitality of the Heart started working even faster than ever. Cale coughed up blood that was dark and clotted one last time and felt better than before. He was shocked for a moment and then laughed. He looked at Raon with amazement on his face.
“Raon, you really are the greatest and mightiest existence in this world.”
And with a smirk, Raon replied, “Of course I am, human. There is nothing I can’t do.”
After that short exchange, Raon removed the protective black barrier around both of them. Everyone could now see Raon and Cale. They saw Raon’s face that’s scrunched up in anger and renewed determination in his eyes while looking at the White Star, who had the most disbelieving expression, and Cale, whose front was completely drenched in blood but looking healthier than ever. He was still pale but not as pale as he was these past few months.
Of course, there was no time to explain anything. Cale just gave orders to his allies and used his ancient powers that have become stronger than before thanks to Raon’s present. They then launched their final attack against the White Star.
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The human Raon closed his eyes at the end of the memory. When he opened them again, he could see the entrance to a cave. It was the entrance to the Super Rock’s villa.
Choi Han also saw the entrance and made a passing remark, “We’re almost there.”
He then snorted a bit and said, “I remember when you tried to squish through this entrance after your second growth phase.”
“… Shut up.”
Raon grew bigger than most dragons after his second growth phase when he was 56 years old. Because of that, he couldn’t enter the area where the Super Rock villa was located inside the cave by normal means. Of course, he was great and mighty and just entered it using teleportation magic. The plaza area was big enough to accommodate his size. Unfortunately, he was still unable to enter the villa itself so Cale had to come out in fear that Raon might break the villa if he doesn’t. In the end, Cale decided to just stay in the Black Castle so he can relax and do whatever he wanted with peace of mind.
Raon was 204 years old when he first polymorphed into his current form. The season was spring. The spring flowers they planted in the past were blooming beautifully that season.
The descendants of the beast children Cale took in in the past made flower crowns for him. They then visited Cale to give it to him.
Cale was an old man. A very old man at 218 years of age. The body he had inherited from the original Cale was reaching its end. After all, even the original owner of the Vitality of the Heart died of old age.
Ron’s great-grandson now serves Cale as Ron, Beacrox as well as Beacrox’s only child had long left this world. Every day, this great-grandson, who was almost at the same age as Ron when Cale first opened his eyes and found himself in the Birth of a Hero’s world, would help Cale with all his needs and help him sit in his rocking chair. That’s how all of Cale’s visitors would see him every time they came to visit in the Black Castle.
But one spring day was different from any other. Cale has steadily grown weaker in the span of a year. He has now grown so weak that he could no longer be moved from the bed to the rocking chair.
The representatives of the elves, dark elves, various beast tribes, and kingdoms of darkness attribute races visited Cale in the last week. They all knew his time was almost up and came to say goodbye one after another.
Only the Roan Kingdom had a representative who came to visit. There were no representatives from the many human kingdoms that were allied to the Roan Kingdom while fighting the White Star who came to visit that week. Why would they when they had already attended Cale’s funeral 120 years ago?
It was a funny story to king Alberu at that time and a dreadful event to Cale.
Cale knew his lifespan was prolonged due to the Vitality of the Heart. On his 98 birthday, he decided that 98 was a good age to die. The people around him at that time flinched at his words. It almost seemed like they forgot to breathe. Only Alberu was unbothered.
“I guess you seriously want to start your slacker life now.” said Alberu after taking a sip of tea from his cup.
Alberu was right. After defeating the White Star, Cale and the rest of the gang needed to clean up the mess White Star had left behind. It was annoyingly too much. Since Cale was the only person everyone unconditionally trusts, he was forced to take on the job of negotiating and helping create treaties between human kingdoms, beast tribes, elves, dark elves, and kingdoms of dark attribute races.
“The sun of the Roan Kingdom truly is a wise king. Now I can leave this world in peace knowing that the Roan Kingdom will continue to be ruled by a-“
“Cut the crap.”
Cale grinned. Even decades after, they still do their little antics, which relieves the rest of the people around them.
Alberu touched his chin with his fingers as if he was thinking. “It does sound like a good idea. I shall personally handle your funeral, o treasure of our Roan Kingdom.”
Cale frowned and immediately felt ominous.
“You’re majesty, I just want a quiet funeral.”
“That is an impossible request, master Cale.”
Although Alberu said that to Cale, he did try to make Cale’s fake funeral as quiet as possible. But the death of the hero who saved the world is a far bigger deal than Cale would have liked.
The entire Roan Kingdom wept and mourned for the death of the former commander, Cale Henituse, who saved not only the Roan Kingdom but the entire world. In fact, it was as if the entire kingdom attended Cale’s funeral in the Henituse dutchy.
There were even bards who came to sing songs about the legends Cale had created.
The truth is, it wasn’t just the Roan Kingdom’s citizens who were mourning. The entire western continent was mourning. Nobles and royal family members of other kingdoms, as well as some commoners who could afford to travel, personally attended this fake funeral believing it was real. And when the news reached the kingdoms in the eastern continent, they, too, mourned for Cale.
The sight of the people, while he was invisible in one of the rooms in the Henituse family’s castle, was giving Cale a massive headache. Raon was, of course, crying his heart out as he listens to the bards’ songs.
Alberu was the representative of the Roan Kingdom who came to visit Cale in his death bed. He’s in his dark elf form and his hair was now mostly white. Although saying he’s the representative of Roan kingdom was technically not correct anymore as he also faked his own death a year after Cale’s. He had lived the rest of his life as a dark elf since then. Thanks to Cale, he and his kind could live as they truly were.
Alberu entered Cale’s room and found him surrounded by several people of various races.
On and Hong, in their cat form, were lying next to Cale just as they used to when they were children with sad and teary expressions on their faces. Ron’s great-grandson was there by his side as well with an expression that’s almost identical to Ron’s whenever he saw Cale suffering but with a hint of sadness and loss. Witira and Paseton were there as well with tears in their eyes. Lock and Choi Han looked like they have been crying for a long time. Choi Han, in particular, seems to have no more tears to cry with. King Fredo was there as well looking like a father about to lose his child.
The dragons Rasheel and Dodori were at Cale’s bedside as well. Dodori, seem to be trying hard to not cry and was mumbling things about his hero. Rasheel, dragged in by Dodori, mumbled something like he doesn’t know why a mighty dragon like himself has to be here but then he quickly wiped the tears that were threatening to fall from his eye. Eruhaben and Mila have already passed away.
Adite, the World Tree’s elven priestess, also had a tearful expression as she placed a wreath of leaves from the World Tree on Cale’s head.
Amongst the original party members Cale traveled with, only the ones in this room were left. The rest had already died of old age as well.
“Our eternal King, Alberu. The wisest and bravest of them all. It is the highest honor to have you come visit me.”
Cale noticed that Alberu had arrived and weakly greeted him.
“Our kingdom’s treasure and the legendary hero who saved the world, Cale Henituse. It is a far greater honor to be in your presence.” Alberu said back to Cale with a grin.
Cale just weakly snickered after giving each their usual exchange of glib tongue.
“Alberu, thank you for letting me live a slacker life. Even if it was only for the last 73 years.”
Alberu smiled sadly at Cale’s little complaint and said, “Of course. It’s only obvious.”
As Alberu walked closer to Cale’s bed, he noticed someone with long black hair and wearing black clothes sitting on the floor and holding Cale’s wrinkly hand to his forehead. The hands holding Cale’s were shaking almost as if he refuses to let it go.
Although it was Alberu’s first time seeing this person, he knew exactly who it was. In fact, it was everyone’s first time seeing this black-haired person, but they also knew who it was.
Cale weakly called this black person by his name.
“I’m fine.”
The trembling Raon could only gasp and choke at those words. He was feeling a deeper sorrow, despair, and loneliness than when he was still chained and tortured in that cave during his first four years of life. He was finding it hard to control himself so as to not crush his human’s now fragile hand in his hands. His tears wouldn’t stop falling from the tip of his nose either.
Raon felt like his world was crumbling down. He could feel his human’s presence becoming weaker and weaker over this past year. He had also heard his human telling him he’s fine numerous times.
He understands what was happening to his human. Even if he has removed his human’s limits, it only helped extend his lifespan. Nothing he could do would prevent the inevitable happen.
Cale lifted his free hand and patted Raon’s head. He hasn’t been able to pat Raon’s head for a long time. Well, Raon grew so big that he couldn’t reach his head anymore.
“Do you still despise humans?” Cale asked.
Raon thought for a moment. He thought of the genius Rosalyn, the strong Choi Han, the good Mary, and many others and answered, “Yes. But not as much as before.”
Cale smiled and said, “You have grown splendidly.”
“Haha.” Raon couldn’t help but laugh. He had only polymorphed into this human form because he couldn’t hold his human’s hand in his dragon form. His desire to hold his human’s hand was stronger than his aversion to taking a humanoid form.
“I wonder… if we will meet again.” Raon felt like he could only let go of this hand if this human tells him they’ll meet again someday even if it’s not in the world they are currently in.
“I don’t know. Most likely not.”
‘That’s just like him.’ he thought.
He finally lifted his head up to look at Cale for the first time after entering this room. The others could now see Raon’s face, which looked like a more handsome version of Cale’s, that was wet with tears.
“Human, I don’t want to say goodbye.”
It has become a tradition in Cale’s group to hold the hand of the one who’s dying and say their farewells but Raon was finding it extremely difficult to say goodbye.
He understood that it was bound to happen but he still doesn’t want his human to die.
“Raon, you must say goodbye.” Cale said to Raon with a stoic expression. “Not everyone could say goodbye to their loved ones before they died. I was one of those people.”
Cale remembered all the deaths of those whom he cared for. The ones whom he couldn’t say goodbye to. He could never forget the despair he felt in those moments. Cale doesn’t want that to happen to Raon. It was the reason why he personally stayed at the deathbeds of his friends and family in this world while holding their hands and saying goodbye.
Alberu, Choi Han, On, Hong, and Raon knew the gravity of those words. They were the ones who knew Cale’s past as Kim Rok Soo.
Raon continued to hold Cale’s hand tight. The others bid their farewell to Cale as he did so. It was only when Raon could feel that the last embers of Cale’s life were about to go out did he said his goodbye.
Raon was deep in his thoughts that he didn’t realize he and Choi Han had arrived at their destination.
It was Cale’s room in the Super Rock villa.
No one has been in here since Cale had died except for Raon, who once visited to place some trinkets that Cale once owned on the altar that once held the ancient power of earth. The trinkets were the items Cale used his Embrace ability on as well as the magic bag Cale used to carry around, filled with various things he mostly stole and highest grade potions.
“We have arrived.” Choi Han announced to no one in particular but Raon answered back.
“Yes, we have.”
They were the only ones left. They both have the longest lifespan within their group and knew that they will be the ones left behind to live on.
And now, their time, too, had come.
They have returned to the place where they felt closer to the one person they admired and loved the most.
That’s why this was the place they both wanted to spend their last moments in. If you think about it, it’s quite symbolic in a way.
Choi Han was suddenly thrown into the Forest of Darkness where he had to do the best he can to survive. It was a place he never thought he’d return to after leaving it. Now he felt like he’s really returning to where he came from. The place where he was born in this world.
It was the same for Raon. He so desperately wanted to escape the cave he was imprisoned in only to choose to spend his last moments in one. But unlike that hell he was born in, this cave only reminded him of the warm and good memories he had made with everyone.
Raon had once cast a spell that would prevent everyone, except him, Choi Han, Alberu, On, and Hong, from entering this villa the last time he came here but now he is about to cast a more complicated, powerful, and absolute spell that would prevent anyone and anything from entering. It was a magic spell to hide and seal this entire cave forever. It was a spell so strong that only a dragon much stronger than Raon could undo it. Being an almighty Dragon Lord would not be enough.
After all, some of the items Raon had left on the altar were where the sky attribute ancient power and the God of Despair were sealed. Although they knew there was no one, except Cale himself, who could undo the seals on those trinkets, they still felt like it’s better to keep these items away from anyone’s reach. Especially since all the other items their friends used to defeat the White Star and God of Despair were in this villa as well. The seal would also protect and preserve anything that’s in the cave of the Super Rock villa.
While Raon was casting the spell, Choi Han approached Cale’s bed and patted the sheets with a nostalgic expression on his face.
Cale’s room in the villa was almost the same as when he first moved in here. The only difference was the three additional beds on the side of the room where the window with the best view of the plaza was located.
Choi Han went to the one in the middle of those beds and laid down in a way that would make someone think of what an old man, who had just finished a laborious work, would do at the end of the day.
The bed was Raon’s childhood bed. In the past, Cale decided to give the three children their own beds because they had grown so big that there was barely any room for him to sleep on his own. The children, of course, protested at first.
Once he was done, Raon first approached Cale’s old bed and touched the place where Cale’s head would have been as he slept before going to where the three beds were as well.
He sat at the bed on the right of Choi Han. It was once Hong’s bed.
Raon then reached out his hand to Choi Han and Choi Han took it.
Since they were the last to go, they had no one else but each other who could hold their hand in their final moments.
“Being the last to go really sucks, huh.”
Choi Han chuckled at how childish Raon’s remark sounded, but he agreed.
“It sure does.”
Raon had spent a life just shy of a millennium, while Choi Han had surpassed it. They only had a few more moments left to spare.
Tiny black sparkling particles started to appear around Raon.
‘It’s time.’ They both thought.
They both gave each other a smile. Just a simple smile without a hint of sadness. They then told each other their farewells.
“Goodbye, Choi Han.”
After saying their goodbyes, Choi Han closed his eyes for the last time.
Raon looked on at Choi Han’s face for a moment longer and said with a small smile, “I am glad that fate had managed to bring all of us together.”
And with that, Raon’s body disintegrated into those bright black sparkling particles and turned into dust.
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13 Replies to “The Last Goodbyes”
yasemin March 15, 2021 at 2:46 pm
okay.. i cried again… i knew it but… i dont have a word to say.. its just sad but realistic at the same time.. and it makes me sad that it can be all true and its the possible best ending for them but still i dont want them to die never ever i want them to stay like the youngers they are till the end of the time… happily ever after… i dont wanna imagine their deaths even if they lived well but.. i will imagine their happy days together cause they lived long all together… IT WAS SOOO GOOD BUT SOO SAD AT THE SAME TIME thank you i love you and i hate you
Ripflower March 15, 2021 at 3:15 pm
I only read the first paragraph then suddenly my tears already come down to my cheek. Its was so so good but also depressing. This is what i always imagine the end of choi han and raon life as they share the same lifespan. Thank u but please make more happy store or else i really have to put an icepack on my eyes tomorrow
Vansimp March 15, 2021 at 3:56 pm
This is why I’m greatful that authors don’t write complete stories of people till they’re old, because I know it all lead to goodbyes.
varygray March 15, 2021 at 4:40 pm
nooooooo how dare you made my eyes sweaty like this. i can’t make it stop. as I thought, reading it a week after my father’s dead was not a wise decision. it make me hate saying last good bye even more.
sebas [your butler] March 15, 2021 at 5:51 pm
yadong March 15, 2021 at 6:29 pm
Great fanfic. I mean, this is one of the possible ending or else, the author could throw a plot armor like everyone lived for a long long time
Yuu March 15, 2021 at 6:39 pm
Eu não consegui terminar de ler por que eu chorei rios de lágrimas na metade e tipo assim, eu ainda estou chorando.
Monarch of Nightmares and Bad memories March 15, 2021 at 8:18 pm
I know its the true, but I dont want to accept it! I know they would never be able to live forever young, and one day you have to say goodbye, but, I dont want to… I cried, and I still cry. Those people, characters are like my family. I feel like a ghost they cant see that has always been with them. I know them and I love them. I just, cant let them go like that! I am sobbing som much right now and tears are just falling, I know its childish and cringe because this is a book, but. This is just love no? Love doesnt mean fall in love with a boy or girl, but have something that gives your heart warmth… I hope they can play around annoying cale barrow in heaven and just chill there. And I guess my mom was right that even when your brain know the truth, the heart will take longer time to accept it…i am sad and sorry for using your time… i will just sob somewhere else now
KAT March 16, 2021 at 3:18 am
ok , siento que leído el final del libro y no paro de llorar sinceramente este seria el final perfecto ,Ya que tiene mucho sentido y sinceramente espero que el final real no este tan alejado de este (si el final oficial no cumple con mis expectativas tomare este como el real ).Hahah yo los vi crecer y verlos morir en el libro me duele ahora mi familia me esta viendo con cada de que ¿rayos te pasa porque lloras? ,es que esto es demasiado triste y hermoso al mismo tiempo , mayormente en los libro no muestran el momento final de sus personajes y este fue simplemente hermoso .
Alabado sea la persona que escribió eta obra maestra.
Anna_Yvette March 16, 2021 at 8:42 pm
I really hope things end up like this, they deserve it
Mr.M March 17, 2021 at 1:25 pm
It’s made perfectly, but I didn’t want to cry today…
Archangel of Cursed Destruction March 20, 2021 at 11:14 am
Abigail March 28, 2021 at 4:23 am
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I hope you guys enjoyed my recap of my father/daughter traditional trip to NYC! It was a great time but the food and drinks definitely got to me and my travel day to Florida this past Sunday was a bit rough in a mental sense. I just felt gross the entire day after getting up really early for my flight (I got around 6 or 7 hours of sleep but Sarah understands…I swear any less than 8 and I’m a mess). I was wearing a slobby travel outfit, had on my glasses, and my hair was in a not-so-chic rat’s nest bun. I felt ridiculously dehydrated, so much so that I couldn’t even finish a little bit of coffee. My pants felt tight (even pants of the yoga variety!) and all I felt like doing once we got to yoga was 40 minutes of P90X Yoga…not nearly “enough”, in my head. To be honest with you, I found myself restricting my intake all that day. I just wanted to feel better about myself. It didn’t really work…it often doesn’t. That’s the lesson I seem to still be learning.
What DID make me feel better was having a snack after yoga, taking a shower, and deciding to make myself look presentable for our dinner at Duffy’s. I always visit this local chain when I visit; my family consistently looks forward to our Duffy’s dinner. So that was a perfect destination for our first night in town. Putting in some extra effort to blow-dry and straighten my hair, and also putting on a cute breezy outfit, definitely had me feeling better upon our arrival at the restaurant.
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December 24, 2013
appetizers, blends, body image, cake, christmas, dessert, dinner, duffy's, family, florida, grandparents, lunch, pool, publix, restaurants, salad, seafood, travel, vacation, whole foods
August 22, 2013
I’ve been behind on my weekend recaps because those weekends have been quite epic, and require multiple posts when I blog about them. That’s a good problem to have! But we are headed into another weekend soon (YAY) that will need recapping next week, and I haven’t even talked about this past weekend. I thought some alliteration was in order to do just that.
I already blogged about Friday night’s cooking class at Pond House Grille, so that won’t be included in this post about my top three favorite things about this past weekend, but believe me when I say it was up there.
1. Spending Saturday by myself.
I have been travelling almost every weekend in the last month or so and it felt so amazing this weekend to have no drives that lasted longer than an hour. The highlight of my chill weekend at home was sleeping until 9:30AM on Saturday, going to the gym for a nice not-rushed StepMill + abs workout, and then taking myself, a packed lunch, magazines, and Daybreak iced coffee to the pool club. I stayed there for several hours and just read, took occasional dips, and soaked up the sun. It was amazing, serene, and exactly what I needed.
View from my chair
I followed that up with a visit to my favorite nail salon, Ceci’s, for a mani/pedi (well, toe/hand polish change, AKA the cheaper option). I did my first mani in forever with no disco nail (gasp) but I just love the color I picked out for my hands – OPI A-Piers To Be Tan, from the new San Francisco collection.
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August 22, 2013
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July 8, 2013
Oof, rough to be back at work this morning, no? Especially if you had Friday off in addition to the 4th of July (alas I did not). But during your time off I hope you did all sorts of marvelous activities (and if you don’t celebrate the 4th of July, I hope your weekend contained mucho marvelous). I have to admit that my ego was getting in my way the day after the 4th, trying to make me feel guilty for the food and drink I consumed during my celebrations. I’m hoping putting this post together will squash said ego with a heavy dose of POSITIVE.
Marvelous is…a night out with friends the day before the holiday! No work on Thursday = treat Wednesday like it’s Friday night, right? I surprised myself by having enough energy and courage to stay out until 1:15am, during which I consumed several cocktails, bread, and a dessert.
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July 8, 2013
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March 8, 2012
My fifth full day in Orlando (last Thursday) followed my gym-tan-eat-tan-drink-eat-sleep routine (and trust me, I wasn’t getting sick of it) – but with another Connecticut-infused twist.
I woke up still feeling blah in the stomach area, just nauseous, but I was SOOO ready to be back at the intense cardio and decided to run a 5K on the treadmill. I was psyched to see they each had a TV but then saw that neither treadmill had a working one – bah! There was a big TV in the overall gym though, and it was empty in there (I mean, it was about 8am…) so I grabbed the remote and flipped channels while I pounded out 3.1 miles in 27 minutes! Once I started running, my nausea actually disappeared and I felt fantastic and full of energy. I like setting a distance goal as opposed to time because it motivates me to run faster – so I can get off that dreadmill faster! Works every time.
What do you know, another Connecticut friend was in Orlando when I was – Kelly! Her family are big fans of the parks (unlike mine) so most days she was Disney and Universal-ing, but she did have one pool day (well, morning) and I headed over to her hotel to join her and her mom. It was so great to hang out!
After Kelly and her fam left the pool for Epcot, I went to a nearby Whole Foods to grab lunch. Even though I have a location in my town, I love checking out different Whole Foods for the regional differences in the food offered at the hot and cold salad bars in state to state.
Healthy foods photograph the prettiest!
Well OK, that mac n cheese looks pretty golden and beautiful too.
Amazingly fresh Florida seafood salads.
I was a cheap-o and didn’t purchase any of the above ($10.99/lb…) but the seafood lover in me was remorseful later – right Meg?
Hello there!
OK, so we do NOT have fish like that in my Whole Foods. No sir. I was also on a mention for seafood or meat for the next night’s grill-out dinner (the joys of staying at a place with a kitchen and grills!) and found just what I was looking for in the Seafood Department, thanks to a very helpful employee – hello if you are reading! (I gave him my card).
Just what I was looking for! I took home two Spinach & Feta Salmon Burgers, one Wild Salmon Burger, and one Shrimp Burger. I was already looking forward to the meal, and I hadn’t even had THAT night’s dinner yet (or the day’s lunch, for that matter). Story of my life.
Um, Whole Foods has a bar?! Don’t mind if I do! This location is the only one in Florida with a bar that serves beer and wine. The wine section itself was amazing! Need proof?
I snuck in on a tasting of Concannon Conservancy Crimson & Clover, a red blend (included one of my favorites, petite sirah). This wine was AMAZING, one of the best reds I’ve tried in awhile, and I was shocked at its affordable price tag. Also a fun side note on this International Woman’s Day, Concannon Vineyards hired the first professional female winemaker in 1950!
I was poured the above glass and then some, which I did not finish since I wanted to make it home alive.
Words cannot describe how excited I was to be having dinner that night at Seasons 52, a “blogger hot-spot” that I have seen on Meghann, Gina, Caitlin, and Julie’s blogs. I was rockin’ a new dress from the occasion, a Black Friday purchase (I know, it’s bad news bears when you’re wearing things for the “first time” in March and bought them in November) from Kohl’s LC Lauren Conrad Collection. You can’t see them well, but it has one of my latest obsessions, pleats!
I was blown away by our view! I had no idea Seasons 52 (we were at the ORIGINAL location, by the way!) offered gorgeous outdoor lakeside seating. Pleasant surprise!
After our little photoshoot, we finally took our seats and checked out the drink menu. It was very dark out on the patio, and my mom had to borrow a light from our waiter to read the menu! Silly mom.
I ordered the Organic Sunshine Martini: orange-infused Prairie organic vodka and agave nectar. However, it was not what I was expecting.
I chose this martini because the description made it sound like it would just be vodka made with a bit of agave, but after it arrived I could see that it had also been made with some kind of orange juice, a bummer because anytime drinks are made with juices they taste too sweet for me. Sure enough, it was too sweet, but our amazing waiter Garrett was kind enough to take it off the bill without my even asking – thank you Garrett!
Ugh, flash.
Instead of a martini, I decided to go with red wine and helped my parents out with the bottle they’d already ordered, Gascon Malbec, which was actually quite excellent! I made a joke that Gascon was an appropriate wine to drink when in Orlando, home of the creators of Gaston.
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Surprisingly, Garrett had NOT heard that awful pun before!
Thankfully I didn’t have a tough time deciding on a meal because that night, a special was being offered that was made for me.
Aaaand I DIED. What a fantastic dish. I’m a chronic dish modifier at restaurants and this was made for me – I did not have to order with ANY modifications. The fish was perfect, the shrimp tabouleh was perfect, the tzatziki came on the side without me even asking, and a nice surprise was included that wasn’t mentioned on the menu, olives!
My mom got the same dish and she was a bit bummed that the olives weren’t called out on the menu because she HATES them, but she picked them out and I finished them off for her. Before her meal, she got the Organic Baby Spinach Salad: sliced pears, feta, and toasted pine nuts on spinach. She couldn’t stop raving about it! My dad loved his meal too – despite the fact that it came with lots of veggies. Eat up Dad, they’re good for you!
We were too full for dessert so I did not try any of the famous Mini Indulgences that everyone raves about, but next time I will have to! What a great last dinner out in Florida.
Have you ever been to Seasons 52? If not, have you already heard about it thanks to the “blog world”?
Do you run on treadmills for distance or for time?
What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen at a Whole Foods?
March 8, 2012
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March 4, 2012
I woke up on the Monday of our vacation feeling good, and I was so excited and grateful! To play it safe, I did my favorite yoga video on Hulu, YogaWorks Body Slim. I was sweating by the end and also felt relaxed and stretched-out. I headed to Starbucks and, continuing the play-it-safe plan, opted for an iced decaf Americano with the teeniest splash of skim to protect my still-sensitive stomach.
The pool wasn’t crowded at all and we scoped out some excellent seats. I sat back and enjoyed the warm weather with my magazines, and also had my beloved Chick-fil-A chargrilled chicken sandwich with extra pickles for lunch, with no stomach issues.
My Grannan and George (grandparents) arrived mid-afternoon too, and I was so excited to see them! We all remained poolside til late afternoon.
I continued to feel better, no doubt thanks to how cautious I was being and all the water I was chugging. I’d found out that one of my former co-workers from UConn, Matt, was staying at a nearby Embassy Suites with his mom – AND they have free happy hour every night! He invited me to be his guest, so I took my grandparents’ car over to see him.
I had a couple nibbles of chips, and that classy plastic mostly-empty cup you see there was formerly filled with red sangria. It was extremely – juicy. But what can I expect during a cheap happy hour?! I planned to have a more unique libation at dinner anyway! The best part was meeting up with Matt after not having seen him in so long, and also finally getting to meet his mom, who I heard plenty about while we worked together at UConn Dining Services.
I met my parents and grandparents at a restaurant with a Caitlin-approved food/drink menu – and bonus points, our hotel gave us a coupon for it!
Interesting outdoor seating "booths", complete with space heaters.
The new-ish restaurant, Atlantic Cove, featured a menu of traditional meat and seafood plates, sushi, and unique Asian-fusion dishes. Our waitress, Alexa, was an absolute SWEETHEART. She seemed a bit new and nervous, but was so respectful and accommodating! I was very impressed.
Talk about a drink menu! My choice jumped out at me the second I saw it.
The Basil Martini, made with Belvedere Red, vermouth, and infused basil, was just what I was hoping for and more. It was so amazingly smooth, tasted like spiked pesto, and was certainly worth its money in terms of strength! I have to admit that I sloshed a bit of this beauty on myself at the end there.
We were served some pretty tasty bread with olive oil and herbs, which I definitely prefer to butter.
I knew I wanted to get my fill of seafood on this trip, but I could NOT for the life of me decide on which fish I wanted, and whether or not I wanted it cedar-planked or blackened! I quickly took to Twitter to ask my go-to foodie followers for advice, and though I went with the votes for blackened, I opted for a fish I hadn’t had in a while, snapper.
My dad ordered seafood soup, one of his favorite things to get before our vacation dinners, a Lobster & Crab Bisque, and he loved it. The bowl was cool too!
He also ordered his fish blackened, but chose grouper. Unfortunately the kitchen goofed and served it grilled instead, but he didn’t say anything, because it was still excellent.
My meal was amazing too! I got asparagus on the side and devoured my pineapple mango salsa, as well as my dad’s. I also picked at my grandpa’s crabcakes and my mom’s baked potato skin.
I still had room for dessert once we got back to the hotel, so I savored a tiny treat I’d picked up the night before at TooJay’s, one of their famous mini black and white cookies. I didn’t have one during my December Florida trip, so it was a necessity!
I went to sleep content and grateful to be feeling better. Until the next day’s trip recap!
Which of the fish options on the menu would you have chosen? How about the preparation method?
Have you ever had a classic black and white cookie from a deli? The ones from Starbucks don’t count!
March 4, 2012
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Understanding Basic Information to Avoid Sportsbook Defeat – When playing online sportsbook gambling you as a player can experience wins and losses. The importance of understanding the football betting market is the key to being able to profit in playing online soccer gambling. When you play soccer gambling, of course, you have to understand the online soccer betting exchange provided by a site. Why?
The online soccer betting market is a type of betting market that is available in online soccer gambling. Without you knowing what an online soccer betting market is. You will only place original bets that will make you lose continuously in online soccer gambling games. Many people feel that he always loses playing online soccer gambling. Obviously because he doesn’t know about this online soccer betting exchange. for that it is good for you to study this online soccer betting market so that later you can place bets properly and correctly without any mistakes when placing bets.
There are so many gambling players who play online soccer betting but still don’t understand what an online soccer betting market is. This causes many online gambling players to get confused when they want to place an existing bet. This is because they don’t really know what this online soccer betting market is. For that, especially for you new players, you must register for soccer betting and must know the importance of understanding the football betting market to avoid losing
Your goal in playing online livescore soccer gambling is to win, right? Of course, because all the goals of gambling players are to win. Because if you win, you will get the advantage in the form of cash that you are entitled to have. Therefore, playing online gambling if you continue to lose will be very annoying, right? Well, it’s good that you understand the types of betting markets that are in this online soccer gambling so that later you can win easily when playing this online soccer gambling.
The online soccer betting market is a betting market on soccer gambling games. This betting market is the type of bet that you can place when playing online soccer gambling. So you can place various types of bets that there are more than you know. It looks easy to play soccer gambling, because it only guesses the two football teams that will compete. But there are also many who still lose when playing this easy game, why is that? Obviously, because they do not know correctly and do not apply what is in the existing soccer betting market. for that you have to understand this online soccer betting exchange so that later you can win easily.
When you start playing soccer gambling, before starting to play, first research the match you are going to bet on. If you have researched correctly, then next you choose the type of bet you will place. Be selective in choosing the type of bet you will place because winning or not the soccer gambling game you play depends on the type of bet that you will place later.
14/03/2022 by admin
Additional Money by Playing Online Sportsbook Gambling
Additional Money by Playing Online Sportsbook Gambling
Additional Money by Playing Online Sportsbook Gambling – Besides being able to entertain the players, by placing bets on online sportsbook gambling you can also make additional income sources. Many people feel inadequate in meeting their daily needs. If you are one of them, surely what you have in mind is looking for additional income. But if you are offered a large income that can cover your daily needs, will you be chosen right away? The trick is to play soccer gambling online. This one bet has certainly been heard often, especially if you are a football fan. Although gambling activities are prohibited, playing online will keep you safe. So you don’t have to worry about the ban.
Then, how can playing soccer gambling be able to earn income to meet daily needs? of course with big wins in betting and also bonuses that can be obtained. The greater the value of the bet and the high chance of winning, of course, the results will be amazing. What’s more, the bonuses given are also very helpful in increasing profits. These bonuses can be used to bet or be collected and then withdraw funds. So, what are the bonuses you get when playing online soccer gambling? Read the explanation below.
The first bonus is a new member. This bonus will obviously be received by players if they are registered as legal members. Almost all sites certainly give it as a gift for joining. Of course the value of each site is not the same. You can find which site has the highest new member bonus value.
The second bonus is cashback. By getting a cashback bonus, players will get change for every transaction made such as a deposit. The amount also varies, ranging from 5%, 10%, and even reaches 50%. The greater the cashback obtained, the more bonuses that can be collected.
The third bonus is a discount. Who does not know the discount, of course everyone knows it. If you hear the word discount, of course players will feel happy, because with that they can increase their playing profits. Moreover, the capital issued is reduced, but the results are increasing.
The fourth bonus is referrals. For those who don’t know this bonus, how it works is to invite friends, relatives, or people around so that they can play but use the code you have. That way you will see how many have joined. Because the amount of the bonus is seen from the number of people who join. The more, obviously the bigger the profit.
The fifth bonus is weekly. For this one not all sites will provide it. Therefore, if you find a site that provides these bonuses, you are lucky. Because weekly bonuses are usually given free of charge to players, and they simply make a claim before the specified time limit.
To guarantee the benefits, make sure that you play with an official soccer betting agent. Because only official agents are guaranteed bonuses. Moreover, they will pay bonuses or playing results regardless of the nominal, whether it is big or small. Even so, it had a huge impact on the players. Surely players will feel happy if small things like that can be given, then they will also not hesitate to bet for big profits. Maybe that’s all we can convey so far, hopefully it can make you more confident to play nowgoal.com soccer gambling. Have a nice play.
21/02/2022 by admin
Be Careful in Choosing an Online Sportsbook Gambling Agent – Being selective in choosing a method is not the only step that you must pay attention to in playing sportsbook gambling. You can make the best online soccer gambling agent one of the right ways to play online soccer gambling. Where the online soccer gambling game that you want to play will always be safe, comfortable and fun. In choosing the right and best gambling agent, various ways are needed so that you can get it.
There are various ways that you can use to get a trusted gambling agent, such as by looking at the provider. Where as we know there are many providers available and the largest in Asia, so you can choose the agent according to the provider. In addition, look at the transaction time, where there are two types of transactions available in gambling games on a site or gambling agent, namely deposits and withdrawals.
You must know the times that have been determined by the site and also the agent in carrying out these transactions. It’s not enough to stop there, choosing a good and best online judi bola gambling agent you can see with the services provided for its members. Where you will find various services such as livechat, line, whatsapp and so on. Knowing how long the site or agent you choose has been operating in providing various gambling activities is certainly very necessary. Where the longer the agent or site is available, the more reliable the agent is.
This is because many bettors already know that if they are going to play gambling on the site, then they will get various interesting and profitable things. Even the agent has proven its existence which is still available and can be played by any bettor. You can also choose the best gambling agent by looking for information on the number of active members who have joined the agent. Where if the number is increasing, it can be interpreted that the site or agent is getting better. Because many bettors register themselves as active members who can try various online soccer gambling games provided by the agent.
Looking at the appearance of the agent’s site, you can also use it as a reference. Where the more attractive the agent or site, the more attractive the bettors will be to join it. Of course, the gambling agent can convince the members to become one of the members in it. So it is highly recommended for you to look at the appearance of the best online soccer gambling agent. This display proves that the site or agent is indeed managed and managed very well, so that it will be quite useful for bettors who are members of it.
20/01/2022 by admin
Learn the Best Markets at Official Sportsbook Agents – Playing online sportsbook gambling at an official agent is indeed an obligation for every online sportsbook gambling player. Football betting is no less popular than other types of gambling games out there. Knowing that the game of football itself is very loved by people all over the world, it is not a mistake if they just add to the entertainment sector by trying to enjoy the game in a different way and sensation. In the form of real money betting games, you are free to create your own exciting betting experience, and of course this depends on the choice of the type of betting market.
Choosing the best partner with a complete soccer betting agent is certainly the right step for players to make a profit. Because only on the original soccer site, bettors can get a wide selection of the most popular types of soccer betting markets, which will then lead you to victory. Keep in mind, each type of market has its own system and game rules. Therefore, a bettor should study it first so that the judi bola betting process runs as desired.
No need to go into detail, we will immediately convey information about the betting market in the Soccer Gambling Agent so that you can take part in gambling matches as soon as possible. The details are as follows:
Better known by the abbreviation HDP, this type of bet also has many fans from Indonesian bettors. Simply by choosing the winning team, the bettor can immediately come out as a champion. Please also note that this type of bet holds the match with a different voor. Sometimes, choosing to play it safe is the best way than experiencing a big loss. Apart from that we recommend taking the market with 2 or 3 voors.
By definition, the player simply guesses the score correctly in a football match. This is the simplest type of betting when compared to other betting exchanges.
To be able to understand to master the over under betting market, there are several things that players need to pay attention to. Especially with the guessing rules regarding the total score above (over) or score under (under), namely:
Guess the total number of balls scored or goals scored in a match.
The minimum number of goals scored is 3, regardless of which team wins.
If the total score does not exceed 3, then you have to lose
This type of bet is the most frequently targeted bet by bettors. Although the difficulty level is heavier than the previous 3 types of betting markets, the mix parlay always manages to captivate the hearts of players. How to play is:
Place a bet with 3 team combinations or a maximum of 20 teams.
Choose a team that is predicted to win full or half.
07/12/2021 by admin
Basic Rules in Sportsbook Gambling – In playing online sportsbook betting games, you as a player need to know the basic rules. The basic rules that exist when playing gambling at soccer agents in soccer games are usually played by 2 teams. 1 person as a goalkeeper, 10 people in the front row, commonly referred to as forwards. In the middle is usually called a wing or midfielder, and at the back is called a defender.
Before continuing this discussion, you must have a user or ID that will be used on the online soccer gambling site. Before you play online soccer gambling, make sure you have it. Another advantage of soccer gambling games is that you can place bets while watching a football match in progress. Of course this is a sense of satisfaction in itself, and also one of the things that is of particular concern to game bettors.
If we still need to improve our understanding of the world of football, some have already been covered. The world of football is a very wide world. Football is not just playing football, but has become a big business today. Football is the most popular sport in the world. Learn about the existing football clubs, who the players are, who is the mainstay, how strong the team is, and so on. This information will be able to help you make a decision when placing a judi bola 88 bet. In addition, you also need to know the team’s defeat last week, whether the team was competing for the championship or being relegated, and so on.
There are many or even thousands of websites that provide soccer predictions on the Internet. From domestic production to foreign competition, usually English. Do not believe ? Try searching on Google with the keyword “predicted football”. If your English is not good, you can find various Indonesian websites in the future. But unfortunately, if it can be said that there are no full-featured Indonesian football prediction sites, then there are almost none. It can even be said that most of these soccer prediction sites are careless and not based on existing facts.
Since the committee will give extra time, it will later become a clearer and more realistic expectation of the outcome of the match. Because most of the overtime or injury time is used when time runs out but the result of the match is only declared a draw.
For international or world scale competitions there must be a team that wins, then the time that will be used is normal time, if the match is still a draw, injury time will be added. When the result is still a draw or a draw, a penalty kick is used to determine the winner. We will also explain football terms commonly used for online gambling. There are also terms commonly used in online soccer gambling games. Several things become the basic rules that exist in online soccer gambling.
Next goal Next goal means which team will score the next goal? There will be no goals at home or away. In this rule, you only have to guess later.
Correct score To get the correct score, you must use normal time (2×45 minutes) to guess the final result of the game
Half-time score The half-time score or so-called (ht score) means that you have to guess the final result of the first half, i.e. in a game.
Half time Half time is the same as game odds, only at the end of half time you can only guess the final result of the first half based on time (45 minutes of half time plus injury time). You should also pay attention to the following things when playing other online soccer gambling.
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During this contentious election cycle, many state-side friends have said that they will move to a foreign country if Trump gets elected. Some of them are sincere when they say it. It won’t help. You can run, but you can’t hide. You will still feel bruised and battered by this unprecedentedly ugly election.
In the past, we could disagree in a civil manner. Our presidential debates were usually snooze fests with mediocre viewership. This year, the election became a reality show, full of insults, tweets, one-liners and misinformation. I shudder to think that any high school debater watched the debates and thought these were appropriate debating techniques. How did we fall so low that the two major candidates for President of the United States traded insults on par with dimwitted elementary students and couldn’t manage to shake hands? And while I think about 92% of the rude comments came from Trump, the times that Clinton stooped to his level made me cringe. Is this really how the American voters want their President to act?
And what about Clinton supporters? Yes, we are appalled that Trump is the Republican candidate and has a good shot at winning this election. But how about keeping our discourse at a proper level? It’s hard, of course, when Trump defrauds millions with his fake university, insults broad classes of people, and speaks of grabbing women by the pussy, but why stoop to his level? Often I read articles bemoaning Trump’s bullying comments only to read the anti-Trump comments that appeared to channel the man himself in crudeness and lack of intellect.
Make no mistake, I am not suggesting keeping quiet or refraining from respectfully disagreeing with those who think differently than you. But as a whole, this election seems to have brought out the most ugly things about America: our resentment, bigotry, callousness, entitlement and crudeness. When you move to a foreign country, you become an unofficial US ambassador. I have had countless conversations with non-Americans asking me what the hell the problem is with our country. It’s a terrible feeling to have to acknowledge that racism, misogyny, and hate seem to be the driving factors for many voters in this election.
When Matt and I became ex-pats, we didn’t do it because we disliked the USA. However, as with most people of privilege, we were ambivalent toward what we had. We took for granted our rights of free press and free speech, our judicial system based on due process and our fair elections. Living in two other countries has been an eye opener. In both, the press is restricted and one cannot criticize the President. We have seen governments that suppress news, including that regarding potential natural disasters, and change constitutions and laws to suit their ends. We witnessed a local election when the frontrunner was imprisoned by the incumbent government with no charges brought. We experienced a government that increased sales tax by 2%, restricted the money one could send abroad without a 5% surcharge paid to the government and placed an additional 3.5% tax on wages to pay for earthquake relief because of inadequate reserves. Until about 4 months ago, we were walking around proud to be Americans. It was as though we finally understood why the USA is the super power it is.
Now I question just how great the USA is. If we have so much as a country, why are many acting so terribly toward one another? What on earth are people afraid of? What do they think they lack? It is profoundly depressing to me to think that as a country we have not moved forward since the civil rights movement of the 60s. It is disturbing to see the distortion of facts and reality in the press, or outlets that currently pass as press. And it is downright horrifying to think that our 200+ year history of peaceful transfers of power may be challenged by a losing candidate.
You can move to a foreign country after the election, but it won’t help. You will still be an American.
Posted on July 16, 2015 by kdwyer27 under Ecuador, Peru, Travel
Two years ago yesterday, Matt and I landed in Peru and began our international living adventure.
In the past two years we have:
Lived in 2 countries
Learned Spanish
Trekked to Machu Picchu
Acquired a donkey jaw as a musical instrument
Swum with sharks, manta rays, sea lions and sea turtles
and so much more!
Matt at the Middle
Wading with the (Baby) Sharks
So pretty
At the Zoo
Having fun at the market
Pool and Falls
Fun at the Club
While the there will always be challenges and we miss our stateside family and friends, this adventure has been incredible. We have made new friendships that will stand the test of time and distance and had experiences we will never forget.
PS. This is my 100th blog post – thanks for reading!
Posted on May 13, 2015 by kdwyer27 under Ecuador, Galapagos Islands
My family spent all of our summer vacations, and many Sundays in-between, at a cottage on Lower Nemahbin Lake. Only about 40 minutes away from our home in Milwaukee, or, when we moved, Watertown, it seemed like the middle of nowhere. Probably because it was the middle of nowhere to my mom, who was a city girl through and through and hated to drive on the freeway. Now it is considered “Lake Country” where professionals live and commute to Milwaukee, but back then it was the boondocks – farm fields, one grocery store in town and the lakes. The cottage added to the boondocks feel: no indoor plumbing save a cold-water kitchen sink added in the 70s, mismatched furniture, tired kitchenware, one “parents” bedroom downstairs and a cobwebby upstairs where we kids fought over the ancient 5 beds. But to me, it was paradise. (Saying Goodbye to My Childhood )
Fast forward 30 years to Puerto Ayora, my and Matt’s new home on Isla Santa Cruz on the Galapagos Islands. This truly is the middle of nowhere – 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador – but as the largest town on the islands, it is a curious combination of isolation and tourism. We have lived here slightly over 2 weeks and it is apparent that nothing prepared me better for life on the Galapagos than those summers at The Lake.
Glorious View from Our Balcony
I’m sticky. All the time. The temperature hasn’t dropped below 80º or the humidity below 70%. At the moment it is 7:23 am and the temperature is 81.1º with 79% humidity. I sit, as usual, with a fine sheen of sweat and frizzed out hair. We do have a shower but it is an island, so you are supposed to try to conserve water. (Yes, I realize that seems backwards, but while there is plenty of salt water around, there isn’t a lot of fresh water). So I try to shower once a day although sometimes I break down and have to take another one. At The Lake there was no shower. My mom would heat up some water and give herself a sponge bath, but the rest of us would just go jump in the lake. Literally.
Evening Heat
Corksicle to the rescue!
The plumbing is a bit…primitive. It looks nice – huge shower, double sink, jacuzzi tub, but the apartment has cold water. To be fair, our landlord asked if we wanted him to hook up the hot water (sun heated, I think, without the aid of solar panels) so we do have some hot water in the shower, but it has a mind of its own and with the heat, I prefer a cold shower anyhow. We were told to turn the water off as we soap up to conserve water and not flood the bathroom. We wash dishes, and everything else, with cold water. You can’t flush toilet paper; it goes in the bin in the bathroom. So the bathroom smells like an outhouse. A bonus of our apartment is that the toilet is in its own little compartment, so at least that is the only room that smells like an outhouse. I realize that years of mouth breathing in the outhouse at The Lake come in handy here as well, especially when I take out the trash.
Indoor Outhouse
I live in shorts, sandals and swimsuits. For the first time since I was 12, I walked down the road (to the beach) in a swimsuit. A modest one, mind you, shorts and a tummy-covering top, but even so, it felt like being a kid again. At night it doesn’t cool off, so there is no need for jeans or sweatshirts like in Wisconsin, but we are told that will change. I’m not convinced and love wearing casual summer attire all the time.
There are plenty of bugs, inside and out. We don’t have air conditioning in our apartment, so the windows and doors are always open – day and night. We do have screens, but that doesn’t stop the critters (or dirt) from getting inside. The day we arrived, I noticed that our kitchen counters had tons of microscopic ants and spiders everywhere. I was appalled. I obsessively killed them and bought Raid to assist in the genocide. Now I just smoosh them and keep eating. I store food in plastic bags and sometimes in the microwave because I haven’t seen an ant in there yet. Like The Lake, every night at dusk we are driven inside by the mosquitos. Instead of daddy longlegs, our mosquito eaters here are the geckos. I’ve learned to co-exist with them and they have become a part of our nightly entertainment as we cheer them on while they catch the bugs.
Everything is a bit grimy. The water is non-potable and has a sticky feel. We don’t have a washer or dryer so laundry either goes to the full service laundry (no self serve here) or I hand wash and hang dry. When you pay by the pound, your definitions of clean and hand-washable change. But something about the combination of the detergent I bought and the water leaves the hand wash smelling less than fresh, so I am considering in investing in a washing machine though I worry that the dryer at the laundry may be what is killing whatever is stinking up my wash. I sweep, clean the floors and wipe up the counters constantly, but it is a losing battle against the dirt. I remember at The Lake wiping down the plastic tablecloth covered table after dinner and noticing that it was still sticky. That’s what it feels like wiping down the counters here. And the geckos poop everywhere! It looks like bird poop. I am currently trying to figure out how to clean it off my ceiling without it falling all over me.
Poopy Gecko
We have plenty, but not exactly everything we want. Much to my dad’s annoyance, my mom used to pack two cars to the gills (and I swear at times things were tied to the top) to go to The Lake for 2 weeks even though it was less than an hour from our house. Now I understand. Like my mom, I packed my own things. We have 29 boxes, about half of it kitchen/household wares, in transit from Peru. It has been two months since it left my old home and is currently on a cargo ship. I don’t really expect it to arrive to the island for at least another month, but it will feel like Christmas when it does. Our apartment is partially furnished, so we have the basics but the dishes are mismatched and chipped, the sheets don’t fit the bed and we have one small frying pan and two pots. Unlike my mom, who would never buy anything, I broke down and bought two utensils and some dish towels to tide us over.
Kitchenware
It is the same with food. We can get plenty to eat, but not the variety we are accustomed to (even less than in Cajamarca). My mom used to bring food from Milwaukee – the brands of pasta and sauce she liked among other things- and turned up her nose at the limited selection at the local grocery store. On the other hand, I embrace going to the Saturday morning market (the earlier you arrive, the lower the prices!) and buying from the farmers, but also look forward to next April when we will be back in the US and can eat lamb or Mexican food or countless other ethnic foods that aren’t available here.
Saturday Market
Saturday Shopping
Entertainment is both limited and limitless. There are no movie theaters, concerts, plays, or golf courses. Our internet is sporadic. The town has a minuscule library that I have yet to find open. At The Lake, the black and white TV was only turned on for the late news and Johnny Carson (except when Nixon resigned). Days were spent outside: swimming, canoeing, going for walks, goofing off. At night or on rainy days, we played cards and board games or read a book. So it is here. We have a TV, even cable and a DVD player, but we don’t turn it on often. We can go swimming and snorkeling every single day, there are great walks to take to beaches and in the highlands, and we can stroll though town at night and watch the sharks feed alongside the pier or the sea lions sleep. We play cards and games and just relax. Life is slower here and it is fantastic. Some might find it boring or frustrating, but I find it a return to the best part of my childhood: waking up to the sound of the water on the shore.
Posted on May 3, 2015 by kdwyer27 under Ecuador, Travel
North and South of the Equator
Who can resist the draw of standing on the equator? Matt and I couldn’t, so one Sunday we set off from Quito to go to Mitad del Mundo, “the Middle of the World.” We intended to take a cheap bus there, but for some reason, despite directions, couldn’t figure out where to catch the bus. So we settled for a $15 cab ride to drive us the 1/2 hour to the site. After some confusion (apparently the theme of our day) we realized that the building we, and a bunch of other people, were hanging around was just the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) building, and was not getting us closer to standing on the equator! We headed over to the ticket booth, which was inexplicable chaos. There were some people waiting, but nothing like a Milwaukee Summerfest crowd. The delay seemed to be because newcomers would conveniently not see the lines and just pop ahead of all of us waiting. Eventually, I had enough of this nonsense and skipped ahead of the skippees to the front of a line.
Unasur Building
We were in at last. Our full tickets included the planetarium, and we were urged several times to go directly to the planetarium. We took a quick photo or two on the equator, rushed to the planetarium… and waited in line for about 40 minutes. The show was in Spanish, and while I understood a decent amount of it, a nap seemed more in order. Frankly, apart from the Little and Big Dippers, Southern Cross, Orion’s Belt (but not the whole guy) I can never see the constellations – it’s a bunch of dots and a lot of imagination to me!
We headed to the monument and went to the top to enjoy the views and the sight of the equatorial line running across the premises.
This Part is Right. We Think.
Top of the World
Now here is the rub: the monument is in the wrong spot and we were not actually at the equator! We knew that before entering the complex, but decided to check out the spectacle all the same. And a spectacle it was. The monument also houses a nice museum showcasing the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, and the grounds have tons of souvenir shops, restaurants, a couple other museums and even some entertainment, all devoted to the wrong spot on the map. I find it hilarious that although modern GPS proves the equator to be about 240 meters north of this line, this entire complex pretends that isn’t the case. Not a disclaimer anywhere that you aren’t on the real deal. Apparently the motto is “Why be right if people will pay anyhow?” And indeed, we did!
But then we walked down the road to the real equator, at the Intiñan museum. Privately owned (yes, the incorrect location is owned by the local government), the Intiñan museum was hokey but charming.
We were told to wait for an English tour, but a mountain storm was brewing so we tagged along on a Spanish tour, which we quickly ditched when we realized it was going to take us through little exhibits of the different regions of Ecuador. We just wanted to stand on the equator. And so we did.
Middle of the World
Matt at the Middle
Matt didn’t try, but I was determined to balance the egg!
All in all, a fun, silly time. Especially when you consider that the equator is a line and certainly there are other spots in the area on which one could cross it.
We tried for a picture proof, but because our phone GPS is not military grade, this was as close as we could get.
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VMblog's Expert Interviews: Maxta Talks Software vs. Appliance HCI as well as HCI's Role in Private and Hybrid Cloud
All of a sudden, software has become all the rage in hyperconvergence. Just the hint of switching from an appliance model to a software model is enough to get financial analysts in a tizzy and the price of a stock soaring. And why wouldn't it? Software is a much better business model than selling appliances. The CEO of Maxta, Yoram Novick, talks about software vs. appliance approaches to HCI as well as HCI's role in private and hybrid cloud.
VMblog: Maxta started out with a software approach to HCI. What are your thoughts as other HCI vendors try to make the switch from an appliance approach to a software approach?
Yoram Novick: There has been a lot of industry talk about a software approach to HCI, but to be completely honest, most appliance vendors that are introducing a software approach are doing it for all the wrong reasons. In other words, a software approach to HCI should primarily provide benefit to the customer. However, the main reason most appliance vendors are pursuing a software approach is to benefit themselves by improving gross margins - not benefit their customers.
A true software approach is not easy. There is a reason why many products, not just HCI, come to market in an appliance form factor. It's much simpler for the vendor from a development and support perspective, but ends up being a "black box" from a customer perspective as they cannot add anything to it or remove anything from it. This severely limits the customer in terms of server hardware choice, refresh costs, and adding capacity.
VMblog: What are the advantages of a software approach to HCI?
Novick: First let me say that I'm answering this from a perspective of "real" software instead of an "appliance in software clothing." With a true software approach to HCI, a customer can install the software on existing servers from any vendor and transition into production - not just use it for a trial or proof of concept. A customer can also mix and match new and existing servers, different brands of servers, different models of servers, and even servers with different generations of CPUs. The customer can also buy the software pre-configured on new servers and deploy those alongside software that was installed on existing servers. Of course, the servers need to meet minimum requirements, but once the minimum requirements are met, a software approach provides a lot of flexibility.
A true software approach will also provide a choice of a perpetual or term license, which is extremely important now that your storage is on a server refresh cycle. With a perpetual license the customer owns that license for life so they can transfer it to a new server during a server refresh cycle instead of only having the option of either paying for the license every year or every time they refresh their appliance.
Finally, a software approach provides the most flexibility when adding capacity as a customer can add drives to servers or replace low capacity drives in servers with higher capacity drives. Obviously, customers can always add an entire server like they have to do with an appliance approach.
VMblog: What are the disadvantages to a software approach to HCI?
Novick: The great thing about appliances is that they are simple to order, install and configure. This is the reason why appliances do so well in the early part of the market development for new technologies and also with smaller customers. While there are a number of customers that love the flexibility of software, a majority of customers still value the simplicity of appliances in terms of ordering and configuration.
This is why we came out with what we call "(Un)Appliances" - software pre-configured and pre-validated on a number of server brands. We call them (Un)Appliances since customers get all the value of an appliance with none of the downside. In other words, the simplicity of an appliance along with all the advantages of software that we just spoke about.
VMblog: With the rise of containerization, how do you see that affecting HCI?
Novick: Containerization and virtualization are really just two forms of abstraction. While there will always be large organizations or specific types of organizations that will have separate infrastructures for containers and virtual machines, we believe that most organizations will want a single infrastructure for both.
Actually, HCI value proposition of reducing complexity in IT infrastructure management is even more appealing to containerization as the goal from a DevOps perspective is to have as little IT interaction as possible. Therefore, it will be difficult to use traditional storage and SDS (Software Defined Storage) for containerization as there is still some form of storage knowledge required.
For various reasons such as security, at least initially, it may make sense to use containerization on top of virtual machines and HCI is certainly a good solution for this model. However, to truly leverage containerization and container orchestration frameworks, an HCI solution should support containerization abstraction natively in addition to virtualization.
For all of these reasons, the growth of Containerization will probably be a very positive development for HCI.
VMblog: How does HCI evolve as organizations implement private clouds?
Novick: As HCI adds support for containerization as well as multiple forms of virtualization, organizations can build private clouds using the type of abstraction that is suitable for each application, whether that is licensed virtualization, open-source virtualization, or open-source containers with Kubernetes orchestration. This enables the right tool for the right job based on application requirements, application compatibility, and the cost of the type of abstraction.
That said, another goal of a private cloud is have similar economics to those of public clouds. While no private cloud will be able to match the cost structure of a public cloud, all the advantages that we discussed before in terms of a software approach to HCI certainly help a private cloud significantly reduce operational and capital expenses as compared to a traditional three-tier IT infrastructure.
VMblog: How does HCI fit into an organization's hybrid cloud strategy?
Novick: Despite claims by some HCI vendors that they already support hybrid cloud, today's HCI does not really fit into a hybrid cloud strategy as it is essentially taking the HCI on-prem stack and just putting that same stack on bare metal in the public cloud. While I understand the goal of having the same management framework on-prem and in the cloud, this model eliminates much of the value of the public cloud.
For example, what if I want to use some of the great cloud-native analytics, machine learning, or AI applications that are only available in the public cloud? That's not really possible when I just add an on-prem stack on bare metal in the cloud. And then of course there is the cost of keeping an entire on-prem stack in the public cloud.
We believe that the right hybrid cloud strategy is leveraging the on-prem tools that IT knows in the cloud while taking advantage of cloud native services and applications that make the public cloud what it is. This is the direction that we are taking.
VMblog: Maxta is in a crowded market with many large competitors. How do you compete in such a market?
Novick: Great question. When we are in a proof of concept (POC) against these larger vendors, we generally get a technical win because of the advantages of our software model and our native application-defined storage capabilities. In some of those deals, larger vendors will just discount the deal significantly or throw the HCI product into an enterprise license agreement (ELA).
Our goal is to get more POCs and also to find areas where a true software model gives us a significant advantage. We've targeted areas where larger HCI vendors are not as strong and we've also focused on relationships where a partner licenses our software and ships as their own product - we have five of these OEM deals now.
We do see the industry moving towards the software model that we have had in place from the beginning. We just need to continue to raise the awareness of what software really means and the advantages of application-defined storage.
VMblog: Can you explain what you mean by "application-defined" storage?I have not heard this term used by other HCI vendors.
Novick: Yes, sorry, I should have explained that more in the last question. The real drive to the success of HCI has been VDI. HCI really helped get the VDI infrastructure ready so that IT just had to focus on the VDI piece. Unfortunately, that maniacal focus on VDI early on by most vendors meant that they did not develop a HCI solution that was meant to sweep the datacenter floor.
Our application-defined storage functionality natively optimizes performance and availability on a per VM or application basis, so you can reduce costs by running different applications on the same cluster without the more than 25% application performance penalty introduced by forcing all VMs to have the same configurations. Maxta also natively supports per application availability configurations such as replication factor and rebuild priority on the same cluster.
VMblog: As we end the year, what does 2019 look like for the hyperconverged industry?
Novick: I believe that many of the things we just discussed will all begin to converge in 2019. HCI will continue a shift to a software approach not just because this is the typical evolution of many appliance-based product, but also because private cloud implementations will want to come as close as possible to public cloud economics. Organizations will then want to extend those private cloud implementations into hybrid cloud implementations to take advantage of public cloud native services and applications. On top of that, Containerization will continue its growth and leverage HCI more and more in both private and hybrid cloud environments.
That said, we always tell prospective customers to make sure and test any potential HCI solution in the type of environment they will use for production, especially if they are running multiple applications on the same cluster. Once they have a short list of vendors, ask the vendors for a quote for five years assuming their typical storage growth and make sure the vendor has a server refresh as part of the quote. This will enable prospective customers to clearly see the difference in a software approach as compared to an appliance approach.
Yoram Novick, Founder, CEO
With a proven track record of building successful startups, and deep expertise in enterprise systems, storage, and software, Yoram drives Maxta's vision and strategy.
Prior to founding Maxta, he founded Topio, known for its data replication and recovery prowess, and led the company as its CEO from inception until it was acquired by NetApp. Following the Topio acquisition, Yoram served as Vice President and General Manager of NetApp's Data Replication Business Unit. Prior to Topio, he spent 13 years at IBM in storage research and development capacities.
Yoram holds 31 patents in the systems and storage domains. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in computer science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, both Summa CumLaude.
Published Tuesday, December 18, 2018 7:32 AM by David Marshall
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Once upon a time, I lead a life that grew totally meaningless. One day I cried out— in all sincerity– i cried out. I asked; is there meaning? Is there reason to live for? For some reason, in my heart of hearts I got an answer. It took me a while to realize I did […]
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Have You Ever Asked, What Is My Purpose?
My reading today led me to the most wonderful quote about purpose that I have ever run accross. It is by an author named, Frederick Buechner. He describes vocation as; “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Why I find that quote so lovely is that it states that to find […]
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1. The heart of a woman is not united; it is divided. While she is talking with one man, she looks lustfully at another and thinks fondly of a third in her heart.
2. The fool (mudha) who fancies that a charming young lady loves him, becomes her slave and he dances like a shakuntal bird tied to a string.
3. Who is there who, having become rich, has not become proud? Which licentious (Free) man has put an end to his calamities (A grievous disaster)? Which man in this world has not been overcome by a woman? Who is always loved by the king? Who is there who has not been overcome by the ravages of time? Which beggar has attained glory? Who has become happy by contracting the vices of the wicked?
4. A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.
5. The man who is praised by others as great is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises lowers himself in the estimation of others though he should be Indra (the possessor of all excellences).
6. If good qualities should characterise a man of discrimination, the brilliance of his qualities will be recognised just as a gem which is essentially bright really shines when fixed in an ornament of gold.
7. Even one who by his qualities appears to be all knowing suffers without patronage; the gem, though precious, requires a gold setting.
8. I do not deserve that wealth which is to be attained by enduring much suffering, or by transgressing the rules of virtue, or by flattering an enemy.
9. Those who were not satiated with the enjoyment of wealth, food and women have all passed away; there are others now passing away who have likewise remained unsatiated; and in the future still others will pass away feeling themselves unsatiated.
10. All charities and sacrifices (performed for fruitive gain) bring only temporary results, but gifts made to deserving persons (those who are Krishna consciousness) and protection offered to all creatures shall never perish.
11. A blade of grass is light, cotton is lighter, the beggar is infinitely lighter still. Why then does not the wind carry him away? Because it fears that he may ask alms of him.
12. It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.
13. All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words.
14. There are two nectarean fruits hanging from the tree of this world: one is the hearing of sweet words (such as Krishna-katha) and the other, the society of saintly men.
15. The good habits of charity, learning and austerity practised during many past lives continue to be cultivated in this birth by virtue of the link (yoga) of this present life to the previous ones.
16. One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
1. The scholar who has acquired knowledge by studying innumerable books without the blessings of a bonafide spiritual master does not shine in an assembly of truly learned men just as an illegitimate child is not honoured in society.
2. We should repay the favours of others by acts of kindness; so also should we return evil for evil in which there is no sin, for it is necessary to pay a wicked man in his own coin.
3. That thing which is distant, that thing which appears impossible, and that which is far beyond our reach, can be easily attained through tapasya (religious austerity), for nothing can surpass austerity.
4. What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage? If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? What need is there for wealth for the man of practical knowledge? And if a man is dishonoured, what could there be worse in death?
5. Though the sea, which is the reservoir of all jewels, is the father of the conch shell, and the Goddess of fortune Lakshmi is conch's sister, still the conch must go from door to door for alms (in the hands of a beggar). It is true, therefore, that one gains nothing without having given in the past.
6. When a man has no strength left in him he becomes a sadhu, one without wealth acts like a brahmacari, a sick man behaves like a devotee of the Lord, and when a woman grows old she becomes devoted to her husband.
7. There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
8. The woman who fasts and observes religious vows without the permission of her husband shortens his life, and goes to hell.
9. A woman does not become holy by offering by charity, by observing hundreds of fasts, or by sipping sacred water, as by sipping the water used to wash her husbands feet.
10. The hand is not so well adorned by ornaments as by charitable offerings; one does not become clean by smearing sandalwood paste upon the body as by taking a bath; one does not become so much satisfied by dinner as by having respect shown to him; and salvation is not attained by self-adornment as by cultivation of spiritual knowledge.
11. The eating of tundi fruit deprives a man of his sense, while the vacha root administered revives his reasoning immediately. A woman at once robs a man of his vigour while milk at once restores it.
12. He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at every step.
13. What is there to be enjoyed in the world of Lord Indra for one whose wife is loving and virtuous, who possesses wealth, who has a well-behaved son endowed with good qualities, and who has a grandchildren born of his children?
14. Men have eating, sleeping, fearing and mating in common with the lower animals. That in which men excel the beasts is discretionary knowledge; hence, indiscreet men who are without knowledge should be regarded as beasts.
15. If the bees which seek the liquid oozing from the head of a lust-intoxicated elephant are driven away by the flapping of his ears, then the elephant has lost only the ornament of his head. The bees are quite happy in the lotus filled lake.
16. A king, a prostitute, Lord Yamaraja, fire, a thief, a young boy, and a beggar cannot understand the suffering of others. The eighth of this category is the tax collector.
17. O lady, why are you gazing downward? Has something of yours fallen on the ground? (She replies) O fool, can you not understand the pearl of my youth has slipped away?
18. O ketki flower! Serpents live in your midst, you bear no edible fruits, your leaves are covered with thorns, you are crooked in growth, you thrive in mud, and you are not easily accessible. Still for your exceptional fragrance you are as dear as a kinsmen to others. Hence, a single excellence overcomes a multitude of blemishes.
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My resolution this year is simply to take a bit better care of myself. To choose ME this year instead of others more often. Because I haven’t done that in a long time and when I look at myself and pay attention, I see that I am another year older, another 20 pounds heavier, and stressed out beyond belief. So I’m going to just be good to myself this year and see where that takes me. My best friend mentioned that I need to break that down into a list of Things To Do, so I can check things off at years-end, which is not something I’m very good at remembering to do. In fact, looking back, I fulfilled NONE of mine this year and didn’t appear to make any resolutions at all the several years before that (at least on the computer. I might’ve on paper, now that I’m thinking about it).
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1. Exercise a couple or three times a week. This can include, but is not limited to: walking, swimming, yoga, some kind of Wii sports, whatever gets my heart rate up, actually.
2. Drop a couple of my less-than-enjoyable obligations. I already have two in mind, but I’m not sharing those here yet.
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George Brunn (né Georg Brunn), born on June 28, 1924 in Vienna, Austria, describes his childhood in Vienna; living with his father, mother, grandmother, and brother in an apartment; how his family was not very wealthy but was rich in knowledge of the arts; being close to his father; his father’s work in a bank; his father’s death from cancer in 1936, which caused his grandmother to move back to Czechoslovakia and forced his mother to take charge of the family and find a way to get herself and her children out of Austria; his memories of the Nazis marching into Austria on a Friday in 1937 and his mother applying for visas by Monday; having to wake up at 4:30 am to stand in line to acquire tax papers and other forms to emigrate; the removal of Jewish students from schools; having to attend a Jewish school; becoming aware of the Nazi threat between 1935 and 1937; reading the newspapers and listening to the radio daily; seeing people (Jews) scrubbing the streets and feeling sad and confused; Nazis examining the books on his family’s shelf; walking down the street to his synagogue and discovering that it had been burnt down; leaving in November 1938 with his mother and brother; his father’s family, all of whom did not try to leave and were killed in camps in Czechoslovakia; taking a train to France, stopping in Basel, Switzerland, and taking a ship to New York; learning about cereal, Hitchcock films, and laughter during the journey; attending a boarding school in Vermont and learning English very quickly; and his life after Austria.
Martha Donner (née Feibusch) describes her family and growing up in Elberfeld, Germany; her father, Hermann Feibusch, who was born in the Polish Corridor, was a member of the German Army during WWI, and earned an Iron Cross; her father’s participation in the local bowling league and recreational swimming; the increase in antisemitism in Germany; her German mother (nee Marga Gusdorf), who had chronic depression; her family not being deeply religious, but attending Hebrew school and celebrated the high holy days; her sister Ilsa; joining a Jewish youth group, which provided her with much needed social contacts; accepting the Zionist philosophy of the group; attending public school; beginning high school at a private, all-girls institution; being expelled due to her Jewish heritage in 1937; feeling persecuted by other non-Jewish students as well as teachers; her family immigrating to the United States in late 1937 with the aid of her Uncle Morris, who relocated to San Francisco in the 1920s; being 15 years old when she arrived in the US; visiting Germany in 1978; gradually reclaiming her Jewish identity; and now considering herself a Reform Jew.
Oral history interview with Ilse Kaye
Ilse Kaye describes her childhood in Hannover, Germany; her early memories of antisemitism; her experiences living in Holland from 1932 to 1936; her father losing his bank after the Nazis rose to power in 1933; her decision to leave Europe in 1936; immigrating to Palestine; her decision to leave Palestine for the United States to join her mother after her father died in 1936; her marriage and family life in the United States; and her feelings of antipathy toward Germany.
Oral history interview with Grigoriy Soroker
Grigoriy Soroker discusses his childhood in the mostly Jewish town Călărași, Romania (now in Moldova); his orthodox upbringing; his memories of antisemitism; the occupation of his town by the Soviet Union in 1940 and the changes that occurred; the invasion in June 1941 of Nazi troops; his family's decision to flee; his family's journeys eastward; their experiences during the war in Dnipro (Ukraine), Stalingrad (Volgograd, Russia), and the Ural Mountains; his father's enlistment in the Soviet Army; his experiences after the war; his return to Bessarabia; his schooling and long military career; and his immigration to the United States in 1995.
Klara Birman discuses her childhood in Novo Uman, Ukraine; her move with her family to Moskovoya, where her father was sent to organize a collective farm; her family's Jewish identity and observances; the invasion of Ukraine by Nazi Germany in June 1941; the family's flight to the Dnieper River, where they were halted by German troops; returning to their village; their eventual forced move to a Jewish ghetto/concentration camp in Bogdanovka, Transnistria; her experiences in the ghetto; her work building a highway; the workers' supervision under Ukrainian police, who were under Romanian command; the increase in the hostilities to the Jews in the ghetto; improvements after the retreat of German troops; liberation in March 1944; returning to Moskovoya; learning of her father's death; attending medical school in Odessa, Ukraine; her marriage; the death of her husband in 1979; and her immigration to the United States in 1985 with her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson.
Leonid Birman, born on January 1, 1938 in Moskovoya, Ukraine, describes living with his mother and three sisters in a ghetto near Moskovoya, while his father was a soldier fighting in the army; Ukrainian and Romanian policemen governing the ghetto; the restriction on Jews; being liberated by the Soviet Army in March of 1944; returned to Moskovoya with his family after the war and finding their house destroyed; moving into a neighboring house that was originally owned by a soldier; attending school again in 1946; graduating and moving to Odessa, Ukraine, where his sisters worked; enrolling in a technical school where he became a specialist with metals; working for three years; joining the army and serving from 1960 to 1963; returning to his factory; getting married in 1968; his daughter’s birth; and moving with his family to the United States on May 26, 1997 to escape discrimination.
Ruth Brunn (née Oppenheimer), born on September 26, 1932 in Mannheim, Germany, her childhood in Mannheim, Germany; her father's early death; her flight with her mother and sister from Germany to Strasbourg, France and then Brussels, Belgium; their life in Brussels until the Nazi invasion; how her paralyzed sister was sent to an institution in the Netherlands; staying with her mother in Brussels until May 10, 1940, the day the Germans invaded Belgium; their journey to southern France; staying in a small town in the Pyrenees Mountains and enrolling in a catholic elementary school; going to Marseille, France, where she was traumatized by the bombings; going through Spain and Portugal trying to find a ship that would take them to the United States; reaching Ellis Island with a temporary visa; going to Mexico, where they had family; receiving permanent visas for the US and going to New Jersey, where the rest of her father’s side of the family lived; being re-introduced to her sister; attending school in South Orange, NJ; attending New York State College; her mother’s death; getting a job at a local hospital; visiting Europe during the summers; moving to California; getting married and having two children; and working at the Anno Nuevo State reserve.
Robert Koehorst describes his experiences in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation; his father's activities in the underground and hiding the valuables of Jewish neighbors; his father's arrest after being informed on by a neighbor; his mother and sister's continued participation in underground activities; his father's release from jail; his experiences in hiding with his father and brother from 1941 to 1945; his decision to immigrate to the United States; his service in the Unite States Army and his family life and marriages.
Oral history interview with Dora Tarshish
Dora Tarshish, born March 4, 1927, discusses her childhood in Petrova, Romania; her family life; her education; her experiences after the Hungarian occupation of her town began in 1942; the large-scale changes beginning in 1944 when Germany took over; the period when she and her family were forced to leave their home and the two weeks they spent in hiding with neighbors; the deportation of her family to a ghetto; being deported to Auschwitz two months later and being separated from her family during the initial selection; her experiences in Auschwitz, including the aid she received from a fellow inmate during an inspection in November 1944; her transfer to another (unnamed) labor camp; the work she performed; being liberated by the Soviet Army; returning to Petrova; her attempts to reunite with one of her brothers in Budapest, Hungary; her attempt to immigrate to Palestine and being detained in Cyprus; moving to Israel in 1948; her marriage and children; her family's immigration to the United States; and her ongoing feeling of connection to Israel.
Leon Benson (né Leon Samuel Szmelcan), born in Łódź, Poland in 1931, describes his family’s immigration to Paris, France when Leon was three years old; his father’s work as a furrier; the German occupation of Paris; being deported with his mother (Yana Benson), older brother, and younger sister to Auschwitz; being separated from his mother and sister, but remaining with his brother for a brief time; working in a grenade factory; being sent on a forced march to Buchenwald towards the end of the war; being liberated by the US Army in April of 1945; returning to Paris and living in a home for child survivors; being the only survivor from his immediate family; joining the Zionist movement and planning to immigrate to Israel; being contacted by relatives of his mother who had settled in the US and deciding to go to the US; living briefly on the east coast before moving to San Francisco, CA; his wife Lillian and their two sons and daughter; and ushering for the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Giants during his retirement.
Gerda Cohn, born on September 29, 1914 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes her parents, Alfred Fischer and Margarete Riesenfeld; her two siblings, Klaus Peter and Lori; growing up in a well-off family; attending school; having blonde hair and light complexion and was often mistaken for an Aryan woman; her first experience of Nazi violence around 1934 when a Nazi officer confused her for an Aryan woman and shoved her and spit in her face because she was walking around with her Jewish fiancée; pleading unsuccessfully with her father to flee to America; getting married in June of 1935 at the age of 20; convincing her new husband to flee to the US; obtaining visas in November of 1936; receiving a telegram from her mother in 1938 notifying her that her father and brother had been arrested and sent to a concentration camp; the release of her father and brother when she obtained visas for them; her parents fleeing to England, while her younger siblings going to the US and living with her; and her life in the US.
Ileana Farkas (née Marmustein), born in 1929, discusses her childhood in Satu Mare, Transylvania, Romania; her memories of antisemitic incidents after the Hungarian invasion in 1940; her brother's flight to Budapest, Hungary, where he lived using false identity papers; the increase in harassment of Jews in 1943; her brother's return from Budapest to encourage his family to flee; fleeing with her sister to Budapest in 1944; her brother's capture, arrest, and deportation to Auschwitz; the deportation of her other sister and parents from Satu Mare to Auschwitz; her life with her sister in Budapest using false papers; hiding in basements during the bombing of Budapest; the liberation of Budapest by Soviet troops in January 1945; returning with her sister to Satu Mare to find their brother and sister; learning about their parents' deaths in Auschwitz; meeting and marrying her husband in 1946; her life in Romania; immigrating with her husband and family in 1962 to the United States; and her adjustment to life in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sol Farkas describes his childhood in Satu Mare, Romania; joining the Hungarian Army in December 1940 and working on a labor brigade with his brother Morris; returning to his town in January 1944, where it was turned into a ghetto in April 1944; being transported to Auschwitz with his family, where his parents were selected and perished in the gas chambers; the terrible conditions he endured, working in grain fields and being moved to Austria to work in an underground laboratory; being liberated by the American Army; the family's attempts to emigrate from Romania; his brother’s illegal escape to Hungary, Austria, and finally to the United States; remaining in Romania for 14 more years; and immigrating to the US.
Adda Gerstel discusses her childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); her education in a private school and her graduation from business school in 1929; the death of her mother in 1932 and her father in 1934; her brother losing his work as an attorney because of anti-Jewish laws and taking over the family brewery; her marriage in 1937; her memories of the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938, when both her husband and her brother were arrested and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp; the release of her husband and brother; her brother's immigration to the United States; fleeing Germany for Shanghai, China with her husband and young daughter in June 1939; her experiences in a refugee camp in Shanghai, and in the Hong-Kew (Hongkou Qu) ghetto; immigrating to the United States after the war; her family life in San Francisco, CA; and her brother's return to Germany.
Clara Markovits describes her childhood in Budapest, Hungary and Satu Mare, Romania; the increase in antisemitism after the Hungarians seized parts of Romania; her family's deportation to a ghetto in Satu Mare after the Nazi German invasion of Romania in 1944; her family’s deportation to Auschwitz, where she remained from June until October 1944; her subsequent work in a bomb factory near Dresden, Germany from October 1944 until her liberation by the Russians in May 1945; her father's and sister's deaths at Auschwitz and her thoughts of suicide; the aftermath of the bombing of Dresden; her postwar experience in a hospital at Terezin, Czech Republic; her life in Romania and Hungary until her immigration to the United States in 1962; and the emotional and psychological effects of her wartime experiences on her postwar life.
Leo Samuel, born in 1924, discusses his childhood in Cherna, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine); the effect of the economic depression of the 1930s on his family; his deportation to Khust, Ukraine in September 1939; the Hungarian annexation of the region; his work as a tailor in Budapest, Hungary and Cherna; his experiences in the ghetto at Khust; the conditions in the ghetto; the things he had heard about the camps; being deported to Auschwitz in early 1944; being separated from his family; his transfer to Płaszów and the conditions there; working as a tailor; his encounters with Göth's assistant Wilek Chilowicz; being transferred to Melk (subcamp of Mauthausen) several months later; the conditions in Melk; the people he encountered; the help he received from a friend; the work he performed building tunnels and crematoria; his transfer to Ebensee; working in the kitchen; his liberation by the United States Army; his postwar life; his immigration to the United States; and his life in the US.
Lily Spitz discusses her childhood in Satu Mare, Romania; her family life; her religious upbringing; the changes she observed after 1939, the increased antisemitism, and the difficulty in attending school; the changes she experienced when her region became part of Hungary in 1944; her family's deportation to a ghetto and the conditions there; her experiences during her family's deportation to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944; the selection process, and her entry into the camp; her experiences in Auschwitz, the work she performed, and the many selections she endured; her transfer by train to Mauthausen in early 1945; being liberated; the medical care she received from the United States Army; her reunion with her surviving siblings and their return to Romania in July 1945; her marriage and family; their immigration to the United States in 1964; and their life in the US.
Melvin Suhd discusses his childhood in Detroit, Michigan; the antisemitism he experienced in school; his education as an electrical engineer; his decision to join the military in 1943; his training in weaponry; his arrival in France in December 1944; the military actions he was involved in; his experiences while helping to liberate Dachau and his emotions at the time; his life after he returned from the front; and the psychological aftermath of his wartime experiences.
Bernard Broclawski, born January 27, 1917, describes his childhood in Pabianice, Poland; how he began to work at 13 to support his family; his socialist political leanings; his involvement in Jewish socialist organizations from 1936-1939; his awareness of political events in Germany; being drafted into the Polish Army; his time in Soviet-occupied Poland; reuniting with his father and brothers in Grodno, Poland (Hrodna, Belarus); his work as a machinist in Siberian coal mines in January 1940; his work as a German-language teacher in 1941; his arrest for giving a counter-revolutionary speech in 1943; his experiences in prison from 1944 to 1948; his release from prison and return to Poland in 1948; his marriage and the birth of his daughter; his involvement in workers' organizations; his studies at the University of Łódź; the increase of antisemitism in 1968; how and why he immigrated to the United States with his family; their immigration with the assistance of the HIAS (Hebrew Immigration Aid Society); and his life in the United States.
Julius Drabkin, born in 1918 in Maritopa, Latvia, describes his parents, Mikhail and Sarah Daviolovna; life before the war when he lived in Riga, Latvia; being a soldier in the Latvian Army until the German invasion in July 1941; living in the ghetto for most of the war; getting married to his first wife, Amalia, in 1941; the liquidation of the ghetto in 1943; being sent to Kaiserwald camp; being liberated on March 10, 1945 at Stutthof; returning to Riga after the war because he was distressed, even though he had the opportunity to emigrate; the perishing of all of his family during the Holocaust, except for one of his aunts; getting remarried shortly after the war (his wife also lost all her family); having two sons and living in Riga until he immigrated to the United States in the late 1970s; emigrating because his older son found it impossible to pursue his career because he was Jewish; and visiting Riga for the World Conference of Holocaust Survivors.
Renee Duering, born January 7, 1921 in Cologne, Germany, describes her childhood in Cologne; moving to Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1933; her experiences in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation; getting married in 1941; the time she and her husband spent in hiding; her family's deportation to Westerbork in July 1943; her experiences in Westerbork; her parents’ deportation to Bergen-Belsen; her and her husband's deportation to Auschwitz; how her husband perished in Auschwitz; being a subject of medical experiments, including those involving sterilization; her deportation to three other camps; her experiences on a death march to Ravensbrück in January 1945; her escape during the march; hiding near Dresden, Germany until liberation by the Soviets; living with her sister after the war; moving to Israel; immigrating to the United States; her second marriage; and her joy at becoming pregnant despite the experiments she endured.
Werner Epstein discusses his childhood in Berlin, Germany; the anti-Jewish regulations he and his family encountered when the Nazis rose to power; his decision to leave Germany after the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938; fleeing by bicycle to Belgium, where he prospered until the war began in September 1939; being arrested as an enemy alien; his experiences in a series of detention camps in southern France; his arrest, imprisonment, and deportation to Auschwitz; arriving at Auschwitz; volunteering to work in a coal mine in Silesia, where he remained until December 1944; being ill with malaria, which he contracted while in French detention camps; the death march he endured after the camp’s evacuation in advance of the Soviet Army’s approach; being liberated by Russian Mongol soldiers; journeying to a transit camp in Magdeburg, Germany; reuniting with his fiancee; returning with her to Paris, France, where they settled and he became a chef; and immigrating to California in 1962.
Lya Galperin discusses her childhood in a small town near Kishinev, Romania (Chisinau, Moldova); her family's flight after the invasion of Nazi Germany; a traumatic incident in which Romanian soldiers sexually assaulted the women in their group, after which the family returned to their home town; her family’s imprisonment in the local synagogue; her experiences in the ghetto of Beshard, Ukraine from 1943 until her liberation in 1945; her postwar life in the Soviet Union; her marriage; her life in Riga, Latvia; her mother's attempts at helping the family immigrate to the west; and her eventual immigration to San Francisco, California in 1981.
Oral history interview with Lore Gilbert
Lore Gilbert, born in Worms, Germany in 1929, describes her childhood in Worms; the antisemitism she experienced as a child; the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938 and its impact on her family when her father's assets were confiscated; the family's move to Heidelberg, Germany and their deportation to France; their experiences in Gurs concentration camp; the family's selection by the Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA) to be sent to the Dominican Republic; the Jewish refugee community in Sosua, Dominican Republic; the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the security and safety Jewish refugees enjoyed in the Dominican Republic during the war years; her family's immigration to the United States; her father's difficulties in adjusting to their new life; the experiences of her grandparents, who remained in France during the war years and were sheltered by the French Catholic Church; and the trauma and fear she has felt over the years as a result of her Holocaust-related experiences.
Rita Goldman discusses her childhood in Berlin, Germany; her parents' painful decision to send her on a Kindertransport; leaving Germany for England in 1939; the kindness of the family with whom she stayed; the events of the war years; corresponding with her parents, who had fled to Shanghai, China; her reunion with her parents after the war; and the difficulties she experienced in adjusting to life with them.
Mala Holcberg describes her childhood in Poland; her early memories of the Nazi occupation of Poland and crimes committed against Jews and her family's desire to flee Poland; the confiscation of her family's possessions and the family's deportation to an unidentified ghetto; her experiences in the ghetto; the murder of her father; being deported to an unidentified concentration camp, where the inmates were forced to make bombs and grenades; the terrible conditions in the camp and her illnesses; the camp's liberation by Soviet troops; her return to Poland; her marriage and family; her present ill health and the lasting emotional effects of her experiences during the Holocaust; and the loss of many family members.
Kate Kaiser describes her childhood in Mistek, Austria (now Czech Republic); her marriage and move to Hamburg, Germany; the rise of antisemitism after the Nazi's rise to power; how she and her husband were affected by the Nuremberg Laws; their decision to leave Germany after their daughter was born; the wait to obtain papers; her husband's move to the United States in advance of them; waiting with her daughter in Mistek until August 1938 when their visas arrived; her adjustment to life as an immigrant in the United States; her attempts to find her family after the war; learning of the death of her family, all of whom perished except for one brother and a cousin; and her trip to Prague, Czech Republic in 1998 to discover the details of her mother's fate.
Tatjana Khepoyan-Viner describes her childhood in Odessa, Ukraine; her family life and her marriage at age 19; the outbreak of World War II being ejected from her home by her neighbors and being imprisoned with her family in Odessa; the ensuing chaotic events; being separated from two of her brothers; being placed on trains to a small village, where she endured terrible conditions with her younger brother, daughter, and mother; the threat of mass murder; escaping with her mother and daughter; being transported to a series of villages; attempted sexual assault at the hands of a Rumanian officer; being separated from her mother; successfully passing as a non-Jew and working as a cook at a police station until the end of the war; reuniting with her mother and husband; and immigrating to the United States with her family in 1978.
Bernard Offen discusses his childhood in Krakow, Poland; his early experiences with antisemitism; the events he witnessed during the German invasion of Poland in 1939; his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto starting in 1941, including the deportations of many family members and hiding from raids; being deported to Płaszów in 1943; his narrow escape from Płaszów; hiding in a nearby camp with a family member; his deportation to Mauthausen; his subsequent deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; his experiences in Auschwitz; his transfer in October 1944 to a subcamp of Dachau near Landsberg; his experiences in the subcamp; being on a death march in May 1945; being liberated by the United States Army; his search for other surviving family members; the fates of the rest of his family; immigrating to the United Kingdom after the war; his subsequent immigration to the United States; enlisting in the United States Army to serve in the Korean War; his life after the war; returning to Poland to conduct tours of Holocaust-related sites; the time he spends speaking about his personal experiences.
William Pels, born on May 11, 1924 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses his prewar experiences in Amsterdam; his memories of the German invasion of Holland in 1940; the changes that he witnessed during the occupation; witnessing the arrest and deportation of Jews; the German raids on homes to find hidden Jews; his own close call with deportation; moving to Vienna, Austria in 1942 to work in a hotel; his experiences with wartime Vienna; the bombing campaign by the Soviets in March 1945; travelling into Hungary, where he remained until May 1945; his postwar activities; working for the United States Army; working in a former concentration camp; returning to Holland; marrying his wife in Great Britain; immigrating to the United States in 1957; and his life in America.
Oral history interview with Ruth Plainfield
Ruth Plainfield (née Oppenheimer), born on January 27, 1925 in Gau Bickelheim, Germany, discusses her childhood in Mainz, Germany; the rise of the Nazi party to power; her father's arrest in 1935 and the effect that had on her; her childhood encounters with antisemitism; her family's immigration to the United States; living first in New York and then San Francisco, CA; her family's experiences in California; her education; and learning of the fate of family members, including a grandfather who died in Theresienstadt.
Thomas Schneider discusses his childhood in Vienna, Austria; being raised as a Catholic child of a Jewish father and a Jewish mother who had converted to Catholicism; being forced to leave school and study at a Jewish school in 1938 after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany; his family's immigration in March 1939 to the United States; settling in New York, NY; his experiences in school, college, and law school; his legal career; and the conflicts he has felt throughout his life about his Jewish identity.
Benjamin Sieradzki, born on February 4, 1927 in Zgierz, Poland, discusses his childhood in Zgierz; his awareness in 1938 about Hitler and the discrimination experienced by German Jews; his memories of the mobilization of the Polish Army, and the invasion of Poland by Nazi forces in September 1939; hiding from the bombing; his brothers' escape to the Soviet section of Poland; his family's move to the Łódź ghetto; the harsh conditions in the ghetto; the first deportations in 1941; Chaim Rumkowski's leadership in the ghetto; a visit by Heinrich Himmler in 1942; the deportation in September 1942 of the ill, elderly, and children, during which his parents were sent to Chelmno and killed in gas vans; the liquidation of the ghetto in 1944; his transport, with one sister, to Auschwitz; watching the selections and seeing his sister being taken to the gas chambers; his experiences in Birkenau, then in a concentration camp in Hannover where he worked for the Continental Rubber factory; being forced to work in a quarry, where he became emaciated, sick with dysentery, and indifferent to his fate; the abandonment of the camp by German troops; being liberated; the state of his health and his experiences in military hospitals and then in convalescent homes in Sweden; experiencing anti-Jewish sentiment in Sweden; being smuggled to Denmark to stay with his uncle; his reunion with his older brothers, who had survived the war; the difficulties of his living situation; his immigration to the United States in 1953; and his marriage and family life in the United States.
Erika Weingarten (née Mosler), born on October 9, 1918 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her childhood in Berlin; her assimilated family life; her education; the few instances of antisemitism she experienced; her family's decision to send her out of Germany to attend school in Switzerland and her experiences there; her journey in August 1939 to Great Britain, where she reunited with her parents; their immigration to the United States in March 1940; the work she performed; her continued education; passing as Swiss when she tried to get work; her trips to Europe in later years and the closure she experienced; and her thoughts about the German people.
Max Weingarten, born in April 1913 in Lechnau, Poland, discusses his childhood in Vienna, Austria; his education and religious upbringing; studying the law; his work in the film industry with his uncle in London beginning in 1936; his immigration to the United States in 1938 and the work he performed in the film industry; his experiences in the United States Army and his work in intelligence and international law; his life after the war; his marriage and children; his work as a lawyer; his feelings about the United States; and the fates of his other family members.
Oral history interview with Liza Avrutin
Liza Avrutin, born in 1930 in Odessa, Ukraine, describes her big family, which consisted of nine brothers and sisters; how even though her family was not very religious, Liza remembers various religious traditions such as all of the kids saying a Shabbat wish in front of the candles; her mother’s reluctance to leave before the Nazi occupation; her uncle’s evacuation to Tashkent where he and his family survived the Holocaust; the Nazi occupation in October 1941 and the summoning of Jewish residents on December 22; being taken with other Jewish residents to Slobodka (a section of Odessa) where they spent three months; a pogrom in Odessa on October 23-24, 1941 in which much of the remaining Jewish population was murdered; being sent with her family on cattle trains to Vaselinivska; the train journey, during which many passengers died including her father and her four-year-old brother, Boris; her mother’s psychological reaction to their deaths and her eventual death; being taken to Vasnisenska (Voznesensk, Ukraine), where they were sorted and sent to different places; being sent to Babini Balki in Krivoruchka, Ukraine; the lack of food and the death of many of the imprisoned people from starvation; the arrival of the Russians, who murdered all the civilians; being one of two survivors (Rosa Lifchitza also survived) who were rescued by the nearby villagers; waking up in Nadia Zhigalovna’s house with a bullet wound on the top of her head; hiding her Jewish identity by saying her name was “Lida” not “Liza”; changing her name to Valentina Ivanovna Panchivka; her life in the village and the sacrifices her new mother made for her; living with Nadia and her family until 1947; staying in close contact with the family that rescued her; getting married and immigrated to the United States; and changing her name back to Liza when she became a US citizen.
Aleksandr Belfor, born September 18, 1923, describes his childhood in Kishinev, Ukraine (now Chisinău Moldova); the onset of the war and his family's escape from the approaching Nazi forces to Alma-Ata, Khazakstan, where Mr.Belfor lived and studied medicine until he was inducted into the Soviet Army; the stories he heard about the tragic fate of many family members during the Holocaust, including the sexual assault of one aunt; being arrested and imprisoned after the end of the war; his life in the Soviet Union and the antisemitism he encountered there; and his immigration to the United States in 1983.
Semyon Berenshteyn discusses his childhood in Moldova; the family's move from Balta to Odesa after the beginning of the war in 1941; the occupation of the area by Nazi troops; the establishment of a ghetto in Balta; working for a Christian friend; passing as a non-Jew by wearing a crucifix; learning of war news from Christian neighbors; the forced labor imposed on Jews; the murders of Jewish men, women and children by German soldiers, including the death of his father; liberation by Soviet troops in March 1944; his service in the Soviet armed forces; his marriage and the birth of his son; and his immigration with his family to the United States in 1988.
George Denes, born on September 9, 1936 in Budapest, Hungary, describes his family and early life; the fates of different family members; growing up Jewish but not Orthodox; the beginning of the war at which point his father was sent to the front to perform forced military labor and his return before the German occupation began; antisemitism before and during the war; Polish refugees arriving in 1939 and 1940; the belief amongst Hungarian Jews that the Nazi policies would not affect them; the German occupation and his father relocating the immediate family to another part of the city; his mother working as a nurse for a wealthy family while he and his brother stayed in a "private day care" for Jewish children; being discovered and escaping; his father acquiring false papers for the family (new surname was Faketta); staying with an older Christian woman until her son, a Nazi sympathizer, had the boys and their father arrested and taken to a local Nazi headquarters; being imprisoned in the basement of the building with other Jews and some other people arrested by the Nazis; being taken on December 29, 1944 with his family to the river to be shot by the Nazis and being saved when the German army prevented the Hungarian Nazis from shooting in this area; escaping the prison a few days later; reuniting with his mother and going with his family to the eastern side of the river; hiding for several weeks in the basement of a villa; having difficulties acquiring food and being near starvation by the time the Red Army liberated the city; being given food, baths, and clean clothes by the Russians; attending a Jewish high school after the war; being refused by the university because he attended a religious high school; befriending the head of the university's engineering department and being accepted the following year (1956) [note that the first interview includes family photographs]; the revolutionary period following 1956 as well as his life as a university student in mechanical engineering; everyday life in post-war Communist Hungary, including some analysis of the political and social climate of that period; his life after the revolution, including his marriage, the birth of his son, and his military career; his family's two attempts to defect, once without help, and once with help (the second one was successful); the time they spent in Vienna, Austria while their refugee status was established; the help given to them by HIAS; the medical care given to Robert, who had contracted typhus during their escape; his life in the United States, including his career as an electrical engineer working in semiconductors and his divorce; and his state of mind at various points in his life.
Lev Dumer, born in 1919 in Odessa, Ukraine, describes the Jewish community in Odessa before the war; experiencing antisemitism before the war; the deaths of his maternal grandparents in pogroms; receiving a degree in radio engineering; working in Kirovograd (Kropyvnyts'kyi, Ukraine) when the war began; the German occupation of Kiev; the Jewish response to the invasion; his family’s evacuation to Chelyabinsk in August 1941; his grandmother, Pena Gershova Dumer, dying while evacuating later in 1943; the Romanians entering Odessa; Jews having to register; the denouncement of Jewish families by antisemitic neighbors living in the same building as his family; the hanging of his college mathematics and physics professor, Foodim, for failing to register; the roundups and mass murders in Odessa; Alexander Sepino, who was able to escape imprisonment; observing a minute of silence every day for five years as a prayer for those who perished; the deportation of the remaining Jews to a ghetto in Slobodka; various righteous people who risked their lives to save Jews, including Oleg Krist and Jora Temoshenko; the experience of his aunt, uncle, and two cousins in Pervopol; the difficulty of living during the Stalin regime; the growing antisemitic trend in Russia during the years following WWII; the Russian government hiding the evidence of the Holocaust from the people; and spending many years gathering information from survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust in Ukraine in order to preserve the memory for future generations.
Oral history interview with Anisim Dworkin
Anisim Dworkin, born in 1923 in Smirenskiy, Soviet Union (possibly one of the many Russian places named Smirnovskiy), describes how at the time Jews were required to live in a few designated towns in the Soviet Union; his great-grandfather, who served in the Tsar’s army as a cannon operator for 12 years and was thus given the right to live in a Russian town even though he was Jewish; the regret he feels for having spent his childhood in a Russian town because it stripped him of the rich Jewish culture he saw in his parents, including celebration of Jewish holidays and speaking Yiddish; not experiencing antisemitism as a child but being teased as a child for being part of the lower middle-class; moving with his family to a kolkhoz in Smolensk in 1928; having a good life on the farm until the famine in 1933; several of his aunts and uncles who moved to Brest, Belarus with their families; the arrest of his older brother for writing a letter expressing anti-Hitler sympathies in 1939; the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941; being sent to the east since he was not able to serve in the army because of an injury to the eye; being accepted to serve in the Allied army for four months; studying after the war at a university in Ural (possibly Ural Federal University); working in the oil industry in Ural after the war and being discriminated against because of his religion; being fired from a job as head of the research department at a university because of rumors that he was involved in the Zionist movement; his life now in Perim, North Ural (probably Perm’, Russia); his daughter who is married to a non-Jew; and reuniting with his older brother in 1987.
Ernest Feld discusses his childhood in Lucenec, Slovakia, close to the Hungarian border; the occupation of his town by Hungary in 1938; the onset of anti-Jewish restrictions and curfews; his removal to a ghetto; being conscripted for forced labor in 1944; being able to continue his apprenticeship in a bakery; the advance of the Soviet Army and the ensuing confusion; his return to Lucenec in November 1945; his reunion with his mother; their move to Prague, and then Karlsbad; their decision to immigrate to Israel; the boat trip to Israel; the detention of the group in Cyprus by the British; his life in Cyprus until 1949; emigrating from Cyprus to Israel with his wife, whom he met in Cyprus; his successful bakeries in Israel; his later move to the United States.
Oral history interview with Inna Kagan
Inna Kagan, born in 1937 in Kharkov (Kharkiv), Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Kharkov; being a descendant from Khazars; the evacuation of her family in September 1941 to Khazakstan; her father's later evacuation to Perm, Russia; her family's move to Bukhoro, Uzbekistan; and the family's reunion in Kharkov in December 1944. She dicsusses the destruction of the city and learning of the death of her paternal grandparents at the hands of the Nazis. Ms. Kagan describes the increase in antisemitism that she experienced after the war, and emigrating with her family to the United States in 1989.
Oral history interview with J. Daniel Khazzoom
Vilem Kriz discusses his experiences in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) in the late 1930s and under Nazi occupation; his observations, as a journalist, of the unfolding events of Nazi aggression; an encounter with Reinhard Heydrich in 1936; the mobilization of a small national army in 1937; the betrayal of Czechoslovakia by its allies in 1938; the grief of the Czech people after Nazi troops occupied Prague in March 1939; demonstrations against the Nazis by university students and reprisals that came after; his experiences as part of the Czech underground; and conditions in Czechoslovakia during its occupation and after the war ended.
Mikhail Lapan, born on March 9, 1920 in Bobruisk, Belarus, discusses his childhood in Bobruisk; his enlistment in 1941 at the age of 16 in the Soviet Army; the German attack on Bobruisk; his hospitalization in 1942 in Stalingrad (Volgograd); the invasion of Stalingrad by the Germans; an incident in which the German troops removed the hospital patients and selected Jews and Communists for execution, and that by using the name of a fellow patient who had died earlier that day, he was able to escape that fate; being forced to work in a salt mine in Peine, Germany; having his Jewish identity betrayed; his escape, recapture, and removal to Braunschweig concentration camp; being liberated by US troops; being returned to the Soviet Union; his work in a coal mine in Harlov; his marriage; his return to Bobruisk, where he discovered that he parents had died during the war; and his eventual immigration to the United States.
Oral history interview with Sofiya Manoylo
Oral history interview with Shaya Neys
Shaya Neys, born on June 28, 1927 in Liepaja, Latvia, discusses his childhood in Liepaja; the arrest of his family in June 1941 by the Russian security agency NKVD, and the family's transport to a military port, where the men were separated from the women and children; traveling by train with his mother to Krasnoyarsk, Russia; their experiences of forced labor and misery in various locations in Siberia until the end of the war; difficulties in returning to Latvia after the war ended and his return in 1956; his reunion with his son and their lives in Riga, Latvia; learning that his father died in a labor camp, and that many of his relatives from Liepaja perished; and his reflections that their deportation to Siberia probably saved his and his mother's lives.
Rahilia Sirota (née Aizenman), born in 1913, discusses her childhood in Chemirovits (now Chemerivtsi), Ukraine; the Nazi occupation of her town in the summer of 1941; her move to a nearby village; learning that the Jewish community of Chemirovits had been taken to the Kamentsk Podolsky ghetto, where 80 of her relatives were killed days after their arrival (this included her parents and younger brother); living in fear in the village she had moved to, and being rescued by two brothers, Nikolay and Pavlo Kuchman [PH], who hid her and then her boyfriend throughout the remaining years of the war; living in holes in the corn fields and caves; moving from village to village; living in barns and hiding from the Ukrainian SS; the assistance she received from the Kuchman brothers and other Ukrainians; learning of the liberation of the Chemirovits in March 1945; her reunion with her boyfriend; finding that everything they had was gone; getting married; the birth of her son; her life in post-war Ukraine until her immigration to the United States; and her enduring gratitude to those who hid and save her during the war years.
Tom Szelenyi discusses his childhood in Budapest, Hungary; his assimilated family life; his education; his religious upbringing; the antisemitism he experienced while growing up and the increase of antisemitism after the war began in 1939; his family's deportation to the ghetto in Budapest; the anti-Jewish laws; being deported to a Hungarian military labor camp in 1944 and the changes he experienced after the Germans occupied Hungary; his experiences on a forced march in October 1944 from Budapest to Wiener Neustadt, Austria; his journey to Buchenwald by train; the conditions there; the cruelty of the guards; his transfer to Colditz a month later; the work he performed; his experiences on a death march in April 1945 to Terezin (Theresienstadt); his liberation there by the Soviet Army and the conditions after; his return to Budapest; his reunion with his mother; his work with the American Joint Distribution Committee; his experiences in the DP (displaced persons) camp in Ulm, Germany; his immigration to the United States in 1948; his life in the US; his family; and his work.
Oral history interview with Irving Zale
Tamara Iosifovna Albukh, born on December 21, 1918 in Minsk, Belarus, describes her childhood; having to leave school after six years to work and contribute to her family financially; getting married and having two daughters (Sara born on May 5, 1940 and Gena born on August 31, 1942); not being able to evacuate once the war started; the German occupation of Minsk; her husband being taken into the army; moving into one of the Jewish ghettos in Minsk; pogroms in the ghettos; doing forced labor in the ghetto and the murder of her daughters one day while she was working; being moved to Trostinetskiy (Maly Trostinec) concentration camp and having to work for the Germans; the murder of inmates every day in the camp and ghetto; escaping the camp on July 29, 1944; the intensification of antisemitism during the war; hearing Russians scream the slogan “Kill Jews, save Russia” which continued even after the war; and having two daughters after the war in 1946 and 1949.
Audrey Doughty, born in San Diego, California in 1921, describes her mother, who died when Audrey was three years old; her father, who was a naval officer and a member of the diplomatic core; going with her father to Berlin when he was stationed there in 1938; transferring from Stanford University to the University of Berlin; being in Berlin during Kristallnacht and taking photos afterward; writing a journal entry describing that night; having little notion of what was really happening in Germany apart from Kristallnacht as well as the antisemitic and anti-American sentiment from the Germans; how soon after arriving in Berlin, she and her father were invited to review the troops with Nazi officials; sitting in the stands three feet from Adolf Hitler, watching endless waves of troops pass underneath; going with her grandmother on a tour of Germany and neighboring countries in 1939; working at the American consulate after she turned 18; her duties, which consisted of convincing refugees applying for visas to leave the country; being evacuated to Copenhagen in 1940; returning to the US after the war ended; graduating from Stanford University; working as a war correspondent in Honolulu and then went to work for the San Francisco Chronicle; working in the Office of War Information and then working as an Associated Press correspondent in China; leaving journalism and pursuing a career as a social worker; becoming the director of the International Institute in San Francisco from 1975 to 1983; spending two and a half years as the director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation; founding and directing the AIDS Benefits Counselors; directing AIDS Indigent Direct Services; her plans to write a book about her family's history; writing many editorials on possible fascist trends in American society; and her thoughts on Germans [note that artifacts relating to her experiences are shown at the close of the interview].
Sara Gelender (née Buzyn), born circa 1927 in Warsaw, Poland, discusses her childhood in Warsaw; her memories of the bombing and burning of Warsaw in September 1939; her family's escape to a farm near the Russian border; hiding there for several months; being part of a group of Jewish refugees sent to Siberia in June 1940; the primitive conditions in the labor camp; the work she performed in the camp; getting married in the camp; leaving the camp with her husband for a small town; her continual state of hunger during those years; moving with her husband to Ukraine in 1944; returning to Poland in 1946; the antisemitism they encountered in Poland; escaping to Czechoslovakia, Vienna, and then to a displaced persons camp in Germany; moving to Paris, France, where they lived until 1951; their immigration first to Canada, and then to the United States.
Sofia Ginzbursky (born on December 27, 1915 in Asipavichy, Belarus) describes her mother, who died at the age of 27, soon after she gave birth; going with her siblings to live with their grandfather, who observed Jewish traditions; studying at a technical school in Gomel (Homel), Belarus; living in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), working as a nanny and secretary; getting married and moving to Gomel; moving later to Belostock (Białystok), Poland; being left alone with their two children when her husband was called up for military duty at the beginning of WWII; evacuating from Belostock by train to Zlobin (ZHlobin, Belarus) and then to Baranovichi, Ukraine; destroying all her documents to hide her Jewish identity; witnessing the persecution of Jews in Ukraine when locals helped the Nazis find Jews; how speaking German helped her find a job at a food exchange center where she received food to feed her children; obtaining false papers with a new last name that showed she was Russian and not Jewish; returning to Gomel to look for remaining family members and being captured by the Nazis and was humiliated by Politsai for several days; being released and living with a woman named Nadia Lisitskaya; passing as a gentile refugee from Poland; washing clothes for the German army in exchange for soap and kerosene; seeing the deportation of hundreds of Jews from the Gomel ghetto; traveling with her friend, Sonia, as well as all their children to Oryol (Orel), Russia; finding a new place of stay every night so no one would suspect them of being Jewish; living with Sonia and the children at the house of a Latvian lady for two years; choosing to not wear the Star of David as was requried for the Jews by the Nazis; passing as Russian Orthodox; having a Russian lady teach her son how to pray to an icon when bombings occured; working small jobs while in Oryol; being liberated and moving to Leningrad; getting a new passport and stating her nationality as “Jewish” again; reuniting with her husband in Chkalov (possibly Orenburg, Russia) with the help of her sister; experiencing even more antisemitism after the war; and becoming more observant after the war.
Annemarie Roeper (née Bondy), born August 27, 1918 in Vienna, Austria, describes her childhood in Vienna; her parents' progressive boarding school; her memories of the Nazi ascension to power; her mother's move to Switzerland in 1936 with Annemarie’s siblings; remaining behind to graduate; her father selling their school; the family's reunion in Switzerland; her psychoanalysis studies in Vienna with Anna Freund; her husband-to-be's warning to flee; immigrating with her family to the United States in 1939; moving to Vermont, where they opened a school; her marriage and move to Michigan with her husband; and opening a progressive school for gifted children there called Roeper School.
Ilse Sternberger (née Naumann), born in 1914, discusses her childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); her assimilated family life; her education; her marriage and her decision to move to Belgium with her husband in 1933; her life in Belgium; her husband's success as a photographer; their decision to move to London, England in 1936; returning to Germany in 1939 in an attempt to help Jewish children leave the country, and being stymied by the bureaucracy; immigrating to the United States with her husband and children in July 1940; her life in the US; her work as a teacher and writer; and her curation of books and exhibits of her husband's work.
Oral history interview with Clara Tsukerman
Clara Tsukerman discusses her childhood in Chisneau, Romania (now Chișinău, Moldova) and her experiences after the war began in her region in 1941; her experiences during her family's journey on foot to Vasylivka, Ukraine; their efforts to evade the advancing German front; and their life in hiding in an unnamed village after the Germans caught up with them; the help and protection they received from the villagers, as well as her experiences during and after the war.
Sam Weiss, born in 1928 in Ricka, Czechoslovakia (now in Ukraine), discusses his childhood in Ricka, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine); the occupation of the town by Hungarian soldiers; the conscription of Jewish men for forced labor; his father being sent to Germany for forced labor; the institution of anti-Jewish restrictions such as yellow stars and in March 1944, the deportation of the Jews of Ricka; his arrival at Auschwitz; being separated from his family and sent first a children's barracks; being sent to Camp Four in Munich, Germany; being sent to Landsberg, a sub-camp of Dachau, where he was liberated by American troops in 1945; his return to Ricka, where he was reunited with his sister; his attempts to escape Czechoslovakia; his imprisonment by Russian soldiers; his escape to Munich; his immigration to the United States; his service in the United States military; and his family life and career in California.
Oral history interview with Laszlo Vass
Isaac Silber, born in 1913 in Złoczów Poland (now Zolochiv, Ukraine), discusses his childhood in Złoczów; the occupation of Złoczów by German troops; the violent and terrifying conditions of the Nazi occupation; his escape from murder by German troops; being conscripted for forced labor in a brick factory; returning to Złoczów to learn of the murder of family members; his experiences in the Złoczów ghetto and in work camps; giving up his baby daughter to be cared for by a non-Jewish family; escaping with his wife and finding refuge in the farmhouse of a Polish man who hid them; and the gratitude he feels to his rescuer.
Paul Nebenzahl, born August 9, 1921, discusses his childhood in Long Island, New York; his career in advertising; enlisting in the United States Army in 1942; his experiences as a sergeant in the Signal Corps; being part of a secret OSS operational group; working with the French underground movement in southwestern France to hinder the German retreat in 1944; his military service in India and China for the remainder of the war; his life after the war; marrying; having children; and his leisure activities.
Janice Auerbach, born August 7, 1934 in South London, England, describes her childhood in London; the bombings and fear she felt during World War II; her evacuation to a farm in Cornwall; the discomfort she experienced while there; her reunion with her family after the war; her various employments around the world; and her marriage to a Jewish man in 1962.
Helmut Kobler, born on January 18, 1928 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his childhood in Vienna and Pohorelice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); his experiences growing up with his Jewish father and Catholic mother; his experiences after the annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938; his mother's decision to move herself and her son to Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); the conditions they lived under; the Nazis' search for his father; being deported to a camp near Ivancice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) in 1939; the camp’s transformation from a concentration camp to a forced labor camp; working as a coal miner at the camp; the camp’s liquidation in June 1942; being transferred to another labor camp near Oslavany, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); the work he continued as a coal miner; the conditions at the camp; the brutality of the Czech and German guards; being transferred in the summer of 1944 to a labor camp near Postoloprty, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); working to construct an underground fuel pipeline; an accusation against him of sabotage; his subsequent imprisonment in Saaz, Czechoslovakia and Karlsbad, Germany (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic); the brutality of the guards; the poor conditions there; his escape from Karlsbad while out on a labor detail; being recaptured in Brno; the executions he witnessed while imprisoned there; being transferred by cattle car to a prison in Mirosov; escaping from Mirosov in May 1945, a few days before liberation by the United States Army; the aid he received from refugee organizations after the war; reuniting with his mother; being educated as a mining engineer; defecting to the west with a sample of uranium ore; moving to Canada; and immigrating to the United States.
Anne Marie Yellin (née Feller), born on December 6, 1928 in Chemnitz, Germany, discusses her childhood in Chemnitz; her family life; the changes she experienced after Kristallnacht in November 1938; her father's arrest and release; her parents' decision to leave Germany; her journey with her parents to Belgium in September 1939; her experiences after the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940 and her father's decision to hide her in a convent; her experiences in the convent; moving between institutions to avoid capture by the Nazis; her conversion to Catholicism; her reunion with her parents after liberation in September 1944; their immigration to the United States at a later point; her life in the US; and the emotional aftermath of her wartime experiences.
Adele Silber discusses her childhood in Warsaw, Poland; her education in a Catholic school; her family's religious practices; her experiences during the German invasion in 1939; hiding her young daughter with a Catholic family; living in hiding on a farm with a group of partisans; her experiences while in hiding, including the lack of food and the necessity of living in the woods near the end of the war; her reunion with her daughter; her decision to immigrate to the United States with her husband and daughter in 1946; and their life in the US.
Sylvie Marshall (née Bedel), born on July 1, 1923 in Paris, France, discusses her childhood; her older brother Michel Bedel (born 1918) and her younger brother Alain Bedel (born 1926); her father, who was the president of the largest moving and storage company in France before the war; her adolescence in Paris; being raised Catholic; the participation of her father and brother Michel in the French Resistance; her life with her mother in south central France; the liberation of Paris; the story of her father and brother's arrests by the Gestapo and her father's subsequent death in Buchenwald.
Elena H. Javor (née Gross), born December 15, 1914 in Martin, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia), describes her childhood in Martin; her siblings; her medical education and practice; the birth of her three children; the threat of deportation in 1942; her escape from deportation due to her husband's exemption; Allied bombing in spring 1944; the Slovak national uprising in August 1944; her husband's enlistment to fight; fleeing with her children to a monastery, where they were sheltered; joining her husband in Banska Bystrica; her arrest in October 1944; her husband's disappearance; her liberation in April 1945; her reunion with her three children; learning of her husband's, sister's, and parents' deaths in Auschwitz; her return to Martin with her children; her life after the war; how she studied dermatology; her remarriage; and her family's immigration to the United States in 1968.
Joseph Welgreen, born in 1918 in Sosnowiec, Poland, discusses his childhood in Sosnowiec; his family life and education; the work he performed; the antisemitism he experienced; the changes he experienced after the German invasion of Poland in 1939; being deported to Annaburg in late 1940, and his subsequent transfers to several other labor camps, including Breslau and Klettendorf (both subcamps of Gross-Rosen); the conditions in these camps, his experiences there, the work he performed in highway construction, and his experiences with the guards and Kapos; being transferred to Bunzlau in 1943; the work he performed as a machinist and the conditions there; his experiences on a death march to Dora in February 1945; the work he performed there and the conditions; his liberation at Bergen-Belsen; his journey to Hannover, Germany; the business he established there; and his immigration to the United States in 1947.
Frank Weinman, born on July 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his childhood in Vienna and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia); the introduction of restrictive anti-Jewish laws in Vienna after the Anschluss in March 1938; the family's definitive move to Bratislava soon after; his marriage; his and his wife's forced move to a ghetto camp after Nazis took control of Czechoslovakia; their experiences there doing manual labor; their fortunate escape through a German baggage firm, HAPAG, to Budapest, Cuba, and finally the United States; his parents' escape to Cuba where his father died; his reunion with his mother in October 1942; the assistance he received from his brother who had immigrated to Chicago, IL in 1938; and the success and prosperity he experienced in the United States.
Morris Rosnow (né Moishe Raznov), born on January 7, 1927 in Zdzieciol, Poland (now Dzyatlava, Belarus) discusses his experiences during World War II while hiding in the woods as a member of a Jewish partisan group operating under the organization of the Russian partisans; liberation in 1944 by the Soviet Army; his return to his hometown in Poland, where he remained with his sister until the death of their father; moving to Munich, Germany; earning a degree in engineering; immigrating with his sister to join their other sister in the United States; and earning a degree in pharmacy and raising a family.
Gerta Wingerd (née Alper), born on September 23, 1923 in Bеrhomet, Romania (now Berehomet, Ukraine), discusses her childhood in Czernowicz, Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine); the increase in antisemitism in 1938 after fascist rule was established; the occupation of her town by Soviet forces in 1939; the retreat of the Soviet forces; her two brothers' escape toward Russia; the occupation of the area by Nazi troops; the establishment of a ghetto; her family's release; their eventual internment in a ghetto camp in Transnistria until 1944; the conditions, difficulties, and disease that were prevalent there; the family's liberation by Soviet troops; her return to Czernowicz; her escape from Romania to Vienna, Austria, where she worked for the United States Army; being sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee to immigrate to the United States in 1949; and her experiences in New York, Minneapolis, and Great Falls, Montana before marrying and settling in Mill Valley, California.
Oral history interview with Floyd Dade
Ellen Van Creveld, born in 1933 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses her childhood in Amsterdam; her assimilated family life; her lack of awareness of her Jewish heritage; the changes she experienced after the German invasion of Holland in May 1940, including the new restrictions and her transfer to a Jewish school; her relationships with her non-Jewish friends during this period; the fear of arrest and deportation; her family's decision to go into hiding in November 1943; her experiences while living in hiding; her family's move to Brussels, Belgium with the help of the underground; the false identities they acquired; her experiences in Brussels under false papers, her education; the betrayal of the family and their arrest; her reprieve from deportation due to illness; her experiences in the Jewish hospital and orphanage; her subsequent time spent living in hiding on a farm and in an abandoned castle during the winter of 1944-1945; her reunion with one of her brothers after the end of the war and the fates of her other family members; her postwar life in the United States and Holland; the challenges she faced; her marriage and family; her permanent immigration to the United States in 1956; and her life in the US.
Ilse Sternberger (née Naumann), born in 1914, discusses her childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); her assimilated family life; her education; her marriage and her decision to move to Belgium with her husband in 1933; her life in Belgium; her husband's success as a photographer; their decision to move to London, England in 1936; returning to Germany in 1939 in an attempt to help Jewish children leave the country, and being stymied by the bureaucracy; immigrating to the United States with her husband and children in July 1940; her life in the US; her work as a teacher and writer; and her curation of books and exhibits of her husband's work.
Leonid Bobrovsky, born on May 4, 1937 in Odessa, Ukraine, describes being only three years old when the war began; his father who fought with the partisans during the war; the Nazi invasion of Odessa, at which time he and his family were in an underground hiding place (“Kotokloomba”) reserved for partisans and their families; hiding with his mother while his older brother and father helped the partisans; getting sick because the hiding place was very wet; the Nazis discovering various entrances to the hiding place and using poisonous gas to force the people out; escaping from the hiding place along with his mother and older brother; getting caught by the Nazis and taken away to the city jail where there were many other Jewish residents; being separated from his mother, who was later murdered by the Nazis; being moved with his brother to a different jail; his brother’s attempted escape and then suicide; being taken to camp Ombarova where he remained until liberation; working even though he was so young; attributing his survival in the ghetto to the women who protected and took care of him; liberation; being taken to an orphanage where he stayed until his father’s return; his father, who remarried after the war; attending school and studying construction at a college; being married twice and having two daughters; and naming his younger daughter, Polina Bobrovskaya, after his mother.
Joseph Schein discusses his childhood is Sosnowiec, Poland; his experiences with antisemitism, and how his plans to immigrate to the United States were disrupted by the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany; being sent to his mother’s hometown Brzostowica-Wielka, Poland (now Vialikaia Berastavitsa, Belarus); avoiding forced labor in Russia by returning to Sosnowiec; being conscripted for forced labor by the Germans in October 1940; his experiences in several forced labor and concentration camps throughout the war years, which included Geppersdorf, Gross Sarne, Kleinmangersdorf, Wiesau, Waldau, Casper Bowder, Gintersdorf, Rostitz, Hundsfeld, Hirschberg, Gross-Rosen, Dachau, and Buchenwald; the conditions in these camps and the various labors he was forced to perform; being witness to medical experiments at Hundsfeld; enduring a death march from Buchenwald; being liberated by American troops; being hospitalized; his marriage to his childhood sweetheart and their stay in a displaced persons camp in Ainring, Germany; immigrating to the United States in June 1946; being the only member of his family that survived the Holocaust; immigrating with an accordion, which was his only possession at the time; and his experiences in the United States.
Edith Eger (née Elefant), born on September 29, 1927 in Kosice, Hungary (now Slovakia), describes her father (Lajos), who was a tailor, and her mother (Helen Klein), who worked for the Hungarian ministry; her two sisters, Magda and Klara; her favorite memories are of her mother's cooking; her childhood, during which she trained in ballet and gymnastics; preparing to compete for the Olympics for Hungary but being disqualified because she was Jewish; her sisters, who were gifted musicians; the story of how her sister Klara was smuggled out of Hungary when the war began by one of her professors from the music academy in Budapest; the German occupation of Hungary; being taken to a brick factory; being deported with her sister, parents, aunts, and uncles to Auschwitz in May 1944; being separated from her parents, and thus spared the gas chambers; being selected to dance for Dr. Josef Mengele; using her talent for gymnastics and dancing to help survive in Auschwitz; conditions in the barracks; how she helped Magda survive in the camp; being liberated from Gunskirchen on May 4, 1945, at which time she had five types of typhoid fever, pneumonia, and no hair left; going to a displaced persons camp, where she met her husband and became pregnant; immigrating to the United States in 1949, going first to New York, and then to Baltimore, where she worked in a factory; moving to Texas, where she had two more children and attended the University of Texas at Austin; earning her doctorate; moving to San Diego, CA and working as a family therapist; and how her grandchildren are her world and how she lives every day for them. Ms. Eger, her parents, aunts and uncles, and her eldest sister Magda, were deported to Auschwitz in May 1944. Ms. Eger was separated from her parents; she and her sister Magda were spared the gas chambers. Because of her talent for ballet, Ms. Eger was selected to dance for Dr. Josef Mengele. She was able to use her talent for gymnastics and dancing to help survive in Auschwitz. Ms. Eger was liberated from Gunskirchen on May 4, 1945. While in a displaced persons camp, she met her husband and became pregnant. She emigrated to the United States in 1949; first to New York, and then to Baltimore, where she worked in a factory. She, her husband and her daughter Marianne moved to Texas, where Ms. Eger had two more children, and attended the University of Texas at Austin where she ultimately received her doctorate. She settled in San Diego and works as a family therapist and with battered wives and abused teenagers.
Otto Springer discusses his German upbringing in Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic); his education; his family life; the antisemitism he witnessed in Prague in the early 1930s; his marriage to his Jewish wife and the discrimination he experienced as a result; his arrest in 1941; his sentence of forced labor; the help he received from a Gestapo officer; his activities in the Czech underground including the rescue of Jews, aided by two members of the Gestapo; his experiences in another labor camp near Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) beginning in October 1944; the work he performed; a forced march he underwent in January 1945; acts of vengeance by Czechs that he witnessed after the war ended; the suspicion he fell under because of his German heritage; the assistance he received from a Czech military commander; and his immigration with his wife and children in September 1948.
Magda Silberman, born on August 17, 1928, discusses her childhood in Pavlovo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine); the occupation of her town by the Hungarians; antisemitism that she and her family experienced; the occupation of her town by Nazi troops; the gathering of the Jewish citizens and their deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau in April 1944; her arrival, the selections, and her experiences while at Auschwitz; the death march she endured in January 1945 to Ravensbrück and Leipzig; her liberation in May 1945; and her immigration to the United States in 1948.
Eric Willgott, born on February 12, 1925 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his childhood in Vienna; his family life; his Orthodox religious upbringing; his involvement with a Zionist youth organization; his education; the increased antisemitism he experienced after the German annexation of Austria (Anschluss) in March 1938; his experiences during Kristallnacht in November; his family's decision to send him to Great Britain with the Kindertransport in December 1938; his experiences in London during the Blitz; his work with the United States government in Germany after the war; his immigration to the United States in 1948; his marriage; his life in the US; and his work.
Cecilia Kornbluth (née Cilli Mehlman), born on October 11, 1920, discusses her childhood in Vienna, Austria; her early experiences with antisemitism in elementary school and gymnasium; her memories of the assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, by Austrian Nazis in 1934; the Anschluss in March 1938; the changes that occurred for Jewish Austrians afterward; her two older brothers fleeing to France and to Switzerland; the arrests of her younger brother, father, and mother; her father's eventual deportation to Auschwitz; her brother's incarceration in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps for 11 months, and his release and move to England; the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938; being sent for by her brother in Switzerland; her illegal crossing into Switzerland; hiding because she lacked legal papers; being questioned and released; living and working in a refugee camp for single Jewish girls in Basel; living there throughout the war; marrying another refugee who was living in a single man's camp in 1942; having a son; being supported by the Jewish community during this period; her immigration to the United States in 1947; and her family and work life in the United States.
Ruth Steiner discusses her childhood in Dresden, Germany; her well-integrated family life; her education; the changes she experienced after the Nazis came to power in 1933; the necessity of attending a university outside of Germany due to her Jewish heritage; her studies in Geneva; her family's decision to leave Europe in 1939; their immigration to Brazil; their move to the United States in 1940; her life in the US; the work she performed as a librarian; and her husband and family.
Oral history interview with Trudy Lyons
Trudy Lyons discusses her childhood in Vienna, Austria; the family's assimilated life; the changes that occurred after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938; having to leave school, and witnessing abuses against Jews. Ms. Lyons describes the family's flight to Czechoslovakia, and their successful immigration to the United States in November 1938; the family's adjustment to life in the US, eventually settling in Indiana; and her education, marriage, and family life in Detroit, MI and San Francisco, CA.
Margrit Schurman, born on April 1, 1925 in Essen, Germany, discusses her childhood in Essen; her memories of antisemitism; the flight of her sister to Switzerland and her brother to England; the events of Kristallnacht; being sent with her sisters to a Catholic school in England; their conversion to Catholicism; her life and experiences in England during the war, including her brother's deportation as an enemy alien to Canada; her separation from her mother, who had married an Italian and spent the war years in Italy; her immigration to the United States; her marriage and life in Berkeley, California; being reunited with her family in California; and her return trip to Germany.
Edith Deutsch, born on January 21, 1925 in Arnswalde, Germany (now Choszczno, Poland), discusses her childhood in Arnswalde; her father, Fritz Abrahamowsky, and her mother, Lotte Gradnauer; living in a large home and being raised as a young child by servants, rarely seeing her mother or father; her family's move to Berlin, Germany in 1933; the difficulties experienced by her family when Hitler rose to power; going to the Olympic Stadium with her class and seeing the No Jews Allowed signs; having to leave public school after the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938; fleeing Germany with her family in April 1939 for Thailand; traveling by ship to Singapore; abandoning their plans to travel to Bangkok and instead opting to go to Shanghai, China; staying in a camp in Shanghai for a week; her experiences in Shanghai; working as a sales girl and as a beautician; her marriage in 1946 and the birth of her son in 1948; immigrating to Australia in 1949; living in a boarding house; moving to the United States in 1951; living in Oregon and then San Francisco, CA; and her efforts to socialize with other refugees over the years.
Francis Cappel (né Franz Erwin Cappel), born on June 2, 1916 in Cologne, Germany, discusses his childhood in Cologne, Germany;his parents, Dr. Paul H. and Meta Cappel (née Braunschweig); growing up in an apartment flat near a synagogue in a mixed (Jewish and non-Jewish) neighborhood; antisemitism in Germany; the beating of his lawyer father by Nazi storm troopers (Sturmabteilung) in April 1933; the boycott of Jewish business; moving in October 1933 to France, where he worked in the textile business; concealing his Jewish origins as best he could, always carrying French or English newspapers with him; befriending a man who brought him to the German Reich secret headquarters where he got to see rare German stamps (Mr. Cappel was an avid stamp collector); moving to Hamburg, Germany in 1935; immigrating to England in 1937; serving as a corporal in the British Army; his success in obtaining transit visas for his father and mother, thus rescuing his father from Dachau concentration camp; getting married to his wife Margo in 1944; leaving the Army in April 1946 and returning to London; immigrating with his wife, children, and parents to the United States; and settling in San Francisco, CA.
Thomas Trier, born December 27, 1930 in Frankfurt, Germany, discusses his childhood in Frankfurt; his family's roots in the city; his integrated family life; his education in a Jewish school; his experiences in Nazi-era Germany; the economic difficulties his family faced; their decision to immigrate to the United States; the journey to New York, NY and then Chicago, IL; his experiences as a young immigrant in America; his feeling of isolation among his peers as a boy; his education through graduate school; his life after school; the work he performed; his feelings about his German and Jewish identity; and his marriage and family.
Oral history interview with Rita Grunbaum
Rita Grunbaum (née Rita van Leeuwen), born on April 9, 1910 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, discusses her childhood in Holland; her career as a social worker in the Hague; her marriage in 1936;the onset of World War II in September 1939; the bombing of Holland; the German occupation beginning in 1940; the birth of her daughter in 1942; the family's arrest in September 1943; their transport to Westerbork concentration camp; her experiences in Westerbork; receiving papers for Palestine from her in-laws who had fled to Mexico; being selected as part of an exchange program with German prisoners-of-war held in Palestine; being sent with her family to Bergen-Belsen in February 1944; being transported from Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 on the Lost Train (also called Lost Transport); her liberation in Troebtiz, Germany; the deaths of her family members during the Holocaust; and her post-war experiences.
Lily Robinson (née Lily Solomon Leibovitch), born on June 29, 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria, discusses her childhood with her mother and sister who had been deported to Haskovo, Bulgaria from Sofia in 1940; her experiences there as a young child; her family's return to Sofia in 1945; immigrating to the United States in December 1946; her life in California; and the emotional aftermath of the Holocaust that she witnessed in her brother.
Herman Apteker, born on October 9, 1915 in Dresden, Germany, discusses his childhood in Dresden; his Ukrainian parents; his father (Elieser), who was in business and died when Herman was only four years old; his mother, who started a wholesale business selling clothing out of the family's six or seven room flat; his four older siblings (three brothers and one sister); his male "guardian" (this was a German requirement for children whose fathers had died) Dr. Avraham Borg, who took Herman to synagogue and was the primary source of Herman's religious education; his experiences with antisemitism at public school; his strong desire to leave Germany once Hitler rose to power; his trip to Czechoslovakia in 1933 as part of the Young Macabees, in preparation for immigration to Palestine; spending 10 or 11 months in Slovakia, taking part in agricultural training; his arrival in Palestine in April 1933; becoming very ill with dysentery and malaria; his experiences in Palestine; the immigration of his mother and brothers to Palestine; his work in Haifa; riots that occurred in 1936; becoming a temporary policeman before a British officer offered him a job in the immigration office; his marriage in 1938; the beginning of WWII and his work for the British army (in an office) until he was conscripted into the Israeli Army; working as a commission officer at the Lebanese border; his unique relationship with an Arab officer on the Lebanese side; his divorce and remarriage; his immigration with his second wife to the United States in 1953; and settling in San Francisco, CA.
Nicholas Nagy-Talavera, born on February 14, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary, discusses his childhood in Budapest; his time in a Transylvanian ghetto in 1944; his subsequent deportation to Auschwitz; the work he performed in Josef Mengele's medical complex; the experiments he witnessed; his impressions of Mengele; and his subsequent experiences at Mauthausen, Gusen II, and Ebensee.
Oral history interview with Semyon Veyber
Semyon Veyber, born on December 20, 1927 in Tomashpil, Ukraine, discusses his childhood in Tomashpil; his religious upbringing; the changes he experienced after the German Army invaded in June 1941; his family's attempt to evacuate, their capture by the Germans, and the help given to the Germans by the local Ukrainian people; his escape from an Einsatzgruppen action; being deported with his family to a ghetto in July 1941, and his experiences there; the work he performed and the conditions; the fear he felt as the German Army retreated that he and his family would be killed before they were liberated; the arrival of the Soviet Army in March 1944; the charges of collaboration that he faced; his life after the end of the war; and his immigration to the United States in 1989.
Oral history interview with Chaya Fuhrman
Chaya Ash-Furhman (née Averbuch), born March 19,1920 in Kishinev (now Chisinau), Moldova, describes her childhood; her parents’ involvement in Yiddish theater; her own involvement in theater at a young age; the outbreak of war in June 1941; hiding with her family in the basement of a theater in the Russian section of Tiraspol, Moldova; being transported to cooperative farms in Ukraine and Uzbekistan; being underfed; her father, who suffered from mental distress and dysentery and was taken to a courtyard and shot; how the people who were murdered were then covered in lime, so as not to spread disease; the hardships she and her family endured working on these farms; becoming sick with malaria; working as a seamstress in a nearby town where conditions were better; meeting her first husband; antisemitism that was rampant after the end of the war; her leaving for Poland with her mother and husband, who was Polish by birth; their decision to leave Poland in 1947 while she was pregnant; the family's experiences in a displaced persons camp in Linz, Austria; and their immigration to Israel, where she continued her involvement in Yiddish Theater.
Peter Mueller, born on December 30, 1926 in Hannover, Germany, discusses his childhood in Hannover; his family's decision to leave Germany after Kristallnacht in 1938; his life with his father in England; his decision to immigrate to the United States in 1943; his service in the US Army with the medical corps as an instructor in Texas; and his life after military service.
Eva Cohn (née Eva Maria Rhee), born in 1923 in Dortmund, Germany, describes her parents, Max Rhee and Else Heinemann; experiencing a warm family life and peace in her early childhood; not experiencing antisemitism until 1934 when her friend shunned her, teachers began to treat her unfairly, and Aryan students were being separated and taught antisemitism; being prohibited from attending public schools around 1935; moving to Cologne, Germany, where she attended a Jewish school while staying with a Jewish family; her family’s experience during an anti-Jewish “Aktion” in 1938, during which German soldiers threw rocks at their windows and burned their synagogue; returning to live with the family in Cologne, while her parents moved to Baudin and stayed with a friend; leaving Germany with her family circa 1938 and going to England just before the ill treatment of the Jews became worse; a law in England that prohibited immigrants from working, which meant her family could not make any money; spending one year in England, before being allowed to immigrate to the United States; settling in Los Angeles, CA; attending Whittier College and majoring in English; working at a school as an instructional supervisor; her father’s death in 1941 from a heart condition; meeting and marrying Hans in Salinas, CA in 1949; having three children and moving quite frequently; and her life in Palo Alto, teaching German, participating in the German association, and leading the Bridge to Understanding, which takes a group to Germany each summer.
Fred Baum (né Efriam Dovid Boymelgreen), born in Slupaianowa, Poland (possibly Nowa Słupia, Poland), on October 1, 1921, describes his childhood; his one younger brother; his parents, Majlech and Miriam Nhuna, whom he lived with until 1930 when their mother died; being raised religious, and studying before the war at a yeshiva in Otwock, Poland; returning home from school after the war started, and seeing Jews being rounded up for forced labor; working in various government factories, and how the situation got worse and worse; his memories of shootings, confiscations, and deportations; how Jews were not allowed to go to school or to religious services and there was no electricity; his memories of several events including a memory of the rabbi of his town being tied to a horse and forced to run after it until he died; being put into Starachowice with his father and brother in August 1942; suffering from typhus and his father’s efforts to keep him out of the "hospital" so he wouldn't be shot; their transfer in July 1944 to Auschwitz-Birkenau; his father’s death in Birkenau around January of 1945; being sent with his brother to Buna (Monowitz), where they were given striped uniforms; being transferred with his brother to Lara Hut; being moved in early 1945 to Mauthausen and then to Gusen in Austria; spending a week there and then four days without food in an open train to Hannora, where they worked on an unfinished concentration camp; being separated from his brother on April 5, 1945 and sent to Bergen-Belsen; being liberated by the British on April 15, 1945; spending six months in a hospital unit recuperating, and then staying in Bergen-Belsen for five years; meeting his wife, Helen Wiesel, there; getting married in 1946; never returning to Poland; reuniting with his brother, who was his only surviving family member; immigrating in 1950 with his wife and young daughter to the United States; having two more children; and his brother, who also immigrated to the United States and started a family.
Cantor Hans Cohn, born in Berlin, Germany on May 31, 1926, discusses his childhood in Berlin; being forced to leave his public school after the passage of the Nuremberg laws in 1935; antisemitic propaganda; his feelings of exclusion from social and athletic activities; the 1936 Olympic games; the events of Kristallnacht; the long wait for a visa to the United States; the family's decision to leave Germany for Shanghai, China; his impressions upon arrival in Shanghai; the life of his family and the Jewish community in Shanghai; his mother's death; the difficulties and illnesses he endured; moving into the Hongkew ghetto when the Japanese took control of Shanghai in 1942; his experiences there; the Allied bombings of Shanghai that took place in the spring of 1945; his life in post-war Shanghai; stowing aboard a ship to Australia in 1946; living as an illegal immigrant in Australia; his immigration to the United States in 1948; being drafted into the military; volunteering as a cantor in a San Francisco synagogue; returning to school and obtaining a cantorial diploma; working as a singing waiter in the Borscht Belt in New York while he was attending Hebrew Union College in New York; being reunited with his father in 1952; and his later experiences.
Gilbert L. van Mourik, born June 27, 1930 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, discusses his childhood in Rotterdam; his family life; his Protestant upbringing; the changes he experienced after the German invasion of Holland in May 1940; his experiences during the bombing of Rotterdam; his father's efforts to gather and store food; his parents' decision to become part of the resistance; his family's activities, which included hiding a Jewish child in their home for the duration of the war; and the dangers his family experienced and their efforts at self-preservation as well as the moral challenges they faced.
Sam Zelver, born in 1935 in Kalisz, Poland, discusses his childhood in Kalisz; fleeing with his family to the Soviet Union after the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in September 1939; the attempts of his father, who was in the Polish Army, to join them; the family's journey across Russia to Siberia; his mother doing hard labor in return for housing and food; the hardships they endured for a year and a half; the journeys the family took, which ended in Kazakhstan, where they lived with other Jewish refugees; discovering a relative nearby with whom they stayed from 1942 until the end of the war; the family's post-war journey to Germany, where they lived in a DP (displaced persons) camp; his immigration with his sister in 1947 to San Francisco, CA, sponsored by an uncle who died before they arrived; their stay in the Jewish children's home, Homewood Terrace; his reunion with his mother and stepfather, who emigrated in 1952; his education and service in the United States Army; his work as a salesman; his marriage; family; and religious life.
Oral history interview with Asya Grunkina
Asya Grunkina, born on March 2, 1936 in Odesa, Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Odesa; her memories of the occupation of Odessa by Nazi troops on October 16, 1941; the orders for Jewish families to identify themselves in preparation for deportation; hiding with her family in their home to escape deportation; the family fleeing with the assistance of a local Russian man in January 1942; hiding in the catacombs and caves nearby; the assistance of their rescuer and his family who brought them food at great risk; the terrible conditions and privations they endured; and leaving their hiding place in April 1944.
Kurt Mostny, born on March 3, 1919 in Linz, Austria, discusses his childhood in Linz; the antisemitism he experienced growing up; enlisting in the Austrian army and being posted in Vienna; the Anschluss in March 1938; serving as part of the honor guard surrounding Adolf Hitler when he arrived in Vienna to oversee the transfer of power; evading the roundup of Jews in Linz; escaping from Austria; going to Egypt to join his sister, who was pursuing a doctorate in Egyptology; their subsequent move to Belgium; his mother's friendship with a woman from Chile; her success in obtaining visas for Mr. Mostny, his sister, and herself; the entire family's immigration to Chile in 1939; his experiences in Chile; his work and family; his immigration to the United States with his wife and five children in 1964.
Hanna Cassel, born on December 6, 1914, in Berlin, Germany, describes her father Arthur, who owned a shoe store and her mother Rebecca, who helped run the store; her one brother, Werner, who was six years younger than her; her mother's parents, who were very religious, and spending during many holidays going to the temple with them; her parents, who were not religious; attending a private elementary school and then a girls' high school, which she was not able to finish because about a year and a half before she would have graduated, she lost her scholarship (because she was Jewish); her father's business ending because he was Jewish; not experiencing much antisemitism when she was younger, and how at first most people thought Hitler was crazy and he would never amount to anything; her very good non-Jewish friends, especially at school; her family home and her childhood and her love for reading; not having many options after she dropped out of school; her desire to go to Palestine with some of her friends, which her parents did not want her to do; moving to Rome, Italy and working as a nanny for several different families; how by 1939, Hitler had influenced Mussolini's policies and foreign Jews were required to leave Italy; the popular sentiment in Italy about Germany; the government-sponsored persecution growing worse; being arrested in December 1940 and put into a women’s concentration camp (she had avoided the first roundups); living with about 65 other Jews, Roma, and Yugoslavian partisans; conditions in the camp, the people there, and the flourishing black market; the German occupation of Italy and how the villagers in the town around the concentration camp helped free the prisoners because they knew the women of the camp would be killed or deported immediately by the Germans; hiding in the fields and then walking back to Rome, which took her about ten days; eating vegetables she took from nearby fields during her journey; being given fake papers by the police in the concentration camp’s town (the papers identified her as Anna Castelli; she told anyone who asked that she was an Italian fleeing the Allies); hiding with various friends in Rome; how most people at this time were surviving on the black market; the destruction of the synagogue in Rome right after she returned and the liquidation of the ghetto; the deportation of thousands of people; how several years earlier her parents and brother had gone to Shanghai, China, where her brother and father both died; having very little correspondence with her family while she was in Rome; getting some information from listening to the radio, which was illegal; living in hiding on the outskirts of the city when Rome was liberated on June 5, 1944; the euphoria at that moment and the difficulty of life after the liberation; how food was hard to come by; getting a job at the American Joint Distribution Committee; getting a visa to the United States and arriving in the US in December of 1948; her mother’s death and Hanna’s depression; working nights while taking classes at San Francisco State College; earning a BA and wanting to become a librarian; becoming a teacher after earning her Master’s degree; returning to Italy almost every summer once she was a teacher and visiting friends; returning to Germany for the first time in 1972 to visit a cousin; her hesitation to return to Germany; having a Bat-Mitzvah in 1983; experiencing antisemitism in the US, especially at the high school where she worked; and never marrying or having children.
Vera Korkus, born in 1928 in Vienna, Austria, discusses her childhood in Vienna; the onset of World War II, and the opportunity that she and her sister had to go a Kindertransport, which they both refused; the forced move she and her family made in 1940 to Jewish ghetto in Vienna; their transport in October 1942 to an unnamed camp, where her father died of lung cancer; being sent with her mother to Auschwitz two years later; being separated from her mother; her reunion with her sister; the terrible conditions at Auschwitz; her encounter with Dr. Josef Mengele; being transported to Kurzbach, a subcamp of Gross-Rosen, where she endured forced labor and a 3-day march to Bergen Belsen; her escape from the march; finding protection from the Germans with Russian soldiers; the sexual assaults that occurred; her life after the war; moving to Bohemia (Czech Republic) then Vienna; and her immigration in 1949 to the United States.
Steffi Black, born on October 17, 1920 in Berlin, Germany, describes her childhood; her Polish parents Charlotte Pink and Felix Israel; her father’s factory in Berlin and his work with his brother, Leo, installing electricity in the city; her complex family dynamic; her lack of a Jewish identity; her parents' divorce; her mother's remarriage to Otto Goetz in Switzerland; her separation from her father; her father's involvement in the Spanish Civil War; spending the summers of 1932 and 1933 in Poland with her grandparents; attending a Jewish school for about nine months, but feeling left out since she was not Jewish; her reunion with her father and their immigration first to Cuba and then to the United States; her father's death in 1946 in Nevada; her marriage and life in the US; visiting Germany in 1980; and her three children.
Oral history interview with Benjamin Parket
Ann Burger (née Anni Rosalie Rautenberg), born in 1920 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), discusses her childhood; her father Arthur Rautenberg, who was the manager of department stores; being raised religious but not Orthodox; attending private school and then public schools; her experiences with antisemitism in school after Hitler's rise to power in 1933; her Jewish friends at school; the loss of her father's business; the family's move to Berlin, while she remained in school; her move to Berlin after her graduation in 1936; her cousin's immigration to Palestine; the family's decision to flee Germany; the efforts of their American family members to obtain visas for them; the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938; training as a nurse; a job opportunity for work in Sweden, where she remained during the war years; her parents’ journey to Spain, Cuba, and then to the United States; her reunion with them in the US in 1946; and settling in San Francisco, CA, where she married and had a family.
Klara Garmel (née Pleshivaya), born on February 17, 1926, discusses her childhood in Yarun’, Ukraine; her parents' work on a collective farm; her memories of Jewish school as well as participating in a pioneer Ukrainian youth organization; the onset of war with Nazi Germany in 1941; the confusion that ensued; the enforcement of anti-Jewish laws; hiding from a roundup; witnessing brutal acts perpetrated against her grandfather; escaping, with the assistance of non-Jewish friends, to Poland; encountering her mother and sister, who returned to Ukraine; her experiences moving, hiding, and passing for a non-Jew; her conversion to the Russian Orthodox faith; marrying a widower far older than she; the advance of Soviet liberating forces; reclaiming her Jewish identity; leaving her marriage; working until she had sufficient funds to return to her home; learning that all but a sister and brother had perished; remarrying and having a daughter; and immigrating to the United States in 1992 due to the antisemitism she experienced in Ukraine.
Polina Sorkin (née Britavskaya), born on November 25, 1931 in Krutye, Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Ukraine; her brother and father's service in Soviet Army; the German invasion and seeing troops in her town; her family's unsuccessful attempt to flee; an incident in which all the Jews were rounded up and marched to a barracks where they were imprisoned; escaping the barracks; traveling from village to village; being sheltered by relatives and strangers; her reunion with family members in a ghetto; traveling to an orphanage in Balta, Ukraine, where she remained until the end of the war; reuniting with her family; her life after the war; and her immigration to the United States.
Oral history interview with Mikhail Blank
Mikhail Blank, born on April 22, 1930 in Bershad, Ukraine, discusses his childhood in Bershad; the family's experiences on a collective farm; his memories of antisemitism; the family's move from Bershad to a nearby camp after the occupation of the area by Nazi troops; an incident in which his father and brother with other men were locked in a stable from which they escaped and returned to Bershad; the occupation of the area by Romanian troops and the establishment of a ghetto in September 1941 in Bershad, where he and his family lived until the end of the war; his escape attempts; illnesses he endured; the forced labor his father and brother performed; his father's death; the liberation of Bershad in March 1944 by Soviet troops; his brother joining the fight against the Nazis and his death in battle in July 1944; his life in Bershad after the war; his military service; and his immigration to the United States in 1991.
Kurt Gronowski, born on July 16, 1923 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood in Berlin; the antisemitism he experienced; the destruction of his family's business during Kristallnacht, November 1938; the family's escape to Shanghai, China; his experiences while on board the ship from Italy; the family's arrival in Shanghai and the assistance they received from the Jewish community; life in the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai; conditions during the Japanese occupation; the improvement of conditions after the war ended; immigrating to the United States; the difficulties he encountered while living in Indiana; and settling in San Francisco, where he became a successful businessman.
Rosa Wigmore (née Adler), born September 8, 1923 in Ulic, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), discusses her childhood in Ulic; her family life; the changes she experienced in 1939 following the Hungarian annexation of the region; her experiences during her deportation with her family in 1944 to a ghetto in Ungvar, Hungary (now Uzhhorod, Ukraine); their deportation to Auschwitz; the selection she survived with her sister; her illness; her experiences in the infirmary and the help she received from a doctor who arranged to transfer her to another camp; the work she performed; the assistance she received; her lingering health issues; being liberated in May 1945 by Czechoslovakian partisans; her postwar experiences in Prague; her reunion with her sister; their immigration to the United States; and the fates of her other family members.
Gerta Wingerd (née Alper), born on September 23, 1923 in Bеrhomet, Romania (now Berehomet, Ukraine), discusses her childhood in Czernowicz, Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine); the increase in antisemitism in 1938 after fascist rule was established; the occupation of her town by Soviet forces in 1939; the retreat of the Soviet forces; her two brothers' escape toward Russia; the occupation of the area by Nazi troops; the establishment of a ghetto; her family's release; their eventual internment in a ghetto camp in Transnistria until 1944; the conditions, difficulties, and disease that were prevalent there; the family's liberation by Soviet troops; her return to Czernowicz; her escape from Romania to Vienna, Austria, where she worked for the United States Army; being sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee to immigrate to the United States in 1949; and her experiences in New York, Minneapolis, and Great Falls, Montana before marrying and settling in Mill Valley, California.
Evelyn Lowen Apte (née Eveline Loewenberg), born in 1929 in Goerlitz, Germany, describes her brother Gerald; her father Herman Alexander Lowen, who was a cavalry officer during the First World War; her mother Else (Gradnauer) Lowen, who had a great interest in art and attended an art school in Berlin; how her family did not consider themselves religious but when the war began the Jewish holidays became more culturally significant to the family; having a happy childhood; her father’s desire to emigrate as soon as Hitler came to power; getting around the quota system by becoming property owners in the United States; traveling through Paris, France in 1937 and taking a ship to New York, NY, arriving on February 22, 1937; the fate of her extended family; settling in Portland, Oregon; learning English; the difficult transition to American life, especially for her mother; feeling like an outsider in high school, but beginning to feel American in college; visiting Germany in 1966; how she does not enjoy speaking German with people her age, but is willing to speak German with the younger generation; attending Reed College in Oregon for two years, and then transferring to the University of California at Berkeley, where she did her undergraduate and some graduate work, finishing her education in London; becoming a social worker; considering herself an atheist, but still feeling close to the Jewish culture and traditions; the large community of Jewish refugees in Portland; and her reflections on her experiences as a refugee.
Annette Herskovits discusses her experiences as a young child during the Holocaust, including her infancy in Paris, France; the occupation of Paris by Nazi troops; her father's decision that the family should go into hiding; hiding with her older siblings with occasional visits from their parents; the arrest and deportation of her parents in June 1943; her brother's efforts to find a safe place for her outside of Paris; being fostered with a couple in an unidentified location; being visited by her siblings during this period; and understanding that she would never see her parents again.
Oral history interview with Guta Zlotlow
Alfred Cotton (né Baumwollspinner), born on December 29, 1925 in Hamburg, Germany, discusses his childhood in Hamburg; his Polish parents; his father’s wholesale wine distribution business; his memories of the antisemitism after the Nazis rose to power; his parents' selling their business because of the anti-Jewish boycotts; the expulsion of his father to Poland in 1938; the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938; the arrests of the teachers at the Jewish school he attended; his parents' decision to place him on a Kindertransport; leaving Germany for a boy's camp in Suffolk, England; the arrest and internment of all boys over age 16; being moved to Sheffield, England and living in a camp run by refugee women; attending a public school; learning that his parents and grandparents were deported in 1942 from Poland where they were living; his immigration to the United States in the early 1950s; and his involvement in Kindertransport reunions.
Marion Mostny, born on May 22, 1927 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her childhood in Berlin; the changes she experienced during the 1930s; her parents' decision to leave Germany; her family's immigration to Santiago, Chile in April 1939; the community of Jewish refugees there; the fates of family members left behind in Germany; her life in Chile; her and her husband's decision to immigrate to the United States in 1963; their life in San Francisco, CA; her decision to write her memoirs; and the importance of Holocaust remembrance. [See her memoir titles, Conversations with my grandchildren : a journey through three continents.]
Oral history interview with Roy Calder
Roy Calder describes his early life in an assimilated family in Berlin and Dresden; his invovlement in Jewish youth groups; his awareness of increased antisemitism after the Nazi rise to power; his parents' decision to send him to school in Switzerland in 1935; his attempts to convince his family to leave Germany; his regret that they did not; his decision to immigrate to Great Britain; the jobs he held in Birmingham, England; the beginning of World War II in 1939; his internment as an enemy alien in Sherbrooke, Canada; his return to England in late 1940; why he volunteered for the British army; his six year service in Scotland, Nigeria, India, and Burma; his marriage to another Holocaust survivor; his decision to immigrate to the United States in 1953; his Jewish identity; and the effects the events of the Holocaust had on him and his wife.
Abraham Jaeger, born on March 13, 1916 in Vel'ký Bočkov, Czechoslovakia (now Velykyi Bychkiv, Ukraine), discusses his childhood; his career as a salesman; his escape in October 1939 to Palestine, where he was imprisoned for six months; his experiences serving in the British Army in Egypt, Syria, and Cyprus; joining the Israeli Army in 1948; his career and life in Israel, where he lived until 1958; his immigration to the United States; and the death of his parents and three of sisters in the Holocaust.
Greta Reisman, born on January 6, 1927 in Mattersdorf (Mattersburg), Austria, discusses her childhood in Nuremberg, Germany; her religious upbringing and assimilated education; the changes she experienced after the Nazis came to power; the increasing antisemitism as well as her family's decision to relocate to Yugoslavia and Hungary; her experiences in Yugoslavia; the actions her grandmother took to allow them to remain there; her decision to join the rest of the family in Hungary; and immigrating to the United States in 1940.
Oral history interview with Dan Dougherty
Dan Dougherty, born May 30, 1925 in Austin, Minnesota, describes being drafted into the United States Army 17 days after his high school graduation; transferring from the 44th Division to the 45th Division; seeing combat on the Sigfried Line and experiencing a slight injury; returning after his recovery and fighting at Aschaffenburg, Germany; the surrender of Germany seven days later; taking part in the liberation of Bavarian US prisoner of war camps and concentration camps; going towards Nuremberg, which had already fallen to the Allies; arriving in Dachau, where they found thousands of emaciated corpselike inmates; coming upon Allach concentration camp; and going to Munich, which they occupied on May 1, 1945.
Max Erlichman, born in November 1931 in Caracas, Venezuela, describes his parents Tobias Erlichman and Bella Galinskaja; spending his childhood years in Amsterdam, Holland until he was taken to Westerbork with his brother and father in mid-November 1942; the deportation of his mother to Auschwitz in September of 1942; the deportation of his older brother Zacharias to Auschwitz in October of 1942; never seeing either Zacharias nor his mother again, and finding out after the war that they were both killed in the camps; being sent with his brother and father to Bergen-Belsen, where they stayed for nine weeks; being sent to a camp in Wülzburg, Germany and remaining there until they were liberated in March or April of 1945 by the American Army; recuperating along with his father and brother in a house provided to them by civilians in the town of Weissenburg in Bayern, Germany; being sent to a displaced persons camp in Würzburg for a week before being sent back to Holland; his father’s travels between Holland and the United States for a few years after the war; and immigrating to the US with his brother.
Oral history interview with Tillie Molho
Tillie Molho, born on December 25, 1926 in Salonika, Greece, discusses her childhood in Salonika and Athens, Greece; her experience of the Italian and German invasions of Athens; living in hiding for two years with a Christian family; the scarcity of food and the fear of discovery; her reunion with her family after the liberation of Athens; her family's attempt to reclaim their home from German collaborators; her life after the war; and her immigration to the United States in 1951.
Agnes Allison (née Agnes Suzannah Halàsz), born on October 28, 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, discusses her childhood; her younger sister, Judy; her mother, Ilona Gero and her father, Robert Halász; attending a private German school established for the children of diplomats; the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, and the arrival of Polish refugees; the Hitler Youth movement at her school; her family’s conversion to Catholicism in 1939 and her awareness of the anti-Jewish laws in Hungary; the German occupation of Hungary beginning in March 1944 and the increased restrictions imposed on the Jewish community; her family being forced out of their home; working for the Germans for a short time in exchange for protection; becoming friendly with a German officer's chauffeur, Fritz, who told her that the German soldiers kept watch at night to protect everyone in the apartment from the Hungarian Nazis, the Arrow Cross; going into hiding in December 1944 with the help of a priest, Father Reile; remaining in hiding until the liberation of Budapest in April 1945; learning the fates of family members; and her belief that the Arrow Cross was responsible for the deaths of Budapest Jews.
Ann Gabor Arancio, born on September 2, 1926 in Gyula, Hungary, discusses her childhood in Gyula; her childhood experiences with antisemitism; her experiences passing as a Christian with false identity papers; being captured in November 1944 by Nazi troops; doing forced labor in a brick factory; her escape with her mother and sister; going into hiding in several locations; the liberation of Hungary; studying in Holland; immigrating to the United States with her husband in 1950; and her divorce, remarriage, and family life in the United States. [Ms. Arancio was featured in the book, A Time to Flee: Unseen Women of Courage.]
Yanina Cywinska, born on October 28, 1929, describes growing up with her Ukrainian family, including her parents, Wladyslaw and Ludwika, and her older brother, Theodor; traveling a lot as a child; living mostly in and around Warsaw, Poland; attending ballet classes; being raised Catholic; her father’s Jewish friends; being taught by her parents to not look down on Jews or ever make an antisemitic comment; her father, who was a doctor and was asked by the Nazis, once they had invaded Poland, to perform some medical experiments on Jewish twins; his refusal to conduct the experiments and his subsequent imprisonment in jail for a short period; the Warsaw Ghetto, which was constructed in 1939; her father’s realization that he had a moral obligation to help the Jews and his failed attempts to get the local priest to help; her family’s participation in the underground movement; making several trips a day through tunnels and sewer lines into and out of the ghetto; carrying ammunition, jewelry, furs, medicine, and poison for the black market; witnessing executions and other violence; the various tunnels that they used to get in and out of the ghetto; being arrested and sent to a detention center; being taken out in the middle of the night with other people into the forest, where they dug ditches and then were lined up and shot; surviving the massacre because she was behind another woman, and she fell into the pit and pretended to be dead; climbing out of the pit and hiding in a haystack, where a farmer found her; reuniting with her parents at the detention center; her aunt, Stasha, paying the Gestapo to get Yanina and her brother out of the detention center; returning to her aunt’s house; being beaten and abused by her aunt for being a “Jew-lover”; her brother, who ran away; working as a servant for her aunt; ending up homeless and wandering around the streets of Warsaw for a while; staying for a few weeks with a couple she met at the detention center; reuniting with her parents at the detention center; being sent with the other prisoners to Auschwitz in cattle cars; the journey; arriving at Auschwitz; surviving a gas chamber after being revived by another inmate; being given a uniform; the shaving of her hair; being tattooed with a number; working in various places, including a factory, a kitchen, in the labs, and at the crematorium (note that it is generally thought that only men worked in the Sonderkommando doing the jobs that Yanina said she did); her methods for survival; being forced on a death march to Dachau; being liberated by American soldiers; staying in a displaced persons camp for a while, where she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by a soldier; her two abusive marriages after the war; meeting her third husband; the effects of the war on her emotionally; giving up on God; and her long recovery from her traumatic experiences.
Oral history interview with Ilse Lewy
Ilse Lewy, born on February 26, 1920 in Wuppertal, Germany, discusses her childhood in Wuppertal (now part of Elberfeld); her memories of the increase in antisemitism after Hitler rose to power 1933; being forced to leave school and move with her family; working at a factory until 1936; her move to a children's school in Sweden that prepared students for immigration to Palestine; her travels there by train and her experiences in the school for the next two years; being summoned back to Germany to immigrate with her parents and sister to the United States; the voyage on a ship through the Panama Canal; arriving in San Francisco, CA; returning to school; her attempts at and final success in being admitted to nurse training; her experiences with antisemitism in the United States; volunteering for the United States Army; being stationed in the Philippines where she met her future husband; and their marriage and family life.
Esther Kemeny, born on August 19, 1912 in Michalovce, Slovakia, discusses her childhood in Michalovce; attending law school and graduating 1936; incidents of antisemitism; her disbarment in 1939 because she was Jewish; meeting her husband and their marriage; the escape of her brothers and father to the United States in 1940; being deported with her husband to Auschwitz in 1944; the deplorable conditions at Auschwitz; the birth and tragic loss of her son in Auschwitz; her work in the hospital at Auschwitz; the death march she endured; her experiences at Ravensbrück concentration camp; being liberated by Russian soldiers; the assistance she received from the Red Cross; her return to Slovakia and her reunion with her husband who was in the hospital in Bratislava; their immigration to the United States in 1949; their move to New York and then Ohio; her husband's medical practices; and the birth of her daughter in 1952.
Roma Barnes (née Rosenmann), born on March 15, 1930 in Demblin (Deblin), Poland, describes being subjected to a lot of antisemitism in school when she was growing up; the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in September 1939; the roundup of Jews; fleeing the roundups several times; her parents, who were caught in the first roundup and sent to Sobibor, where they were killed immediately upon arrival; returning to her town, where she met up with her uncle and stayed with him; her uncle’s preparation of fake passports for all of them to go to Switzerland; watching as her uncle was captured by the Nazis and shot; being caught and sent to a work camp, where she witnessed such atrocities as watching the hanging of her friend; being sent to Chesokova, where she was liberated; and staying in Egland after the war before going to the United States.
Margot Braun (née Feibush), born January 28, 1923 in Berlin, Germany, describes growing up in a suburb of Berlin, where there were very few Jews; being forced to go to a Jewish school in Berlin when Hitler came to power in 1933; her family’s experience of a "pre-Kristallnacht" in June of 1938, at which time she and her family were awakened and forced to leave their businesses and move in with their relatives; her father’s many siblings, including his brother who was an extremely wealthy businessman in San Francisco, CA; leaving with her family for England in March 1939; the arrest of her parents at the beginning of the war; living with her cousin in a foster home in England; her parents’ eventual release; and her family’s immigration in October 1948 to the United States.
Theodore “Ted” Ellington, born in February 1928 in Vienna, Austria, describes being an only child; growing up around antisemitism and being defensive of his Jewish identity; the religious nature of Vienna schools and having to attend Christian educational activities; being also required to go to Jewish education sessions; how there were about eight Jewish students in his elementary school class of 35 children; his father, who made a living selling foodstuffs for livestock; the economic inequality in Vienna and his family’s practice to provide lunch for an unemployed family once a week; the violence that erupted in Vienna in 1934; the Anschluss in 1938; seeing tanks in the streets and army planes flying overhead daily; the Nazi flags and swastikas all over Vienna and the pro-Nazi sentiment of many Austrians; the Nuremberg laws; being forced to attend an all-Jewish school, where Nazi children would gather outside and taunt the Jewish students; the burning of synagogues and the destruction of his grandfather's store; his memories of Nazis entering their family home and beating his father after he asked the officers for paperwork stating that they were allowed to conduct the search; how the officers took virtually everything the family owned, including his cherished stamp collection; his parents’ desire to relocate to the United States; his parents’ decision to enroll Ted in a program that was run by the Quakers that took children from Austria and placed them temporarily with a family in England; going to Belgium in April 1939 to live with his uncle; going to England in May 1939 and staying with a family there until 1946; being treated well by the English family; attending school in London; his parents’ migration to San Francisco, CA in 1940; traveling to New York, NY in 1946 and a train to San Francisco, where he reunited with his parents in May 1946; attending San Francisco City College for one year and then UC Berkeley; earning his degree in accounting in 1950; joining the US Army for two years and then becoming a CPA; getting married in 1965; and his two daughters.
Elisabeth Katz (née Rosenthal), born on April 23, 1920 in Fürth, Germany, discusses her childhood in an assimilated Jewish family; her mother's conversion to Judaism and reversion to Lutheranism; the ambivalent position that she felt placed in because of this difference; having to change schools once Hitler rose to power in 1933; attending a Jewish boarding school; entering nursing school in Frankfurt in 1938; her memories of the events surrounding Kristallnacht in November 1938, including the arrest of her father; immigrating to London in late 1938 to work in a hospital; being interned as an enemy alien; returning to London and working as a nurse during the Blitz; visiting her parents in 1947 in Germany, where they had remained throughout the war; her father being one of the three Jews in Furth who survived the Holocaust; immigrating to the United States in 1949; moving to San Francisco, CA; and marrying a fellow refugee.
Oral history interview with Jim Sanders
Louis Slanger (né Ludwig Schlanger), born 1904, discusses his youth and adult years in Ujvidék, Hungary (later Yugoslavia, now Novi Sad, Serbia); his family life; his participation in sports, particularly wrestling; his education; his experiences as the Austrian wrestling champion and his participation in the 1928 Olympic Games; the antisemitism he experienced; his identity as a national champion rather than as a Jew and the benefits he received from this status; his experiences emigrating from Vienna, Austria to the United Kingdom in 1938; the work he performed; his decision to move his family to the United States after the war; his life in the US; and the fates of his other family members.
Ellen Fletcher (née Amster), born on December 3, 1928 in Berlin, Germany, describes her Polish father and her German mother; growing up in Germany and her father leaving them to return to Poland; her mother, who worked full time as a social worker; living in a Jewish orphanage for three years (1934-1937) before attending an orthodox Jewish boarding school; the worsening antisemitism; her memories of Kristallnacht as a young child in the orphanage, being very scared in a dark room listening to all the noise outside; becoming an atheist after experiencing Kristallnacht; witnessing religious Jews running into synagogues to save the Torah, which caused her to question why ‘God did not save them’; feeling more fear shortly after Kristallnacht when she was walking to school and was approached by a man who told her to go home as quickly as she could; receiving papers in the mail from the police that said she was to meet with them the next day, however, her mother went instead; leaving for England on a train full of young children, which is one of the worst memories she has; how at the station there were hundreds of children with their parents saying goodbye, and it was probably the last time most of the children would ever see their parents; not feeling the change as hard as other children because she had not lived with her parents prior to leaving for England; staying with a foster family in England; experiencing difficulties at first because of the cultural differences, for example it was customary in Germany to place your hands under the table and in England it was polite to keep your hands above the table; feeling like an outcast in school she because she was a German Jew; learning English by studying a German to English dictionary; working as a baby sitter while she lived in England and staying in touch with her mother through mail; learning later that her grandmother died in Auschwitz; moving to New York in 1946; her desire to be a nurse until she had appendix surgery and saw what nurses had to deal with; attending college and studying sociology; getting married to an English man named Martin Fletcher while she was in college; becoming a homemaker and having three children; divorcing Martin; and her life in California.
Estella Hayden, born on August 5, 1925 in Magdeburg, Germany, discusses her childhood in Magdeburg; her vague memories of the increase in antisemitism after the Nazis rose to power; her mother's insistence that the family leave Germany; her father's arrest after Kristallnacht in November 1938, and his imprisonment in Buchenwald; her family's journey to Shanghai, China shortly after, where they lived in the Hong Kew ghetto during the war years; her experiences in Shanghai; her mother's death of cancer there; the restrictions they endured under Japanese control; her fears and sense of lack of safety during this period; the end of the war and her family's relocation to the United States in 1947; and her marriage and family life in San Francisco, CA.
Oral history interview with Marie Kincade
Bernard Offen, born on April 17, 1929 in Kraków, Poland, discusses his childhood in Kraków; his early experiences with antisemitism; the events he witnessed during the German invasion of Poland in 1939; his experiences in the Kraków Ghetto starting in 1941; the deportations of many family members; hiding from raids; being deported to Płaszów in 1943; his narrow escape from Płaszów; hiding in a nearby camp with a family member; being deported to Mauthausen; his subsequent deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; his experiences in Auschwitz; being transferred in October to a subcamp of Dachau near Landsberg; his experiences in the subcamp; being on a death march in May 1945; being liberated by the United States Army; his search for other surviving family members; the fates of the rest of his family; immigrating to the United Kingdom after the war; his subsequent immigration to the United States; enlisting in the United States Army to serve in the Korean War; his life after the war; returning to Poland to conduct tours of Holocaust-related sites; and the time he spends speaking about his personal experiences.
Laura Rosenthal (née Stein), born on April 13, 1926 in Karlsruhe, Germany, discusses her childhood in Karlsruhe; her memories of Kristallnacht in November 1938; the family decision that she should follow her brother, who left Germany to study in England in 1936; her father's detention and release; her parents' efforts to secure an escape for her to England; her move to Liverpool to live with a family; the difficulties she encountered; her move from that home to another and then to a youth hostel for refugee children in Wales; her experiences working and living in London; the deportation of her parents to France and their successful immigration to Cuba; and her reunion with her parents in New York in 1947.
Jay Frankston (né Joseph Frankenstein), born on October 10, 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany, describes the early accounts of his life, which he only knowns because they were told to him again from his friends and family; moving with his parents, Max and Alice, to Poland not too long after his birth; having few memories of Poland, except that they had to leave abruptly; his father, who was a barber in Poland but was treated as an outcast because of his religious beliefs and fled to Germany; moving with his family in 1937 to Paris, France, where his father opened his own store that sold leather goods; experiencing antisemitism at school from his classmates; the antisemitism his parents experienced; his family’s decision to move south to Marseilles, France when it became clear in 1939 that Germany could invade Paris; going with his family to the United States in 1943 and changing their name to Frankston (Joseph also changed his name to Jay); and his thoughts on how being middle class helped them afford their escape from Europe.
Ewa Janik, born in 1942 in Częstochowa, Poland, discusses her childhood in an unidentified ghetto in occupied Poland; her father's involvement in the underground; being given by her parents to a Catholic Polish couple, who were also part of the underground, when the ghetto was liquidated; her father's death; being separated from her mother; being brought up as a Catholic by the family that sheltered her; a meeting at age 16 with a woman who gave her a letter from her birth mother who was living in the United States; her adopted parents' denial of the facts of her birth; her family life; her move with her husband and children to the United States; meeting her birth mother; the emotionally complex relationships she has with both her birth and adopted mothers; and her lack of either a Jewish or Catholic identification.
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Katz
Henry Kruger describes his childhood in Wolomin, Poland; his awareness of antisemitism; his memories of German Jewish refugees arriving in nearby Warsaw in the late 1930s; the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939; the destruction of his home; the death of his mother; his memories of German and Polish abuses; his decision to escape to Russia; his flight to the border town of Malkinia; his arrival and life in Bialystok; his return home in February 1940; his experiences under German occupation; his relocation to the ghetto; how he worked to build railroad tracks to Treblinka in 1942; his work with the Polish underground making false identity cards; his successful escape from the ghetto using a false identity; learning of his family's deportation to Treblinka; a second escape using a false identity; his time hiding in forests and on farms; how he obtained a travel passport in December 1944; how he travelled to Hannover to work as a Polish laborer; his liberation in Hannover by British troops; his experiences in a displaced persons camp; and his immigration to the United States.
Oral history interview with Rita Kuhn
Rita Kuhn discusses her childhood in Berlin, Germany; her Jewish father and her mother who converted to Judaism in the 1920s; the Nazis' rise to power; her growing awareness of antisemitism and change; the dismay she felt after the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938, and the privations her family suffered as a consequence of the Nuremberg Laws and her father's unemployment; living with meager ration allotments, detainments, and forced labor; life in Berlin during the war years, including the bombings and doing forced labor in a small factory; the round-up of Jews in Berlin in February 1943 and her release, because her mother was German; the Rosenstrasse Protest of 1943, when a group of Aryan women protested the imprisonment of their Jewish husbands and children, in which her mother participated; the occupation of Berlin by Russian troops, and her family being asked to identify Nazis to them; her first exposure to information about the concentration camps and the Holocaust, the time she spent in a displaced persons camp, her desire to leave Germany and her immigration to the United States in 1948; and her return to Berlin for the 50th year memorial of Kristallnacht, when she participated in a silent march from the a synagogue to Rosenstrasse in commemoration of the protest there.
Rebecca Siegel (née Salomons), born on November 23, 1929 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses her childhood in Amsterdam; her memories of the invasion of Holland by Nazi Germany in 1940; her father's activities helping Jewish refugees from Poland and Germany; being forced to leave her elementary school for a Jewish school in June 1941; the family's move to a Jewish ghetto in Amsterdam; conditions for Jews under the Nazi occupation; her family's deportation to Westerbork in September 1942; her experiences in Westerbork; the family's deportation to Bergen-Belsen and the terrible conditions there; her father's death while in Bergen-Belsen; being transported on a train in April 1945 to an unknown destination; the abandonment of the train by Nazi troops; her family's liberation by American soldiers; their return to Amsterdam; her life in the Netherlands after the war; and the family's immigration to the United States in 1951.
Leo Anspach, born in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic), describes his family history; his parents, Elsa Klauber and Ludwig; his experiences with antisemitism after the Nazis rose to power in neighboring Germany; graduating from school in 1936; the family's flight to Prague after the Nazis occupied the Sudetenland, including Karlsbad, in September 1938; the family's fears and attempts to emigrate; the occupation of Prague by Nazi troops in March 1939; the difficulties the family suffered under Nazi rule; his flight to Shanghai, China in 1940 with the help of his aunt; his experiences in the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai; his immigration to the United States in 1947; and the fate of his family members, including his father, mother, and sister, who perished during the Holocaust.
Walter Balaban, born in November 1917 in Vienna, Austria, describes his childhood and young adulthood in Vienna; his family’s experiences with antisemitism; feeling antisemitism from teachers; his memories of German Jewish refugees visiting his family after the ascent to power of the Nazi party in 1933; the Anschluss in March 1938; the enforcement of anti-Jewish laws and the loss of Jewish businesses; witnessing persecutions and cruelties inflicted on Jewish citizens; his family's attempts to immigrate to the United States; his flight to Switzerland; his experiences during the war years in refugee camps in Schaffhausen and Unteraergeri that were financed by the Swiss Jewish community and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS); returning to Vienna after the war and the damage and destruction he saw; learning that his parents had been deported to Theresienstadt (Terezin) and Auschwitz and perished during the Holocaust; his brother, who survived the war in England and moved to the United States; immigrating to the US six months after his brother; working various jobs and living in New York, Charleston, and San Francisco; finding work as an electrical draftsman; his family life; and the experiences of other Holocaust survivors he knows.
Ursula Foster, born in January 12, 1927 in Hannover, Germany, discusses her childhood in Hannover; the increasing antisemitism in Germany after 1933; her family's immigration to Amsterdam, Netherlands in March 1938; her life in Amsterdam, including her acquaintance with Anne Frank; the invasion of Holland by Germany in 1940; the increasing oppression, discrimination, and hardships endured by the Jewish population; her old brother's transport to Westerbork, how her parents and she were able to evade capture; their experiences being hidden in Amsterdam beginning in 1943; the conditions in hiding and the fear she felt; their liberation in 1945; learning that her brother perished in Auschwitz; immigrating with her parent to the United States in 1947; settling in Oakland, California; the difficulties her parents encountered in adapting to life in the United States; her adult life; and her return visit to Germany.
Ellen Stewer (née Katz), born on October 10, 1918 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her childhood in Berlin; her parents and her older sister, Vera Katz; moving with her mother to Vienna in 1937 after the death of her father; the antisemitism and persecution Jews faced in Vienna after the Anschluss in March 1938; a particular incident in which Jewish men in Vienna were forced to wash the streets; her and her mother's arrest for attempting to send money out of the country; her future husband exchanging himself for them and his imprisonment until 1940; her mother's death; fleeing to Shanghai, China with her husband in 1940; her experiences in Shanghai from 1941 to 1947; immigrating with her husband to the United States in 1947; and their experiences adapting to their new life in the United States.
Tusia Volansky, born on June 28, 1922 in Lódz, Poland, discusses her childhood in Lódz; her family life; and her parents' status in the community; being snet with her mother and brother to the Lodz ghetto in 1939; life in the ghetto, including the conditions, her experiences, and the work she performed; being deported to Auschwitz in 1944; the physical and mental abuse she experienced in the camp; being transferred to Halbstadt (a subcamp of Gross-Rosen); being liberated by the Soviet Army in May 1945; her reunion with her brother in a displaced persons camp in Hannover, Germany; their return to Lodz; and the unfriendly reception she received there.
Hans Wiener, April 20, 1917 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his childhood in Vienna; his family life; his education in a Catholic school and the antisemitism he experienced there; the changes he experienced after the German annexation of Austria (Anschluss) in March 1938; the visa he received through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; his arrest by the Gestapo; his move to Switzerland; his experiences in a Swiss refugee camp and his decision to escape this camp; his immigration in June 1939 with his family to Bolivia; his experiences there; the work he performed; his immigration to the United States in 1953; and his life in the US.
Berthe Meghnagi describes her childhood in Paris, France; the German invasion; her family's arrest and deportation to a temporary camp; their release; the time she spent hiding in a convent at Nogent-Sur-Marne outside of Paris; and the help her family received from a non-Jewish family.
Sonia Orbuch (née Sura Faiga Shainwald), born on May 24, 1925 in Luboml, Poland (now Liuboml', Ukraine), discusses her childhood in Luboml; her memories of the beginning of World War II and the changes the town experienced; the occupation of Luboml by Russian troops; increasing antisemitism; her brother's conscription into the Russian army; the occupation of the town by Nazi troops and the restrictions that Jews were forced to endure; her family's failed attempt to escape to Russia; the increasing dangers faced by Jews; the family's decision to flee to the forest; the family's experiences hiding in the forest; being sheltered by Polish gentiles; her experiences working and fighting with Russian partisans; her experiences after the war; and her immigration to the United States in 1949. The supplemental tape, “Lubloml: My Heart Remembers,” describes life in Luboml, Poland before and during the war, and features portions of Sonia Orbuch's oral history interviews.
Helene Steinlauf, born on December 6, 1942 in Antwerp, Belgium, discusses her parents during the war years, at which time she was an infant and young child; her parents' experiences in Antwerp during the Nazi occupation of Belgium; the dangers Jews were subject to; her family fleeing to Switzerland; the hardships her mother endured in their travels to Switzerland; being hidden in a cloister where her mother posed as a nun; hiding in a Belgium prison; the family's reunion in Switzerland, where they lived as share croppers; her family's return to Antwerp after the war; and their immigration to the United States in 1955.
Joseph Vles, born on July 7, 1939 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses his childhood in hiding in Amsterdam; his parents' decision to place him with a family in Amerongen, Holland at a very early age; his experiences during the war years; his memories of visits from German soldiers; his experiences during the winter of 1944-1945; his memories of liberation in May 1945 and his reunion with his parents a few weeks later; the pain caused by his lack of memories of them; his life after the war; his three years in Switzerland; his decision to immigrate to Toronto, Canada and his experiences there; his opportunity to move to the United States; the work he performed in New York, Washington DC, and California; and his married life.
Marianne Gerhart, born on July 19, 1923 in Munich, Germany, discusses her childhood in Munich as the daughter of a non-observant Jewish actress mother and a non-Jewish father; her lack of Jewish education or identification; her baptism and her Catholic school education; the difficulties posed by her mother's Jewish background, which resulted in her father losing his job; her parents' adaption to their changed circumstances under Nazism; her experiences during the period of 1933-1945; obtaining false papers for herself through a Lutheran school; her father's interest in socialism and Rudolph Steiner; her father stablishing a farm; the numerous threats to her mother's safety; her parents' divorce after the war; and her immigration to the United States in 1946 as a displaced person with her mother.
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Meditation brings many benefits: It refreshes us, helps us settle into what’s happening now, makes us wiser and gentler, helps us cope in a world that overloads us with information and communication, and more.
This morning, like every morning, I sat cross-legged on a cushion on the floor, rested my hands on my knees, closed my eyes, and did nothing but breathe for 20 minutes.
People say the hardest part about meditating is finding the time to meditate. This makes sense: who these days has time to do nothing? It’s hard to justify.
Meditation brings many benefits: It refreshes us, helps us settle into what’s happening now, makes us wiser and gentler, helps us cope in a world that overloads us with information and communication, and more. But if you’re still looking for a business case to justify spending time meditating, try this one: Meditation makes you more productive.
How? By increasing your capacity to resist distracting urges.
Research shows that an ability to resist urges will improve your relationships, increase your dependability, and raise your performance. If you can resist your urges, you can make better, more thoughtful decisions. You can be more intentional about what you say and how you say it. You can think about the outcome of your actions before following through on them.
Our ability to resist an impulse determines our success in learning a new behavior or changing an old habit. It’s probably the single most important skill for our growth and development.
As it turns out, that’s one of the things meditation teaches us. It’s also one of the hardest to learn.
When I sat down to meditate this morning, relaxing a little more with each out-breath, I was successful in letting all my concerns drift away. My mind was truly empty of everything that had concerned it before I sat. Everything except the flow of my breath. My body felt blissful and I was at peace.
For about four seconds.
Within a breath or two of emptying my mind, thoughts came flooding in — nature abhors a vacuum. I felt an itch on my face and wanted to scratch it. A great title for my next book popped into my head and I wanted to write it down before I forgot it. I thought of at least four phone calls I wanted to make and one difficult conversation I was going to have later that day. I became anxious, knowing I only had a few hours of writing time. What was I doing just sitting here? I wanted to open my eyes and look at how much time was left on my countdown timer. I heard my kids fighting in the other room and wanted to intervene.
Here’s the key though: I wanted to do all those things, but I didn’t do them. Instead, every time I had one of those thoughts, I brought my attention back to my breath.
Sometimes, not following through on something you want to do is a problem, like not writing that proposal you’ve been procrastinating on or not having that difficult conversation you’ve been avoiding.
But other times, the problem is that you do follow through on something you don’t want to do. Like speaking instead of listening or playing politics instead of rising above them.
Meditation teaches us to resist the urge of that counterproductive follow through.
And while I’ve often noted that it’s easier and more reliable to create an environment that supports your goals than it is to depend on willpower, sometimes, we do need to rely on plain, old-fashioned, self-control.
For example, when an employee makes a mistake and you want to yell at him even though you know that it’s better — for him and for the morale of the group — to ask some questions and discuss it gently and rationally. Or when you want to blurt something out in a meeting but know you’d be better off listening. Or when you want to buy or sell a stock based on your emotions when the fundamentals and your research suggest a different action. Or when you want to check email every three minutes instead of focusing on the task at hand.
Meditating daily will strengthen your willpower muscle. Your urges won’t disappear, but you will be better equipped to manage them. And you will have experience that proves to you that the urge is only a suggestion. You are in control.
Does that mean you never follow an urge? Of course not. Urges hold useful information. If you’re hungry, it may be a good indication that you need to eat. But it also may be an indication that you’re bored or struggling with a difficult piece of work. Meditation gives you practice having power over your urges so you can make intentional choices about which to follow and which to let pass.
So how do you do it? If you’re just starting, keep it very simple.
Sit with your back straight enough that your breathing is comfortable — on a chair or a cushion on the floor — and set a timer for however many minutes you want to meditate. Once you start the timer, close your eyes, relax, and don’t move except to breathe, until the timer goes off. Focus on your breath going in and out. Every time you have a thought or an urge, notice it and bring yourself back to your breath.
That’s it. Simple but challenging. Try it — today — for five minutes. And then try it again tomorrow.
This morning, after my meditation, I went to my home office to start writing. A few minutes later, Sophia, my seven-year-old, came in and told me the kitchen was flooded. Apparently Daniel, my five-year-old, filled a glass of water and neglected to turn off the tap. Oops.
In that moment, I wanted to scream at both Daniel and Sophia. But my practice countered that urge. I took a breath.
Then, together, we went into action mode. We got every towel in the house — and a couple of blankets — and mopped it all up, laughing the whole time. When we were done soaking up the water, we talked about what happened. Finally, we all walked together to our downstairs neighbors and took responsibility for the flood, apologized, and asked if we could help them clean up the mess.
After that, I had lost an hour of writing. If I was going to meet my deadline, I needed to be super-productive. So I ate a quick snack and then ignored every distracting urge I had for two hours — no email, no phone calls, no cute Youtube videos — until I finished my piece, which I did with 30 minutes to spare.
Who says meditation is a waste of time?
→ Peter Bregman helps CEOs and their leadership teams tackle their most important priorities together. His next Leadership Week is in October, 2014. His latest book is 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done.
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Security is and has always been the most serious concern of property owners because security breaches, theft, or unauthorized access can become the reason for great loss or intense worry as well.
There are so many people who have different norms for their property protection, and they use various strategies to keep their homes safe and away from any unauthorized access.
Well, this is definitely a time-consuming process, and if you want to ensure the proper safety, then you would definitely need to dedicate yourself to it.
But that is not how the property security issues should be handled these days because now we have the amazing advantages of advanced CCTV Systems.
It is time for you to invest some money for safety purposes. And for that, looking for the best CCTV camera can do the trick.
Place it anywhere you want, and capture the moments in detail. You are always going to receive the best help with your CCTV camera once you have joined hands with the reliable CCTV installation service.
They have been shipping some of the best CCTV models from Samsung and never got a complaint about the product’s quality. You can make your purchase from their sides only. They are ready to offer quality help whenever the right time comes.
What are the reasons to invest money in such products? Well, if you are out of town and want to keep close track of your property, a CCTV camera can be of the best help. There are loads of attractive services available, and you get to choose the best one among the lot.
Previously, there was a single-size CCTV camera. But now, there are miniature versions available too, in case; you want to place it in hiding. Wireless and wired; these two options are available now to help you make the right choice over here.
Going for the features
It is always necessary for you to make the right choice when it comes to the best CCTV Distributor. You must look for the ones with years of experience in distributing the best items.
They might even offer some discounts on some of the chosen items, around here. Furthermore, you should look for the items with night vision mode. So, your house or commercial sector will stay protected even during the night times. It becomes hard for the trespassers to enter your property when it is under thorough scrutiny and safety check.
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The rise of online trading and business has tremendously changed the way transactions are executed.
The techniques have brought people closer to one another but have also complicated the simple way of transactions.
Now, people mostly use debit/credit cards along with internet banking for executing transactions and earning.
Keeping a record of everything has turned out way complicated and tough because of which accounting services are being hired.
The expert accountant services are available twenty-four hours at your service. One can approach them through their official online portals and blogs.
Gone are the days when entrepreneurs could calculate everything using a simple pen and calculators? With so many complications in accountancy, only specialized experts can execute everything in a sound way.
No one can manage business and record transactions at the same time as both activities require ample concentration and hard work.
By hiring accounting services, you can sit back and relax thereby transferring all your accounting-related problems to them. The agents of the company can be hired by you on a temporary basis for getting the records maintained.
Accounting services like the website here are regarded to be safe and economical. The hired experts shall interfere in your accounts only on a temporary basis thereby leaving you fully secured and safe.
Unlike the ones who are hired permanently, your firm shall not be at risk of account manipulation. Neglecting bookkeeping can end up creating loads of trouble for you in the end.
You need to timely pay taxes and other bills and of which, account management is a must. The hired accountants can help you in the following ways:
Preparation of balance sheet and profit and loss accounts
Calculating the due salary of the staff
Net profit or annual turnover of the firm
Bank statements and much more
Even if you have the caliber to calculate everything in the right manner, it is not necessary that you may find sufficient time to do so.
This is how progress impacts businesses and if you try to do all the work by yourself your business too can suffer a lot negatively.
By hiring the experts, one is able to ensure that one gets the right mathematical figures at the right time. The temporarily hired experts eliminate the office expenses that you would have otherwise borne because of hiring the permanent accountants.
A single accountant hired by the firm shall help you to solve all your accountancy troubles.
However, when hiring them it is good to evaluate their availability. Accountants aren’t known for good customer service abilities, but it is a significant aspect of their job. If you don’t see them for days, then they aren’t the right choice for you.
Not all people have the same accounting needs but there are situations where you need a specialist touch. Find out if they are suitable for the kind of accounting and bookkeeping you desire and see their past work for this.
There is no shortcut when it comes to hiring an experienced and skilled accountant so make sure you for the tips for hiring an accountant.
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Most of you must be familiar with websites, like – Facebook and Twitter – which are used to connect with friends for chatting or simply waste time for some people. In the past decade, social media has emerged as one of the best marketing platforms.
You must have seen sponsored ads on Facebook or sponsored tweets on Twitter. This is due to the fact that social media marketing is more affordable than other forms of marketing or advertising; it can also help in targeting the right audience.
The traditional method of displaying ads and sponsored tweets are costly for brands, and that’s why many people hire freelancers for such digital marketing services on social media.
So, if you have accounts on social media platforms with a decent number of active followers, register for websites for free, and apply for campaigns created by brands. Quote the charges for a tweet or a Facebook post depending on the number of followers you have.
But can you make enough money to get rich here? Not so.
But there are alternatives like trading online in cryptos which can make you rich fast. Joining the platforms like Investirex its made it super easy to make your dreams come true in no time.
Although you have multiple options to make money online, it is an imperative step to select the right option which interests you.
You can even take some training in trading, or of any interest that you are confident of. If you are not fascinated by anyway, then you would start losing interest and eventually fail to perform in it.
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Do you want to make money online? here’s how
The unruly nature of the internet has exposed us to many opportunities, which have increased exponentially in recent years.
With so much change in today’s world and access to the global population through social media and online search, many people are still amazed by the use of the technology available through the internet to make money online.
Making money online seems a simple thing, but it’s not. There’s so much competition around and many people are struggling for the right opportunity with reputable sources to generate any amount of income through the web has become a challenge.
Due to this, we run to Internet Marketers, who either help us through the process or have the altruistic intent of making money from you.
However, this isn’t something new and everyone is aware of it. People reach out to networking marketing, affiliate scams, and pyramid schemes before the start of the net.
Using a legitimate way to make money is not very difficult if you follow the steps carefully and join the platforms like StoxDC where you can trade and earn every day.
is not about generating passive income; it is also about finding ways and resources to create an active income through the services afforded to us by the internet, which will help us with the debt compulsions and also authorize us to invest and save for the future purposes.
It is difficult by any method. Anybody that reveals to you generally isn’t being straightforward with you. It requires a tremendous measure of exertion and expert work before you can truly begin getting rich through your online wage delivering exercises.
Notwithstanding, there are some fundamental techniques, which you can learn in one of the best platforms for making a respectable measure of trade out the here and now.
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Benefits of Hiring an Accountant for Your Business
Entrepreneurs are experts in their fields and have a high degree of control over their business operations. They hardly think of hiring an accountant, tax professional for their business.
But, what they don’t realize is appointing an accountant as a consultant can add value to your company. There is no rule that accountants will only be employed in large organizations.
Even a small business can hire an accountant to manage their assets and liabilities and check the progress of the company. Thus, there are several benefits of hiring an accountant.
Some of them are given below:
As your company prospers, it gets quite tough to manage all the assets effectively. This is when you need a professional accountant for your help.
An accountant is well-trained to efficiently manage all the assets and see if they aren’t under-used or misused.
They deal with the ledger, credit-debit, profit, and losses of the firm. They keep your monetary resources secure and suggest you use them in better ways.
Run complicated monetary systems
Surely every accountant possesses enhanced accounting abilities.
Accountants are well-equipped with the skills to use technical accounting aspects like software to draft statements and reports quickly.
Hiring an accountant website will help you reap the benefits of complex enhanced accounting technology.
Tax management
When you talk about tax management, you have two options.
Either you do it on your own which is undoubtedly highly time consuming or hire an accountant to manage your firm’s taxes and stay updated with necessary tax law for your company.
Accountant assists in verifying compliance to dispel any possible taxation issue your company may encounter.
They possess deep knowledge about tax breaks and help you avail high value claim benefits.
Keep the costs down
An accountant’s work is to do efforts in the fiscal well-being of a company.
They notice when the firm’s money is being spent unnecessarily and lower your financial drains. They vigilantly watch over so that there aren’t any overpaid expenditures.
High savings
Every business needs to keep their cash flow under monitoring. You have several expenses to take care of that sometimes you just forget about saving money for future investments.
It is your accountant who helps you in controlling the cash flow and create a simple and efficient saving plan to get rid of future fiscal troubles.
Create business opportunities
Professional accountants have good connections in the business community. Thus, they can support your business with networking and contacts and suggest several business opportunities.
Use your accountant’s referrals to grow the stature of your developing business.
Release your stress
Businessmen already overwork to keep their business in profit. They last thing they want to get burdened about is managing your own accounts.
An entrepreneur starts losing money when he fails to deal with the accounts appropriately. Any lack in focusing can lead to failure.
At this time, only a reliable accountant can help you manage the accounts and taxes so that you can fully focus on your business.
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How to Plan for a Small Business Finance?
So many people start a business of any type with a full-fledged mind setup only but very few of them only will succeed in the market competition and come up to a higher level.
This is purely on their creative mind, good marketing, confidence level, and hard work.
Apart from these characteristics, one more important thing is that if you are taking the history of the present times most high-level business companies, may have started their business companies initially in a smaller form only.
Thus starting any type of business initially in a smaller form will surely by the hard work and confidence reach a high level at period.
Arranging for funds
Getting certain finance certainly might not be enough for you.
Therefore you can go for any kind of long-term debt, short-term debt, equipment finance, or sme business loan singapore for getting the remaining amount.
If your company is earning continuous profits and has established a good position then there would be lots of lenders ready to lend you the required sum of money.
It is however advisable to have the experience and decent commercial loan broker to analyze the markets and the type of finances available to you.
By having an experienced commercial broker you get to have nice deals and most importantly you can rely upon them.
However, you should always go for the type of finance which is suitable for your company and fits the best according to your needs.
Right Amount of financing for the business
Well, sixty percent of finance is always healthy for your company and if you have a good cash flow then the finance won’t put any sort of burden.
Debt finance also comes in the form of secured or asset-based finance.
These secured finances however include your business inventory, accounts receivables, real estate, personal property, furniture, letter of credit, etc.
You can have the correct combination of both secured and unsecured installment loans bad credit for fulfilling your company’s financial needs.
Your business gets a nice mix of both if it has good cash flow and is in a strong financial position.
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How to be a successful investor in long term?
Contrary to the idea of the majority of individuals out there, making it big in the stock market is not that tough a catch. In fact, it is just a matter of process purification.
And yes definitely there are some risk factors but then again what good thing in life doesn’t come with a risk to it?
But when one really knows how to handle things properly, it is not that much of a concern. As per investment specialist Ahmed Nashaat, it is all about when to make the strike and when to lay back.
A long-term investment is a field where the bigger picture matters much more than the bits and pieces. This means that you shouldn’t worry about minimal or slight movements of investments. Because these are often short-term and don’t very much define the larger picture.
The key to long-term investment is to mold one’s mind to think ahead of others and to keep in account the different outcomes as much as it is possible.
Confidence is of the utmost importance when you dream to be a long-term investor. In fact, it is vital that you stay resolute in your decisions and shouldn’t fickle like candlelight. Remember stress only brings about misjudgment in any person.
Therefore keep as calm as possible at any particular moment. It is resolute of a person under extreme stress that defines a person’s dedication and determination in totality. Don’t overwhelm yourself in cases of obvious volatility of the short-term investments.
Particularly when investing in P2P lending platforms you should choose the one wisely and thereby focus on fulfilling your investment goals in aspect to that particular investment platform.
Platforms online are worth checking if you want to get much higher returns on your investment with low risk. However, before investing make sure you check the Axa Adviser online to get a better idea of how it works.
According to Ahmed Nashaat, it is important that you pick a single strategy to move forward rather than bits and pieces of many strategies.
Just like focus can take you a long way closer to your success as a long-term investor, diverging in the matter can lead to depreciated results which are ultimately not good for you. Don’t be confused among the many strategies out there.
Finding your own way of getting things done takes quite an amount of time. But never give up on it. None of the hurdles along the way are permanent and will move along as you learn more. Basically, a strategy is like a weapon that you wield. The more you shun it the sharper it becomes.
Therefore it is useless to have numerous blunt weapons at your disposal than to have a weapon that you will sharpen on a regular basis just to make your goals more precise and refined.
When investing in stocks don’t just be biased about buying stocks of the big names in the field. As opposed to the common misconception, small-cap stocks have even higher returns on investment quite often. Therefore first analyze the past records and then invest depending on that and on your own calculations as well.
So it is not a matter to fret but only a matter to be calculated and handled with discipline. Then you are on your way to being a successful long-term investor.
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Benefits Of a Reputed Online Payroll Scheduling Software System
The market is overloaded with multiple inventions. Some are suitable for business class people and enrich the value of their working functionalities to a great extent. Online is currently dominating the physical market in every manner possible, and business is not lagging behind.
Whether HR management or financial help, small and medium-sized businesses are hovering towards the online zone. The same rule is applicable while dealing with payroll systems.
Online payroll software is a much-awaited invention from the technology industry. Now, taking complete control of your payroll service is an easy piece of the task, and will act in your favor.
There are so many features available in an online payroll system. Before you proceed further and rely on any one of them, you have to take a quick look at the features available in your selected pack. Different companies have special features added to the payroll package, but the basic remains the same.
There are some features listed, which are a must-have in the online payroll package to let it run smoothly. Learning about the features is mandatory to judge the best payroll software from the rest available in the market. Some of these are:
· Can view data on the wide range of subjects
Xero Scheduling goes an extra length to provide you with an expert payroll system that is tailored to suit your business requirements.
Whether it is a startup business or an enterprise or your accounting just needs some advanced accounting tools within, Xero Scheduling software concentrates on the internal processes that will help you to gain internal insights and make the changes accordingly.
Reliable online payroll software comprises an employee self-service portal. Furthermore, some of them also have a reminder and expiry alerts, multiple structures for covering salaries, and even integrated well with the biometric system. This same payroll service comprises customizing deductions and earnings and an approved system for the payroll.
The service is well-integrated with the financial system and with email delivery or transactions. So, without wasting time, it is mandatory to learn about the approval system, designed for payroll features now. Once you are through with these features, you have come across the best payroll software. Finding the right one might take some time but it is all worth it.
Final thoughts
It is a day in day out hassle to take into consideration accounts manually. Even a day delay in paying the staff that can trigger a range of consequences from the staff that is discontent.
An overpayment or underpayment to the employee can cause problems and will have a negative impact on the company’s image. It requires having expert software for the business is the answer to your accounting woes.
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Need of Best Accounting Services for Startups
The apt finance and accounting structure can really make your business grow in the best way. It is in fact the most inseparable part of business management.
Without proper financing, your business cannot expand in the right way. Thus, you have to make the correct use of your financial resources in order to gift your business a promising appearance.
In case you are just a start-up and cannot afford costly services, you can always check the most affordable business services online.
As such there are many professional firms that provide accounting and invoicing related services at a very affordable cost.
These firms are reputed and reliable and can be hired for accounting, bookkeeping GST, Corporate secretarial service, Payroll administration, and corporate income tax services.
Most of these firms have their own qualified accountants who have good years of experience and can serve in the best way as per your needs.
These accountants very well understand the business dynamics and can manage your business accounts and finance properly.
Cloud accounting services are one of the most trustworthy options you can check for. These belief in long-term partnership and thus they try to serve their clients in the best possible way that too in a fully professional manner.
These professional firms understand the increasing challenges that are faced by the clients which are related to coping with the increasing cost and that relate to the rules and regulations of numerous authorities.
When searching for an accounting service online, understand that accounting services are many and thus you need to research well in order to hire the best for your business.
You just cannot risk yourself or your business by compromising with hiring an unprofessional accounting service.
You need the best service for your business so that you can work tension-free and the professionals from the firm can handle all your accounting issues in the proper manner.
So go for the best professional services and stay risk-free!
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Key to Successful Selling for Online Businesses
Aaron is an expert when it comes to the sales industry as he has invaluable experience in the art of selling products and services.
He says that when you are going in for sales, it is positive for you to create positive first impressions.
Now, this is not a hard task for you at all. You just should like to meet people and understand what they are looking for in the product or service you offer.
Especially when you are into IFA online marketing or business and want to attract more customers, the offering you make should highlight the benefits of the product or service to the customer.
He says that when you are selling products and services it is important for you to be aware of your customer and their requirements.
In fact, the moment you need the background of your customer, you effectively can sell them the specifics of the product or the service.
When you are selling the product or service, you should be aware of the preferences, age, and tastes of the customer. They should be able to afford your offering and it should be appealing to them to take it.
Improving your soft skills in the sales process
Communication is a vital ingredient in the sales process and Aaron says that you should improve on your soft skills and have good listening skills to understand the needs and the expectations of your customers.
In case you are into online business or services you can efficiently make communication better for your customers by getting a better appointment booking platform for them. Free online scheduling tools can help a lot in this respect.
Always remember that your product or service has a unique selling proposition or a USP. It is important for you to have a very good and effective understanding of the product or service so that you are ready and prepared to answer any questions that the customer might ask.
In the case of selling, you do not have to be a technical expert but you should highlight the strengths of the product or service in the most efficient way.
Author bio: Aaron is a successful entrepreneur who is running an online business for about a decade. He always recommends using the best technology and tools for getting more customers and profits.
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Crazy Eddie announces the grand opening of a brand new store! That's right Crazy Eddie is coming to RT. 22 West Union New Jersey, this Saturday March 17th. It's going to be the most earth shattering grand opening ever. Thousands of free gifts, free tee-shirts, free flyers, Yo-Yo's! You know that Crazy Eddie has the lowest prices on home entertainment equipment. Well! Now Crazy Eddie is coming to RT. 22 West Union New Jersey with the lowest prices ever! Crazy Eddie great new Union store on RT. 22 grand opening this Saturday March 17th. Be there! When I was 14 years old I started working for Crazy Eddie. That's the same Crazy Eddie who committed one of the most outrageous financial statement frauds in history. Eddie Antar, the president, CEO and major shareholder of the company. Was convicted of 17 counts of fraud. What happened was the case was turned over on a technicality. Eventually he pled guilty and served about eight years in prison. There is a saying that you can do more with a pencil than with a gun, in some aspects it's true. And I think in this aspect it's true. Over 400-500 million worth of investors’ money, and God knows how many lives have been shattered by this? So there is a lot of bad things that were done. And the consequences of what I was doing, and, and I knew that I was hurting people, and a lot of people got hurt by it. We were a bait and switch company. That is why is is called Crazy Eddie in the advertisements, it's all in the name. Get your best price, come into Crazy Eddie and we'll beat it. What does that tell you? You got to come in and haggle to get the price. We're not honest, we can't get you the right price, right away! I mean uh, Eddie was the tough guy that everybody looked to when there was a problem. If there was a problem he was there. He was a muscular guy, a good looking guy, very charismatic kind of a guy. Uh, I was very friendly with Eddie and Eddie’s brother Mitchell, he was very friendly. Eddie was a god like figure to me even before I went to Crazy Eddies. What was born as a family conspiracy to skim money and evade taxes, grew to a financial fraud of huge proportions. And it ended with victims everywhere. What happened was, the stores would tally up their sales, there's no real internal controls. They just add up all their cash, add up all their checks, and add up all their charges. They'd have a hundred thousand dollars in cash, fifty thousand in checks, twenty thousand in deposits - a hundred and seventy thousand dollars - they bring it to my father’s house. My father say's ok, how much do you want to skim? We want to skim fifty thousand dollars - fine. He takes fifty thousand from the one hundred thousand dollars and takes it to the office the next day. We did fifty thousand in cash we did fifty thousand in checks, twenty thousand in charges, a hundred and twenty thousand gets deposited. It never shows up on the books, it just doesn't exist. There is only a certain amount of money that gets skimmed and what's the use of it. Um, what was made in 1971 was a conscious decision. We're skimming three million maybe four million dollars a year. Was skimming most of the profits from Crazy Eddies. It's not good to skim most of the profits from Crazy Eddies because if there no profit being showed, how are you going to go public? There is no profit! So, so the thought process is like this: We can't just stop skimming at all 'cause that ain't going to help neither. But what was done was... a plan was made which was to skim less money each year, starting around... And that means it's time for Crazy Eddie's Christmas Sale! I think it was around Christmas of '78...what was done was with 1.5 million dollars which was previously skimmed money was taken out of Israel, wired to a bank in Panama, to ten, twelve to fourteen drafts from twenty to a hundred and twenty thousand dollars was brought to Crazy Eddie through Panama from the Antar's accounts in Israel. They're only counting the inventory at the end of the year, your accounts payable at the end of the year. They're checking the depreciation schedules, they're making sure there is proper cut off testing. From the day the auditors leave, which is about sixty days at the end of the year, from sixty days from the end of the fiscal year, which is sixty days into the new fiscal year, you can do almost anything you want and there is nothing they can ever detect. We found a vendor that was willing to cooperate with us. And what he had done was, he would buy merchandise, give us the checks in small amounts, and what we were able to do is take those checks in small amounts...he would buy, say half a million dollars’ worth of merchandise and give us ten to fifty thousand dollar checks and we would just add it to the deposits for the various stores increasing the sales for various stores for various quarters. We wanted the numbers to go down, but we wanted them to go down as slowly as possible without there being any problems. So, and then your idea would be that in four or five years you've worked your way out of the fraud and everything is cool? Yeah but what happened was... that wasn't able to happen...because the numbers went down so fast, taking such a free fall, that basically all of this four or five years was going to be compacted into a three month period. And what happened was is that the company was starting to become very vulnerable. What I mean by that was that the company was legitimately losing money. And we had previous frauds and we had cover these previous frauds and also start reporting losses but we didn't want to report losses in such a way that would alert that these previous frauds had been committed. There was two buyers in cahoots with us. There was my cousin Mitchell who was in charge of the buyers, there was Cathy, she was in accounts payable, she was in cahoots also, and she was, I was her boss. And we would generate these phony debit memos of the pricing of the inventories. They should have taken into account, these excessive debit memos and reduced pricing of these inventories accordingly. As it was explained to me was fairly simple. Umm... you have to picture a warehouse with boxes all over the place, tons of boxes of merchandise all in rows, sometimes neatly stacked and sometimes not neatly stacked. And the merchandise is not always visible to the naked eye, it's stacked in front of merchandise, stacked in front of merchandise, stacked on top. The inventories were inflated by adding digits and or quantities on the count sheets. They concentrated on high priced slow moving items. Some auditors would go in there and take test accounts. What would happen was, they would not ascertain what the real numbers were behind the boxes, they would rely upon those two Crazy Eddie employees for their counts in areas where they couldn't climb up and see what merchandise was behind. They would say, ya' know, how much televisions do you have of this brand? There would really be fifty, but they would say no, it's one hundred and twenty five. And the auditor would take the number, and write down one hundred and twenty five and so on and so on and so on. If one of the staff caught it, he would report it to his manager the manager would report it to the partner, the partner would report it to my cousin Eddie and top management. And look what happened, it looks like something happened in these three stores". And what did Eddie do? Play dumb? He played dumb. He said ya' know there is something I can't dispute, there's something that must have happened here...but why would we do it? Who would be so stupid as to cross a ten out and make a twenty? If you're going to do it wouldn't there be an easier way of doing it? I mean who would, ya' know, it must be someone just trying to cause trouble for us. And they bought it. There was no note in the audit board papers, there was no report to the outside director, there was no nothing. They just adjusted the numbers and that was it. They were vary careless they left their work papers out when they went for lunch. They sometimes left it in their work papers box and they left it unlocked. Sometimes they locked the work papers box, but left their papers out. But worse than that, and it's not a joke but it might seem funny. I have a box of paper clips maybe this small right? And you know what they did? The audit work papers were locked in a trunk. The key was left in a box of paper clips on one of the desks that we provided them with. And all that we did was go into the box of paper clips, open the trunk, see what they were doing, and do whatever we had to do. Change inventories, change accounts payable, look into what areas they were doing, look into any of their concerns on the audit. And that is how we were able to accomplish a 45 million dollar, maybe 50 million dollar inventory fraud in 1987. The family started quarreling with each other. There was a, Eddie not had a very good marriage with his first wife. And the family kinda took sides. One side of the family was for Eddie and the other side was for his wife. And what happened was his wife, his ex-wife challenged the divorce, and after that kind of... while everybody is in the midst of this fraud, all of these conspirators are having a civil war with one another. We lost control, another management group, taking advantage seeing that Crazy Eddie was a big jewel, and its only problem was family turmoil. Not knowing early on that there was a fraud going on. But again being assisted by various members of the Antar family that were now aligned against Eddie took over the company in November of 1987. About nine days after they took, the first thing they did the first day, they took over the company at three o'clock, I got my pink slip at six o'clock. I was out... on my backside. After sixteen years, my whole life, was was, I was devastated. My whole entire life was working for that one company from the age of, from the age of fourteen to the age of thirty, that was my entire life, I was thirty years old at the time. They took an inventory nine days later, they came up with the financials. They found about a forty to fifty million dollar gap between what the balance sheet was, and where it should be. And then the investigation really took steam. Knowing his fraud had been discovered, Eddie Antar fled the country. He eluded the authorities for nearly two years under a variety of assumed identities, living off the funds he had stashed in international accounts. Eddie moved from country to country with fake passports, always one step ahead of the authorities. But in Switzerland, twenty eight months after his company crashed, he made the mistake which ended the chase. When bank officials in Bern refused to let him at the thirty-two million he had in an account there, Antar angrily sought help from the local police. What Antar didn't know was that the U.S. Justice department had frozen his account. Upon learning from bank officials that the irate man in the police station demanding access to his funds was actually a fugitive, the Police promptly arrested Eddie Antar. He was then returned to the U.S and sentenced to eighty-two months in prison. I never spent a day in jail, ok. And you know I've been lucky not to have spent a day in jail. And you know something, I should have spent a day in jail. Not even a day, I should have spent years in jail for what I did. Chief Financial Officers that have done much less than me have spent much longer time in jail, have spent tens of years in jail. I was lucky.
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While a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet has been increasingly recognized as an effective way to lose weight, and while weight loss may be the initial motivation for many to embrace it, the health benefits are much broader and deeper than just weight loss.
As David Harper, Ph.D. says in the video below, keto benefits beyond weight loss include:
Less systemic inflammation and pain, and
Improved energy, stamina and flexibility.
He also highlights several diseases for which strong evidence exists showing that a ketogenic diet is beneficial, as well as others for which the evidence is emerging.
I actually think that all of these chronic diseases…are all the same thing…. I think in the next 10 years you’re going to see a lot of medical research looking at the mitochondria…and that’s where we’re going to find the root cause of chronic disease.
Dr. Harper also presented an interesting graphic that illustrates how a high-carbohydrate diet drives insulin resistance, inflammation and obesity and resulting chronic disease.
Finally, he shares information about a study in which he is involved that is using a ketogenic diet in addition to customary therapies in women with breast cancer, and shows PET scans of these patients who have seen reduction in tumor size and extent.
Dr. Harper is the author of a book called BioDiet: The Scientifically Proven, Ketogenic Way to Lose Weight and Improve Health, which I ordered based on this presentation (as well as favorable reviews from two of my Health Sherpas, Nina Teicholz and Maria Emmerich) and expect to receive today.
Well worth your time to watch:
I retired in August from leading Mayo Clinic’s social media program to start a new venture with my wife Lisa and a family physician friend I’ve known since high school.
He has been interested in metabolic syndrome for more than 20 years, and with nearly nine of ten of Americans having at least one marker of metabolic ill health, he sees this as the major health challenge we face as a society.
Our mission is to help people take control of their own health through lifestyle changes. A low-carbohydrate diet as Dr. Harper describes is one key element.
I was motivated to launch this venture by our health journey from the last few years. Lisa and I have each lost more than 50 lbs. and maintained that weight loss for 18 months (so far).
For the last 10 months or so we’ve been coaching others in making similar changes, and they’ve experienced great results too.
We also have medical lab test results that show significant health improvements, and we feel better than we have in 20 years. It was really rewarding to see people we were coaching turning back the clock on their health, and I found myself saying, “I’d like to do this full-time.”
As it turns out, I can.
That’s why I say my August retirement was really instead the beginning of a third career. I worked at Mayo Clinic for 21 years in health care media relations and social media, after 14 years in politics and government.
I hope my third career will be longer and have more impact than either of the first two.
We’re currently in the Alpha phase of development, as we plan to offer educational resources, online community support and individual and group coaching.
If you’re interested in being one of our Alpha members who will help us shape and refine the services, send me an email and I’ll be in touch to give you a preview.
Author: Lee Aase
Husband of one, father of six, grandfather of 14. Chancellor Emeritus, SMUG. By day I'm the Director of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network. Whatever I say here is my personal opinion, and doesn't reflect the positions of my employer. View all posts by Lee Aase
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Struggle rotating through the hips and trunk? Wonder how you can maximize force production and absorption? Maximize all your athletic qualities by peeping this post
September 26, 2019 Zac Cupples
Movement Debrief Episode 97 is in the books. Below is a copy of the video for your viewing pleasure, and audio if you can’t stand looking at me. Here is the set list: What is the difference between backside and frontside mechanics in sprinting? Would backside mechanics help someone push off the ground better, thus making them faster? What tips do I recommend for coaching sprinting? How do I go about approaching someone who needs a psychology referral? When is the best time to bring up that a client would benefit from a psychology referral? What are hernias? What are some different types of hernias? What treatments are typically performed for a hernia? What conservative treatments are useful for hernias? How do I approach treating a hernia?
July 31, 2019 Zac Cupples
Super Flat T-Spines, Strokes, and Running Form – Movement Debrief Episode 91
Movement Debrief Episode 91 is in the books. Below is a copy of the video for your viewing pleasure, and audio if you can’t stand looking at me. Here is the set list: First, an addendum on the big toe. What needs to happen for posterior thorax expansion? What activities and techniques should one use for someone who really struggles getting air in the posterior thorax? How does my model apply to someone with a stroke? Any particular activities useful for someone with a stroke? Are there any particular cues or recommendation I have for running form?
June 2, 2019 Zac Cupples
Is it Risky to Change Your Movement Patterns?
Many claim there are inherent risks when changing the way someone moves, especially with higher level athletes. But is this fear warranted? Do we as movement professionals have the power to alter athletes the way we think we do? I sift through this question in today’s podcast, where I discuss the supposed risks one undergoes when altering movement patterns. It may not be as risky as you think. Check out the podcast, show notes, and modified transcripts below. Show Notes Usain Bolt debrief I did dispelling this absurd myth Below is a good example of Usain Bolt’s asymmetry: Here is a deep dive into the 90/90 hip lift Below is the rockback breathing exercise Joel Jamieson is my go-to resource for conditioning Putting the Myth to Rest I want to discuss this myth that I see going on around the interwebs, which I thought I put to rest in a previous debrief, but unfortunately I still see it perpetuated. What is that myth? I’m glad you asked. The myth is when you see someone who is a good performer in whatever they do, and they are utilizing compensatory movement strategies. Do we change these strategies? If that supposedly is what makes them great? So today I’ve decided I want to go Ether on this. Put this to rest, because I do not want this myth perpetuated. Check Your Ego For those who have never heard of this, basically some professional athlete will move with a compensatory strategy, such as Usain Bolt. If
May 15, 2019 Zac Cupples
The Training Tool Nobody is Talking About…
Note from Zac: There is a ton of BS out there when it comes to building speed, power, and all things performance. Is training in sand one of those instances? That’s where I enlisted someone who knows WAY more about sprinting and getting peeps fast—Hunter Charneski. Hunter is one of those guys who is always learning, always evolving, and the perfect guy to take an honest look at whether or not sand training can be a useful. The answer may surprise you.
November 8, 2018 Zac Cupples
Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Too Much Serratus? Movement Debrief Episode 67
Movement Debrief Episode 67 is in the books. Below is a copy of the video for your viewing pleasure, and audio if you can’t stand looking at me. Here is the set list: What is hip separation? Why is hip separation necessary? How does one go about coaching hip separation? Do I teach clients to extend the spine? What is the role of serratus anterior? Can we have too much serratus anterior? What do we need for a good relationship between the scapula and the thorax? If you want to watch these live, add me on Facebook . They air every Wednesday at 7pm CST. Enjoy! and the audio version… Here were the links I mentioned: Check out Human Matrix promo video below Below are some testimonials for the class Want to sign up? Click on the following locations below: Portland, OR on November 10-11 December 8th-9th, Charleston, SC (early bird ends November 11th) February 2nd-3rd, 2019, New Providence, NJ (early bird ends January 4th) SIGN UP FOR THE REVOLUTION featuring myself, Pat Davidson, and Seth Oberst February 9th-10th in Boston. MA Bill Hartman Lucy Hendricks Hip Extension Debrief Below is the wall stride technique Below is a picture of serratus anterior from a superior view Here’s a signup for my newsletter to get nearly 3 hours and 50 pages of content, a free acute:chronic workload calculator, basketball conditioning program, podcasts, and weekend learning goodies: [yikes-mailchimp form=”1″ submit=”Get learning goodies and more”]
October 22, 2018 Zac Cupples
How to Teach Kids to Skip
I’ve been seeing a lot of kiddos lately who have leg injuries. Once we’ve gone through lower level rehab activities, it’s time to start our jumping program. Need to expose these young ones to some explosive activity after all. Typically, I start most jump programs skipping. The reason why I start here is because the jump itself is not very high, is relatively low impact, and is a low risk exposure to the stretch shortening cycle. The problem I’ve noticed with most kids nowadays (#getoffmyporch) is that no one learned how to skip. Like, at all. It’s like they’ve skipped skipping or something. Below is the typical problem solving sequence I see kiddos go through when I ask them to skip: Look at left and right hand look at left and right leg Look up and to the side thinking “how am I going to put this together?” Try to move one arm forward, and shake their head no All of a sudden, try to go for the skip and do the same side Phil Collins’ “I Can’t Dance” skip For those of us who are visual, it looks like this: I am deeply saddened at the lack of movement competency our kids have. Our very own CDC tells us that most kids should be able to skip by the age of 5, yet The unskippable kids I work with range from 11 to 16 years old. Can’t skip. What the heck happened? This fundamental movement is essential for our
May 10, 2018 Zac Cupples
Hamstrings, Mental Resiliency, and Ankle Dorsiflexion – Movement Debrief Episode 47
Movement Debrief Episode 47 is in the books. Below is a copy of the video for your viewing pleasure, and audio if you can’t stand looking at me. Here is the set list: Do the hamstrings play a role with respiration? How does one train hamstrings? Can respiratory training improve mental resiliency and decision-making? How else can one improve decision-making in high stress environments? How do I approach improving ankle dorsiflexion? If you want to watch these live, add me on Facebook or Instagram.They air every Wednesday at 7pm CST. Enjoy! and the audio version… Here were the links I mentioned: Sign-up for the Human Matrix September 15-16th here Here is a link to the Complete Anatomy app Derek Hansen seminar course notes Derek Hansen Extreme Ownership The toe touch to the squat for narrow infrasternal angles The sink squat for wide infrasternal angles The counterweight squat as a terminal progression The Squatting Bar Reach: A Movement Deep Dive The Ultimate Guide to Treating Ankle Sprains Here’s a signup for my newsletter to get nearly 3 hours and 50 pages of content, a free acute:chronic workload calculator, basketball conditioning program, podcasts, and weekend learning goodies: [yikes-mailchimp form=”1″ submit=”Get learning goodies and more”] Hamstrings Mental Resiliency Ankle Dorsiflexion
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To these of us who’ve kids, their health and properly-being is the top precedence over every thing else. And then there’s these in my very own analysis space, equivalent to looking at synthetic intelligence to assist diagnose cancer in kids, in addition to looking at what I might name dwelling health monitoring aides, such as a recliner that can truly tell you some of your personal biometrics and monitor you with out you even knowing it.
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The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 is hereby established, to provide assistance in the amount of the applicable school facility fee on affordable housing. The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 shall, with funds provided by the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Acts of 2002 and 2004 (Part 68.1 (commencing with Section 100600) of the Education Code; and Part 68.2 (commencing with Section 100800) of the Education Code), provide the following assistance:
(a) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of any newly constructed residential structure in a development project in an economically distressed area in the amount of school facility fees paid pursuant to Section 65995.5 or 65995.7 of the Government Code, less the amount that would be required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 65995 of the Government Code, notwithstanding Sections 65995.5 and 65995.7 of the Government Code, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The development project is located in a county with an unemployment rate that equals or exceeds 125 percent of the state unemployment rate.
(2) Five hundred or more residential structures have been constructed in the county during 2001.
(3) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the project is issued by the local agency on or after January 1, 2002.
(4) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a prorated basis.
(5) The sales price of the eligible residential structure does not exceed 175 percent of the median sales price of residential structures in the county during the average of the previous five years.
(b) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of any newly constructed residential structure in a development project in the aggregate amount of school facility fees paid pursuant to one, all, or any combination of subdivision (b) of Section 65995, Section 65995.5, or Section 65995.7 of the Government Code for the eligible residential structure if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The assistance is provided to a qualified first-time home buyer pursuant to Section 50068.5.
(2) The qualified first-time home buyer does not exceed the lower or moderate-income requirements in Section 50093.
(3) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the project is issued by the local agency on or after January 1, 2002.
(4) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a prorated basis.
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Join Jay Young, men’s basketball head coach, and Joe Frager, women’s basketball head coach as they provide their outlook for the 2020-21 season and answer audience questions during this interactive discussion.
With the dawn of a new basketball season also comes the promise of a successful 2020-21 campaign. As the season opener draws near, all across campus the Red Sea is rising because the Stags are back! Friends and fans of Fairfield basketball are invited to join Men's Basketball Head Coach Jay Young and Women's Basketball Head Coach Joe Frager in this roundtable discussion to preview their teams’ upcoming schedules, provide an outlook on their rosters heading into competition, review their respective preseason activities, and answer questions from those in attendance. The Virtual Roundtable will be held on Thursday, October 29 at 7 p.m. (EST).
While this year’s basketball season is expected to feel a bit different because fans will not be able to physically cheer on the men’s and women’s basketball teams, the roundtable discussion will be a great opportunity to learn how the Fairfield community can support the basketball program in other ways, like securing their seat with a Stag Cutout.
Registration is required to attend the Virtual Roundtable, so RSVP today. For more about this event, please contact Rachel Kavanagh, program manager for Athletics Development at rkavanagh@fairfield.edu.
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This 52 year-old woman from the Cleburne – Granbury – Glen Rose area of North Texas had undergone breast augmentation 13 years previously. She had 460 ml “teardrop” saline-filled breast implants. Her right breast implant developed a leak. Dr. Kunkel removed the implants and surrounding scar tissue capsules. New 500 ml round silicone gel implants were placed. The surgery was done in a Fort Worth accredited outpatient surgery center. She wore a 42D bra before surgery and a 42DD after. *Keep in mind that each person is unique, and individual results will vary.
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On July 5th we celebrated Chet’s half-year birthday. A half a year has come and gone. Our tiny munchkin is six months old. Every day that goes by I am so glad I forgot how to clean our house over the past few months. Every single mama snuggle and baby laugh was worth it.
Length: 26.25 inches (50th percentile)
Chet has taken a dip in his weight gain, 25th to 3rd percentile, but the doctor isn’t concerned. We aren’t a big family. Cole isn’t even on the growth chart for his weight. And Chet has transitioned to the I’m-way-too-busy-to-sit-still-or-eat phase of his life. His legs never stop kicking. He rolls all over the house. He inchworms his way to whatever toys catches his attention. Once babies become very active, it is normal to see a dip in their weight gain pattern.
While the doctor isn’t concerned, I am his mom and I am allowed to worry just a little bit. I still can’t keep up with his nursing demands (but he is back to nursing about 75% of the time – teething always interferes with his want to nurse but I don’t blame him. Getting teeth can’t be fun). We are down to 4 bags of frozen milk. I’m working hard at keeping the mentality I chose to adopt when he was on his nursing strike: one month at a time. I was hoping I could make it to six months without introducing formula, and we made it. Now I’m hoping we will make it to seven months (although I’m not feeling 100% optimistic about the outcome).
With the dip in milk supply and dip in weight gain, we have ventured into the fun new territory of food.
Originally I hoped to follow Baby Led Weaning, but I just felt like he was too young at this point to venture down that road. Instead we are using a combination of homemade and store-bought purees. We started feeding him at dinner time, but now we are incorporating a meal with grandma during the day too. Grandma is feeding him oatmeal plus another food of choice when he gets to her house in the mornings. If this goes well, I think we will introduce an afternoon meal too. His dinners at home have been dedicated to veggies and exploring new food options.
Sweet Potatoes – loves
Carrots – loves
Avocado – not so sure about this one
Bananas – his favorite
How is the one food he refuses the one food I craved during my pregnancy? I ate on average two apples a day when I was pregnant with him. Maybe he met his lifetime quota of apples while he was in my belly. He closes his lips so tight when the apples come near his mouth. He shuts his eyes. And he doesn’t budge until the apples are back in the bowl.
Another fun new discovery – cloth diapers! We finally made the switch. (blog post coming soon!)
Chet also becomes more and more vocal by the day. He has always been a talkative baby, but it is truly NON STOP now. He’s got all the vowels sounds mastered. He says a lot of the consonance sounds too. He loves to screech too. He said mama the other day, although it was not intentional and probably won’t happen again until after he learns how to say dada, dog, and Cole. I did come running down the hallway to his bedroom, knocked Christian out-of-the-way, and squeezed him ever so tightly when I heard it.
One word to describe him this month: Handful.
He is a crazy baby. He never stops. He doesn’t stop talking, kicking, wiggling, worming, whining and fidgeting. He is nonstop. When all else fails, I take him outside and he is such a peaceful baby. He is always happy when he is outside. (Christian blames me. He says it’s because I ran through pregnancy. I blame Christian. All of those words describe both daddy and baby.) Grandma claims that he is really laid back at her house. I’m not so sure I believe her.
Each month the photos become more and more challenging. I could barely keep him on his blanket. (and then my laptop deleted all the photos I had edited. sad.)
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Over the weekend, John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place and the Ike Barinholtz comedy Blockers gave some big openings to Mindy Kaling’s former co-workers. With an estimated $50 million, Krasinski’s horror film outperformed expectations and many other modern horror efforts to take the top spot at the box office. That pushed Ready Player One down to the second spot, and meant Blockers opened in third—which isn’t so bad for a lower-budget, R-rated comedy headlined by a cast ones fully expects to see in brief supporting roles in the same film. If nothing else, its estimated $21.4 million opening already covered its production price tag. Black Panther took the fourth spot with $8.4 million (also incredibly solid for its eighth weekend in theaters) and I Can Only Imagine, the religious film you keep seeing in this roundup but still have no idea about, came in just slightly below that to claim fifth.
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The Labour Party has spent the last month celebrating unexpected success. And rightly so. The party started so far back that it could never have won the 2017 election. It did as well as anyone could have reasonably hoped – and is in an excellent position to win the next election. It was a huge achievement.
Now however – one month on – Labour needs to put the euphoria behind it and look to the future. The party can win the next election and transform the country once in power. But to do so it must find answers to some very tough questions.
On Saturday the Fabian summer conference will start that process. The Path to Power conference and will bring together politicians, commentators and activitists from all strands of left opinion.
The day will seek to celebrate and understand what Labour has just achieved. But more importantly, the conference will look to the future and begin the search for answers. Here are the five questions that will be debated at the Fabian conference and which Labour must address to win.
1. How does Labour attract left-leaning “conservatives” as well as “liberals”?
The contours of Labour’s success in the election are now well established. The party did very well with the liberal half of Britain, especially the young and the highly educated. But it only did “okay” with older, working-class “left conservatives” – people who are socially conservative but lean left on economic issues. It is true that, in the wake of the UKIP collapse, Labour won extra votes in strongly working-class constituencies; but the Tories made still more progress and won six seats from Labour as a consequence.
Labour will not win the marginal constituencies needed for victory at the next election by convincing yet more liberal-minded voters. In the bell-weather seats of the new towns, market towns and outer suburbs, and in the former Labour heartlands we’ve recently lost, the party will only move forward by building coalitions that bring together social liberals and social conservatives; young and old; professional and working-class voters.
To succeed with social conservatives the party will need to look and feel like it is patriotic and serious with security; respectful of tradition and mindful of the pace of change; concerned about responsibility and contribution; and trustworthy as stewards of the national finances. Importantly, there is nothing on this list that is incompatible with left-wing economics. But Labour will need a more communitarian version of Corbynism.
2. How does Labour build on success in Scotland?
The Fabian conference may be in London, but the line-up includes a panel of Scots who will debate how Scottish Labour can now move forward to build on its surprise success. The prospects look good, not only because of the six seats we gained but also the many others we turned into tight marginals. While before the election, most SNP majorities looked impregnable, now a path has formed for Labour’s comeback in Scotland.
But Scottish Labour still needs to do more to turn the political conversation to domestic questions so that it can expose the failing record of the SNP in Holyrood and the Tories in Westminster. That is the way to lure back traditional supporters who are starting to tire of the SNP and to win over people who voted Conservative this time, as a pro-union choice.
In most of our Scottish marginals Labour is the obvious anti-SNP choice and will be able to squeeze the Tories and Lib Dems. However, it will be more complicated in the handful of seats which are three-way marginals, where the de-toxified Scottish Tories are a real threat. Overall Labour has good reason to be optimistic about its prospects in Scotland, but we have only just started down the road to recovery.
3. How does Labour “campaign in poetry” but also prove it can “govern in prose”?
Labour ran an inspiring, high-energy campaign, with flagship policies that were popular and memorable. From now until the next election we need more of the same. But Labour also needs to look credible and make itself ready to govern. In the 2017 election the party’s policies did not receive much scrutiny, which was to Labour’s advantage. While many of the individual ideas were genuinely popular, the whole package was vulnerable to attack. Had the media thought Labour could win, or had Theresa May not run such a terrible campaign, the election could have ended very differently.
Three examples illustrate the point. First, the IFS exposed that our fiscal maths did not add up, though their verdict came late in the campaign and no one really noticed. Second, Labour had no answer when it was asked why it simultaneously planned to cut benefits for the poor and expand public services for the rich. Third, for some reason the Tories never presented our proposals for nationalisations as a single package. There was a good case for each in isolation, but taken together they could have easily been made to look impractical and extreme. Next time, Labour’s policies must be developed and road-tested in much more detail. They must be able to withstand a tougher campaign and be implementation-ready for when we retake power.
Looking credible will also depend on how the party now conducts itself in opposition. Can it look like a heavyweight alternative to Theresa May’s chaotic, disintegrating minority government? And will all Labour’s talent have the chance to shine? The party needs to give everyone of its leading lights a role to showcase the strength of the whole Labour team: on the frontbench, in select committees and on party policy commissions
Just weeks after the election, Labour’s position on Brexit is already causing problems. Fortunately the public barely noticed last week’s Queen’s Speech rebellion as, for now, Labour is a sideshow beside the Tory Brexit civil war. But the incident illustrated the pressures Labour faces.
The party leadership is trying to set the government tests for Brexit that it knows cannot be met. The goal is to pin blame for failure on the Tories but to avoid specifying our own position with too much definition. This approach is frustrating for the most pro-EU MPs, who see defence of single market membership as their patriotic duty. But Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer know they cannot get ahead of public opinion.
Right now, if Labour calls for anything that looks too close to free movement the party will be told it is defying the referendum result. Labour’s fragile coalition of leave and remain voters will shatter and power will become impossible. But, more importantly, these tactics will be futile, as hard Brexit will still happen whatever Labour says. It is not the way to serve the national economic interest.
Instead Labour must try both to follow and to lead public opinion, by slowly opening people’s eyes to the reality of hard Brexit. Only when the public understands that hard Brexit will be a national calamity will Labour be in a position to stop it happening. In particular, the party must do all it can to shift the public mood on EU immigration, because views here must soften before the UK can negotiate membership of the single market or anything remotely similar.
5. How does Labour stay civil, inclusive and united?
Labour will lose if it returns to civil war. But, just a month after a campaign that saw a united Labour party in action, too many people, on all sides, seem to have forgotten that lesson. Most of Jeremy Corbyn’s critics are remaining silent in public, but in their private remarks some of them sound as if they think there are “right” and “wrong” sorts of Labour voters. They need to remain more open-minded about the leaders’ capacity to attract new supporters and perform day-in-day-out. After all he has surprised pretty much everyone so far.
But Corbyn’s most ardent supporters need to reflect too. Corbyn’s personal appeal was only one of many factors that explained Labour’s success in this election. Left liberals may have flocked to the party because of its anti-establishment leader and the clarity of his manifesto. But Labour also succeeded because it was the standard-bearer for soft Brexit; because people backed their local candidates; and because the Tories, the Lib Dems, Ukip and the SNP all blunderred in their campaigns. Corbynites do not have a monopoly of wisdom on where to go from here.
Attempts to change party rules and deselect MPs look vindictive and short-sighted. People considering such moves must ask themselves, is Corbyn more likely to win as the leader of a broad-church party that can connect with many different sorts of people? Or at the head of narrow faction that seems more interested in driving people away than drawing them in?
It will take patience and generosity – from all sides – for Labour to come together and take the fight to the Tories. But it will be worth it, when the prize is power. Respect, comradeship and tolerance of difference are now the essential ingredients, if Labour is to move forward again.
Andrew Harrop is general secretary of the Fabian Society. The Fabian summer conference Path to Power takes place on Saturday in London. Tickets are available here.
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“But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
So many friends and family had members of their family die in December and January. Those who believe in Jesus have the the hope that they are not gone forever, but we will all be joined together when Jesus comes back again.
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“12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.”
I now make Paul’s prayer for them my prayer for us;
“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify us through and through. May our whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls us is faithful, and he will do it.”
I am a man. I am an older man. I am a husband and a dad and a grandpa. I am a disciple of Jesus. Because I am a disciple of Jesus much of what I write is about him, and I usually end what I write with a question, do you the reader know that Jesus loves you? He does. He loves us all but he loves you specifically. He loves me specifically. What will you do with that information today? View all posts by Peterloeffelbein
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January 29, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Good words to heed. Even if the Lord does not return, we do not know when our time on at is finished and should live accordingly!!
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I go to the sports clips near the Walmart on 6 street this store is probably one of the best stores I have ever went to the Manager Meg rocks pretty much always does my hair and is fantastic at doing it. But today I had very little time to wait for Meg to come in today so I went with another stylist today her name was tabby/tabatha she was fantastic she did really well on my hair cut. But she seem new and kinda timid which was cool I get the whole new job thing. I would definitely got back to tabby. This place should definitely keep her on the job.
This place is fck n trash the girl that works farthest on the right(obsessed girl)sucks I asked for a line up and I got a fcken 7 on the points of my hair like wtf that’s a fcked up square someone take her license like I look stupid as a mf right now
I historically get a haircut from this Sport Clips about once a week (religiously about every 7-10 days). I've been exclusively attending this SC (even though I live on the NW west side of town) ever since it first opened over by Jason Deli & Game Stop many many years ago. My stylist, Sheri, has cut my hair for many years and she has always done an excellent job. With that said, over the last couple of months, I've grown extremely frustrated by the lack of reliability of the current check in process. I understand that the business has gone through a couple of different owners over the years, that it has relocated a couple different times, and has attempted to improved their check in process/system on several occasions. I would say that I'm a fairly patience person who appreciates change and applauds the dedication to continual improvement. I'm also an individual that rarely write reviews, or takes surveys, but today represented just another example of the types of situations at this SC that appear to becoming more and more common and I left frustrated/angry enough to go home, look up the website, and share a review on my experience today. Today my experience unfortunately looked like this (again)....I logged onto the ap and saw that my stylist would be working at noon. I checked in online at 1147 this morning for my stylist (because she was already available) and the ap said that I would/should have about a 33 min wait and that my haircut should "start" at about 1220 pm. Knowing that I have had some issues with the online system lately, I took a screenshot of the screen so I would have a record of the check in in case there was another problem. I then drove across town and arrived at about 1210 and then logged in (as requested). I then sat in the waiting room, watching customer after customer being called to get their haircut without any explanation. The "Board", that is usually is in the waiting room, is no longer being used to show which customer is up next which I think adds additional confusion and frustration to all in the waiting room because no one knows who checked in at the counter and who checked in online etc. Without the board, no one knows how long their wait will be, where they are in line, and I saw several customers leave frustrated in the time I sat in the waiting room myself today. Anyway, after waiting until 102pm (an hour and 15 minutes after I had checked in online),I chose to leave because it appeared that the likelihood that I would be receiving my own haircut (from my requested stylist) within the next 15-30 min didn't look too promising. I really hate to complain, and not have any real solutions to offer, but I think I've finally reached my limit and will be looking for another business with a more predictable, reliable, and transparent process. I feel like I've tried my best to use the system that is now in place, but it has become apparent to me that that it is becoming nearly impossible to navigate the process without wasting my time and leaving frustrated etc. Lastly, I wanted to make sure that it is known that my departure has nothing to do with my stylist. She has been great and I wish I had an easier and more consistent way to access her throughout the week. With that said, I also felt strongly that I should share my recent experiences with the current owner and other customers in the area so that they can be aware of the current problems that exists and the very real possibility of long and unexplained wait times. If you would like to chat in person, please feel free to call. My number should be in your system.
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Ethan E. | May 21, 2022
"I go to the sports clips near the Walmart on 6 street this store is probably one of the best stores "
I go to the sports clips near the Walmart on 6 street this store is probably one of the best stores I have ever went to the Manager Meg rocks pretty much always does my hair and is fantastic at doing it. But today I had very little time to wait for Meg to come in today so I went with another stylist today her name was tabby/tabatha she was fantastic she did really well on my hair cut. But she seem new and kinda timid which was cool I get the whole new job thing. I would definitely got back to tabby. This place should definitely keep her on the job.
John M. | February 11, 2021
"This place is fck n trash the girl that works farthest on the right(obsessed girl)sucks I asked for "
This place is fck n trash the girl that works farthest on the right(obsessed girl)sucks I asked for a line up and I got a fcken 7 on the points of my hair like wtf that’s a fcked up square someone take her license like I look stupid as a mf right now
Marcus D. | October 26, 2019
"I historically get a haircut from this Sport Clips about once a week (religiously about every 7-10 d"
I historically get a haircut from this Sport Clips about once a week (religiously about every 7-10 days). I've been exclusively attending this SC (even though I live on the NW west side of town) ever since it first opened over by Jason Deli & Game Stop many many years ago. My stylist, Sheri, has cut my hair for many years and she has always done an excellent job. With that said, over the last couple of months, I've grown extremely frustrated by the lack of reliability of the current check in process. I understand that the business has gone through a couple of different owners over the years, that it has relocated a couple different times, and has attempted to improved their check in process/system on several occasions. I would say that I'm a fairly patience person who appreciates change and applauds the dedication to continual improvement. I'm also an individual that rarely write reviews, or takes surveys, but today represented just another example of the types of situations at this SC that appear to becoming more and more common and I left frustrated/angry enough to go home, look up the website, and share a review on my experience today. Today my experience unfortunately looked like this (again)....I logged onto the ap and saw that my stylist would be working at noon. I checked in online at 1147 this morning for my stylist (because she was already available) and the ap said that I would/should have about a 33 min wait and that my haircut should "start" at about 1220 pm. Knowing that I have had some issues with the online system lately, I took a screenshot of the screen so I would have a record of the check in in case there was another problem. I then drove across town and arrived at about 1210 and then logged in (as requested). I then sat in the waiting room, watching customer after customer being called to get their haircut without any explanation. The "Board", that is usually is in the waiting room, is no longer being used to show which customer is up next which I think adds additional confusion and frustration to all in the waiting room because no one knows who checked in at the counter and who checked in online etc. Without the board, no one knows how long their wait will be, where they are in line, and I saw several customers leave frustrated in the time I sat in the waiting room myself today. Anyway, after waiting until 102pm (an hour and 15 minutes after I had checked in online),I chose to leave because it appeared that the likelihood that I would be receiving my own haircut (from my requested stylist) within the next 15-30 min didn't look too promising. I really hate to complain, and not have any real solutions to offer, but I think I've finally reached my limit and will be looking for another business with a more predictable, reliable, and transparent process. I feel like I've tried my best to use the system that is now in place, but it has become apparent to me that that it is becoming nearly impossible to navigate the process without wasting my time and leaving frustrated etc. Lastly, I wanted to make sure that it is known that my departure has nothing to do with my stylist. She has been great and I wish I had an easier and more consistent way to access her throughout the week. With that said, I also felt strongly that I should share my recent experiences with the current owner and other customers in the area so that they can be aware of the current problems that exists and the very real possibility of long and unexplained wait times. If you would like to chat in person, please feel free to call. My number should be in your system.
Ezekiel C. | June 27, 2019
"Kelly is amazing and makes me look really good! That's why I go back!"
Kelly is amazing and makes me look really good! That's why I go back!
Tyler D. | April 3, 2019
"Excellent service and haircuts every time. "
Excellent service and haircuts every time.
Terry M. | January 6, 2019
"Lori has cut my hair the last two times . I am always happy with my hair looks great . Thank you Lor"
Lori has cut my hair the last two times . I am always happy with my hair looks great . Thank you Lori.
Michael B. | November 29, 2018
"Kyndra was amazing. Only 1 other stylist has been able to cut my hair as well as she did. Definitely"
Kyndra was amazing. Only 1 other stylist has been able to cut my hair as well as she did. Definitely 11/10 reccomend and I will be there soon for another haircut.
Joshua L. | November 21, 2018
"Kyndra is the best"
Kyndra is the best
Jesse M. | November 18, 2018
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Kyndra did an awesome job on my hair cut yesterday also was very nice and very knowledgeable.
Joe M. | November 11, 2018
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Kyndra did an amazing job cutting my hair today. she was very helpful and provided me with one of my best experiences at a haircut ever
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packetofthree 22 September 2011 Audio, Chris gigs, packetofthree blog
As reported here in June, BBC Radio 4 has just hosted a half-hour programme on [[Up the Junction]].
You can listen to it again for the next 7 days here:
After that you can listen here:
Here’s what the BBC web site has to say:
In a series which explores the mysterious relationship between much-loved songs, and the places which inspired them, presenter Jonathan Maitland goes on a lyrical journey close to his heart. A passionate ‘Squeeze’ fan, he meets the band’s lyricist Chris Difford and takes him to Clapham Common which features in his 1979 hit ‘Up the Junction’.
So how has the area changed since he wrote the song, and who else has it inspired? Could the song only ever have been about Clapham – or could the man in the song have had ‘some or other passion’ with a girl from Balham? And how does Chris feel about performing at the station itself?
So what did you think?
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9 Responses to "Up the Junction – on BBC Radio 4"
Hannahx says:
22 September 2011 at 8:08 pm
I thought the show was really well done, great interview with Chris. Although seen as though I was the one being interviewed I may be biased lol! Seeing Chris play ‘Up the Junction’ at Clapham Junction was just amazing.
6 October 2011 at 5:37 am
Just out of interest, how did you know about the recording taking place? Great to listen to!
Hannahx says:
6 October 2011 at 1:24 pm
Hiya,
It was posted on Packet of Three a while back that they wanted people to share what they thought of the song and I wasn’t gonna do it but thought ‘Why not?!’ lol! The woman got back to me and said would I like to go on the show so there you go haha! Was a bit surreal being interviewed about ‘Up the Junction’ at Clapham Junction lol! Glad you enjoyed it, I did too… Well apart from thee bits where I spoke! X
packetofthree says:
6 October 2011 at 4:44 pm
It just shows that it pays to keep up to date with what’s on https://www.packetofthree.com!
The original invitation from Radio 4 is here:
https://www.packetofthree.com/2011/06/26/do-you-feel-up-the-junction/
Thanks to everyone involved and congratulations to those who took part – nice one!
Alex says:
22 September 2011 at 8:51 pm
Excellent – thanks for the link! I throughly enjoyed that. It was almost like a long ‘home truths’ article, although I do wish radio four would stop cutting up songs, and play them in their entirety (documentary or not)! :o)
Alex says:
25 September 2011 at 2:30 pm
Hannah, I never asked the other night (was a bit tired).
What happened at the recording? Did Chris play any other songs? Sounds like fun!
Hannahx says:
26 September 2011 at 4:27 pm
Hiya,
Yeah it was fun, especially as I’d never been to Clapham before! Chris just played the one song, had a bit of a chat and then he left (he had his young twins with him by the looks of it lol they were so cute!), the guy who was interviewing us was really nice (Johnathan Maitland) and made me feel less nervous, tbh they just asked us sone questions, and that was kinda it! The whole thing was about half an hour lol! X
27 September 2011 at 10:00 pm
This was wonderful, thank you so much for posting the link !
packetofthree says:
28 September 2011 at 11:27 pm
It’s a pleasure Terri – so glad you enjoyed it – and I’ve uploaded the mp3 so you can carry on enjoying it after the 7-day ‘listen again’ feature has finished :)
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Alyson on Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)Not a mistake, all the nines, but a bingo callers joke, call and response with his audience. Caller "All the nines 99" Response"66 it's upside down" Yes I went to bingo with grandma at a caravan park!
Trevor Hall on Cowboys Are My WeaknessI’ve admired Difford & Tilbrook in all their guises since the heady days of the late 70s. I think CAMW is the most underrated song I can think of, written with such tenderness and understated humour. Chris is a genius...
packetofthree on The HuntI doubt it, Joe - not unless CD sales of the band take off.
Lau Keyzer on Squeeze – 25 November 1982 – live at Nassau Coliseum Uniondale NYI remember that well.
Joe on The HuntWill the 4 CD box set ever see the light of day?
Joe on Squeeze on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with SkyReally nice set overall. Great quality too!
jackie on Squeeze on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with SkyJust brilliant. They can do no wrong though tbh. Can't wait for the tour. 4 venues booked.
packetofthree on Squeeze – 4 July 1990 – live at Rally By The River Toledo OHI'm glad the venue accommodated them. Glad you had a great time, Rick.
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OOOH, I was going to see people without a Zoom frame! Did I remember how to do this? It’s been a minute.
It was Friday, April 22. 7:10AM and I was headed to The Harvard Club for the BISG Annual Meeting of Members, focused on how to Build Books Better. The world has changed quite a bit over the last 2 years, including the publishing industry, right? I was eager to hear what the BISG members had to say about all that and more.
“Is it ever going to end?”
I listened as attendees commiserated about how the publishing industry seemed to be in an endless state of transformation and change. As the BISG members know, and will likely be the first to tell you, the publishing industry is never static. It is always changing. Sometimes due to things outside of its control, or slower in areas than some would like, but as a whole, this industry is one that evolves to meet the changing demands of time.
One thing that does not change, though, is the focus of BISG members to develop better ways to do things, to help the industry move forward to face those new demands, whatever they may be.
I want to focus on the word “develop” for a minute. Develop is associated with change, improvement, and growth, such as developing green buildings, or in technology, developing new platforms, sustainable methodologies or automated processes. Innovation and developing often go together, but are typically not the first words that someone outside of publishing will use to describe the publishing industry. Well, the BISG committee chairs definitely had something to say about that misperception. Rachel Comerford (Macmillan Learning), BISG Workflow Committee Chair, shared that it’s time to start thinking about publishing as a technology industry.
I couldn’t agree more.
While digital workflows may seem like they’ve solved many of the biggest technology needs, there are still areas where many siloed, manual practices are still in play. I have to admit, I was surprised to hear about the challenges that Kris Kliemann (Kliemann & Company), the BISG Rights Committee Chair, discussed around researching and managing rights and permissions. There seems to be room for a bit of innovation there, and she definitely wants to see that the processes (so many people! so many steps!) for securing (and paying for) rights and permissions become more of a self-serve, web-based, intuitive experience.
There was a general consensus that publishers should be adopting a born accessible approach to their titles, too. This approach not only expands readership, but also lowers costs and reduces waste. It is, as most nodding heads appeared to agree, the right thing to do.
DEI
Which brings me to DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion). This is something that I am very passionate about and engaged in both personally and professionally. I am grateful and proud of the corporate commitment Westchester has made to DEI, and the work we do helping publishers produce content that is culturally responsive. As a white, middle-age professional woman who resides in the NYC suburbs (and also serves as a Board of Education trustee), I am starting to realize and address my biases, recognize my position of privilege and influence, and am learning how I can help elevate those who are marginalized. Key words here are “starting”, “recognizing” and “learning” as this is not easy, or comfortable. I was, literally, on the edge of my seat for the entire conversation led by Peter Berkery (Executive Director, Asoociation of University Presses), Shelley Husband (SVP, Government Affairs and Special Projects, Association of American Publishers) and Allison Hill (CEO, American Booksellers Association), as I was eager to hear how this historically and predominantly white industry was going to learn about DEI and facilitate change within the space.
The good news is that there is a lot of great work starting to take place, including bylaw changes requiring a diversified Board of Directors, publishers seeking out more BIPOC authors, DEI leadership positions being added, along with fellowship programs that enable BIPOC students to learn about the publishing profession and ideally land permanent positions in scholarly publishing houses.
What added to the authenticity of this conversation, was the recognition of the multiple failures and stumbles that have taken place. Peter Berkery talked about the low retention with the first round of fellows, and how the work with this program cannot end with placement. Supports and mentoring need to be established in order for these new fellows, who are landing in a company where they do not see colleagues or managers who look like them, to feel safe, confident and empowered to contribute and advance their careers. This includes training and resources for existing employees to learn about and manage their own biases and microaggressions too. Allison Hill made the point that mistakes will continue to happen, and that it is imperative to not only learn from them, but to keep on the journey. It is imperative for all of us, to be transparent, accept failure, build bridges, and most importantly, insist and persist, for a better publishing industry.
I expected that a publishing meeting would include a good story or two, and I wasn’t disappointed. By the looks of the attendees – they weren’t disappointed either. Tom Clarkson started off the award ceremony taking us with him as he shared his lifelong journey in the publishing space and how his career intersected with Joe Gonnella, who received the Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service. Joe continued to hold our attention with his own experiences and lifetime of amazing accomplishments. Two additional awards were also presented, the Industry Champion Award to Pat Payton of ProQuest and the Industry Innovator Award to Wattpad. It was certainly a wonderful way to end a meaningful and valuable meeting of the BISG members.
One last word about BISG. All the committee chairs shared their continuing commitment to provide invaluable resources through webinars, best practice guides, brown bag (virtual) lunch roundtables, and more over this next year, to help break down siloes of knowledge and expand the capabilities for all publishers to build books better. The invites to participate in their virtual sessions were warm, authentic and encouraging, giving full permission to just “lurk”. I’m going to take them up on that.
Learn more about BISG’s programs, committees and other ways to become involved.
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Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt (11) runs for yardage during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Missouri Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Knoxville, Tenn.((AP Photo/Wade Payne))
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hendon Hooker threw for 355 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score to lead No. 5 Tennessee to a 66-24 victory over Missouri on Saturday.
The Volunteers (9-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference, No. 5 College Football Playoff) were impressive offensively but had trouble containing a Missouri (4-6, 2-5) attack that has struggled this season. The Tigers rushed for 173 yards, more than any other team against Tennessee this year.
Missouri quarterback Brady Cook did the most damage, running for 106 yards and throwing for 200.
Tennessee’s Jalin Hyatt caught seven passes for 146 yards and a touchdown and Bru McCoy caught nine passes for 111 yards.
Hooker threw for 229 yards in the first half (17 of 24) as Tennessee led 28-17 at intermission. Cook had 94 yards passing and 86 rushing for Missouri. His late 40-yard scramble set up a Harrison Mevis field goal as time expired.
Tennessee WR Cedric Tillman, who missed several games early in the season with an ankle injury, played in the Vols’ last two games. He dressed for warmups Saturday, but after being introduced for Senior Day, changed into street clothes. No reason for his absence was given. ... Vols WR Jalin Hyatt became the ninth in school history to go over 1,000 yards receiving. ... Hyatt’s 68-yard TD reception put him in sixth place for the SEC single-season touchdown receptions (15). ... For the first time in his career, Missouri’s Cook rushed for more than 100 yards.
Tennessee is in a very precarious situation in terms of the College Football Playoff rankings. The Vols are ranked No. 5, on the outside looking in, with two unranked teams — South Carolina and Vanderbilt — left on the schedule. The Vols have to be watching Oregon and TCU closely, waiting for either to stumble. Both have quality opponents ahead as well as likely conference championship games. All Tennessee can do is win and watch.
Missouri: Even with the possibility of a seventh loss looming — the Tigers will be favored against New Mexico State next week but will end the season with a home game against Arkansas — they will still be candidates for a third straight bowl game. Mizzou’s Academic Progress Rate in football is 983. It’s likely high enough for a 5-7 Tigers team to be invited to fill one of the open bowl spots if there aren’t enough 6-6 or better teams.
Tennessee: The primary challenge for the Vols was to get their swagger back after being dismantled by Georgia last week. That mission was accomplished, putting them back on the right track to put their best foot forward in their final two games, at South Carolina and at Vanderbilt.
Missouri: The Tigers get a breather from the grind of the SEC schedule and will entertain New Mexico State next Saturday night.
Tennessee: Focused on winning as much as generating style points for the College Playoff committee, the Vols will travel to South Carolina for a tough challenge Saturday night.
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Council President Bruce Harrell Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election
Council President Bruce Harrell (District 2, South Seattle) issued the following statement regarding his re-election decision:
“Today I am announcing my intent not to seek re-election to the Seattle City Council for a fourth term because of my belief that three terms is sufficient in this role at this time.
“I have been honored to serve the people of Seattle and thank the many community partners, city employees, organizations, family and friends who began this journey with me in 2007 and have worked with me to make our city better. My goal has always been to serve with integrity and compassion. Even though my mother was interned with other Japanese Americans during WWII and my father came to Seattle from a segregated South, I have been afforded unimaginable opportunities by being blessed with mentors, teachers, coaches and other family members committed to creating opportunities for me—in turn my focus has always been to create better opportunities for others.
“I have tried to level a playing field plagued with institutional unfairness; and lead with creativity and impact. This is why in 2009, I converted the Race and Social Justice Initiative into permanent legislation to ensure evaluation of all City actions from an equity perspective. I succeeded in ‘Banning the Box’ to help those charged with crimes fully re-enter society after having paid their debt. I proposed the idea of Body Cameras in 2010 to level a police officer’s version of events against video evidence before others thought it popular. I proposed the idea of converting our City’s streetlights to LED lights and supported a new process for changing broken street lights because I observed that poorer areas in Seattle had more failed street lights. I succeeded in creating a sustainable $100 million-dollar savings account for City Light to protect us from fluctuating rate increases after hearing stories from people who could not afford to pay for their electricity.
“When my daughter was in middle school, I saw firsthand the difference between the opportunity of kids who had computer access versus those who did not. I had the idea that major internet companies should provide high-speed internet access to students who qualify for free and reduced lunch; this could bring a world of computer literacy to students who are otherwise deprived. This simple idea resulted in national rollouts in Seattle and now hundreds of thousands of students in our country have benefited. Additionally, I led the effort to add funding in our budget to expand the 13th Year Promise Scholarship Program—guaranteeing every high school graduate an opportunity and access to one year of free college. In all these efforts, my guiding principle was ensuring fairness with a focus on providing better opportunities for people to succeed and thrive.
“Our City struggles profoundly with reconciling the vast wealth that has been created in the same place known for long lines at food banks and numerous homeless encampments. Thriving businesses are discouraged when their work, commitment and ingenuity are met with public antagonism and resentment. Corporate social responsibility investments are lost in the noise of disenchantment.
“For the rest of 2019, I remain concerned about the misalignment of local governmental strategies and the social responsibility efforts advanced by corporate entities. Whether the issue is homelessness, transportation, public safety or education, we have yet to develop a coordinated strategy or a forum by which one can be created. This will be my focus.
“While my work as a councilmember will end in 2019, I will remain an engaged community leader and look forward to continuing my work to create a more vibrant, healthy and just society.”
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The 133rd Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday 8th July will see some 150,000 march through the ancient city. Dave Douglass, ex-miner and author of Stardust and Coaldust autobiographical trilogy looks at its history and the ongoing significance.
A day of looking back and looking forward
Crowds are now back to the size they were in the immediate post-war years following nationalisation, when they celebrated the defeat of the hated private coal-owners. This mother of all miners’ galas, featuring both picnics and demonstrations, was the labour movement’s most prestigious public platform. The miners formed the bedrock among the proletarian, trade union and socialist ranks; they made up an army of labour that was strategically placed in terms of their bargaining power and influence – the politics of coal dictated much of politics per se. The position of the miners in the class war sent waves across the broad labour movement.
To appear on the platform of the Durham Miners’ Gala, or Big Meeting, was often to announce a forthcoming leadership challenge within the Labour Party or within the NUM or other union. It often signified a challenge to current policy or direction; it tested attitudes, prepared for forthcoming militant action (or its opposite). These crowds, these unions in general and this union in particular were for a century or more the presidium of the labour movement’s soul.
In the tradition of the Chartists, miners held mass rallies on moors and fenlands – often they would march from the various lodges all day to reach the Big Meeting, to express their outrage at the impositions and injustices of the coal-owners and to announce their united resistance. With the Durham and Northumberland miners’ associations firmly established and here to stay, the first actual Durham Miners’ Gala in 1871 preceded the foundation of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (1889). Previous attempts to build miners’ unions over the preceding two centuries had been ruthlessly suppressed through violence, lock-out and starvation. There were over a million coal-miners immediately preceding World War I, when the world’s biggest ever single-industry strike was launched. The Durham miners made up no less than 200,000 of them – they were often highly political and militant class warriors, for whom the union was the soul of their communities.
The gala has always picked its guest speakers through the democratic vote of the lodges. Irish republican speakers were popular guests in the early years, reflecting the influence of the Irish in the northern mines, as well as a deep political sympathy and sense of solidarity. Its star-studded platforms have featured everyone from Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin to, among rather more recent popular and regular speakers, Arthur Scargill, Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner. But the gala is no platform for back-slapping, mutual appreciation: vexed speeches and tub-thumping, fierce arguments have been no stranger to this platform. In 1914 Jim Larkin of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union denounced the leaders of the Durham Miners Association and urged the miners to turn them out. Members of the Communist Party wearing Red Army uniforms had blocked the stairway to the platform to men too ‘moderate’ in their view.
Debate has often been fractious, such as when a left leadership emerged and challenged the old-guard constitutionalists, or when moderate Labour leaders attempted to sell us restraint and collaboration – as with James Callaghan’s social ‘con trick’, a policy which saddled us with the ‘incentive scheme’ that helped cripple united action in the miners’ Great Strike of 1984-85. Sometimes it was foreign policy, as when George Brown was heavily heckled over ‘the special relationship’ with the US of Harold Wilson’s government during the Vietnam war. Turning fiercely on a young miner in the crowd with a cloth cap and shoulder-length hair, Brown suggested: “If you’d have your hair cut, young man, we might be prepared to listen to you.” The crowd of tens of thousands looked round at the lad, who silently and without further comment removed his cap to show a completely bald head, rendering Brown speechless among howls of laughter.
After Neil Kinnock’s shameful fence-sitting and ballot-mongering during the 1984-85 strike, he was nonetheless booked to speak in 1989 – the bands marched straight by instead of playing the customary piece in the leader’s honour. Worse, when he took the platform, the entire crowd of men, women and children – thousands upon thousands of them – simply turned and walked away, leaving a near empty field, and a deeply embarrassed Kinnock. It was years and years before another Labour leader dared to accept an invite. I was with Davie Hopper, the Durham NUM general secretary who sadly died a week after last year’s gala, when a message was received saying Ed Miliband would be prepared to speak at the gala in 2013 – but not if Bob Crow was on the same platform. The air was blue – Dave made it crystal-clear that it is the Durham NUM who decide who speaks on our platform, not the Parliamentary Labour Party. In case you were wondering, it was Bob who spoke.
Pageant
But the gala is more than just a political meeting. It is a pageant of our collective history – the banners and their themes record the struggles since the 1700s; key players now long since gone, key turning points of history; and our progress. Each decade a new pattern was woven into its collective tapestry, scenes from 1984-85 now join 1832, 1926 and all stops in between. As miners’ children we learned our class history – it was often said that as a pit-village child you didn’t get stories of ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’, but rather ‘Churchill and the general strike’.
It is a case of great and great-great grandparents, generation on generation. I was carried to Durham on my Da’s shoulders, as he had been on his. But now the link is broken – no more sons and grandsons follow their forebears down the pit or add their own pages to the miners’ history. The last Durham coal mine closed in 1993 following the defeat of our last stand against John Major’s and Michael Heseltine’s ‘final solution to the problem of the miners’. They quickly demolished headgear, colliery buildings, pit heads and heaps, and tried to wipe us from memory, tried to make us become simply part of some amorphous, undifferentiated ‘new service’ workforce, tried to destroy who we were.
Many thought the gala would die, for what was its purpose now? But the Durham miners and the Durham villages refused to go away, refused to abandon their class and tradition. Banner groups were formed, the bands played on: the mission of the gala – the cause of labour and the unions – remained. Under the leadership of the two Davies (Guy and Hopper) the gala has gone from strength to strength. Inspired by its dogged determination, I christened the last book of my Stardust and Coaldust trilogy Ghost dancers. The ghost dancers made up the revivalist, political-spiritual resistance of native Americans, who believed that, if they dressed in their traditional manner, held onto their own values and principles and kept on dancing and beating their drums, the white man would lose his power, the buffalo would return to the prairie, and they would be able to claim back their culture and land.
Ten years after the closure of the last Durham mine, 55,000 pit folk and their friends followed their bands and banners through the thronged street of Durham. The big drum was still bashed, the martial music rang out and miners like guardsmen proudly carried their banners high in the wind. I thought ‘ghost dancers’ – as long we keep parading, keep bashing those drums, stick to our values and culture, the pits will reopen, the Tories will be no more and Arthur Scargill will walk on water again. Well, perhaps not quite, but the case for deep-mined coal and the need to revive our industry and reclaim our union from the bureaucracy and the museum is as strong as ever. Somewhere on Jeremy Corbyn’s long ‘to do’ list, we are hoping, is resurrection of the industry. No, not a million miners again – we’re not stupid – but at the moment 40 million tonnes of heavily subsidised coal is imported for British manufacture and power, when we could mine it here. Coal power is still the cheapest form of energy generation and with carbon capture it need not cost the earth.
But the gala is much more than that. It is also a place for the young ’uns for wild gaanin’s on – ever since the days of the straw boater and blazer (yes, they did) and miners’ girls dancing the Charleston in their flapper dresses and beads to the strains of the band. And from the days when the local press called it the Teddy Boys’ Picnic and when there were mini-‘Woodstocks’ on the river banks and in the woods, this has always been a place where you could strut your stuff and find interesting partners. For the kids, it is a day of funfairs, of numerous stalls, ice cream, burger and chips, and candy floss, of bingo prizes and of boating on the river. It is a day of drinking and bravery – diving into the river from the bridges with your shirt off. Once it was also a day of inter-village fights – thankfully now just a memory. But it is still a day of dancing through the streets – at the end of the day the bands play on and the crowds link arms and dance back through Durham’s streets, while folk musicians recall our musical and lyrical legacy in pubs.
This year the banners will be draped in respect of Davie Hopper and Davie Guy – two men who held this union and this event together and ensured the Durham Miners Association is still a vibrant and vital part of the labour and trade union movement. My latest book (soon to be reviewed in this paper, Red banner, green rosette) is dedicated to them and also Dennis Murphy, the late leader of the Northumbrian Miners. They were men who led this ancient and once mighty coalfield in the greatest and most bitter battle of its existence. They ensured that this coalfield and this union would expire with all the courage and dignity our history would expect. If it had slunk off behind armoured buses, put itself at the disposal of Margaret Thatcher and collapsed into a forgotten corner of history, we would all have died of shame. With the help of those blokes we never lost that dignity – or class courage – to the last man standing. This will be plainly evident on those Durham streets.
I hope to see you in the field or along the route, or in the evenings in the bar – all in a county where we chew the cud, down some beer and raise the roof in song.
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Last week I posted on my blog a survey asking childless friends, acquaintances and complete strangers why they didn’t have children. The response was terrific, and I slightly surpassed- 63-60- the amount of responders for my first poll, “Should I have children? A survey for moms and dads.” If you haven’t read the initial survey, I recommend reading it.
Unlike the first survey, this poll enabled participants to choose “other” and to explain their answers. I did not do that for the first survey because I’m a Luddite.
Below are the results from the second survey. You can also see the entire survey results and comments here.
As you will see from the first question, the majority of participants selected “I never felt the desire to have kids.” However, this question had the most comments, with many people explaining that they had multiple reasons for not wanting children, including lack of funds, miscarriages, not wanting to lose freedom and a moral obligation not to have children. Here are a few chosen responses:
“It’s several of these for me. I feel being a parent is the biggest responsibility there is and that your child MUST be you number one priority at all times. I don’t want that responsibility and I don’t think I could appropriately deal with it. My boyfriend and I and our families also have health issues which I would not want to risk passing on to a child.”
“I send the money I would spend on biological children to kids I sponsor in poor Ugandan villages. I can’t imagine bringing more children into the world when there are already so many in need that my money can help. It seems as illogical as buying a dog from a breeder when there are so many wonderful dogs needing to be rescued from shelters. If I had a partner, I would adopt a child, but I would not want to be a single mother like my mom was.”
A common misconception is that people who decide not to have children will regret their choice. As you can see, the majority of participants said that they do not regret not having children. (Please note: Since I did not ask for age, I would surmise that there is a wide age gap in responses.) Interestingly enough, only one participant selected that they fully regret not having children. Here are a few responses:
“No because I’m able to use my time to rescue and rehabilitate abused animals and advocate for foster kids through CASA. There’s no need to bring more people into the world when there are already so many kids in need that we can help.”
“No because I’m able to use my time to rescue and rehabilitate abused animals and advocate for foster kids through CASA. There’s no need to bring more people into the world when there are already so many kids in need that we can help.”
“I can’t think about it. If I do, it’s too devastating and awful. I hold out hope that it’ll still happen, but I’m turning 40 so time is limited.”
“If I won the lotto I would buy a farm and adopt older unwanted children and give them a home they deserve.”
The majority of participants, 68%, selected that they have had healthy conversations with people who inquire why they are childless, while the second majority, 19%, selected that they would love to slap people who ask. However, in the comments, the majority of participants said they are mostly not asked why they don’t have children:
“People don’t ask as frequently as everyone acts like they do.”
“A mixture of al the above… depends on how I am asked, who asked and my personal condition on that day..”
“Honestly, no one has ever asked me that. I do get a lot of moms saying they’re envious of my life and freedom though.”
The results to this answer were fairly even, with 56% of participants selecting “No,” while 43% selected “Yes.” Here are a few chosen responses:
“Being successful in a career isn’t actually important to me. Being a good person is…I’d say I’m doing an okay job so far.”
“Being successful career-wise has never been important to me really, but I am positive that I am a more successful human being in general because I trusted my gut on the motherhood front.
“I wouldn’t call myself successful or a career person, but having kids would’ve made it harder to do what I’m doing now which is trying to reinvent myself. I work a day job and spend my evenings on painting and my dogs. ain’t no time for kiddos.”
“I actually think women get punished either way. There’s a certain understanding of “oh, i have to take care of my sick kid” that for whatever reason doesn’t get the same respect as “i want to work from home today”. And the mothers in the crew definitely judge you for not having kids and always say things like “oh, it must be so easy to just be able to focus solely on work”. Quite the double standard.”
“No. I don’t think it impacts my success. But I see my friends w/kids who are every bit as successful as we are.”
One belief that these participants don’t doubt is that being childless has afforded them time to travel and experience the world. However, stipulations were voiced in the comments:
“Yes, on the one hand… on the other, kids and kid events seem to bring new people, interests and friends for my friends who have kids. As an adult, it’s hard to make new “hangout friends” whereas my friends with kids always seem to have changing social groups.”
“Not having kids allows me to be the non-baller I always wanted to be. I can be a hermit or antisocial whenever I want! I don’t go gallivanting because I don’t have kids, but more because thats not who I am!”
“To a degree. I always wanted kids, but wanted to wait to meet the right person. I knew in my 20’s wasn’t the right time, so I tried to just live my life. Spent my 30’s in a relationship that I thought would lead to marriage and eventually kids, and it didn’t. Now I’m in my late 30’s, almost 40 and pretty pissed that guy wasted my time.”
I included this question because I posted a similar question on the initial survey for parents. In the first survey, the majority of parents, 54%, said they DO NOT get enough sleep, but that they make do. As you can see from this survey, the majority or childless folks, 67%, said they DO get enough sleep. However, a couple of participants said they get inadequate sleep due to their pets:
“I will say sleeping with 2 large dogs and a husband can be a challenge.”
“mostly. it’s hard to go to bed early on days when I’m feeling tired because my dogs don’t always want to cooperate.”
“Yes, but I’d give up the sleep for being a parent, honestly. It’s worth it.”
I included a similar question on the first survey as well. The majority of parents, 59%, said that they enjoy less sexy time now with kiddos in the house. As you will see, 65% of participants on this survey selected that they have an active sex life. Chosen responses include:
“Compared to my married friends, yes, but it’s not less complicated.”
“I’m no longer interested in a sex life.”
“Hard to say, but probably about the same.”
As you will see from the poll below, dying alone is NOT something that most childless people dwell on. The majority of participants selected that they worry about dying alone “A little bit, but aren’t we all alone in the end?” Only five participants selected “Oh God. Yes” when prompted with the question. Here are a few chosen responses:
“This is a top question people ask me when they find out we dont want kids. They want to know who will take care of us when we get older. Typically they dont like my answer….”there is no guarantee your kids will take care of you.”
“The fact you have children does not imply that you are not alone “in the end”. To have children for “to take care of me when I am old” would never be ok. in my opinion. Children can live in other continents, far far away and they are not a insurance.”
“I expect my sisters will outlive me, and i told my husband he has to. Mostly, we have planned retirements so we can afford to retire well. Perhaps to a former mansion, in upstate New York, that is now an old folks home. I sort of love that idea.”
“No – not having kids and volunteering in the community has given me a huge group of selfless friends who have been there for me through thick and thin. I visit old people in nursing homes whose kids never visit and break their hearts – having kids is no guarantee of companionship or assistance when you are old.”
“Hmmm. Sort of? Not afraid of dying alone–we all do–but afraid of not having anyone there as I age and exit the world. Some people are okay with that, and that’s fine. But, to me, I would have liked to have had my own children, to know I left the world with good people (hopefully!) in my place.”
“I have decided I want to live in a Golden Girls home.”
“Because I have plenty of MONEY (because I don’t have to spend it on rugrats) I’ll be easily able to arrange for end-of-life care and final expenses long before i plan to need them. As far as emotionally…we all die alone.”
“that is what my mother is afraid for me.”
9.) What do You Think of the Opinion That Not Having Children is “Selfish”?
A common belief I hear from people with children is that people who decide NOT to have children are selfish. It goes without saying that an overwhelming majority, 88%, dislike it when you tell them they’re being selfish for not pumping out the kiddos. Here are a few chosen responses:
“I may be a little selfish. I prefer being a little selfish and suffer with my bad contition healthwise and not give pressure to me and children with having them.”
“I think bringing more people into an overpopulated world is selfish. Having a biological child rather than adopting is a narcissistic desire to have a “mini-me.”
“I think it’s disrespectful, and completely ignores the complexity of the reasons why. People have children to keep a spouse – that seems far more selfish to me, or for attention, or other reasons that are not about thinking what’s best for this new little person they are bringing into the world. That seems more selfish.”
“I think people should do what they want. If it’s selfish, why not? It’s my life if that’s my choice. But when it’s not your choice, then that sucks.”
“I am selfish and I am ok with that.”
“I don’t hate it, really. I think that opinion is pretty easily ignored, just like any time people use angry language to describe a lifestyle – chosen or otherwise – that isn’t exactly like their own.”
Yes, I did write psychically below. Don’t judge.
As to whether or not participants would adopt, the answer was split. Fifty percent of participants said they would never have kiddos, while forty-five percent said they would consider it. Here are a few responses:
“I’ve looked into adopting and fostering at different times. I’d be open to that, or step-parenting as I like kids – even though I didn’t have them. But I would want to make sure it’s in the best interests of the kid, not just for me to “check it off the list.”
“People often say, “you can always adopt!” but it’s an initial outlay of 30K (at least) AND a difficult process. You can wait for years. If you’re single, you’re kinda screwed unless you’re super financially set. It’s not as easy as, yup, I’ll adopt.”
“Tried 3 times – never worked out.”
“My partner has children. They are enough. I care for them like they are my own. But I am also happy when they are at their mothers…”
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Reply karo July 8, 2015 at 2:59 am
Physically or Psychically?
“because you psychically can’t have children” might be true for all of us haha.
Reply Natasha July 9, 2015 at 7:09 pm
I enjoyed reading about this topic and the survey, results and comments were interesting. You sound a lot like me, already an anxious person, never had a real desire to have children but now at that age that it’s imperative we think about it and make a choice one way or the other. I liked hearing other peoples thoughts on the subject and it’s comforting to see the same thoughts as mine reiterated. In a society obsessed with children its hard to find like-minded people and its important for us too to have a support network. At this stage of my life (early 30s) I end up hanging out with people who have older kids (but even then they don’t have the money to hang out or “weekends are family time” ) or younger people who haven’t fallen victim to it yet (and generally I’m passed that 20s lifestyle too). I have made a couple of good friends who will remain childless although it’s a shame they live in different parts of the world (people I met travelling). Funny, my mum’s main concern was also that I’d die alone but unfortunately I’m afraid my siblings will be there for her only through a sense of obligation and nothing more genuine. My sister, older by 10 years, with 3 not very well developed teenagers now says to me “you’re making the right decision”. And 98% of the time I only hear negativity coming from my friends with kids about their own children. Although not having kids does not make me less anxious about the future and the state of it, and in fact I’d say I’m way more concerned and take more precautions than any of the people I know that have kids.
Reply Barbara Anastasia July 9, 2015 at 9:36 pm
Please, please, PLEASE – “child-free!”
“Childless” upholds the assumption that we are “supposed” to procreate – that it’s the norm – when really that is just a giant-game-of-telephone-myth, started by the MEN who wrote the bible. Even back then, they knew that the best way to permanently suppress women was to convince them that they were “less” without breeding more humans.
Too many people don’t even bother to question “whether” – only when – to breed. Too many non-breeders buy into that crap so thoroughly that they are silenced by their own belief that they are “less than” or miss out on something by remaining child-free.
To bring yet another incurious follower into the world is NOT “special” – any more than a dog having puppies is cause for reverence or preferential treatment. I say revere the women who are thoughtful and compassionate enough to override biology and CHOOSE how to live their lives based on their own intuition, rather than the ones who unquestioningly cave to societal | peer | family pressure to breed.
Reply Nina Potts July 28, 2015 at 2:03 am
I prefer the term child free as well.
However, I don’t think I overrode biology to not have children. That implies that all women have an inherent desire to have children. I never had that desire. I’ve known my entire life I didn’t want kids. This has influenced who I dated (no people with kids, or that might want them), and that’s the only place in my life where any attempt to pressure me hasn’t happened, because I didn’t waste time with anyone who wanted kids.
I will say, once I had my hysterectomy last year (at 34) that I get much less inquiries about if/when my partner and I will have kids. It’s nice not ever having to explain and have people be rude about it. (Because people are not nice when we say it’s because we really don’t like kids)
Reply Mo North July 12, 2015 at 5:00 pm
And why would you put this much effort into weighing the whole question of having/not having kids unless you yourself were deeply intrigued/tempted/terrified by the notion, am I right?
There is no date on your post so I’m not sure if you wrote this 12 years ago and now have a bevy of kids, or what, but…
I would like to see you do a second questionnaire focused on people who HAVE kids, and find out why they had them (answering anonymously and as honestly as possible). Among the questions I encourage you to ask:
Did you plan to have a kid or kids, or did it happen and you had to plan around it?
Did having kids make you less selfish than you would have been otherwise, in your opinion?
Now that you’ve had kids, would you recommend having kids to your own kids?
Actually, wow, there are a million questions I’d love to ask the general populace…but at any rate, these could get you started. I think it would only be fair to your haphazard study of the subject, such as it is, to gather some commentary from “the other side” of the child wall.
This is always a topic you can get people to talk about, that’s for sure.
I’ve read a handful of your posts and enjoy your writing style. Part of me wonders if your “voice” might not take on a different tone if you had kids vs. didn’t have them. Impossible to say. Either way, enjoy the journey!
Reply hipstercrite July 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm
I linked to the first survey, ‘Why Did You Have Kids,’ in the beginning! That was my first survey.
Reply Sheila September 19, 2015 at 1:49 pm
Did you ask your participants if they were gay or straight? I’m learning that older gays, especially men, simply never thought it a viable option and only now are admitting their longing.
A friend in his 60s enlightened me.
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You might ask yourself – when is it appropriate to try and “time the market?” The short answer is never. One problem with attempting to time your purchase just right in tandem with economic patterns is that no one can really predict with any degree of accuracy – the future.
Many reports get published, predictions are made and some of them can be very close to spot on but the reality is that no one can tell for certain what will happen or when. Another challenge is that interest rates are most often higher during a recession (or depressed) market and household incomes might not be keeping up with the market. For that reason, fewer people can qualify for a home purchase during down times, than in prosperous times.
When it comes to timing the market, another big factor is affordability. That does seem to overstate the obvious but companies are typically not awarding employees with significant raises and cutting more than they are hiring. There are also heated battles being fought over minimum wage requirements all across the nation.
Did you realize that it’s been 5 years since the last time the federal minimum wage was raised? On October 10, 2015 the Labor Department is participating in a National Day of Action joining workers, government officials and business owners to show their support for increasing the minimum wage. They will be using the hashtag #RaiseTheWage to highlight why it’s time to increase the minimum wage in this country from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour for all hardworking Americans.
Since 2014, 13 states — including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia — as well as Washington, D.C., have already taken action to raise their minimum wage.
As of Jan. 1, 2015, those states plus Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon and Washington will have a minimum wage above $7.25. There are of course, 2 sides to the argument stemming from business owners claiming if the wage is lifted to $10.10 per hour they will have to cut staff because it will be more difficult to make payroll each week. On the other side, stands the employee and states that with all of the costs of living continuing to rise, how are they expected to raise their families with a paycheck that never comes close to matching the rate of inflation? It’s a good debate and it will be very interesting to see how things play out in October. What side will you be on?
Whatever change does take place, we can bet it’s going to impact consumer spending for certain across the board.
Changing Jobs and the Effects it has on Buying a Home
February 28, 2019 by Debora King
For most people, changing employers will not impact the ability to qualify for a mortgage loan, especially if you are going to be earning more money. For some homebuyers, however, the effects of changing jobs can spell disaster when it comes to your loan application. Make sure you discuss in great detail with your lender and know ahead of time what implications any change in your employment that might occur during your home buying experience and what its impact could be. Always be armed with the best knowledge and you will stay on the right track.
A word about traditional, salaried employees:
If you are a salaried employee who doesn’t earn additional income from commissions, bonuses, or from working any over-time hours, switching employers should not create a problem. Just make certain to remain in the same line of work. Hopefully, you will be earning a higher salary, which will help you better qualify for your mortgage anyhow!
A word about standard, hourly employees:
If your income is based on hourly wages and you work a straight 40 hour shift each week, without over-time, changing jobs (for the same wage or higher) should not present any trouble for you. Length of employment does come into play for some lenders. They love to see stability and not job hopping. Stay tight with your lender and disclose everything to them, let them help guide you in the right direction and hide nothing from them. It will only cause you problems down the road if you do.
A word about non-traditional, commissioned employees:
This scenario is when an individual has a substantial portion of their income stemming from commission paychecks. Lenders typically average your commissions over the last two years, and you should never play around with how lenders calculate your income. Changing employers while trying to keep a loan application together is not a good idea. It will create uncertainty about your future earnings from commissions. (There would be no track record from which to procure an average income.) Even if you are selling the same type of product, with essentially the same commission structure, the underwriter will not be certain that your past earnings will accurately predict future earnings. Changing jobs would greatly impact your ability to secure a home in a negative way.
A note about bonuses – will they help or hurt?
If a substantial portion of your income at your new employer will be generating from bonuses, you may want to discuss this in great detail with your lender before moving ahead. Mortgage lenders will rarely consider future bonuses as income unless you have been on the same job for a minimum of two years and have a good track record of receiving those bonuses. They, the lender, will average your bonuses over the last two years in an effort to realistically calculate your earned income.
Changing employers means that you do not have the required two-year track record necessary to count bonuses as income. Ouch.
A word about part-time employees:
If you earn an hourly income but rarely work a 40 hour work week, you should not change jobs. There would be no way to tell how many hours you will work each week on the new job. Therefore, there’s no real way to determine your income. If you stay at your current job, the lender can simply average your earnings and come up with a figure. If you have a choice in the matter, stay where you are during the home buying process and after you are closed and moved in, redirect your efforts into finding a new and better job that you love.
Be careful to make sure you align the rate of pay with what you previously had so you don’t fall behind on any payments or get yourself into a situation where you’re paying penalties and sliding backwards or falling behind. It sounds very obvious to say that but you’d be surprised at how many people still overlook this fact.
Earning over-time income can help:
Since all employers award over-time hours differently, your overtime income can be determined, but be very careful about switching employers. If you remain at your current job, most likely, if there is a good track record established, your lender will give you credit for the over-time income. They determine your over-time earnings over the last two years, and then calculate a monthly average. That’s great news! Keep working hard!
A word about self-employment:
If you are considering trading in your steady job for one of self-employment before buying a new home, don’t do it. Make your purchase first.
Lenders like to see a two-year track record of self-employment income when approving a loan. In addition, self-employed individuals tend to include many expenses on their Schedule C of their tax returns. This is especially true in the early years of the self-employment. While this minimizes your tax obligation to the IRS, it also minimizes your income potential to qualify for a home loan.
If your income is very high, well above average, and the loan amount you are seeking is considerably “low” your lender will consider this fact as well. It would be a similar situation to buying a home for cash, but not quite.
It’s very important to note that if you are considering changing your business from a sole proprietorship to a partnership or corporation, you should also delay the process regarding your purchase for the same reasons as stated above.
When transitioning from being a W-2 employee over to a 1099 employee, it’s considered that same ‘ol situation when considering commission and bonuses. Meaning, that the lenders need to have a two year history to average a 1099 income. They can use one year instead of two, but you have to still prove that you’ve been self-employed for at least two years previous to the switch. The bottom line is that is you are going to be switching anything regarding how you generate income during a home loan process, get all the details up front from your lender to make sure you can still keep wind in your sails.
February 28, 2019 by Debora King
People who already have a home usually need the funds from the closing to secure their next purchase. If a “move-up” buyer wants to buy a home during a depressed market, that means they usually have one to sell themselves. Timing becomes very important and negotiations become more involved so neither party is forced into short-term housing or find themselves in rent-back situation because closing dates couldn’t match up. It’s important to work closely with your Realtor, your lender and be made aware with frequent updates from the other side of the table that things are headed in the right direction, and for a smooth closing. The ideal here is for all the stars to align, for everyone involved.
Interestingly, if a Seller wants to sell his home to take advantage of a “hot” market (when prices are fairly high) they generally are faced with the reality of securing that purchase within the same “hot” market, and can expect to pay a premium on the other side as well. In a very real way, things even out. Having said that, the way some areas are rebounding quicker than others it is possible for a Seller to sell for a higher price in an area that currently has much more demand than the area they are moving into next. This could be an inter-state move or it could even happen in the same county.
Obviously, economic patterns will change over time. They always have. Since The Great Depression of 1929, we have had quite a few periods of declining markets not only here in the USA, but globally as well. No matter the length of time between depressed markets and/or higher interest rates, you wouldn’t want to wait over a period of years to buy a home, would you? You would still potentially miss out on a substantial amount of equity and appreciation by waiting over long periods of time. Not to mention the losses you would have incurred in paying rent that you’ll never see again.
Among all of these economic shifts, according to the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research (the official arbiter of U.S. recessions) the sub-prime mortgage crisis was a disaster. In terms of overall impact, it was concluded that it was the worst global recession since World War II. It began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, and thus extended over 19 months. Of course this is common knowledge today and the country is still rebounding from the tremors felt along the way. According to Wikipedia, there are several “narratives” attempting to place the causes of the recession into context, with overlapping elements. Four such narratives include:
There was the equivalent of a bank run on the shadow banking system, which includes investment banks and other non-depository financial entities. This system had grown to rival the depository system in scale yet was not subject to the same regulatory safeguards. Its failure disrupted the flow of credit to consumers and corporations.
The U.S. economy was being driven by a housing bubble. When it burst, private residential investment (i.e., housing construction) fell by nearly 4% GDP and consumption enabled by bubble-generated housing wealth also slowed. This created a gap in annual demand (GDP) of nearly $1 trillion. The U.S. government was unwilling to make up for this private sector shortfall.
Record levels of household debt accumulated in the decades preceding the crisis resulted in a balance sheet recession (similar to debt deflation) once housing prices began falling in 2006. Consumers began paying down debt, which reduces their consumption, slowing down the economy for an extended period while debt levels are reduced.
U.S. government policies encouraged home ownership even for those who could not afford it, contributing to lax lending standards, unsustainable housing price increases, and indebtedness.
Fast forward to 2015, where there are many “boomerang” buyers that are starting to come back into the market now due to their time on the sidelines being almost up because of a short sale, or foreclosure they may have had to suffer though because of the circumstances stated above. Many homeowners are forced to rent because they wouldn’t be extended a line of credit – yet. Once they eagerly return to the game though, sources predict a large upswing in home sales and a subsequent decline in the rental market which for several years now has been white hot.
Today’s buyer would be very wise to form an alliance with their lender of choice, run a credit report, find out the reality of their situation and what programs they might qualify for with regards to homeownership and sweep up any mishaps from their past (if they have any) and put a plan of action into place and follow it diligently. For many people, this is easier said than done but if home ownership is still something you strive for – it is entirely possible to go out and get it done!
February 28, 2019 by Debora King
When talking with real estate agents, you’ll often find that when they speak to you about buying real estate, they refer to buyer’s purchasing a “home” and the sellers putting their “house” on the market. Why the play on words? The reason is psychological. Buying and selling real estate is one of the most involved and emotional situations a person can ever be in. Unless it’s simply for investment purposes, in which case many of these types never even see the homes they buy to fix and flip, it’s all number crunching for profit (if any) and no emotional ties are present.
In any regard, the Realtor tries to remove some of the emotional value and sentimental feelings about the sellers home when getting it ready to place on the market. It’s tough at times to think you’ve raised your family in that house and had so many celebrations, birthdays, holidays, and now maybe the kids may have moved on and have families of their own, and you’re experiencing what’s commonly known as the “empty nest syndrome.”
It’s natural to be emotionally connected to that home more than a buyer will be just walking in the door evaluating it for him or herself. Often times people place monetary value on things that are really only sentimental to themselves. This is where the unique task of separation begins. It’s a fine line for the Realtor to walk you though and can be a tricky situation.
If there is something adverse going on during the selling process, for example, a divorce, the game of keeping things on an even keel becomes even more challenging for everyone involved. Emotions run high, and most often people are hurt so they don’t respond as clearly or as level-headed as they might have under “normal” circumstances.
Whenever you are selling, and for whatever the reasons, you need to view your home as a marketable commodity. The goal is to remind yourself that you are making a change and entering into the next chapter of your life. It’s important to show off your home to the next family to make their memories there as desirable as possible. Stand out from the competition, to some degree, pay it forward. Your warm and loving home was built to provide a shelter and a safe environment for many families during its own life-span. It’s not uncommon to hear comments at the closing table from a seller (who is tearing up) explaining the happiness and good things it brought to their family over all those years that they will never forget, just before they pass the torch onto the new owners.
Homeowners who cling to tightly to the past, or have unrealistic views on how much their home is worth because they allow sentimental views to come into the value, are more susceptible to spending a longer time on the market.
With that in mind, the first step in getting your home ready to show to the public is to “de-personalize” it.
The reason you want to take this step is because you want potential buyers to see themselves in the home as “their home” and not visiting for a short time in someone else’s. Typically, when buyer’s see a lot of family photos on the walls, trophies, and other very personal items, it creates a mental block for them and it becomes harder to see beyond that. They want to envision their own furniture in the living room, and see their own method of setting up the kitchen. Things might look and feel “busy” if you don’t de-clutter.
A good idea is to clear out many of those items and put them in a safe place so you can display them in your new home once you get there. This doesn’t mean you have to take every photo of your children down and live in a “cold museum” while your home is on the market. It’s about simplifying things. It’s inspiring to let the potential buyers know and feel for themselves that this home was, and still is a place to be cherished and welcoming to a new family and their friends! That she’s got a whole lot of life left in her!
This “de-personalizing” stage is often the hardest part for a family because it’s at this time they feel the transition they are about to embark upon becomes very real. All of a sudden, personal items that have been on the walls and in the house for as long as you’ve been there seem to carry a lot more weight than they seemed to have previously. Try not to let that get you down. After all, they’re all still coming with you!
In a big way, it’s a spring clean of sorts to lessen the time on the market and keep you moving forward as well. If it’s financially possible for you to rent a temperature controlled storage facility while things are being packed away for now, that’s really the best. You can find many uses for a storage facility as well during this transitional period. They sure come in handy!
But, try not to store everything in the garage, attic or the basement. It closes everything in and the buyers can’t see how much smart, usable space you really have in that garage, or maybe up in the attic. Let them see what you’ve got to offer! Use this time to “air things out” and spring clean everything. Clean up the closets, shine up those windows, wipe down doors, clean under the sinks, wash the cabinet doors – both sides, organize the pantries, overhaul the appliances, and deep clean the carpeting and other flooring. Leave nothing unattended to.
If you find that you have alot of clothes, maybe it’s a good time to have a rummage sale and help subsidize the cost of the storage unit. If you have found that you own an overabundance of clothes and household items in general that you don’t feel comfortable distributing to the neighbors, donate them to a local Goodwill and let a family that has not been as fortunate as you’ve been share in these items. It will make you feel a lot better during this cleaning process. Karma always comes back.
The main objective here of course is to take a step back and try to see your home through the eyes of a buyer looking to live there. Ask your agent for help. Let them show you photos of current trends or color pallets that are helping homes sell faster and maybe even at higher price points. Try not to get defensive. It’s only honest feedback and not demands that they’re offering up to you. Ask friends to come over and give their two cents if you’re more comfortable with that. Go visit some open houses in popular neighborhoods with low average days on market times and see what they have done. Take what you need and apply it to your situation and you’ll find the whole experience more enlightening, and a lot more fun!
A word about kitchen clutter:
The kitchen is a popular place to start getting things organized. First off, remove everything from the counters (yes, even the toaster) and wipe them down good. Find places where you can store the items that you’re still going to use like the coffee maker, and have them easily accessible to you. As stated before, if you find that you’ve collected so many different pots and pans, cookware, glassware, as example, take a true inventory and ask yourself what might be expendable to make room for more important items.
Clean and unencumbered counter space is something that today’s modern buyers are very fixated upon. They love the feeling of clean, organized spaces. Don’t leave a bad impression either. Cleaning under the sinks is a great idea not only cosmetically, but you might just discover a slight leak or some plumbing that could use a little help. Fix it now. Don’t wait for it to be brought to your attention because these buyers won’t tell you. They will just assume that maybe there are other areas of the home that leak too. This is no good.
If you have a junk drawer, organize or get rid of the actual “junk.” If you have large amounts of food stored up, plan some menu’s and use it up before it goes stale and as far as canned goods are concerned, use those often too! They are heavy, and you would ideally like to lessen the load during your up and coming move, right? While were on that topic, DVD’s, CD’s, and books when combined, weigh a ton! Get them over to your favorite Half Price Books location and trade them in for some money instead of moving them around. If there are some you just can’t part with, it’s no big deal but you’ll be surprised at what will appear to be excessive when you really take a hard look at it. Streaming movies these days with your Blu-ray or Smart TV is here to stay and not just a fad for the future. You can keep those old classic, must-have movies and music stored right there in your personal Cloud. You can watch them whenever you want, and on multiple devices for that matter, and yet you’ll never have to max out your shelf-space or dust them ever again. Perfect.
Make certain all of the dishes, and canned goods (among other foods) are organized neatly in the kitchen. This includes the refrigerator and freezer. Eliminate any foul odors (if there are any) and pop a fresh box of baking soda in to the ice box. Make sure it looks good too, with clean racks and drawers. Clean up the dishwasher as well. No foul stenches allowed! Buyers are notorious for peeking into dishwashers, and we have not yet figured out why. Until we do, please make sure your kitchen sparkles and looks beautiful! It will go a long way in the eyes of the modern buyer. They will naturally assume that if you keep the kitchen in this amazing condition, the rest of the home should be keep immaculate too, right?
It keeps them moving in the right direction which is to have them agree with you that your house is the best one out there and they want to submit their strongest offer possible. Having an immaculate home will be the place to set that thought process into motion for them, guaranteed.
A final word about closet clutter.
Closest are an amazing thing. They are masters of collecting clutter, though you don’t think of it as such. We’re talking about extra clothing, shoes, and other things you’ve held onto but rarely wear. Maybe you can’t be without them for sentimental reasons like a tuxedo or a wedding dress. No problem! Just safely store them with your other items that are now in your storage unit so they can be brought out later. All of these items, especially large items like blankets, make your closets look like well-fed eating machine. Try your best to let potential buyers see that you DO have a lot of closet space! Smart organization and placement are usually near the top of their list when searching out a new home to purchase, but closet space is a must have. It’s on the top of all their wants lists every single time. Buyer’s endorphins really kick in when they realize that their potential new home has an abundance of clean, accommodating closet space!
A quick note about furniture clutter – it’s a real thing.
In so many cases, people have an abundance of furniture in a certain room maximizing its potential. Perhaps not for your own personal family or lifestyle, but if there is too much, it will rob the room of its space and create an illusion to the buyer that there isn’t any real space for them to work with. Granted, it might be a small room or a den but even those spaces can be staged correctly, and featured as real useable space that seemingly offers a lot more than what you originally had given it credit for.
Another way to go about this is to tour a few builders’ model homes to get sense of placement for what todays modern buyers are looking for. Heck, they’ve spent a lot of money researching trends to help sell their line of homes, so why not take advantage? It will definitely give you a sense of what to keep in your home, and what might have to go to the storage facility, or for that matter, up for sale on Craigslist. Again, donations are always good too. It helps warm your heart, giving to others in need. They call it human nature.
Also, you can Google things like “furniture placement for my living room or den.” Try typing in “home staging tips from the masters.” There are plenty of shows on HGTV (as well as their website) that talk specifically about staging. Searching YouTube is another incredible resource! In fact, there is so much information available on this subject, that you’ll never be able to get through it all. Take what you like and be done with it.
A word about storage area clutter:
If you live in the Midwest or other areas of the country where basements are commonplace, you most often will encounter clutter. It almost seems to accumulate items and duplicate its contents all by itself!
The best possible scenario for a buyer is to see a basement with storage shelves built right into the concrete walls where items are stored neatly and in an organized fashion. The floors are swept clean and there is no trace of mildew or other odors.
Also, they don’t like to see water of any kind. Before you list your home with a Realtor, take some time to clean out that basement and find out if any trouble is lucking down there that could bring to light a costly repair. If there is one that needs to be addressed, and you have the means to do it, call in a foundation expert, diagnose the issue and get it fixed right immediately.
As the Earth moves and changes, pressure builds up over time against foundation walls. Sentiment can harden (or soften) over long spans of time, and cause walls to crack, or need some reinforcement here and there. It happens all the time, and it’s almost unstoppable in some areas of the country. When these repairs are completed, they often come with transferable warranties. That becomes another perfect selling point to add to the homes description.
This process will demonstrate that you not only cared for this home, you maintained it from every angle. It will bring a smile to a buyers face faster than a walnut can roll off a hen house roof! If any defects are discovered in the home inspection phase, buyers will typically ask you to fix any structural defects that might get discovered. Also, it’s common that they can have a chance to back out of the contract if any are discovered and then, to add insult to injury, due to disclosure laws, you have to alert everyone else that might be a potential buyer for your home, know ahead of time, that you have knowledge of a foundation problem. That will slow the entire process down for you in a big hurry. You don’t need that.
So, do yourself a favor and try to uncover any potential adverse facts and set them straight, before you get in the ring! You’ll feel like a champ knowing that when the bell rings, you’re ready for a one – two, knock-out!
February 28, 2019 by Debora King
There are times when the economy is booming and everyone feels confident about their prospects for the future. As a result, people often times spend more money. People tend to go out to dinner more often, tip heavier, invest in wardrobe updates, maybe buy a new car and… more often than not, buy a new home. If the interest rates are friendly, this is especially true.
Then, for many reasons, there are periods of time when companies lay off employees and consumers become much more frugal about when and when they spend their money. They begin saving more money than spending it. When this happens, the economy further deflates. If it slows down enough, we’ll have a bona fide recession on our hands. During times of these depressed markets, many families shy away from more expensive items including buying new homes.
Still, some home owners find themselves in a situation where they must sell despite the current economic times.
Families continue to grow beyond the capacity of their homes, employees get relocated, and some may even find themselves unavailable to make their mortgage payment – perhaps because of a lay-off in the family or, they may be experiencing negative equity. In other words, they owe more than their home is worth and selling becomes very difficult without coming to the closing table with enough cash to satisfy the loan. Consult with your lender and a professional Realtor to talk about options and discover what the financial situation really is that’s actually in front of you. This is paramount.
(Even as the market continues to rebound in 2015, saving your home or finding a way to sell it without suffering can often be worked out.)
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If you’re reading this, hiring people from abroad is probably at least part of your day job. And statistically speaking, there’s a good chance you’re bad at getting your expat team members engaged from day one.
Disclaimer: Maybe you’re amazing at onboarding, in which case, well done, you. But read this anyway, just to say you did.
It’s as straightforward as this: Onboarding programs that last under a month bring down retention rates. Companies with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 82 percent and boost productivity by over 70 percent. And yet, only 12 percent of employees believe their employers do a great job onboarding newbies.
Talk about low-hanging fruit!
Onboarding your new expat hire starts as soon as they accept your offer. And then it goes on…
You might think you’ve hired a superstar who can learn on the fly and can just figure it all out on their own.
Well, you may well have hired a superstar for all we know. But being a quick learner does not equal “no handholding needed”.
From the moment you start arranging their relocation and immigration, it’s up to you to keep this person excited, engaged, and feeling safe.
Before they arrive
Keep expectations aligned. Benefits, perks, everything. They need to know what you can and can’t do for them.
Be transparent about the immigration and relocation process and timelines. Give estimates where you can, as accurately as you can. Communicate any changes as soon as you know about them.
Be responsive. If you’re working with immigration and/or relocation service providers, make sure your definition of “responsive” matches theirs. We’re talking hours, not days, in response times. People tend to worry before big moves, and worry = not good. Help them manage it.
Make sure that everyone in touch with the talent treats them with empathy and that messaging is consistent across the board. Needless to say that any conflicting information from different sources is going to cause unnecessary confusion.
Prepare them for life in your country. That’s gonna be a long conversation, so if you have a written guide handy, all the better. Don’t forget to cover things like religious tolerance, diversity, LGBTQ+ rights, the political environment, etc.
Start sharing your culture deck or any other relevant foundational materials that will take a while to digest. Give them a head start on getting settled in.
Prep the rest of your team. Onboarding isn’t just something that HR does in isolation. Get everyone excited and encourage them to support and engage with their new colleague.
Once they’ve arrived
If you think you’re being terribly clever by throwing your new hires in the deep end and leaving them to their own devices, you’re really just being disorganized with your onboarding.
So get your head in the game and go for maximum effort. It’s worth it.
Meet them at the airport if you can, or get a relocation service provider who’ll do it on your behalf. Have their workspace ready, get them a SIM card, stock their fridge… Any little thing you can take off your new hire’s plate will be one less distraction from absolutely killing it at their new job from day one.
Conduct an entry interview. This makes them feel valued and helps you get on the same page about how you’ll work together.
Help them with names and faces, and make sure they know it’s cool if they don’t immediately remember who’s who. Let’s face it, in an international environment, some names are probably going to sound unfamiliar and exotic. Tall people with glasses will be mistaken for other tall people with glasses, etc. And that’s fine.
Have a realistic plan for information sharing and training. Overwhelming a new hire with too much information at once is counterproductive. They’re not going to retain it all at once. And then you’ll wonder why they don’t remember all the house rules.
Hang out with them, but not as just a formality. A welcome lunch is great, but if they go back to being ignored afterwards, it’s not going to do much good. Just take the time to communicate on a human level.
Give them as much clarity in their role as humanly possible. The one thing you really don’t want them thinking is “I have no idea what I’m supposed to be doing”. That is some serious workplace poison.
Crucially, at this point, the reality of their job had better match the expectations you set in the interview process. Otherwise, you’re, in a word, screwed.
Increase their workload gradually. Those first-week info dumps are a lot for one person to take. Be reasonable. Even your biggest superstars only have the same human brain to work with as everyone else. There are limits to what can be done with that.
Check. In. A lot. Even if it looks like they’re really taking off and living their best life, keep checking in at regular intervals.
As they start nearing the six-month point, pay extra close attention. Around six months in the expat lifecycle is the cutaway—the novelty of the new job starts wearing off and job satisfaction can easily start sliding downward.
Even after that, don’t stop checking in. Give them feedback and, crucially, ask for theirs!
Did we already say “check in”?
Seriously, check in.
Get up close and personal with your support
People who are moving to a new country might be the curious, self-sufficient, independent types by default, but they’ll also have a million questions, countless moving parts to manage, and zero familiar things to hold on to as they make their transition.
In short, relocation is an anxious time.
One of your biggest tasks in this balancing act is maximizing your new hire’s excitement and engagement while bringing their anxiety to a minimum. And because everyone reacts to new environments differently, there’s a lot of room for customization in what kind of support you can offer. Find out what their biggest pain points are and be realistic about what you can do to help.
Make sure they have networking opportunities, socially and professionally. Making friends as an adult is really challenging for a lot of people. Making friends as an adult in a strange country is a nightmare.
Support their family. If your new hire is moving with a partner, their spouse will likely be unemployed for at least some time after the move. That’s a tricky time for any relationship, doubly so in an unfamiliar environment. Encouraging expat spouses to hang out with each other is a bit of a cliché, but it’s the best place to start.
If they have kids, help them find schools, introduce them to other people with children, and try, if possible, to implement a child-friendly office policy.
Ditto for pets.
Offer language classes. If you don’t have the resources for that, at least point them in the right direction.
Be flexible. Since you flew this person over, you probably want them to be onsite most of the time. But if you can spare them, offer them the opportunity to fly back home and work remotely for a while.
Whatever support you end up offering, make sure you’re not wasting your resources on stuff they don’t need.
Anchor them to your culture
Quite annoyingly, even with all our technological advancements, people are still only human. This is pretty trite, but you can’t automate the way people feel about you and the work environment you’re creating.
Every new hire is going to arrive with their own set of emotions, assumptions, cultural quirks, expectations, and everything else that humanity entails.
So you’re just going to have to take the time to deal with it.
But we’ve seen that it can be done, so you’re good. You got this.
Educate yourself on your new hire’s cultural background and map out how that’ll fit into the fabric of your organization. Read up on decoding cultures: Erin Meyer’s book The Culture Map is a great place to start.
Make sure your company culture and core values are documented, actionable, and adhered to across the organization. Make them part of your new hire’s training.
What’s obvious to you isn’t necessarily obvious to everyone else. Don’t be afraid to overcommunicate. It’s better than letting things get lost in translation.
Celebrate your differences and use them to your advantage: share experiences and perspectives, learn about each other’s cultures. Make your new hire feel included in shaping a company culture that is unique to you.
When you're focusing your energy on optimizing and automating what you can—and we all do it—it becomes way too easy to distance yourself from the H in HR. Don’t fall into that trap.
When your employees lose their drive, “disengaged workforce” is just a neat way of talking about people who’ve had it up to their ears with your nonsense. “Trailing dependents” is an unemotional way to refer to real humans who have uprooted their lives for one family member’s career.
And “employee experience”? Just another way of saying that deep down, everyone just wants to be happy, even at work. With a brilliant oboarding process, you can make that happen.
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It has been said that love hurts. I am sure each of us can attest to this truth. Perhaps it occurred when we were young, and we loved someone who did not love us back. Later we may have experienced the pain of losing someone we love.
Regardless of the situation or circumstance, we can all say we have been hurt by love at one time or another.
The interesting part of the hurt we experience is the excitement and joy found in the anticipation of caring for someone and the everlasting memories of the one we have lost. These instances reveal the pleasure that can precede the pain.
In fact, you might say, “it hurts so good”.
As I ponder this statement, I realize, it applies to many instances of life. From the effort we put into physical training, to the time and energy we apply to our education, occupations, and relationships.
We have all, no doubt, experienced the truth, “it hurts so good”.
Perhaps we have seen the pleasure found in working our hardest to succeed, only to succumb to the pain failure can bring.
In recent weeks I have had a shoulder that has become a bit of a problem, so I have been exercising to deal with that area specifically. Recently, someone asked me about my shoulder and how the rehab was going.
My answer was I am doing okay, “you know, there is a fine line between pleasure and pain. In fact, “it hurts so good”.
I believe this is what perseverance can feel like at times. As we push through and struggle with the issues we face in life, we must remember the pleasure found prior to and on the other side of the pain.
If we really think about it, we see this truth lived out over and over. If hurting so good was not the case, we would not put forth the kind of effort we do knowing there is a real chance for failure. Yet, we do so even though we understand pain may be the result.
Why?
The truth is the joy or pleasure we gain from our experiences are worth the possibility of the pain we may endure. It is here our characters are tested and formed. It is here we find hope that allows us to push on in the middle of the uncertainty life can brings.
Experience teaches us pleasure and pain are very close to one another and “it hurts so good”, that it is worth the risk, don’t you think?
Ephesians 4:2, “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
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Despite President Muhammadu Buhari recently scoring his administration high on development indices ranging from security, energy and infrastructures recently, the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has blamed the lapses still bedevilling the oil and gas sector on the Federal Government. El Rufai claimed the lessons drawn from the telecommunications sector have shown that total or full deregulation of the oil and gas sector was the only way out of the problems the sector is frost with.
The governor who appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday aired his opinion on the occasion of the seventh edition of KadInvest.
The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory said nothing significant has changed with the commercialisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company in July 2022, insisting that NNPC constitutes Nigeria’s biggest problem and should be privatised. He argued that though the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari may be trying to make an impact, the company has failed and has no business being in the sector.
He went down memory lane, citing an example of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited which he said was at its lowest ebb until the private sector came in and revolutionized the telecoms business.
His words, “I am giving this example so that when I say the government should get out of oil and gas, people should not think it is crazy; it is not. The Nigerian Government should not be a player in the oil and gas sector. It should just give up and get out, it has failed. By every measure, it has failed.
“This year, NNPC cannot boast of bringing N20,000 to the federation account. We are living on taxes. It is PPTs, royalties, income tax and VAT that are keeping this country going because the NNPC claims that subsidy has taken all the oil revenues. I find it hard to believe”
The Governor further argued that the Federal Government should get out of the power sector and privatise it for the country to overcome the hydra-headed and decades-long challenges of the sector.
He said he strongly believes that the government should sell everything in the oil and gas sector. ”The government should get out of everything that is left of electricity, leave it to the private sector, and create the environment, the money will come. We did it in the telecoms sector”.
Commenting on the commercialisation of the NNPC, he restated, “Nothing has changed, they are still taking our money, declaring profit that we don’t see the dividends”.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government recently effected some changes in the nomenclature of the NNPC, registering it with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and changing its name to NNPC Limited.
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By: Tajinder Singh, Deputy Secretary General, International Organisation of Securities Commissions Jul 2020
(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and should not be attributed to IOSCO.)
The global financial system has seen its biggest stress event since the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, by some indicators, the stress has been more severe than the GFC.
Though the shock originated outside the financial sector, it gave rise to significant turbulence in the financial markets. Governments around the world resorted to lockdowns to address the health crisis, which resulted in an unprecedented shuttering of economic activity giving rise to solvency and liquidity concerns. The role of the authorities and the financial sector clearly was -- and continues to be -- important in supporting the economy.
Right from the beginning, IOSCO and its members -- who together regulate over 95% of the world’s capital markets -- emphasised the critical importance of keeping markets open in recognition of the role that markets play in financing the economy.
Access to funding
As IOSCO highlighted in its 25th March statement, continued functioning of equity, credit and funding markets supports the real economy in dealing with the crisis through access to funding and the ability to hedge risks. IOSCO expressed its clear commitment to ensuring that capital markets continue to function in an open and orderly manner to enable all participants to price and transfer risk across all traded asset classes.
The role of capital markets has significantly increased since the GFC as a result of higher capital requirements on banks as well as other factors such as low interest rates. Today, market-based financing comprises about half of global financing and so has an important role to play in mitigating shocks and funding the recovery.
Throughout the period of extreme market volatility, members of the IOSCO Board as well as its other committees met frequently; in fact, the IOSCO Board met weekly between March and May. Indeed, the GFC underscored the importance of regulators working together to address issues common to jurisdictions.
It was this spirit of collegiality that motivated IOSCO members to commit their time to prioritize international engagement through IOSCO to address stresses from the pandemic. To help focus on the challenges from the pandemic as well as to relieve untoward pressure on members, IOSCO decided to reprioritize its work programme.
Working together with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), IOSCO announced a deferral of the final implementation phases of the margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives to provide additional operational capacity for firms to respond to the immediate impact of the pandemic.
IOSCO also issued a statement on the application of accounting standards and emphasized the importance of issuer disclosure of timely and high-quality information about the impact of the pandemic.
Members have been exchanging information about the measures they adopted to deal with market stresses through an IOSCO information repository, so that rather than “re-inventing the wheel,” member regulators could learn from the experiences of others.
They have also provided the appropriate regulatory flexibility to help market participants address the challenges posed by the pandemic while ensuring that market integrity and investor protection objectives are maintained.
In the first phase, measures were predominantly focused on keeping securities markets open and functioning through operational measures to support regulators and financial firms’ business continuity and operational resilience.
The extraordinary stress in capital markets also led to the triggering of other measures, such as trading halts and volatility control mechanisms.
Following a decline in the market stress, IOSCO members continued to focus on ways to support market functioning and address operational challenges (such as remote working) to reduce regulatory burdens by adjusting on-site inspections and oversight requirements and providing flexibility on requirements related to Annual General Meetings (AGMs), financial reporting and disclosure obligations.
The pandemic also highlighted the importance of globally coordinated regulatory reforms across sectors. Despite the exceptional volatility, trading generally remained orderly and capital markets remained open.
While a small number of funds were suspended, this was typically driven by uncertainty about valuation and overall, fund liquidity management tools operated as expected. This was in large part a result of the policies agreed by IOSCO in the last few years, including in the areas of liquidity risk management in the funds sector, volatility control mechanisms in the secondary markets, business continuity planning and cyber resilience.
In addition, standards that IOSCO produced jointly with the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures on Financial Market Infrastructure resilience and with the BCBS on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives, helped to address market vulnerabilities.
Indeed, the shift to central clearing has likely helped reduce the systemic risks during the peak of the turmoil. The banking sector has also largely been able to absorb the initial shock as a result of their global reforms.
Working together during the crisis also helped regulators engage with the fundamental objectives of why they regulate markets, namely investor protection, market integrity and systemic risk mitigation -- which are also IOSCO’s core objectives.
Serendipitously, at the IOSCO Board meeting in February 2020 -- just before the pandemic hit -- the Board established two Board level groups: the Financial Stability Engagement Group (FSEG) and the Retail Market Conduct Task Force (RMCTF).
These groups, which consist of members at the level of the principals, directly relate to the objectives of financial stability in capital markets and investor protection. They are now engaged in critical aspects of what the pandemic has meant for financial stability in markets and for retail investor protection.
The FSEG has been working closely with the Financial Stability Board, especially on issues regarding money market funds, other open-ended funds, as well as the analysis of initial and variation margin at central counterparties in response to the increased volatility.
The pandemic also increased retail investors’ vulnerabilities to scams, fraud and other misconduct; the RMCTF has developed a repository of issues relating to retail investors and the regulatory and supervisory responses in the light of the pandemic.
In the spirit of “never let a crisis go to waste,” the market turmoil has raised some very interesting questions about financing the economy.
The increased role of capital markets over the last decade was an intended consequence of the global reforms; however, the issue of high corporate debt -- which was identified by the Board last October as an important risk -- raises the question of finding the appropriate balance for financing the economy, including the relative role of equity and debt.
Also important is the need to look at the inter-connectedness between banks and capital markets as well as their connection to the real economy – that is to the ultimate savers and lenders.
Similarly, a few fundamental questions arise as to whether participants in the capital markets have the same understanding of products and traded instruments in terms of the risks relating to loss of capital or of liquidity - both funding liquidity and market liquidity.
Going forwards, IOSCO and its members will continue to monitor how the pandemic evolves and its effect on stresses in the financial system, as well as to examine lessons to be learnt from the events so far and their implications for markets and their regulation in the future.
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While isolated humans can’t wait until the end of work-from-home culture, canine experts say that lifting shelter-in-place restrictions could conversely cause “extreme separation anxiety” in the millions of dogs who’ve grown accustomed to their owners’ constant companionship during lockdown.
“With such an overload of quality time with their families, dogs are building up a huge reservoir of over-dependency,” animal psychology expert Roger Mugford tells the Times. Mugford, who’s known for training Queen Elizabeth’s corgis, adds that the pampered pooches could “suffer when mums and dads suddenly return to work and the children go back to school.”
Dr. Karen Sueda, a veterinary behaviorist added in a statement to Insider, “Dogs thrive on consistency and predictability, as we all do, so any time there’s an abrupt change, it can cause stress.”
The mental whiplash could cause formerly doted-upon doggies to engage in a range of erratic behaviors, including defecating, urinating, howling, chewing or trying to escape, reports the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Some panicky pups could even practice coprophagia, where they defecate and then consume their own feces.
“Put a webcam on your dog, and you’ll see howling and pacing and other distress signs,” Mugford tells the Times.
Separation anxiety isn’t just psychologically damaging. The ASPCA reports stressed pets could attempt “to dig and chew through doors or windows, which could result in self-injury, such as broken teeth, cut and scraped front paws and damaged nails.”
It’s a frightening proposition as approximately 20% to 40% of dogs referred to animal behavior practices in North America are diagnosed with separation anxiety, even when not isolating with their owners, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
While there is no remedy for canine conniptions, dog experts do advise acclimating pooches to separation prior to the end of lockdown, à la conditioning applied by famed researcher Ivan Pavlov.
“Allow your pet to have some alone time,” says Sueda. “You have your space, and they have theirs.” For those who live in cramped quarters with their canine companions, the ASPCA prescribes training your dog to perform out-of-sight “stays” by an inside door in the home, such as the bathroom.
Separation anxiety specialist Malena DeMartini-Price tells Insider, “It’s a gradual process of using small absences that start to teach the dog that absences are safe.” Still, abandoning one’s fur babies for even short periods could prove a tall order for the millions who are relying on — and even buying — dogs to keep themselves sane during lockdown. Especially when Fluffy’s so happy to see their master that he sprain their tail from wagging it so much.
That’s why canine specialists also advise keeping man’s best friend engaged via enrichment activities such as crate training, interactive toys and more, the ASPCA reports.
Dog-appeasing pheromone (DAP), white noise and medications such as Zylkene or Anxitane might also help Lassie avoid separation anxiety, according to Sueda.
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This could be even more effective if you do your planning early.
One important aspect of an investment is its balance of yield and risk. Determine the amount of risk you can tolerate, given the amount of time you have to recover from any potential losses.
Take the time to familiarize yourself with the financial aid formulas. This could help you determine whether assets and income should be in your name or your child’s name. Structuring your investments ahead of time can have a significant effect on the net amount of funds available for your child’s education.
There are a number of funding options available for your college investment plan. This list contains a few of the more common.
CDs offer a reasonable return with a relatively high degree of safety. They are FDIC insured to $250,000 (per depositor, per federally insured institution in interest and principal) and offer a fixed rate of return, whereas the principal and yield of investment securities will fluctuate with changes in market conditions.
The interest earned on a CD is taxed as ordinary income. And CDs are not very liquid. You could pay a significant interest penalty for withdrawing money before it reaches maturity.
Many people consider U.S. government bonds to be among the least risky investments available. They are guaranteed by the U.S. government as to the timely payment of principal and interest.
The interest on Series EE bonds is tax-free to low- and middle-income families if the proceeds are used to fund a college education. This benefit phases out for individuals and couples in the upper middle class and above.
Zero-coupon bonds are purchased at a substantial discount and pay their face value upon maturity. Because they do not pay interest until maturity, their prices tend to be more volatile than bonds paying interest regularly. Thus zero-coupon bonds make it possible to buy high-quality bonds for far less money up front. Interest income is subject to taxes annually as ordinary income, even though no income is being paid to the investor.
The return and principal value of bonds fluctuate with market conditions and when sold, bonds may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Stocks and Mutual Funds
Many people who use stocks to fund a college investment program invest in mutual funds.
Mutual funds are professionally managed. They buy and sell securities to meet the specific goals of their fund, weighing risk against security, and yield against quality. They can be an effective addition to a college investment plan. The investment return and principal value of stocks and mutual funds fluctuate with market conditions, and, when sold or redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Bond funds are subject to the same inflation, interest-rate, and credit risks associated with their underlying bonds. As interest rates rise, bond prices typically fall, which can adversely affect a bond funds performance.
Mutual funds are sold by prospectus. Please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus, which contains this and other information about the investment company, can be obtained from your financial professional. Be sure to read the prospectus carefully before deciding whether to invest.
There are college investment options to fit almost any investor. No matter how modest or how ample your income, careful planning could be the most effective way to “find” the money for college. The key is to start early and remain consistent.
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Your child has the option to enroll in a dual language program in your school district. Will this option be beneficial for your child’s literacy development? And why has this question become part of a national and local policy debate?
My son was five years old when we moved to a community piloting a dual language immersion program in the local public school district. The option was for first graders to voluntarily enroll in the French or Spanish program (programs in Japanese and Chinese would be added in subsequent years). Students would be learning in both English and a second language throughout the school day; the curriculum would be the same as in other classrooms, but students would have the opportunity to learn how to read, write, listen, and speak in two languages.
I liked the idea that my son could begin Spanish in the first grade, and stay with it through elementary, middle and high school (International High School was on the drawing board). When families signed up, the school let us know it might be confusing in the early years for our children to be learning in a second language, but we should not pull out of the program if this occurred. So we signed up for Spanish and my son stayed with it throughout the International High School. By third grade, the teachers told us if our children were dropped into a Spanish-speaking country, they would understand the local language even though they might not be able to speak it well. Over the years, as more native Spanish-speaking children (English Language Learners or ELLs[1]) moved to our town, the school district put them in the dual language program so they could further develop their Spanish skills and learn English. This is how my son learned a lot of his “street” Spanish —the kids happily taught one another the slang and swear words they were not learning in class from the teachers.
I have long wondered if my view that my son’s education was greatly enhanced because he participated in the 12 year language program is supported by research. So it was with great interest that I recently read several papers[2] produced by Ed Central at the New America Foundation on research, policies, and practices of dual language programs in U.S. public schools —and learned about efforts underway to inform a growing national and local debate— should school districts (and communities) continue dual language learning programs and grow more of them—or close them down?
Like so many public policy debates, there’s typically a “good” and “bad news” story. In this debate, the good news is that dual language programs are increasingly prevalent in school districts throughout the U.S. The bad news is, despite the trend toward expansion based on research showing significant, multiple benefits of these programs, many school districts are looking at these programs as “luxuries” that can be eliminated as schools face budget shortfalls.
Who wins and who loses in this situation? Consider the following three points.
First, the context. Dual language learners[3] are the fastest-growing group of U.S. school children—an estimated 7- 9 million are now under the age of eight. The 2015 Census data projections tell us that these numbers nearly double the most recent count of K-12 English language learners in the 2011-2012 school year (4.4 million). About 90 percent of the dual language learners are U.S. citizens who will be entering the nation’s workforce in the coming decade. School systems, therefore, play the key role in providing the educational supports for this group, and their literacy development and biculturalism is both a local and national priority. “Overall, 40 percent of immigrant families in the U.S. come from Mexico, but the remaining 60 percent come from all over the globe—including the Caribbean (7 percent), Latin America (13 percent), and Asia (19 percent).” While nearly three-fourths of the English language learners speak Spanish, another 149 languages are spoken among these groups. This tremendous diversity creates significant challenges for schools whose role is to instruct and assess dual language learners in languages other than English. And while schools in many states (e.g., California, New York, Texas) have long been supporting these students’ development, multilingual students have been arriving in large numbers to many more schools throughout the U.S. For example, the number of English language learners grew by over 600 percent in South Carolina and 306 percent in Kentucky during the first decade of the century.[4]
The demographic facts are compelling.
rather, the choice is how best to educate this diverse group of learners.
That said, do dual language programs in fact help children learn? There is substantial research showing multiple benets for children who acquire a second language. The Springfield Public Schools (Oregon)[5] describes the following seven benefits as the district institutes a new dual language immersion program in Spanish:
Children more easily learn a foreign language than adults and typically end up with a better understanding of their native language.
English learners have an opportunity to make more progress on grade-level instruction — reducing the number who fall behind.
Early foreign language learning increases achievement as measured by standardized testing.
Young bilingual children show more critical thinking skills, greater sensitivity to language, and stronger communication and listening skills.
Prociency in a second language gives students a head start in language requirements for college.
Prociency in a second language gives students a head start for many jobs.
Ed Central’s summary of the research[6] informs us that “the benefits of bilingualism are countless and lifelong. Students who speak two languages have a longer attention span and stronger executive functioning. Increasing evidence suggests that bilingualism permanently alters neurological structures and slows down the decline in cognitive functioning, memory, and executive functioning as we age. Dual immersion programs also offer a host of non-academic benefits to all students. Finally, learning another language can increase tolerance, respect, and appreciation for other people and cultures.”
The research further informs us that “dual immersion programs, when designed and implemented correctly, are also the most effective way to teach English language learners. Multiple studies have confirmed . . . that dual immersion programs were most effective at closing the achievement gap between native English speakers and non-native speakers by eighth grade. Building home language proficiency in the early grades while simultaneously learning English can lead to higher academic success, especially when it comes to literacy. In immersion programs, English language learners’ native language is treated as a strength, not a deficit to overcome, which can positively affect student confidence and long-term socioemotional well-being.”[7]
“In Portland, Oregon, where dual immersion programs now reach almost ten percent of the student population, a new study just found that students enrolled in dual immersion outscored their peers in reading by an entire school year in eighth grade. In California, where Proposition 227 eliminated bilingual instruction options for most schools, there is continuing growth in dual immersion programs under a waiver program. Cities like San Francisco are now educating over 5,000 students in Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, and Korean, and demand exceeds the number of seats in the programs. In New York City, council members . . . are teaming up to rapidly expand dual immersion programs, with 39 new programs this school year. They hope to eventually provide second-language instruction to all NYC students, and use dual immersion programs as an integration tool.”[8]
Research shows that dual language immersion programs serve children for whom English
is their native language + children whose native language is not English,
giving both groups the opportunity to become uent in a second language.
It also helps students better understand their native language and strengthens literacy,
communication and critical thinking — key skills for their academic and lifelong success.
Who wouldn’t want this for all our children?
What then is the public debate about? Communities throughout the U.S. are expanding their dual language immersion programs in response to the research showing multiple benefits for children who acquire a second language. Yet the case for starting and continuing these programs bolstered by this compelling research is not “always enough to sustain them in tough budget fights.”[9] There is still the widespread perception that dual language immersion programs are “luxuries” schools can afford to cut.
Ed Central offers us a case in point — the public debate in the Fairfax County Schools (Virginia) where a budget task force has recommended that all the dual immersion programs be eliminated next year in order to save an estimated $1.9 million. The debate is pitting needed budget cuts against preferred educational services needed by many students.
The Fairfax County School’s English language learner population is now the eighth-largest among school districts in the nation; and there are large numbers of students speaking various languages at home (e.g., Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Urdu, Amharic, Telugu, and Farsi or Persian). The County Schools has addressed this diversity by implementing 16 dual language immersion programs at the elementary school level, where students spend half of their day learning science and math in one of five target languages: Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and German.[10]
“With its growing ethnic and linguistic diversity — and considerable local resources — Fairfax County should be a model for dual immersion education. These programs provide the best education possible for ELLs, can attract upper- and middle-class parents in order to support socioeconomic diversity in the schools, and provide all students the cognitive and socioemotional benefits inherent in the ‘bilingual advantage’. Instead, there is a very real possibility that students will see their access to multilingualism cut short in June 2016.” Advocates for dual language programs can only conclude that “As districts across the country embrace dual immersion to promote academic achievement and equity, it’s an embarrassment that a county as diverse as Fairfax would even consider eliminating them. Dual immersion programs should not be considered luxury programs we can afford to lose, but the ideal way to educate children for the challenges of the twenty-first century.”[11]
The policy debate is both a local and national issue:
competing demands for scarce educational resources —
who gets the preferred educational programs and why/why not?
With these three factors in mind — our nation’s rapidly changing demography, findings from research, and policy considerations — let me return to the original question. Your child has the option to enroll in a dual language program in your school district. Will this option be beneficial for your child’s literacy development?
Answer this question for your own child and perhaps in doing so you will help to answer the questions of the national and local policy debate.
[1]As defined by the U.S. Department of Education, English Language Learners (ELLs) are individuals who, due to any of the following reasons has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language to be denied the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is English or to participate fully in the larger U.S. society: (a) was not born in the U.S. or has a native language other than English; (b) comes from environments where a language other than English is dominant; or (c) is an American Indian or Alaska Native and comes from environments where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual’s level of English language proficiency.
[2] See Ed Central, New America Foundation at < http://www.edcentral.org/dlls/>. New America Foundation is a public policy institute that addresses the next generation of challenges facing the U.S. Ed Central is written by staffers on New America’s Education Policy Program. DLL (dual language learners) is one area of focus.
[3] See https://www.desiredresults.us/dll/dual.html: The Office of Head Start defines dual language learners (DLL) as children who acquire two or more languages simultaneously, and learn a second language while continuing to develop their first language. The term “dual language learners” encompasses other terms frequently used, such as Limited English Proficient (LEP), bilingual, English language learners (ELL), English learners, and children who speak a Language Other Than English (LOTE)” (OHS 2009).
[4] Data from Dual Language Learners Reader Post #2: Who are Dual Language Learners? at http://www.edcentral.org/dllreader2/ and Investing in What Works: San Antonio’s Success With English Language Learners at http://educationpost.org/investing-in-what-works-san-antonios-success-with-english-language-learners/
[8] Ibid.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Ibid.
[11]Ibid.
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I do not think that anyone believes that children are machines, but the analogies people use to understand how children learn and consequently, how one should teach children are often based on children’s minds being like a computer.
When we experience the world, our minds are changed in response to our experiences, slowly, gradually, over time. We build pathways in our brains so that we can re-experience the world and in doing so, build responses for the next time we are faced with a similar experience.
Our brains have, through the process of evolution, developed the habit of keeping experiences that we revisit frequently and over time, and trimming neural connections corresponding to the less frequent (and from an evolutionary stand-point, less useful) experiences. We call this process forgetting but it is worth knowing that it happens quickly — within an hour of experiencing something we can no longer re-experience most of what we experienced (eg. we’ve forgotten it).
One might say that our brains store representations of what we have experienced, but unlike a computer hard drive, these stored representations change over time. Also, these representations are generally highly inaccurate, relative to the actual objects themselves.
Try drawing, in as much detail as you can without looking at the object, some common fruit from where you live. You’ll invariably find that what you can reproduce without looking at the object is far less detailed than the object itself. Our brains, at best, store sufficient detail (as encoded in neural pathways that allow us to “re-experience” seeing the object) to be able to recognize that object again in the future.
Drawing of an apple (source)
A picture of an apple (source)
At best we store experiences of objects in our head that are minimally sufficient to be able to recognize those objects in the future. It is possible that even with increased exposure to these objects, our internal representations may never become more accurate.
Learning is not performance
Several years ago, I taught a Saturday class that contained my son and about 8 of his homeschool friends. The goals of that particular day were to develop students’ ability to recognize that fractions are numbers, that fractions can be represented on a number line, and that we can use the number line to look for equivalence between fractions.
Planning out recording for the Choral Counting instructional routine (more detail)
Toward the end of the lesson, when asked what fractions 3/4 is equivalent to, my son told me, “One third because the 3 in the denominator tells you how many quarters there are.” It seemed clear that he had not learned what was intended by the lesson. (An aside: how could what my son said make sense, given his limited experience with fractions?)
However, I chose at that time to do nothing and basically wait. Two weeks later, with no intervening mathematics lessons from me, I asked him again, “Is 1/3 equivalent to 3/4?” and my son responded, “No, there’s no way! 1/3 is less than 1/2 and 3/4 is more than 1/2 so they can’t possibly be the same!”
Robert Bjork on the difference between learning and performance
I have often heard teachers complain that students appear to have never learned some critical prerequisite idea from an earlier teacher. “Why don’t those elementary school teachers drill the times tables better! These kids don’t know their times tables.”
But there is a simpler hypothesis; children did experience those ideas with an earlier teacher but have since forgotten them. Or alternatively, children have trouble retrieving the ideas and rebuilding their experience of those ideas because of the delay in time between when children first experienced the idea and when they need it later. Much work is done with children to have them review and re-experience ideas they have experienced that might be better spent asking children to retrieve and relive those experiences instead.
Which of these units do you think children will forget by the next year and why? (source)
If we want students to remember everything that was experienced, then we need to include time for students to practice, rehearse, relive, retrieve, and build connections between what is currently being experienced to what was experienced in the past. The Illustrative Mathematics curriculum that is referenced in the image above does this by building in practice problems for each unit that reference ideas from earlier units.
Memories are personal and change over time
A very long time ago, I remember being in middle school and listening to a girl describe why she fixed her hair the way she did. I obnoxiously retorted that her head was the only place she had hair. With my two friends present, she flashed me to prove to me she had hair elsewhere. Years later, I recounted this story to my friends and discovered that each of them believed they had made the obnoxious comment and were the one flashed.
Our memories not only change over time but how we re-experience events depends on what experiences we had before those events.
Perspective is critical. (source)
While children are experiencing ideas, it behooves us to listen to what they experienced from their perspective and how they attempt to connect it to their prior experiences. We have greater expertise and experience with the mathematical ideas than do our students, so consequently, the mathematical connections we make will be different.
Learning is long term change
A goal of teaching is not to change what students do or know for tomorrow but ideally what they know and can do for the rest of their lives. Consequently, teachers should be more interested in long-term changes in what students know and can do than short-term performances.
Reviewing the material children should have learned from a unit helps those children increase their performance on the assessment tomorrow but may hamper their ability to recall those experiences in the long term. Reviewing the material children should have learned from the past school year for three weeks before their final assessment might improve students’ performance on that assessment (although it probably doesn’t, given the scale of how quickly our minds forget experiences) but it definitely does nothing to support children in taking those experiences with them for the rest of their lives.
Instead of cramming all of the ideas for the year into a short unit at the end of the year, build opportunities for students to retrieve ideas from previous lessons regularly into every lesson. Instead of telling kids what they should have learned the day before an assessment, use structured retrieval practice with embedded feedback (two of my favourite sources of this kind of structured practice are instructional routines and these formative assessment lessons).
Children are not machines
Unlike machines, children do not store literal copies of what they experience. Unlike machines, children’s memories of those experiences degrade over time. Unlike machines, children benefit little from re-experiencing ideas and benefit greatly from actively re-living experiences from their memories. Unlike machines, what children remember from experiences is personally and highly dependent on what children had experienced earlier in their lives. Unlike machines, children take a long time to change — we can’t just install new software in children to change what they can do.
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Tom says:
Good article. Well presented and argued.
June 3, 2019 — 1:39 am
Interesting take- I encourage the use of data, or research- share your sources. You must have these insights based on readings as well as your musings from experience (I expect)
August 7, 2019 — 2:11 pm
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I suspect that Make It Stick and the work of Elizabeth and Robert Bjork are part of my sources, aside from my own experiences.
The idea of learning is long term change and not simply a one-off performance is well established across many researchers, so I don’t know if that needs a source.
I’ll see if I can hunt down some sources for what I posted here and add a references section. Thank you for the suggestion.
August 7, 2019 — 3:11 pm
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I love paper Valentines. Finding a PAPER FIG Valentine on the beach is even better! Okay, I didn’t find these laying on the beach just like this (especially with a red background- heehee) but I found some very cool Beach Bling that I could not identify…
It looked like the gulf had a picnic and the left over corn cobs washed up on the beach. I saw them littered from Middle Gulf Drive to Blind Pass the last two days. They may look like corn cobs but I knew they were mollusk egg cases.
They also look like WHELK egg casing coils that have been chopped every couple of inches. So which shell laid these eggs?
Dr Jose Leal of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum identified these as ATLANTIC FIG SNAIL eggs. Oh Cool! PAPER FIGS! Thanks Dr. Leal!
I loooove to notice different things that wash up on the beaches…. so this tickled me to learn what one more mollusk egg casing looked like.
But wait! While I was inspecting one of the PAPER FIG EGG CASES, I saw something else in between the individual egg “disks”…. more eggs! Another mollusk laid eggs on the FIG egg case. Wow!
The PAPER FIG egg casings were very sandy but you can see the orangish rows containing little babies from another shell. I have no idea which shell laid these eggs but if you know, please share!
There were so many empty FIG shells lying on the beach too. Annette S. had commented on my last post about how many she found as well. There were oodles of them!
I had to add this photo again of a live PAPER FIG from a previous post…
This photo fascinates me to see how far this guy is out of the shell…
This is the mollusk peaking out of the aperture. And notice, these guys don’t have OPERCULUMS…
The shells are so fragile, most often they are found broken on the beach but when they are empty and whole, Clark can’t help but pick them up. This is one of his fave shells to collect so here’s a PAPER FIG Valentine for my honey and all of you other PAPER FIG lovers out there!
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Christine Kieffer on February 14, 2012 at 1:14 pm
How clever of you, Pam! A Paper Fig Valentine…thank you. Yes, they are awesome shells. I love to find them whole and they are somewhat fragile, but they have always travelled home with me in one piece. Lucky me. And the egg casings are fascinating. It’s wonderful that you can observe and learn so much living as you do near the beach, and not only a beach but the beach that surrounds SANIBEL! Yahoo! HAPPY VALENTINE’s DAY to you and Clark!
debby on February 14, 2012 at 1:23 pm
wonderful as always!
Karen M. from Michigan on February 14, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Roxanne Reinhart on February 14, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Pamela R. From Vermont on February 14, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Very first shell I ever owned. Family friend from Lakeland, FL give it to me when I was about 10 yrs. old, carefully wrapped in gauze. The obsession began. I just love Sanibel Island. Happy Valentines Day!
Katherine Haskins on February 14, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and Clark! I too love paper figs and am fortunate to have a nice collection of whole ones. Enjoy the day.
Corly on February 14, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Made my Valentine’s Day. Thank you. Can’t wait to return in March. For those who might be around, my husband, Paul, will be giving a presentation on March 22 at 3:30 at Big Arts on wildlife photography on Sanibel. Would love to meet some of you there!
pam on February 14, 2012 at 9:54 pm
I’d love to meet yall and to see his presentation! I put it on my calendar
Katherine Haskins on February 15, 2012 at 9:05 am
My husband and I will be there from the 15th thru the 23rd. I will put it on my calendar too.
Lee Garrett on February 14, 2012 at 4:00 pm
judy jubb on February 14, 2012 at 4:23 pm
so how long does it take for the eggs to “hatch”? cause i am assuming that you leave them on the sand or put them back in the water in order for them to grow?
Susan H on February 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Yes, they would have to be underwater to finish development, and I would think it’s probably a matter of weeks from the egg-laying to the hatching out of the tiny snails, but I don’t know that for a fact. It’s quite possible that no-one knows that info for that particular species. You would be surprised at how much is not known about even the fairly common species of sea snail!
Susan H on February 14, 2012 at 4:39 pm
How fabulous Pam! What a great blog post and how beautiful! I wish I could tell you what species those little tiny rows of eggs are from, but I don’t know. I suppose Dr. Leal didn’t know either, or did you not ask him about the little ones? Anyway, as far as I am concerned this will probably be one of the best posts of the year! Thanks so much!
Sanibelle on February 14, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Only an artist would think of making a valentine out of paper figs. How clever! There’s not much better than finding intact paper figs on the beach! They’re up there in my top ten favorite finds!
Angela Moore - Critter Saver on February 14, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Wow! Whole paper figs and egg casings! Wish I could be there! Love them!
Della on February 15, 2012 at 12:37 am
These are such pretty shells. I have 1 of them, and it has a place of honor in an arrangement on my dining table right now
Brent D on February 15, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Why is it that certain types of shells seem to show up at the same time on the beach. Do they have a certain mating time or do water conditions affect only certain types of seashell critters? It just seems interesting that at different times of year that shells that you might not find on a regular basis show up in bunches. I would love to know why this phenomena happens.
Katherine Haskins on February 15, 2012 at 6:55 pm
I even find it happens at the same time but on different areas of the beach. On one section of beach there will be hundreds of fighting conchs. They start suddenly and stop suddenly. Then further down the beach it might be a section of alot of welks. I have always found it interesting but never knew why and it made me feel like I was always missing something because I was on one particular stretch of beach and not another. If anyone knows, I too am curious why.
pam on February 15, 2012 at 10:11 pm
I don’t know the scientific answer for your question Brent D but in my humble opinion, the depth of the gulf water in different areas (the surface areas of the sea floor) has a lot to do with where a certain species will colonize. For example, we seem to see massive amounts of fighting conchs in areas with sand bars close to the shore. This is the same with sand dollars. So depending on from which way there are high winds blowing, it would seem to reason to me that’s when those colonies will get washed up to shore. That’s just my observations, I’m sure there are many more answers.
Susan H on February 16, 2012 at 10:10 am
This is a very hard question to answer because there are so many factors involved! Pam is right that some areas underwater favor certain species, and so you can expect that shell to wash up in or near that area, perhaps in large numbers. I expect part of it is also what Brent says, what species is “out and about” for mating at certain times of the year, and maybe coming into more shallow water.
I am also sure that when the wind or the currents are moving in certain directions then the waves themselves will pick up certain species that don’t get picked up when the wind is blowing another way.
Different water temperatures also probably affect what is “out and about” and therefore gets accidentally washed in. Also probably some populations of a certain species might get a disease and a lot of them die at once and then the shells wash in, something like that.
This sounds crazy but the water itself will sometimes pick up certain shells more than others, depending on the kind of waves, how big they are what shape they are, how rough they are, all those things, and then also depending on the shape and weight and “lift” of the shell, the dynamics of how the shell behaves in a flow of water, how hydrodynamic it is, like an airplane wing or the keel of a sailboat.
I have heard it said that there is one beach in the world where only the left valve of the most common bivalve washes up! And that is just because the currents and the waves are picking up only the one that is shaped a certain way.
Incoming waves will also come up the beach and then drop shells in a certain spot because of the exact way that the swash dies down to nothing which partly depends on how felt that area of the beach is. I mean it is clear to me that the moving seawater and the waves actually SORT shells, kind of like a shell collector does, I have seen that happen.
By the way, while I was on West Gulf Drive in December there were a lot of shells, and I found 100 different kinds in 9 days, but no nutmegs at all, not even a broken piece! During the last 3 days things had changed, and people were finding quite a few nutmegs, but I was too busy to go look. It’s very weird how certain things wash up in batches and then no more for a while. It would be a very cool thing to study!
Susan H on February 16, 2012 at 10:12 am
I meant to type “how flat and level that area of the beach is” not “how felt it is” !
Susan H on February 16, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Another thing I did not make clear is that when there are waves, the bigger they are, the deeper they can reach down to when they start to break, at which point they grab shells and other critters up off of the sea bed and carry them up onto the beach. A 1-foot wave picks up shells from only 1 foot deep, 10-foot wave picks up shells and other critters from 10 foot depth, and huge hurricane waves of 50 feet pick up stuff from the bottom at 50 foot depth, so then you start to get the deepwater shells wash in, like the Junonias and so on. (Of course a hermit crab will sometimes find a deepwater shell and carry it in to shallow water too.)
And then of course there are currents like long-shore drift, that can move shells sideways along a beach!
I believe that whenever water moves things around a lot, it also inevitably sorts them, by size, by weight, by how well they float, or by how exactly they move in the water.
Donna on February 15, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Following Katherine’s note regarding the accumulation patterns of shells, I was wondering what time of year is best for shelling on Sanibel? I just came back from my first visit there and I am HOOKED on shelling and NEED to get back as soon as possible!! Thank goodness for this website so I can my daily ‘fix’ in the meantime while I dream of my next trip. Thanks in advance!! :)
Katherine Haskins on February 16, 2012 at 8:58 am
Donna – Pam could give you more specifics, but from what I read on this site and my visits to Sanibel, I think February and March have the most shells (maybe it is the stronger winter winds?). They are found all year long but it seems that in the summer the shells are smaller (mini’s) and you have to do more ‘hunting’. If you go back through Pam’s archives and look at the various times of the year, you will get a feel of what is found and when. Hopefully you will make it back soon.
Susan H on February 16, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Pam knows a heck of a lot more than I do, but basically it’s storms and winds from the west, south and northerly directions (not from the east) that push a lot of shells up. Each year, whichever time of the year happens to get the most storms (and they can be small storms, they don’t have to be big ones) is going to be the best time for shelling. But as you know, weather is not very predictable!
When you are a visitor who is only going to be here for a short time, and who has to book months or a year in advance, there is no way of knowing if you will be lucky enough to be at Sanibel during or right after a small storm, or right after a few weeks (or even months) of calm weather.
Donna on February 18, 2012 at 10:04 am
Thanks so much everyone…its all great info! I consider myself very fortunate that i found so many shells and types when i was only there in feb for 3-1/2 days… I wish i wasnt 3 hours away by plane!!!! Thank goodness i have this site to ‘tide’ me over until my next trip….pardon the pun :)
Brent D on February 16, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Thank you all for your responses to my question. I have found it fascinating that sorts of things happen. This site is far and away my favorite one to visit for any shelling information.
My wife and i love Sanibel and hope to be back down there some time soon. We just moved to Ocala in August, from east Tennessee, to be closer to friends, the ocean and Disney. We have enjoyed being here and look forward to being here for a while.
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ICLG - Fintech Laws and Regulations - Norway Chapter covers a broad overview of common issues in fintech laws and regulations.
Published: 04/08/2022
Foreign Direct Investment Regimes
4. Other Regulatory Regimes / Non-Financial Regulation
1.1 Please describe the types of fintech businesses that are active in your jurisdiction and the state of the development of the market, including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives. Are there any notable fintech innovation trends of the past year within particular sub-sectors (e.g. payments, asset management, peer-to-peer lending or investment, insurance and blockchain applications)?
The following are types of fintech businesses active in Norway:
Nets is one of the largest and most successful fintech companies in Norway and delivers innovative payment solutions to Norwegian businesses. Nets agreed in 2019 to sell its account-to-account based payments business to Mastercard, a transaction that closed in 2021 (see below).
Vipps AS (owned by a consortium of Norwegian banks, with DNB Bank ASA as the majority owner) offers mobile application payment services. Vipps has been offering swift and simple solutions for carrying out peer-to-peer transactions in Norway since 2015. Since the beginning of 2015, its business has evolved rapidly, with an important milestone being a merger in 2018 with the Nordics’ two largest market players within card payment services and digital identify solutions, BankAxept and BankID, respectively. The merged company has recently launched invoice payment, in-store payment and e-commerce payment services as part of its strategy to simplify payments through innovation and technology.
Payr is a Norwegian fintech company offering a personal finance app that assists its users with managing bill payments and finding the best possible offers from providers of various services (including power, telephone, insurance and banking services).
Spiff, Kron, Dreams and Harvest Funds are some of the largest independent providers of mobile applications for personal savings and investments without regard to the users’ income. They strive to be easy to understand and put the customer directly in charge of his/her savings and investment strategy via smartphone, tablet or PC. Similar offerings from established bank groups include the apps Spare (owned by DNB Bank ASA) and Smartspar (owned by the Eika group).
Several crowdfunding platforms have been established in recent years. Examples of crowdfunding platforms for businesses, especially within the SME segment, include Monio, Funding Partner and Kameo, whereas companies like Perx and Kredd operate crowdfunding platforms for consumer loans. There are also a number of reward-based crowdfunding platforms in the Norwegian market, such as Spleis and bidra.no.
Several Norwegian banks have launched new and innovative fintech solutions on the back of their existing banking licence and infrastructure. One such example is Bulder Bank, which is a digital, fully automated banking offering from Sparebanken Vest.
Quantfolio is a Bergen-based fintech company delivering “AI-in-a-box” components for banks and wealth managers with a digital presence. The company is partially owned by Sbanken (formerly Skandiabanken).
Cloud Insurance is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for insurance companies, agents and brokers, and is, according to the company itself, already in use in over 20 countries across five continents. The company’s aim is to provide the insurance industry with a leaner, customer-focused and fast-moving way of doing insurance business.
Fintech Norway is an organisation that aims to further the interests of Norwegian fintech companies. At the time of writing, Astat, Accountflow, Aera, Dealflow, Howart Compliance, Intellitech, Kundesjekk.no, Lendwill, Luca, Merkely, Firi, Neonomics, Protectoria, Quantik, Renteradar.no, Smartorg, Unlisted, Neonomics, Bill Kill, Horde, ZTL, Nøffe, Zdata, Tink, GoScore and Fauna are members of Fintech Norway.
Sparebanken Møre, a Norwegian savings bank, is partnering with TietoEVRY’s WealthMapper platform and FinScience’s proprietary AI-powered software to offer its wealth management clients ESG scores across their investment portfolios.
Zeipt is an Oslo-based fintech company determined to eliminate the usage of paper in physical retail transactions via its digital smart receipt offering. Zeipt received recognition for satisfying SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) #13, #14, #15, #16 and #17 on Energy and Climate from the Nordic Impact Map published by Implement Consulting Group and Copenhagen Fintech.
SWITCHR is a Norwegian investment platform that allows users to invest in solar infrastructure around the world through its proprietary mobile application. Users can elect to either receive cash dividends as a return on their investment or reinvest their earnings into further solar infrastructure development. The user interface of the company’s mobile application also allows investors to see their individual green energy production and CO2 reduction based on their investment.
Several blockchain-based cryptocurrency exchanges have been formed in the past few years in Norway. The largest of which include Kaupang, Firi and Norwegian Block Exchange.
Lendwill (formerly known as Lendonomy) is a peer-to-peer lending platform based in Norway that offers a mobile application for users to turn their usual human-to-human lending and borrowing interactions into blockchain-verified proxies of credit histories. Lendwill is marketed as an alternative to PayPal or Vipps, so that users can retain a globally verifiable and immutable record of their borrowing and lending on a peer-to-peer basis.
1.2 Are there any types of fintech business that are at present prohibited or restricted in your jurisdiction (for example cryptocurrency-based businesses)?
Not in particular. However, the Norwegian regulatory environment presents a challenge to several fintech businesses due to strict licensing requirements for the conduct of “financing activities”. To this end, an initiative has been made to set up a “regulatory sandbox” in Norway, the purpose of which is to enable fintech start-ups to test their innovative products, technology and services on a limited number of customers under close supervision by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority. Prevailing licensing requirements will apply accordingly within the sandbox, but the regulator may ease certain requirements based on a principle of proportionality if the relevant legal framework is open to exemptions. In 2022, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority selected Abendum as the only participant for this year’s pool of participants in the regulatory sandbox. Abendum is an accounting SaaS that publishes accounting records on blockchain. See question 3.3 below for further details about the sandbox.
With respect to cryptocurrency-based businesses, specifically, trading in and custody of cryptocurrency is subject to anti-money laundering (AML) requirements; see question 4.5 for further information. In addition, cryptocurrency-based businesses in Norway must register with the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority.
2.1 Broadly, what types of funding are available for new and growing businesses in your jurisdiction (covering both equity and debt)?
Albeit small on a global scale, the Norwegian start-up scene has experienced a rapid growth in recent years. This is most likely a result of both the continuing global interest in innovation and expectations of growth in the tech industry, as well as the dramatic drop in crude oil prices since the summer of 2014, which cost thousands of jobs in the oil industry. The redundancies created by the oil crisis pushed several well-qualified members of the workforce into new ventures, while investors deterred by losses in the oil sector looked elsewhere for suitable investment opportunities. It remains to be seen whether supply-chain constraints due to COVID-19 and geopolitical sanctions in the wake of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, both of which have catalysed a recovery in the price of oil, will function to reduce capital interest in the technology sector. However, the beneficial applications of technology developed within the last decade in Norway have most likely cemented investor confidence in the future of the technology sector.
Traditionally, Norwegian start-ups have funded themselves through a combination of private capital and bank loans. Norway has a relatively small base of significant private investors, and the Norwegian venture capital scene is still in its early days. The “angel investor” base has grown in recent years, and as a result, start-up equity funding has become more accessible. There are several ongoing initiatives to further develop the Norwegian angel investor scene, such as the “Angel Challenge” by Startup Norway, where investors can participate with as little as NOK 50,000 each.
However, banks and governmental agencies are still the most important sources of funding for emerging companies in Norway, and a number of new initiatives have been taken in recent years. By way of example, Norway’s largest bank, DNB Bank, has launched the DNB NXT Accelerator together with StartupLab in order to promote fintech innovation, and Finstart Nordic, which is a fully owned subsidiary and the innovation arm of SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, claims to be the largest fund and start-up factory within fintech in the Nordics. On the public side, Innovation Norway plays an important role as the Norwegian Government’s primary vehicle for supporting innovation and development of Norwegian enterprises and industry. Innovation Norway provides support to start-ups and growth companies in the form of funding, advisory services, networking opportunities and other resources. Further, the Government-funded venture capital fund Investinor is one of Norway’s largest venture investors, with more than NOK 8 billion under management and 79 companies currently in its portfolio. In April 2017, the fund facilitated the first listing of one of its portfolio companies when BerGenBio ASA, a biotech company, was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Following this, the fund has facilitated five further listings of its portfolio companies, namely the listings of: the pharmaceutical company Calliditas Therapeutics AB on Nasdaq Stockholm in June 2018 and Nasdaq New York in June 2020 (with a subsequent sale of most of its shares in November 2020); the tech-company poLight ASA on the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2018; the lift pass technology company Skitude; and the conference centre software solutions company Cyviz (the latter two of which were both listed on Euronext Growth Oslo in December 2020). In April 2020, the Norwegian Government allocated NOK 1 billion additional funding to Investinor as part of the Government’s COVID-19 financial assistance package to Norwegian start-ups and growth companies. In March 2021, MeaWallet, a Norwegian provider of digital payment solutions for banks and merchants, raised NOK 26 million in a fundraising round led by Idekapital. In March 2022, Tibber, a Norwegian energy provider and app-based payment solution for energy bills and consumption tracking, raised USD 100 million in a fundraising round led by Summa Equity.
2.2 Are there any special incentive schemes for investment in tech/fintech businesses, or in small/medium-sized businesses more generally, in your jurisdiction, e.g. tax incentive schemes for enterprise investment or venture capital investment?
Norway has enacted two incentive schemes to attract more investments to the start-up sector.
The first scheme allows investors to claim a deduction for equity investments in qualifying start-up companies against their taxable income. This scheme has been criticised for being too narrow in scope. However, in 2020, the scheme was expanded slightly with regard to the maximum amount deductible, but whether this has had the desired effect remains to be seen.
The second incentive scheme covers employees of start-ups who receive share options as part of their remuneration. Subject to the relevant criteria being met, the scheme entails that employees will not be taxed upon the receipt or at the time of exercising share options in the company. The taxation is rather conducted at the time the received share(s) are realised for tax purposes. This scheme is a continuation and expansion (as of 2022) of a previous scheme, and it is therefore somewhat uncertain how the market will regard this expansion; but it is assumed that it will be regarded positively.
Norway currently has a wealth tax rate of 0.95% for net worth above a minimum threshold of NOK 1.7 million and 1.1% for net worth above a minimum threshold of NOK 20 million. The wealth tax only applies to individual taxpayers who are tax resident in Norway. For shares, only 75% of the market value shall be calculated for wealth tax purposes, which would also apply for share investments in venture capital.
Norwegian corporate investors (i.e., limited liability companies and similar entities) in Norwegian businesses organised as limited liability companies and similar entities, including tech/fintech businesses, would be exempt from taxation on any gain from such investments under the participation method. Three per cent of the dividend would be taxed as ordinary income with a rate of 22% (25% for financial enterprises), giving an effective tax rate on dividends of 0.66% (0.75% for financial companies). If the investing company owns more than 90% of the share capital and the voting rights, no tax will be levied on the dividends.
Foreign investors are not subject to Norwegian taxation on gains from investments in Norway, unless such investments are made in connection with business activities carried out or managed from Norway. Dividends to foreign investors are subject to a Norwegian withholding tax at a rate of 25%, unless the recipient qualifies for a reduced rate according to an applicable tax treaty.
Foreign corporate investors (i.e., limited liability companies and similar entities), which are genuinely established and carry out genuine economic activities within the EEA, are not subject to Norwegian withholding tax under the participation method.
Interest paid to a foreign investor will not, as a main rule, be subject to Norwegian withholding tax. Note however that, effective from 1 July 2021, Norway has introduced withholding tax rules on interest paid to foreign investors, which would apply provided that the foreign investor is deemed a “related party” of the company and resident in a “low-tax jurisdiction”. A person is deemed a “related party” when there is a direct or indirect ownership or control of 50% or more between the parties. By “low-tax jurisdiction”, one refers to a jurisdiction in which the ordinary income tax on the overall profit of the company is less than two-thirds of the tax that would have been levied on such company had it been resident in Norway.
The obligation to pay withholding tax will, however, not apply if interest is paid to a foreign investor, being a related party, which is genuinely established and carries out genuine economic activity within the EEA.
The domestic withholding tax rate is 15%, but may be modified through an applicable tax treaty.
2.3 In brief, what conditions need to be satisfied for a business to IPO in your jurisdiction?
Companies seeking a listing of its shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange must satisfy the stock exchange’s criteria for listing, the most important of which are as follows:
the company’s shares must be assumed to be of public interest, be freely transferable and likely be subject to regular trading;
at the time of listing, the market value of each share must be at least NOK 10 and the total market value of the shares to be listed must be no less than NOK 300 million;
at the time of listing, the company must have at least 500 individual shareholders each holding shares worth at least NOK 10,000, and a minimum of 25% of the company’s shares must be held by the general public;
the company must demonstrate that it has a satisfactory equity capital and sufficient liquidity to continue its operations for at least 12 months after listing;
the company must have at least three years’ operating history, and must have produced annual, audited accounts for at least three years prior to the application for listing; and
the company’s board of directors and management must meet applicable suitability requirements. At least two of the directors must be independent of the company’s management, larger shareholders and material business contacts.
If some of these criteria are not met, the company seeking an IPO may decide to apply for a listing at Euronext Expand instead. Euronext Expand is a marketplace for small cap companies and has less strict requirements for listing. It is operated by the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Finally, companies that do not qualify for a listing on either the Oslo Stock Exchange or Euronext Expand may apply to become listed on Euronext Growth, a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) operated by the Oslo Stock Exchange.
2.4 Have there been any notable exits (sale of business or IPO) by the founders of fintech businesses in your jurisdiction?
There have not been any notable IPOs in the Norwegian fintech scene to date; however, Huddlestock Fintech AS, a Norwegian “wealthtech” that develops SaaS solutions for digitising work processes for custody banks, asset managers and retail venues, listed its shares on Euronext Growth at the end of 2020. Otherwise, there have been several acquisitions and consolidations of various scales, the most notable of which are the co-investment by more than 100 local Norwegian banks in DNB Bank’s mobile payment platform Vipps (which consolidated Vipps’ position in the Norwegian payments market and led to the exit of Mobilepay from Norway in late 2017), the merger of Vipps, BankAxept and BankID in 2018, and the disposal by Nets of its account-to-account payments business to Mastercard, which was announced in August 2019. More recently, SBanken, a publicly traded online-only bank based in Bergen, was acquired by DNB Bank for NOK 11.1 billion. The transaction was initially blocked in November 2021 by the Norwegian Competition Authority. However, in March 2022, the decision was overturned on appeal by the Norwegian Competition Tribunal.
3.1 Please briefly describe the regulatory framework(s) for fintech businesses operating in your jurisdiction, and the type of fintech activities that are regulated.
“Fintech” is not a regulated activity in itself. However, Norwegian legislation imposes a licensing requirement on, among other things, the following activities and services:
Financing activities.
Insurance business.
Payment services and e-money.
FX business (spot trading in foreign exchange).
Investment services and activities.
Real estate agencies.
Accounting and auditor services.
The licensing requirements for the abovementioned services may present a challenge for fintech start-ups intending to market their products and services to customers in Norway. By way of example, the definition of a licensable “financing activity” includes “the intermediation of credit and guarantees, or other participation in the financing of business other than one’s own”. Clearly, this is a rather wide definition that may capture an array of fintech-related activities. As further discussed in question 3.3 below, a “regulatory sandbox” has been established in Norway in order to boost fintech innovation notwithstanding the strict regulatory environment, as well as to serve as a useful tool for the Norwegian regulator to gain insight into such businesses and the challenges they face.
The EU Payment Services Directive (PSD1) (implemented into Norwegian law in 2010) and the revised version (PSD2) (implemented into Norwegian law in April 2019) are applicable to banks, mortgage companies, payment companies, e-money companies, information agents and payment services companies in Norway.
The EU Strong Customer Authentication Directive (SCA) was implemented into Norwegian law in September 2019. The SCA requires that two-factor authentication must be used for online payments, subject to certain exceptions.
3.2 Is there any regulation in your jurisdiction specifically directed at cryptocurrencies or cryptoassets?
Providers engaged in exchange services between virtual currencies and fiat currencies and custodian wallet providers are subject to AML requirements, including registration and supervision by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority. Please refer to question 4.5 below for further details.
In addition, some crypto-assets that have the characteristics of a “stable coin” (i.e., are pegged to the value of a fiat currency) may fall under the definition of “e-money” under Section 2-4 of the Act on Financial Undertakings and Financial Groups. E-money may only be issued by banks, mortgage companies and e-money companies and by finance companies that are, pursuant to this Act, permitted to conduct such activities.
3.3 Are financial regulators and policy-makers in your jurisdiction receptive to fintech innovation and technology-driven new entrants to regulated financial services markets, and if so how is this manifested? Are there any regulatory ‘sandbox’ options for fintechs in your jurisdiction?
In a letter dated 12 November 2018, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance mandated the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority to establish a regulatory sandbox for the fintech industry before the end of 2019. The purpose of the sandbox is to give new fintech businesses, who often have limited knowledge of the vast regulatory framework and supervision to which the financial industry is subject, a better understanding of the requirements that apply to their business. To this end, the sandbox is meant to provide for testing under close supervision by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority and more proportional regulatory requirements. The expectation is that a regulatory sandbox will better the prospects of new innovative services entering the market scene, as well as give the supervisory authorities a better understanding of the challenges connected with new technology and business models.
Businesses must apply to the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority and must meet certain eligibility criteria in order to qualify for participation in the sandbox. A project will be eligible for testing in the sandbox if it is subject to financial regulation, is genuinely innovative and is expected to be beneficial to consumers or the financial system as a whole. Furthermore, the sandbox will only be open to projects that are dependent on testing in order to realise their business goals. Applicable licensing requirements for the business will apply accordingly in the sandbox, but the regulator may ease certain requirements based on a principle of proportionality to the extent that the prevailing regulatory framework allows exemptions.
The sandbox was established and opened for applications by the end of 2019. By December 2020, out of a total of 12 applicants, two projects had reportedly participated in the sandbox, namely Quesnay AS, a company providing compliance (client management lifecycle) solutions to the banking and finance industry, and Sparebank1 SR-Bank. For the most recent of applications, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority selected Abendum as the only participant for the 2022 pool of participants in the regulatory sandbox. Abendum is an accounting SaaS provider that publishes accounting records on blockchain.
3.4 What, if any, regulatory hurdles must fintech businesses (or financial services businesses offering fintech products and services) which are established outside your jurisdiction overcome in order to access new customers in your jurisdiction?
Other than the licensing requirements and other applicable regulations described in questions 3.1 and 3.2 above, as well as limited access to participate in the regulatory sandbox, there are no particular regulatory hurdles applicable to fintech businesses attempting to access new customers in Norway.
4. Other Regulatory Regimes / Non-Financial Regulation
4.1 Does your jurisdiction regulate the collection/use/transmission of personal data, and if yes, what is the legal basis for such regulation and how does this apply to fintech businesses operating in your jurisdiction?
The collection, use and transmission of personal data is regulated by the Norwegian Personal Data Act (the Act), implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). The Act came into effect on 20 July 2018 and contains certain national-specific rules supplementing the GDPR.
The old Personal Data Act and Regulation stated that financial institutions must have a personal data licence in order to handle their customers’ personal data. Under the Act, this is no longer a requirement.
The new Act introduces a new obligation for companies to perform a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) before carrying out processing activities that are likely to result in high risk to individuals’ “rights and freedoms”. The reference to the “rights and freedoms” of the data subjects primarily regards the rights to data protection, privacy and other fundamental rights. Use of new technology can trigger the need to carry out a DPIA and thus fintech companies can be subject to this obligation for certain processing activities.
A fintech company obligated to perform a DPIA must also consult the Norwegian Data Protection Authority prior to processing where a DPIA indicates that the processing would result in a high risk in the absence of measures taken to mitigate the risk.
4.2 Do your data privacy laws apply to organisations established outside of your jurisdiction? Do your data privacy laws restrict international transfers of data?
The Act applies to undertakings and physical persons established in Norway, where personal data is processed in the context of the activities of such establishment. This means that neither the nationality or place of residence of the data subject nor the physical location of the personal data are decisive.
The Act also applies to those not established in the EEA when they process personal data about data subjects in Norway in connection with the offering of goods or services, or monitoring their behaviour within Norway.
The Act allows for international transfer of data within the EEA area. Furthermore, personal data may be transferred internationally to countries approved by the European Commission, by using the EU’s standard contractual clauses, or on the basis of Binding Corporate Rules. Pursuant to the CJEU’s Schrems II decision, in addition to these safeguards, the law and practices of the third country must be assessed and appropriate supplementary measures must be implemented where needed. If such supplementary measures do not sufficiently ensure that the transferred personal data enjoys an essentially equivalent level of protection as in the EU, the international transfer is not allowed. As such, the abovementioned safeguards do not alone provide sufficient basis for international transfers. Besides this, international transfer of data to third countries may take place by applying to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority. The applicant must, among other things, guarantee that the data will be adequately protected. As a result of the Schrems II decision, the EU-US Privacy Shield framework is no longer a valid safeguard for transfers to the US.
4.3 Please briefly describe the sanctions that apply for failing to comply with your data privacy laws.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority may issue an administrative fine for violation of the provisions set out in the Act. Administrative fines are, however, not applicable automatically, but imposed on a case-by-case basis. Non-compliance with the provisions of the Act may be subject to administrative fines of up to EUR 20 million, or in the case of an undertaking, up to 4% of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is higher.
The Data Protection Authority may also take a range of additional actions in the event of infringements of the Act, such as issue warnings or reprimands, order that the processing of personal data in violation of the provisions of the Act must cease, or they may impose conditions that must be met in order for the processing to be compliant with the Act. Administrative fines can be imposed in addition to or instead of the said measures. The Data Protection Authority may impose a daily fine for each day of non-compliance with the order (subject to applicable grace periods).
4.4 Does your jurisdiction have cyber security laws or regulations that may apply to fintech businesses operating in your jurisdiction?
There is currently a regulation on the use of information and communication technology (Nw: IKT-forskriften) that applies to most of the financial services industry, including banks and systems for payment services. The regulation gives each business falling under its scope certain duties with respect to planning and organisation, risk analysis, security, etc.
The Directive on security of network and information systems (EU) 2016/1148 (the NIS Directive) is expected to be implemented in the EEA Agreement and consequently also in Norwegian law in the future. The timing of such implementation is currently unclear.
The National Security Act, requiring preventive measures to secure core business, applies to companies that are part of critical infrastructure, e.g. financial infrastructure, but only if and when an administrative decision explicitly stating that a company is covered by the Act has been passed. The Act also applies to some suppliers to companies covered by the Act, i.a., depending on the services provided. Currently, no administrative decisions have been rendered concerning private companies within the financial sector, but such decisions are expected in the near future.
4.5 Please describe any AML and other financial crime requirements that may apply to fintech businesses in your jurisdiction.
The Norwegian Anti-Money Laundering Act and Regulations implement the Fourth AML Directive.
Entities conducting licensable services (see question 3.1 above) are subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act and Regulations, and are obligated to report any suspicious transactions to the Norwegian Economic Crimes Unit.
Such companies are obligated to apply customer due diligence (CDD) and know-your-customer (KYC) measures upon, among other things, the establishment of customer relationships and before completing transactions with a value of NOK 100,000 (or more for non-established customers). KYC verification is based on, among other things, a valid proof of identity and verification of beneficial owners.
A person who wilfully or with gross negligence breaches obligations set out in the Anti-Money Laundering Act and Regulations may be subject to a fine or, in severe circumstances, imprisonment of up to one year.
As of 15 October 2018, providers engaged in exchange service between virtual currencies and fiat currencies and custodian wallets providers are subject to AML requirements, including registration and supervision by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority.
4.6 Are there any other regulatory regimes that may apply to fintech businesses operating in your jurisdiction?
See question 3.1 above.
5.1 In broad terms, what is the legal framework around the hiring and dismissal of staff in your jurisdiction? Are there any particularly onerous requirements or restrictions that are frequently encountered by businesses?
There are few rules regarding the hiring of employees in Norway, and the hiring process is, to a large extent, subject to the employer’s discretion. However, there are no particularly onerous requirements or restrictions that are frequently encountered by businesses regarding hiring, so that:
The provisions on non-discrimination apply in the hiring process. This implies that discrimination on the basis of political view, union membership, age, part time/temporary employment, gender, ethnicity, religion or philosophical belief, disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity or gender expression, is prohibited.
An employee who has been made redundant, or is employed part-time, has a preferential right to a new appointment/extended post in the company.
Norwegian law does not recognise at-will employment, and termination of an employment agreement must be for a “valid cause” based on particular circumstances connected with the business or the employee in question.
The minimum notice period for dismissal is one month, unless otherwise stated in a collective agreement. The minimum notice period is prolonged for employees who have reached certain age levels and/or have been employed in the company for a certain period of time. In Norway, the parties usually agree on a mutual notice period of two or three months.
During the notice period, the employee is, as a general rule, entitled and obliged to remain in his/her position, perform work and receive an ordinary salary and other benefits pursuant to his/her employment agreement.
Upon a formal termination of the employee’s employment, the employee has an unconditional right to dispute a termination, demand negotiations and file legal proceedings. Until a dispute has finally been resolved, the employee is, as a general rule, entitled to remain in his or her position and receive salary and other benefits.
An employer may dismiss an employee with immediate effect (i.e., without notice) if the employee is guilty of a gross breach of duty or other serious breach of the employment agreement. Dismissal without notice is considered a severe action due to the fact that the employee’s employment is terminated immediately, and that he/she is not entitled to salary or other benefits after the termination date.
In the event of a dispute concerning the lawfulness of a dismissal without notice, the employee is not entitled to remain in his/her position while the case is pending unless the court decides otherwise.
5.2 What, if any, mandatory employment benefits must be provided to staff?
There is no general minimum salary in Norway. The salary is agreed between the employer and the employee. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements will be paid a salary pursuant to the collective agreement.
Employees in Norway are entitled to overtime compensation of at least 40% in addition to their ordinary hourly salary for hours worked outside of the statutory normal working hours. A different level of overtime compensation may be stipulated in a collective bargaining agreement. However, employees in leading positions or employees in particularly independent positions are not subject to the rules on overtime payment.
Employees in Norway are entitled to an annual holiday of four weeks and one day. However, Norwegian companies often grant the employees an annual holiday of five weeks, as do most collective agreements. Holiday payment from an employer is calculated on the basis of salary paid in the preceding calendar year. The holiday pay shall amount to 10.2% of the salary if the employee is entitled to four weeks and one day, and 12% if the employee is entitled to five weeks’ holiday. Normally, the employer pays holiday pay in June instead of the ordinary salary, regardless of when the employee takes holiday. In addition, the employee will be entitled to time off on public holidays.
Pension:
Norwegian companies have a legal obligation to establish pension plans for their employees. Thus, all employees are entitled to an occupational retirement pension, i.e., a pension financed primarily by the employer (with the possibility for contributions from employees at a given level). This scheme is additional to the retirement benefit/pension that the employee receives from the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme.
Occupational injury insurance:
All employers are obliged to take out occupational injury insurance that covers occupational injury and occupational disease for the employee.
Daily cash benefits in the case of illness:
The employer is obliged to pay sick pay during an employee’s illness for a period of 16 days, after which the employee is entitled to sickness benefits from the National Insurance Scheme for a maximum period of one year.
Parental leave and benefit:
In connection with childbirth and care for the child during the first year of the child’s life, the parents are entitled to a total of one year’s leave of absence. Parental benefit is paid for 49 weeks with 100% coverage from the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme or 59 weeks with 80% coverage.
5.3 What, if any, hurdles must businesses overcome to bring employees from outside your jurisdiction into your jurisdiction? Is there a special route for obtaining permission for individuals who wish to work for fintech businesses?
Citizens from countries outside the EEA and Switzerland wishing to work in a company in Norway have to apply for a residence permit. Citizens from the EEA and Switzerland can work in Norway without having to apply for such permit but must register with the police within three months after arriving in Norway. Citizens from the Nordic countries do not need to register with the police.
All foreign citizens moving to Norway must have a tax card with a personal identification number to work in Norway and must provide the postal address to the Norwegian authorities. If the employee intends to stay in Norway for a period of more than six months, the employee must report to the National Registry within eight days of arrival.
There are no special rules or routes available to individuals who work for fintech businesses.
6.1 Please briefly describe how innovations and inventions are protected in your jurisdiction.
Norwegian intellectual property (IP) law is based on international and EU IP regulations. IP regulations within the EEA area are essentially harmonised.
Inventions that may be used for industrial purposes may be patented pursuant to the Norwegian Patent Act by filing an application to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO). Furthermore, Norway is party to the European Patent Convention (EPC). An invention may thus also obtain patent protection in Norway by filing a patent application with the European Patent Office (EPO) (see question 6.3 below).
The invention must be new, meaning that the invention must not have been known to the public before the filing date of the patent application. Furthermore, the invention must entail a so-called “inventive step”, which means that the invention must differ in a significant way from the prior art at the filing date of the patent application. As a general rule, computer programs as such are exempted from patenting. However, a patent for inventions involving computer programs may, in some cases, be granted if the invention has a so-called “further technical effect”. In order to fulfil the requirement of “further technical effect”, the invention must comprise something beyond the normal, technical interactions that take place in a computer when running a computer program. If a patent is granted, the patent is, as a general rule, protected for 20 years from the day the patent application was filed.
A creator of a design, for instance a web page or a user interface, may file an application to NIPO for design registration pursuant to the Norwegian Design Act. A design registration may only be granted for a design that is new and has individual character. A design is considered new if no identical design was known to the public before the filing date of the design application. A design is considered to have individual character if the overall impression it produces on the so-called “informed user” differs from the overall impression produced on such a user by any design that was available to the public before the filing date of the design application. Design registration in Norway may also be obtained by filing a design application with the Hague System for the international registration of industrial designs. If a design registration is granted, the design is protected for a five-year period, and may be renewed for one or more periods of five years each, up to a total term of 25 years from the date of filing.
Trademarks, meaning figurative marks, logos, word marks, etc., may be registered by applying to NIPO pursuant to the Norwegian Trademark Act. A trademark registration may only be granted if it can be used to differentiate a product from others, meaning it must have the ability to indicate the product’s commercial origin (thus being distinctive from other marks). If a trademark is granted, the trademark is protected for a period of 10 years from the day of application and may be successively prolonged for additional 10-year periods.
The Norwegian Copyright Act may also provide legal protection for creators of intellectual or creative works, for instance computer programs (source code and related documentation), photos, lectures and scientific works, provided that they are a product of an individual and creative process. The copyright exists from the moment the work is created. The copyright may not be registered; thus no registration or other formalities are required in order to obtain copyright protection. Legal protection of a copyright pursuant to the Copyright Act is limited to 70 years after the creator’s year of death.
Innovations and inventions, including both commercial information and technical information, such as source code and related documentation, may be subject to trade secret protection. Norway’s new Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets entered into force on 1 January 2021 and represents a welcome clarification of the legal position of trade secret holders. The Act implements Directive (EU) 2016/943 (the EU Trade Secrets Directive) in Norwegian law and introduces a statutory definition of trade secrets, based on the definition in the EU Trade Secrets Directive. The Act defines a “trade secret” as information that (i) is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration or assembly, generally known or readily accessible, (ii) has commercial value because it is secret, and (iii) has been subject to reasonable steps by the person in control of the information to keep it secret. The definition aims to ensure a uniform understanding within the EU/EEA of which information that may be protected as trade secrets. The Act further includes provisions on unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure of trade secrets and provisions on the enforcement measures available to the trade secret holder.
6.2 Please briefly describe how ownership of IP operates in your jurisdiction.
Ownership of IP may, as a general rule, be transferred. For registerable IP, i.e., trademark, patent or design rights, ownership shall be registered in NIPO’s database.
A company may acquire rights to IP arising as a result of an employee’s execution of work for the company. Securing such IP rights is usually regulated in the employer’s contract with the employee. For patentable inventions, the employee has the right to reasonable compensation pursuant to the Norwegian Employee Invention Act. As regards copyrights to computer programs developed by an employee, unless otherwise agreed upon, such copyright is transferred automatically to the employer pursuant to the Norwegian Copyright Act. For other copyrights, unless otherwise is agreed with the employee, copyright is only transferred to the employer to the extent necessary to fulfil the purpose of the employment.
Following the adoption of Norway’s new Copyright Act in 2018, creators and performing artists have a statutory right (except in consumer relations) to a “reasonable compensation” for rights to original works, from the person the rights are assigned to.
6.3 In order to protect or enforce IP rights in your jurisdiction, do you need to own local/national rights or are you able to enforce other rights (for example, do any treaties or multi-jurisdictional rights apply)?
As a starting point, local registration in Norway is necessary to protect the commercial exploitation of trademarks, designs and patents in Norway. Trademark protection in accordance with the Norwegian Trademark Act may also be obtained without registration by way of consistent and comprehensive use over a period of time.
Furthermore, to obtain protection in Norway for holders of a European patent registration, the holder of the patent registration must translate the patent claims to Norwegian and subsequently send the claims to NIPO. Trademark holders outside Norway may also secure trademark protection in Norway by applying through the Madrid Protocol system administered by WIPO. Design holders outside Norway may secure design protection in Norway by submitting an application to WIPO through the Hague System.
Copyright holders may protect and enforce their copyrights without consideration to local or national rights pursuant to the Berne Convention. A state that has ratified the Convention is obligated to provide copyright holders with the same copyright protection without consideration of their country of origin.
Trade secret protection is not subject to registration and may thus be enforced in accordance with the new Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets, provided the requirements for protection as trade secrets are fulfilled.
6.4 How do you exploit/monetise IP in your jurisdiction and are there any particular rules or restrictions regarding such exploitation/monetisation?
Registration of patents, trademarks or designs confers on the right-holder an exclusive right to exploit the rights for industrial and commercial purposes. Furthermore, the holders of such rights may enter into licence agreements with third parties granting an exclusive or non-exclusive right to exploit the relevant IP.
Copyright and trade secret holders may also enter into similar licence agreements. Any such licence agreement concerning copyrights will be subject to the Norwegian Copyright Act’s mandatory rules on, among other things, consumers’ rights to private copying, the right to quote from a copyright-protected work, and the use of a copyright-protected work for educational purposes.
Some copyright holders, such as musicians and authors, submit their rights to a collection society, which manages the copyright holders’ interests and enters into licence agreements on behalf of the copyright holder.
The authors would like to thank their colleagues Carl Andreas Rønning and Christian Frederik Mathiessen for their assistance in the preparation of this chapter.
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Editorial Note: Over two years ago we posted Antidepressant Withdrawal: V’s story. It has close to 100 comments making it one of the topics that has attracted the most interest. Right now the New York Times is running a series on Breaking up with my Meds that is attracting a lot of comment. This is a hot button issue with many people desperate to get off antidepressants and others who appear to think anyone who wants to get off must be mad.
This post is an extraordinary piece of writing about the difficulties in stopping. Nine out of ten people now taking antidepressants are on them chronically – most of these are on them because they can’t get off. This makes clear what the problem is.
I’m still not sure I understand what happened to me.
I was prescribed Prozac in 1988 to treat bulimia. Started at 20 mg, then up to 60 mg in a couple of weeks. I had never had a depressive episode, had never been anxious. I recall very little about this other than the psychiatrist telling me than he preferred Prozac to the available MAOIs because it had less side effects, no diet restrictions, and that some people had lost weight while taking it, which of course appealed to me. I vaguely recall feeling jittery when I first started, but it was a sort of energized jittery which I didn’t mind and may have even liked.
As far as dates when I attempted to stop taking the drug, I’m not sure. I do know that I reinstated a few times after being told by my GP or psychiatrist that the problems I was having was the re-emergence of depression, and then more recently, the emergence of an anxiety disorder. (sigh)
I’ll start with why I believe it happened.
I was doing very well holding at 9 mg of Prozac and tapering Wellbutrin rather quickly. What I didn’t know at the time was the Wellbutrin effects an increase in plasma concentrations of SSRIs. So even though I was only ingesting 9mg of Prozac a day, the increased concentration of the drug made it seem as though there was much more in my body. How much I don’t know. This means I was inadvertently tapering the Prozac along with the Wellbutrin. This may not have been so terrible if I hadn’t tapered the Wellbutrin so quickly. Because of prozac’s long half-life, which was being lengthened by the addition of the Wellbutrin, the effects of the quick drops didn’t hit immediately. I still felt fine after I was done tapering the Wellbutrin so I decided to begin my Prozac taper pretty quickly after that.
It was several weeks after that that things started spinning out of control and I crashed into some horrible state I can only think of as hell.
It began with irritability and me being easily frustrated. Anxiety became an issue. As time went on the anxiety became increasingly bad and longer lasting until I felt overwhelmed with anxious and hopeless thoughts.
It became difficult to focus or sit still. I was unable to concentrate and began to feel agitated.
Fatigue set in. It too worsened and became exhaustion. I had this constant feeling of wanting to sleep but being unable to. I would get out of bed, or stand up, or whatever and within less than 30 seconds felt this incredible need to lay down. It was like I kept thinking, “if I could just sleep for an hour I would feel okay.” Except if I was able to fall asleep, I wouldn’t feel better, but generally I was unable to fall asleep. This exhaustion and overwhelming desire to lay down culminated in my inability to get off the couch. Or more, my total lack of desire to get off the couch. All motivation had vanished. I would just lay on the couch watching TV and constantly checking the time.
My anxiety continued to get worse and the things that had been worrying me previously (real things) began to become overwhelming. I would ruminate and ruminate and not be able to stop worrying and thinking about them. No matter how they played out in my head the end was always catastrophic. Hopeless.
I had never had insomnia until this. While I could fall asleep, I would be awoken at 2am by dread, panic and those horrible ruminations. I might doze off, but then around 4am I’d get jolted awake again. I felt like I was losing my mind some nights, between not being able to sleep, the panicked feeling, the noise sensitivity…
A psychiatrist prescribed Klonopin to help with sleep. It helped slightly, but it also seemed to make my waking anxiety worse, so I stopped.
Melatonin made me more dopey the next day. My vision became blurry. It was as if I had a film over my eyes that no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t rub off.
Sometimes I felt like I had to really concentrate to talk.
I struggled with self-doubt, and shame like I had never.
My brain felt like it was working more slowly and I had what I can only think to describe as ‘brain-fog.’
Akathisia and muscle tension came next. It was mostly in my shoulders, neck and upper back. I felt like I had to twist, arch my back, or contort my body for relief, but in reality I couldn’t get relief from it. It seemed to become less severe in my upper-back and shoulders over time, but then seemed to settle into the right side of my body from my neck all the way down to my knee.
Stranger still was this feeling of numbness and weakness in my right leg, only it wasn’t numb and I don’t think it was weak, it just felt like it was. I began to think I had had a stroke. I was terrified. To be honest, my description here doesn’t do what I was feeling justice. It was simply horrific and scary.
At some point I developed muscle spasms/twitching. It would happen at various parts of my body. I had had this before as I was tapering earlier, but it was infrequent and mild, and I had expected it after reading other people’s posts. This was frequent, the spasms stronger, and like I said, occurred over multiple areas of my body.
I became hypersensitive to light and sound. It was always worse when I woke up at 2am and 4 am. I began sleeping with the TV on and earphones in because at least that was a constant sound, and would sometimes be effective in distracting me from my ruminations. I would bury my head in the pillow if I could hear noise beyond the earphones and began wearing a sleep mask, which helped, but I began dreading having to take it off.
My complete lack of motivation to move from the couch also meant that I felt no motivation or desire to shower. It’s not that I didn’t want to or felt that it would be too hard or take too much energy. I just didn’t have any desire to take a shower. It didn’t matter. I also all but stopped eating. Sometimes I would eat something because my stomach felt off or was making crazy noises and I thought it would help. I lost a significant amount of weight and muscle during this whole thing. I didn’t drop to an unhealthy weight, but I stopped getting my period. My menstrual cycle had functioned like clockwork for the previous 33 years.
There were 3 or 4 nights when I suffered horrible stomach pains and loud churning from my stomach. Sometimes severe enough to wake me if I’d fallen asleep.
I often had diarrhea.
I wanted to die. I would wish for a terminal illness to kill me. I thought about suicide but never really had intent, or guilt over the problems it would cause for loved ones would dissuade me. I just saw my life unraveling with no hope in sight.
Anhedonia became severe for several weeks. I almost can’t explain it.
Except once during this whole thing when I was verbalizing a wish to die, I never cried. I never even really felt sad. Sure I had these horrible distressing, catastrophic thoughts about the same three things over and over, but I never felt depressed, per se. I felt dread and numb at the same time but didn’t feel much else.
My body temperature would fluctuate, or it felt like it would. There were times when I would have hot flashes, then other times when I felt like I couldn’t get warm, particularly in the morning. Combined with not getting my period I thought I might have entered menopause. I hadn’t.
I woke up nearly every morning during this with shaking and trembling in my arms. They would shake and feel weak, particularly if there was any kind of physical exertion. Even minor. This morning trembling lasted for weeks after reinstatement and I will still on occasion experience it, albeit at a lower level.
One thing which I still find strange is the fact that all these horrible symptoms, even on the worst days, would begin to subside in the late afternoon and by 5 or 6 pm I would feel almost ‘normal’. It sounds impossible, but it’s true, and it was one of the reasons I dreaded going to sleep at night. I didn’t want the feeling to go away and I knew it would and that the horror show would start all over again within a few hours of me falling asleep.
Retreat
I went to see my primary care physician several times during this. I had blood tests hoping that something would reveal why I was so freaking tired! I was tested for Lyme disease, hormones, electrolytes, mono… everything came back fine.
I attempted to reinstate Wellbutrin, hoping that would help. I craved the stimulation it gave me. I thought it might pull me out of this unrelenting fatigue. But it exacerbated everything within hours of taking it. Plus the idea of having to go through the process of dissolving it, etc. just seemed too overwhelming. I didn’t take it again.
An initial reinstatement of 10 mg of Prozac initially made my symptoms worse. The akathisia, anxiety, and muscle tension would become worse within about a half-hour of taking it. But I had been told that I would feel badly in the beginning. Worse before I would feel better so I stuck it out. I didn’t feel better after about 2 weeks, or didn’t think I did. Looking back the ruminating became much less severe and I think I may have even been sleeping better.
Feeling that the 10 mg wasn’t working I was advised to bump to 20mg. I then began to feel some relief from most of the symptoms. But I was impatient now and when I felt any improvement had stalled out after a week I bumped to 30mg. I began to feel improvements in 24 hours. After about 3 weeks at 30 mg I knew I had “survived” whatever it was that had happened to me.
The symptoms I describe above almost completely resolved. However, as time has passed some of the side effects from taking Fluoxetine re-emerged.
Currently on 30 mg I sleep okay. I sometimes wake around 4 am but I’m not panicked. Just tired and have difficulty falling back asleep. There are some mornings when I wake with some minor anxiety or I still feel like my arms are shaky with what I think is mild Akathisia. This is usually remedied by exercise.
Although initially I felt fine, there has been some return of the underlying fatigue and yawning I had experienced while taking Fluoxetine and for which I had taken Wellbutrin to remedy after a failed attempt to discontinue in 2012. My ability to tolerate stress is weaker now than it had been and there has been some emotional numbing. I am hungry a lot and have put on weight beyond what I had lost during what I now refer to as “my crash.” I have some minor GI issues, which I had experienced as a side effect before. Ah yes, and night sweats. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and have to change my sleep clothes and put a towel down on the bed where I’d been laying.
I developed mild psoriasis during my attempt to withdrawal in 2011/12. I didn’t have a recurrence of it once I dropped to 10mg of Prozac nor during the throws of this recent crash of mine. It has re-emerged now that I’m at 30 mg.
Also, I am now functioning at my baseline. I am again able to work on the time sensitive “project” that I was unable to and which was the root of much of my ruminating. I am back at the gym 5-6 days a week, and except for a day or two prior to my menstrual cycle (which now happens again) I don’t feel any urge to nap, even with the underlying, mild fatigue.
It felt like my life had stopped and almost like I am now missing those three months of my life. I consider the experience a trauma and believe I struggled with some kind of posttraumatic response. Once I was feeling better I would talk about what happened to me incessantly and searched the internet obsessively looking for answers. I still talk about it too much, even in therapy, which I enrolled in, to deal with withdrawal and the after effects. It haunts me. It angers me. It scares me.
I intend to try and taper again. At least get to 20 mg and hold there for a while. There’s a part of me that fears that I will never be able to successfully wean from Fluoxetine, and that if I do I will end up a lifeless blob on my sofa, unable to work or care for myself and dependent on a disability check. At the same time I fear what my brain will be like in 10, 20 or 30 years if I don’t get off this drug.
Sometimes I wish I could sue the makers of Prozac and generic Fluoxetine. Sure, I would include financial compensation, but mostly I would want that these companies be court ordered to conduct and make public research on long-term users of their drugs, to research and publish findings regarding treatment for withdrawal. Not just a study here or there, but court ordered to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into investigations.
Unfortunately, I think I would have to hold at least some of the doctors that prescribed me Prozac or Fluoxetine responsible. I would be torn there. On the one hand I suspect they were naïve and didn’t question the pharmaceutical reps or the information they provided. On the other hand, now that I’ve reviewed the literature I can see that research findings regarding side effects and withdrawal, and other concerns have been available for decades.
I can’t say that I think these drugs should be banned or recalled, because I know there are people that do well with them and their lives perhaps even saved by them, but prescription practices must include full disclosure of the risks, and potential for dependence and severe withdrawal without minimization.
Are you experiencing a drug side effect?
Comments
Fred says:
March 2, 2015 at 7:25 am
Another fairly typical story. Not too much terribly wrong with you, GP prescribes an SSRI and before you know it you are on the polypharmacy merry-go-round. You find yourself locked into a hell you can’t escape and you can’t get back to who you were before you ever took one of these permanently brain damaging chemicals. These drugs should be a last resort which comes in miles behind all other treatment options.
April 1, 2015 at 7:11 pm
Couldn’t agree more. Psychotropics should be a last resort – most ‘mental illnesses’ are actually quite normal and nit diseases per se.
Exercise, nature, talk therapy, meditation for some works as does yoga.
Remember .. what you are experiencing might be a spiritual awakening of sorts. It’s different for everybody. Don’t simply accept what doctors especially psychiatrists want to prescribe – ask questions and know the risks. There are no medical tests that prove you have a mental illness. (blood work, saliva, urine specimens) – nothing. It’s hit or miss and shrinks know this is to be true. They go by symptoms – what you tell them and then more often than not the “let’s try this ” game begins. Ask them if they’ve ever cured any of their patients.
May 22, 2016 at 8:54 pm
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May 26, 2016 at 11:25 pm
Agreed. Im 29, going off meds and feeling like im coming out of a coma, its a good hurt
May 26, 2016 at 11:26 pm
It is 200% a spiritual awakaning have no fear
February 14, 2017 at 9:27 pm
I agree. It’s the best reawakening I’ve ever had. I will never use antidepressants ever again. I’m off them after 3 years. I feel great! Feel like a new person.
I realized that they gave me even more health problems than I started off with.
Shannon says:
March 10, 2017 at 5:50 am
How did you taper off your Prozac? I am trying to taper off of 40 mg.
July 13, 2017 at 2:30 am
I am tapering off of 30mg and this is my schedule…… Alternate 30mg and 20mg for 2 months. If ok then go to 20mg for 2 months.. If all is good I alternate 20mg and 10mg for 2 months if still good 10mg for a month. Then alternate 10mg and 5mg for a month. Then 5mg for a month. Then 5mg every other day… It’s a long process but I wanna do it right
Sherry says:
October 16, 2017 at 11:22 pm
I’ve got a friend who was taking 80mg daily for several years and was told recently her sodium level was to low and was contributing to confusion and memory loss. Doctor recommended that she taper down on the Prozac aka fluoxetine to 40mg. They since put her on other meds still with the fluoxetine and now she’s complaining of hot flashes. But these hot flashes are random in different areas of her body. Tried to find if this is a side effect of taper withdrawal is proven to a headache for me. Did ya experience such durin your tapering?
November 10, 2018 at 10:57 pm
I did! Freezing, shaking cold-then hot, searing heat in what felt like cold air.
August 27, 2020 at 4:20 am
I dont understand did you take 20 mg for one month then 10 mg next month did I understand that right
July 18, 2017 at 6:07 pm
How long did it take before you felt normal again? I was on 20mg prozac for 19 years. I have been off for a little over 2 months. I am extremely anxious, irritable, and tearful. It almost makes me want to get back on it.
Janet Holt says:
December 3, 2017 at 3:08 am
I just took myself off prozac after 25 years. I’m so depressed.. I have no joy in life.. don’t want to do anything..cry all the time..hot flashes then cold..no energy at all..feel useless and worthless. I don’t know what is going to happen to me.
Jodi says:
December 10, 2017 at 6:27 am
Sounds like we are in the same boat, Janet. I can hardly get out of bed. I don’t know what to do! Feel like I am in a hopeless situation.
December 16, 2020 at 8:52 pm
Karen says:
December 1, 2018 at 6:52 am
Joy I see this is a post from over a year ago. Were you able to get off of it? Sounds like you were going way too fast
Jenn says:
August 18, 2018 at 10:36 pm
I’m need some encouragement! I’m a 41 year mother of two teenagers and currently had a full hysterectomy… I’ve been on Prozac for 12 years and seemed A ok on 10 mgs, but last year my father passed away and I increased to 20. I’ve been having lots of ringing in the ears, low energy etc etc (I know it’s a lot to do with my hormone therapy. I’ve decided to start my taper from 20 to 15 for about a month then down to 10… these past two days I’ve had a horrible headache, dizziness and the sleepies and these crazy muscle twitches. Is this normal? I’ve had some very traumatic events in my life and have been thru some hard ass stuff but lord feeling so wonky is for the birds. Someone please tell me this will subside… thank you!!!!!
September 30, 2018 at 6:51 am
From my personal experience with Prozac and all its withdrawal symptoms (not a Dr) you need to go on a much slower taper plan if you are having those symptoms & unfortunately that’s srill not a guarantee you won’t experience any. Prozac has a long half which is good in some ways but it also means it’s not completely out of your system until around 25 days (at each dose level). Hence further out protracted withdrawal can be common if you’re sensitive to it. Get your Dr to help you do a liquid taper and go down by 10% every few weeks but if any withdrawal symptoms return stay on the dose until they disappear.
September 20, 2018 at 8:03 pm
Was wondering how long it took for the symptoms to subside after you stopped Prozac? I have weaned myself down and didn’t have any problems for about 2 weeks. Now all of the sudden I seem to be very weepy and irritated. Also wondering, if 1/2 a xanax when things get really crazy, is a bad idea???
Tammy says:
May 21, 2018 at 3:59 am
I struggle with PTSD and Anxiety. I need something and I am so afraid. I stay dizzy as a bat and hyper and I am 50, I don’t feel like the ADHD movements I once could work off. Any suggestions? Scared of meds.
August 23, 2018 at 9:51 am
Jenn, I have to chime in and mention- if you’ve added or changed your hormones while on a ssri you may be accidentally over raising your serotonin levels. There are many things that can give us Serotonin Syndrome and your symptoms sound like the beginning stages. If you’re dizzy, having headaches, can’t stay awake and having muscle twitches you have to cut back on the hormones or Ssri causing this. An easy way to monitor this (in addition to the symptoms you’re having) is to check to see if you have extra big pupils, sweating and sometimes irrational irratiion. It starts off minor but can become serious, so be careful. I know firsthand because I went through it.
CJ says:
September 1, 2018 at 11:04 pm
Kava, CBD, (THC if you can), valerian root for sleep. Stay away from kratom or benzos these have their own horrible withdrawls.
July 3, 2020 at 6:14 pm
I agree on Kava, THC, Valerian. Benzos are devil. But i do take Kratom. It helped me to stop binge-drinking, helps with pains/aches when I am tapering SSRIs, anxiety and mood. I realize it’s an addicting substance, but I prefer it to Prozac or other pharmaceuticals.
Don’t advertise or recommend but I do need to work, take care of children, pets, house and my man. Can’t afford to lay in bed. Kratom gives energy and takes away the anxiety, pain and constant fatigue.
I would rather be free of everything but it is what it is. People had successfully quit Kratom so maybe one day I will as well.
October 24, 2018 at 10:39 pm
My son was diagnosed as well and they recommended marijuana. Try edibles as well.
February 18, 2017 at 4:43 am
This is so good to find others that are saying my words and experiences. I am looking to magnesium melate, I -tyrptophan, vit b complex, and perhaps 5htp, but it is only for short term, be wear.
April 11, 2018 at 12:39 am
I’m taking 6000, 2000 3x per day mg of tryptophan. It’s really helped me but still have bad days. I’m 7 months off of 40mgs plus of Prozac for 18 yrs.
April 20, 2019 at 9:43 pm
So how you doing now ? I am tapering off from 40 mg,at moment i am at 20 mg
maeve says:
May 5, 2016 at 12:31 pm
So it’s ok to leave people with iatrogenic schizophrenia? It’s not ok to use them as a last resort. No-one deserves chronic apathy, sexual dysfunction, cfs, and no replenishing or rem sleep for the rest of their lives. Your soul is gone, the essence of who you are, your personality wiped without a trace. That’s not life. ”May cause a worsening of suicidal ideation”.
Belle says:
September 30, 2017 at 10:06 pm
These medications destroyed my life and my soul.
October 24, 2017 at 2:35 am
I’m having Intense hot flashes and sweating/ no energy. It feels like a mixture of a diabetic crash and menopause, but I’m 30. I just got tested for diabetes and hormonal imbalances bc of. It’s been an absolute nightmare the last 2 months. Until I just googled possible withdrawals from Prozac (which I’ve never heard of before) I had no idea this could be the cause. I too fantasize abt dying just so this will be over. I could kill my dr. 2nd time he hasn’t told me about or minimized the possible effects of getting off of meds I’ve had intense withdrawals from. So angry.
January 20, 2017 at 8:51 am
I have come off my antidepressant a week and a half ago and I’ve been blogging about it here: http://theroadbacktohappiness.blogspot.co.uk
I keep posting regularly to share my experience and it’s very hard but I can’t imagine spending my whole life ingesting these horrible drugs! Good luck with coming off it, it’s worth it!!!
another survivor says:
January 31, 2017 at 2:39 pm
3 weeks after coming off SSRIs today and never felt better! Hope that anyone who feels like it’s really hard doesn’t give up, because there is light at the end of the tunnel!!!
http://theroadbacktohappiness.blogspot.co.uk
February 14, 2017 at 9:30 pm
Yesss! I totally agree. I feel better now than I’ve felt in a long time. I have my life back
April 8, 2017 at 12:17 am
Please share your tapering story with us.. would love to hear how you are surviving now without prozac
Thanks
lisa says:
July 13, 2017 at 5:33 pm
I 35 and have been on antidepressants for since 14. I don’t even know who I am without them. I’ve suffered with side effects for years. The past two years I have switched multiple medications and nothing has seemed to work for me. I’ve been on prozac for 2 months and was feeling like a mindless zombie. I recently decided to ween myself off and see how I do without the meds. It’s only been 4 days but I haven’t felt this good in years. My mind is clear and I wake up feeling refreshed and have energy. I’m worried that this won’t last and I will have a bad crash. I’m also wondering if all the meds were making me feel worse off than I actually was. Has anyone had success quitting their meds? All I have read are reviews saying it gets really bad. So far the only bad is that I have a mild headache every day but nothing I can’t handle.
Debra says:
August 19, 2017 at 12:24 am
I’ve been off for two weeks and I’ve been in bed for two days with the flu. After reading this article I think I better start up again. I really never had a problem with being on it, I just don’t like having be dependant on anything. I think big pharm got me 🤔
April 18, 2018 at 6:39 am
Another Survivor: I see you said you were doing terrific after 1 1/2 weeks, then at 3 weeks, and said you were blogging about it, but 3 weeks is hardly in the clear with this drug, as it has a long half-life.
I also see you removed your entire blog. I’m assuming things didn’t go so well. People can still learn from your experience- hope you’ll share it with others here.
Blessings to you.
Manny says:
November 22, 2020 at 5:04 pm
I bet you didn’t stay happy though did you. Anxiety and depression creeps back, it takes months not weeks but for me every time it creeps back!
Merrick says:
November 29, 2017 at 1:40 am
I apologize for this long post, but I have a very serious question I would like answered if possible!
Here is my Prozac story:
I was put on Prozac (60mg) when I was 12 years old for PTSD and depression with suicidal thoughts. I can’t express how enraged I am at the doctors decision to put me on this terrible drug at that vulnerable age. I had just experienced a very traumatic accident that was fatal to my father a year prior to starting this. If I would have known what I do now about Prozac, I would have never started it, but at the age of 12 you think that doctors know best, right? I couldn’t tell if the horrible things I was feeling were from my already known PTSD and depression, or side effects from Prozac. Because of this, I continued taking it. It has also worked for my father, and as a child I thought that If it worked for him, it’s gotta work for me! I am 21 now, and still taking this. Over the years I would try to taper, but the side effects were so bad, I went back up. Eventually, I slowly tapered down, probably as slowly as your can go. Any faster and I would experience terrible side effects.
As the years went on, things were how they always were since I was 12. Triggers right and left, panic attacks, fear to leave my own house. It eventually got better. I had met with many doctors over these years, more natural-like doctors, who recommended I go down on the Prozac. I was at 30mg at this point, and went down by 10mg to 20mg.
This was especially hell for me. Due to unknown causes that are still trying to be figured out by my doctors, I had gotten very ill a few years ago, and ever since than, I have never been the same. I have no energy, I always feel like I have the flu, I have symptoms of IBS, fibromyalgia, hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, and the list goes on. I am miserable everyday. I have only been 21 8 months now, and I can’t live my life. I am bedridden most days.
Aside from this, I had some people tell me they think that these problems could have possibly been caused by the Prozac, so I went down from the 30mg to 20mg as stated above. I can’t put into words just how much of a hell that was for me.
I had to drop high school, because I couldn’t even think clearly enough to write a simple paper, I had to have people talk to me like a child in order to understand simple things, I felt like a zombie. Everything was dream-like, I always felt like I was living a false reality and everything wasn’t real. I could hardly tell the difference between when I was awake and when I was asleep. I was very depressed, very scared of many things, and could hardly leave my house. I felt like this feeling would NEVER go away. It took three months for me to feel back to normal, a torturous three months.
Skipping forward to now, I am trying yet again to taper from the 20mg, but even SLOWER by 5mg. So I am currently on 15mg. I am very sensitive to medication and tend to experience many side effects, so I have been trying to be gentler than I have been In the past. I have no idea what my life would look like right now without the Prozac, It’s been almost half my life.
Since tapering, I am experiencing symptoms I felt around when they first put me on the Prozac at the age of 12, which are thoughts of self harm, more depression, lack of hope, fits of anger, random crying spells, worse anxiety, confusion, very foggy headed, and physical changes such as headaches, body pain, and much more.
My question to anyone out there is: Have you experienced getting sick or unexplained illnesses while taking Prozac? Did it show up years after taking it? My physical problems didn’t arise till 2 years ago, so is it unrelated to Prozac? Do you feel any of these symptoms and like you just can’t be yourself anymore?
I am very afraid that this is permanent. Not only physically over the 2 years has it gotten worse, but emotionally I just have more brain fog and feel like I can’t ever concentrate or wrap my head around simple things, things feel filtered, almost as if im drugged. Can someone please give me their opinion? Do you think the Prozac is ruining my body? I have always been such a healthy person until recently. My energy is just shot and I can’t live my life. Please come forward and reply, It would mean a lot to know i’m not alone or crazy!
Rick says:
December 22, 2017 at 1:36 pm
So sorry to hear your story. I have been depressed most of my life, but luckily developed a distrust of doctors and medicine (mostly within reason). I say lucky because I only went on Nardil for a month long ago (didn’t do any good), but that also delayed my seeking help by a decade or so.
I finally went for psychological testing, which I believe is underappreciated: I was the only adult being tested, but the psychologist wrote a detailed report on my condition and was able to direct me to the right type of therapy and recommended a great therapist.
While this was all happening, I was also dealing with the discovery that I had been celiac all my life but didn’t know it. A *good* nutritionist (stay away from hospital dieticians!) recommended lots of blood tests which showed several nutritional deficiencies. I began researching diet, gut health, and nutritional supplements. I believe this has helped me greatly.
I began to take SAM-e for depression and joint pain and it has helped greatly. It helps me sleep well, and I definitely notice my mood slowly drop if I stop taking it. There is info on the website about dosing for depression; take between 400 and 1200 mg per day, tapering up until you feel the effects. SAM-e is one of your body’s metabolites, so no side effects, but withdrawal can happen if you don’t taper off.
Finally: I discovered some therapies such as emdr, and dynamic psychotherapy (there are a few varieties) which are very good for trauma and attachment disorders. Hope this helps.
December 25, 2017 at 9:03 pm
Merrick I ‘m sorry to hear your story. I was in a similar situation being on Prozac for many years and now I ‘m on my 4th month since I decided to go cold turkey. It’s quite a nightmare but Hope keeps me going. I was geeting sick all the time while I was on prozac. Different kinds of symptoms but Drs could never find sth. Looking back I think that I my sick mind created all these problems. Also not having the appropriate familly suport system and regular psycho-therapy made things worse.
I reached a point where I had to take control of my downward spiraling life. I went from an A student with agreat job in a bank to a jobless mess with no personal life.
I ‘m 30 now and I wish someone have told me earlier about the horific results this drug can have to someone’s life. You have to start asking the right questions to the Drs, ask for blood tests and eliminate the possibility of any other problem (food allergies and gluten intolerance included).
I believe that we are the right Dr for ourselves. We have to listen to our body, take opinion of several Drs and find the strength to get off antidepressants even if life looks awful nd hopeless. It was not not easy for me either. My life is full of uncertainty but there is never the RIGHT TIME. It gets worse before it gets better but it will…. If you decide to do so. Don’t waste your 20’s as I did! Address your health issues courageously. I ‘m sure Prozac hasn’r ruined your body. You just need a lifestyle change! Best of luck!
January 5, 2018 at 10:51 pm
I am sorry to hear of your sad experiences as well as all the others. I have been on and off meds since my 40′ s. I have a tough time deciding at times which is worse when I am on them with a few side effects, coming off of them, or not being on them at all. I see a significant change in my overall moods and motivation when I am on the right medication. I have to fight daily from within everyday without medicine to accomplish anything or feel any type of purpose to life. But I have such a determination not to take them that I often even loose out on their benefit due to posts that pooh pooh them. I can say This e en with a horrific past of deadly withdrawal effects from paxil which I even dated to go back on to pull me out of another dark hole from switching to another that did not work. In the past several months I used the prozac to bridge coming off the paxil. It made the transition smoother and tolerable. I am presently weaning from the original 20mg for the bridge. I was comfortable at 10 mgs. But I am rather weak and unmotivated now on the 5mg. That I have been at for threes days. I may go back up to the 10 with no issue and sit there for a while longer.
In closing there is no shame in taking an antidepressant if need be. If one desires to come off them they should evaluate all sides and have a doctor that is willing to work closely with you with respect for your desire to be drug free but an understanding of how each of the meds work while on and coming off of them.
Happy to support your struggle.
January 13, 2019 at 5:19 pm
I read your story & your situation seems a lot like myself. I stop taking Prozac 40 mg cold turkey about 2 months ago. It wasn’t easy! Alway sweating & much more. Now I’m at the point to where I’m just mute-lay on the couch, don’t want to talk to anyone, don’t want it go anywhere, I just want to sleep & cant wait till it time for bed. I now have crying spells and I don’t know why…how lon did it take you to get back to normal?? Like I said it’s been 2 months.
One of the c’s says:
February 20, 2019 at 5:06 pm
Hi crystal I quit 40 mg 2 months ago too! So your maybe a month ahead right now…my secret is excersize and getting out in lots of nature!!!! Just got my bike up and running. My biggest hurdle is what goes in comes out a bit quicker, but I’m overweight and I see this as helpful keeping the crap out of me haha punny! You have to make yourself! And I still get into tired slumps but allow them, I’m in slump now, but I’ll get back tonight!!!!
Deborah says:
November 5, 2019 at 5:18 am
I feel like crap after being on fluoxetine for 10 years and stopped taking it cold turkey, it was a dumb thing to do but because of a Medicare change on a copay cost I could not afford to pay, I said screw it and my prescription ran out so I had to stop. It has been 5 weeks and my whole body aches. I am craving carbs like crazy have put on 10 pounds I believe that has something to do with my blood sugar but won’t know until I get to have blood work done, hopefully in a couple of weeks. Anyway I have to force myself to get up and go to work. My job is more mentally draining than physical and I feel like I too am in a state of duh! I have basically fallen apart mentally and physically. I am 67 years young and can’t stand feeling this way so I will go back on an antidepressant ASAP.
April 23, 2020 at 7:52 pm
Hi! Did you end up going back on? I am on my second week without SSRI and it is pure hell. I crave carbs like crazy too. Ur post is the first I’ve seen about this.
Becky says:
November 20, 2020 at 10:56 pm
I have only been on 20 mg prozac for 6 weeks do you think it will be hard to go off of??
January 22, 2018 at 8:03 pm
Hi…try to get medical marijuana card for PTSD…GET oil, wouldn’t advise smoking until or if your body develops tolerance. Start with 2mg oil, edible two times a day. I would lean more toward Indica, because sativa can make you anxious. I am right there with all of you. Chronic pain suffer…with horrible side effects from meds. I weaned my fentanyl patch with oil, now I’m starting to wean the Prozac. Be careful with oil until your body builds resistance to the THC. good luck…
January 22, 2018 at 8:05 pm
John says:
February 25, 2018 at 12:38 pm
I have been dealing with the same type of illness that you are describing. It started with me getting Mono many years ago and i never fully recovered. I feel like i have a low grade flu everyday for years. That is why i was put on Prozac in the first place to treat this illness. Prozac withdrawal is hell. And it takes a long time to recover but the illness you are talking about i don’t believe has anything to do with Prozac. It sounds like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which can be triggered by a virus. I hope this helps. Get back to me if you want to chat.
Hhsenna says:
June 7, 2018 at 2:07 am
I know it’s been a while not sure if you’ll even see this, but here is my story from hell. I suffer from PMDD and would get such bad bouts of anger around my period, so I got on Prozac. I wasn’t 100% consistent as far as I would miss a day here and there I would up the dosage lower it and finally I stopped it after about a year of being on it. So, initially I felt good and then as time passed I was picking up on things like I was more sensitive and offended easily. Suddenly, I was getting severe anxiety into panic attacks to the point I couldn’t be far from home. I worked at a place for half my life and it was a comfort zone for me until this new me. Now, I was terrified to drive, fo to work, and was afraid I was crazy and worried I’d self harm. I felt foggy, lethargic, lacked motivation. It’s been like 6 months and I feel it’s at its peak and I was about to restart Prozac, but no I’m questioning doing that. I just want to feel better!
July 10, 2021 at 10:07 pm
Did you ever end up feeling better??
August 1, 2018 at 6:14 pm
Hello! I just found this article while looking to see if this horrid nausea is from coming off generic Prozac. I can almost guarantee that the brand name Prozac is/was so much better for me. I started on it in 1991 as what my doc called a case study. He was getting hours for something and I’d get boxes of this med with only paying an office visit. I remember about a week from starting, I came bouncing down the steps and my momma was at the bottom. I remember clearly I got this big smile from ear to ear. Those were the good old days before the generic poison was created. It prevented my IBS from even occuring actually. I dropped with and was smaller than I had been in the Army, I think. Made me extremely thirsty.
Somewhere around 2007 maybe, doc started trying every single antidepressant on me since the generic Prozac “pooped out” on me. I became diagnosed as bipolar. I read there is such a thing as antidepressant induced bipolar.
At some point I was receiving bags of meds, my VA psychiatrist was heavy handed with his Rx pad. He did explain that the brand name Prozac is either a right handled or left handled molecule, and the generic is the opposite. VA goes generic with everything they can.
I recently got back on the generic in May of 2017. I decided that the depression I was experiencing then wasn’t so bad, as to the other drugs that didn’t work. I was glad to be depressed but on a long known drug ( by then). I had two babies after lots of miscarriage while being on it. I’ve had many surgeries too. I used recreational drugs and lots of alcohol for many years even on Rx meds. My sex drive is insane-not hindered at all.
I am weening off again because doc thinks this recent weight gain is from the antidepressant. I just got off 20mg a few days ago. Doc wanted me to go to 100mg shortly after starting. I told him 80mg is Max effectiveness, any higher wasn’t going to make a difference. I did not take over 80mg. I had great pressure in my head, only I knew of it due to pulsatile tinnitus. This doc I have now is not one who substitutes giving a drug up to giving a replacement drug. I am seriously sad, I cannot convince myself to get up and go to the store. I having an online shopping addiction.
And…I am now reacting to electromagnetic frequencies and dirty electricity. This started last year after a colo/Endo.
Do try turning off your WiFi to see if anything you are experiencing lightens up. Fibromyalgia is possibly diagnosed and can usually be due to EMF exposure. Government has know we are being radiated for at least 50 years and even Steve Jobs did not allow his kids NY electronic devices. There’s a clause on your cellphone probably under settings<general somewhere there that covers their butt by warning you about RF exposure. There are insurance companies that do not cover this type of environmental illness" and there are so so many countries acknowledging this toxin. Research is paid for by the manufacturer, so numbers look good. This is being referred to as the second tobacco industry. All that has to happen is for them to plant a seed of doubt. That's been said by these monsters behind their closed doors.
I'm sorry this is so long. I just know we have to help ourselves now.
Turn off WiFi and limit exposure. Just try it. And 5G will bring everyone into this gd nightmare because it will be absorbed in the food and water. Enjoy..
Vanessa says:
August 3, 2018 at 5:05 am
You have Ebstein Barr Virus
John says:
November 11, 2018 at 12:25 pm
I have the same type of illness. It was triggered 9 years ago from Epstein Barr Virus aka Mono. It feels like the flu that never ends. For the first year i couldn’t barely even get out of bed. With every passing year i get a little bit better. I have recovered at least 75% but still not 100% better as on yet. I was prescribed Prozac to deal with the physical illness only. I don’t have other mental problems. I am now withdrawing from Prozac. Both Prozac withdrawal and illness are hell. But i don’t think your illness has anything to do with Prozac. The only side effects i ever got from taking the Prozac was anxiety and insomnia because it was very stimulating for me (which was what i needed because of this physical illness). However Prozac withdrawal symptoms can mirror many of the symptoms of this type of illness. These drugs cause MAJOR dependancy with HORRORIBLE withdrawal. All this is just my opinion based on my personal expierence. I am not a doctor. Please feel free to ask if you have more questions. I will try to answer.
June 14, 2022 at 10:10 am
I realise its 5yrs since your initial post are you still utilising this platform?
If so I’d love for you to message and discuss this further, as up to reading your comments I was unaware of a boat load of physical issues I have that this medication could be a root cause or certain catalyst. I hope you are feeling well and managed to find some way forward. In specific response, no you are not alone, and certainly not going crazy. Food for thought: It’s said that if you feel you are going crazy, or you are crazy that in actual fact you are not. Variables considered, a crazy person would not differentiate their perception of one’s own mind with others reception of said crazy behaviour. Like suppose a Jekyll and Hyde sort of thing…. The crazy will act and do so willingly as to them it’s everyone else that’s got a problem. Much regards Tracy
March 2, 2015 at 3:57 pm
Descent into hell is a perfect description. I always called my struggle to get back – the crawl back from hell.
It’s strange how these side effects come and go a long time after improvement. I think this indicates a permanent change or damage to the neural network. I’ve heard this referred to as windows and waves. Windows of relief and waves of recurring symptoms. I have experienced this for the last 8 years.
What’s terribly clear is that those who think they are professionals in the field of SSRI prescription are amateurs at best. These drugs are experimental and dangerous but treated as if they are almost benign.
March 2, 2015 at 11:18 pm
I called my withdrawl, a walk with the devil.
Elizabeth says:
February 28, 2016 at 4:48 am
My withdraw was very scary. I thought I was having a nervous brake-down.. my mind was racing and I was having hot flashes and my anxiety was very high.. I went to my doctor and my dose was adjusted. I will never stop taking Prozac and my doctor says that it would be years before she would even consider dropping the dose of Prozac. The doctor said I will be on this mecication for the rest of my life… Yes Prozac does give me breathing space, but if I was told ahead of time that I had to take this medication for the rest of my life I would have not taken Prozac. I would have requested something else.
Sheri says:
March 6, 2016 at 2:59 am
You need to go see another asap!
Kiesha Mills says:
February 8, 2019 at 12:58 am
My story exactly! It’s been a life changer for me. I’ve been able to be the mom and wife I want to be on it. I couldn’t imagine my life without it! I just wish I had of known my body will never be able to come off of this! I would have probably tried something else in the beginning! 13 years later, I’m still on it, still doing great but I will never go through the hell I went through trying to get to off. (The only reasons for wanting to come off is due to 10 lb weight gain with each increased dose) I guess I would rather be a little fluffy and happy than miserable and not living my life! Kiesha
February 18, 2019 at 4:02 pm
Hi Keisha I’m Teresa I’ve been taking Prozac for a while few years I ran out about a week ago didn’t think nothing of it I don’t have insurance now so I just figured I’d be all right dear God I’m crazy right now I got to get my medicine. I got to have it dude without Prozac I’m so angry and I cry so hard in my legs hurt
June 16, 2017 at 3:28 pm
My decent to the grave was when I tried to come off of Zoloft after 25years heart raising crying spells paralyzed feeling in legs black out’s ruminating all night no sleep for 6 months it stop a few days then start again so after 8months reinstated 25 my and now am functional can’t. Stan the pain of withdrawal
November 2, 2017 at 4:56 am
Damn Straight, you are totally on the money. For some though, they change lives. For others they only make things far worse,
August 11, 2020 at 4:11 pm
wdtony exactly ssri causes changes in the brain what happens is while on ssri new neurons which are crated every day by the B vitamins and copper that you ingest get misdirected in the brain by that i mean the neurons connect to the wrong receptors this can bring on many conditions in the body which one is susceptable. these conditions can be fibromyalgia chronoic fatigue syndrome and even depression made worse by excessive amounts of serotonin yes i said it excessive serotonin look at the newest reseach and you will find that it is actually too much serotonin can cause depression not less of it.
Toni says:
March 3, 2015 at 7:45 am
I can’t see why anyone would benefit from these synthetic toxins. Even those who think they have been helped have only had their real issues masked. Is that helping? I recommend people seek out a functional medical doctor to rule out disease, nutrient deficiencies, hormonal issues, etc. No one was born with a Prozac deficiency. I lost a loved one to Cymbalta. It was an avoidable death. Doctors themselves need to be FULLY educated on the very real side effects, (often they don’t believe their patients reporting side effects and withdrawal problems because it isn’t in the literature) look for other less toxic approaches (But will they? They went to pharma-backed med schools and have been fully indoctrinated), fully disclose to the patient all the possible side effects and a plan on when to get off the med(s), and lastly, how to safely wean off (and many doctors really err here- with Cymbalta for example they often tell patients to skip a day or two -sending said patient into horrible withdrawals).
April 7, 2015 at 11:00 pm
Toni, your statements are spot on. You’ve captured some of the hallmarks of conventional medicine and its use of psychotropic drugs. After watching this nightmare since 1990 and working for many years to change it, I still don’t know how to get through to the majority of practitioners who prescribe these drugs and trust the drug companies’ over the many patients who suffer so horribly from these drugs.
Kat says:
March 3, 2015 at 1:01 pm
Being TOLD you are depressed! OMG! I went through this over and over. It sure felt physical to me, and I now know it was. Docs have just been trained to call any female physical issue they don’t understand “depression.” I, too, went through years of meds that did not help and made things worse.
I’ve been off that roller coaster for just over 10 years now and am so thankful, although an antibiotic (Cipro, in the fluoroquinolone class along with Levaquin and Avelox) 7 years ago has made my life hell. These days I refuse ALL meds, including aspirin, Motrin, everything. I’ve learned to let my body heal itself and assist with supplements. I strongly believe all meds have long-term negative effects. We never hear of them because no one is looking. Docs believe that once a med “clears your system” it can no longer damage. But there is no proof of this. They base drug studies with this hypothesis and don’t check or believe otherwise. People with MFTHR dysfunction know differently.
One big help for me is the book, “The Mood Cure” by Julia Ross. I believe as much as 80% of depression in our culture is driven by fake foods and nutritional deficits. That, at least, should be the first thing to be addressed before docs go to the easy way out by not listening and pulling out a Rx pad.
Jay says:
March 6, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Everyone is right here. Whats going on here is being stuck in pergatory. Opiod crisis??? How about an SSRI crisis Mr. President?? I asked you a question Mr. President. Well when I reformed health care…??…. The govt. doesn’t care about any of this nor do a lot of Dr’s that we PAY to see.
Dr. Healy is absolutely right when he talks about this prescription only crap. If Prozac, Zoloft etc.
were sold in drug stores, over the counter we wouldn’t be having these discussions. If someone did try to alleviate their depression/anxiety with this crap in 2 weeks they would be in the backyard vomiting and burning this crap. Perhaps even consider it heresy to take it. The majority of the Dr’s prescribing these pills know nothing, absolutely nothing about Psychopharmacology. Ask them what a re-uptake inhibitor does and they look at you like you have 2 heads. I find it amazing how we patients know more about the pharmacology of these drugs then the actual prescribers!!!! I can’t imagine the hell you guys have gone through when you stopped these drugs. My withdrawl from zoloft was mild. I took it for 15 years. The funny thing is I feel better then ever now that I am off it. The Adderall, Wellbutrin and Mirapex I’m taking elevate my spirits for sure. LOL. I’m sick and tired of hearing about how benzo’s-Xanax, Klonopin are SO addictive. Dr’s state, I can’t prescribe that its addictive. What the heck do they mean by addictive?? What am I in second grade?? Do they mean they are concerned about PHYSICAL dependence??? Can’t be that because they give me prozac which is worse. Are they talking about Psychological dependence??? Perhaps. I’m not too sure if they are talking about any of it. We will give you a hefty dose of Paxil but we can’t give you a small dose of Ativan. Really??? Yes, I am sorry but Ativan @ 0.25mgs BID can be habit forming. But Dr. I had good results with Ativan many moons ago and it never became a habit!!??? Sorry sir but Paxil is the answer not Ativan. Ok Doc I’ll try it Anyone familiar with this little situation??? See it all the time. The Dr. just happens to leave out the little tidbit about suicide, weight gain, anxiety, insomnia, somnolence, aching bones and joints, irritability, becoming angry over trivial things or situations, nausea, vomiting, impotence, a DEAD libido. Alcoholism, increased intake of etoh. I can go on and on. Somethings wrong here and we all know it, but yet these pills are being given out like candy canes at christmas. For the most part these pills are making people worse. The side effects are worse then the problem they are supposed to be treating. I myself, having a degree in Psych. and being a nurse like many of you have studied pharmacology for many years.
I still can’t even for the life of me find out with a sensible answer as to how in the hell does lowered serotonin, metabolites and/or pre-cursors cause depression?? I didn’t get it, I just didnt get it until I heard Dr. Healy lecture on it. There is NO LOWERING of serotonin in depression. My antennae go up…What the hell is he talking about??? This is all we have heard and all we have been reading about. In the finest medical text books researchers state that a “Chemical imbalance” of serotonin..OR nor-epinephrine depending on which drug they are pushing is due to low serotonin. Ecstasy increases serotonin. How come the govt. will not let us take that???? There’s even a stimulant in it which gives it an extra “Kick”. Yes it increases serotonin BUT…Always a but. This SSRI crap talk, elevated or lower serotonin is nothing but psychobabble. Hypocrisy, contradictions, + and -, nothing is what it seems in terms of these drugs. Have they saved lives?? I guess. Have they destroyed lives?? Unequivocally YES. Again I feel bad for you guys who went through withdrawls. GP’s and many shrinks who always want to tell you how these drugs will help you get out of bed are always hiding under their desks when you need them because you need help for this misery. Dr’s who prescribe these drugs without proper knowledge of their effects paint us patients with a broad brush and do great harm to all of us. Who’s actually the scientist here?? The Dr.??? the Shaman?? It seems we the patients are. Don’t you think….??? Keep up the good work guys in terms of these posts.
Thanks for reading this.
Jeff says:
March 23, 2015 at 11:39 am
About 20 months ago my GP wanted to give me Zoloft for anxiety – I had it bad from a health scare that put me over the edge. Almost recovered now, but I do remember my GP seeming to consider SSRI’s as a cure all…..
Anyway I felt uneasy about the med after reading up on it. Eventually I tried it and OMG after about 3 days I thought I was going lose my mind. I immediately stopped. Weeks later I tried Lexapro….same result. So I thought OK, enough of the SSRI’s. Curious thing was my GP wanted me to try Luxov next. Yeah right.
He was anti benzo – the root of all evil – in a matter of days you will end up on a street corner pimping yourself because you can’t get enough (Xanax) kind of thing. Yeah well I’ve taken Xanax before years before and seemed to have survived it somehow. So decided that this dude didn’t know what the f*ck he was talking about – so eventually saw a nurse practitioner and told her I wanted to give Klonopin a go. She said fine – but told me that they wouldn’t work if I didn’t take them….see I explained to her that I had a tendency to suffer rather than take pills. Fear of dependency. But took them I did. They helped.
Benzo’s are not the root of all evil – they work almost 100% of the time for anxiety and depression, and w/o those funny little side effects you can get from SSRI’s…..
March 28, 2016 at 6:31 am
Jeff, I totally agree with u about SSRIs. I rue the day 25 yrs ago when I was prescribed these “miracle drugs” I highly doubt I will ever be free from. But I have an entirely different experience than u with benzodiazepines. I barely came away with my life when I tried to come off of klonopin. If the Devil made SSRIs then his boss made benzos. The experience the woman who’s article about Prozac we are all commenting on could have been talking about my klonopin experience. I ended up in the ICU and have not been the same since. I eventually tried to take my own life. I did miraculously get completely off of all benzos. My anxiety went away. I am however stuck on a lot of other meds I may never be free from. Most of my adult life has been ruined. NONE of these drugs are safe. And doctors refuse to see the obvious and keep prescribing them with impunity.
gcarter says:
May 27, 2016 at 12:49 pm
I disagree benzos are the route of all evil go look at the forums on fbook and the other forums online and see the suffering. They have totally destroyed …crippled me beyond belief mentally and physically.
July 26, 2016 at 10:07 am
I quit Prozac 40 mg over 2 months ago along with Clonazapan.. I went through the mental/physical withdrawal, been on both drugs for over 12 years….this time. Last week, I started experiencing severe body pain usually at night only. I was sure it was Lyme disease, MS; you name it. Could this be part of the withdrawal? I have never experienced this before. I am truly afraid. Thank you.
Loretta says:
August 21, 2016 at 8:31 pm
I have begun experiencing pain, in my shoulders and heel. On prozac for 16 years, stopped June 2016.
Sandy says:
August 31, 2016 at 8:45 pm
Going 2 weeks without fluxotine, body and joint aches, exhausted. On them over19 years, tired of being masked. Put on them after my dad passed from cancer then my husband of 22 years had another affair and this time took it to divorce. Had 2 small children and at home mom. Now not sure they are helping. I want off of the dependency and fighting with dr.and insurance to fill perception. My mind feels like a whirlpool but getting better. I have to fight this and win. Sparatik sleep and some anxiety. Friends and family don’t want to be bothered with the emotions. More of a burden….that’s ok they will.loose in the end.
September 3, 2016 at 9:16 pm
Was on 10mg for years,tapered off tapered off in 2015 was fine for about 6 months then very mild depression started in April 2016 phyc Dr. Put me on 5mg Prozac made me crazy sick stayed at ER.went back he wanted to put me on 10 mg .I thought no way,I quit 2 weeks ago,even at that small of dose I feel awful what are Drs thinking if you can’t take 5mg how are you going to take 10mg.Im taking Xanax it helps some but I still feel bad it does take along time to leave your system I liked you story it’s so true.Thanks for sharing it I know I will have to go back on Prozac very slow I dread it.
October 15, 2016 at 7:54 pm
My whole body hurts, I can barely walk in the morning. My heel hurts too, I wonder why? Was on it for 10ish years. Went off Summer 2016. My whole body is in pain.
CWDW says:
January 24, 2017 at 8:05 am
Same for me Linda. I’ve been tapering off 40mg over the last two months. Two weeks at 20mg now. I feel like my physical structure is disintegrating. I work out at the gym regularly (force myself some days) but find I’m sustaining more injuries/strains than I should. I’ve been on Prozac for the best part of 20 years. Don’t be scared. I’m sure it’s all part of coming off this poison (the irony being it actually saved my life on a number of occasions over the years). I take bone/joint supplements as well as high potency “green” power food to help me. I still have a way to go before coming off completely and yes, I’m scared of the repercussions/withdrawals (tried once before and it was hell, so started taking them again). If you can go for a massage, try yoga and/or take health supplements these will help. I know I’m looking forward to “connecting” with myself again. Lots of love and keep going. xxx
Alex says:
July 23, 2016 at 6:13 am
Did the short course of ssris leave a permanent mark on yoir sexuality?
Thanks,
mike g says:
April 18, 2016 at 10:56 pm
Thank you 4 your article. I have insomnia and was prescribed Prozac which I bought but never ingested. Your comments and those of other ssri sufferers have helped save me from a polypharmical merry-go-round through hell. When I find a cure i’ll publish it. In the mean time I am clueless.
A.T. says:
May 22, 2016 at 10:37 pm
As you, and others, are looking for help to escape “a polypharmical merry-go-round through hell,” do please test the value and benefits of hypnosis. There’s plenty of information and websites on the internet about how to teach yourself self-hypnosis. And, if you feel you would like a guide, there are plenty of adequately knowledgeable hypnotherapists and hypnotists around, too.
Hypnosis is just language, the most basic of placebos. And yet, as British Author and 1907 Winner of the Nobel Prize Rudyard Kipling said about language, “I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
Many of you were prescribed a variety of drugs that were barely better (if better at all) than placebo during their FDA trials. Test this. At the very least — the very least — hypnosis will not work at all. No relief, no better sleep, no balancing your mood, no improvement of your well-being. And still, you will be ahead, if only for the absence of malevolent side-effects.
And, unlike a drug in your bloodstream, all hypnosis is self-administered and self-controlled; within your mind you must say “yes” to the supportive, health-oriented words said for them to have any potency. Therefore, at the very best, you will find the words you choose to have said and which you repeat to your deep feeling self (subconscious mind) will begin to open a window to that better life you remembered living or onto one as good or better.
I offer this suggestion for health and sanity. And to qualify my entry, declining drugs offered by various doctors, I, myself, crawled away from the edge of a very high bridge by embracing words that dared me to invest my belief in a worthiness inside me and a reliable goodness outside in the world.
Monica says:
July 10, 2017 at 2:22 pm
I took Prozac for 2yrs. Weaned about 2mos ago. Been seeing a naturopathic mental health doc. One of the cures to depression and anxiety is Amino acids, our bodies get low, we need to fill the tank. I’ve been taking tyrosine by Thorne 500mg 3 x per day and tryptophan at night 1000mg. I feel like a new person. No more anxiety no more sleepless nights no more fatigue.
Hope this helps
Darlene says:
January 6, 2019 at 4:33 am
Hi Monica…I’m so glad you mentioned these amino acids…I’m going to try them and get off my product soon..thanks for this info!
Vera says:
March 30, 2015 at 6:30 am
Before doctors start poisoning their patients with chemicals, which cause irreversible damage, they should address dietary deficiencies and start prescribing some supplements.
Research has shown that a great improvement in mood changes and depression takes place when vitamin B12, B6, and Folic acid are taken. They are also being considered for the prevention of Alzheimer!
safiuddin says:
September 23, 2016 at 7:53 am
also mention vitamin b3 niacin….Google niacin and depression..search abram hoffer , andrew saul….also very important is interview of dr mercola with andrew saul on niacin vitamin b3.
Ron says:
February 11, 2019 at 1:17 am
Yes. I Also take the B vitamins, along with the B-12 injections. I was on Cymbalta for almost 20 years. Although, I quit cold turkey 8 months ago, along with 10 pills I was taking for heart meds. I got myself into shape, eating those things that are wholesome, natural, organic foods and stayed away from ANY processed crap. “If it came straight off the farm, it’s good to eat. Food isn’t supposed to come from a factory.” That was advice from my 100 year old grandfather, that passed away from natural causes, with no Alzheimers.
This mainstream medical system is a joke in this country. No drug is a “maintenance drug.” I have been totally off the heart meds, which were making me sick, for almost a year now, and my numbers are still perfect. I feel better than I have in 20+ years. The real struggle has been getting off Cymbalta, but I am mad, that these doctors who prescribed this shit, really know what they are doing. I am 8 months being off Cymbalta now, and still get the “brain zaps” at times, and the symptoms that go along with getting off this crap. I will put up with the symptoms, because I am mad, and no way am I going back. I have learned that 5-6 months out, the symptoms reemerge, and the symptoms come in waves at times. I am pissed, what this stuff has done to my brain, but they can’t keep a good man down. I am taking all natural supplements now, and haven’t felt this good and healthy, in so long.
November 1, 2022 at 8:46 pm
I would like to know how you are in 2022. Was it worth the nightmare? If so how long does one have to suffer ?
Nana says:
August 26, 2017 at 5:26 pm
I have mthfa Gene want to get off prozac. Took prozac to get off effexor xr. Any advice welcome
Kam says:
September 18, 2021 at 4:13 pm
Hi @Nana, I also started taking Prozac to come off effexor xr. I have started tapering the dosage from 5 months. Effexor is worse.
Were you able to quit Prozac?
March 3, 2015 at 3:42 pm
sorry for your suffering.its alot like my story.
only mine has gone on for over 7 years of severe pain and mental stuff.
after tryin to go off 40mg cold turkey.
on my dumb docs very stupid advice that it was safe to do that.
theres alot more stuff that ive been through too.
including very severe psychosis and thoughts of suicide and homicide.
my body has ached so bad for over 7 years.
but im not going to go into it.
i dont want to try to talk bout my suffering here.im very sorry .and sympathise completely with your utter hell.by talkin bout it.
if anyone wants to know my story.
i have other videos too on there bout it.
i hope you can get off the poisonous shit and recover fully.
i wish you luck,health and happiness.
ADX says:
March 12, 2015 at 3:47 am
I’m so sorry your suffering has gone on for so long. Have you been to the website/forum http://www.survivingantidepressants.org ? I’ve found a lot of support there, you would as well. I will watch your video.
I wish you health, healing, and happiness.
Ruth says:
March 3, 2015 at 4:19 pm
Still suffering 10 years off Seroxat , ten long years of suffering and all because of panic attacks .
February 26, 2016 at 4:31 pm
Hi Ruth I took Seroxat for panic attacks and still suffering terribly 4 years off can you tell me what symptoms you still suffer with and has it got any better. I hope one day I feel better than the last four years they have been hell this drug should be banned.
Ove says:
March 4, 2015 at 7:32 pm
Horrible story, I wish so bad we all get vindicated one day.
FRED>>>> You are absolutely right, these drugs should be used as a last resort. Preferably in a hospital Environment. With full disclosure of that they target ALL human emotions, SSRI cannot discriminate between wanted and unwanted emotions. Long term use renders in a high probability of dependance.
Violent behaviour can occur in the most humble and kind-hearted individual. Some individuals become suicidal on ssri. And so on.
March 8, 2015 at 10:15 pm
I’m 4 weeks into complete Luvox withdrawal after tapering down over 4 months to 6.25 mg. It is a combination of emotional ability, suffocating physical and mental exhaustion, and a daily struggle retrieve the “person” I once was before starting these drugs.
what has helped (though miles from a cure) is a low carbohydrate diet (no sugar, starch, etc.) However, I’m now even MORE of a diet soda fiend than I once was. Caffeine feels like a lifeline, though there could be worse things than that. B12 (1,000 mcg) and B6 (25 mg) help with the peaks and valleys.
Wendy Kaysing says:
March 9, 2015 at 9:36 pm
I sympathize with everyone who has gone through terrible drug episodes (sometimes lasting years!) I cried for my friend (a college student at the time) who was given one pill after the other in varying doses for depression–then prescribed pills on top of pills for the side effects of those various other pills. He was up and down and all over the place–both emotionally and physically. He even missed his brother’s pre-wedding dinner–he was such a mess from an increase of a dose of some drug (adderall?). He was/is suicidal much of the time–he often talks about wanting to die…and that he hates himself and his miserable life. I tried many times to help him…I’d take him for walks (helped a bit), cooked him highly nutritious food (helped more), talk therapy (not so much–in fact talking did not help at all during his low points). If it were me (and once upon a time it was me) I would definitely wean off ANY prescription medications, improve nutritional intake (e.g. NO processed foods, organic food as much as possible, no artificial flavors, colors, etc) + take therapeutic amounts of vitamins and minerals (being careful to see how much is too much) to re-tune my body. Also, finding things I like to do…painting, hiking, playing tennis, listening to classical music–really helps me. As for negative thoughts, I find listening to, and recalling pieces of classical music is far better than ruminating about my past (which is over and done with anyway). I’ve learned it is important to move into the present–and simply try to do better. Prayer also helps. But if I am tired and feeling blue, I have to remember to be good to myself–to take time off without feeling guilty, especially about not being able to keep up with the rest of the world. I recall the words of my wise mother, who would often tell me “don’t beat yourself up”. Being human is hard for many of us. Weeach can only do what we can, rest when we need to, and try not to worry so much (or at all!– there’s no profit in worry). Bless you all and I hope this helps someone. Time to be medication free….(for most of us anyway)
Mary says:
October 20, 2019 at 1:17 am
Thank you for your comments. I have a long history of depression, on 40 mg of Prozac. Got physically ill late last week, I’m taking care of terminally ill husband, had to take week off work this week, first physically ill, then husband became ill, then our dog had to be put down, (she lost use of back legs, she was 15, it was time, she was hurting but still awful, )massive depression, lethargy, guilt about “letting others down”, can barely do anything right now, feel hopeless, helpless. Have to go back to work next week or I’ll lose job. I’m a nurse and I feel like I have nothing left to give. For me the Prozac has helped when I’ve taken in past, but now it seems like it’s not getting the job done.
ADX says:
March 12, 2015 at 4:48 am
Withdrawal is truly horrendous. I found Magnisium supplements helpful. I also found a great deal of support and information on the site http://www.survivingantidepressants.org . Check it out.
Wendy Kaysing says:
March 9, 2015 at 10:02 pm
P.S. I just wanted to mention that CORIANDER CURES EVERYTHING (and no side effects that I know of) Just kidding off course, but who knows? I tried putting a few dashes of coriander in my coffee…and wow! It tastes so good that I tell myself it cures everything–all my ills. All power to the placebo! I feel better already. If “a merry heart doeth good medicine” then how much more a delicious spice to improve the mood? (please note I am NOT minimizing the horrible side effects that people are currently dealing with). Years ago my MD said he would have to “experiment” on me, regarding finding the right drug and proper dosage (at least he was honest) but all I really needed was to be able to SLEEP!!! After a roller coaster of side effects from various drugs, I told him, “Look, I just needed to get some quality sleep, let me take care of my depression part myself…” He helped me with the sleep issue, then we were done.
June 26, 2016 at 1:28 pm
What did he give you for sleep? I’m having the same issues myself. Almost 2 months off Prozac and going a bit crazy, on Tramadol for pain, doc pushing remeron. I have 3 kids. And I don’t know what to do.
March 10, 2015 at 7:46 pm
I have almost every side effect described in this post (only notable exception is the leg pain). At the end of January, my psychiatrist used Prozac to begin weening me off of Pristiq (50mg). Over a month, I had discontinued both drugs. It is now March 10th and all of my symptoms are at their peak, with new ones arising regularly. My worst symptoms at this point are as follows:
Vision Blurriness (Made worse by driving)
Muscle Spasms/Twitches (and general ‘shakiness)
Drunk (in a bad way)
Trouble Concentrating (hurts my brain to try)
Memory/Recall Issues
Hair Loss
Can anyone else relate to such symptoms or advise on how long they lasted? I will not go back on this poison – but I also cannot go on like this. Any advice and/or support is welcome and appreciated. Good luck to everyone.
March 11, 2015 at 4:26 am
Could last a long time. We are working on a position paper on these issues that might give people a way to view the problem – in the hope that this might lead to answers.
DH
March 15, 2015 at 4:02 am
Reinstate at half previous dose, then find out how long it really takes to kick the habit.
I did it over three months, in the horrors 6 months later….. You need to do it over 3 years. Don’t tell ya that do they?
Denny says:
March 29, 2015 at 11:15 pm
Jaclyn – Yes, Dr. Healy is right that some of these things can last a long time.
Everyone is different, so it is tough to be definitive.
The important thing is to have hope and to believe in your heart that you will be okay.
There are some concrete steps that can be taken.
I got reassurance that my pounding heart was fine by getting a thorough cardiac workup.
I stayed low key, quiet, in the country, near nature, with friends.
Ate the best diet I could get my hands on.
Worked hard not to judge myself harshly. Only saw friends with whom I was super comfortable and avoided the rest.
Even at that, I think (looking back) that for me it took at least a year – longer than I realized at the time. And my life has been very different “out the other end”, a better life… but at least it is my life – warts and all – not a life in which I wasn’t sure what was me and what was a drug.
Best of luck to you.
Vera says:
March 30, 2015 at 6:42 am
Stop taking this poison. Concentrate on a good, healthy diet, exercise, fresh air, and supplements like B12, B6, Folic Acid, and Vitamin C.
But do a good DETOX to clean your system out first. Just remember that nobody seems to have done a study on the CUMULATIVE effect of these dangerous poisons.
June 24, 2016 at 3:46 am
I am about a year and a half coming off of Prozac and I still have a few of those symptoms! I thought I was crazy but apparently I’m normal since there is others that are suffering as well. I feel that permanent damage has been done. I still battle with anxiety but it has been improving. How long have you been off and has your symptoms gone away completely?
May 19, 2017 at 9:47 am
Im so relieved to read all these comments. The physical pain I’m suffering was scaring me so much. Didn’t realise that would happen. Having pains all over my body but particularly in my legs. I love walking but feel like I’ve ran a marathon now after walking a short distance. I’m determined to persevere though.Have been taking prozac since 2010 after losing my daughter in a car accident and I wish now I’d coped without these awful drugs. I’ll get there.
January 15, 2018 at 5:23 pm
Nice to hear you have made it a year and a half.
Brandy says:
June 1, 2017 at 5:41 pm
I too have experienced all of those and then some I four weeks ago decided to as well quit cold turkey Prozac 40 mg and I have experienced everything you’ve talked about and then some especially really bad vertigo to the extremes of hospitalization I have no idea how to get myself out of this hell.
Karen says:
July 16, 2017 at 9:48 am
Jaclyn- Thanks so much for your list! I am going to pick up my prozac, but since it will be 5-6 days by the time I get it from the pharmacy, I am pretty sure that it is going to be a cold turkey quit. I commented farther down the page here, but I can tell you that the things you have listed are all things I intend to go through. I have always thought that my reasons for starting it were so long ago and are now gone, why should I continue…so here goes. I tried to quit xanax once- even with the very careful tapering, the symptoms are dangerous and very fast…one day whooshing head, next day brain zaps. I am only on 40 mg, never had trouble adjusting at the beginning and take other meds that should mask some of the worst. I wish you luck- and thanks for the encouragement! If the health care system goes awry, I will be in trouble, as most of my meds are low or no cost now.
Neo says:
December 5, 2020 at 9:21 am
I know it’s been many years, but can you help me.
I am also facing similar issues.
Are you still taking Prozac?
I want to quit it.
Kam says:
September 18, 2021 at 4:44 pm
Hi Neo, My doc also switched from effexor(50mg 3 yrs) to Prozac(20mg) this January.
I hope your issues might have subsided within 2 weeks of taking Prozac that time.
Are you still on Prozac?
March 11, 2015 at 8:11 pm
Thanks for your response, David. So your guess would be that these symptoms could last “a long time”? Do you mind elaborating on what type of time frame you are referring, along with if you think I will be with all of them for the duration? Appreciate it. Feel like I’m dying…
March 12, 2015 at 4:36 am
J
The hope is to get a target article up there that outlines a slightly different view of what is going on and at the same time offer everyone with a problem a new tool to help you – and all of us – to research possible ways to put things right. Hopefully all this will be in place before the summer and then the race is on to find something that makes a difference
March 30, 2015 at 4:03 pm
David, this sounds like the first glimmer of hope for all of us – I wonder if it will apply only to SSRI withdrawal? I have taken every class of psychiatric medication in the past, but antipsychotic withdrawal was the point when everything went berserk, Since then I have been very struck by the similarity between the withdrawal/aftermath of olanzapine and SSRIs. Antidepressant withdrawal is better documented, but presumably because so many more people take them…?
One of the very worst aspects for me is the fluctuation of symptoms – mentioned by people who have been off SSRIs for a while – sometimes years. Some good days – hey, it’s all gone – followed by appalling re-emergence of the whole shebang. Which makes me think that there has to be some broad overall damage to brain/CNS function caused by the psychotropics (and other drugs). Hence wondering whether there might just be a new approach which could help all of us, regardless of the precise class of drug.
Very best wishes to everyone who is struggling on.
Susan says:
July 12, 2017 at 8:15 pm
Hello- i have been on 10mg of prozac for 8-9 months. I weened myself off about 1.5 months ago. I just started to get these electrical shock symptoms over the last 2 weeks. Has anyone else ever heard of this? Any idea if it will go away?
Karen says:
July 16, 2017 at 9:52 am
My daughter calls these “brain zaps”…I tried to go off xanax and couldn’t take it (zaps are the beginning of a serious problem that needs medical intervention), but with Prozac, it may be ok. The drug will take years to leave your system as it was. I have been taking 40mg for 8+ years and don’t expect an easy ride…I have the head whooshing after 5 days….but marijuana helps enormously. If it is legal, try it.
Rudy says:
August 26, 2017 at 12:30 am
Karen- I read both your posts, & thought in your first one stating you were on 40mg. Xanax, was a typo…but repeated it in your second comment. Did you mean 4 mg? I’m on 3mg. a day, & my Dr. says this is a high dose. I’ve been on it for 20 yrs. I started at 0.5, 3xday after a “breakdown”, along with 20 mg. Prozac. I forgot to refill my Xanax one weekend, which happened to be Labor Day on Mon., so had to do w/out. I went into immediate w/drawl…major panic attacks, feelings of no control, crazy thoughts, suicidal, not to mention the physical symptoms. I’ve researched it, & have found that weaning off Xanax at my dose can actually take years! It scares me to know that i’m that dependent on it, & will be on it the rest of my life, i’m sure. I have major panic/anxiety disorder, & even on this dosage, still lead a sheltered life due to my phobia’s. I’ve weaned my Prozac dosage down over the past year, but now that i’m down to 5mg. day, have no energy or motivation, nausea-many of the symptoms all other posters have listed. Prozac initially helped with my depression, but as years went by, my mind became cloudy, memory probs, indifference, moodiness. I also started having incontinence, barely & sometimes not, making it to the bathroom in time. That has improved on the lower dose, but that’s the only positive. I feel bad for all who are going through these side effects, & feel we’re all nothing more than a long term study group for the manufacturer’s of these drugs. Best wishes to you all.
Liz says:
July 17, 2019 at 1:44 pm
Hi. How long has the head whoosh been going on? I have that it scares me. Does it end? I feel like my body is falling apart and gained 30 pounds since off of it. Have not changed my eating but no desire to DO anything. I dont want to go back on it but don’t know what to do.
Brian says:
November 6, 2017 at 1:45 am
I have been off prozac for about 2 years now. Last dose around early 2015 or so.This year i began experiencing what I would call electric zaps in my toes and legs mostly but sometimes on my stomach too. I was on prozac for anxiety for 5 years and it worked for me no problems except for a skin rash. However i stopped because i lost insurance and didnt have money for the doctor and continued to feel ok during withdrawl until now. I have never been “depressed” but now I have awful thoughts along with the panic and feel at times normal and then out of nowhere like a cloud is hanging over me.
ADX says:
March 12, 2015 at 3:33 am
Exercise, meditation, yoga, all wonderful and therapeutic and shown to improve emotional, mental and physical health. Part of what I lost during my crash into hell was the desire and energy to exercise. This was devastating in a way because exercise had always been a big part of my daily routine and life. Even knowing how much it could benefit me it felt like it was so far out of reach. When I began to exercise again after reinstatement it actually made me feel worse. Once I stabilized after reinstatement exercise became my goto therapy again.
March 12, 2015 at 8:54 am
This is what I experienced after quitting Effexor abruptly as advised by my then-psychiatrist. It seems to be a very clear-cut syndrome. The midnight awakenings, the cold/hot, the akathisia, the misdiagnoses. The doctors who refuse to see akathisia should be diagnosed with ADS, or Akathisia Denial Syndrome. Is there a pill for that?
March 15, 2015 at 4:16 am
Tried unsuccessfully to give up the SSRIs (effexor). Did manage to change to Zoloft, now off that and still in horrible WDs. I gave up the effexor due to high chol. Only off it have I realised it has destroyed 10 years of my life. All horrific physical things have gone (including 3a Kidney disease, that I wasn’t even alerted to?). Poor liver hads greatly improved. Just gotta retrain by brain, it is horrific. Ten years of losing money, losing family, becoming nasty, angry person.
On disability for 8 years, but thank god, I got part of my brain back I now know why I was and am unemployable at present. Oh why was I on effexor? Bad reaction to Zyprexa, a gp gave me cause I was tired, that sent me nuts in 3 days. If only I had known, just stay off everything! but docs dont work that way? Maybe encouraging more meds, hides their poor prescribing. Never told what Zyprexa was.
Foster says:
March 16, 2015 at 7:04 am
The longer I am off SSRIs the more I am able to isolate, identify and confirm the damage it has done to me. The worst of it is that I know the damage is permanent.
When a patient enters a GP’s surgery with a troubled mind he is told he has depression. This is as helpful and uninformed as entering a GP’s surgery with physical symptoms and being told you have “illness”, for which you can have anti-illness drugs such as antibiotics and analgesics, so let’s try giving you some of those and if they give you side effects we can start to add in things like antiemetics and antiinflammatories. How are your symptoms now?
Susan says:
March 29, 2015 at 7:57 pm
I want commend each and every one of you who have been brave enough to tell their own personal experience with the dangers and suffering brought on by the very medications that are prescribed to help us. I too am suffering….my memory from years of having been on Paxil and Remeron and Klonopin, I feel is severely impaired. To withdrawal from Paxil was beyond hell and lasted a year whilst I lay in bed with constant migraines every day. I am now on Prozac 30 mg. I don’t want to be on any pharmeceutical med for many reasons. I am angry at BigPharma for allowing these drugs to destroy lives, instead of first doing no harm. I lack motivation and apathy prevails. Yet, it feels as if my brain has been permanently rewired after years and years of taking ssri’s etc. I am very much into holistic med. and try to research on my own how to rewire my brain. My story is much too long to write here. But, I did want anyone reading this to please please know you are so not alone. NEVER compare your experience with that of someone who simply does not understand our plight. Try to honor yourself for how incredibly brave you are. I know it’s hard. But, it is these stories of poor souls suffering that bring solace to me and I am beyond grateful as makes me feel in company of kindred souls. Bless you all. May God be with you as you go thru your healing.
March 1, 2016 at 8:38 pm
How long did it take you to stabilize on Prozac?
Dita says:
March 29, 2015 at 9:37 pm
My heart – and my hopes – go out to all of you who are suffering.
The only thing I can say is at least you are still alive, and where there’s life, there’s hope.
Not much to say about my withdrawal after thirty odd years, from psych drugs I never needed in the first place…
Lost a few friends and family members but here I am, out the other side…
March 29, 2015 at 10:27 pm
I went through 3 years of withdrawal hell when I discontinued Paxil. I have been drug free for almost 7 years, but I still am not right. My health continues to be an issue and I’ve been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia due to the chronic pain. I also have other weird neurological symptoms that cannot be explained — I honestly think that by taking an SSRI for almost 10 years, I have damaged my body and brain permanently. I consider myself a victim of the Pharmaceutical Cartel.
Vera says:
March 30, 2015 at 6:57 am
What I find disturbing is that whenever you read about a suicide in the papers due to the victim’s depression, it never writes about the medication the victim was taking. These poor people are victims of doctor’s irresponsible actions, and IGNORANCE.
How can you control, or regulate such a complicated organ as the brain, when so little is known as to the way it functions.
I suggest that doctors should take these drugs before they start prescribing them to patients, then they might begin to understand the symptoms the patient is going through, ( if they can still think straight after the experiment!.)
Denny says:
March 30, 2015 at 2:47 pm
Vera is right. Some of us who have spoken out are branded as “conspiracy theorists”, “Scientologists”, and on and on. Makes me appreciate even more what Dr. Healy has done and is doing.
Here’s hoping a reporter in the Mainstream Media (may be better in Germany?) will look closely at this complex issue and put the questions baldly. Then, perhaps, there will ultimately be both more understanding and less suffering of innocents.
March 30, 2015 at 7:49 am
I quit an SSRI eleven years ago after having taken it for just over a year. One morning I woke up red and very hot with a completely stiff body and face. I couldn’t move, open my mouth, move my eyes or talk due to muscle stiffness. I had to quit. The first three days off was a relief, my muslces relaxed and then all hell broke loose. Dizziness,´nausea, extreme shortness of breath, coughing up all kinds off stuff, itching all over, vomiting, muscle weakness, dropping everything I tried to hold, ice cold arms and legs and very low blood pressure (90/60), tinnitus, confusion and lots of infections. I had never had anything like this before the SSRI. I tried to go back on roughly half the original dose but the symptoms that had forced me to quit came back. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. At that point I considered it safer to remove the poison than continue taking it and I was convinced by my doctor that the withdrawal symptoms (“that are really only some dizziness”) would go away in a week or so. Hmmmm….it is now eleven years and none of it has gone away except the nausea and the burning skin. During the first five to six years of this hell that I have been living in, I got infections in my gums causing the loss of six teeth, I lost almost all hearing on my right ear. After that the tinnitus in my right ear stopped and started in my left one and I am now loosing my hearing on that one too. During these years I have been hospitalised twice for hypoxia, pneumonia and inability to stand on my feet. It has been eleven years of inability to work, dizziness, muscle spasms, stiffness and other problems that just refuse to get better. I have made two attempts to reinstate with the same horrendous results on both occasions. I have tried every remedy under the sun. Supplements and diets of all kinds, yoga, meditation and physical excercise (that only makes it worse). I have at this point no hope of ever recovering. A drug that i got for problems falling asleep (!) that I took for one year and that didn’t help anyway has now stolen almost twelve years of my life.
April 29, 2015 at 5:36 am
Many years after quitting these destructive SSRIs, apart from the permanent physical and emotional sexual deadness and chronic fatigue, the worst lingering symptom is the inability to remember. My memory doesn’t work anymore. Everyday I have to try and work out how I got here. Thinking back across the years, what I can remember from my time on SSRIs is all unreal and fragmented, there is no continuum, like it’s all from some kind of drug trip and like it wasn’t really me and now I don’t know who I am. It’s a burned out mental deadness. Memories from before SSRIs are all real and that was me, then I went off on the SSRI trip and none of that is real and now here I am years later, not knowing who I am or how I got here. I was in my early 30s, now I am in my early 50s and all is lost. How did I get here? Who am I? What the hell happened? I know what happened, SSRIs happened, but I still don’t know who that is in the mirror, because they are 20 years older than they should be and they look tired out, lost and troubled, with no way back to themselves.
Julie says:
April 29, 2015 at 11:00 am
And there the fairy tale ends.
I came late to the realisation that cocktails of inordinate amounts of prescribed drugs were possibly the cause of my ever-increasing instability and ever-increasing physical ailments. Not the standard side-effects or adverse reactions often commented on.
In 2013/2014 I had a season-ticket to the hospital carpark for investigations into suspected Cushing’s (negative), suspected ovarian cancer (negative), suspected Meniere’s (negative) to name but a few.
I suspected that my body was yelling at me to stop poisoning it with Venlafaxine (SNRI) and Depakote.
So after 27 years of polypharmacy I took a leap of faith and began reducing Venlafaxine.
I kept a relatively upbeat personal account of how I felt and what I experienced. Note I still referred to them as medications then, had not been acquainted with ‘critical’ psychiatric thinking:
Within first two weeks (150mg):
Rhinitis, hoarse, “thick throat”- hard to swallow, dry cough, blurred vision, very drowsy, vomiting , bloating, constant lower back pain, nausea, sweats, chills, “ERUPTIONS ON FEET”( later diagnosed as POMPHOLYX?/DERMATITISY-KIND-OF-THING-?/VASCULITIS??!), dizzy, palpitations, low-grade temperature (recurrent).
During second two weeks (75mg):
Burning sensation on face, knuckles , palms, “vibration” sensation under skin, “fizzing” lips, dry cough, hoarse, dizzy, unsteady, clumsy, loss of balance, very bad backache, very nauseous, throat feeling constricted, puffy fingers, burning swollen toes, consistently cold and feeling exhausted.
August 2nd (started venlafaxine 75mg every other day)
August 4th BACK TO 75 MG EVERY DAY because of adverse reaction: – at 2 am was still awake (mainly because of extremely painful elbow tendonitis). Tried to lie down and close my eyes but suddenly hit by violent brain whooshing. Felt like being pulled into a whirlpool. Opened eyes, sat up, waited a few minutes and tried to lie down again. Same happened, only worse. Limbs jerked a couple of times, but now couldn’t open eyes, couldn’t move at all, breathing was shallow and difficult. Tried to shout and eventually could manage a grunting noise (even though no-one else in the house). Kept trying to reach for the phone, couldn’t move, still couldn’t open my eyes. Then finally with great effort opened eyes, but for several seconds could see nothing (even though lamp was on) – just looked like dark blurry lines. Then suddenly vision back to normal, sat straight up, felt exhausted, heart pounding.
Didn’t try to sleep anymore and restarted Venlafaxine every day.
I decided from the start to stay as active as possible as a distraction from the withdrawal symptoms. This was my ploy during my reduction from 225 mg to 75mg last summer, and found it worked for me.
From what I’ve read, and also from my own past experience, it makes no difference whether you go from 75mg to zero or from 37.5mg to zero by gradually cutting that last tablet into tiny bits over several months. The moment you go to zero Venlafaxine your brain goes mad.
You know that strange sinking feeling you get in your guts when you just gave yourself a fright, or when standing too close to a perilous drop – well that’s there constantly but …. translate that ‘sinking feeling’ to your head/brain. Hard to do if you’ve never experienced it, but that is what the ‘brain whooshing’ and spinning feels like to me. Even if I just move my eyes (as in ‘looking’!), like when reading, driving (am being VERY careful). Bright light is too bright, eyes feel so tired.
Tuesday 14th January 2014
Just got Gabapentin (hereafter referred to as Gaba) 3 x100mg per day for sciatica in right leg (pain in bum). Already taking:
– Venlafaxine 75mg (hereafter referred to as Ven) x 1 in the morning;
– Tramadol 2 x 100mg (hereafter referred to as Tram) per day for elbow;
– Valproic acid 1 x 500mg at night (hereafter referred to as Dep) as ‘mood stabiliser’;
– 1, 2 or 3 Diazepam 2 mg (hereafter referred to as Val) prn to get to sleep!
Venlafaxine was not in stock today so…
As Venlafaxine and Tramadol seem to share a similar ‘something’ (warnings about serotonin syndrome), and because Gaba may make me a bit drowsy, this seems like the right time to stop Ven as it may mask the ‘withdrawal’. Discontinuation syndrome they may call it, but that’s just a nice euphemism.
I’ve researched as much as possible on UK websites regarding other people’s experience of withdrawing to find any helpful tips. Quite a few people mention using Benadryl (But not clear to me which one) as the antihistamine ingredient apparently counters the withdrawal. This is anecdotal.
I eventually found a blow by blow account by a Brit (midwife called Rachel) who wrote an excellent and positive and well-informed account of her experience. There was also mention of the fact that the ingredient diphenhydramine (found in Nytol here in the UK) helped counter the withdrawal symptoms.
Also it seems that even going to 37.5 and then cutting it into tiny pieces over months still makes no difference when you then take none at all. Your brain will still go mad.
Tuesday 14th January 2014 was my last Ven 75 mg. after a 14 year relationship with the drug.
Went to bed at 10pm after an easy day and about 36 hours after last Ven.
Kept busy. Slightly headachy. Nothing of note until I went to bed at 9pm.
Familiar brain whooshing and spinning started in earnest. Simply could not sleep. Eventually after 4 x 2mg Val fell asleep after 2pm.
9pm: been asleep for a couple of hours. Was spinning and racing, hyper all afternoon. Had English conversation class; talked far too much, the work I’d prepared yesterday evening for the students was full of errors, was too complicated and didn’t make sense any more. Felt really spaced out. Enhanced sense of smell – YUK! Slightly headachy.
Went to bed 10ish, watched some TV, finished a book (had had 2 x 2mg Val). At 1am took one more Val plus 1 Tram.
This time no major spinning and whooshing like last night. Just slight sweeps of anxiety and restlessness inside. And then fell asleep very quickly over the Kindle.
Going to take meds now (next Tramadol due 4pm-ish), feeling reasonably ok. May spread the dose of Tram (i.e. one at 2ish) as I’ll be with E. and don’t want to talk her hind legs off if I start getting a bit hyper again.
Felt ok until sudden spinning at 4ish. Took Tram, then rest of the evening kept busy and felt ok. Off to bed now.
In the night 4.20 am got up (for loo), also hot and very sweaty, stuffed up, dry throat.
Back to bed at 5am.
Just up again. Slept a lot after am pills. (backache, but not sciatica at the moment). Kept busy, indoors, was OK again except sudden ‘spinning’ at 5ish. So took evening Tram and Gaba. Bed at midnight. 4mg Val and fell asleep rather quickly. (Didn’t need loo in the night – that makes a change!).
Been up since 7ish. Was really spinning. Took morning meds. Kept busy but still slightly ‘spinny’. (Got dressed and took 2mg Val – didn’t help).
Still very spaced out and dizzy.
Coffee at Tesco’s Costa. Very dizzy, brain ‘whooshing’ every few minutes, sort of hyped –up, driven inside, very unsteady on my feet and clumsy (as though a bit squiffy). But otherwise ok – no more headaches and no other withdrawal symptoms). Oh forgot, regular bursts of profuse sweating (particularly during slight physical or mental exertion).
The ‘vertigo’ was worse today than any other day since I stopped. In fact the last 2 days the spinning and whooshing was getting increasingly worse. Have an enhanced sense of smell, also phantom smells (I think) for a few days. Let’s see if Nytol really helps with the withdrawal.
Well, sleeper worked – just woke up on the sofa! Spinning stopped very quickly after taking the Nytol last night. Going to bed now!
Back from GP re. sciatica. Increase Gaba to 3 x 200mg till Saturday then increase again to 3 x 300mg. After a few days of that, ring gp and report back. (+ call from hospital, re gynae referral next week).
Starting to feel spaced out (already taken increased Gaba).
5.40pm
Back from town (and X Street physio). Was so tired, dizzy, spaced out, hot and sweating (even though only about 3 C).
Time for meds. Brain whooshing now, palpitations.
Just woke up. Palpitations calmed down, whooshing stopped. Taken half a Nytol 25mg. Already ready for bed as must be up and out early tomorrow morning.
Not spinning!!! (Not getting up for the loo in the night last few days + back ok on getting up but elbow = ouch).
Question: is extreme tiredness, dizziness and spaced out feeling possibly a side-effect of the Gaba?
at E’s. Just taken lunchtime Gaba. Not been dizzy and no brain whooshing at all this am (but just been sitting quietly).
Update 2015 Out of the frying pan into the fire
Stopped Gabapentin as feet swelled up.
Stopped Tramadol as it didn’t help with pain relief.
Stopping Depakote and being drug-free for the first time in 27 years resulted in an intolerable neurostorm – only option offered more of the same, stuck on Quetiapine, barely functioning – no longer quite so upbeat.
Melissa S says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:02 am
I decided to quit Prozac, that I had been prescribed 12 years ago for depression, in October 2014. At the time I was prescribed Prozac, I was experiencing leg pain, fatigue and general malaise. I mentioned this to my doctor and because of a family history of depression she prescribed Prozac. Fast forward to February of last year, I inadvertently was reading about vitamin D deficiency and all my symptoms were listed. So at my next appointment I asked my doctor to check my vitamin D level just to see. My levels were so low he immediately put me on 50000 iu every two weeks. I noticed a difference in two weeks but my symptoms completely resolved in a couple of months. Then I was mad. I hated taking Prozac but was to scared to quit because I had been convinced that I needed it to function properly. Anyway, without telling anyone, I quit. For about two months I was a mess but I slowly returned to myself.
I think we need to be proactive when dealing with our health and our doctor. Do our own research? Ask questions? All I asked was ” Can we check my vitamin D level?”
Jewey says:
August 4, 2015 at 2:40 am
I’m going through this now for like the 10th time in my life…you’d think I’d be used to it and that it would get easier,but it doesn’t. It’s just something you have to go through in order to be free of these drugs though. And yes,it can take weeks and sometimes months to feel normal again. I just withdrew from Klonipin in April and now I’m doing Prozac. Most of the year has been spent feeling badly!
Carol says:
September 21, 2015 at 5:10 pm
A few years ago my PCP started me on Effexor, with no warning that the punishment for attempting to flee my new master would be swift and vicious. I found out by accident in July 2014, when a chore aide failed to refill the script, then went on vacation. The unexpected cold turkey withdrawal caused such rapid, violent mood swings that a close friend said, “If I didn’t know you, I’d think you were bipolar.”
Since I’m usually very even-tempered, I was horrified as well as miserable. I tried to stick it out, since someone wrote in a blog that the withdrawal only lasted 30 days (HA!), and I was already up to day 17. I gave up, and decided to ease off the stuff instead.
I reduced the amount slowly over the next several months, and I was pleased that it was going so well. At the beginning of April, I thought I was ready to quit. I got a rude awakening about 2 weeks later.
I didn’t experience the symptoms a lot of people have described- in fact I think I’ve gotten off easy. The main things was the mood swings. Every few minutes, all day, every day I’d go in the snap of my fingers from being angry with everyone and everything- with no cause for the anger- to being in tears because everyone and everything was so horrible, again with no actual trigger for the feeling. Then, snap- I was furious and raging. Snap- crying and abused by all. Snap … and so on. I think, although I can’t prove, that the problem was intensified by having the flight or flight reaction going all day long, pouring adrenaline into my system to try to deal with whatever the threat was.
The only things that helped calm me down were melatonin (not to sleep, just to relax) and Valium, which I have as a muscle relaxant because of my MS. Some days I could get by without taking anything. Other days, I needed huge doses.
I found that if I put on a low-key movie (along the lines of “The Land Before Time”) and worked on my crocheting while I watched it, it would help because it distracted me from thinking about people or things that might serve as a focus for my anger or hurt. I told friends not to bring their children around me. I didn’t believe I’d physically harm them, but I was worried about the vicious things that might come out of my mouth. You can’t undo telling a pre-schooler that you hate them because they’re the most awful person you’ve ever met. I avoided abusing my dog by yelling at him non-stop by ignoring his existence whenever possible.
After two weeks of this, I felt like I was myself again. I’d read, though, that Effexor withdrawal could come back to haunt you for a couple of months, so I wasn’t especially surprised when I started having “Effexor days”, when I was either sluggish and not thinking clearly and/or more easily upset or angered than normal. Through the summer those days would come a couple of times a week, and I’d be just shifting moods every several hours, rather than every few minutes, so I kept reminding myself it was better. And it had to stop soon, right?
Right now, I get spells of 2-3 days when I’ll be unusually irritable. The usual switching back and forth between feeling abused because others aren’t viewing my smallest problem as something that should be the center of their world and being furious with them because of their selfish outlook only occurs once or twice a day, and may go away for hours at a time.
Sometimes I would like to just go off into the woods and camp, and never have to see another person again. I’d probably just feel abused if no one came to check on me and angry if they did, so it wouldn’t really help. I can feel that way at home.
The movie/crocheting system still helps calm me, but you can’t do that all day. I’ve been trying essential oils, and rubbing a drop or two of cedarwood right under my nose seems to help a bit.
One other problem I’ve had, which might have other causes than the Effexor withdrawal, is chronic diarrhea, which started as my dosage was winding down. I also had a bad bout of bronchitis *after* the diarrhea started. It was treated with heavy antibiotics, which may have messed up intestinal flora and worsened the problem. I’ve been eating Activia (which is a major luxury when you’re on disability) and, during the last few weeks, using small amount of essential oil of orange internally. Whether it’s one of those things or if it’s Effexor wearing out (or pausing to get me off-guard) I don’t know, but I’m not having to take meds 2-6 times a day just to keep things normal, like I was for for several months.
Today, nearly six months after the last dose I’m still angry that I wasn’t warned in advance that I was being given an addictive med. I decided as a teenager never to use illegal drugs, because I didn’t want some stupid chemical controlling me, let alone the person who supplied it. It just never occurred to me that my PCP would give me something as bad as a street drug.
I’m slowly improving, though. While today I’ve been unreasonably angry twice at my niece for thinking that an upcoming Housing inspection and a sick child were of greater importance than my library books she was supposed to return, on the up side, when said sick child informed me he’d accidentally signed me up for Amazon Prime, which I can’t possibly afford, I just quietly told him not to use anything from Amazon- even if it was “free”- until I had it canceled and only muttered a little about Amazon’s greedy policies while I was typing the “Cancel it NOW!” e-mail.
Also positive is that I don’t, at the moment, wish I would just die and have it all over. And I do know that, compared to most who’ve posted here, I have gotten off very easily. Right now, I’m grateful for that, and wish I could help those who are suffering more. It won’t last- Effexor days will be back and I’ll be either crying or snarling, and I’ll be wondering why I *can’t* be dead and be rid of my physical problems. Worst of all, I won’t care if others are suffering more. I’ll be too self-absorbed. Surely it must end eventually?
Carol says:
September 21, 2015 at 8:53 pm
I just realized I worded something wrong. “I avoided abusing my dog by yelling at him non-stop by ignoring his existence whenever possible.” That sounds like I yelled at the poor dog non-stop to avoid battering him. What I meant was that, to avoid abusing him *by* yelling at him non-stop courtesy of Effexor, I just ignored him as much as I could until I was able to not yell and scream at him.
September 24, 2015 at 10:30 pm
I was recently hospitalized for serotonin syndrome after only 5 days of 20 mg generic Prozac for post partum depression. This was the scariest experience of my life and I truly thought it was the end.
October 5, 2015 at 12:01 pm
I had anorexia as a teenager and was prescribed effexor 37.5mg. I took it for 5 years as was unable to get off it despite being told it was a psychological addiction i had. I was advised to stop in cold turkey and the withdrawal was horrible, i was put on prozac to help with the withdrawal and was told this would be much easier to come off. I took it for 11 years as they lied and it wasn’t easier to come off at all it just took longer for the withdrawal to kick in. No words could do justice to the horror i experienced after coming off prozac. 16 months later and i have gone from a marathon running picture of health to a house bound wreck that cannot remember the name of friends. i just don’t know what to do, i’m a tough person but this has me on my knees
SJ says:
January 5, 2016 at 6:11 pm
I would like some advice on withdrawal please. I was on 20 mg prozac for about 5 years and 3 years ago I came off, after a 3 month taper. I started to get a serious ringing in my ears and severe insomnia and then I had a year of anxiety, terrible insomnia and intense anger which got worse and worse. The doctor said that I was obviously depressed and advised me to go back on the prozac, which after a year I did, starting with 40mg as the symptoms were so bad. A year later, one year ago, I lowered the dose and started suffering drowsyness and fatigue which lasted 5 months. Then in September I started suffering from the drowsiness and fatigue again and the doctor eventually told me that I needed to come off the prozac as it wasn’t working for me any more. That was about 3 weeks ago. I had a week tapering and then started sertraline. Since then the drowsiness has got worse, accompanied by really bad tinnitus. My query is about the year I had with anxiety, anger and insomnia. Could that have been withdrawal from the prozac? It didn’t get any better over the year – if anything it gradually got worse and worse. At the time I suspected that it was withdrawal as every so often my face would go numb, which was one of my symptoms when I first came off prozac but the doctor said that the symptoms had gone on far too long and I was just depressed/anxious again. (I had suffered form anxiety for a couple of years previously, which had led to CFS, which was why I had gone on the prozac to begin with.) Could that year have been withdrawal? In which case what do I do now? I can’t go back on prozac as it had started to have a bad effect on me. I’m a bit despairing at the moment – I have recently had to put my PhD on hold because the drowsiness got so bad and I’m dreading the withdrawal if it’s going be as bad as last time.
Lisa says:
January 20, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Wow, I thought I was the only one. Reading this really helped.
Teri says:
May 12, 2016 at 7:29 pm
OMG I thought I was going Crazy!! I have been on Prozac for years ever since my hysterectomy when I was 32 I’m 55 now and have been on every dose there is. I tried to get off of it a few years ago but I couldn’t do it my brother and sister were going through cancer and I have as going crazy then they passed away and I really needed it. I’m on welbutrin the dr said ween myself off of Prozac for 20 day go every other day. I did that and I’m totally off the Prozac and I’m on the welbutrin. I have every single system still after a week of being on the welbutrin I just want to feel better and have my life back. I live to be outside I have not done anything yet outside don’t care about anything or anyone. This is NOT ME!! I will not go back to Prozac but how long is this crap going to last ? I called the Dr and she said well you can either wait it out or we can put you on something else? What? I said I will just see how this goes. She wants to see me after I’m Done taking the first bottle of welbutrin. Lord Help Me
January 28, 2016 at 11:53 am
jim says:
February 15, 2016 at 10:49 pm
Grace I am trying to help my wife. She is in extreme withdraw pain and we have started back today on 40MG. What techniques or what systems are you using to help your friend?
Ann says:
June 19, 2017 at 1:46 am
I’ve been on antidepressants and antipsychotic for 30 yrs trying to withdraw for 2nd time first time blackouts severe nerve pain seizures none stop crying so I returned after 6 months of suffering will I ever get free from drugs no short term memory left bipolar disorder
Aleasha says:
January 28, 2016 at 6:48 pm
It will for sure last a month, they say up too 3 months, consider yourself one of the lucky ones if you have less then that.
Noel Hershfield says:
January 28, 2016 at 10:21 pm
I am going through the same symptoms.I am not taking any melds!
CW says:
January 31, 2016 at 2:11 pm
I’m glad I came across this article and subsequent comments. However, reading it has frightened me even more, especially when I know what I’m taking is potentially causing irreparable damage to my body and mind. I’ve been on 20mg of Prozac for about 23 years to treat, what in my day, was termed as manic depressive disorder.
I’ve tried several times to withdraw (once successfully in the early days and I was off them for about 4 years with no perceived withdrawals), however in more recent years, with disastrous consequences (severe mood swings, anger, self-harm, cramps, apathy, headaches etc).
I’m absolutely terrified to go through the withdrawals again, but know I’m going to have to do it at some point to get this poison out of my system. I pray that I’ll be able to find something to help me through this process.
It’s soul destroying to be cognisant of the fact that something that used to help you, is actually now extremely detrimental to your future wellbeing, especially when it does not appear to be working anymore. It seems I’ve hit “Prozac poop-out” suffering from apathy, hopelessness, thoughts of “what’s the point?”, etc. I’m now going to consult my GP about Wellbutrin, but God help me with the transition. Will I be jumping from the frying pan into the fire?
If anyone knows anything further about Dr David Healy’s post where he states:
“The hope is to get a target article up there that outlines a slightly different view of what is going on and at the same time offer everyone with a problem a new tool to help you – and all of us – to research possible ways to put things right. Hopefully all this will be in place before the summer and then the race is on to find something that makes a difference”
All the love in the world to those who are suffering, whilst trying to help themselves move on to a better, drug free, life. There has to be a way.
January 31, 2016 at 2:37 pm
The quote above is to Withdrawal.RxISK.org
DH
CW says:
January 31, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Thank you.
December 31, 2016 at 3:10 am
Reading all stories, may need to investigate how their bodies are or able to use folic acid. May be missing gene to metabolize folate Need MTHFR
Methylated Folate. please forward to those to try. When you can’t metabolize you will suffer from depression and feel like losing your mind. Can do cost effective labs to see what your genes may need. Please read!!! Please let me know what you find. God Bless all. Just want all to not suffer and enjoy every day.
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Karen says:
July 16, 2017 at 9:59 am
My younger daughter has low bi-polar disorder and suffers from both anxiety and depression. Her most effective methods for removing these toxic drugs (and assortment from Cymbalta to other ssri’s) is marijuana and pre-natal vitamins. She is slightly edgy, but can feel it subsiding. She was medicated for nearly 10 years and has been clean for over 4.
February 2, 2016 at 4:45 pm
Since halting prozac after 12 years amongst other issues have had a almost constant feeling of being on the edge of orgasm. I hate it, it’s frustrating and distressing.
Pepe says:
February 6, 2016 at 7:06 pm
You feel bad and start to take a med for feeling bad. At first you really start to feel better and think, ok, this med is the right thing for me. Then, after a year maybe, you notice that you feel bad again. That whatever it is, it’s back, and with a full force. Then, maybe, you try a bigger dose, which does seem to work for a month or so. Then, again, the bad feeling comes back, and you start to wonder why you’re using this med. Maybe, in that confusing situation, you decide to quit the med to see how you feel without it. THEN, suddenly, you feel worse than when you started the med in the first Place. And you start to wonder are you feeling so bad because you actually NEED the med, or because you’re somehow addicted to it. This confusion can go on for months. It wasn’t good with the med, but it’s certainly worse without it. Maybe THEN you decide to try some other med, different but similar, with the exactly same end result. And then what? You STILL feel bad.
I have experienced this process many times already, and I’m still confused. Not good with the meds, not good without them, what to do, I don’t know.
Teri says:
May 12, 2016 at 7:32 pm
I have the same problem
February 6, 2016 at 7:43 pm
I have been on prozac for just over 12 months. I started with 10 MG and increased over time to 40. I am being treated for bulemia, which I had suffered from for over 15 years before seeking professional help. While I have never been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, it goes hand and hand as triggers for the bulemic episodes. I have been free of my hell of bulemia since July 3. And I won’t go back. I truly think the prozac saved my life. I am now coming off the prozac. It was a tool. I never intended to use it as a crutch. I am slowly taking myself down and incorporating whole foods and exercise into my life. I have suffered minimal side effects from the prozac. What I have noticed is leg cramps and decreased sex drive which is a small price to pay for giving up a life of obsessing over food and where I’m going to puke it up at. As I’m coming off the prozac, I’ve noticed a feeling of depersonalization, but honestly nothing else. I guess what I’m saying is that there is use for prozac and responsible ways to take it and to come off of it. I can not stress enough the change in my life from one year ago to today.
Pepe says:
February 7, 2016 at 6:54 pm
And, after watching all David Healy Youtube videos and thinking about them, the Basic question about depression still remains. That question, of course, is: What to do? What SHOULD I do? What David Healy (and many others) tells us about the dangers of antidepressants is all true, what patients who are happy with their medications tell us is ALSO true, it CAN go this way, it CAN go that way, these kind of meds save lives and destroy lives and it’s ALL true. I mean, all this is extremely confusing. There´s a lot of anti-med people who say that you shouldn’t even try antidepressants because they can’t CURE anything anyway, that a healthy life is the answer: Eat right, sleep right, exercise every day, be active, no smoking, no alcohol, etc. And all this is, again, true, BUT the thing is, when you already ARE depressed, it’s too late, you CAN’T do these things. You can’t “live right” BECAUSE YOU ARE DEPRESSED. That’s the problem. You would be happy if you would be happy, but you’re not, and no matter how hard you try you just can´t go out and be happy. And, what´s left in a situation like that, really? Meds. Antidepressants. My experiences with the antidepressants have NOT been good, there haven’t been any lasting help, there have been withdrawal symptoms, the usual side effects, tiredness etc, but once again I´m in a situation where I’m depressed and I MUST do SOMETHING about it. Exercise, yes, completely alcohol free life, yes, I have, of course, tried everything, but the problem, depression, still remains. This is the reason why people want to try different antidepressants again and again – because, really, when you ARE depressed, there ISN’T ANYTHING ELSE. People aren’t depressed because they just forgot to be happy, the problem is very real and it isn’t about will power, people can’t just decide that they’re not depressed anymore, if they could, we would all be happy all the time. So, yes, this message is all about my confusion about depression and antidepressants, but unfortunately that’s all I can say about these things right now. I don’t know. I SHOULD know, but I don’t. Doctors SHOULD know, but they don’t know either. I mean, if the problem is diabetes, then the solution is insulin, right? But if the problem is depression, the solution is…?
February 7, 2016 at 7:04 pm
So if you find that Gin is not helpful – do you turn to whiskey or to wine or to beer? There isn’t a huge difference between SSRIs, benzos and alcohol – all tranquilize to some extent.
The next issue is whether your condition is an existential problem or medical illness. Alcohol may help both but its worth knowing what you are doing.
Another is even if the condition is a medical illness, such as Type 2 Diabetes or hypertension, the best answer may not be a drug.
If the condition has been induced by prior treatment, then you are possibly faced with a condition for which no one at present knows the answer.
DH
December 3, 2016 at 12:50 am
Think I’d rather off had a gin or pint than have took Seroxat to cope with my initial possibly transient anxiety disorder. Funny thing is over four years off Seroxat can’t even drink a pint because the next day my withdrawal symptoms are a lot worse for several days cheers Glaxo.
You could say you feel awkward when your offered a pint by a friend and then have to explain how you took some pills and if you drink even one pint you will have physical spasms and symptoms for days after. Not good for your social life and you come across as bonkers explaining to them they look at you with utter disbelief.
December 3, 2016 at 1:04 am
Don’t take ssris if you can because when you come off your experience mental distress on a level unimaginable or even on them. If you do take them because there’s no other choice plan to get off ASAP long term use your In unchartered territory. I don’t believe any off these drugs are safe but I’m sure some off the older ones are safer imipramine etc. I wasn’t so lucky because in the 90s doctors were being pushed by pharma reps to prescribe these so called safer alternatives I got Seroxat like many others. Remember my gp having a Seroxat mug and pen now that’s cunning marketing.
IMac says:
February 19, 2016 at 2:21 pm
I decided to switch from citalopram to escitalopram,the doctor thought since they were similar then it should be fine. It wasn’t long before I started suffering. Diarrhea, sweats,insomnia,intense fear of the dark.being alone and death,shaking,
anxiety, stomach ache, all at the same time every day for 23 days. Each day near the end feeling better by one hour. The first hour I felt relief was at 11pm till I slept then it would start all over again the next morning weather I slept or not. I have been traumatized by this still months later. Although I have regained a lot of my functionality I still have morning anxiety and a lack of overall motivation. I am currently very slowly coming off the Escitalopram and I am fine. I take 10% less every 10 days,exercise and get lots of rest and sunlight. I have found taking vitamin D3 1000UI per 25 pounds of body weight helpful. I hope to get off of these drugs that have masked my emotions for 30 years. My only worry is that some else might make the mistake I made and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
March 6, 2016 at 5:08 am
I have been on SSRI and NSRI antidepressants for 19 years after being prescribed them by my GP for exhaustion and ‘inability to cope’ when my daughter was a baby. I believe I was wrongly prescribed and diagnosed and I that these meds have actually caused major depression and anxiety. I have tried many times unsuccessfully to come of them for exactly the same reasons mentioned in this article. Severe withdrawal symptoms, the worst of these being intolerable anxiety and abnormally random sadness alongside body aches and pains. I never suffered the terrible sadness and anxiety before taking antidepressants that I have subsequent;y endured each time I have tried to stop the medication. I feel they have taken control of my life and destroyed my life. I’m not the same person I used to be. I feel that since I have been on the medication, I have become detached, aggressive, numb, vague and apathetic to life.
I’m so glad to have read that I am not alone in this psychiatric medication hell and that people are beginning to speak out about it and that at least some medical professionals are becoming aware of the horrible and frightening reality. I want to stop these drugs forever but I am so so scared of the withdrawal torture-hell and being in a completely vulnerable and dependant state whilst trying to recover.
Karen Nolan says:
March 13, 2016 at 5:15 am
I cant tell you how long I have been on prozac because I can no longer remember things…15 to 20 years. I have read all of your stories. What I find different is in my case is most of these symptoms have happened to me while I have been ON the prozac!!! I have chronic pain in my muscles and joints that move from one place to another. Migraine headaches that put me to beds for days on end with sensativity to light and noise. Numbness of skin on my face, arms, and legs. Also a feeling of hair on my face or arms that i am constantly trying to brush away…only to have it dawn on me nothing is there. I feel sick and tired all the time…barley able to function most days. Every day feels like a mountian that I just cant climb.I have generalized weakness to the point that it is difficult to dress…so i dont. Bathing takes so much energy that I wash important areas and let the rest go.I have so much weakness and pain in my hips and legs that i wear 2 back braces every day. Hips and legs feel like lead. I have massive night sweats but my skin feels like a block of ice to the touch. This is some of my physical limitations. My mental and emotional illnesses is like a roller coaster…all over the place. The only blessing is I stay in such a fog it all feels like a dream…or nightmare. I have kept this very well hidden as I dont leave my home often. If I have to go out I try to clean up and dress up pretty nice and paste a fake smile on to mask my pain…and anger ..dont want people to know the thoughts going through my mind. I laugh, talk, cut up and cut the meeting very short, all in the back of my mind knowing I have to hurry to get back home, get out of the clothes and shoes that I feel I can hardly breath or walk in.Then comes the crash!!! It has taken every thing I have. Back to bed and the numbness of knowing that I am not living a normal life …hell im not living at all…and so I exist in this nightmare…k
Cathy says:
June 21, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Ditto. Thx for posting. I’m withdrawing from 80mg 1x day to 200 mg. I hate it. Tried some edible cannabis once in a while, very relaxing. Helps me.
Loretta says:
August 21, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Cannabis yes. Healing.
March 24, 2016 at 7:52 pm
I was 17 when my parents thought I m suffering from depression they took me to a phycatrist.he gave me antidepressant with name clonazepam.after taking the pills my depression got from normal to worst.he increased dosage by adding other antidepressants which resulted in break down of my nervous system I had fits even sizzers as well at present I’m 27my current condition is like a fish without water..my life has been completely destroyed by these so called antidepressants.i pray to God everyday that please gift me death as early u can as I can’t suffer more pain..sorry for my bad English…may my soul rip someday
Kam says:
December 5, 2020 at 12:44 pm
Are you from India?
The same thing happened to me,
I went to a doctor for sleeping problems, but he gave me antidepressants.
That was the worst decision I ever made.
I was not having any depression but after stopping the medication I tasted what depression and anxiety are.
Unfortunately, I am on Prozac. I am trying to quit this poison.
How are you doing now?
KD says:
April 3, 2016 at 11:08 pm
This is a great article. My question for the group is did anyone lose weight with Prozac only to start gaining? If so, what did you do? When you stopped Prozac all together, did the weight go away? If so, how long (# of weeks or months) did that take?
Emma says:
April 11, 2016 at 6:39 am
I was just prescribed Pristiq (Desvenlafaxine) 50 mg a couple of days ago after having trouble rebounding from a bad breakup and financial trouble. My doctor did not mention any of these side effects except dizziness and headaches and told me I only have to be on it for a couple of months. When I asked him about withdrawal symptoms, he simply brushed it off and didn’t really give me answer. He made it seem like nothing would ever go wrong and this medication that most people don’t have problems with it.. I think he is VERY wrong. After extensive internet research and reading this article there is no way I’m going to start taking pristiq! I don’t want to be stuck on an antidepressant rollercoaster for the rest of my life.. i’m only 22 right now. I may be battling a bout of depression but I don’t think it’s severe enough for treatment via SNRIs. I’m going to leave medication as a last resort since I don’t want to create a worse situation than what i’m in right now. I’m going to spend the next few months doing the absolute best I can to better myself, including exercise, relaxation, going to counselling, eating healthy, and taking plenty of vitamins and supplements.
I’m so sorry for all of you who are suffering, but thank you so much for enlightening me! I hope you all see the light at the end of the tunnel soon
Judy says:
May 22, 2016 at 1:40 am
Stay away from pristiq. I am trying for the second time to withdraw from it. There is no way to taper thus drug as a 50mg is the smallest dose. Just stay away.
Neo says:
December 5, 2020 at 12:49 pm
I took it for 2-3 years and when I tried to quit it,
I went through the hell I wish no one ever goes through.
I tried tapering from 50 to 25 to 12.5 , at 12.5 it doesn’t works.
Judy is right.
I have been switched to Prozac and I will talk to my GP to prepare an exit plan.
Chris says:
April 12, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Thank you so much. It is great to know I am not alone. I have been on Prozac for 7 years and decided to come off middle of last year. Everything was OK until about a month or so ago when I started waking up in the night in a panic which would last for hours. I decided to go back on the Prozac at 40mg again as that was the dose I had been taking (against the advice of my doctor who recommended starting at 20mg). Bad move! I have been unable to sleep for several days with the anxiety 100 times worse than before. I recognise many things in the story above and can describe the last few days as absolute hell. I haven’t taken a tablet now since Saturday but am still suffering at night and during the day. Saturday night I stayed up all night watching TV as I was so hyper I couldn’t even consider sleeping. I phoned the out of hours doctor demanding he come and visit me at home and give me something to stop the hellish feelings and eventually phoned the Samaritans! The doctor has given me Diazapam (2mg) for when I need it and it helps a bit but only lasts a couple of hours. Then at night I dread going to bed as the whole thing starts again. My doctor has been less than useless apart from the tranqualisers as I think they see SSRIs as a pretty harmless drug. He is more concerned about me getting addicted to Diazapam than the mind altering effects of Prozac et al. When will this end!!!
Mort says:
April 13, 2016 at 9:37 am
I wish all of us harmed or family members of those harmed could all come together and break down the wall that is currently up. Its like a sick joke what going on and its only getting worse. Pharma has drugs for all ages and for all of the made up diagnosis they came up with. I like most people have been 100x more harmed by SSRI withdrawal than the original anxiety/condition I was put on it for. The original anxiety is an aboslute joke compared to SSRI withdrawal. People are being harmed at an alarming rate. I hope you succeed Dr Healy
maeve says:
May 5, 2016 at 2:13 pm
It became difficult to focus or sit still. I was unable to concentrate and began to feel agitated. (akathisia, Lubitz)
Melatonin made me more dopey the next day. My vision became blurry. It was as if I had a film over my eyes that no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t rub off. (Lubitz)
I had never had insomnia until this. While I could fall asleep, I would be awoken at 2am by dread, panic and those horrible ruminations. (Lubitz)
Stranger still was this feeling of numbness and weakness in my right leg, only it wasn’t numb and I don’t think it was weak, it just felt like it was. I began to think I had had a stroke. I was terrified. To be honest, my description here doesn’t do what I was feeling justice. It was simply horrific and scary. (Possible case of encephalitis) Any psychosis?
Fatigue set in. It too worsened and became exhaustion (Malfunctioning CNS and Fight-Or-Flight)
Anhedonia became severe for several weeks. I almost can’t explain it. (Malfunctioning SNS)
maeve says:
May 5, 2016 at 3:49 pm
I had every singe one of these experiences while on and coming off Seroxat. At times they were worse, usually during withdrawal. I’ve been doing a lot of research, and from what I can see, what most people seem to be reporting when on or coming off SSRIs looks like cases of encephalitis. The SNS is responsible for feelings of apathy and anhedonia. The SNS can’t work if the immune system is damaged. Andreas Lubitz reported vision problems and insomnia. His actions seemed to stem from akathisia and/or psychosis. I checked the internet to see if Mirtazapine (the drug he was on) can cause encephalitis, and it says there have been cases. It would explain why he did what he did. The debilitating CFS I’m left with after being on Seroxat for 15 years is more than likely due to long-term effects of untreated encephalitis which came about as a bad reaction to Seroxat. Most Seroxat withdrawal cases report high fever or flu-like symptoms. I had a severe case of akathisia brought on by Seroxat withdrawal in 2007, but feel it came with encephalitis. I read antidepressants weaken the immune system. What if withdrawal actually causes the immune system to attack the brain? I believe I got encephalitis and it went untreated because I didn’t know serotonin syndrome was actually encephalitis. As a result my SNS crashed and it’s the reason I have chronic fatigue and sexual dysfunction ever since. You could at least look into it. I have no emotions whatsoever. I know it’s down to having been on Seroxat.
June 28, 2016 at 12:03 am
How are you now? Do you still have encephalitis symptoms? What were your symptoms? I’ve made the connection as well as I’m in lexapro WD and have extreme fatigue, lethargy, fog, insomnia, stiff neck, etc. I’m reading that this lasts for some time. How long did it last for you?
December 3, 2016 at 12:34 am
What you said about encephalitis is interesting the headaches I’ve had for nearly five years off Seroxat have been through the roof not like normal headaches constant head pressure gurning jaw did you have this constant head pressure I’m sure there some kind off seizures I’ve been having last four years like fits and head pain jaw gurning must be seratonin related don’t take any drugs illegal or prescribed they do pass but are terrifying think I’m going to die but nothing like a panic attack physical in nature but terrifying.had Mri eeg told it was all normal.I was cold turkeyed after thirteen years off seroxat. I read about encephalitis once and it sure matched the symptoms I was getting. When my jaw starts gurning and the seizure like symptoms start it remind me off seeing people in nightclubs when I was younger on excstasy which I never did. But the jaw gurning must be Related to seratonin I’ve also had pins and needles in cheek one side off face going numb feel like a stroke victim when these attacks happen convinced there some kind off seizure I wish there was someone you could see who could assess you and believe what your telling them about what’s happened to you after coming off this drug feel like I’ve been left to rot so easy to see how people end it after being like this for years. It’s criminal I feel maimed
Judy says:
May 22, 2016 at 1:58 am
I have taken pristiq 50 mg for three years. This is my second attempt to stop. My first ended when the taper my doctor recommended left me crying, sleepless, and feeling “depressed”. I thought my depression was still present. A year later after losing insurance, I decided it was time again. I bought a pill cutter and began a taper. My son successfully weaned himself off Paxil by doing the following…he took a pill only when the brain zaps started. Little by little they got further apart and he cannot recall the last time he took a pill. Currently I am 7 days since taking 1/4 of a 50 mg tablet that I cut myself. I chose to follow my sons lead as he has been successful. I was in the depths of dispair and brain zaps when he suggested I try his method. I have increased my distance between each dosage each time. I hope to be free of symptoms and pills by summers end.
Bthorne says:
September 2, 2016 at 1:21 am
Are you off now? If so, how are you doin
Rob says:
June 3, 2016 at 12:19 am
Started taking gabapentin last November due to nerve pain. In January I developed major depression , which I never had before. In early February I was prescribed Prozac to deal with the depression,20 mg. about four weeks later, I had to go to the ER, because of severe dizziness , weakness, and confusion. Turns out I had hyponatremia , low sodium count, which is one of the possible side effects of Prozac. Almost three months later, and I am about 70 percent better. What a trip, no more Prozac for me!
June 12, 2016 at 5:05 pm
Regards to all of u..I was on klonipin, a benzodiazepine, for 25 yrs. I became very I’ll about a year ago. I went into a drug treatment center a year ago after trying to taper with no success. It was the most horrific experience of my life. I am 57 yrs young. I had hallucinations on day 7 of withdrawal. Ended up in the hosp. 2 weeks into withdraw, I couldn’t walk or tLk. I am a nurse, and I knew it would be hard, but not this hard!! But I never gave up hope. U must be very optomistic when facing withdrawal. I am now 11 months from my last dose. Things are great now. I can drive again, balance checkbook, and cook. I don’t feel like I’m at 100 percent, bUT I remain hopeful. I think it’s important to grt up and bathe each day, whether u feel like it or not. Take supplements tgat are goid for the brain like fish oil and coconut oil. Go for walks, get outside, listen to music, take good care of yourself. Above all, attitude is everything.
June 12, 2016 at 5:32 pm
I failed to mention, I’m on remeron now and I’m in the process of weaning off it..I’ve gained 30 lbs and need to lose it..my anxiety is better since being off the benzos..the klonipin actually made my anxiety worse..
Ann says:
June 17, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Have been on antidepressants for 20 years following a diagnosis of MS, including Prozac 20 mg for the last 8-10 years. I would like to taper off them but have been so alarmed after reading all the horror stories on this site.
Has nobody out there come off Prozac successfully? If there is please let me know how you did it.
JSK says:
June 27, 2016 at 10:39 pm
I quit in 2012 (I was 44) after 5/12 years on Zoloft then Prozac for 6 months (for depression). I quit cold turkey, first week I was so dizzy I just stayed in bed… I wasn’t willing to go through the dizzy stage again so just hung in there,
then the real fun began it started with agitation then uncontrollable anger for no reason at all. I’ve never been an angry person so the anger issues made all the other symptoms irrelevant, after about 6 months I was a full blown raging maniac, all day, every day I was extremely pissed off.
I found out you need something to focus the rage on so I’d have to find a new target ever so often, person, barking dog, ugly cat it didn’t matter. this crap went on for 2 years straight.
I can’t describe how being angry all the time wears you down(I tried to fight it the entire time).
Around the 2 year mark I was completely exhausted, saw no end in sight and it finally occurred to me I can’t keep going. I didn’t ask God for help, I begged, the next morning it was over…… I still had plenty of minor issues to deal with but the living hell was finally over!
I’m not the same person in some ways but I’m better in others, nothing on earth can make me mad anymore, my short term memory is bad but improving along with everything else.
If I had to do it again I’d taper off by waiting until I got dizzy before I took another dose,( I actually did that with zoloft and it worked) then follow Madonna’s advice, everything she said is dead on in my experience, especially positive attitude.
you need to stay positive no matter what. you can get through this, tons of good advice on this site.
one more thing, I found taking MSM sulfur and Apple cider vinegar before bed completely eliminates brain fog the next day.
Tina says:
August 13, 2016 at 11:55 pm
Please JSK how much MSM sulfur and apple cider vider do u take for brain fog that’s my biggest with the awful sweats
Fred says:
August 9, 2016 at 12:05 am
I started taking Prozac “Fluoxetine” 20 mg after a deep depression from 2010 to 2016, basically from 30 to 36, i stopped taking it cause i wanted my body clean of those drugs, and i felt i could take measures to improve my situation by doing daily exercise, improving my self esteem and improving how my brain functions.
The first couple of weeks without the drug i felt some nasty symptoms, lack of energy, depression, anxiety.. lot’s of it, but at least i didn’t piss my bed anymore “happened since i first started taking prozac” and my sexual function and libido finally work normally, i feel that i’m not an “half man” anymore and i snore a lot less, almost 6 months later i feel great and i was able to overcome the momentary depression by doing daily exercise and changed my diet drastically, the only problem is the insane amount of libido that was “awaken” as soon Prozac left my body, i’m sexually more active than i ever was even before the treatment.
open a book says:
August 9, 2016 at 8:25 pm
The article begins with stating this individual was diagnosed as bulimic. Generally that is considered atypical behavior, that impairs functioning substantially but, because the effects and relief binging and purging gaver her doesn’t come in a capsule, created in a lab it makes it’s a better manner to damage your body. If you asked a paranoid schizophrenic who does respond to psychopharmacology (not all do) I think they would choose the side effects over the daily ambush of delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior. some truly benefit from medication, some don’t. Clinicians aren’t gods, they use the information they have in front of them, if you don’t do the research of a drug you’re about to put inside your body that’s your own choice. Moderation and balance, how many of you relied solely on the pill for relief and when it wasn’t enough added more of the pill or another pill instead of changing daily habits like exercise and diet. It’s so typical for individuals to point the finger, no one held a gun to your head and forced you to take SSRIs. Most importantly if you are accepting prescriptions and diagnosis regarding your mental health from medical doctors you’re ignorant, would you go to a psychiatrist for chemo therapy?
August 9, 2016 at 9:00 pm
There are two problems with this comment. First its not possible to research data that is unavailable. Second medical doctors are probably better in lots of respects than psychiatrists given that only 5% of the serotonin in any of us is in our brain.
DH
August 12, 2016 at 7:44 am
Prozac makes me crazy. Apparently I suffer from mild bipolar, prozac make me psychotic and feeling very unwell. I attacked my parents in a rage and drove my car into the wall at high speed. I became suicidal and didn’t care about anyone or anything, even my children were victims of my inner rage, I have never felt such anger frustration and manic thoughts ever before in my life. Prozac should be banned from being prescribed by a normal doctor, until the patient has been assessed by a therapist or psychiatrist. After nine months I attempted suicide by taking an overdose of coding, luckily I was found collapsed in my bathroom by the neighbour. For me the nightmare was ended or so I thought. The withdrawal symptoms from Prozac were terrifying. I am so happy that I am now back to my abnormal self who believes some weird stuff, but people refuse to believe me and say it’s just me? How wrong they are and now I’ve had a hysterectomy, I no longer suffer any ill self thoughts or delusions, extreme highs or lows? The exasperating fatigue and lack of enthusiasm that I followed up by rebuilding the whole house have gone? Could my problem have always been just hormonal? Now I live alone as my kids left for law school, I still get ashamed and deeply embarrassed by some of my actions during my ‘carefree’ angry world of Prozac. Feeling that whatever you do is just normal while it takes over is just something you have to experience to believe. My heart goes out to anybody who has emotional problems but Prozac might make them worse. If somebody shows a very acute change of personality after a few weeks on this drug they need taking off it, the patient might not even realise so it’s always worth monitoring them. Good luck to you all Steph xxxx
August 13, 2016 at 7:22 pm
It sounds like you could have a case of stage 3 adrenal fatigue?
I am on the better side of this at the moment, slow and steady, and II’m in the process of coming off meds ( started 2 weeks ago).
Nutrition has a HUGE part to play in recovery and withdrawal. Magnesium in the morning and evening helps regulate sleep patterns, cutting out caffeine and sugar is another big one, you would be SO surprised the changes you feel -Feel crappy for 4/5 days (but when you feel like that anyway why not try?!)
Good luck to everyone
Tina says:
August 13, 2016 at 10:50 pm
The truth is we can read all this stuff but the only one can help us is our trust and faith in God. I’m still living a life I hate but I have to try to do everything I can to live I’m praying for everyone right now that this will end the sad part people make fun of us push us back on the burner mental Illness is a sickness too
Tina says:
August 13, 2016 at 10:10 pm
Please help me I am into two months coming off prozac I have been on it for almost ten years I feel a lot of these things my head is so foggy most of the time I’m so tired I try my best to feel good but it’s a roller coaster ride very small things happen in my life become huge
Neo says:
December 5, 2020 at 4:42 pm
I am also feeling the same.
It’s 2020, are you still taking any antidepressants?
Tina says:
August 13, 2016 at 10:23 pm
I think about killing myself ever day but know I will go to hell don’t want to talk to no one!!! I close myself off to the world which prolly makes things worse!! I feel like I’m trapped in someone body I hate who I am
September 8, 2016 at 9:34 am
Dear Tina, no one who has suffered like you and no doubt thousands and thousands like you, could possibly go to hell, you are dealing with the only hell there is, now. You are so incredibly brave! Please do keep holding on, cos I’m certain that behind the scenes people like Dr Healy are working tirelessly to find ways to understand what these meds are doing and how to help with the awful feelings. If you can manage it, write in a notebook what you do, how you feel etc every day, keep anchored, try a small distraction each day, maybe a doodle, knit a square, then another next day, get a habit going. I know it sounds totally daft and you’ll think what does she know, but I do a little cos my lovely son was feeling like you and he lost hope. I wish so much I’d realised exactly how terrible he was feeling. Now I’ve read hundreds of messages like yours, I get it. I maybe could have kept him going if he and I had known about RxISK 4 years ago.. I am certain he didn’t go to a hell but I know he’d say to you now, hold onto that thing you said about trust. Cos I do believe there is a power of good that watches over each of us, maybe like we all have a guardian angel, and from somewhere, a solution will come. You are SO brave, and what you have written will help so many others who will have read it and are feeling so bad they can’t even type in this blog. I send you love with so much admiration. Keep posting on here, keep in touch.
Jess says:
August 28, 2016 at 4:00 pm
I was put on a low dosage of Prozac when my father died. I took it for 3 months. Now I don’t feel “right” I have started exercising and doing other activities that give me purpose. It is hard but it is life and we must cope and move forward.
Trina says:
September 19, 2016 at 2:28 am
Was this all ‘managed’ by a primary care physician? That wouldn’t be right, IMO, for a person having such problems weaning off a psych med. There’s an awful lot of variation in both reactions to meds & to getting off of them. I have complex PTSD which mainly manifests in anxiety & depression, & the right meds (that took a long time) make my life worth living. But what happened to you obviously shouldn’t have happened.
Karen says:
September 23, 2016 at 10:56 pm
I have been on Fluoxtine 20 mg every other day for almost 8 years…
Is it ok if I get off it eventually?
Thanks
September 25, 2016 at 8:59 pm
Omg I’m so happy I found this site!!! And all of you!!! I have been on Prozac since I was 17 years old & I am now 29 years old, so 12 years now. I was on 20 mgs… At the start of September I just got so busy with every day life I forgot to take it for like 3 weeks… I’ve been taking it again for hmm a week now.. But I am experiencing EVERYTHING you have spoke about!!! Yet the only difference is that going back on my medicine is when it makes it, it’s worst.. The muscle stiffness gets so bad I have to take a muscle relaxer on top of it.. And I can’t keep my eyes open for the life of me, I’m twitching all over my arms & legs… I’m anxious, gittery, my thoughts race, my right leg is swollen and feels weak/numb, my eyes are dry & blurry, my mouth is dry, I am just getting my appetite back, for 2 weeks I hardly ate or drank anything and lost 5 lbs in a week & half, felt like I had the flu and just all around horrible!!! This month for me has been hell!!! I went to urgent care & the doctor told me to just start taking it at night time with a muscle relaxer and see how I feel in the morning and that the symptoms should go away within a few weeks… That the Prozac has to work its way back into my system properly…
Just curious is there any advice you could give me or anyone here for that matter?… when will this hell end?!!!
Ellie says:
September 29, 2016 at 12:44 am
I’ve been on Prozac (Fluoxetine) 20mg for over five years now and earlier this year I ran out of my capsules and missed taking them for about a week, I went through two weeks of paranoia and other assorted strange symptoms, I really felt I was descending into madness, my husband was to say the least bewildered, however I renewed my prescription and have been back on them for the last six months.
I recently read an article by Dr. Mercola who warns of the dangers of Prozac on his website. (Have a look for yourselves) He also gives dietary and advice on supplements eg the importance of taking oil supplements for brain health.
I have just started on liquid prozac today, prescribed by my GP. The reason for this is so that I can taper at 1mg at a time. My first dose tonight was 19mg. I will continue on 19mg a day. When I feel ok at that dose I will taper down to 18mg and so on. I expect to be tapering off for some time, perhaps years, as I realise from my own experience and from reading the comments on this blog that to come off it quickly after having been on it for many years is not a good idea, although that is the mainstream standard medical advice. I’ve been on it a long time. I will be coming off it a long time.
I also have to change the lifestyle which contributed to me going on Prozac in the first place, I didnt eat properly, high sugar, high carbohydrates etc and only exercised occasionally. I believed that Prozac would give me the breathing space I needed to get myself sorted out but it hasnt turned out like that, it has anaethestised my emotions.
I have ordered a book from Amazon called Prozac Backlash as I have heard that it is helpful and gives advice about tapering.
As you can see I am at the beginning of a long journey, I hope that all who are in a similar situation can find a way to motivate themselves to rid themselves of the poison that is in their system and get back to some kind of normal life, and yes prayer is powerful, our creator cares about us very much, prayer is not just an emotional crutch, God is the hearer of prayer, may he help all who are in this sad situation. Lots of Love and a Big Hug From a fellow sufferer X
Keith says:
November 8, 2016 at 6:47 pm
Ellie, and anyone else looking for help tapering. Check out Dr Ann Blake Tracy’s website. http://www.drugawareness.org She has a tape called help I can’t get off my antidepressant. It can be downloaded now I think.
Go very slowly and only reduce when you feel you have stabilised on the does you have cut to. And when you are down to a low does don’t think you can keep going as fast. The last bit needs real patience.
September 29, 2016 at 5:00 am
I’ve tapered from lyrica, prozac, zyprexa, seroquel, benzodiapines during my course in the Mental healthcare system.
I don’t like to see so many kind and loving people suffer.
Zoloft is, unlike what big pharma and your doctor tells you not a 100% “pure” ssri
Most people think of neurotransmitters as something only located in your brain, but there is actually serotonin receptors in your gut, reproductive organs (Penis, vagina)
Noradrenaline is a natural stimulant made in the brain and gut from the aminoacids we get from our food (Protein) Noradrenaline receptors are reletivly few in numbers, but excert powerfull effects in the skin and cns (Central nervous system)
So here is what happens when you taper from Zoloft:
You reduce the dose by the SMALLEST amount possible.
What you need to take into considuration is:
Halflife of the mother drug (Mother drug = the primary drug)
Every pill (Without exception) goes to first pass metabolism in the liver
Because most drugs, natural plants included are large molicules the need to be broken down by the liver to be excredet either by sweat, renal or trough urin.
You should look at it like this: You eat a protein rich meal, the protein needs to be broken down into amino acids.
Halife is important, a term used in phramalogy called steady state is eaqully important. Note: Steady state is not the same as halflife. I will get to that in a minute.
Metabolites are important to.
What happens when you reduce, in this case Zoloft is you are leaving your brain in a state of neurotransmitter defiency, because the neurotransmitters have been raised to a unnatural level. Note: Im not saying the reason the drug was taken, what due to a defiency. ill get to that in a minute.
This is ONE of the reasons why Zoloft can, and often is pure hell to withdraw from.
When the drug is tapered or removed cold turkey you are leaving you brain in a state of shock. Your brain has becomed dependent on the drug to function.
What happens is you raise serotonin to a unnatural level by taking Zoloft.
When the drug is tapered the brain levels of serotonin drow BELOW what they were before you even toke the drug.
This explains why many people get insomnia during withdrawal. Your brain is deficient in a calming hormone/neurotransmitter BECAUSE of Zoloft. During this you might feal like your appetite is off (either increased or you can’t eat)
This is because there are serotonin receptors in THE GUT. Those serotonin receptors in the gut, tells your brain if your full or not. Serotonin in the gut controls LEPTIN, where do we know leptin from? Leptin is a hunger inducing hormone.
So you are leaving your brain in a state of serotonin and leptin defiency (And you sure didn’t have one to begin with)
Now to noradrenaline. Noradrenaline, or norephedrine to be 100% correct) is a neurotransmitter, stresshormone and natural stimulant located in the brain, gut, skin etc. Have any of you ever experinced nightly sweating or sweating during the day while taking Zoloft? This is because Zoloft is raising the noradrenaline level to a UNNATURAL level.
Dopamine: As the drug is tapered or removed the levels drop BELOW what the drug were before you even toke the drug. Which in many people result in a inabality to focus, sleep and keep anxiety at bay. The brain recoveres at it own pace, and the different neurotransmitters at a different rate. This can be the eksplanation to why you experience the Wax and wane of symptoms.
The CNS is fighting to keep homestasis = (The correct balance between the stimulant and inhibatory transmitters in the brain, gut etc) So unlike what big pharma tells you, anxiety, depression, stress is not simply a matter of high or low neurotransmitters. Its a matter of the RIGHT Balance between the different neurotransmitters. Drugs are rerely a cure, its symptomatic. They are not treating the cause, they are treating the SYMPTOMS. Big pharma are not finding cures for for the problems in the world. They could in theory, but if you think about it what generates the most money. Curing people? Or having them taking a drug for the rest of there lives. You know the answer. I am going to stop now because i have so much knowlege about this and i don’t wan’t to bore you. If any of you wan’t to keep in touch or need advice, comfort or whatever. Feal free to email me. Im here to help.
Note: English is not my native language, which is why there are grammar, mispelling etc mistakes. Pleace excuse me
October 9, 2016 at 4:49 pm
Kristian.. Will the brain eventually reset itself? Will my brain make serotonin naturally again? I’m really suffering please advise. Thanks
Bunny says:
November 30, 2016 at 6:00 am
Thank you for your post. I would like to talk with you more about this. I am going through a hard time right now and I believe it’s because of these medicines.
April 5, 2018 at 4:49 am
Interesting. The problem I am having is insomnia and headaches.I am in the US, florida.
I am taking Prozac and Wellbutrin (2x 150XL) -prescribed for both depression and anxiety; along with klonopin and (formerly) tramadol
I am 67 now and have been using Prozac off and on for 40 years.
Lately, I have experienced horrible insomnia and this has been for 4 months or so.
I was on and off prozac several times – in 2005 I stopped it cold and went into what seemed like a complete psychotic breakdown; a visit to a psychiatrist informed me that in most cases, if you start and stop Prozac, once you start for the third time (as I did ) it highly recommended to stay on it.
The Wellbutrin worked well when I started it later on.
But, I had problems taking 3 – 20 mg pills of Prozac (my dose) at one time so I spread them out during the day; of course I eventually
started to miss doses and now I remember that by last October or so I was down to 20 mg a day.
The insomnia started sometime later – I would say maybe in December 2017 or January 2018; I had stayed on the wellbutrin xl 150mg)
Now the insomnia is terrible – plus, I have been having headaches since about 2007 and was treated by a neurologist who then put me back on Wellbutrin and picked up the Prozac again – he also ended giving me Tramadol for the headaches but it actually helped only a little.
wow – there is more to this story!!!!!!
So I ended up being on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Tramadol and small dose of klonopin at night to try to sleep better – this regimen started in 2007 but I had on/off the Prozac twice already before I saw the neurologist.
The prescribed level of Wellbutrin is 2 – 150 tabs a day but i only take one in the AM – mostly due to the cost.
I know this a lot of information, probably not presented clearly, but I wonder what your thoughts might be on this horrible insomnia?
My primary physician treats me now and he will not prescribe any sleeping pills
October 7, 2016 at 2:46 pm
I was prescribed prozac for anxiety and depression in 1998. I took 20mg initially but i found that made me giddy and hyperexcitable so I cut to 10mg and happily took that for the next 15 years. In 2014 I decided to quit, I knew nothing about these meds and I can honestly say in all the years I received repeat prescriptions not once was I told to stop slowly.
Nothing I write here will do the experience justice, Iv lived in hell for the last two and half years. I wish so much I had reinstated the prozac but as it took 4 months after quitting to get really bad I literally had no idea what the hell was happening to me and after a dr prescribed me sertraline which made everything a lot lot worse I became so scared of medication that I never even attempted to get back on prozac. Two and a half years on i’m still in hell. Constant Tinitus, vertigo, chronic stiff neck and shoulders, constant migraine type headache, muscle pain, chronic insomnia with dream sleep, chronic fatigue, depression, derealisation, awful feeling of fatigue but never being able to rest or sit for long periods.
Iv lost my career, relationships, house.
Surley after 29 months I should have improved? someone give me hope. Im 38
December 3, 2016 at 12:13 am
I’m still suffering 56 months after stoping Seroxat all we can do is hold onto hope I have had all the symptoms you describe and more its unbelievable this has been done to us.I was nothing like this before I took these tablets or while on them I believe the damage is permanent in my case but try not to give up. I am not the same person anymore and find destraction the only coping mechanism I have the odd okay day but I would say symptoms are present 24/7 at different levels off severity. A lot off people recover so don’t give in. Like you before I came off the pills I would never imagine the symptoms to be possible my withdrawal started 5 days after stopping worse at four months and after a year got even worse physically slept an hour or two at night for first eighteen months after never having insomnia in my life. Sleeps better now but symptoms have stayed the same since. Had an mri eeg because the head pains were so bad etc everything it is all denied if you say you’ve had this since withdrawing to gps neurologists etc they spout the rubbish there told about withdrawal lasting a couple off weeks etc and want to mask/hide your symptoms by giving you more drugs. I know my body and without exaggerating I would rather have had my limbs amputated any day than this it is torture no human being should have to endure with no respite or antidote and mine hasn’t gone away. I believe it it brain or nervous system damage whether it’s permanent only time can tell but to end up like this after being treated for panic attacks I’d have them back any day. Panic attacks are a picnic compared to this intermittent this is constant with no relief it’s disgusting it is hell. I refuse to give in this is the hardest battle off my life.
Mellie says:
December 13, 2016 at 12:10 am
Have you not improved at all? Usually, if you can see some progress in your symptoms, that’s an indication that you’ll keep healing. I recommend survivingantidepressants.org for advice from others as well as success stories. Healing is different for everyone, but there is hope.
October 11, 2016 at 12:34 pm
In January 2016 – I started to have severe headaches so i was told by my GP to com off my meds straight- then found out my 3 inflammation marks had been up for 3 years without them letting me know and my b12 ,Vitamin d on the floor ,Only managed to hit 53 days – was admitted to a rethink centre – They put my back on a lower does of 10mg Citalopram -after 4 days bads headaches again -Come off Citalopram for 32 days -headaches went but the withdrawal and other systems were to terrible to cope –Tried 3 other anti depressants -all caused me the same problems -horrendous head –I spoke to my psychiatrist who agreed that a cannot tolerate antidepressants after 17 years – Now again i am on 61 days today -still struggling – seeing a psychiatrist ,Cpn nurse , using Crisis , doing meditation , Mindfulness , i am having some bad systems and i have no way back – My GP said that there is nothing to help discontinuation syndrome ..My psychiatrist has given me some Lorazepam to help occasionally with stress and anxiety which i try not to use as it can be additive .
I am still struggling so i have decided to go to Hypnotherapist to see if this will help — Tried 5HTP and is upsetting my head — And does anyone really know how long it takes before you feel yourself after Anti depressents discontinuation syndrome ?? .As it is driving my head crazy -i cannot stop it – do not feel to eating much – changed to eating things like Kale -fish -to see if it will help .. Take the dog out for a walk in the evening for exercise .Not sure what else to do to get the old me back ..
There does not seem to be much data .. I read that you could feel yourself after approx 3 Months to 3 Years — Anyone been through this i would love to hear from anyone -who has succeeded and are Free from Anti Depressants ..Thank you
December 3, 2016 at 12:16 am
My hope is the idea off neuroplasticity lets hope it happens we all need to hang in there.
Deepa says:
October 14, 2016 at 10:28 am
My doctor started me on Fluoxetine 20mg, in 2004 July, and upped it to 40mg in 2006, when i was primary caregiver to both my parents who were dying of cancer. Dad passed away in 2007 and Mum in 2010. I’ve been on 40mg since then. The numerous attempts to wean off the meds in the past have been ‘descents into hell’ too. My marriage of 27 years broke last year, and my son has gone abroad for his master’s studies. I live alone with my labrador retriever puppy…
This time I’m determined. I’ve stopped the 40mg to zero. I am not taking any substitute meds. There have been bouts of hot flashes and slight tremors, muscle aches of varying intensities and occasional panic attacks. It helps to know that this is normal.
It is time to grit my teeth and haul myself out of this and I do it everyday. If I have to claw my way out, I will…and i can see each day getting progressively better.
Sleep is better than earlier…funnily… Iyengar Yoga classes and practice helps tremendously. I walk instead of driving, read and work harder than before.
I have declared that there is an expiry date on moping about the past and I am not going to let it affect myself or anyone around me! That feels good!
I am going to eat right, get healthy, keep moving – ! Get to the gym.
Anonymous says:
October 17, 2016 at 10:06 pm
I’m going through withdrawal on Prozac and my right eye is having spasms. is that normal?
November 27, 2016 at 4:25 pm
I am ready to go to ER if I have to and try Wellbutrin but for now I am successfully off of paxil. I was on zoloft and then paxil since 1998. I feel I am successful right now coming off this drug, but also know I can hop in the car and get something at an ER or maybe even an urgent care, i.e. I feel safe. At times I have eye twitches and just read that someone else had that. I cry daily but not for long and I feel better afterwards. I want to make sure that anyone reading this realizes that I recently went to an obgyn and my blood was tested and I know I am in menopause so that is why I wanted to try going off of paxil so badly. I used to take 30 mg a day…
Also I do not have any younger kids – that may have been the source of my anxiety – my youngest is 16 and so as you can see there are several reasons why I went off of it.
I want to get back into going to a counselor or group or family therapy. I also want to go to a psychiatrist, group therapy and a prayer group. Thing is here come the holidays so I may not be able to take time out to go. We’ll see.
Alex says:
December 2, 2016 at 6:53 pm
I was prescribed Abilify ( aripiprazole ) and Fodiss ( fluoxetine ) for my depression from march 2016 onward until somewhere mid august 2016 when i quit cold turkey on both at the same time. So for 5 months while i was on that mix i was sleeping 8 hours per night and 3-4 hours in the afternoon . I was feeling rather well but always tired and out of energy . Now im lucky if i get 4 hours of sleep . Reasons i stopped taking meds was because i have met the most beautiful girl in the world and fell in love with her. I wanted to have fun and go on dates and have a normal life . I started smoking cigarettes and cannabis almost daily and casual drinking beer on friday nights and did that for 3 months after i quit Abilify and Fodiss . Everything was just fine. I didnt miss my meds at all until i decided to quit cigarettes and cannabis also and both at the same time – cold turkey style . The next few days i started experiencing some withdrawal symptoms typical for quitting nicotine cigarettes and a few days after that all hell broke loose . It has been 30 days now of symptoms and for the most of the time im experiencing panic attacks , mood swings , cry spells , anxiety , restlessness , extremely dry mouth , insomnia , sweating all over my body out of nowhere , adrenaline rushes , weakness , tiredness , fear , paranoia , no appetite ( i have to force my self to eat) , i have a constant fear i will die. all these symptoms come and go all day long…every day. When I’m calm , I cherish the moment and try not to do anything to set off the next wave of demonic withdrawal symptoms . I’m not sure why this is happening … was it quitting the meds or nicotine and cannabis … or all of it together …i don’t know … but its a hell of a ride . I lost 16 Kg of body weight in last 3 months after quitting my meds – I was actually happy about that ^_^ . Yesterday i went to see my psychiatrist and i was prescribed Trittico ( Trazadone ) and Lexaurin ( Bromazepam ) to help me deal with withdrawals but this last month took its toll and I’m now terrified to take the meds . I hope withdrawal symptoms will stop soon. Its a real nightmare . Hang on in there , I love you all <3
Alex says:
December 3, 2016 at 1:48 pm
Some good and bad news from me , I gathered some courage and after taking Trittico ( Trazadone ) 50 mg last night , I feel much better today . I guess my serotonin levels were very low , which means i will have to take these meds for a while longer . Most of the evil symptoms are gone except for slight dizziness through the day and very calm sweating once in the morning so far . But i will take daily dizziness anytime over that hellstorm i endured for the last month .
Alex says:
January 16, 2017 at 6:22 am
a little update , being on trittico 50 mg since 1.12.2016 i still experience anxiety and panic along with dry mouth and little bit of sweating when anxiety stops , I started to sleep for 5-6 even 7 hours once in a while… that’s why i thought to try without meds again but it didn’t work well. I went back to sleeping 3 hours when i lowered the dose from 50 mg to 25 mg and the anxiety spiked up the next day and lasted for a few hours and the next day it was 6 hours of anxiety i had to up my dose which seemed to help. The anxiety was almost completely gone at 100 mg next day …. I really wish I could be meds free and sleep like a normal person like I used to and have no anxiety or panic.
I’m not sure I’m taking the right meds , shouldn’t i be on the meds i quit cold turkey like abilify and fodiss and tapper those down gradually ? last week i also got kventiax ( Quetiapine ) 25 mg to replace trittico but i’m scared even though i was told to only take half I’m still scared . i think im doing more bad than good replacing all the meds all the time …and all this for excessive crying when i was depressed 5 years ago… i wish i could go back and never started this treatment with meds .
Alex says:
March 19, 2017 at 12:41 pm
the latest update on my self… im now 1 month and a half without any kind of medication , for the last week and a half i didn’t experience any anxiety or panic that would make me unable to function normally and go to work or force me to chug a pill , i still experience blurred vision from time to time … never had that prior to taking trittico and also i still have trouble sleeping which i blame on prozac but i will persist not taking any more of *medicine* … im getting better and i can sleep for 5-6 hours now on my own…beside this im dealing with suicidal thoughts crying a little and raging. being meds free is … well , still hell but its getting better. i have hope somehow… this still keeps me going
Bob says:
December 7, 2016 at 12:20 am
Oh Yeah- Been there done that. I ended 40 years of benzos with Cerzone which sent me into suicidal thoughts and the extreme hell of withdrawal. It took me over 2 years of hell to approach a normal life and it has now been 20 years since I took any mind bending drugs. I still feel the effects big time. What has helped me is a group called Recovery Incorporated. http://www.recovery-inc.org/ Started by a Doctor (Dr. Low) in 1938 before any of these drugs were thought of. He published two books, which are read at meetings and along with a sort of a mind management program when if followed can make a fantastic change in your life. I have been going to meetings for over 30 years and can honestly say that the teachings of Dr. Low are the most powerful that I have ever experienced. There is no charge for attending meetings, they are not a 10 step group, they provide no medical information and instruct you to follow your doctors advice first. They concentrate on controlling temper, anger, it being the basic reason most of us got nervous in the first place. How about this: “Endure the discomfort and comfort will come!” I never heard a doctor tell me that but boy does it work. “Feelings are not facts- they lie and deceive you and tell you of danger when there is none!”. “It’s OK to be uncomfortable in an uncomfortable situation!” “You cannot control your feelings and sensations, but you can control your muscles and your thoughts” “The humble muscles will educate the brain” And so it goes. Check it out, it has helped thousands myself included. Common sense and there are no helpless or hopeless cases. PS: You do have to stick with it for it to work.
rx says:
December 29, 2016 at 10:48 pm
This is so helpful to me. I can’t see, I am so dizzy i can’t even speak, i fall when i try to walk. I even checked myself into a psych ward as I thought i would die. I could not eat for years. I drank all the time to offset the dizziness and panic. I have chronic pain in my neck and back. I was assaulted but now wonder if this was just aggravated meds. I have begged doctors to help me. They don’t even know what the meds do. I allowed my husband to cheat and abuse me for years as I was given the ability to self destruct and want to believe his lies. I was excellent before but had anxiety and anger. I thought everything was my fault. I became totally incapable of everything and then everyone despises you more. No one listens. They are all incompetent and do not care. I feel like my husband drugged me to die and to get away with his disgusting behavior and the doctors also tried to kill. me. I still don’t know if they have but the rare times I am awake, I am shaking and terrified. Hell would be a relief. I have spent so much time in ER. They are arrogant, careless quacks and this should not be an industry. i was so much better before and I don’t feel this can stop. It has destroyed my life and my son’s life and I am so scared and angry I cannot function. I wish i was dead and it would be better for everyone. Thanks a lot. I hope thsi can stop so my son is not so scared anymore and I can do what i am supposed to do.
Pat cowlishaw says:
January 16, 2017 at 6:22 pm
Took sertraline 50mg for 5years. Left off cold turkey 8 weeks ago due to side effects, suffering depression, how much longer? Pharmacist says it will get better.
Mark says:
January 30, 2017 at 2:48 am
Sorry for my bad english, this is my testimonial from France :
I took Paxil 20mg from 1999 (I was 19 yo), given for IBS (irritative bowel syndrom)… Never did anything, but I took it…
December 2014/jan 2015, I low to 15mg, then 10, then 5. After 2 weeks at 5mg, my life turned to complete hell.
I tried to take again 10, 15, 20… No result. The doctors dont believe me. They tried to give me a lot of other drugs to stop my symptoms… No result.
Now, 2 years later, my life is just an awful hell, where I just want to die each second !!!
I stop completly drugs and paxil 3 weeks ago… But the hell goes on : satanic nauseas who give me the will to jump from a building just to stop them !!! Dizziness, sweating when I sleep, electric feeling, tinnitus, etc etc
Eric says:
February 1, 2017 at 4:07 pm
I am a pretty chill guy. Most people give me kudos for being a stabilizing force at work and home, husband and father of 3. However, in August 2016, I had a work related panic attack and became overwhelmed with severe anxiety for several days. I thought I was losing it and went straight to my doctor, although I hate going to the doctor. I thought maybe they’d give me one of these magic pills that I’d heard so much about and they did. Truth be told I had taken anti depressants for a short time in 2002 when my job situation was in crisis. Although I couldn’t completely remember what I took back then I thought it was Lexapro. I seem to remember having no ill effects and generally feeling a “whatever” feeling in 2002. It was good while it lasted, but after being laid off and losing my benefits, I could no longer get the meds. I ended up in the fetal position for most next couple weeks with horrific anxiety and brain zaps, happiness left me. After a couple weeks I felt like myself again and was good to go for years.
Fast forward to this August. I started on 10mg Lexapro because the doc said that because I handled it ok before, I should be good. Seemed like a logical dose, I am 6’3″ 240 pounds. Within a day I started noticing that my anxiety was increased and my tolerance for handling stimuli was decreased. Over the next 2 days, my sleeping patterns were jacked and I couldn’t get myself off the couch. I lost a Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of my life to dread, malaise, anxiety, noise stimuli, brain zaps, and had NO appetite. I literally thought I was losing my mind and cried several times to my wife, holding her as much as possible. I called the doctor and they advised me to halve the pills to 5mg. That allowed me to function at 50%, which was an increase from 10% that I had been. I stayed at 5mg for the next 2 months, but never felt good, never wanted to get out of bed, scared of work….all unusual for me. I could not sleep (always up at 2am with constant, miserable worry), lost joy, and libito was completely non existent. I napped in late afternoons and I have always detested naps. I still felt overwhelmed and didn’t even want to do things that pleased me in the past. I was constantly forcing myself to do basic tasks.
Then I accidentally forgot the pills on a weekend camping trip. The evil tiny white pills, that I often stared at and thought, “is this tiny thing really affecting me this much?”. When I got back and didn’t feel like climbing in a hole I decided to ween off over the next 2 weeks because of Lexapro’s short half life. I hated giving my life to this pill. 1 week at 2.5mg, then 1 week basically taking crumbs from the pill cutter. After about a month, my anxiety had lessened, sleeping soundly had started to return, and all that I suffered from was an occasional jolt at a sudden noise. A couple weeks later, I dumped the entire bottle in the toilet and smiled as I flushed them. I am 3 months off and I sleep soundly, have sex regularly (thanks Babe), have a solid appetite and now am enjoying everything that I have always enjoyed. I saw a story about Kanye West having a meltdown and saw it disclosed that he had a problem with his Lexapro dose, and I felt or him. I informed my doctor that I self weaned and will tell anybody that will listen…….I WILL NEVER EVER TAKE LEXAPRO AGAIN. I will look for natural remedies for panic or anxiety issues that come about in the future. My wife has taken Prozac for years due to sexual abuse as a child and she is weaning off of her cocktail of pills which also included Klonopin. She went through true horror as a child and I give her all the credit for trying to find a way to feel better. She has experimented with Cannabis in assisting her in this journey with good results.
Jay says:
February 27, 2017 at 12:11 am
Do you think there is irreparable damage to our brains after long term usage of Prozac?
Because i wad on it for a decade +v and went off tapered down, been off for 3 years and my decent into nearly complete Loss of all caring and ability to even take care of hygiene is like a hell i cannot explain.
I just decided, the hell with it, I’m going to try some Prozac again, just to see if the severe fibro pain will get relieved at all or not.
Within 24 hrs my pain was cut in half and i feel like i have energy again.
I seriously wonder if Prozac did some permanent damage, messing with our brain chemistry that makes it impossible to get off of it now and function normally.
I’m wondering if anyone else feels this way or has experienced this? ( long-term usage paired with long-term discontinuation)
Please…if anyone has any similar experience I’d love to connect.
-Jay
Tawny says:
March 13, 2017 at 4:36 am
After being on an anti depressant since 1998, I am getting ready to start weaning myself off. It’s funny, the reason I found this forum was because my pharmacist told me as I wean myself off Pristiq, I can take small doses of Prozac to help the process. Plusses email said my weaning process should only take 3 weeks!!! Obviously the pharmacology and medical community should take a glance at these forums! I’ve scared myself just from reading the forums of how hard it is to wean from Pristiq and now I see it is no better for those on all the other SSRI and SSNI’s. This is scary stuff! The fact that these drugs change the chemistry in our brains long term makes me mad. I am thinking about seeing a naturopath to help with supplements while I wean. Good luck to all of you and please keep posting how everyone is doing…whether you were successful in the weaning process or not. Thanks!
lizzy says:
March 13, 2017 at 4:37 pm
It is over 3 years since a CT prozac.
Im suffering so much and at the point of trying something to relieve some pain.
The muscles in my neck, shoulders and upper back are in constant spasm to the point im unable to hold myself in a chair or support my neck.
I cannot sleep for more than 1.5 hrs at a time and wake at 3-4 every morning after 3 previous awakenings.
I have constant tinnitus and my eyes have never worked properly since I came off the poison.
I wish I could go back in time and go back on the stuff after the CT then perhaps very slowly wean but by the time I felt the true horror I was just too terrified of medication.I just dont know what to do
March 16, 2017 at 3:26 pm
Hi I’m currently experiencing extreme depression, anxiety and have just started to take 10mg of Citalopram, I have been on and off medication for 18 years, a majority on. I’m so worried about the effects this medication will have on my brain and think possibly its become harder to treat myself. My major concern is current suicidal ideation and how to battle this without medication. I have a 3 year old boy who lives with my recent ex and I am so worried I wont be there for him.
Ray says:
May 2, 2017 at 12:27 am
I should have done the research on Prozac before I started it!! Because for dam sure my Doctor sure didn’t think to tell me the possible side effects. And also how hard it is to get off this stuff. I managed to go from 40mg a day to 20. Ended up with 2 10’s. One in the morn. and one at night. So then I thought I would try to ween off again since the lower dose, WRONG! Trying get off I just want to lay down all of the time!! But I have things to do!! My head always feels kinda num!! I’m sick of it!
Becky says:
May 27, 2017 at 2:49 am
I’ve been on Prozac about 25 years. I take 80mg a day. I’ve also been on several other drugs along with it. Lamictal 300mg, Buspar 45mg and 300mg seroquel xr. I got to the point I could barely function. I was dizzy all the time, falling often. I was becoming afraid to drive even. I felt totally exhausted no matter how much sleep I would get. My son-in-law is a pharmacy technician at a Veterans hospital and when I told him how much lamictal etc I was on, he said there are patients with psychosis not taking that much. I’d been experimenting on my own trying to find out what was making me dizzy and debilitated but when he said that I had an “aha” moment. Although probably not the smartest thing I could have done, I weaned off the buspar in about 2 weeks while cutting the lamictal and seroquel doses in half. The dizziness quickly went away and I’m much steadier on my feet now. I still take enough seroquel to sleep well and so far my anxiety level is just fine. I don’t feel exhausted all the time and I can drive again. I haven’t changed my Prozac dosage and I’m not sure I’m going to. Right now it’s enough to feel”normal” again. I know I may still experience withdrawal symptoms so I thank you all for your posts that lets me know what may/may not happen as these meds leave my system. Hopefully each of us will come out the other side of this healthy physically, mentally and emotionally.
Ellie says:
July 8, 2017 at 10:00 am
Im 11 months into withdrawing from Prozac and down to 13mg from 20mg. It hasnt been easy, each step down brought a couple of wobbly weeks and then I levelled out again. I wouldnt say that Im back to normal again, its still early days, the pain in my legs has increased, I get little flashes of anxiety at night before going to sleep, Im very very tired all the time, more so than usual, the SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) is still there at the change of every season but fades after a couple of weeks. Ive had metabolic syndrome for many years now which is explained in detail on many web sites. This has over many years resulted in weight gain, insulin resistance, low thyroid function. Ive stuck at 13mg for the present as my activity level has decreased, which may account for the soreness in the legs, and this low activity level is keeping my mood at a low ebb. I have always realised that to get off the Prozac completely I have to increase my activity and embrace a low GI diet but am finding this so difficult to do, so I am at a crossroads, do I stay on the current dose of 13mg indefinitely or break out of the vicious circle of inactivity – Depression – medication – weight gain and so on and so forth. I have supportive family and friends, but ultimately I know I have to take firm steps to change my lifestyle. Im just trying to be honest with myself, I do regret going on Prozac, I didnt know how difficult it would be to come off but I dont want to completely point the blame away from myself, I feel I have still got choices. Hope to get down to Zero within a reasonable amount of time before my legs give up and I end up walking with a stick. Watch This Space.
July 17, 2017 at 3:41 pm
I’m currently dealing with all these symptoms. I’ve been on Prozac 40 mg one a day for 10 years. Never in my life have I felt so sick. I can barely function, I wish someone would have told me when I was 15 that this medication caused this much physical pain.
Amanda says:
July 29, 2017 at 2:36 am
I was on Prozac for two years along with Wellbutrin and they both worked amazingly well for me. However, about a month ago I started noticing that my emotions had become significantly dulled and that my libido had essentially become nonexistent. After doing research, I concluded that the Prozac was the problem and went off it, after which I immediately started to feel like my normal self.
About a week ago my psychiatrist put me on Zoloft, hoping maybe it would help and not cause problems like the Prozac did. Unfortunately, within two days of taking a 25mg dose each night I started to feel the same, completely and utterly apathetic to everything. I stopped taking the Zoloft and informed the psychiatrist, who confirmed that it was good that I’d stopped it and reassured me I’d feel better soon and to call in a couple of weeks.
It’s been a week since I’ve gone off the Zoloft and I feel no better than before. I’m legitimately TERRIFIED of what’s happening to me because, again, I only took the Zoloft for a total of TWO DAYS and from what I can gather it should be out of my system by now. So why am I still feeling apathetic? I can’t feel joy, I can’t feel true sadness (I PHYSICALLY CANNOT EVEN CRY AND IT’S DRIVING ME ABSOLUTELY INSANE), I have no sex drive at all, and I feel completely emotionally disconnected from my loved ones. I have called my current psychiatrist and my old one, yelled at the customer service representatives on my healthcare plan, did every bit of Internet research possible, but NOTHING IS HELPING.
NOBODY SEEMS TO REALIZE HOW SERIOUS THIS IS. Again, I am absolutely TERRIFIED that I am never going to feel normal again, that somehow my brain is permanently damaged and I can never be myself. I’m an extremely creative person so this apathy is like losing a part of my identity – I don’t care about any of my artistic pursuits anymore and to be quite honest if I can’t get that back I would literally rather die than live the rest of my life feeling like this. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I AM SCARED BEYOND BELIEF, NOBODY HAS ANY CLEAR ANSWERS, AND I AM LEGITIMATELY FRIGHTENED THAT IF I DON’T GET ANY DEFINITIVE ANSWERS SOON I WILL TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO MYSELF JUST TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL PAIN/CRY/STOP THE NUMBNESS. I AM LOSING MY DAMN MIND.
August 23, 2017 at 3:50 am
The zoloft didn’t cause the reaction you had. Its a result of prozac withdrawal. Prozac has a very very long half life in the body before its broken down. Sometimes it can take up to 6 weeks to see withdrawals.hope you feel better soon tho. I’m currently in the hell of prozac withdrawal now.
Ellie says:
September 2, 2017 at 2:26 am
The penny has dropped, I think the pain in my right leg is due to the Prozac withdrawal, Ive tried swimming and massage which helps a little bit. I thought at first it was a hip problem but it seems to be a common side effect in Prozac withdrawal. The leg is very weak, it is very difficult to lift my leg to get into the car. Is this akithesia, If so what can I do to relieve this pain other than painkillers. Im down to 12mg now, one year to go till zero…..hopefully.
Ellie says:
February 20, 2018 at 12:54 am
Thats 17 months tapering off the Prozac on the liquid, 1mg at a time. Im down to 7mg, each step down was difficult, took a few weeks to settle then okay, stayed at each dose until felt ready to go down another mg. Exercising regularly, given up the sugar (again), feel a bit better. The doctor was sceptical about the hip pain being akithesia, but swimming is helping a lot. Im not feeling absolutely brilliant, feel sort of flat at times, other times okay, but not tempted to up the dose again. Got another 7mg to go. Probably the biggest hurdle will be the last few mgs, it will be okay if it happens in the summer, more difficult if it happens during the later months of the year when the seasonal affective disorder kicks in for us poor souls in the northern hemisphere. The SAD lamp really works for that. So for me the gradual taper is working, going at my own pace. Hope this helps anyone in similar situation.
February 26, 2018 at 12:44 am
I am 4 days in to coming off my ssri.. I have been struggling for over a year to get the right medicine.. I will not try another ssri.. Doc had me taking xanax 3x a day scheduled which was 1.5mg a day on top of my ssri.. I have never taken a benzo that long and refused to do it any longer it was just masking me more… It took 9 days to feel a relieve after withdrawl from the benzo… Then i continued to take ssri prozac and felt horrible for 6 weeks no thank you.. I have had enough so talked to the doc he said all the effects were from prozac wanted me to switch meds again i said no i am getting off the meds and then if i need something ill figure it out.. I havent felt sooo good in over a year getting off these meds… Yes still dealing with some withdrawl symptoms but if i can get off a benzo i can get off anything..
Ellie says:
April 9, 2018 at 10:31 pm
19 months now tapering, going down to 6mg shortly once the spring SAD settles down. Have been reading a lot about ‘good’ fats like grass fed butter, avocados, nuts etc being essential for mental health on Dr Mercola’s website so hoping to make some necessary dietary changes to include this much maligned source of nutrition. Apparently the brain and body needs good fats (not transfats) to function properly, but better for an individual to read it for themselves rather than my version of it. Need to now think about how to support the body and brain naturally as wont have the Prozac in my system by the end of the year. Its been a long slow journey, but its working.
Ben Cobbett says:
May 16, 2018 at 11:01 am
There’s a lot of suffering here. My heart goes out to those struggling, and I hope you find release from those awful states of mind and body. Here’s my story which seems different to most.
I have been on Prozac (apart from a brief Seroxat / Paroxetine trial) since 2002. It’s hard to know how depression ‘compares’, but mine had become a bit scary in that I sensed that ‘falling into a black hole’ state. I haven’t had that feeling since, and i would have to say that I am very stable, and as a side effect of taking the drug, my self confidence is better than it ever was prior to taking it. I used to get the ‘electric shock’ symptoms with Seroxat, and that’s why I changed to Prozac. I once tried cutting down on the Prozac from 40mg / day to 20mg, but it made me feel very tentative and shaky – loss of confidence.
Frankly, all the stories about the hell you have to go through to come off it have scared me into confirming my belief that the SSRI simply ‘rights an imbalance’ in my brain.
I don’t know. Have I simply been lucky? Am I storing up a worse fate by continuing? My brother tried stopping and starting a different anti depressant (sorry can’t remember which one) but this was disastrous for him. I think I’m stuck with what I’m taking for better or worse and that I shouldn’t vary it at all for fear of triggering something.
I would welcome feedback on this. Basically I am saying it works for me, but I’ve no idea what I’m doing to myself in the long run.
June 5, 2018 at 2:52 pm
I stumbled across this article just earlier this morning – I am coming off fluox myself and its almost like I could have written this myself. I feel like this past year, it hasn’t helped, made things worse even possibly and I am sick of taking it and have decided, enough is enough. I did go to my doc several times, dosage got upped, meds got swapped out (was on zoloft before). Anyways, glad someone put this article out here! I appreciate it!
June 19, 2018 at 3:39 am
Back on Prozac and Welbutrin after cold Turkey quiting Lexipro. Maybe it was Zoloft. I’ve been on close to or over a dozen in twenty years. The only time I was off them I felt like destroying things, for a horrible 6 months. I fucking hate these things and what they did to me. My Dr was a peach too! Gave me anything I wanted. Oxys, Dilaudid, two different benzos for a number of 9 a day, and chloral hydrate. I’m just glad I’m still alive. These Drs should be shot
August 10, 2018 at 1:11 pm
I read the article. Behonest I don’t think it was the prozac it may was the wellbutrin. I sware I been off wellbutrin for 3 weeks.. and the first two weeks my mood was so crazy. My doctor said I may be bipolar. I told her yea going off this medication cause your mood go up and down. I cried so much. It give me anxiety bad and i still have it. I am on prozac now . It been one week. And 3 days after taking prozac I finally stop crying. I can’t get over these dammit tremor’s and anxiety. In my opinion the prozac is trying to cover wellbutrin withdrawls.
Anne says:
September 2, 2018 at 1:04 am
My heart breaks for everyone of you, as I read your posts. I too started taking prozac, probably 25 years ago. The only thing I’d ever taken. My LO was struggling with alcoholism and downward spiral was devastating and heart breaking. I was getting so severely depressed from trying to fix it all, I started prozac. Took for a few years. then stopped. Then had to start again. Took for many years then tried to get off of it a year or so again. Worked really hard with everything I had I was going to get off this stuff! So I thought.At one point I was on 8o mg for a long while then, back to 60, down to 40 down to 20, then 10mg. But would have to go back up,as started to fear the black hole. Which is terrifying. So this past year when I finally started going off of it I tried slowly. Well 60 to 40 over a couple. months then a couple months down to 20 and quite a while on the 10 and less. I experienced lots of side effects. However I exercised like crazy etc. That was March April of 2017. By August Was completely off of the stuff. I was so extremely happy and excited! Thought well I have made it thru all the side effects!! Then in the fall of 2017 maybe Oct. I started going down sadness, lethargic, not wanting to go on, fearful of m myself The Big deep black hole. Was so scared so after all that work I had to go back on it . Started back on 60 mg, because I was afraid I may not last another day alive≥I was devastated that I had to take it again After All the hard work I had put in!! Now here it is Sept of 2018 am still on 60mg daily of fluoxetine and I want off of it!!!! I don’t know how Im going to make it happen. It is so heart breaking…..Dr. never told me how hard it would be to get off this poison. Now here I am scared not knowing how to ever get off of this…
Ellie says:
September 29, 2018 at 11:10 pm
This sounds a huge dose and also a very drastic tapering plan, however Im no expert. There is excellent advice on the home page of this website about withdrawal. Getting a liquid form of your medication, going down in small amounts, stabilising on that then going down another small amount. Please have a look. Surely commonsense would say that withdrawal should be a gentle slope not big giant scary steps. I am doing the above for two years now and it works, though I started on 20mg not 80mg. Its interesting that you went down again in October, could be SAD (seasonal affective disorder), I have to allow for that, when October comes I taper much more slowly than usual, I can stay at the same dose for months, then go down when feel ok. I also use a light box in the dark mornings. My withdrawal hasnt been fast, but it has been consistent, 1mg at a time from 20mg, Im at 4mg now. I believe the last few mgs take the longest. I go at the pace that suits me, but patience has been necessary. There have been times when I just want off the medication but I keep plodding on. Hope this helps.
Ellie says:
November 11, 2019 at 11:22 am
6th November 2019, thats me off Prozac after being on it for nearly 8 years. The last month or so Ive been on 0.2mg of the liquid every second day. I got a micro oral syringe from chemist. As we are now coming into the winter months something is needed to replace the prozac, so been doing research online for alternatives. Came across info for SAM E which seems to be good for low mood and also pain control. Feel okay although there has been very slight facial twitching, chronic tiredness, sleeping a lot. So in summary, doctors advice was to taper over 3 weeks. In reality its taken me 3 years to taper from 20mg to zero.
Kat says:
September 21, 2018 at 11:26 am
I know someone who took cyprohepadine and it cleared the withdrawal restlessness. I would like to try this for prozac withdrawal
Yvonne says:
November 24, 2018 at 7:03 pm
I am 65 and weaned myself off of Orizac after taking it for 20 years. My dosage was very low the last few years 20 mg . The highest was 40mg. I wanted to be medicine free. Also dementia was a concern because my mother had dementia.
I am back to feeling sad and angry and anxious. Part of this I can relate to family circumstances. I have retired in the last year and have been widowed 12 years. My kids are grown and my house is empty. I am lonely. I tried goi g back to work to get around people again but still am having breakdowns of crying. I hate my life the way it is. I look back with so many regrets. I have a 40 year old daughter incarcerated for drug charges. She is a heroin addict. She has a 2 year old baby and a 20 year old daughter. I cannot fix her problems nor her children’s pain. My other 2 kids are doing well, but I am struggling to have a positive outlook. I am not suicidal. I am lonely and sad. Should I go back on Prozac? I started talk therapy hopung it will help. Only had 1 session. I hate this feeling and cannot find my way into a positive frame of mind.
DJC says:
November 26, 2018 at 9:45 am
Wow, everything that happened to you when you went off Prozac was my life before Prozac. I know some people get on antidepressants for weird reasons and crappy things happen, but as one voice to support medication, I’ve had days where I almost feel normal on Prozac, and I’ve even showered a few times since I started it! I wish I were joking, but earlier this year I was at an all time low where I moved from my bed to a chair to watch tv and back for weeks in a row, never once feeling depressed, just void of all emotion. Since taking Prozac, I’m beginning to feel love toward my husband again. It’s amazing.
Ben says:
December 3, 2018 at 8:24 pm
I have to agree with DJC. Life before Prozac was an almost unlivable hell. Once starting on prozac I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel. My depression is caused by lack of serotonin (chemical not trauma). These are a life saver for over the past 12 years. No matter how bad the side effects were I could never return to before prozac, I would never have lived this long or this well.
My advice: Do not use a therapist, psychologist or psycho-pharmacologist for drug interactions. Only use a great psychiatrist. They have the training and will know what you really need (if anything). Yes prozac was over prescribed at times but for those with chemical depression it can give a happy life you never thought possible.
just speaking for the other side of the coin. Good luck to all!
Sally says:
December 9, 2018 at 12:16 am
I’m scared. I don’t want to take these anymore. I really didn’t want to start taking a drug, but I had prozac and had a bad day and said f it and decided to try it. My psych presribed prozac like he was handing out candy. I had taken celexa years ago for a year or so and just stopped taking them and never went through any withdrawals… I have been on prozac for 6 days. First 5 10mg and today I just took 20mg. I don’t want to take them anymore. I do have some side effects like diarreah, dry mouth, and insomia/lethargic (weird right).
Lp says:
January 5, 2019 at 11:03 pm
Iv taken benadryl 100mg for sleep for 30 years. I found out last year Benadryl is a ssri. I tappered for 4 months then stopped. It has been 1 year that i havent taken it and i feel like i have the walking pneumonia. Zero quality of life
I need to retaper but dont know what dose to take. Thank u lp
Leanne says:
January 26, 2019 at 2:32 pm
Hi. I retappered at 6mg of benadryl (which was used in place of prozac decades ago) and feel 90 percent better. Going on road trips taking the boat out. Wish everyone the best in getting off SSRIs. It is hell. Please read everything u can. Knowledge is power. Dr. Heather ashton withdrawal manual is soooo helpful. Leanne
Grayson says:
January 29, 2019 at 6:16 pm
Somebody help me please. I took prozac at 20mg for three days. On the third day, I had the worst panic attack I’ve had in my entire life, lasting for about an hour that left me hospitalized, I felt like I was going to die during this attack and even began saying farewell to my friends and family in my head as I called 911. The past few days have been absolute hell. There is a constant feeling of impending doom that I will never feel “normal” again. I’ve visited my doctor who says that I just have to wait for the prozac to leave my system but I cannot help but feel it is so much more than that. I used to treat my anxiety and depression with Marijuana but I stopped using it about a month ago due to pressure from my peers to quit. I’m afraid I will never be who I am again thanks to prozac as it has been a week now since I stopped taking it and I have noticed no improvement. My suicidal thoughts have never been as strong as they have been. Whereas before taking this drug those thoughts lasted temporarily before I snapped out of it, they now run rampant and without control. In addition, I experience PTSD-like symptoms around 5-6, which is when my panic attack occurred. I feel the only solution is to use marijuana again to treat my symptoms as it was the only thing that truly helped me as long as i ignored the opinions of my peers. Please somebody, anybody, I need help. The only thing preventing me from killing myself and ending this awful feeling is the knowledge of the damage it would do to my family. I can’t help but feel prescription medicines are a big government conspiracy aimed to make weaker-minded individuals kill themselves to control population growth. I hate to be THAT person but I’m at the end of my rope with solutions.
Lp says:
February 5, 2019 at 4:34 pm
Hi grayson. Did u seek a doctors help. I felt the same way until i did a retapper and i am getting my life back. Hope your feeling better
Ron says:
February 11, 2019 at 1:45 am
There are natural, wholesome ways to combat depression besides what we are now struggling to get off of. GABA has worked well for me. AND NO SIDE EFFECTS! GO FIGURE! No drug that is supposed to “help” you should have ANY side effects. The body is one marvelous, intricate machine, and given the chance through natural means, will heal. Everything is connected to each other. Mainstream medicine in this country is a joke. Medicine should not be for profit. But, that is another discussion. There are remedies that are tried and true and have been around for 1000’s of years before this age of prescribed shit. I have been off Cymbalta for 8 months now, and I know the symptoms will come at me still in waves for some time yet. I quit cold turkey, and I am pissed at the doctors, big pharma, for what this has done to my brain.
Ron says:
February 22, 2019 at 3:05 am
About 5-6 months out from taking Cymbalta. I have heard that this is can be a rough time to get past. It has… I have been feeling good being off Cymbalta for a few months, until this past month or more. Irritability, forgetfulness, panic attacks, and all those things that have been written here have come back hard. I keep telling myself, that this is apart of getting off this stuff, and also wonder when will I ever feel normal, and happy. I am so mad on what the stuff has done to my brain. My relationship has suffered with my fiancé, thank God she understands more fully than I do on what is happening to me. Through a lot of tears shed from us both, it has been quite the struggle for both of us. I am not liking what I have become, and how hard it is to see myself being so irritable, and mostly with disappear and dread. Panic attacks happen in the early morning. This has been a real bitch, and the hardest thing I have ever had to endure. I feel for all of you who are in the struggle to be happy and healthy.
Lp says:
April 27, 2019 at 12:29 am
Still withdrawing from benadryl which was used instead of prozac from 1940 to 1970. Was taking 100 mg per night for sleep for 30 years. Sept 2019 wb 2 years that i stopped. It has given me barometic migranes. Got an aimovig shot. But tired 24 7
Matthew Fairclough says:
May 9, 2019 at 9:43 pm
I’ve been on Fluoxetine for about 5 years now and just in the last month have stumbled across CBD as an alternative anxiety medication, purely by accident when visiting a friend of my girlfriend. I’ve been taking it three weeks now – at first in combination with the Fluoxetine, but now have been solely on the CBD drops (20% potency, 2-3 drops daily) for ~10 days. I’d previously tried to slowly reduce my Fluoxetine dosage over the course of 6 months or so, but found increasingly that the longer I continued, the more my anxieties had returned to haunt me in a big way.
It’s early days yet, but if anybody has told me that I’d be able to go 10 days without Fluoxetine even a couple of months ago I’d have been amazed and a bit sceptical. Hopefully things will continue to be okay going forward.
June 11, 2019 at 12:31 pm
Just to share an environmental volume control device I came across which might help some people who are suffering from extreme noise sensitivity – and which makes things worse.
It may help to ease their days of constantly elevated stress levels at very little, of being too easily startled, of feeling like they’re going to have a heart attack at a bark or at a dropped fork etc. And get them more out of the house.
(Especially useful perhaps for the perhaps too easily agitated or set off…)
Post Seroxat years ago, which I simply had to get off and hugely distressing for me as I had not long qualified as an English teacher, I was then simply unable to teach, could hardly think, much less to handle a classroom (also afraid of being unable to control my agitation around kids).
I remember the noise sensitivity being so bad (and which it would remain in my case) that I requested my brother’s huge industrial ear protectors and wore them around the house.
This would look less ridiculous:
December 19, 2019 at 9:06 pm
“One thing which I still find strange is the fact that all these horrible symptoms, even on the worst days, would begin to subside in the late afternoon and by 5 or 6 pm I would feel almost ‘normal’. It sounds impossible, but it’s true, and it was one of the reasons I dreaded going to sleep at night. I didn’t want the feeling to go away and I knew it would and that the horror show would start all over again within a few hours of me falling asleep.”
Unbelievable! Exactly what happened to me during withdrawal from Risperidone.
Each evening I got relief from the Akathisia, and then I tried to figure out how I might survive the next day or find a solution. I dreaded going to sleep as I woke up feeling I got shot or something. I didn’t know anything about withdrawal and was not even completely sure it was due to the medication. I was very close to commit suicide and even made concrete plans. I actually couldn’t imagine staying in this condition for even two weeks.
When I discovered I could drug myself with clonazepam it really helped. I was on some other meds since then and now I’m on no meds again but only for last 3 weeks. Hopefully I will be able to hold on this time.
I just wanna say what we do when we go through withdrawal makes a lot of difference. It’s a mistake looking at it as if nothing we do matters. for better and for worse. That’s why preparing for withdrawal as if you’re going for the toughest journey of your life is the right attitude.
February 15, 2020 at 3:40 pm
Prozac is the absolute worse drug they can give you!!!! I almost lost my son bc of this medicine not to mention over 4,000 suicides are contributed to this medicine! It has a black box warning and I can’t begin to tell u how many kids have taken their own life bc this medicine!!! I hope u get better I hope u feel better life can be brutal. There is help it gets better u have ur good days ur bad days but please stay away from meds like this it is crucial to ur health.
May 21, 2020 at 9:19 pm
So I need some advice. I’ve been taking fluoxetine for about a month now and I am very sensitive to medications. I experience every side effect there is. Some side effects went away maybe after a week but I everyday it’s a new side effect and after 3 weeks my doctor told me they’d go away but I just keep experiencing different side effects. I’m not depressed at all…never have been but my anxiety is really bad and I have OCD so thats why she prescribed this for me but with the side effects I feel like I can’t tolerate. My stomach’s been upset from the medication so she prescribed something for me to take for that and insomnia is still bad and she said she could prescribe something for that too. I just don’t wanna be taking all these different medications. I don’t know if I should try or just taper off? Btw…I’m on 20mg….started off at 10mg for the first week and then went to 20mg
Dorothy Matthews says:
September 20, 2020 at 4:32 am
I’ve been off of it for 2 months now. Luckily my only side effects are crying at the drop of a hat and extreme anger, like losing it to the point of wanting to hurt someone. I can’t tell my family and friends because they get concerned and angry and want to convince me to start taking it again. I have been taking some kind of SSRI since I was 35 and I am now 68. I started them because I was going through some shit and was depressed and thought I needed help. But shouldn’t we be dealing with our problem without a fricken pill! I’m not going to keep taking shit just to make other people in my life more comfortable, screw them!!
September 21, 2020 at 12:17 am
You should read Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography – he has the exact same problems with crying at the drop of a hat after stopping his meds
January 30, 2021 at 10:54 am
Hi there. Been in Prozac for more than 2 years 40 mg. I tapper the drug for a month. And been. Clean for at most 2 month. But the withdrawal been crazy on me. Specially insomnia and dizziness. And pain in my body which moves all over. Just wandering how long will take for withdrawal to let go for good. Any feedback thanks
February 16, 2021 at 12:42 pm
It doesnt get better. 9 years off paxil. Im still in hell. Still, no doctor able to help. I guess ill die with these symptoms because i dont see anybody doing a damn thing to help all of us suffering so much!
Abigail Bishop says:
January 10, 2022 at 12:14 am
Hello I have been on fluoxetine for 5 years now attempted to come off twice with no luck as I couldn’t control crying I’ve always been super sensitive and had issues that I struggle to deal with. However over the past years fluxotines side effects became some what worse to the point where I feel completely numb to all emotions people and things the depression and anxiety were there but I was to zombie/robot like to deal with them as I couldn’t really express emotions. The tablets have also reduced my sex drive to a complete non existent old memory. Basically fast forward to now I came off these tablets as I am due to get married in 2023 and start my family and my emotion towards everything is gone. about 2 weeks ago the withdrawals hit me badly my heart rate went through the roof and the chest pain and panic attacks kicked off this has lasted the whole 2 weeks it gets worse when I go out or my mind drifts off into overthinking or doubts I feel completely miserable I don’t want to move or do anything I have fear about the future getting married and doubts which I never had on tablets I have nearly completely stopped eating and lost a lot of weight in 2 weeks and I am a big eater. I feel sick all the time have tremors, funny like lights etc in my eyes and muscle stiffness it’s been the worst 2 weeks ever I’ve never felt so much like a sick person. basically I’ve been an absolute mess and I’ve sat here thinking I should go back on them but something is telling me I can get through this I can be me again and enjoy my life, relationships, future has anyone got through this before with these side effects.
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Many people believe that to assume value you have to take value. This is entirely not true! The main reason people buy products is that they have greater value than the price they are buying it for. In Garrett Gunderson book “Killing Sacred Cows” he explains it very well.
Products Are What Most People Buy, Not Sell
Most of the time we are buying someone else’s product, not our own. The products that we purchase usually add value to our lives and to the persons we buy it from. How does this work? Unknowingly, when you obtain products from off the shelves of a store it adds value to you because you wanted it. Also, whoever you bought it from it added value to their life in two ways, through the financial income you are giving them and, knowing they have an asset that will keep producing for them.
We hear a lot that capitalism is a terrible thing that people use to rob other people. This is simply not true. In most cases, it adds value to both parties, the consumers and the producers. If you buy a product at a very high price that is your fault, not theirs. The producer put the price high and you bought it. They did not force you to buy it, you bought it out of your own impulse.
Knowing When to Buy
If you feel that you are being cheated of your money don’t buy it. As I said before, it’s your choice to buy it. If you want to save money for a shiny object you want this is a great post. If you enjoyed this article don’t forget to comment and like!
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
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We awoke to a sunny, clear breezy morning and turned on the radio to listen to the news via radio station, 2WS. Bill Woods presented the sport. At half past six it is four degrees Celsius in Sydney’s western suburbs and nine on the coast.
There has been another fire at a school in New South Wales, this time affecting Picnic Point High, near Revesby, in Sydney’s western suburbs. Overnight, a state politician, Michael Yabsley, claimed that he was robbed at the point of a knife as he walked from his office to his car, in Paddington, Sydney.
Gary Hoffman read the news at seven o’clock, on 2KY. A child has been burnt to death in a fire within a house, at Minto, in Sydney’s west. The Shop Workers’ Union is outraged at Premier, Barrie Unsworth’s decision to allow shops in the Pitt Street Mall to stay open until midnight on the day of its opening.
“Good Morning Australia” is on Channel Ten between seven and nine o’clock. Ron Wilson reads the news bulletins: there has been a day of escalation in the Gulf War; a seven days’ siege by prisoners, on the Italian island of Elba, has finally ended. Ann Fulwood reads the bulletins on sport, ahead of Tony Murphy’s presentations of the weather. An Australian woman collapsed about fifty metres short of the finishing line in an event for walkers, during the World Athletics Championships, in Rome. The Dow Jones, Wall Street’s index, has closed down by 51.98 points to 2,610.97; B.H.P., in London, closed at $10.16 which means that its price has fallen by four cents, while gold, also in London, rose slightly to close at $US453.25 per ounce.
“Good Morning Australia”, co-presented by Tim Webster and Kerri-Anne Kennerley, is conducting a poll by telephone involving the question: “Do you support the introduction of an Australia I.D. card?” Out of nearly 8,000 respondents seventeen per cent are in favour, while eighty-three per cent are not. The co-presenters showed their ignorance of Brunei describing it as a lush little island when it is, in fact, located on the island of Borneo, one of the world’s largest islands. Whilst watching television I saw the advertisement for the new Black and Decker ‘Powerfile’ for the first time.
Support for the Federal Labor Government of Prime Minister, Mr. Robert (‘Bob’) Hawke, fell by three per cent during the past month, according to the latest Morgan Gallup Poll, published in today’s “Bulletin” magazine. The drop in popularity coincides with an increase in debate on privatisation and the desire to introduce the controversial Australia Card. Mr. Hawke’s personal popularity declined by four per cent to fifty-eight, while that of the leader of the Opposition, John Howard, fell by one to forty-six per cent. Meanwhile, a study conducted by the University of Melbourne’s Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research has declared that more than one in ten Australians are living in poverty.
Many imported foodstuffs are not being tested for poisons. This has led a doctor to claim that many Australians are in danger of consuming foods which are, indeed, contaminated.
Customs has confiscated eight ‘stun-guns’, which possess the potential to kill as they can each impart a shock of fifty thousand volts. The devices, which were manufactured in Taiwan, are believed to be in demand as people believe they require personal protection, but could just as easily be used as offensive weaponry.
This afternoon, I paid forty cents to buy a copy of “The Sun” newspaper. Under the carport I used a razor blade to scrape off the outdated 1986-’87 registration sticker from the inside of the windscreen of our Chrysler ‘Sigma’ sedan. It was dark green in colour and bore an image of the Queen Victoria Building, which stands in Sydney’s C.B.D. The sticker’s replacement is a yellowish orange and depicts this country’s bicentenary, which falls due next year on the 26th of January.
When I turned on the television at five o’clock, Richard Wilkins, a New Zealander by birth, was hosting “MTV”, on Channel Nine. He opened the show by introducing the video to Bob Segers’ “Old Time Rock And Roll” and followed it, between advertisements, with Australian James Reyne’s latest, “Fall Of Rome”; “Living On A Prayer”, a recent hit by Bon Jovi; before the programme closed with “I Heard A Rumour”, the current release from the British girls, Bananarama.
With “Benson” on Channel Nine, between half past five and six o’clock, I turned to Channel Ten and this evening’s edition of “Perfect Match”, compered by Cameron Daddo and Kerrie Friend.
From six o’clock, the news on Channel Seven is red by the slim and extremely tall Ross Symonds; from 6.45, “Sport Today”, is presented by Garry Wilkinson, and shortly before seven, Susan Stenmark presents the weather. Jim Waley presents Channel Nine’s news from six,with Alan Wilkie delivering its weather report, from twenty-six minutes past the hour. Between 7.00 and 7.30, “ABC News”, on Channel Two, is read by Richard Morecroft. This includes its coverage of sport, presented by Jim Maxwell and the weather report, with Mike Bailey. Sydney’s temperatures ranged from a minimum of eight degrees Celsius to a maximum of eighteen, which is two below the seasonally adjusted average. Katoomba, an hour or two, by road, to the west of the city, in the Blue Mountains, experienced a range from nought to seven. The state’s highest maxima was twenty-one, at Kempsey, on the mid-north coast and the lowest minima, minus eight at Thredbo, in the Snowy Mountains.
It is alleged that a man from Narrabeen, on Sydney’s northern beaches, jumped one hundred metres to his death today, in what is being viewed as a bizarre attempt at committing a murder-suicide. It is believed that before jumping, the man attacked his wife and infant daughter with a hammer, which was found, bloodied, at the scene. The pair is in a critical condition with severe wounds to the head. The event was watched, at North Head, by a group of horrified sightseers, who took photographs in the hope that they will assist the police in its investigations.
The disgraced former Minister for Corrective Services, in New South Wales, Rex Jackson, 59, is sentenced to seven and a half years’ gaol, with a minimum of three years and nine months to be served. He is to spend his first night in Berrima Gaol, from this evening. The Leader of the State Opposition, Mr. Nick Greiner who, from memory, was born in Hungary, shocks some stalwarts of the Liberal Party by candidly admitting that the last Coalition Government, in New South Wales, was permeated by corruption. He suggests that the reputation of the then Government, led by Premier, Sir Robert Askin, should make the party all the more mindful of this, should it regain office.
The film, “Crocodile Dundee”, appears set to break the American record, set by “Top Gun”, for the number of copies sold on video cassette. The latter’s sales stand at 2.8 million.
“Travelling North”, a play written by the Australian playwright, David Williamson, is set to open a season of international drama on BBC Radio and the World Service Link. It is believed that twenty-five million listeners from around the world will tune in. “Travelling North” will become the first Australian play to be broadcast by the BBC.
Workers within the British military are to begin dismantling West Berlin’s Spandau Prison, two weeks after the death of its last inmate, Rudolf Hess. Adolf Hitler’s former deputy, Hess, ninety-three, was held in the prison for forty-one years, until he hanged himself on the 17th of August.
Iraq and Iran trade attacks in an unprecedented escalation of the Gulf War. Iraq launches renewed attacks on Iranian targets in the Persian Gulf. This follows a lull in military activity, which had lasted for forty-five days. The largest mass of American naval power since the Vietnamese War looks on.
Bon Jovi flew into Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport this morning, from Manchester, England, for the start of its Australian tour. All tickets to the venues at which the rock group will appear, have already been sold. Bon Jovi hails from the American state of New Jersey.
This week’s Top 20 singles, in Sydney, according to the radio station, 2SM, is headed by Australian debutant, Kylie Minogue, whose revival of Little Eva’s No.1 hit, “The Loco-Motion”, from 1962, signals a meteoric rise to her career as a singer. Other revivals within the list are Paul Carrack’s “When You Walk In The Room” ( The Searchers; 1964), Los Lobos’s “La Bamba” (Ritchie Valens; 1958) and “He’s Gonna Step On You Again” (John Kongos; 1971) by the Australian outfit, The Party Boys.
The list of the Top 20 albums is headed by the Australian group, Midnight Oil, with “Diesel And Dust”, closely followed by Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet”, which I predict is shortly going to surge with the group now in the country. Other albums in the list include: “F.L.M.” by the British female duo, Mel and Kim; “Whispering Jack” by the Australian John Farnham, who, as with Olivia Newton-John, was actually born in England; “Whitney” by Whitney Houston; Elvis Presley’s “Words & Music”, which was released last month to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death; “Men And Women” (Simply Red); “The Joshua Tree” ( U2); “Tango In The Night” (Fleetwood Mac); “So” (Peter Gabriel) and “Solitude Standing” by Suzanne Vega. The soundtracks to the films, “The Big Chill” and “La Bamba”, are also there.
In the paper, Robert Prechter, a commentator on the sharemarket, has reportedly stated that he believes that the bull market in American stocks is still intact, in spite of the downward move in recent trading sessions. Mr. Prechter, who writes a newsletter, “Elliott Wave Theorist”, on the financial market, has told an investors’ conference, in New York, that he believes that stocks on Wall Street have the potential to reach between 3,600 and 3,700 on the Dow Jones’s industrial average, in spite of the downward movement in recent sessions of trade.
Brian “Poppa” Clay who played two hundred and forty-six games of rugby league, in first grade, which included two hundred for the St. George “Dragons”, passed away last night in St. Vincent’s Hospital whilst he was undergoing surgery to have a heart transplanted. Brian, 52, played in eight of the teams which were a part of St. George winning eleven successive premierships from 1956. The almost bald five-eighth, renowned for his robust defence, also toured England and France, with Australia’s national side, the “Kangaroos”, in 1959.
From tomorrow, “The Untouchables” will be screened in Sydney. It is presumably based on the television series of the late 1950s, which bore the same title and starred Robert Stack as Eliot Ness. Anyway, the film’s cast includes Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro (as Al Capone) and Sean Connery (as Malone). “Roxanne”, with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, also opens tomorrow, at the Hoyts Centre. Films that are already being screened include: “The Witches Of Eastwick” (Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer), “Lethal Weapon” (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover), “Hell Camp” (Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eichhorn and Richard Rowntree), “Les Fugitifs” (Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard), “Angel Hart” ( Robert De Niro, Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonnet), “Wraith” (Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn and Randy Quaid), “Outrageous Fortune” (Bette Midler and Shelley Long), “Predator” (Arnold Schwarzenegger), “A Nightmare On Elm Street 3” (Robert Englund), “Beverly Hills Cop 2” (Eddie Murphy), Woody Allen’s “Radio Days”, “From The Hip” (Judd Nelson), “River’s Edge” (Dennis Hopper) and the Australian films, “Travelling North” and “Crocodile Dundee”.
The Royal Highland Fusiliers are reportedly furious at being ordered to salute Prince William. The troops, who guard the Queen at Balmoral, believe that the Prince, who is five years of age, did not deserve such an honour as he had allegedly been bossing them about since they had been there.
This evening on Channel Seven: from seven o’clock, the current affairs series, “Terry Willesee Tonight”; 7.30, a repetition from “Family Ties”, starring Michael J. Fox and Meredith Baxter Birney; 8.00, the Australian comedy series, “Hey Dad”; then from 8.30-10.15, the movie, “Porky’s”, from 1982 — this repetition is rated for viewing by adults only and, even then, modifications to its content have been made. “Newsworld”, which contains the latest news and weather reports and is presented by the somewhat cynical Clive Robertson, cannot be viewed until half past eleven.
Meanwhile, on Channel 9: 6.30, “Willesee”; 7.00, “Sale Of The Century” — one of the game shows devised by the Australian Reg Grundy — 7.30, “Matlock”, a dramatic series, starring Andy Griffith; 8.30, the movie, “Runaway”, which bears the copyright of 1985 and features Tom Selleck, Kirstie Alley and Cynthia Rhodes.
“Neighbours”, the Australian serial which propelled actress, Kylie Minogue, to fame in Britain, is on Channel Ten from seven. This evening, it features Briony Behets, Guy Pearce and Annie Jones; 7.30-8.30, “You’ve Got To Be Joking!”, gives the viewer a comical look at unsuspecting Australians. It is presented by Don Lane, who was actually born in the United States and who is affectionately known in Australia as the “Lanky Yank”. This evening’s guest is actress and model Lynda Stoner, who is also a passionate activist for the rights of animals. The dramatic film, “Six Against The Rock”, released only this year, is based on a true story. Six desperate prisoners wage war against their captors and the rock they refer to as “Hellcatraz”. It stars David Carradine, Jan Michael Vincent and David Morse, and may be viewed from twenty past eight.
ABC-TV’s Channel Two screens the British serial, “EastEnders”, between 6.30 and 7.00, and following the news and the “7.30 Report”, “Quantum” may be viewed. It is an Australian scientific series, which, this evening, investigates the progress of research into a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. “Lytton’s Diary” follows between 8.30 and 9.20. It is a British series which has Peter “To The Manor Born”/”The Bounder” Bowles cast in the principal role, that of Neville Lytton. For ten minutes from 9.20 there is “Andrew Saw’s Film Review”; 9.30-10.00, “Countrywide”, which provides weekly analysis of rural affairs, is presented by Lucy Broad. It is followed between ten and half past the hour by “The Walsh Report”.
In other news with regard to television, the British actor, Edward “Callan” Woodward, has recovered so well from his recent heart attack that he hopes to be back at work on the set of the series, “The Equalizer”, from the 17th of September. Meanwhile, bad weather and a strike by stagehands at the ABC have served to delay the production of the fourth series of the Australian comedy, “Mother And Son”. It stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry “Norman Gunston” McDonald, as her long-suffering, live-in son, and Henri Szeps as his brother, an affluent dentist, who receives all of the favours and adulation from his aged mother. Superstar, Tom Selleck, has reportedly vehemently denied any connection between his extremely popular television series, “Magnum”, and a rash of violent deaths among motorists in Los Angeles. Ira Reiner, the City Coroner, has allegedly contributed the deaths to people taking to the streets in the belief that they can behave like Magnum P.I.
Australians have had a mixed day at the United States Open Tennis Championship. Veteran Paul McNamee was defeated, 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-4, by Californian Michael Chang. Michael, who at just fifteen years of age, is the youngest player to take part in the championship. Brod Dyke advanced to the second round by defeating American Mel Purcell 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-2. Peter Doohan was eliminated in straight sets, 6-1 6-2 6-2, by the thirteenth seed, Brad Gilbert. Wally Masur also exited from the tournament, at the hands of Spaniard Emilio Sanchez, 1-6 6-4 7-6 6-3. The first Australian woman to advance to the second round, Nicole Provis, 18, defeated Claudia Porwik of West Germany, 4-6 7-5 6-1. The defending champion and second seed Martina Navratilova easily accounted for her American opponent, Kate Gompert, 6-1 6-1, while the fourth seed, Hana Mandlikova, of Czechoslovakia, defeated Nathalie Herreman, of France, 6-1 6-3.
The tournament, which is being played at the National Tennis Center, in New York, has also resulted in the defending champion, Ivan Lendl, becoming only the second player in men’s singles, in a U.S. Open, to prevent his opponent from winning a game. The Czechoslovakian, who has already won the title twice, took just an hour and eleven minutes to overwhelm South African Barry Moir, whom is ranked one hundred and twenty second in the world, 6-0 6-0 6-0. The first male player, at the Open, to do so was Romanian Ile Nastase, who defeated Frew McMillan 6-0 6-0, in 1977, on clay at Forest Hills, when matches were decided over three sets. John McEnroe, in his opening match, experienced little difficulty in disposing of his fellow American, Matt Anger, 6-3 6-2 6-2.
Veteran political journalist, Alan Reid, has died in Sydney after a long illness. Many fires are ravaging forests along America’s west coast. A couple of hundred fans greeted Bon Jovi in Melbourne and the media is trying to compare it to that amazing visit by The Beatles, in 1964, when in Adelaide, for example, an estimated 300,000 people — about half of that city’s population at the time — massed to see the ‘Fab Four’ wave from a balcony.
Enzedder (New Zealander) Michael Fay’s action in court, to stop the San Diego Yacht Club from revealing where the defence of the next America’s Cup will be held, has been successful.
On “Terry Willesee Tonight”, the first segment has Terry interviewing Terry Bertwhistle whose son has been gaoled in Greece for taking a packet containing fifteen codeine tablets into the country, without a prescription, in contravention of a law that has only been in place for a month. In another segment Queensland’s highly controversial Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who was born in New Zealand, has come under verbal attack for ordering the removal of vending machines that distribute condoms from that state’s treasury institutions. Some experts believe that his actions may result in death(s). Desalee Maitland, 55, who lives in a house in Maryborough, in Queensland, and who, at the age of twelve months was diagnosed with diseased bones, that have caused her to receive more than two hundred fractures in her life, gets about her house on a skateboard. She has had a special lift installed to convey her to and from the level of the street.
This evening’s “Go Lotto” draw on Channel Nine is hosted by Johnny Tapp, who broadcasts horseracing, and former centrefold, Karen Pini, who is originally from Perth, in Western Australia (as opposed to Perth, in Scotland). Johnny, tried his hand at singing and in the middle of 1974 had a minor hit with the single, “Little Hondo”, which peaked at No.34 on the Australian charts. It lauds the feats of a champion pacer of that time, “Hondo Grattan”, which had earned the nickname of ‘The Bathurst Bulldog’, for its exploits.
Posted on July 27, 2011
The Dell-Vikings’ period of success on the charts was as short as it was spectacular. This doo-wop group was formed, in 1955, by members of the United States Air Force.
Stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the composition of the quintet was open to change, as members were relocated to serve on other military bases. The Dell-Vikings originally recorded for Dot Records, a small local label. However, once the group had had significant success with its release, “Come Go With Me”, in 1957, it was decided that it should record for the much larger Mercury Records.
The group’s next sizeable hit, “Whispering Bells”, had already been recorded before it had departed from Dot and before 1957 had ended, “Cool Shake”, too, was imposing its popularity on the charts. Unfortunately, for The Dell-Vikings these three hits were to remain its claim to fame and while the group, under numerous changes in personnel, continued to re-form, as the decades past, the transient, heady days of success in the recording studio did not re-emerge.
The Dell-Vikings also remains noteworthy for it was one of the few racially integrated musical groups to achieve notable success, at a time, in America, that was marked by segregation. Furthermore, its hits have been used in films that depict its era. ‘American Graffiti’ and ‘Stand By Me’ are two such films.
“Come Go With Me” is included in the list of my favourite recordings. This can be located in the suggested playlists. I shall be adding to this list from time to time and have attempted to make it as diverse, and as entertaining, as possible.
Posted on July 27, 2011 September 27, 2014
Liverpool’s Hottest!: Tuesday, 1st February, 1977
Today was Sydney’s hottest day, forty-one degrees Celsius (one hundred and six degrees Fahrenheit), for sixteen years. Meanwhile, in the south-western suburb of Liverpool the mercury reached forty-six degrees Celsius (one hundred and fifteen Fahrenheit) that area’s hottest day since records began, and today’s highest reading in the state of New South Wales.
Posted on July 23, 2011 February 13, 2015
Job Taken: Wednesday, 2nd February, 1977
It was twenty degrees and overcast at 7.00 a.m., however, this seemed cool when compared to yesterday’s heat. I paid sixty-nine cents for a pair of rubber thongs.
Tiki asked me to assist her to get a plastic bag, filled with rubbish, into a slightly larger bag. In reference to the latter bag, she instructed me to: “Hold on tightly while I stuff this in.”
Posted on July 21, 2011 February 13, 2015
‘Medical Center’: Thursday, 3rd February, 1977
At noon, Channel Nine screens a film from 1969, “Seven In Darkness”. It centres upon the crash of a DC3 airliner, which contains seven people who are blind. Milton Berle and Dina Merrill are inclusions in its cast. Another programme in the series, “Medical Center”, which stars Chad Everett, is shown between two and three o’clock. Today’s edition deals with a girl of just eighteen years, who learns that she has to have a mastectomy, and a doctor of seventy-three whom, in spite of having become the recipient of a new heart, refuses to retire from active surgery.
Posted on July 18, 2011
As Barry Sapherson, Barry Ryan was born in Leeds, England, in October of 1948. His career as a singer began in partnership with his twin brother, Paul, at the age of sixteen.
In 1965, the pair was signed to record on Decca Records as the duo, Paul & Barry Ryan. Paul learned that he could not cope with the stress associated with this and, consequently, it was decided that he would write compositions for Barry to record. One such composition was the brilliantly arranged “Eloise”, released in 1968.
“Eloise”, deservedly, sold more than a million copies. However, subsequent singles could not replicate anything like its success. That is, until “Love Is Love”, released in 1969, became warmly accepted in certain European nations. This meant that it , too, sold similarly to “Eloise”.
Due to his popularity in Europe, Barry decided to record songs in German. He ceased to record in the early 1970s but made a comeback in the late 1990s, when compact discs were released of he and his brother’s original recordings.
Whether “Eloise” appeals to one or not, I believe it is yet a further example of just how the standard of popular music has sunk, to find itself wallowing in the mire of mediocrity that it is in today. I was sitting in my new dentist’s waiting room just the other day having to endure what was being fed to me by the radio station that was playing. In the end I felt compelled to exclaim to the similarly aged gentleman seated opposite, “I don’t believe the dentistry that we are about to receive could be as excruciating as listening to this!” He laughed and concurred.
Posted on July 18, 2011 September 27, 2014
Steve Raymond: Friday, 4th February, 1977
From 9.00 a.m., I listened to Steve Raymond’s show on the radio station, 2UE.
Posted on July 17, 2011 September 27, 2014
Embarrassing Protrusion: Saturday, 5th February, 1977
This morning is still and humid. We paid two dollars and forty cents for a pound of king prawns. A fresh lettuce cost us thirty-nine cents.
We were still in bed at 8.00 a.m., when Tiki’s parents — they asked me to call them “Mum” and “Dad”, once we were married — arrived unexpectedly. We leaped out of bed and met them at the front door. “Mum” appeared as though she didn’t know where to look and it wasn’t until I looked down, that I realised why. There, protruding from the fly of my pyjamas, was a tissue.
Posted on July 17, 2011 February 13, 2015
New Zealand Day: Sunday, 6th February, 1977
It was sprinkling a little at Caringbah, at 7.15 a.m., but it did not come to anything. This evening, at half past seven, “This Is Your Life”, looks at that of Ken Rosewall, a champion at tennis. An edition of the so-called comedy series, “The Practice”, with Danny Thomas cast in the principal role, followed from eight o’clock.
We stayed up for a further two and a half hours from half past eight to watch Channel Nine and the drawn-out motion picture, “Airport”, from 1970, which lists Dean Martin, Van Heflin, Burt Lancaster and Jacqueline Bisset among its stars.
Posted on July 13, 2011 September 28, 2014
Future Champion: Monday, 7th February, 1977
Sydney has experienced heavy rain for much of the day. On television, at 4.30 p.m., there is a programme from the series, “To Rome With Love”, which stars John “Bachelor Father” Forsythe, and has as a guest star, Diane “Surfside 6” McBain. John Forsythe also provides the voice of ‘Charlie’ in the series, “Charlie’s Angels”.
Rod Stewart is being interviewed by presenter, Mike Willesee, on “Willesee”; whilst over on Channel Nine’s “A Current Affair” sprinter, Paul Narracott, is being hailed as a champion of the future.
“Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”, which stars Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson, and “Dog Day Afternoon”, starring Al Pacino, are screening at the Caringbah Drive-in.
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For the past seven years, EDF Climate Corps fellows have delivered incredible results: $1.4 billion in energy savings identified since 2008. Since I started working at EDF over two years ago, I’ve always known that to be true. But this summer was the first time I saw it first hand, working to support a subset of this year’s 117 amazing fellows.
Two weeks ago, at the 5th Annual EDF Climate Corps Network Event, we celebrated the great work of all the fellows, participating organizations, alumni and partners to cut costs and emissions. We also recognized three outstanding fellows in our first ever Fellowship Awards.
Diane Regas, Senior Vice President for Programs at EDF, and Carl Ferenbach, Chairman of the Board of EDF, co-presented the awards during a reception on the 31st floor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, with spectacular views of the Boston harbor. The location could not have been better to recognize the achievements of our award winners.
This year’s cohort of fellows was truly an outstanding group of future energy leaders. The 2014 fellows were chosen from our largest applicant pool yet: 700 students for 117 spots. And, they worked on a wider range of projects than ever before, looking for energy savings across entire value chains. All told, this year’s fellows identified over 500,000 metric tons of annual CO2 reductions, equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of about 115,000 cars.
With such an amazing cohort of fellows, choosing winners was a difficult task, but EDF Climate Corps is excited and proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Fellowship Awards.
The Best Business Case Award is presented to Nicholas Zuba, fellow at CA Technologies.
This award is given to the fellow with the most compelling business case for his or her project. Our winner had the daunting task of finding energy savings at a company that has hired EDF Climate Corps fellows since 2010 and invested millions in efficiency improvements. Building on the work of previous fellows, he explored ideas that could deliver big results – like variable frequency drives on chillers and real-time energy management dashboards. The selection committee and external reviewers noted this was one of the strongest business cases they had ever seen.
Read more about his project >
The Innovation Award is presented to Rob Youngs, fellow at The City of Los Angeles.
The innovation award is given to the fellow whose project uses creative, out-of-the-box approaches to break down barriers to energy efficiency. Our winner started the summer with a clearly defined project: analyze the results from energy-efficiency upgrades in a large portfolio of buildings. But then he saw an opportunity to have a much bigger impact. He produced a comprehensive roadmap that the organization could follow to cut energy use by 14 percent across 500 buildings and save $2 million in net operating costs in the first year.
Read more about his project >
The Collaboration Award is presented to Fatou Jabbie, fellow at Northrop Grumman.
The collaboration award is given to the fellow who catalyzed collaboration on energy solutions across the EDF Climate Corps network. Our winner was one of the most frequent contributors to the EDF Climate Corps LinkedIn group, and she organized weekly conference calls for all of the fellows working in data centers. Her approach benefitted not only her own project, but those of other fellows as well. She clearly recognized and embraced the value of EDF Climate Corps as a network.
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With 108,00 attendees this year (up 7% from 2016) from more than 200 countries, and more than 2,200 exhibitors, MWC is still in its prestigious position as the biggest trade show in the telecommunications industry.
MWC17 reflected a sense of technological evolution as opposed to a “big bang” revolution. As a natural progression from the massive leaps forward that were highlighted at last year’s Congress in areas such as NFV, 5G, and IoT, this year was about moving past the hype phase and into the first stages of actualization.
As with the overall atmosphere of the telecom industry at MWC17, 5G is a building wave rather than a sudden change. Piece by piece, the components of 5G are beginning to fall into place.
5G, originally planned for 2020, may not be ready for its official red carpet roll-out, but we are starting to see segments of it go into effect. Many of its supporting technologies are in development, testing, or trial stages, and a few are being currently implemented live by Tier 1 operators.
Generally speaking, 5G is expected to provide much faster speeds, broader and more far-reaching connectivity and signal accessibility, very low latency (crucial in cases where automated systems must make split-second decisions, such as with smart cars), multi-network redundancy and ultra-reliability, and much more bandwidth (able to handle 500x more traffic than 4G).
5G does not replace 4G LTE, rather, it is built on to existing 4G networks. Some operators are starting to offer support for LTE Advanced, and several mobile devices are set up to work with it already. With goals of gigabit speeds still ahead of us, different forms of LTE could be the midpoint while we await full 5G. Gigabyte LTE will in any case coexist with 5G for a long time, and help keep customer experience consistent as 5G is rolled out.
Several technologies do depend on 5G to function smoothly, or at all: nothing else can give them the speed and bandwidth they need to run. Virtual reality requires low latency in order to provide an immersive experience that won’t give users headaches and “cyber sickness”, the surreal nauseous sensation that can happen when the virtual world around you is moving slightly slower than your perception indicates it should. Mission critical services such as haptic remote surgery, or vehicle driving and safety systems (remote or autonomous), must have constant connectivity and near-nil latency. And of course, IoT as a whole will add even more complexity and huge amounts of data to the network, depending on 5G for full viability. 5G deserves the excitement displayed at MWC17 – it enables next generation experiences and solutions.
Connecting the Dots with IoT
This year’s MWC exhibitions and presentations did much more than imagine IoT (Internet of Things): they showcased some incredible IoT in action. From the flashy automated race car to the more prosaic and practical smart truck with its driving and maintenance diagnostics, IoT clearly has its foot on the gas. Other robotics and drones were also on display, showing off their IoT-enabled abilities for manufacturing and delivery. And health monitoring wearable devices are well on their way to improving connected wellness.
Smart city initiatives looked at the sustainability, greening, and safety benefits of an IoT-based city system. Sustainability in general was a big topic at MWC17: as technology pushes ahead, the hope is that as resources are better managed and monitored, increased efficiency and reduced waste will create a noticeably positive impact on society and the environment, while simultaneously accelerating business, employment, and production opportunities.
There was a lot of buzz at MWC17 around NFV, network functions virtualization, and SDN, software-defined networks. While these have been widely discussed in the last few years, this year was about embracing their growth into a a more automated, intelligent network. All major operators are planning to migrate to virtualized networks; some are at more advanced stages than others.
NFV transformation overall is cautious, stepping ahead onto a bridge it’s building as it progresses. Official standards are in the process of being defined. With every move taken in the moment, using the virtualization knowledge and technology that is currently available, it is not really possible to know exactly how things will fit together into a more finalized, articulated framework. That being the case, operators are keeping their virtualization platform options open and flexible; they don’t want to be locked into a set direction that they can’t back out of. It’s more important to the big telecom players to compete on services rather than on infrastructure, so it makes sense for operators to collaborate on NFV frameworks, as standards for virtualization technology emerge and merge. The latest merger is ONAP, which brings together two of the leading open source MANO groups, ECOMP and Open-O.
Despite the lack of a detailed and accurate crystal ball for what final virtualization platform standards will be, NFV itself is already defined, its direction is clearly future-facing, and pioneering virtualization projects are amassing experience and know-how for their participating companies as they live-test and continue to develop virtual-based functionality.
Another spotlight at this year’s MWC was on the move away from operators’ network-focused views of their business, towards a customer-centric philosophy that looks at the full subscriber lifecycle across all touchpoints.
Customer-centricity in telecommunications is all about delivering flawless quality of experience, serving the customer with every interaction that occurs directly between operator and subscriber, and with every use of services offered to subscribers. As Harley Manning, VP of Forrester Research, put it: “The only source of competitive advantage is one that can survive technology-fueled disruption: an obsession with customer experience.”
Operators today seek to differentiate themselves through quality of experience and service rather than winning customers over through price point alone. A rise in subscriber numbers but a corresponding drop in ARPU is not only unsustainable as a business strategy, it is simply not enough to bring in and retain today’s demanding and knowledgeable customers. Satisfying subscribers through positive interactions and reliably excellent service is a solid and time-tested strategy.
How can telcos work on improving their customer experience? Understanding subscribers, their quality of experience, and the details of network function is a good foundation. With the insights delivered by comprehensive monitoring and analytics, operators can get a better sense of what is needed to really satisfy customers and ensure their loyalty.
RADCOM at MWC17
MaveriQ A+, an NFV-native customer experience and probe-based service assurance solution, was presented at RADCOM’s booth at Mobile World Congress. RADCOM itself has been called a disruptor, leading the assurance industry in the software-based revolution. Certainly it is at the forefront of the transformation, partnering with AT&T in its massive strides ahead into telco virtualization. MaveriQ A+ is fully integrated with ONAP as well as OSM (Open Source Mano), which positions RADCOM well in the market as operators look for an assurance solution that is part of an open virtualized architecture. As with 5G’s move from hype to on-the-ground action, vProbe (virtual probe) -based assurance is one of the places where we are starting to see the reality of NFV, as well as some of its benefits.
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A senior marketing and business leader with over 20 years of experience in the communications industry, Michal has held managerial marketing, product, and presales positions in companies ranging from start-ups to large scale. Michal holds an Industrial Engineering and Management degree from the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel.
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I calibrated Dirac Live within a very large Arcam system featuring an AV40 Processor 2 PA 720 Power amplifiers and a P349 Power amplifier with KEF Speakers and 4 REL Subwoofers creating a 7.4.4 system.
This setup was in collaboration with Nintronics where the customer received my calibration service for free with their purchase of the Arcam kit. For this customer I went one stage further and set the whole new Arcam system up including all the wiring and the 4 subwoofers.
I spent many hours on this calibration, more than 10 but it was worth it as the results were truly staggering, a really physical sounding system with great clarity and smoothness, able to give effortlessly. A great system.
So I’ve watched a couple films today to run the system in. To say that I’m pleased is an understatement. Wow, now that’s what I’m talking about ! Is what I’ve been missing since I traded my previous 850. The impact, scale, imaging, dynamics, immersion, everything. I’ve got a big grin !
Would like to say a few words of thanks for your help and support in setting up and calibrating the system for me. Very professional and knowledgeable. Goes in “above and beyond”. Puts in a lot of time and painstaking effort to make sure everything is set up and running smoothly and efficiently as it should. Very down to earth, easy to talk to and very much a “people person”. Top bloke, would definitely call upon again for any future hifi av installations.
Many thanks again for your time and effort
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#1 Shared Parenting solves many of the problems destroying children and families today in the broken family court system. The presumption of equal rights to both parents as a starting point is a constitutional MUST. PROBLEM: The whole family court system is designed around the civil and criminal systems as adversarial. Husband and wife should not be incented to go after each other viciosuly for financial benefit and more time with their children. Lawyers should not be incented with more billable hours to separate the parties and essentially cause more fights. It seems that every decision made by most lawyers is driven by how much money they can make, not by the best interest of their client. The cost of a divorce is in direct proportion to the financial assets of the parties. Lawyers ask about your assets during first interviews to see how much money thay can make on the case etc. What does this say?
#2 Judges must be accountable for their decisions. If a judge continues to get overturned on appeal, or appeals look like obvious mistakes or bias, then they should be removed. Videotaping of what happens and a system for chief justices to be required to monitor and review these video tapes and/or real-time feeds for so many hours per judge per quarter. Judges should be warned with blatent violations of the law, like refusing to hear motions, ex parte conversations and showing of bias. A second offense should have a stricter punishment (maybe suspension for 30 days) and a 3rd (in some time frame like 2-3 years) should cause removal. It also seems judges are appointed and the experience requirements are lax in terms of their knowledge of the law, constitution and their responsibilities. Judges must have time and training and be required to enforce constitutional rights over any state laws (in theory they are, but in practice this is a joke).
#3 Unconstitutional state laws should be removed from the books completely. Many states are violating the constitution as a matter of standard operating procedure, every day in nearly every restraining order and divorce case. This goes to the abuse of restraining orders, which strip men of many constitutional rights as soon as a woman say the word "fear" or makes any accusation. It includes the instant division of children's time by 14% and 86%. Standards of proof and "strict scrutiny" must be applied to take away children, property and any other fundamental constitutional rights. Without hard proof anything but a 50-50 split is unconstitutional and should not be supported by any courts. There is enough case law on this to choke a horse, saying this is right, but the federal government has been ignoring this abuse for decades under the excuse that family courts are in the domain of the state. This is NOT mutually exclusive with requiring state laws to be constitutional - which is required already by the supreme court. No state may limit a person's rights under the constitution as I understand it.
#4 DSS/Child Services reform - I have no direct experience with this so will not comment specifically on this but all of the above 1-3 would certainly be relevant and apply too.
#5 Child support should be based on the actual cost of raising a child and meeting their basic needs. No one has the right to continue a lifestyle ad infinitum that was possible during marriage. Divorce causes major financial changes and fathers are getting all the burden of that today. The presumption that 2 homes can be supported on the same income that supported one pre-divorce is a ludicrous starting point. The profit and alimony should be taken out of child support and both parties must be expected to pull their own weight financially. Today men are expected to continue what they did during the marriage (financial support) and women do nothing for them after the divorce. The party that was a "stay-at-home" person must be required to support themselves with either part-time or full-time employment as soon as feasible (usually once children are in kindergarten). Women have equal rights and pay opportunities in the workforce today and forcing all the financial responsibility on the man is a crazy thing. Men post divorce commit suicide from 10 to 12 times more often than woman. What does this say about the fairness of this process?
I think your number 2 is too broad and subjective. It needs to be reworded somehow, or incorporated into other items. Who could argue with that. But it sounds like a request to rewrite all laws in this area which will never happen. Laws must be change incrementally I fear. It is the discretion and bias that judges have that allow them to do whatever they want to in spite of what the law says really. Because they can choose to believe whoever they want they can basically make totally one sided decisions. The requirement of evidence and proof, not the "she said" standard is a fundamental problem here. The standards of proof are not enough in family courts to insure fairness.
Your #7 might also be too broad. This sounds like a request to start a special commission of government to investigate and fix government. i.e. an internal affairs division and more government. To me less government would be far better and more distorts the goals further and creates more people that think they should be making decisions for citizens. The attorney general should investigate and prosecute abuse of office.
Best of luck with this avenue.
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:14 AM
Subject: Top 10 issuse's
I was sitting here because I can't sleep and some thoughts were going through my head.
I Got my State Rep. To Contact me well she came bye my house and I missed her.
And I called her Well She told me she would listen to the Issue's at hand.
When I was Talking to her she was saying well this is A different issues and that was one two.
And some that know me My emotion runs wild when I speak of the issue's.{lol}
Well I told her All these issues come to one problem.
Abuse and wrong bye our system.
She said well you need A lawyer I told her that is another issues that comes to the same problem the fleecing of our children.
Basically I feel this was a good phone call and I think she will keep to her word and meet with us here in Colorado.
But So we can come to all the issue's And get the point across None of the issue's are working for our children and the Family unit.
I Am Asking everyone on the boards to make a top 10 list and what they think the most Vital issue's are. If you have time.
Here is my list.
2. Make the laws Fair and just
3. Social Services reform all Departments.
4.Stop the discrimination in the Family Courts.
5. Explain how Lawyers and special Advocates and Judges have no accountability when it comes to our Children.
6. explain how the child support formula is A mathematical error and needs to be re Collated.
7.Investigations in to wrongs of our Government agency's that have totally abused there powers.
8. Explain how it cost the tax payer 1.26 to collect 70 cents of child support and has still not helped the problem of Child support debt.
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The benefit of the doubt is over; the Scottish Government has no economic credibility and unless Scotland says so with one voice it seems we will never get the change we desperately need
Yesterday’s launch of an economic development strategy for Scotland, which has been almost universally panned, should act as a turning-point in Scotland. When both the STUC and Tom Hunter (and everyone in between) are calling this report terrible, that represent a consensus position. So it should; it is a pitifully bad strategy (I explained the basics yesterday).
Most people recognise that the constant bleeding away of Scottish control of the economy is an accelerating economic failure and that the seemingly endless strings of indicators that something is deeply wrong cannot be ignored. Government tells us we are into the ‘green industrial revolution’ and yet the number of green jobs is actually falling.
Scotland seems incapable of building a ship or a wind turbine. Regions like Dumfries and Galloway or Fife are the subjects of malign neglect. It is national policy to ensure all of our most valuable productive assets are sold cheap to overseas interests. We seem to go through two or three economic advisory bodies a year with no discernable impact.
The two crucial economic development bodies (Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish National Investment Bank) shed credible leaders in under two years. No-one pretends our ‘enterprise network’ is fit for purpose. We make unhinged statements about being ‘a world leader in 5G’ as if people who know anything about it aren’t watching, like the world isn’t watching us.
The long and short of it is that Scotland’s economic policy isn’t just weak, or bad, or vague; it is an embarrassment. A national embarrassment.
Every previous attempt by this administration to produce an economic report or pursue an economic strategy has fizzled out within minutes of the fanfare. Another one is promised to take your mind off the last one. It fizzles out and so on. It is becoming farcical – don’t like our strategy? Give us six months and we’ll knock up another with even more adjectives.
There is a claim in this new strategy that it ‘could’ help us grow by a ‘whopping’ 4.9 per cent in ten years. I tried to find out what this was based on. It is one of the few assertions which has a reference attached, but follow the reference and it basically says ‘according to our modelling’. What assumptions? What growth projections for each component part of the input/output model?*
I was looking to see what of the emerging economic debate, theorising or commentary that’s everywhere in the post-pandemic world is picked up. This proved futile as no economic literature of any sort is alluded to, even implicitly. It is (in a literal a sense) economically illiterate.
Every previous attempt by this administration to produce an economic report or pursue an economic strategy has fizzled out within minutes of the fanfare
This sense is compounded the further you delve. The main report has no analysis of what is wrong, what can be improved, what reality it is engaging with. It refers people onwards to an ‘evidence paper’ where it claims we will find the analysis. But it’s a list of numbers, a lengthy compendium of basic facts and figures.
It is almost as if the Scottish Government doesn’t know what an analysis is. Measuring data is measuring data, it is ‘what?’ and ‘how much?’. And alone it is broadly useless, in the same way that ‘the sea seems to be rising’ is useless information without cross-referencing the additional information ‘because we’re in a boat and there’s a big hole in the hull’.
Why? Why are these indicators as they are? What do they mean? How do we change them? On this, nothing. No analysis, no understanding, no intellectual underpinning.
Make no mistake, this is primarily the fault of the very nature of this administration. It really is long past the point where people should be describing it as ‘tired’ or ‘out of ideas’ or ‘accident prone’ and time people accepted that from building ferries to ventilating classrooms, if this Scottish Government is involved it unquestionably will go wrong.
I’ve explained in detail why this is and I urge you to read it.
But that isn’t the end of the story of how this embarrassment is possible. This strategy is the calling card of Kate Forbes and it suggests she should be moved on immediately. She was promoted to the post with no experience or CV that suggested she was up to it and appears to be there for reasons other than that she is the best candidate for the job.
No-one had to look far to identify a better option – Ivan McKee is a Minister, has a serious and credible business background, a string of genuine successes behind him in government and is taken seriously by the business community. That he was overlooked in favour of Forbes is 100 per cent to do with the pre-succession paranoia of the First Minister.
But that doesn’t explain enough. How is something this low-grade making it out of the civil service? Surely Scotland’s economic development officials ought to be as embarrassed by this as the rest of us? Are they the problem, or at least a part of the problem? It is hard to conclude anything other than ‘yes, they are’.
I have a generally high regard for the civil service but that does not mean there are not large pockets of it which are clearly sub-par. They seem to be congregating around economic policy these days. Scotland’s sprawling agency network I have much less regard for and Scottish Enterprise has been failing to deliver even mediocrity for a good 10 or 15 years at least.
Then again, they don’t stand a chance with the leadership they are given, both politically and internally. There is an appalling smug satisfaction that hovers around the agency sprawl. It is almost as if a long track record of dismal performance that brings no consequences has made them complacent…
But as much as who is involved perhaps the problem is who isn’t involved. When the Scottish Government says ‘business’ they really mean two things. They mean ‘Charlotte Street’, the lobbyists and financiers who work for ‘the big boys’ (the global corporations). And they mean the Big Four accountancy firms who act as a proxy for ‘business’.
This Scottish Government has reached the end of the road in terms of benefit of the doubt about its economic competence – it has none
I was recently talking to a successful Scottish business leader who has, over the last five or six years, built up a successful and genuinely innovative business model. She had one question for me – ‘wouldn’t you think that someone in the Scottish Government would be interested in talking to me?’.
They aren’t, because she doesn’t have the blue-chip credentials that the Scottish Government thinks will rub off on it if there is sufficient contact. I can think of five other significant businesses I’ve been in contact with in the last 12 months and the story is the same. They are Scotland’s future but the government would rather talk to its corporate past.
This creates an unrealistic, unrepresentative view of what business in Scotland actually is. And with Common Weal or the Wellbeing Alliance or the Poverty Alliance or any of the Just Transition bodies and most of academia permanently excluded from these discussions and the STUC quite clearly dropped in as a tokenistic move (the SNP was heavily criticised for not talking to them when developing the Growth Commission), there are few fresh ideas.
There is so much more to explain, to analyse, to cover here – but little point. Scotland is now drowning in bad economic strategies developed by the Scottish Government, each one a reaction to criticism of the last. Another one would be a farce. The Scottish Government must wake up to the fact that it can’t spin its way out of this.
We must now reach a turning point. This Scottish Government cannot be trusted to provide Scotland with economic leadership. This isn’t ideological – I have problems with the neoliberal bent of the latest strategy but my objections are overwhelmingly to do with quality and credibility and people who in no way share my political beliefs agree.
Something else has to happen, something different. But before it can there must be a collective realisation that crosses all the political boundaries of Scotland. It is a simple one.
This Scottish Government has reached the end of the road in terms of benefit of the doubt about its economic competence. It has none. Once this message is echoed loudly enough by enough voices from all corners of Scotland, then perhaps we have some hope of change. Until then, see if you can digest yet another pointless word salad – and weep.
*Addendum – I have now found the modelling document on which the 4.9 per cent is based, published along with but not referenced from the main report. I might as well not have. It is simply an arbitrary measure of what would happen if basic things got five per cent better based on what we’re already doing.
Contribute to the website by writing or sending ideas
I need your help. This site is about holding power to account in Scotland and offering hope things can change. But alone I don’t have the expertise or knowledge to do it properly. I need people who know what is going on and who can explain it to others – but I also need your ideas and suggestions.
You can find out more about what I’m looking for below and then get in touch via contribute@robinmcalpine.org.
I’m still Head of Strategic Development at Common Weal but I’ve reduced my hours to enable me to do this website (and live on a low income anyway). So if you can afford to help me out with a small regular donation then that would be great. This site will always be free to read and will never involve a paywall.
This site is about equipping people with knowledge. Too often we assume that we all know what we’re each talking about and too often it’s not true. It’ll really help if people who’re interested in this site ask me the questions that they feel they would benefit from knowing the answer to which would help me shape the content. Don’t be shy – no daft questions and all that. And I’ll try and provide answers in what I’m putting up on here the best I can…
...or make a suggestion
Perhaps you have a specific thought on what what be useful for you or others that I could try and source or put together for the site – an explainer you’d particularly like to see, a subject you’d like an analysis of or a topic you’d like to hear a conversation about. Just send it in and I’ll see what I can do…
I don’t have time to do a proper moderation on comments so I just don’t have them activated on the site – but it doesn’t mean I don’t want feedback. As well as questions and suggestions you can send me a ‘letter’ and if there’s enough interest in sending these I’ll do a ‘letters section’. Just send me short emails (no more than about 500 words) with reactions to things on the site or short arguments you want to make. Keep it constructive and keep the tone as positive as you possibly can given the state of things in Scotland.
Write an analysis
You might work in the public or private sector in Scotland or in one of it’s institution and therefore have good knowledge about a subject – so let people know what is going on in your field. Or you might have policy expertise or practical experience which means you can dissect new public policy or initiatives and explain their merits (or otherwise) to others. If so, write me an analysis piece. Analyses aim to be shorter and sharper (up to 1,000 words) and written for an interested but non-expert audience who want to understand why something is happening, to tell them what is going on or to help them make a judgement about whether they should feel positive about new initiatives. Generally I’d rather include a byline and biography (just a sentence or two) but I understand that it can be difficult for whistleblowers or where people are prevented from writing publicly for other reasons. If you explain why and let me know about you I’ll definitely consider publishing anonymously.
Give me an idea
There are never too many good ideas – so if you’ve got one, send me it. It could be policy, strategy or some kind of interesting initiative. Write it up with the minimum commentary and in the fewest possible words and avoid jargon – so people can understand what you’re getting at. I’ll put good ones in the idea’s section.
Write an opinion piece
The world is full of opinions and there are so many places to publish them (and I’ve only got a limited time to curate this site), but there is never enough interesting, innovative, relevant and thoughtful opinion writing. So if you’ve got something to say, send me it. Try and think of things that you wouldn’t expect to see ten times over in other places (new angles on a subject or a view of a subject rarely covered) and always try to be concise and make it a pleasure to read. But don’t let me put you off – I’ve always been keen to encourage new writers. If you want to can send me an idea for an opinion piece and see what I think.
If you happen to be a filmmaker or fancy taking a shot at doing podcasts along the lines of what is on this site you could always send me something to have a look at. Editing video and audio content is time-intensive to to be blunt please only send things that are of a high quality or where the content is really strong. But if it’s good I’d love to give it an airing.
Point me to something interesting
Finding good things to read isn’t as easy as it should be – so if there is good writing in other places that you think visitors to this site would benefit from reading, send me a link and I might be able to check it out and put it in the Elsewhere section. I’m also happy to plug events or initiatives if you send me the details.
Contribute to the website by writing or sending ideas
I need your help. This site is about holding power to account in Scotland and offering hope things can change. But alone I don’t have the expertise or knowledge to do it properly. I need people who know what is going on and who can explain it to others – but I also need your ideas and suggestions.
You can find out more about what I’m looking for below and then get in touch via contribute@robinmcalpine.org.
I’m still Head of Strategic Development at Common Weal but I’ve reduced my hours to enable me to do this website (and live on a low income anyway). So if you can afford to help me out with a small regular donation then that would be great. This site will always be free to read and will never involve a paywall.
This site is about equipping people with knowledge. Too often we assume that we all know what we’re each talking about and too often it’s not true. It’ll really help if people who’re interested in this site ask me the questions that they feel they would benefit from knowing the answer to which would help me shape the content. Don’t be shy – no daft questions and all that. And I’ll try and provide answers in what I’m putting up on here the best I can…
...or make a suggestion
Perhaps you have a specific thought on what what be useful for you or others that I could try and source or put together for the site – an explainer you’d particularly like to see, a subject you’d like an analysis of or a topic you’d like to hear a conversation about. Just send it in and I’ll see what I can do…
I don’t have time to do a proper moderation on comments so I just don’t have them activated on the site – but it doesn’t mean I don’t want feedback. As well as questions and suggestions you can send me a ‘letter’ and if there’s enough interest in sending these I’ll do a ‘letters section’. Just send me short emails (no more than about 500 words) with reactions to things on the site or short arguments you want to make. Keep it constructive and keep the tone as positive as you possibly can given the state of things in Scotland.
Write an analysis
You might work in the public or private sector in Scotland or in one of it’s institution and therefore have good knowledge about a subject – so let people know what is going on in your field. Or you might have policy expertise or practical experience which means you can dissect new public policy or initiatives and explain their merits (or otherwise) to others. If so, write me an analysis piece. Analyses aim to be shorter and sharper (up to 1,000 words) and written for an interested but non-expert audience who want to understand why something is happening, to tell them what is going on or to help them make a judgement about whether they should feel positive about new initiatives. Generally I’d rather include a byline and biography (just a sentence or two) but I understand that it can be difficult for whistleblowers or where people are prevented from writing publicly for other reasons. If you explain why and let me know about you I’ll definitely consider publishing anonymously.
Give me an idea
There are never too many good ideas – so if you’ve got one, send me it. It could be policy, strategy or some kind of interesting initiative. Write it up with the minimum commentary and in the fewest possible words and avoid jargon – so people can understand what you’re getting at. I’ll put good ones in the idea’s section.
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Why did I start this website?
Scotland is in a mess – it’s media woefully under-powered, it’s institutions opaque and little scrutinised, its policy agenda pitifully unimaginative and of course underneath all this a seemingly endless range of social, environmental and economic failures which simply never seem to change or go away. I’ve always believed that the first step in changing something is understanding it. I started this website because there just isn’t enough serious interested in holding power to account or taking seriously the public policy which shapes our lives. So I’m going to try and do the best I can to remedy some of this here.
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For the last decade I’ve been trying to change Scotland by developing realistic, innovative and courageous policy ideas and I will continue to do that with Common Weal. But a time came when I couldn’t really pretend any longer that the closed ‘governing classes’ of Scotland were interested in change, comfortable as they are in their little empires. If people better understood how this governing class is really governing Scotland I believe the momentum for change would grow. I’ve focussed on positive and constructive ideas about the future – but I fear that without a cold, hard look at the present they’ll always remain just ideas. Plus frankly I believe that, for the record if nothing else, the abuse of power must be recorded.
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Since my pram I’ve been dragged on CND marches, to protests about injustice and to meetings about Scotland’s independence. My memories of these were about people who wanted to change things together – who would disagree, sometimes profoundly, but who could put aside disagreements to try and make things better, to get things to happen. We seem to be living in an age where disagreeing makes us enemies and I hate it. I believe that there is common cause to be found if only we could stop permanently looking for the flaws in each other. When I set up Common Weal I created the tagline ‘All Of Us First’ and this captures what I hoped for – a society where it’s about everyone gaining, not just those you agree on obtuse detail. I know that we build more when we build together and that Scotland’s only hope of the future it deserves is if we do exactly that – build together and forgive each other for not being perfect. As I write on this site I will develop the philosophy which underpins how I feel about the world. I’m doing this because Scotland needs scrutiny to change – but what Scotland does not need is more petty name-calling or purity-measuring. Or that’s what I believe anyway.
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Hi, I’m Robin McAlpine and this site is about trying to hold power to account in Scotland, help people understand what’s really going on and provide some kind of hope that it might actually change. You can find out all about it below.
My name is Robin McAlpine and everything I’m doing with this website is purely in a personal capacity. I graduated from Glasgow University and then worked in journalism, political strategy and lobbying. In 2010 I decided to give up a well-paid career to try and do something to change Scotland for the better, setting up first the Jimmy Reid Foundation think tank and then after that Common Weal. I am still Head of Strategic Development at Common Weal and as committed to the work we’re doing there as I’ve always been. I was a very active campaigner in the 2014 independence referendum and have campaigned on many social, environmental and economic issues over the years.
Why did I start this website?
Scotland is in a mess – it’s media woefully under-powered, it’s institutions opaque and little scrutinised, its policy agenda pitifully unimaginative and of course underneath all this a seemingly endless range of social, environmental and economic failures which simply never seem to change or go away. I’ve always believed that the first step in changing something is understanding it. I started this website because there just isn’t enough serious interested in holding power to account or taking seriously the public policy which shapes our lives. So I’m going to try and do the best I can to remedy some of this here.
What am I hoping to achieve?
For the last decade I’ve been trying to change Scotland by developing realistic, innovative and courageous policy ideas and I will continue to do that with Common Weal. But a time came when I couldn’t really pretend any longer that the closed ‘governing classes’ of Scotland were interested in change, comfortable as they are in their little empires. If people better understood how this governing class is really governing Scotland I believe the momentum for change would grow. I’ve focussed on positive and constructive ideas about the future – but I fear that without a cold, hard look at the present they’ll always remain just ideas. Plus frankly I believe that, for the record if nothing else, the abuse of power must be recorded.
What I believe in
Since my pram I’ve been dragged on CND marches, to protests about injustice and to meetings about Scotland’s independence. My memories of these were about people who wanted to change things together – who would disagree, sometimes profoundly, but who could put aside disagreements to try and make things better, to get things to happen. We seem to be living in an age where disagreeing makes us enemies and I hate it. I believe that there is common cause to be found if only we could stop permanently looking for the flaws in each other. When I set up Common Weal I created the tagline ‘All Of Us First’ and this captures what I hoped for – a society where it’s about everyone gaining, not just those you agree on obtuse detail. I know that we build more when we build together and that Scotland’s only hope of the future it deserves is if we do exactly that – build together and forgive each other for not being perfect. As I write on this site I will develop the philosophy which underpins how I feel about the world. I’m doing this because Scotland needs scrutiny to change – but what Scotland does not need is more petty name-calling or purity-measuring. Or that’s what I believe anyway.
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This is a continuation of the interview with Senator Mike Gravel on May 26, 2011 by Mary Anne Hamblen and Karen Brewster at his home in Burlingame, California. This is a continuation from tape number Oral History 2011-21-03, Part 1, and continues on tape number Oral History 2011-21-03, Part 3. In this part of the interview, Senator Mike Gravel talks about nuclear testing on Amchitka Island, how the media affected his relationship with Senator Ted Stevens, Stevens’ temper, and some of Stevens’ accomplishments. He also talks about working with Senator Stevens in the Senate, what he was like in private, and some important issues they worked on while in office.
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SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I don't mean to speak ill of anybody that I served with.
I -- I was unique in this sense, I was a maverick. I questioned authority.
And that's not an asset in being a legislator.
In fact, I always felt Ted was a better legislator overall than I was.
On the specific important issues, I felt that I was superior to him in judgment and in taking certain positions, but as a legislator, he was the consummate kind of legislator.
And that was the -- and so a lot of these issues came up, it was a quarrel over the substance of the matter, not of the motivation behind it.
I understood his motivation, I understood the motivation of people like Udahl and others, but that didn't mean that I had to go along with it.
I had my own brains, I had my own judgment that I could make, my own research, and acted upon that.
That -- that's fine to a point, but it can be very controversial.
In fact, this is worth for the record.
The -- when I would go back to Alaska, a lot of times people would say, "You and Ted have got to stop fighting.
You know, it's just terrible. You're hurting Alaska's interest as you fight."
Of course, they were wrong, we weren't hurting Alaska's interest, we were bringing about greater focus of attention on what those interests were all about,
but that's not the way they looked at it, they looked at it naively, "You two should not fight, you should just be together on these issues."
And I would always ask the question, "Well, what about the substance?
Now, do you want me to side with him on his issue or him side with me on my issue? What about the substance?"
"Oh, we don't care what the substance, you've just got to work together."
Pretty stupid, in point of fact, and that was the conventional wisdom in Alaska, that our quarreling hurt Alaska.
It did not hurt Alaska one iota.
It -- it brought about better policy as a result of a dialogue that took place when the policy was properly made.
Let me -- let me jump to an area on nuclear.
When -- we were both elected in '69, and the -- in '69, '70, the Federal Government was drilling a hole on Amchitka Island for nuclear testing.
They had already done some testing.
This was to test a nuclear warhead.
And that -- so as part of my responsibilities as a Senator, I didn't know much about the subject at the time, I asked to be briefed by the Atomic Energy Commission.
They sent in, somebody briefed me. I was not terribly satisfied with the briefing; I thought I was being stroked down more than briefed.
And so I began to do some research on my own, assign some tasks to staff, and lo and behold, invited them to brief me again.
And I was not at all satisfied with their answers.
And lo and behold, shortly after the second briefing, Holmes & Arbor, which was the contractor that was drilling the hole out on Amchitka, it's a mile deep hole that you could send an elevator down
because they had to put in a -- an atomic device down in that -- in the bottom of the hole,
the -- they opened up a PR office, and the PR rhetoric was that anybody that opposed Amchitka -- and I had not opposed Amchitka,
this was inside information that they knew that I had some concerns about them.
But the rhetoric of the PR campaign was that anybody that opposed the continued construction or detonation of a nuclear device on Amchitka was unpatriotic,
was working against the defense of the United States, and also was costing jobs because a lot of people were employed on Amchitka drilling, doing the drilling.
So lo and behold, I did get angry at that point.
And so then I became very informed and hired staff to -- to get up to speed on this whole issue, this nuclear issue with respect to weapons.
And so then in addition to my opposing it within Alaska, which was unpopular, I organized internationally to oppose it.
In fact, I got two members of the Canadian Parliament to come down to Washington and picket the White House with me.
A group of -- that we helped organize in Vancouver bought a fishing boat to sail up to Amchitka to be able to protest right there on the site.
They had to incorporate to limit the liability on the purchase of this vessel, and they incorporated as Greenpeace,
and that's how Greenpeace came about, was fighting Amchitka.
Well, the detonation went forward.
And -- and shortly after the detonation, they were planning another -- another detonation, a memo came to my hands by a whistle blower someplace,
in the Atomic Energy Commission, Defense Department, you name it, I don't recall who gave it to me; even if I did recall, I wouldn't reveal it.
And what the memo said, this is an internal memo within the Defense Department, that the -- that the nuclear device that was being tested was obsolete
and there was no reason to continue the testing.
Well, as a result of releasing that publicly, the whole issue went away.
They did not do any further testing.
Let me -- there's two sidebars to that testing that took place.
In the three detonations that took place, what was created a mile deep under the ocean was the size of a football field,
literally in the shape of a football, and this contained all of this irradiated material from the nuclear explosion on the ground.
Now, there's three of those in the North Pacific under Amchitka Island.
This is a very seismically active area.
If a earthquake were to open up, a fissure were to open up, one of these footballs the size of a football field,
all of that material would spew into the seed bed -- seed bed of the North Pacific and contaminate the fisheries, the food chain of the North Pacific.
That's a threat that existed then and exists to this day and will exist for the next thousand years.
Now, that, in my mind, is irresponsible policy making on the part of the government.
Now, as a result of my opposing this, I developed an expertise in the whole issue of nuclear activity and opposed the generation of nuclear power for electricity.
And at the time that I was elected in '69, we had a hundred and fifty nuclear power plants in the United States on the planning boards.
By the time I left office, that had not been increased by one plant.
In other words, I was able to lead the environmental community into opposition of nuclear power generation,
and that was able to stifle it in the United States and worldwide.
The only countries that went forward aggressively were France and Japan.
And -- and before, coming back to obviously what has taken place in Japan of late is to realize seven years ago -- (Phone rings, pause in recording.)
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Seven years ago, I received a call from a lady, the name escapes me at this point, who asked, "This is Mike Gravel?"
I said, "Yes." She said, "You are so right," and she started sobbing on the phone.
I said, "Whoa, wait, what's going on? What was I right about?"
Well, she says, "I was an employee in the labor union, and we really damaged you in your opposition to Amchitka.
My husband was working on Amchitka as one of the drillers.
And I want to tell you, you were right. We were wrong.
And we paid a very dear price because within five years, all of our husbands, all of the workers who were on the island at the time of the detonation, died of cancer."
And she was telling me about what had happened.
I had not kept abreast of it, I did not realize that these people had died.
What had happened, and these people were paid off very quickly by the government, they were -- all the wives were given $150,000.
Then subsequent to that when there was a little agitation, a physicist in Philadelphia had done some studies into this, what happened,
they paid them another $150,000 to shut them up.
And so what had happened was a canister of cesium, this is an active agent used to -- as part of the detonation of a nuclear device.
And so in this shaft, which was surrounded by a chain link fence to keep the dirt from caving in, somewhere in there was lost a can of cesium in the shaft itself,
so that when the detonation took place, there was a slight venting, there was a decreasing of the topography, and what was a little cloud.
It was venting.
Nobody realized, and they didn't bother to do the testing at the -- at that -- at that point to realize that the venting was what turned around and killed all the workmen who were there on the island at the time within five years.
And of course, the -- well, it just -- it's ridiculous, it was our own Three Mile Island induced by the military and the nuclear -- by the government.
What had happened subsequent to that was, of course, what's happened now in Japan.
The nuclear industry, and even President Obama is still a supporter of the nuclear industry to this day. It's ridiculous.
There's two facets to this, and this is the point I tried to make back then and make it right now,
is that if you -- and we were the greatest nation expanding, along with France and Japan, primarily the United States.
The French did their own nuclear device, their own power plant, which is better than ours, incidentally, and --
but we, with Westinghouse and General Electric, were the ones that went into Japan and sold them on our -- our plants.
And of course, this Fukushima that just imploded and had a meltdown was a General Electric design, and that's what we did.
And so now what -- what happened, the benefit of Fukushima is that you're going to see again a thwarting of the expansion of nuclear power generation.
But the great -- the great damage that's done is not what you see, it's what you don't see.
And that is that we have led the world in expanding nuclear power generation.
That has led the world in acquiring fissionable material that, with additional processing, is weapons grade.
And so we have polluted the planet with weapons grade material as a result of our policy of, quote, the peace -- using the peaceful atom,
which was a policy set up in the United States in 1955, when Dwight Eisenhower went to the UN and spoke of having the peaceful atom benefit mankind.
It's not, it's been the scourge of mankind and will continue to be.
KAREN BREWSTER: So when you were working on the Amchitka issue, what was Senator Stevens's position on that?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I -- to my knowledge, he stayed out of it, because here again,
Ted was on the Armed Ser -- immediately when he got to the Senate, Jackson got him on the Armed Services Committee,
and he was on the subcommittee of Appropriations, Military Appropriations,
and so he would have been in a strategic area to get into a real quarrel with me over that.
But keep in mind, now, this was '69 and '70, that's when he was running for re-election to -- for the first time,
so he did not want to get involved in any quarrel with me at that time, it did not make any political sense for him.
So he stayed out of the issue altogether.
Privately, he was with Jackson and others on the issue, but he did not surface.
And so by the time he was free to -- let's say, politically to maybe get involved in the issue, that the issue had already been settled.
That was '71. '70, I believe. So that's the nuclear segue.
KAREN BREWSTER: The other segue we talked about was the media, you were starting to talk about media the -- SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Oh, yeah. Yeah. KAREN BREWSTER: -- in Alaska, the newspapers--
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Here again, the Anchorage Daily Times was Republican, Bob Atwood, and of course, they were never -- never friendly to me in that regard.
I tried to court them as best I could but without success.
And then when the ANILCA issue came along, the Anchorage Daily News, which had more of an environmental bent, well, now, they were opposed to me.
So during the ANILCA battle I had both newspapers opposed to me very vitriolically.
Prior to that, it was the Anchorage Times and the Daily News, was so-so.
Two -- two events, one with respect to how I handled the media, I don't think I handled it at all that well.
Like I say, I should have been a lot more accommodating to Ted's initial overtures of friendship,
but -- and I had the same problem with the media, you know, they were damaging me.
I was able to survive, but one -- I developed a policy which angered them to no end.
What -- what I did was -- and this was probably in '78, '79, more like '78,
I turned around and issued a statement to the Anchorage Daily Times that I would not --
or maybe I did it to the News first, I'm not sure, but I did it to both of them, that henceforth, I would not give them any of my press releases,
I would not give them any information about what I was doing or about with respect to public policy, and I'd give them a freeze, a blackout.
Whoa. Now, that's tough stuff. They thought that, boy, we're powerful, you're going to run for re-election, you need our -- I kept it up for a year.
They eventually -- the Times eventually capitulated and we had a drink and cup of coffee and, okay, well, we'll go back to normal.
And then with ANILCA, the News started jumping on my case unfairly, so lo and behold, I did the same thing to them for a year, and they backed around.
Now, I can recall going to a broadcasters's convention that was held in Alaska, down in Southeastern,
I think at Glacier Bay, and you had all of these national publishers coming to this convention, and these big time reporters,
and here, that was the time that I had the freeze on the Daily News, they were absolutely -- I made a speech, and I thought I was just talking -- they were so angry, so vitriolic against me.
How dare I think that I could shut out their media from what I was doing because I didn't like the way they handled me.
I said, real simple. You know, you weren't treating me fairly, so what the hell -- what did I lose by a blackout?
I didn't lose anything. You're the ones that lost because it was an embarrassment to you.
And so that eventually settled that and things went back to normal and they treated me better as a result of that.
Media has got an interesting -- and, of course, depending on the papers, a classic example of that.
The media does their own advertising, you know, they're out there.
Just look at television. Oh, we are the greatest station on earth, we give you the greatest news and timely and all that, and they've got the time to do it, and print media does the same thing.
You know, when you talk about freedom of the press, well, if you own the press, you've got freedom; if you don't own the press, you don't have the freedom.
So the -- and, of course, right now, it's appalling because the America media is corporate owned,
and so all you get is corporate -- the corporate line in our society, and that's not enough.
And that's the reason why we have the problems that we do is because the people don't get the straight skinny.
There's a joke during the Cold War is that the Russians knew, in the Soviet Union, they knew they were being lied to by the media,
and of course, so they had -- they developed their alternate source of information.
Well, in the United States, we don't know that.
We think that we're getting the straight skinny from the media, and so we don't go into alternate sources of information.
That has changed now with the Internet, and is improving and, of course, now you see the print media going downhill and the networks goings downhill.
So we are in very much of a renaissance from the communications point of view, all to the benefit, all to the good.
KAREN BREWSTER: What was the role of the media between you and Stevens and, you know, the quarrels that you guys had and how that affected things?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Always. They were always siding with Stevens.
Keep in mind, it's conventional wisdom.
So you had the News Miner, the owner of the News Miner looked upon Stevens as a son.
I mean, Stevens inherited some of his property.
I think he had a boat and Stevens inherited that.
So no -- so the News Miner was always, it was a very conservative journal, and -- and so he sided with Stevens,
and the Anchorage Times sided with Stevens all the time on the pipeline issue and what have you.
So I was always a day late and a dollar short with respect to communications in Alaska on the media.
And so that -- that -- over time, that essentially wore on me, so that's the reason why I lost the Senate race in 1980
was I really was a mass of scar tissue ready to fall over. Donald Duck could have beaten me.
And, of course, the polls showed that I would have beaten Murkowski in the general,
but what happens, now this is the second time Jerry Falwell and the religious right came into Alaska to campaign against me.
They did it in 1974, and they did it in 19 -- and so they were able to move about 3,000 votes over.
So for -- actually, 1500 votes over with our open primary, and so I lost in the primary.
And, you know, I was not unhappy about it.
I personally feel that we should have term limits and 12 years is enough in the Senate.
Three terms in the House of four years each would be enough to turn it over.
And so I did not -- I was not happy when I left.
I actually went into midlife crisis, I got divorced, I got separated, I lost my job, I had to go out and find a new way to make a living.
So -- but I did not have any -- I didn't ever harken a desire to be back in the Senate. I wouldn't take a Senate appointment if it was given to me now.
The only day that I did, was on the day that they had a vote in the Senate on the resolution to empower George Bush to invade Iraq.
Had I been there -- now, the Senate was in control of the Democrats.
Had I been there, I would have filibustered that.
I would have embarrassed the Democratic Party, and I think I would have been successful in thwarting that resolution's passage,
and it probably have stopped the Iraq War.
That's the only day that I wished I had been a senator.
KAREN BREWSTER: You mentioned earlier this idea of one senator from Alaska being Republican and one being Democrat versus both being from the same party,
and you felt you being a Democrat and Senator Stevens being Republican was a good thing?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I think there was -- that was a good tactic because you covered both bases.
You can't get anything through the Senate without an agreement of -- of the parties.
That's why we have the stalemate right now.
And so the fact that Ted was a Republican, and a very highly thought of Republican, and he had -- Ted was very popular as a senator.
When he almost died, you had people like Ed Muskie and others that went to his wife's funeral, a large contingent of senators.
He was well liked by his colleagues, even though he had an abrasive personality,
and every so often would go off to reservations with his -- his tirades,
but -- but that aside, he was "hail fellow well met" within the club of the United States Senate, and I was not, and that's to Ted's credit.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Well, I -- I think that if you're going to have a legislator, I do not think that mavericks are -- not too many.
It's like -- it's like Tabasco Sauce, you don't want to have a lot of -- too much Tabasco on your meat,
what you want is you'd like a little bit.
And so -- but I was more than a little bit, I was very controversial.
So as a legislator -- well, I -- I must say, I'm not giving myself credit, I was effective in getting a lot of things passed,
but that -- I got them passed not because I was well liked, because I was feared.
I would -- I would debate, I would debate and I would filibuster.
So no, I got it through the hard way, but -- but it was very painful because peer pressure is really what works on you.
And so a lot of my staff would say, "Well, Senator, boy, we wish you'd, you know, conform more to the club, and we'd get more through."
Well, they were wrong. We got what we got.
And -- and as a result of that, I think I did a great service to Alaska with respect to the nuclear issue, with respect to the ANILCA issue, even though I failed;
with respect to the Law of the Sea issue, which is eventually going to come back up and haunt us right now.
In fact, I -- let me talk about that for a moment.
One of the things that's going to happen now in the world is the -- with the melting of the ice, is the extreme exploitation of the Arctic Ocean.
In fact, it was my legislation and getting a contribution from the -- one of the owners of -- of IBM to donate money to create the Circumpolar Conference.
I felt it was very important for the Inuit peoples and the Laplanders from Norway, Russia, Canada, the United States and Greenland,
to come together as a political entity, as a cultural entity, and study the problems that they face as a society.
Now, with the melting of ice, the onward to Northwest Passage is going to be possible,
the very strong development of oil, particularly in the Russian area.
And so had we -- had -- if the United States would now join the Law of the Sea,
it would then have the protection that would take place as a result of the Law of the Sea on protecting the Arctic Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean needs to be protected.
There's -- there obviously will be exploitation, but it has to be done under -- under an environmental supervision.
And that's one of the issues -- in fact, I was at a panel recently in Anchorage
and advocated that to the president of the -- mayor of the North Slope, that they could look to the Law of the Sea and not look to the Congress to protect the Arctic Ocean.
KAREN BREWSTER: I was wondering if the fact that you were sort of off the mainstream when you were in the Senate, is that what made Senator Stevens not like you very much and cause some of the disagreement?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I don't know. I don't think Stevens disliked me.
I've seen him several times after and it was always cordial.
We never talked about -- never spent a great deal of time together, but if -- when I would see him, we would talk about how is the family, how is the kids kind of a situation.
It was more of that cordiality. His -- his second marriage, Ann Stevens -- not Ann.
KAREN BREWSTER: Catherine. SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Catherine. Cathy and I were good friends, she was very much of a supporter of mine.
So no, I don't think Ted disliked me.
I think he didn't understand me at all, so that he didn't understand when he campaigned against me that I would take -- that I would be angry over that.
Usually the way the system works, while you campaign you call him a SOB, and then after that you throw arms around each other.
It's like attorneys, you know, the guy goes to the jailhouse and you go have a drink with the prosecutor.
Well, I wasn't an attorney and -- and my sensitivities were not of that nature, but I never felt that Ted disliked me as a person.
And -- and after he was still in office and I was out of office and I would get up to the Hill occasionally
and I would see him, he was always very, very cordial. Very cordial.
And if I felt if I had a real big problem, then I could -- I never did -- I could go to him and ask for help.
But -- but that's after he was convinced that I was no longer going to be a factor in Alaskan politics.
KAREN BREWSTER: Right. When you were in the midst of it all, how did you feel about him? I mean, he had all this public acrimony towards you. How did you feel about him?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: No, to me it was just a battle.
I don't -- I don't recall at any time that I took exception to him in a personal kind of way.
And in fact, when he was accusing me for causing his wife's death, it just really just hurt me, not what he was saying about me,
but the pain that he obviously suffered in relationship to me as a player in these events.
And, of course, the anger when I filibustered and stopped ANILCA on two occasions just blew him -- he blew his top in that regard.
KAREN BREWSTER: Yeah, I mean he's pretty --
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: But he had a high temper. He -- he -- Ted was very vitriolic in that regard,
but here, too, he never kept a grudge in that sense.
That's the reason why he was so popular in the Senate.
Had he kept a grudge, you've got to -- after any one of his tirades, everybody would have walked around him. But, no, he was "hail fellow well met."
He loved to go on junkets.
And that's something that's misunderstood by the public.
Members in the Congress are in a competitive role.
They go there to steal the bacon to bring it back home.
So they are in a competitive role. They don't get a chance to develop any real personal association.
The best way to do that is when you go on a junket, you go with your wife, you're in a very comfortable situation,
you're literally a tourist, and so you get to know each other one on one and you develop friendships that you would not normally have developed.
And so the whole junket approach in Congress did more benefit to making the Congress our harmonious institution
than the structure that it had, which was a competitive structure that you steal from each other to bring home.
So this is not generally appreciated or understood, but it's very significant.
And so Ted, being a junketer, he obviously would get to know a lot of people on a personal basis,
and so when Ted would go into his tirades on the Floor of the Senate, they would understand that.
Well, that's just Ted. And after that's over, Ted's our friend, nice guy, and that's why he was popular.
KAREN BREWSTER: Do you think those tirades helped him in his legislative process or were a liability?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Liability. Not only a liability, it was a terrible liability for his image nationally.
Now, he was protected with the media in Alaska, but nationally, Ted was not very popular and not highly thought of.
Now, there was, I'm sure -- and I felt that during -- when we were serving together that there was a slight jealousy that I had a national reputation as a result of the Pentagon Papers and other areas,
that Ted was jealous that I was well known and that he was not.
And, of course, he subsequently, unfortunately, became well known with his litigation and prosecution at the end of his career.
I personally felt the tragedy of him being prosecuted and convicted after a long career of working hard for the people,
for the national interest, as he viewed it, and I think he viewed it wrongly with respect to defense posture
because he took Scoop Jackson's place as the major, major handmaiden to the military industrial complex, but -- but, you know, that was Ted.
One area that I did disagree with, and I spoke about it publicly -- excuse me. (Recording pause.)
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: One of the things that I disagree with, and of course, it's a little bit like the Amchitka, you know, Amchitka created a lot of jobs and a lot of cancer,
but what Ted has done is to bring about the nuclear shield --
the missile shield, rather, at Delta, Alaska, where they spent a ton of money, a billion dollars -- no, not a billion, a hundred billion dollars to put in the eight silos out there at Delta --
Now, here, the threat to the United States was 19 Arabs with box cutters.
And so we spend a hundred billion dollars up in the center of Alaska to put on -- to have a nuclear shield.
Well, to me, it's a tragic waste of money.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a very, very important journal, had a characterization of that,
and that is a -- which is a boondoggle, obviously, but it is a technology that doesn't work for a threat that doesn't exist.
And it doesn't exist.
I mean, who's going to -- who's going to shoot a missile at us? China?
Well, we're their market. North Korea?
My God, if they aimed a missile at us and were getting ready to launch it, we could obliterate all of North Korea with one of our -- our trained submarines in the Sea of Japan.
This is ridiculous, so why are we building it? It's not -- and of course, you can't shoot a bullet to hit a bullet.
What -- and it could be thwarted.
But here again, this is the defense industry, it's making profit, jobs, and Boeing particularly is involved.
And so Ted fostered this, brought them here, they deployed the missile defense system in Alaska when it hadn't even been tested.
Still has not been tested. And it doesn't work.
And now, there's an additional appropriation under Obama to go ahead and add more silos because they wanted to -- of the 8, I think they want to do 26.
This is an abomination. We're broke and we're wasting this money.
Now, what these missiles can do, and that is, they can be intercontinental, and they can then go up and shoot down satellites in the sky.
Now -- and so this is not a Star Wars to protect from an enemy, it's to be able to -- be able to have a war in space.
Now, who would be most hurt by a war in space? Zimbabwe, which doesn't have a satellite up there? No.
We, the United States, have more up there than anybody else.
And so if we were to cause any kind of detonations in outer space, the debris would wipe out our satellites, we'd wipe out our whole communications systems.
We are the most vulnerable in space of any nation on earth, and yet we are the ones that are spending more money to fight a space battle.
Now, there's two demonstrations. If you recall sometime back, we brought down one of our satellites
and brought it back to earth, and it was to be able to see if we could do that, destroy it up there and bring it back -- and bring down the debris.
Well, shortly after that, China did the same thing.
So that was China's communication to us, if you think you're so smart that you're the only ones that can snuff out somebody's sites up in space, we can do the same thing, too.
And China only spends 10 percent of what we do on -- on their budget.
Now, that's the budget of 500 plus billion dollars that we spend.
That's not what we really spend, what we spend is a trillion dollars a year, but China is 5 percent of that.
KAREN BREWSTER: Well, Senator Stevens is certainly known for his support of the military and military appropriations, he was sort of successful in that -- MARY ANNE HAMBLEN: He had a role in this --
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: That was it. He was -- he was -- well, there --
there was two individuals in Congress: John Murtha in the House, who had the equivalent position that Ted had on the House Appropriations Committee, and Ted Stevens.
Both of them were the -- were the two leaders for funding the military industrial complex of the United States of America,
which Dwight Eisenhower warned us about, and Stevens was the prime mover of this.
And brought home the bacon. Brought home the bacon. We're going to drill holes.
The fact this thing doesn't work doesn't mean anything, we're going to spend a hundred billion dollars doing this.
But here, too, Ted had a background -- I admired Ted for the fact that he was a Hump pilot during the Second World War, and a real courageous one.
I mean, this was no small undertaking. And so Ted had a background in that area.
Ted had -- now, keep in mind, the military industrial complex, after the Second World War, controlled the American economy and the corporate economy.
So it was natural for Ted to -- as a Republican, to gravitate in that direction.
So I'm sure that Ted, along with the members of Congress today that sustained the same thing,
felt in his heart of hearts that he was doing the best thing for the defense of the United States of America.
My view is very simple. We could cut the defense budget in half and we'd be safer than we are today.
KAREN BREWSTER: And when you were in the Senate with Stevens, were military issues coming up --
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Oh, very much. I filibustered -- I filibustered that all the time.
In fact, with the Pentagon Papers, I was the one that filibustered ending the draft, so --
which eventually the military people came along to liking, they wanted the volunteer Army.
Real -- real military guys. But -- but here, too, we have unbelievable venal people in high office, not only in politics, but in the military.
So your perspective with saying, well, Ted went along with everybody and, you know, got this through in a different way than you would have done it.
The environmental community does not see Ted Stevens as a hero for ANILCA.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Of course not. It's very important, and very interesting.
Because of my work as a -- as a nuclear specialist, I could walk on water with respect to the environmental community.
So lo and behold, when I would travel around the United States doing the ANILCA battle,
people would come to me or say, "Goddarnit, I wish you would get that Stevens straightened out and stop filibustering and killing ANILCA."
They were talking to me, and I'm the guy that's doing it, and they think it's Stevens.
So this was part of Stevens's national reputation that --
and so though he compromised on ANILCA, they never felt that, in his heart of hearts, that's where he was.
He was doing that as a political expedient from their point of view.
So no, the -- and then, of course, him constantly fighting the ANWR battle for the next 30 years did not endear them to -- to the people.
Fighting the battle for Southeast Alaska because Stevens, he -- Stevens was had.
He's the one that helped negotiate the timber deal for ANILCA, and then 10 years later they wiped that out.
Well -- and -- and I had predicted that at the time, and so Ted, here again, had some egg on his face over that, and was very angry, fighting the environmental.
So no, the environmental community was much, much more attached to me, even -- even during this battle.
KAREN BREWSTER: But you were opposed to ANILCA, as well.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I was opposed to ANILCA because I felt that it was extreme.
I was not opposed to legislation to really properly permit the exploitation of our resources and to protect the environment in Alaska.
I was not opposed to that. In fact, I was the first public official to talk of having a wilderness legislation in Alaska. So no.
My -- I -- I was taking what I thought was the environmental position,
and that was we have to have protection for Alaska, but we have to have the ability to exploit its resources for the benefit of the people of Alaska and the benefit of the people of the nation and the world.
KAREN BREWSTER: Whereas -- whereas Stevens was -- SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: He was -- KAREN BREWSTER: -- wanting no protection for any of those lands?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Well, I -- I wouldn't say -- I wouldn't say that. That's too harsh.
No, he had his own moderate approach which he was not successful in getting.
And so since he was a moderate, he just went along with the pack, which turned out to be extreme.
KAREN BREWSTER: Which was that he was trying to get as much land for the state and little for the Federal Government. SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Correct.
KAREN BREWSTER: And that was the opposite position of the environmental community -- SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Correct. KAREN BREWSTER: -- they wanted it federal. SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Correct.
And -- but when you say wanted for the federal, they wanted it in regimes that would thwart any possibility of exploitation.
The issue was economic development.
And there's -- you've got to understand how the nation broke up at that time.
We had the preservationists and you had the environmentalists.
I consider myself an environmentalist.
The preservationists do not want to have any economic activity go forward.
I call them the loincloth group, you know, they want to go back to the cave.
And that won't work. All that will do is create anarchy and wars.
So what you need is a balance.
And that's what I was trying to get in Alaska. And we don't have a balance.
And you can see that very graphically if you see a night line satellite photo of Alaska, you see the lights are on in Canada, you see the lights on in the Soviet Union or now Russia,
but you see it's dark in Alaska because we don't have the level of exploitation of our resources that these other areas have.
I'm not saying that these other areas have done it to the best, but -- but here, too, it's -- it's -- it's the extreme, it will go to one extreme to the other.
And that's what the fear I have over the Arctic Ocean right now, now that it's becoming more accessible, we've really got to get an international regime to protect -- protect the Arctic Ocean.
KAREN BREWSTER: And I believe it was -- maybe it was with the pipeline and ANILCA,
you know, Stevens made comments about not trusting you and you changing your mind on I'm going to do this with an amendment and --
and then not doing that, and there was a lot of acrimony between the two of you.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Oh, but that -- that was on ANILCA.
No, he -- that was part of his argumentation that I had changed my mind on it.
I had not. I was -- was not party to the decision to introduce the legislation, that was done by Mo Udall and Jimmy -- Jimmy Carter.
And then when I got involved in it, I was not party to the legislation, so there's nothing to change my mind on.
What I did is, I opposed facets of the legislation that I thought were extreme.
His -- his approach, particularly in the first, when I -- when I deep sixed it at the end of, I think, '78. KAREN BREWSTER: It's '78 --
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Yeah. KAREN BREWSTER: -- was when he made that comment.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Sure. He -- and so we had -- we had this legislation going forward, and I had my staff work on it.
We did -- I did not jump out of the picture and just oppose, but we tried to get some changes made, could not get the changes made, and so I opposed it.
So he took the position, well, since I was there working for the changes, I must have been for the legislation.
Well, I was for the legislation, but not the way they were drafting it.
And so it was good rhetoric, oh, Gravel just flip-flopped on it. I didn't flip-flop.
If there's anything, I was very consistent in all of my positions during my entire political career.
KAREN BREWSTER: Yeah, Stevens said, yeah, that you're -- you made an appeal in '78 to kill a compromise, and that meant the legislation didn't pass.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Correct. And he thought that was good legislation, and then -- then we went at it again for the next session.
Then in 1980, he did the same thing, he was supporting it and I was opposing it.
KAREN BREWSTER: Okay. SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: And we had to beat my filibuster.
And like I say, had Stevens supported me just for a delay, we could have cut a better deal.
KAREN BREWSTER: Because the Reagan Administration would have come in. SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Come in.
Or had he supported me, we could have probably cut a better deal even with Carter there, but no, he was off doing his own thing.
KAREN BREWSTER: Yeah. I read someplace that Stevens predicted that by waiting until 1980, ANILCA gave more land to the Federal Government than the '78 compromise would have.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I won't speak to that. That's his particular view.
They had -- by that time, they had ANWR all locked up, they had a whole host of areas.
KAREN BREWSTER: And then I found that you were quoted as saying "Stevens was prepared to sell out too much" for the -- I guess that was in the 1978 --
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: And that's -- and that's an -- that's an accurate quote. I'll stand by -- KAREN BREWSTER: And that was for the 1978 --
We gave -- it locked up too much of Alaska.
And I think I covered that subject earlier.
KAREN BREWSTER: Okay. I had another follow-up question on the Stevens-Magnuson Fisheries Act and the Law of the Sea, and what the rural Alaska fishing communities's positions on the Stevens-Magnuson.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: They were for that. KAREN BREWSTER: They were for that.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: They were for that. And of course, I tried to explain to them that it put -- it put a threat on the salmon industry,
that probably that the licensing that we'd have to open up to foreign interest would be more extensive than they realized, but they would hear none of that.
And so it was a group of Democrats, primarily led by Terry Gardner from Ketchikan, who was a fishery operator and a member of the State Legislature.
And so -- and of course, they -- they went with Clark Gruening, and so a group of -- of Young democratic legislators felt that I was out of kilter with their views,
which were very, very narrow with respect to Alaska, as was Stevens and Magnuson.
The way to protect the fisheries is with an international regime because fish are all over.
KAREN BREWSTER: And so the Stevens-Magnuson Act has set up the current quota system that we have in Alaska for fishing?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: It -- it set up the law that permitted the licensing of the -- of -- of what fishing activities can take place within the 200 mile.
Now, the quotas had been set up before that.
There's a whole bevy of law dealing with fisheries that we and Canada are part of,
and we have agencies that decide on the level of the salmon run and the level of the fisheries, which what you can fish and what you can't fish, and crab and all of that.
So, no, that predates -- that was enhanced by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, but there were -- many, many of those elements were there under Bartlett and Gruening.
MARY ANNE HAMBLEN: So what do you think Senator Stevens's most significant legacy, or his most significant -- sorry, most significant legislative achievements over his career?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Certainly the most significant, and it would not be what I would take as positive,
is his contribution to the funding of the military industrial complex.
I think that's his most significant legacy.
Now, if -- if you're of that position, it's a very positive legacy; if you're of my position, it's not a positive legacy,
but -- but his role was absolutely very, very significant in that regard.
The -- his role with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was very significant, too, as was mine,
so I would say it was equal to my role.
That both of us really did the work that had to be done in that particular instance.
There's facets of this I'm very proud of, and I'm sure he can look at facets that he is.
I'm very proud of the fact that, in an earlier piece of legislation, I filibustered the power of the Federal Government to control the Native lands after the --
after the Claims Act was passed, or the money.
And I -- that made the Natives much more independent.
And I was responsible for setting the stage for that.
Also, when I was the first to go for the 40 million acres, Ted came along with that after, and so that gave me some backing, and so did Wally Hickel at the time.
So that gave me some backing as I was reaching out there for a more aggressive position on behalf of the Natives.
The attitude I had -- and, of course, Ted was very, very good for the Natives.
In bringing back all this money through his efforts at the Appropriations Committee,
he was able to bring untold sums of money into the rural areas for Native health, Native education, so that would be a very, very significant part of his legacy.
No question about it. And that's an all positive legacy, as far as I'm concerned.
So no. Ted -- so people could clearly understand my position towards Ted:
One, I liked him personally as a human being. Two, I think he was an excellent legislator, far better than I was.
And -- but on the issues, I reserve the right to disagree wholeheartedly as to what's in the best interest of Alaska or the best interests of the nation,
but that does not diminish my respect for him as an individual legislator.
So that's essentially how I feel about him.
I -- I went to his internment, and -- well, because it was very significant.
And so I -- like I say, I held him in personal high esteem.
I could still disagree with him, but he was a significant leader in Alaska politics and Alaska public service.
KAREN BREWSTER: So what was it like to work with him together as two senators?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Well, when we were together on issues, it was easy.
You know, we gave full rein to our staffs to work together. In fact, our staffs always did work together.
When I went to Ted's internment in Arlington, because I lived right nearby,
Steve Silver who was his legislative assistant, who worked very closely with us on ANILCA legislation and other legislation, came over and introduced himself to me.
You know, he was a much older man, so was I.
So in fact, at the internment, several people came up and introduced themselves to me and said, "Hi, Senator," and including Cathy's brother and Cathy herself.
So it was a very moving experience because Ted had been a significant player in my political career, as I was in his.
The problem was -- well, not the problem, the benefit for Ted was after I left office, it was all harmonious sailing from a political point of view with Murkowski and the subsequent to that. So --
KAREN BREWSTER: So yeah, do you think the fact that you argued with him, he didn't like that because it reflected negatively for his career?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: I think to some degree, it did, because he heard an alternative; but after I was gone, there was no alternative,
Stevens's word was Stevens's word.
He was Uncle Ted, you know, he brought home the bacon. That's all they cared about was bring home the money.
Well, there's more to it in human governance than bringing home the bacon. More to it.
KAREN BREWSTER: Yeah, Stevens has his public persona that Alaskans know about and the nation knows about, but you knew him on a personal level.
Things about him that we wouldn't know about him that we should know about him?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: He -- well, I think what you should know is that on a personal basis, Ted was very caring.
You know, one of the great joys of being a senator, and I enjoyed it very much, was the casework that you did.
You know, people would have a problem and they'd contact you, and either they didn't get their Social Security check or they didn't get their this or that.
You know, I get people that come up to me today in Alaska when I'm there, in fact, this last trip,
a couple came up to me and said, you know -- she was part of the Dayton family out in Unalakleet, she says,
"You're responsible for getting my brother out of the service to come home."
And they were so touched by it.
Well, I didn't remember the incident, but I do remember that a lot of times my staff would tell me, okay, we're doing this for this person, call them up on the telephone.
So I'd call them up on the telephone and say, "Okay. We've finally solved this problem for you." And you would hear the emotion at the other end.
Well, I found that extremely rewarding. I know that Ted did, too.
Ted had a very, very good -- and I did, too -- a very good personal service facet of the office, and I'm sure that that gave Ted as much pleasure as it gave me.
But so Ted, what's not known, no, Ted hurt his national reputation by his tirades, his conduct on the Floor of the Senate, which was uncalled for.
Threatening other members of the Senate.
The other members didn't -- you know, they let it just slip off their back, but the media didn't.
And then, of course, when the investigation started about his problems with real estate in Alaska and the fishing boat and the whole host of other areas,
the media, which did not -- the national media, which did not take kindly to him, obviously did a job on him.
In fact, the Los Angeles Times did a big investigation of both him and, of course, the State Legislature.
And then, of course, the State Legislature turned out to be very corrupt, selling their votes to Allen and company.
So it's just -- it's a very sad part of -- of his career, it really is.
And it colors his historic position, but -- but he does have an historic position in Alaska.
And from a personal point of view, one on one, very decent fellow. Very decent fellow.
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: Well, the name calling was more the media blowing that up.
They -- the media sells papers with controversy. You don't sell papers with harmony.
So -- so no, we were a natural for the -- for the Alaska media, and somewhat the national media.
But the national media didn't cover our controversies like that, that was primarily in Alaska, because the media was pro-Stevens.
And this was a way of sticking it to me, so...
MARY ANNE HAMBLEN: What would you say Stevens's greatest disappointment would have been?
SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL: The tail end of his life being indicted and convicted.
There's no question that would have been the greatest disappointment of his life.
He handled it, I thought, extremely well.
You know, he was in a terrible personal situation and handled it admirably.
He didn't go hide and sulk, he stood there and took it and fought it.
And had the best attorney in the Washington area to fight it with, but -- but that would -- that clearly had to be his biggest disappointment.
And probably his biggest personal disappointment that his son,
who had been president of the Senate, was also under investigation and could have been prosecuted.
So -- so I think when -- when the whole Stevens prosecution was thrown out that it was also thrown out for his son, too.
So Eric Holder did him a great service.
And I'm convinced that that happened because, what with the nature of the infractions done by the prosecutors was not a big deal,
I'm convinced it happened because Stevens was so popular in the Senate,
that I'm sure that a lot of senators went to Obama and said, "Look at, the guy's been punished enough, let him off the hook, he's in his mid 80s, drop the whole thing,"
and that's what Eric Holder did, dropped it,
and I'm convinced it was because people in the Senate who went to the President and asked him to drop it,
including, I'm sure, Ted Kennedy and others that used their influence to get the Justice Department to drop the whole issue.
And I'm glad they did drop the whole issue.
You know, at that age, incarcerating Ted would have been -- it would have been ridiculous. Ridiculous.
But unfortunately, he did break the law, and -- and that's a legacy that will be part of his legacy.
MARY ANNE HAMBLEN: What do you consider your legacy to be from your years as Alaska's Senator?
Secondly, and on a par equally from a world point of view, in fact, more important was my legacy with respect to the whole nuclear critique because that affected the world.
You know, and I tried to organize that. I had been to Sweden and got them to cut back on the nuclear power plants they were going to build.
And so it would be that.
From Alaska, it would be my role with the Native Claims Act.
From Alaska, my role with ANILCA, though I failed, I felt that is part of my legacy in that regard.
The release of the Pentagon Papers, which was more of a national issue, was fighting the war.
And here, too, Ted had a difference, he supported the Vietnam War, but not in a national leadership role.
He didn't step out on that.
And I don't know if it was out of deference that I was so far out on that, I just don't know, but we never had a quarrel over the Vietnam War.
And so that would be the elements of my legacy:
The nuclear, the Pentagon Papers, the Alaska Claims Settlement Act, the effort I made with the Law of the Sea, which brought -- brought some things forward.
Oh, one issue that we didn't talk about, which was the Panama Canal.
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1 Kings 3:10-10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. This actually refers to Solomon’s prayer but the word used in the Bible is “this SPEECH”
Isaiah 65:24- “It shall come to pass
That before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
This speech. In Isaiah 65, we read saying that while they are yet speaking, God will hear. This scripture is called operation CASH
There is a treasure within this. If you change your very speech into prayer, you will see miracles and if you glorify Jesus with your tongue, God will answer you. Life and death and in the tip of your tongue.
If you declare life, you will have it. Is there anybody who wants to praise Him and worship Him? if yes, let the Fire of the Holy Spirit ignite you this morning.
Luke 18:1- 18 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.
The scripture says men ought to always pray. It doesn’t ay children ought to always pray. Because Men are mature. Prayer makes people mature. If the verse uses the term “men” it signifies maturity.
The Holy Spirit tole me something- in the middle of preaching you need to pray, in the middle of worship, you need to pray, in the midst of a husband-wife conversation and parent- child conversation, you need to pray. As you do that, you will see the answer speedily. Test this and see. God told me this very clearly.
Luke 21:15- 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or [a]resist.
Words carry power. Battles have started because some leaders said something. Hitler said something in Germany in a rally and it kicked off World War 2. Relationships have been destroyed and also strengthened just by your words.
Even before your adversaries, God is saying, that I will give you so much of wisdom and clarity. Blessing and curse are manifested through the tongue.
Surrender your tongue to the Lord. Even doctors, when they take an oath, they have to pronounce those words.
Number 14:28- 28 Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:
In your life, whatever you desire to see or you desire the Lord to do for you, that is what you should speak with your mouth.
For some of you, it shall be your year of laughter. It will be a year where God will make you laugh!!
It is not a year of sorrow and sadness, but you will laugh in 2022! The Lord has caused me to burst forth in laughter!
Whatever you want the Lord to do for you, that you say with your mouth!
Your mouth is just not a part of your body, it is a gift from God to help you enjoy what God wants you to. It is not just to eat parotta and chicken curry but to speak what God wants you to speak.
It is also a weapon of war. When you stand in the midst of your enemies, your mouth communicates the wisdom from God.
Mouth communicates your decisions. Deuteronomy 30 says, “I have set before life and death. Blessing and curse”. Choose life. Choose blessing. But how do you choose? You choose by your mouth!
Your mouth brings your deliverance-The praise and worship from you mouth and the words from your mouth will bring your deliverance. Not wisdom from someone else’s mouth! But Yours.
Proverbs 18:21 (the Living Bible)- The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. Men have died for saying the wrong things.
John G lake’s wife passed away and she was standing in front of the Lord’s throne. She said, Lord, why did you call me here so soon? My husband still needs to serve you I have children to look after. Please send me back. I want to live on the earth longer.” The Lord sent her back!
Your words are of value even in eternity! You can bring heaven down to the earth if you speak the right words.
Proverbs 12:18- Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing. 5. The words of the wise brings health. The tongue of the foolish, therefore would bring disease.
There is disease and health in your tongue. If you are wise then you will speak with wisdom and your body will be healthy. Declare that I ill not die but live to proclaim the praises of God.
Your mouth can make you strong or your mouth can make you sick.
A lady kept developing fever. The doctors said that this fever is of unknown nature. The lady visited a man of God to find out what was going wrong and the man of God asked her to repeat the words that’s he kept saying often. And the phrase that she would keep using often was- “you burn me with those words”. And she kept burning. The fever was a result of what she spoke.
What will you manifest through your words? God’s presence? Healing? May you do so in Jesus name.
God is healing eyes today. You will see all the days of your life!
The words that calls forth those things that are not as though they are!! May your mouth be transformed from the one that lies, backbites, gossips to the one that prophecies and manifests blessing.
Give me the grace Lord to speak right!
David said, I will not die but I will live to proclaim His praises. He says, I have been young and old and I have never seen the righteous moved or their children begging or bread. David was old but h says I will live. Do not think that you will die. No, you will live!
Philippians 1:21-24- 21 For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. 22 But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don’t know which is better. 23 I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. 24 But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
Paul is the one choosing to live or to die. Paul in the New testament is saying this. Read this carefully. Paul says, I would love to go to the Lord but I will live on for some more time. He is choosing life. He is not planning to die soon because he wants to live longer to be used by God. You need to speak that way with your mouth.
Let the thoughts of death leave your life. I will not die but I will live. It is my decision! Paul actually weighed the benefits of both to decide what he wanted. Maybe he was only a foot away from death but he decides to live.
God’s Holy Spirit will set you free from the bondage of death. Cancel the spirit of death with your mouth.
I have gone through a situation where the doctors gave me a very negative report. My wife and I sat together to pray. We had to make few decisions. But the Holy Spirit told me to cancel it and get out of it. These situations actually teach you,
Jesus on the Cross said, “It IS FINISHED” before he gave up His spirit.
2 Timothy 4:7- I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith - Scripture Verse Frame Sign Plaque Faithful.
Paul in Timothy 4, says that I have fought the fight and kept the race. Only after all that needs to be finished by you here on earth, can you leave! Jesus and Paul finished what they had to finish (their assignment from God)
The Bible says, “If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth!” Some people have faith but can’t confess, some people have no faith! This morning God will strengthen you not just to have faith in your hearts but also to confess it with your mouth.
They stoned Paul but he got up again to preach. You or I would have died when the very first stone struck us! Paul almost died, he traversed to the third heaven but still returned and started to preach again. He faced shipwreck and he sank into the depths. He did not need oxygen, even there he glorified God and came up unharmed. They put him in the lion’s den (or the mouth of the lion). Paul came out even from there.
James 3:3-4- 3 We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. 4 And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong.
How many of you have big dreams? That is the big ship. That big ship is your life. There was a strong wind. It could be COVID-19, a negative medical report or anything unpleasant. The pilot is your faith. The small rudder is your tongue.
The big ship is my dream or my destiny in Christ. The strong winds is changing the course of this big ship. To distract it from the route to the destination. But the pilot or my faith through the rudder which is my tongue will bring that ship right back to the course towards its destination.
The winds try to make the ship out of control; However, your tongue will bring your life into the dreams and the purpose of the Lord, back on to its right course. God is releasing that grace upon your lips and upon your mouth.
Faith, wake up! Confess the Word, “My God will supply all my needs, I will not be ashamed”. • What are you oh great mountain before Zerubbabel but you shall become a level plain! How? By the word of your mouth and not by your silence.
Receive this. The Fire of the Holy Spirit will come upon you. The power of death be broken the bondage of diseases be broken. Cancer cells to die in the name of Jesus. • Paul took control over the lives in the ship through his tongue.
When Paul has entered that ship, his life was in the hands of the soldiers but when the winds began to blow, the Lord told Paul, that he was now entrusting the lives of all those on the ship (including the soldiers) to him (Paul).
Certain strong winds are blowing in your life to give some things into your hands. The Angel spoke to Paul and said, not one life will be lost and not to fear.
Paul said, do not fast. Eat and be at rest. The Lord wanted me to tell the church to eat well, sleep well, laugh a lot and enter into the new year without any tension.
IN 2022, God will make you laugh. He will make it a personal year of laughter for you. Noah wasn’t in tension inside the ark. They were relaxed in the ark for a year.
On the day of Pentecost, if God could use a stammerer to touch 18 nations. Nations are going to still open for you. The same fire of the Holy Spirit to come upon you this day!
People with Paul understood that God was with Paul. People will recognise that God is with you.
For the one who has a calling upon his/ her life, there is no need of a ship, you only need a plank. Declare that no matter which storm I am stuck in, I only need a small wooden plank to come to the shore! The people of the ship and their lives were in his hands.
The people in the island of Malta understood that God was with Paul.
They entered into an imperial ship to continue sailing. They were earlier in an ordinary ship.
If you have lost something in your life God allowed that only to make way for something bigger and better.
The people from the Island of Malta gave gifts to Paul. Paul gave those gifts to all with him. • Before the storm, Paul had no value. But after the storm there was value for Paul’s words.
Philemon 1:9- 9 But because of our love, I prefer simply to ask you. Consider this as a request from me—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus.[a]
Paul was an old man. What does that mean? He was alive, he was contemplating death or life (as we read before). Declare that “I will grow old in God. My fuse won’t go off!” • Inside the brain there is something called the speech centre. The speech centre has a dominant effect on the other nerves of your body.
If there is anybody on the hospital bed lying and if you are listening to me. God’s Holy Spirit is moving upon your speech centre. May your paralysis be healed in Jesus name! • The words of an unbeliever has zero effect upon your life. The words of a black magician have zero effect upon your life.
4 things to remember if you have to speak
You should have continuous feeding of GOD’s Word
You should have the spirit of faith inside of you
2 Corinthians 4:13- 13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
The Spirit of faith must be within you and the proof of conviction is your declaration. 3. Keep the right company
Numbers 13:33- 33 There we saw the [a]giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like[b] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
There were 10 people whose speech troubled the entire camp.
Anyone not going your direction or doesn’t believe in your decisions, will not have your association.
Live uprightlybecause sin will ruin your audacity. The righteous are as bold as a lion. If there is unrighteousness if you, you will lose your boldness.
If your conscience is defiled you cannot have boldness. My conscience and my heart to be washed in in the blood of Jesus.
Holy Spirit said, that 2022 will be a year of extremes. That means, God’s presence will descend mightily upon those walking in Him and to those who are in darkness, will be completely messed up. You cannot take the middle path in 2022
Never keep quiet when your destiny is challenged.
David wasn’t silent before Goliath. He said that Goliath’s head will fall by the end of the day. He had nothing in his hands but as he declared, so it was.
Unless your mouth is wide open, your destiny will be tightly closed.
Your life will move in the direction of your tongue.
Don’t lie with your mouth. Pray in the tongues as much as you can. Magnify the Lord (Praise HIM) with your mouth.
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Three thirtyitis or the mid afternoon slump at work can cause the rest of the afternoon to drag on and cause work to become unbearable to the point where we are reaching for a quick sugar fix to get us through this period of the day because it’s just what happens right?
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Today we spend a lot more time at work and now with work starting earlier and finishing later our food choices tend to be one of the first things to suffer. Particularly with breakfast, cereals, toast, coffee or having nothing at all are the go to preferences for those in a rush to get to work.
Unfortunately due to these either being high in sugar which is used very quickly by the body as it does not need to be broken down therefore it is readily available for the body to use straight away therefore that bowl of cereal you just ate is all used up in the mad dash to the office or highly processed which in simple fact is not good for your body let alone providing you energy.
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One of if not the most important step is to hydrate. This one is pretty self explanatory as a lot of us do not get enough water throughout the day. You need to be getting a minimum of 2 litres of water throughout the day and on of the best ways to do this is to buy yourself a large glass water bottle and sip on it as you work, then once it is empty go fill it up straight away. This will not only keep you on top of your water intake it will also allow you to move your body and have a bit of a break from work for a minute or 2.
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Posted on July 9, 2019 July 9, 2019
Why do we Self Sabotage?
The definition of self-sabotage is when a behaviour creates problems in out lives and interferes with long standing goals.
So let’s take a look at this in terms of weight loss. Self-sabotaging behaviours may include, overconsuming calories in terms of eating extra comfort foods after a long day at work, option for take out instead of cooking and preparing your own meals etc. It may also include skipping out on training or not giving yourself enough time for recovery after gym sessions.
So if we know these behaviours aren’t driving us towards your goal, why do we do them?
When it comes to weight loss we usually see the following two with our clients:
1. They self sabotage because they aren’t enjoying the foods they eat and have restricted their diet
2. The stories we tell ourselves on what we deserve and why we can’t have the things we want.
Once we can identify the reason why we self sabotage, the closer we are to being able to prevent self sabotage.
Posted on June 27, 2019 June 27, 2019
Don’t get me wrong, we all love being comfortable. There’s no pressure when we are comfortable and we know we are guaranteed to enjoy the experience when we are comfortable.
Unfortunately, change does not happen when we are comfortable.
Change can only occur when we change what we are doing and changing what we are doing is uncomfortable because it is something unknown and something we are not used to doing.
However, if change is required to reach your goal and being uncomfortable is inevitable how can we stay committed?
In my Opinion there are 2 steps:
Get super clear and set goals that are achievable and something that gets you excited and ready for change, something that is worth being uncomfortable for.
Trial and test different exercise methods, recovery modalities, ways of eating etc. and see what works for you. The goal here is to find something enjoyable.
Being uncomfortable is temporary and that’s the number 1 thing I want you to think about when making a change. you have to weigh up, does the pleasure of your goal outweigh the temporary experience of being uncomfortable?
Posted on June 20, 2019
To Understand the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, we must first understand what each of them actually are:
Intrinsic Motivation: Intrinsic motivation comes from within. Our feelings and our desires are what drives us t achieve something.
Extrinsic Motivation: Extrinsic Motivation comes from outside sources, generally in the form of someone else holding us accountable.
Now neither of these sources of motivation are wrong per say, however we do find Intrinsic motivation will be more sustainable long term compared to Extrinsic motivation.
Saying this though, it is important to understand that for a lot of people, particularly when it comes to achieving health and fitness goals, such as weight loss for example, that we begin with Extrinsic Motivation. This is where a good coach is highly beneficial to allow you to discover what it is you enjoy doing, what you desire and how that will make you feel. In essence you learn how to understand and intrinsically motivate yourself by utilising Extrinsic Motivators to begin with.
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Posted on June 3, 2019 June 3, 2019
Congruent: What is it and why is it important?
The definition of Congruent is to be in agreement or harmony. This is vital in health and fitness especially if you want to achieve your end goal or your point B.
The most important aspect of any sort of goal setting is to make sure you are able to achieve congruency with what you set out to achieve. Chances are if you are seeing a lack of results or aren’t achieving the exact goal you set out to achieve, you are not being congruent.
For Example, someone who wants to lose weight puts time aside for exercising, preparing their meals that serve them as well as identifying and changing habits which does not align with what they want to achieve. This is being congruent.
Not being congruent would look like, choosing to watch Netflix instead of exercising, relying on supplements and restricting your diet to the point of being unenjoyable and unsustainable as well as not changing the habits that are keeping you stuck.
If you find yourself telling yourself that it is impossible to achieve what you want to achieve, whether it be weight loss, increase performance in your chosen sport or increase in strength, then it may be because you are not being congruent with those goals.
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Posted on May 27, 2019
In todays blog I want to address the common misconception that there are certain exercises we must do in the gym in order to get fit and strong (unless you are a powerlifter or a weightlifter this is just simply not true). Exercises such as back squats, bench press, Deadlift and overhead press are our biggest bang for your buck type movements, but if you cannot safely undertake the exercise there is no need to do them.
An example would be someone who has lower back issues and this is aggravated while undertaking a back squat and they struggle to get into the correct position for the lift then we need to look at alternatives to the back squat. A heavy sled drag for example with the harness over the shoulders, is a perfect alternative allowing us to load up the body and work the same muscle groups as the back squat while also removing the load through the lower back.
We can also lower the harness and place it around the waist, this places a higher demand on the posterior chain which is similar to that of the deadlift while also removing the load from the lower back.
In other words, there are many ways to skin a cat and if you are finding some exercises just don’t work for you, or you don’t enjoy them, then change them. Look for alternative methods to reach the same result.
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Posted on May 21, 2019
Choosing what works best for you is the crucial decision in choosing your diet
Diets are a constant topic in the fitness industry nowadays. What diet is best for fat loss is an argument which is all too common. If you didn’t see our post yesterday you can check it out below and what I want to lead on from that is the number one focus you should have when choosing a diet.
Straight off the bat i’d like to straighten out one point, in terms of weight loss, it does not matter what diet you choose, they all put you into a calorie deficit if you stick to them.
Therefore, in terms of weight loss, the only decision you need to make and decide on is which diet suits your lifestyle.
Why?
Because the number 1 indicator of achieving your fitness goals is adherence. So when deciding on which diet is best for you, you need to look at 3 aspects.
How do you like to eat?
What foods do you enjoy eating?
Which diet suits your lifestyle?
In my opinion, the third one is the most important, because if you choose a diet which is hard to stick to due to your lifestyle, this will actually cause an increase in stress levels and put more strain on the body which will eventually lead to you collapsing on your diet.
Posted on May 8, 2019
Motivation: What is it and How do we get it
When it comes to improving your health, whether it be going to the gym, running, eating well, getting in the right amount of recovery etc. motivation seems to come up regularly as a stumbling block.
In my experience, this comes down to that motivation is viewed as almost like a phenomenon in which some people just have it and other people have to be pushed and have someone else keep them accountable.
I believe this view needs to be changed.
The definition of motivation is: A reason or reasons for acting in a particular way.
That’s it, literally everyone who wants to make a change to their health and wellbeing has motivation.
The belief I have is that people do not struggle with motivation, it’s that people struggle with understanding what their why is, why do they need to exercise, why do they need to eat a certain way and the feeling of having achieved the goals they set out for themselves.
So if you are struggling with motivation, reconnect with exactly why you are doing the things you are doing, what is the outcome you want and what feeling is connected with achieving that outcome.
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Posted on May 7, 2019
If you want something different, you need to do things differently.
It’s one of the easiest sounding statements, but one of the hardest to execute. Even once you begin to change the way you do things, it can still remain quite challenging.
Experiencing this myself has opened my eyes to how rewarding going after what you want and making that change can be. 3-4 months ago I decided I needed to pick my life up and move from Gippsland to the sunny shores of South East Queensland, to further my career as a coach and live the lifestyle that I wanted to live.
This was a difficult period as it involved closing down our gym which we had been working on for 18 months, being away from the love and support of my girlfriend for a short period of time and having the challenge of starting a new job as well as finding a house to live in. To say the stress levels rose was an understatement.
However the biggest reward of this experience is everything I do from now on is aligned with the life I want to lead, with the people I want to live it with. This is why, when we coach clients, we dive deep into understanding exactly what they want, the outcomes they want to have. Once we have this deep level of understanding we can help them remove the blocks and allow them to also make the hard decision of making changes to allow them to have the things they say they want to have because then they can take the actions that are on line with what they want to have.
Once you reach this level where you are moving forward towards living the life you want with the people that you care and want to enjoy life with.
Posted on March 12, 2019
3 Weight loss tips to get you started today
Information around weight loss today can get quite confusing wherever you look whether it be the internet, the newspaper or magazines. That’s why today I want to put out three simple tips for anyone to follow if they are wanting to lose some excess weight.
1. Do Exercise that you enjoy
One of the most common things people look for is what exercise/s are going to make me lose the most weight quickly. Unfortunately this is very much a low road approach and can lead to unsustainable approaches which don’t last in the long term. The key for weight loss is to be consistent with your exercise, this means doing the exercises you enjoy.
2. The choice of diet does not matter as long as it fits your lifestyle
At the end of the day every single diet you see for weight loss comes down to one simple aspect, put less calories in then what you are burning. Therefore if you do want to choose a diet which suits you because you are a person who needs a plan to follow, then choose one that fits your lifestyle. For example, if you are someone who does not like to eat a lot of food in the morning and finds it hard to do so, intermittent fasting might work really well for you.
3. Understand the stories you are telling yourself
The number 1 hardest thing to overcome while trying to lose weight is yourself. our habits are our number 1 downfall and the stories that we tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better when we undertake those habits are also holding us back. That’s why we need to go deep into understanding why we do what we do. A lot of the time it can be to do with stress and pleasure, as in we use food as a type of reward to give ourselves gratification. Whatever it may be you need to get down to the root of the cause before you can start to understand and break down your habits.
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Posted on February 25, 2019
Are you Self-Sabotaging?
We all want the best for our lives, to have good jobs, be fit and healthy and most importantly be happy.
But when we look at health and fitness, so many people are not happy with what they have and then can never seem to reach that goal no matter how many different professionals, diets etc. they try.
If you are one of these people, I want to ask you one question, are you self sabotaging your own health and happiness because it all seems to hard? or is it more comfortable to play the victim?
We generally see self sabotaging occur as soon as people begin to move in the direction and begin to see the results that they want to see. This sabotage can come in many shapes and forms, not setting your training/diet/recovery as much of a priority anymore, putting others first before yourself and even stopping trying to achieve your health and fitness goal all together.
If you find yourself doing any of the above sabotaging behaviours, then I want you to do one thing: Reconnect with why you want to be fitter and healthier and really delve deep into the feeling you will have from achieving this goal. If after this you still do not see yourself as the priority then maybe you need to reconsider your goal and the importance of it to you.
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A more important issue for the Indian growth story is that FDI cannot entirely meet the country's capital needs and that it needs to rustle up its own capital.
How is FDI faring in the Indian economy? Credit: Reuters
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How is FDI faring in the Indian economy? Credit: Reuters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently held a meeting to review the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy with commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other officials. It was a closed door affair and no announcements were made.
The government is quite happy with the FDI inflows in the last three years – $31 billion in 2014-15, $55.5 billion in 2015-16 and $60.8 billion in 2016-17. There is a sense of exultation that record FDI inflows are taking place and there was speculation that there would be further relaxation in the FDI policy in order to provide an investor friendly climate to foreign players.
But there is a need to ask the obvious question: How is FDI faring in the Indian economy? This is a crucial question that should be of keen interest to many India watchers. One of the key premises has been that the liberalisation of FDI rules will help boost growth and that it will make up for the paucity of domestic capital.
When Manmohan Singh visited the US after taking over as prime minister in 2004, he told American investors that India was in need of $150 billion in investments, especially in infrastructure. That figure had jumped, naturally so, by the time Modi went to the US in 2014 and talked of the potential for investment in India to be of $1 trillion, again mostly in infrastructure.
There was convergence in perception of the two prime ministers from different ends of the political spectrum that India needed FDI to get into the fast lane of economic development. Perhaps there is need to debate and challenge the premise. If a country can garner enough investment from internal sources, can it hope to do well? Is it also the case that it is not so much the investment as much as a country’s share of global trade through exports that will better explain the growth of an economy? The experience of China, Japan and other East and Southeast Asian economies shows that exports alone cannot drive an economy, and that you need healthy domestic consumption too.
FDI-funded vs non-FDI funded companies
One of the two issues – the other is about the international banking statistics of India in 2016 – that the RBI’s July bulletin focuses on is the performance of FDI-funded companies in the country compared to others that had no FDI in 2015-16. Both the groups have not done too well in terms of growth and their contribution to gross value added, though according to the central bank, the FDI companies’ performance is “relatively better” than the non-FDI ones at the aggregate level.
In terms of economic growth, 2015-16 has not been a happy year, though it seems to be better when compared to 2016-17. Therefore, no verdict can be passed on the performance of either of the two groups of companies.
What is of greater interest, however, is the FDI footprint in the Indian economy. Economists have already noted that FDI contributed no more than 7-8% of total investments in the last 20 years and more, which coincides with the era of economic liberalisation. But as the saying goes, the devil is in the details indeed, and it is the details of FDI that are quite revealing.
FDI footprint in the Indian economy
The number of FDI companies on March 31, 2016, stood at 6,433. When this number is broken down further, FDI in manufacturing is 1,820, while it is 4,070 in the services sector, of which computer companies and those related to computer activities accounted for 1,202. The comparable figures for non-FDI companies are startling.
The aggregate figure of non-FDI companies stands at 3,04,978, of which manufacturing has 78,337 companies, services account for 1,75,926 and computers and related activities firms are represented by 18,040. The few big ones and the many small will always be the case in a market economy. It can even be argued that you can do without the big ones, but you cannot do without the army of the small companies.
It would be a gross distortion if one were to judge the usefulness of FDI by these figures. It is common sense that it is a small number of big companies which earn huge profits and contribute to the overall impressive growth rate, and that a large number of companies stay on the margins of performance and profits. But the larger number with smaller profits is of great importance because it forms the sheet-anchor of the economy as such.
In terms of investment, the FDI companies had 40% of the paid-up capital, which is not surprising. But the corollary needs to be asked – Is there adequate capital provision for the no-FDI companies? It can be seen that 60% of the capital needs of the company are met through local resources. It is the figures for domestic savings and domestic capital formation that give a hint as to capital adequacy. In 2014-15, gross domestic savings stood at 33% and gross domestic capital formation at 34.20%. The corresponding figure for net domestic savings is 25% and for net domestic capital formation 26.4%. Domestic savings and domestic capital formation are clearly below the benchmark. The general assumption that a fast-growing economy needs a 40% savings rate holds good.
It would be churlish to either dismiss the crucial role played by FDI in buoying up an economy or to pretend that there is no politics involved in it. When American political and business leaders push for relaxation of FDI rules in India, they are not only helping American businesses but they are also looking at political influence. There should be no illusions on this latter count.
Remember American pressures on India with regard to sanctions against Iran? India did find it difficult to manage but it did succeed in keeping its economic deals with Tehran intact. International power politics follow capital flows from the affluent Western countries into relatively capital-starved economies of the East. But you do not shy away from allowing FDI in because you fear the political muscle of the foreign investors and their governments. You learn to take the pressure and play ball with the apparently big guys on terms of near equality.
The more important issue for the Indian growth story is that it needs to rustle up its own capital as one goes along. There is as yet not much thinking or debate on the issue. Post-liberalisation, the thinking has been that India should attract as much FDI as it can. As a matter of fact, the boast of BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley has been that India is now attracting greater FDI, and that the liberalisation of FDI caps for a larger number of sectors and the dismantling of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board are touted as achievements on the path of economic reforms. But the RBI figures for FDI companies show that there is a problem, and that FDI cannot entirely meet India’s capital needs. And that it would be a mistake to measure the success of the Indian economy by FDI.
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1And when Ya‛aqoḇ saw that there was grain in Mitsrayim, Ya‛aqoḇ said to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”
2And he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim. Go down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.”
3And Yosĕph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Mitsrayim.
4But Ya‛aqoḇ did not send Yosĕph’s brother Binyamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some harm come to him.”
5And the sons of Yisra’ĕl went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the scarcity of food was in the land of Kena‛an.
6And Yosĕph was the governor over the land, he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Yosĕph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
7And Yosĕph saw his brothers and recognised them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly, and said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Kena‛an to buy food.”
8So Yosĕph recognised his brothers, but they did not recognise him.
9And Yosĕph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
10And they said to him, “No, my master, but your servants have come to buy food.
11We are all one man’s sons, we are trustworthy, your servants are not spies.
12But he said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
13And they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Kena‛an. And see, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”
14And Yosĕph said to them, “It is as I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
15“By this you shall be proven: By the life of Pharaoh, you do not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16“Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you are kept in prison. So let your words be proven to see whether there is any truth in you, or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies!”
17And he put them all together in prison for three days.
18Now Yosĕph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear Elohim:
19“If you are trustworthy, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house, and you, go, bring grain for the scarcity of food of your houses.
20“And bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, and you do not die.” And so they did.
21And they said to each other, “Truly, we are guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his life when he pleaded with us, yet we did not listen, that is why this distress has come upon us.”
22And Re’uḇĕn answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen? And see, his blood is now required of us.”
23And they did not know that Yosĕph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
24And he turned himself away from them and wept, but came back to them and spoke to them. And he took Shim‛on from them and bound him before their eyes.
25And Yosĕph commanded and they filled their sacks with grain, also to put back every man’s silver to his sack, and to give them food for the journey. And thus it was done for them.
26So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and went from there.
27And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his silver, for there it was in the mouth of his sack!
28And he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and there it is, in my sack!” And their hearts sank and they were afraid, saying to each other, “What is this that Elohim has done to us?”
29So they came to Ya‛aqoḇ their father in the land of Kena‛an and reported to him all that befell them, saying,
30“The man, the master of the land, spoke to us harshly, and took us for spies of the land.
31But we said to him, ‘We are trustworthy, we are not spies.
32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Kena‛an.’
33“And the man, the master of the land, said to us, ‘By this I know that you are trustworthy: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the scarcity of food of your households, and go.
34And bring your youngest brother to me, then I know that you are not spies, but that you are trustworthy – I give your brother to you, and you move about in the land.’ ”
35And it came to be as they emptied their sacks, that look, the bundle of each man’s silver was in his sack! And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.
36And Ya‛aqoḇ their father said to them, “You have bereaved me – Yosĕph is no more, and Shim‛on is no more, and you would take Binyamin! All this is against me.”
37So Re’uḇĕn spoke to his father, saying, “Take the lives of my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I myself bring him back to you.”
38But he said, “My son is not going down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should come to him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my grey hair with sorrow to She’ol.”
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1-2When Jacob learned that there was food in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you sit around here and look at one another? I’ve heard that there is food in Egypt. Go down there and buy some so that we can survive and not starve to death.”
3-5Ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt to get food. Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something bad might happen to him. So Israel’s sons joined everyone else that was going to Egypt to buy food, for Canaan, too, was hit hard by the famine.
6-7Joseph was running the country; he was the one who gave out rations to all the people. When Joseph’s brothers arrived, they treated him with honor, bowing to him. Joseph recognized them immediately, but treated them as strangers and spoke roughly to them.
He said, “Where do you come from?”
“From Canaan,” they said. “We’ve come to buy food.”
8Joseph knew who they were, but they didn’t know who he was.
9Joseph, remembering the dreams he had dreamed of them, said, “You’re spies. You’ve come to look for our weak spots.”
10-11“No, master,” they said. “We’ve only come to buy food. We’re all the sons of the same man; we’re honest men; we’d never think of spying.”
12He said, “No. You’re spies. You’ve come to look for our weak spots.”
13They said, “There were twelve of us brothers—sons of the same father in the country of Canaan. The youngest is with our father, and one is no more.”
14-16But Joseph said, “It’s just as I said, you’re spies. This is how I’ll test you. As Pharaoh lives, you’re not going to leave this place until your younger brother comes here. Send one of you to get your brother while the rest of you stay here in jail. We’ll see if you’re telling the truth or not. As Pharaoh lives, I say you’re spies.”
17Then he threw them into jail for three days.
18-20On the third day, Joseph spoke to them. “Do this and you’ll live. I’m a God-fearing man. If you’re as honest as you say you are, one of your brothers will stay here in jail while the rest of you take the food back to your hungry families. But you have to bring your youngest brother back to me, confirming the truth of your speech—and not one of you will die.” They agreed.
21Then they started talking among themselves. “Now we’re paying for what we did to our brother—we saw how terrified he was when he was begging us for mercy. We wouldn’t listen to him and now we’re the ones in trouble.”
22Reuben broke in. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t hurt the boy’? But no, you wouldn’t listen. And now we’re paying for his murder.”
23-24Joseph had been using an interpreter, so they didn’t know that Joseph was understanding every word. Joseph turned away from them and cried. When he was able to speak again, he took Simeon and had him tied up, making a prisoner of him while they all watched.
25Then Joseph ordered that their sacks be filled with grain, that their money be put back in each sack, and that they be given rations for the road. That was all done for them.
26They loaded their food supplies on their donkeys and set off.
27-28When they stopped for the night, one of them opened his sack to get food for his donkey; there at the mouth of his bag was his money. He called out to his brothers, “My money has been returned; it’s right here in my bag!” They were puzzled—and frightened. “What’s God doing to us?”
29-32When they got back to their father Jacob, back in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened, saying, “The man who runs the country spoke to us roughly and accused us of being spies. We told him, ‘We are honest men and in no way spies. There were twelve of us brothers, sons of one father; one is gone and the youngest is with our father in Canaan.’
33-34“But the master of the country said, ‘Leave one of your brothers with me, take food for your starving families, and go. Bring your youngest brother back to me, proving that you’re honest men and not spies. And then I’ll give your brother back to you and you’ll be free to come and go in this country.’”
35As they were emptying their food sacks, each man came on his purse of money. On seeing their money, they and their father were upset.
36Their father said to them, “You’re taking everything I’ve got! Joseph’s gone, Simeon’s gone, and now you want to take Benjamin. If you have your way, I’ll be left with nothing.”
37Reuben spoke up: “I’ll put my two sons in your hands as hostages. If I don’t bring Benjamin back, you can kill them. Trust me with Benjamin; I’ll bring him back.”
38But Jacob refused. “My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead and he is all I have left. If something bad happens to him on the road, you’ll put my gray, sorrowing head in the grave.”
THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved. Used by permission of NavPress. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers.
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1. All Orders shall be subject to these Conditions. The acceptance by the Seller of any Order from the Buyer shall be deemed to incorporate these conditions and no variation contained in any other form or other document of the Buyer shall have any force or effect whatsoever unless the seller has expressly agreed thereto in writing.
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3. Prices are quoted and agreed in sterling/dollars/euros on the basis of costs prevailing at the time. If after the contract has been agreed but before the goods are invoiced the Seller shall sustain any direct or indirect increase in cost then the Seller may, by notice in writing to the Buyer, increase the price appropriately, provided that such increase shall not exceed 10%.
4. (a) The ownership of the goods passing under this contract shall remain with the Seller who reserves the right to dispose of the goods until payment in full for the said goods has been received by the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Contract or until such time as the Buyer sells the goods to its customers by way of bona fide sale at full market value.
(b) The risk in the goods for insurance purposes shall pass to the Buyer.
(i) When the Seller delivers the goods in accordance with the terms of this Contract to the Buyer or its Agents or other person to whom the Seller has been authorised by the Buyer to deliver the goods or
(ii) If the goods are appropriated to the Buyer but kept at the Seller’s premises at the Buyer’s request the Seller shall have no responsibility in respect of the safety of the goods thereafter and accordingly the Buyer should insure the goods thereafter against such risks (if any) as it thinks appropriate.
(c) If the payment due in accordance with the terms of this Contract is overdue in whole or in part the Seller may (without prejudice to any of its other rights) recover or resell the goods or any of them and may enter upon the Buyer’s premises by its servants or agents for that purpose. Such payment shall become due immediately upon the commencement of any act or proceeding in which the Buyer’s solvency is involved.
(d) If any of the goods are incorporated in or used as material for other goods before the seller has received payment in full the property in the whole of such goods shall be and remain with the Seller until such payment has been made or the other goods have been sold as aforesaid and all the Seller’s rights hereunder in the goods shall extend to those other goods.
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Leonard E. Read (1898-1983) founded FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death. “I, Pencil,” his most famous essay, was first published in the December 1958 issue of The Freeman.
I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write.*
* My official name is “Mongol 482.” My many ingredients are assembled, fabricated, and finished by Eberhard Faber Pencil Company.
Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that’s all I do.
You may wonder why I should write a genealogy. Well, to begin with, my story is interesting. And, next, I am a mystery— more so than a tree or a sunset or even a flash of lightning. But, sadly, I am taken for granted by those who use me, as if I were a mere incident and without background. This supercilious attitude relegates me to the level of the commonplace. This is a species of the grievous error in which mankind cannot too long persist without peril. For, the wise G. K. Chesterton observed, “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.”
I, Pencil, simple though I appear to be, merit your wonder and awe, a claim I shall attempt to prove. In fact, if you can understand me—no, that’s too much to ask of anyone—if you can become aware of the miraculousness which I symbolize, you can help save the freedom mankind is so unhappily losing. I have a profound lesson to teach. And I can teach this lesson better than can an automobile or an airplane or a mechanical dishwasher because—well, because I am seemingly so simple.
Simple? Yet, not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me. This sounds fantastic, doesn’t it? Especially when it is realized that there are about one and one-half billion of my kind produced in the U.S.A. each year.
Pick me up and look me over. What do you see? Not much meets the eye—there’s some wood, lacquer, the printed labeling, graphite lead, a bit of metal, and an eraser.
Just as you cannot trace your family tree back very far, so is it impossible for me to name and explain all my antecedents. But I would like to suggest enough of them to impress upon you the richness and complexity of my background.
My family tree begins with what in fact is a tree, a cedar of straight grain that grows in Northern California and Oregon. Now contemplate all the saws and trucks and rope and the countless other gear used in harvesting and carting the cedar logs to the railroad siding. Think of all the persons and the numberless skills that went into their fabrication: the mining of ore, the making of steel and its refinement into saws, axes, motors; the growing of hemp and bringing it through all the stages to heavy and strong rope; the logging camps with their beds and mess halls, the cookery and the raising of all the foods. Why, untold thousands of persons had a hand in every cup of coffee the loggers drink!
The logs are shipped to a mill in San Leandro, California. Can you imagine the individuals who make flat cars and rails and railroad engines and who construct and install the communication systems incidental thereto? These legions are among my antecedents.
Consider the millwork in San Leandro. The cedar logs are cut into small, pencil-length slats less than one-fourth of an inch in thickness. These are kiln dried and then tinted for the same reason women put rouge on their faces. People prefer that I look pretty, not a pallid white. The slats are waxed and kiln dried again. How many skills went into the making of the tint and the kilns, into supplying the heat, the light and power, the belts, motors, and all the other things a mill requires? Sweepers in the mill among my ancestors? Yes, and included are the men who poured the concrete for the dam of a Pacific Gas & Electric Company hydroplant which supplies the mill’s power!
Don’t overlook the ancestors present and distant who have a hand in transporting sixty carloads of slats across the nation.
Once in the pencil factory—$4,000,000 in machinery and building, all capital accumulated by thrifty and saving parents of mine—each slat is given eight grooves by a complex machine, after which another machine lays leads in every other slat, applies glue, and places another slat atop—a lead sandwich, so to speak. Seven brothers and I are mechanically carved from this “wood-clinched” sandwich.
My “lead” itself—it contains no lead at all—is complex. The graphite is mined in Ceylon. Consider these miners and those who make their many tools and the makers of the paper sacks in which the graphite is shipped and those who make the string that ties the sacks and those who put them aboard ships and those who make the ships. Even the lighthouse keepers along the way assisted in my birth—and the harbor pilots.
The graphite is mixed with clay from Mississippi in which ammonium hydroxide is used in the refining process. Then wetting agents are added such as sulfonated tallow—animal fats chemically reacted with sulfuric acid. After passing through numerous machines, the mixture finally appears as endless extrusions—as from a sausage grinder—cut to size, dried, and baked for several hours at 1,850 degrees Fahrenheit. To increase their strength and smoothness the leads are then treated with a hot mixture which includes candelilla wax from Mexico, paraffin wax, and hydrogenated natural fats.
My cedar receives six coats of lacquer. Do you know all the ingredients of lacquer? Who would think that the growers of castor beans and the refiners of castor oil are a part of it? They are. Why, even the processes by which the lacquer is made a beautiful yellow involves the skills of more persons than one can enumerate!
Observe the labeling. That’s a film formed by applying heat to carbon black mixed with resins. How do you make resins and what, pray, is carbon black?
My bit of metal—the ferrule—is brass. Think of all the persons who mine zinc and copper and those who have the skills to make shiny sheet brass from these products of nature. Those black rings on my ferrule are black nickel. What is black nickel and how is it applied? The complete story of why the center of my ferrule has no black nickel on it would take pages to explain.
Then there’s my crowning glory, inelegantly referred to in the trade as “the plug,” the part man uses to erase the errors he makes with me. An ingredient called “factice” is what does the erasing. It is a rubber-like product made by reacting rape- seed oil from the Dutch East Indies with sulfur chloride. Rubber, contrary to the common notion, is only for binding purposes. Then, too, there are numerous vulcanizing and accelerating agents. The pumice comes from Italy; and the pigment which gives “the plug” its color is cadmium sulfide.
Does anyone wish to challenge my earlier assertion that no single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me?
Actually, millions of human beings have had a hand in my creation, no one of whom even knows more than a very few of the others. Now, you may say that I go too far in relating the picker of a coffee berry in far off Brazil and food growers elsewhere to my creation; that this is an extreme position. I shall stand by my claim. There isn’t a single person in all these millions, including the president of the pencil company, who contributes more than a tiny, infinitesimal bit of know-how. From the standpoint of know-how the only difference between the miner of graphite in Ceylon and the logger in Oregon is in the type of know-how. Neither the miner nor the logger can be dispensed with, any more than can the chemist at the factory or the worker in the oil field—paraffin being a by-product of petroleum.
Here is an astounding fact: Neither the worker in the oil field nor the chemist nor the digger of graphite or clay nor any who mans or makes the ships or trains or trucks nor the one who runs the machine that does the knurling on my bit of metal nor the president of the company performs his singular task because he wants me. Each one wants me less, perhaps, than does a child in the first grade. Indeed, there are some among this vast multitude who never saw a pencil nor would they know how to use one. Their motivation is other than me. Perhaps it is something like this: Each of these millions sees that he can thus exchange his tiny know-how for the goods and services he needs or wants. I may or may not be among these items.
There is a fact still more astounding: The absence of a master mind, of anyone dictating or forcibly directing these countless actions which bring me into being. No trace of such a person can be found. Instead, we find the Invisible Hand at work. This is the mystery to which I earlier referred.
It has been said that “only God can make a tree.” Why do we agree with this? Isn’t it because we realize that we ourselves could not make one? Indeed, can we even describe a tree? We cannot, except in superficial terms. We can say, for instance, that a certain molecular configuration manifests itself as a tree. But what mind is there among men that could even record, let alone direct, the constant changes in molecules that transpire in the life span of a tree? Such a feat is utterly unthinkable!
I, Pencil, am a complex combination of miracles: a tree, zinc, copper, graphite, and so on. But to these miracles which manifest themselves in Nature an even more extraordinary miracle has been added: the configuration of creative human energies—millions of tiny know-hows configurating naturally and spontaneously in response to human necessity and desire and in the absence of any human master-minding! Since only God can make a tree, I insist that only God could make me. Man can no more direct these millions of know-hows to bring me into being than he can put molecules together to create a tree.
The above is what I meant when writing, “If you can become aware of the miraculousness which I symbolize, you can help save the freedom mankind is so unhappily losing.” For, if one is aware that these know-hows will naturally, yes, automatically, arrange themselves into creative and productive patterns in response to human necessity and demand—that is, in the absence of governmental or any other coercive master-minding—then one will possess an absolutely essential ingredient for freedom: a faith in free people. Freedom is impossible without this faith.
Once government has had a monopoly of a creative activity such, for instance, as the delivery of the mails, most individuals will believe that the mails could not be efficiently delivered by men acting freely. And here is the reason: Each one acknowledges that he himself doesn’t know how to do all the things incident to mail delivery. He also recognizes that no other individual could do it. These assumptions are correct. No individual possesses enough know-how to perform a nation’s mail delivery any more than any individual possesses enough know-how to make a pencil. Now, in the absence of faith in free people—in the unawareness that millions of tiny know-hows would naturally and miraculously form and cooperate to satisfy this necessity—the individual cannot help but reach the erroneous conclusion that mail can be delivered only by governmental “master-minding.”
If I, Pencil, were the only item that could offer testimony on what men and women can accomplish when free to try, then those with little faith would have a fair case. However, there is testimony galore; it’s all about us and on every hand. Mail delivery is exceedingly simple when compared, for instance, to the making of an automobile or a calculating machine or a grain combine or a milling machine or to tens of thousands of other things. Delivery? Why, in this area where men have been left free to try, they deliver the human voice around the world in less than one second; they deliver an event visually and in motion to any person’s home when it is happening; they deliver 150 passengers from Seattle to Baltimore in less than four hours; they deliver gas from Texas to one’s range or furnace in New York at unbelievably low rates and without subsidy; they deliver each four pounds of oil from the Persian Gulf to our Eastern Seaboard—halfway around the world—for less money than the government charges for delivering a one-ounce letter across the street!
The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with this lesson. Let society’s legal apparatus remove all obstacles the best it can. Permit these creative know-hows freely to flow. Have faith that free men and women will respond to the Invisible Hand. This faith will be confirmed. I, Pencil, seemingly simple though I am, offer the miracle of my creation as testimony that this is a practical faith, as practical as the sun, the rain, a cedar tree, the good earth.
Leonard Read’s delightful story, “I, Pencil,” has become a classic, and deservedly so. I know of no other piece of literature that so succinctly, persuasively, and effectively illustrates the meaning of both Adam Smith’s invisible hand—the possibility of cooperation without coercion—and Friedrich Hayek’s emphasis on the importance of dispersed knowledge and the role of the price system in communicating information that “will make the individuals do the desirable things without anyone having to tell them what to do.”
We used Leonard’s story in our television show, “Free to Choose,” and in the accompanying book of the same title to illustrate “the power of the market” (the title of both the first segment of the TV show and of chapter one of the book). We summarized the story and then went on to say:
“None of the thousands of persons involved in producing the pencil performed his task because he wanted a pencil. Some among them never saw a pencil and would not know what it is for. Each saw his work as a way to get the goods and services he wanted—goods and services we produced in order to get the pencil we wanted. Every time we go to the store and buy a pencil, we are exchanging a little bit of our services for the infinitesimal amount of services that each of the thousands contributed toward producing the pencil.
“It is even more astounding that the pencil was ever produced. No one sitting in a central office gave orders to these thousands of people. No military police enforced the orders that were not given. These people live in many lands, speak different languages, practice different religions, may even hate one another—yet none of these differences prevented them from cooperating to produce a pencil. How did it happen? Adam Smith gave us the answer two hundred years ago.”
“I, Pencil” is a typical Leonard Read product: imaginative, simple yet subtle, breathing the love of freedom that imbued everything Leonard wrote or did. As in the rest of his work, he was not trying to tell people what to do or how to conduct themselves. He was simply trying to enhance individuals’ understanding of themselves and of the system they live in.
That was his basic credo and one that he stuck to consistently during his long period of service to the public—not public service in the sense of government service. Whatever the pressure, he stuck to his guns, refusing to compromise his principles. That was why he was so effective in keeping alive, in the early days, and then spreading the basic idea that human freedom required private property, free competition, and severely limited government.
It is a tribute to his foresight, persistence, and sound understanding of the basis for a free society, that FEE, the institution he established and on which he lavished such loving care, is able to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
I, Pencil is available as a free download.
Leonard E. Read (1898-1983) was the founder of FEE, and the author of 29 works, including the classic parable “I, Pencil.”
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How To Negotiate A Lower APR On A Credit Card How To Find the Lowest Credit Card Rates How To Lower The APR On A Credit Card Low Interest Rate Credit Cards What Does Credit Card APR Mean?
How to Lower the Interest Rate on Your Credit Cards
By Ivan Damen - StockMonkeys Member
The average credit card interest rate is just above 14 percent. But averages can be misleading. Actual credit card interest rates range from a low of 0% up to whopping 40% or more. Given the disparity in credit card interest rates it pays to be proactive and try and lower the interest rates on your credit cards.
The first step in reducing the interest rates on your credit cards is to know what rates you are currently paying. You can easily find this information on your card statements. Regardless of the rates you are paying (unless they are 0%), there are steps you can take to lower your rates. To get you started we have specific ways you can reduce your credit card rates.
Ask For A Lower Rate
Believe it or not, credit card companies lower rates all the time. But in most cases, to get your rate lowered you have to ask. In a 2002 report, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group found the following: "More than half of consumers who called their credit card company to complain about their high annual interest rates were successful in reducing those rates by an average of one-third." Here are some of the specific findings in the report:
- With one 5-minute phone call, 56 percent of consumers who called their credit card company lowered their APRs.
- Those who were successful reduced their APRs by an average of more than one-third, from an average of 16 percent to an average of 10.47 percent.
- Factors improving the caller's success rate included a longer length of time with a particular card, a low unpaid balance compared to credit limit (being less "maxed out"), and a history of no late payments.
In short, you stand a good chance of getting your rate lowered just by asking. When calling your card company, the best approach is to keep your request direct and simple. Keep in mind that representatives get this type of request all of the time, and they are trained to handle the request in a specific way. And if you are not happy with their response, ask to speak to their supervisor. There's no reason to get emotional. Just be determined. While you won't always come away with a lower rate, it's worth a 5-minute investment of your time.
One of the easiest ways to lower your rate is to do a balance transfer to a card with a lower rate. There are numerous cards that offer 0% on balance transfers for 12 months or more. There are two approaches you can take with balance transfers:
- Go for the longest 0% offer: Today, the longest 0% offers are for 18 or 21 months. The longest offer comes from the Citi Platinum MasterCard, which offers 0% for 21 months. The Discover More Card has a 0% offer for 18 months.
- Go for no fee balance transfers: There are two offers available today that don't charge transfers fees. Both the Discover More Card No Balance Transfer Fee and the No Fee Slate from Chase offer 0% for 12 months with no balance transfer fee.
If you aren't in a situation where you can apply for a new offer and get approved, then consider using a card you already have. For example, check the offers on your current cards. You might find you already have a card that offers a special rate for balance transfers.
A higher credit score means a lower rates for you. For example, most of the popular cards today have interest rates that range from about 10% to 20%. A high credit score will net you the 10% rate, while a low score results in a rate twice as high.
If you currently have a card with a high rate as a result of your credit score, you can turn that around. First, you want to do whatever you can to raise your credit score. You can quickly see an improvement in your credit score just by paying down your existing debt. Once you see your credit score rising, it's a good time to either apply for card with a lower rate or ask your current card company to lower your existing rate as we discussed above.
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QUAVO AND TAKEOFF: (Rapping) Counted me out, but you know I'll win. You know that. Why question the s*** that I did? Why? You know I had visions of this s*** since I was a kid. Real talk.
FLORIDO: The rapper known as Takeoff died earlier this week, killed in a shooting outside a Houston bowling alley. His record label said it was a stray bullet. Officials are still investigating, but the 28-year-old singer's death has left the hip-hop world in mourning. Takeoff was a member of the rap group Migos, and their innovations in the genre made them hip-hop superstars. Their style became so influential over the last decade it was dubbed the Migos Flow.
MIGOS: (Rapping) Neck water faucet, water, mockingbirds mocking - woo. Act pint, stocking - act - nats keep thotting - nats. Wrist on hockey - hockey - wrist on rocky - rocky. Lot of lot of copy. Name someone can stop me - no one.
FLORIDO: Takeoff rose to fame as a young artist, and he had his sights on the future. Here's a bit of him in 2018 talking with Complex magazine.
TAKEOFF: I want longevity. I want to stay consistent. I want to be 18 years, 20 years later, you still know my music still going to live on (ph).
TAKEOFF: And you still remember me and still remember all the work we put in.
FLORIDO: To tell us more about Takeoff and the legacy he leaves behind, we're joined by NPR hip-hop staff writer Rodney Carmichael. He also hosts the NPR podcast Louder Than A Riot. Rodney, welcome.
RODNEY CARMICHAEL, BYLINE: Hey. Thanks so much for having me.
FLORIDO: Rodney, Takeoff reached international acclaim as part of Migos, but the group came out of the Atlanta rap scene. Can you tell us a little bit about that and how Migos got its start?
CARMICHAEL: Yeah. I mean, Migos basically started as a family trio, you know, and it was actually Takeoff who convinced his uncle Quavo to start rapping with him. And, you know, eventually Quavo's cousin Offset joined the two of them, and they got discovered by Gucci Mane. They eventually become the first act to get signed to Quality Control, which has now grown into a really powerhouse label in Atlanta at the same time that that Migos has grown into a powerhouse group. And they went on to really change the sound of rap. I mean, their song "Versace" - it's a early hit that breaks big in 2013. And, you know, this was really the era when Atlanta rappers were being denounced as mumble rap. But, you know, Migos' flow was full of triplets, which basically meant they were rhyming in double time and squeezing in even more syllables into every beat.
CARMICHAEL: You got to be pretty nimble to pull it off. It's like the antithesis of mumble rap.
FLORIDO: But more recently, Migos split up, and Quavo and Takeoff decided to produce music on their own.
CARMICHAEL: Yeah. They billed themselves as Unc and Phew, you know, like short for nephew.
CARMICHAEL: Yeah, since Takeoff really was Quavo's nephew.
FLORIDO: Right before his death, Takeoff released an album with Quavo titled "Only Built For Infinity Links." What elements of that album got you really excited for this next chapter in Takeoff's career?
CARMICHAEL: I mean, I think the strength of the album, one of the strengths is that it really gives Takeoff room to shine. See, Takeoff, he was always really the quiet member of Migos, the least flashy of the crew. You know, if Quavo had the melodic hooks and the charisma on lock, and Offset, he had the slick dance moves and a wife named Cardi B, Takeoff was always the one who was, you know, laying in the cut. But something about that consistency really helped him emerge as like, the best lyricist in the group over time. And he was finally at the point where he was starting to get credit or get the credit he deserved, and really, he was coming into his own.
FLORIDO: Migos was known for producing a lot of party starters, but this lyricism in Takeoff's raps that you were talking about could also be really introspective. Let's listen to some of the song "Nothing Changed" off of Takeoff and Quavo's most recent album.
QUAVO AND TAKEOFF: (Rapping) No letterman, I've been a veteran. Do anything for a name, anything. When you start getting a little change, watch how your partners and everything change. And when you step foot in that field, make sure you're strapped and make sure you got aim. My n*****, they shooting to live. I seen some n*****, they shooting for fame.
FLORIDO: Takeoff there exploring the challenges of dealing with wealth and fame in a pretty introspective way. Would you say that these kinds of lyrics really set him apart?
CARMICHAEL: I mean, I think a lot of things set Takeoff apart within the group. You know, he was the youngest member. He - even though all three members were always totally blinged out and known for dressing in these flamboyant, over-the-top Versace shirts and whatnot, there's something about Takeoff always said working class. You know, his heart was still with the streets. And even though Migos reached the high aspirations that they really started off rapping about, Takeoff, he still really rapped first and foremost for the trap boys, trapping out the bando, which is how and where they started from.
FLORIDO: Rodney, you know, fans of hip-hop have lost, you know, several high-profile artists in the last couple of years, people who were really in their prime, people who were innovating. What is the impact of these deaths on fans and on the music?
CARMICHAEL: Well, first off, you know, these are just tremendously sad losses. And, you know, as fans, we hurt. We hurt from them. But in terms of what you're speaking about, another loss that hip-hop is feeling is kind of an unknown loss because these - a lot of these artists are young innovators, people who were changing the sound of rap. We really have no idea of the impact of their loss in terms of how the genre itself might have, you know, evolved or been revolutionized by their art, you know, and by their contributions to the culture.
QUAVO AND TAKEOFF: (Rapping) Out of my mind - try. Then I go ride with the boogers in the booger, first time that I couldn't tell the time - ice. And it got so damn hot, had to move the spot, the North Side dry. If it was you, you could never be me - nah. I'm the first one that said QC. Chill out...
CARMICHAEL: So that part is the thing that is the hardest cost to count in terms of rap music and where it might go from here.
FLORIDO: So what's Takeoff's legacy?
CARMICHAEL: I mean, I think his legacy is he started the greatest rap group of the last decade in an era when rap groups, which, you know, had once been the foundation of hip-hop, were really almost nonexistent in the industry. And his superpower was staying true to himself, changing the game and staying 10 toes down with his family to the very end.
QUAVO AND TAKEOFF: (Rapping) Foreign exchange the chain. Fame came with the change. Get a stripe for a stain. You 'bout to crash out your lane. The umbrella out of the Rolls Royce Cullinan, know it came with the rain. No letterman, I've been a veteran, do anything for a name, anything.
FLORIDO: That was NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael talking to us about the recent death of the rapper Takeoff. Rodney, thanks so much for speaking with us.
CARMICHAEL: Thanks for having me, Adrian.
QUAVO AND TAKEOFF: (Rapping) To see my grandma, just to see my kinpica. The (inaudible) can't heal all the pain, no cap. I get you knocked off of Earth. You play with my body, you play with my name. I wet him up like he surf. It be looking strange. I pop at his brain. Don't play with me. I'm rocking a watch with no diamonds in it. It cost me a ticket. It's plain. I put baguettes in the Patek. What time is it? And it cost me a Rolls - insane. I don't post pics with sticks and s***. That's how them boys get framed. I been the same since a jit, little (inaudible). When they see me they say don't nothing change but the chains. We on your head like a bang, all double Rs, no range. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Rodney Carmichael is NPR Music's hip-hop staff writer. An Atlanta-bred cultural critic, he helped document the city's rise as rap's reigning capital for a decade while serving on staff as music editor, culture writer and senior writer for the defunct alt-weekly Creative Loafing.
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Either come to Penn State Altoona and play golf, or stay close to home. Two years later, he’s one of the top golfers in his conference, a feat accomplished furing the most difficult time of his life.
On a quiet Monday morning, with a little wind, it was a perfect day for Luke Hoffnagle to golf
“It’s peaceful,” Hoffnagle said.
Every shot, every putt, a voice resonates.
“I mean if you make a bad shot, you just kind of have to forget about it and move on and he just always taught me it’s all in your head,” Hoffnagle said.
“Funniest guy I knew, everyone loved him, he was very special. He made it more fun too, made golf more fun, you know you can go out there more carefree and know that it’s all good,” Hoffnagle said.
But everything changed on August 2, 2017.
“I woke up and no one was home and I couldn’t find him. I was driving everywhere because he was on a workout plan, and he was running a lot and working a lot. I was the one to find my dad,” Hoffnagle said.
Paul Hoffnagle had died in a chainsaw accident.
“I mean it was tough,” Hoffnagle said.
Only two and half weeks later, Luke arrived at Penn State Altoona for his freshman year, he found success right away, a finalist for conference player of the year, but something was missing.
“The first realization is that he’s not here, I mean he would be at mostly all of my golf matches, so not having him walk behind me was pretty surreal,” Hoffnagle said.
In his darkest time, Luke found himself with doubts, but he listened to the voice in his head.
“Trying to do everything that he told me, just trying to stay positive, just trying to think of things as the glass half-full or just hard work,” Hoffnagle said.
Losing a father but gaining a family.
“I was thankful for a lot of good friends here and they’ve continued to help me,” Hoffnagle said.
“We tell them and their parents that once they’re on campus, and once they commit to our program, they’re part of our family and I don’t think any situation has epitomized that more than Luke’s,” Penn State Altoona Golf Coach Tom Koehle said.
Almost two years have passed since Luke’s dad passed away, and on this quiet Monday morning, he finds peace on the golf course. Honoring his dad with every shot.
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I’ve finally gotten over the sensation that my house is rocking on invisible waves, so I guess it’s safe to write about the 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise. (I was once on a cruise ship for five straight weeks as a comedian. When I finally went home, it was nearly two weeks before our townhouse didn’t seem to be riding on gentle waves.)
You’ve probably heard by now that one of our speakers, Dr. Jack Kruse, was pulled off the ship after someone tweeted to Carnival that he was bringing a biological weapon aboard. I met Dr. Kruse on the flight from Nashville, and Chareva and I later shared a ride to the hotel with him. The next day he was gone and we never saw him again. More on that later.
Once we checked into our hotel in Houston, Chareva and I ended up having lunch with Dr. Eric Westman, his daughter, and a few other people. I was pleased to learn that Dr. Westman uses clips from Fat Head when explaining how low-carb diets work to people in his clinic. I was further pleased when he said I’ve inspired him to include more humor in his presentations.
After lunch, Chareva hung out with some other cruisers she’d met last year so I could rehearse my roast a few more times in our hotel room. (As the Older Brother noted, I’m a bit of a freak for rehearsing. If I’m disciplined about rehearsing, I can afford to be loose on stage.) By the time the pre-cruise dinner rolled around, I felt more or less ready.
I haven’t done a full standup routine in a couple of years now, so it was both a pleasure and a bit nerve-wracking to walk up on stage after dinner and find myself facing an audience of 270 people, all of them expecting me to make them laugh. I was happy with the response, especially since it was a one-shot deal. As any standup comedian will tell you, comedy is a hit-and-miss game. While developing a routine, you write some bits, try them out in front of an audience, drop or rewrite the bits that didn’t quite work, then repeat the process until you’ve got a full slate of material you know works.
That isn’t possible with a one-time roast. The first time you test the material is also the last time you’ll deliver it. My hit-to-miss ratio was high, so I was happy when I walked off stage and finally felt like I was on vacation after weeks of preparation.
Unfortunately, the audio/video gods decided to mess with me again. A couple of my roast bits included video clips. For some reason, they didn’t play on the big screen, even though I could see them on my laptop. I didn’t notice at first, so I wondered why a clip from the movie “Quiz Show” in which Fred Hahn had a couple of lines as an actor didn’t draw a response. Well, duh … nobody in the audience could see the clip.
I also didn’t get a good audio recording of the roast. When I record myself in front of an audience, I like to put a camera in the back of the room to get the full view and let that camera pick up the room and audience sound. Then I wear a wireless microphone and feed the signal into another camera to get a clear audio track of my voice. If I just take sound from the wireless mic, the crowd noise is barely audible, and it sounds as if I’m talking to an empty room … kind of like my speech in Washington.
For whatever reason, that second camera didn’t record, even though I know I pressed the record button just before taking the stage. So all I have is a video with my voice echoing from across a large room, with crowd laughter drowning me out at times. Jimmy Moore recorded the roast from the front of the room, so he’s going to see if he can strip off the audio track and send it to me. If that works, I’ll put it all together and post the roast. If not … well, you’ll just have to trust me that it was a fun show.
Now, about that Jack Kruse incident … a couple of hours after we’d all boarded the ship, I bumped into Jimmy Moore, who told me Dr. Kruse had been questioned and removed from the ship by agents from the FBI and Homeland Security. At the time, nobody knew what had actually happened. We picked up bits and pieces throughout the day, and late in the evening I read the full story online. Here are some quotes from an online news article:
Nashville neurosurgeon Jack Kruse says he’s the victim of cyber sabotage. Kruse was scheduled as a guest speaker Monday for Jimmy Moore’s 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise on the Carnival Magic out of Galveston, Texas.
But before the ship departed Sunday afternoon, the cruise line learned of a Twitter message from an account containing quotes allegedly from Kruse. The account — @s…krusesays, which contains an expletive — contained messages claiming Kruse had a “vial of Legionnaires for epic biohack.” The Twitter account has since been disabled.
When Carnival learned of the tweet, it contacted authorities, and Galveston police, the FBI and U.S. Coast Guard boarded the ship to investigate.
Authorities searched Kruse’s bags, questioned him and asked him to disembark the ship while they investigated. Kruse said authorities quickly learned he wasn’t behind the tweets. But he wasn’t let back on the ship. In addition to the tweet, Kruse said someone named Lance emailed Carnival warning that a doctor was on the ship and going to conduct a bio attack.
Kruse has a following at jackkruse.com and speaks about diet and weight loss. He once weighed more than 350 pounds, he said. Kruse speaks about Leptin reset and cold thermogenesis, a type of treatment that uses cold temperatures to facilitate weight loss.
Kruse said he believes those who disagree with him are behind the anonymous Twitter account.
“These were all people who had competing thoughts about diet and exercise. This created a huge logistical nightmare,” Kruse said. “To make a joke about something like this is not a good thing to do. Not only is it unprofessional and unethical, it’s quite dangerous these days.”
So some hater got Dr. Kruse bumped. I can’t imagine what goes through some people’s deranged minds. Sure, Dr. Kruse is controversial, but if you disagree with the guy then the proper response is to cite your evidence and prove him wrong. But as Jimmy Moore and others have learned, some wackos out there in cyberspace believe that if you disagree with them about diet and health, you’re now some kind of mortal enemy who deserves any vicious attack they can dream up.
Jimmy has received vile emails calling him all kinds of names and accusing him of being evil … yes, evil. Jimmy Moore, one of the most kind-hearted and generous human beings I know, is evil to some people because they don’t agree with his views on the benefits of a low-carb diet. Amazing.
Anyway, I hope the FBI finds the nutcase who did this to Dr. Kruse. I also hope the nutcase gets a nice, long opportunity to continue hating Dr. Kruse from the comfort of a prison cell.
On last year’s cruise, the speakers were assigned to different tables every night to give the other cruisers a chance to meet everyone over dinner. Apparently the powers at Carnival decided that was too confusing for the dining-room staff, especially since it was such a large group, so this year we were told to stay put. I liked being moved around last year, but I’m not complaining, since our dinner companions this year were Fred Hahn, Dr. John Briffa, Denise Minger (who kindly agreed not to kick my ass in public after the roast), Chris Masterjohn, Dr. William “Wheat Belly” Davis and his lovely wife Dawn. How’s that for interesting company?
John Briffa was every bit as witty as I expected him to be based on some email exchanges, Chris Masterjohn entertained us one evening by recounting the time he (as a teenager!) successfully defended himself in court against a charge of disorderly conduct, Fred Hahn was his usual wise-cracking, lobster-devouring self, William Davis proved that even brilliant doctors can have a great sense of humor, and Denise Minger was, well, Denise Minger. I hope she and Chris Masterjohn get married someday and produce a big brood of little geniuses. They could single-handedly raise the average IQ of the American population.
The Lady in Red, Lynne Daniel, works with Dr. Westman. Some years ago, she was 180 pounds heavier. That means she was (almost) carrying one of me around with her.
My only complaint about the ship, the Carnival Magic, was the lack of karaoke opportunities. Last year there was late-night karaoke pretty much every night, so many of us hung out in the karaoke showroom after dinner. This year most of the karaoke shows were at 6:30 PM, which doesn’t work for people having dinner from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Jimmy Moore and I managed to continue our cruise tradition of singing Elvira together exactly once.
On most nights, the low-carb group packed into the piano bar and pretty much took it over. I was pleased to see that the speakers seemed to be surrounded by different groups of cruisers every night, if not every couple of hours on a given night. I know from talking to people on previous cruises that meeting the speakers in person is partly why they come aboard. Well, they had plenty of opportunities to hang out with their heroes this year.
Dr. John Briffa shared an interesting observation with Chareva one night: “There’s a lot of love in this group,” he said. Yes, there is. Most of us have struggled with weight or health issues (some still are) so there’s a bond, an understanding, that makes for instant friendship. I end up hugging more people on a week-long Low-Carb Cruise than I do during the other 51 weeks of the year.
Chareva dancing with some guy.
Chareva dancing with some other guy.
Dr. Eric Westman dancing with his daughter.
Fred Hahn getting a hair makeover.
I didn’t leave the ship for any excursions this year because I was on a one-man mission to get as many of the assembled experts on camera as I could. As I’ve mentioned, Chareva and I are planning to produce a book for parents and kids that explains how different foods affect kids’ health. We’d also like to produce a DVD companion for the book, and that DVD will include plenty of interviews.
When I was in Los Angeles for the Ancestral Health Symposium, I interviewed Dr. Richard Feinman, Dr. Robert Lustig, Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, Dr. Mike Eades and Nora Gedguadas. On the cruise, I managed to arrange interviews with Dr. John Briffa, Dr. William Davis, Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Mary Vernon, Dr. Michael Fox, Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt (again) and Dr. Ann Childers, a psychiatrist who focuses on diet as the cause of emotional and behavioral problems in children and teens. In other words, I’ve now interviewed the Dream Team.
I also happened to meet Dr. Brad Hoopingarner, a pediatrician who told me Fat Head convinced some of the obese children he treats to change their diets and finally begin shedding the excess body fat. Naturally, I asked him to talk about his work on camera as well. Nothing like having a “boots on the ground” pediatrician to explain how bad diets are turning kids into fat diabetics. Dr. Hoopingarner has seen type 2 diabetes in kids as young as four year old – that just shouldn’t happen, ever.
Chareva did go ashore when the ship was in port. She even swam with the stingrays in the Caymans. I’ll be honest: that would freak me out a little. I would’ve skipped that one even if I wasn’t busy conducting interviews. I don’t like to be around creatures with “sting” in their names.
Of course, the Low-Carb Cruise isn’t just about dinners, excursions and late-night fun. The main purpose (or the stated purpose, anyway) is to attend the lectures, and this year’s lectures were excellent. I won’t describe them in detail since they were all recorded on video and should be available online soon. When they are, I’ll post the links. But briefly:
Dr. Eric Westman spoke about low-carb myths. No, a ketogenic diet won’t cause your kidneys to explode, and no, you don’t need to eat 120 grams of glucose per day to have a well-functioning brain.
Dr. Jeff Volek spoke about low-carb diets and athletic performance. The studies he’s conducted demonstrate that athletes perform quite well on a low-carb if they give themselves time to become keto-adapted, with the added advantage of no longer “hitting the wall” once their glycogen stores are depleted. After all, it’s nearly impossible to deplete your stored body fat in a single event, even if you’re quite lean.
Dr. John Briffa spoke about escaping the “diet trap” … that is, the discredited notion that simply eating less and moving more will lead to long-term weight loss. Long-term success is about adopting a diet that controls metabolism and appetite naturally, not going through life hungry most of the time.
Dr. William Davis spoke (of course) about wheat. The semi-dwarf wheat people consume today has only been around since the 1970s, and it appears to be causing a number of health problems– not the least of which is ramping up people’s appetites because of changes in the gliadin protein, which acts as an appetite stimulant.
Monique Forslund spoke about her experiences feeding kids a high-fat, low-carb diet and watching their health and mood improve as a result.
Chris Masterjohn spoke on why animal fat is good for us and why some polyunsaturated vegetable oils probably aren’t, and he recounted the studies that tried (unsuccessfully) to prove that removing or reducing animal fats in the diet can reduce rates of heart disease.
Denise Minger spoke (of course) about the many flaws in the China Study. She also showed examples – from T. Colin Campbell’s own published studies – of how his previous findings contradict the dietary advice and warnings he now promotes.
Jackie Eberstein spoke on carbohydrate addiction, explaining why addiction to sugar and white flour can be as real as addiction to cocaine. (Since the gliadin in wheat is an opiate, I’m sure Dr. Davis would agree.)
Fred Hahn spoke on exercise and which popular forms of exercise he’d advise against – such as doing squats while balancing on a ball. (Do people really do that? Apparently so. I guess it’s called “balance training.” Looks like a great way to suffer a serious injury.)
Since Dr. Kruse was taken away from us and Dr. Ron Rosedale couldn’t attend, Jimmy Moore invited other experts who happened to be on board to fill those slots by giving 10-minute talks of their own. So we got to hear from Dr. Mary Vernon, Dr. Michael Fox, Dana Carpender and several others. All in all, a great set of lectures before a packed house — so packed, we needed two screens this year for the PowerPoint presentations.
Since the audio-visual gods had already messed with me, the travel gods decided to get into the act as well. After the ship docked on Sunday, we got on buses for the hour-long ride back to the airport in Houston. Chareva and I had booked a 12:49 PM flight home, so when the bus pulled away at 10:30 AM, I figured we had plenty of time.
Nope. There was an accident on the interstate and the bus slowed to a crawl for about a half-hour. We dashed into the airport at noon, figuring we’d make it just under the wire. But for reasons that were never explained to us, United had changed our flight to 12:29 PM. Since the minimum check-in time before takeoff is 45 minutes, we weren’t allowed on the flight. The folks at United generously offered to put us on standby for a 3:48 PM flight. If you don’t travel much, “standby” is an airline term for “we know you’ll never get on that flight since it’s already oversold, but this way we can pretend we’re doing something to help.”
At first they told us the next flight with open seats was at 7:00 AM the next morning. That was a depressing proposition because 1) I’d have to wake up at 4:00 AM, which I hate, and 2) I was really missing Sara and Alana and wanted to get home as soon as possible. Then two seats magically became available on a 5:35 PM flight. We snapped those up. Naturally, since I was booked on that flight, it didn’t actually take off until 7:30 PM.
Well, it wasn’t so bad. We ended up having a long lunch in the airport with several other people who’d been in our group on the cruise, so it was sort of like extending the festivities. Later we spent more than an hour talking to Anne Luther, a nurse who had suffered a number of health problems when she still ate grains, including horrible pains in her joints and feet that her doctors couldn’t explain.
“They said my pains were idiopathic.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means they’re idiots.”
Too true. She finally figured it out by doing her own research online. When she went low-carb and gave up grains, the pains went away.
That’s why the work the speakers we saw on the cruise are doing is so important. Too many people are suffering needlessly, taking drugs to mask the symptoms of diseases they shouldn’t have in the first place. As Dr. Davis said in his talk, to a large degree our health-care system is simply treating the effects of consuming mutant wheat and other bad foods. That’s got to change.
After hanging around with the large and enthusiastic crowd aboard the ship, I want to believe we can bring about that change, each of us doing our own small part. That’s the dream. When we all get together on a cruise, there’s a sense of mission, yes, but also a sense of celebration. We’ve escaped the bad dietary advice … let’s drink to that.
I hope you can celebrate with us next year.
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Iva May 21, 2012 at 6:43 am
Looking forward to the book. In fact, it will be the first *real* book I’ve purchased in over a year. (You might offer a Kindle version, but I want the real deal so I can read, make notes, and make more notes.)
I hope to do both.
Marilyn May 21, 2012 at 7:11 am
Just looked through the pictures again. They’re great fun. Thanks for posting them.
Angel May 21, 2012 at 8:25 am
Why is Jimmy Moore wearing a silver spacesuit in his pic with his wife? Just wondering.
Jimmy is clearly from another planet.
Katy May 21, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Wow, really?
How long before these results no longer surprise people?
LeeAnn May 21, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I have to say, I am very excited find out that you and Chareva are coming up with a book and DVD focusing on kids. My son is 7 and we watched FATHEAD several times together. He knows the ‘Guy from CSPI’ is the ‘bad’ guy and that he’s wrong with everything he has to say. We so look forward to it! Thanx!
Thank you. I look forward (mostly) to writing it.
Melissa Cline May 21, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Princess Dieter, check out Katy Bowman and her blog at alignedandwell.com (today’s post speaks specifically to what you’re talking about, I think). She’s big into natural movement, what would the hunter-gatherers do, etc. Her particular interest is the pelvic floor, the proper functioning of which can be quite the quality of life issue!
And shums, keep it up with the non-Gerber real food for the kiddo. My 2.5 year old will eat just about anything–it’s a blast! We liked Gill Rapley’s baby led weaning (introduction of solids) book. rapleyweaning.com We weren’t LC when we introduced solids but that aside her overall philosophy makes it simple and fun.
Sereena May 21, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Glad to see Jimmy Moore is still fighting the good fight. I really enjoyed his clips on YouTube with his wife, but haven’t seen any new ones for ages. They provided so much great information on low carb eating.
I think he got busy with the other podcast shows.
DebbieC May 22, 2012 at 9:40 am
Great write-up of the cruise, and it sounds like your dinner table was fun. We had great people at our table too. But I did hear some of the rank-and-file low carb attendees saying that having so many of the high-powered guests all at one table was too much like the “cool kids’ ” table in high school or middle school! LOL. I loved last year too when the speakers did more table hopping. I don’t understand why Carnival has such a snit over that. We had Dana and Eric sit with us a couple nights and our waitress took it completely in stride.
But she was majorly cool anyway and after the first night, finding we were low carbers, she automatically brought us double the usual amount of butter for our table, heavy cream for our after-dinner coffee, and gave us a run-down of the menu each night – telling us which items included flour in the sauces, sugar, etc. And exactly what she could do for certain dishes to make them low carb for us – leaving the floury sauces off the meats, subbing steamed veggies for the potatoes, etc. Since even our guests at the table were low carb too it didn’t make any more work for her to have a couple different people there.
I did find it odd that six of us (Denise Minger, Chris Masterjohn, Fred Hahn, William Davis, John Briffa and yours truly) were at one table. I’m not complaining, of course.
DebbieC May 22, 2012 at 9:58 am
@marilynb – yes I thought that was funny too, how they tried to ration bacon. To me it was an indicator of how popular bacon is! If they had let people take all they wanted it might have broken their food budget, LOL. Of course you could ask for more, and more again, and the server would keep piling it on your plate. But I guess many folks were too embarrassed to keep asking for more.
But it reminds me of a funny story one of my tablemates told at dinner one night: He (a very trim low-carber with about a 30-inch waist) went to the bacon station one morning. Now he was also getting some bacon for his wife and grown daughter who were both on the cruise with us too, but he did get a lot of bacon! He kept saying “more please, more please” as he got a plate piled higher and higher with bacon! As he walked away from the station with an enormous mound of bacon he heard a man behind him mutter, “He’s gonna die”.
@Bawdy, I’m sorry that you didn’t come also. I would certainly have enjoyed meeting you! You might even have recognized me too – as Merpig from the active low carbers forums.
The guy who muttered “He’s gonna die” was probably grabbing one of the boxes of cereal.
Dori Wilson May 22, 2012 at 10:37 am
Thank you so much for sharing! I have been looking forward to this update since you all left for the cruise. It was pretty lonely out here without my support group! You and so many others in the low carb/paleo/primal community are true pioneers and very inspiring. I really wish I could just get my family and friends as enthusiastically interested as I am.
It can be exhausting (as I’m sure you know) to have people ask you things because of your results and then they just roll their eyes or get that glazed look when you start talking. It saddens me to see the children at daycare who can’t keep up with my kids because they are so heavy and quite innocent in their condition because adults control their food options. I hear people all around me talk of their pains and ailments everyday and I feel like I have the answers but they will never listen. I’ve had to resign myself to giving advice to those who come to me and even then I have to make sure I don’t scare them away with an over bearing attitude. When’s the next cruise and where do I sign up?
Yeah, it’s a strange reaction: You look great, what are you doing?
“I’m on a low-carb diet.”
“Then why did you just tell me I look great?”
The details for the next cruise are being worked out, but you can check in from time to time here:
Jess McKinnon May 22, 2012 at 11:44 am
It was great meeting you and Chareva on the cruise. I’d first heard about it from your blog last year and was glad I got to go this year. It was a lot of fun…fun! fun! Fun!
We look forward to it all year. Great to meet you too.
Lisa May 22, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Thanks for sharing your cruise photos. Looks like great fun and information. I hope to attend one day with my hubby.
It’s a great time. Hope to see you there next year.
Kevin May 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm
LCNana May 23, 2012 at 10:31 am
DH and I went on a cruise a while back, Tom. Unfortunately for us our cruise-mates were not low-carbers – they were NASCAR groupies!!! Not necessarily known for their bacon consumption – but grits and gravy featured BIG on the breakfast menu! Nice, friendly people though. Would love to join you next year – and bring up those Canadian numbers by two.
We’d be happy to see the Canadian contingent expand.
Auntie M May 27, 2012 at 4:41 pm
I wish I could have gone this year, but it was smack in the “don’t take time off” window at my workplace–we’re heavily into our standardized tests, and we’re not supposed to be gone for that long. Also, with my long-term medical leave last year, I’m a lot thin on personal days. I get two per year, and can accrue up to five. If the next one is in mid-June, after school lets out, I could definitely go. Otherwise, I’m saving up my personal days and hoping to go in a couple of years.
As for the real food thing, I managed to dodge the pediatrician and the crazy PT/OT lady that my daughter sees for her suck/swallow issues. I forgot to tell my husband to be vague with the doc, since he’s taken the baby there most times because I have no leave until next fall. He told her we fed the baby egg yolks, and she was alarmed. Even though the yolk is all fat, and the white is where most people have an allergic reaction, she still advised against it. I like her overall, but she wanted us to feed the baby rice cereal at four months. No, thank you.
As for the crazy PT/OT lady, who insisted that rice cereal WOULD be my daughter’s first food, I side-stepped it with our last visit. When reminded that the baby should be eating rice cereal…blah blah blah….I said, “Oh, we’re working on sweet potato this week. Want to see?” It totally distracted her, and my daughter ate with enthusiasm and was adorable to help me out.
I look forward to your project for kids, since I’m building my collection for when she’s a bit older. We already have the Everyday Paleo kid book, and Eat Like a Dinosaur, so I can’t wait! We’re aiming a bit more in the primal/low carb more than paleo, but I’m not planning to label it. It’s going to be real food as much as possible.
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You know how you have those moments in life that make you drop your head when you think of them? Welp, this has to be one of THE most shameful yet most hilarious memories ever. Let me explain…
You guys know by now, I LOVE hip-hop! Growing up in Philly during the 80’s and 90’s, made me partial to music from up north. By the mid to late 90’s, I’d amassed quite the collection of rap albums–Nas, Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, Biggie, Jay-Z, Wu-tang, DMX, Big Pun, Capone and Noreaga, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown. You get it. Like I referenced in another post, my palette for stimulating music is rather high maintenance. In addition to paying attention to the lyrics I’m peeping the production and listening for samples. I swore I was going to be A&R for a label.
When I moved to Atlanta to go college, it was in the midst of an unforgettable era in hip-hop. Eve, Beanie Siegel, Freeway, Young Gunz, and Cassidy had put Philly on the map. This was a very proud time for anyone in our generation from Philly. With the exception of a few single acts like Fabolous, Ja Rule, and Fat Joe–Roc-a-Fella and Ruff Ryders pretty much had a monopoly on the northern rap game.
It was during this time, I really started rocking with the L.O.X. I liked them when they were on Bad Boy but they really flourished under Ruff Ryders. I couldn’t get enough of them. I had their albums and the D-Block mixtapes. Only real L.O.X fans know about D-Block so yeah, this thing was pretty serious.
Now for the part you’ve been waiting for…
I was in Shadows (an old Atlanta nightclub) one night and an associate (we’ll call him Shawn) who was friends with Jadakiss approached me to let me know, Kiss was there. Hopefully the background info makes sense now. EVERYONE knew my knack for rap and that I really rocked with the L.O.X. My associate was so excited to make the introduction. Only he wasn’t actually going to come with me to speak to Kiss. He told me to “just go say hi!” But that seemed so weird to me.
Here’s the thing…the generation I came up with in Philly had pride. We weren’t easily impressed or excitable. Therefore I wasn’t beat to “just go say hi” to Kiss simply because he was a “celebrity.” I went back and forth with Shawn for awhile. He walked away and I thought it was settled. I would remain where I was doing my 1-2 and Kiss would do the same. About 30 minutes later Shawn came back to tell me he’d told Kiss about me and I needed to stop acting funny, and…”just go say hi.”
For whatever reason, I decided to oblige him this time. The whole walk over to Kiss, I was stumped as to what I would say. The whole thing felt very awkward for me. Sooooo, yall know me–all slow. I walked up to this man and said, “Hey, my name is Veronica. You know how in your rap you say “Today I got a session with Ronnie I mean Veronica…”? Yeah, that’s my name.”
WTH!
He literally said nothing. I think I heard him blink over the music. I couldn’t get away fast enough. Shawn followed me back to my corner of the club to ask what happened. When I told him, he bust out laughing. A big ole ignorant laugh too! I was mortified for the rest of the night.
With my awkward groupie moment behind me or, so I thought…I got a call from my old roommate one night years later. She said, “my brothers are in town, can you take them out?” My response: “absolutely!”
I should have asked more questions. I pulled up to the hotel and guess who walked out? YUP! Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Styles P, also known as the L.O.X. Oh how I wanted to just duck down and peel off. I didn’t though. I thought to myself, “Veronica, there’s no way he remembers you. Get over yourself!” And with that, I escorted them to the club.
This was at the tail-end of my clubbing days so when we arrived, I just sat on the couch with a bottle of water and chilled. Kiss ended up sitting next to me on the couch. I was cool as a fan. Bopping my head to the music and people watching. Then out of nowhere, Kiss says, “She thinks I don’t remember her!” and bust out laughing.
I couldn’t believe it! Why didn’t anyone tell me he had an impeccable memory? We shared a big ole laugh and I was actually able to redeem myself.
My friends know, I am special enough to experience some of the craziest and funniest situations. They have heard more than their share over the years. I’m certain they probably just keep me around for their entertainment.
As far as my one and only groupie moment, the only thing I can say is…hey playas mess up!
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Al poked his head into the dining room, saw no one he knew, and after making sure the hall was clear, took the money out of his cigarette pack and put it into the pocket with the shower key. As he walked the hall past the sleeping areas, he removed his hat and the band of bills he kept there. Into the pocket they went. Standing against the door, looking into the main sleeping area, Al removed the folded bills from small pockets of his jeans, the ones where no one ever looked, no matter how many times he’d been rolled, and slipped them into the same pocket.
His other pockets were empty except for the change from his purchase. Finally, he made his way to the bathrooms. Al checked the toilet area first, and it appeared to be empty, so he hurried into the handicapped stall and sat on the toilet. Al crossed his right foot across his left knee and removed his shoe. He lifted the insole and removed the bills, which he stuffed into his pocket. Then he took off one sock, removed those bills, and pocketed them. Finally, he checked his other sock and the last bills. He did this for his left foot as well, hurrying in case someone came in. No one did.
He had 23 ones, 9 fives, 7 tens, 5 twenties, a fifty, and two quarters. Two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents. Al was amazed. It was more than he thought. More than he’d ever had at one time.
The idea made him sweat but also made him calm. The more he had, the more he was willing to lose. Right now, he was willing to lose about half, though only a hundred would be comfortable. None would be excellent.
Al listened again. Footsteps. He wished he had thought to drop his pants. The footsteps came closer, then passed by without slowing. Al grabbed his money, tossed the plastic bag with his purchases on the floor, then stood and dropped his pants. He picked up the plastic bag, maneuvering the jeans and socks to the top, then started to sort his money. The fifty, all the twenties, and tens went into a roll. He unfurled one pair of socks, put the roll inside the sock, and rolled the socks again lengthways. He refurled the first pair of socks into the second pair. Then he took one five and four ones and stuffed them into the right front pocket of the jeans he was wearing. He took another five and put it in the breast pocket of his shirt, folded neatly, behind the cigarette pack. The remaining fifty-nine dollars he put in the various pockets of his new jeans.
The shower area was also empty. Al threw his plastic bag into the first stall. He stripped bottom to top, placing his shoes on the available bench, then his socks, jeans and underwear, three shirts, and hat.
Still, there was no one around. Al stepped into the shower and double-tied his plastic bag. He threaded one of the loops over the shower head as far back as it would go before turning on the water. The contents might get a little damp, but that was a small price to pay, and it was warm out. Al soaped and shampooed himself, reveling in hot water and clean skin, but keeping an ear out for someone entering the showers. No one did.
Al turned off the water and retrieved his bag. He toweled off and put on his new underwear, jeans, and shirt. He folded his old shirts and his old jeans and left them on the bench. Al tossed his hat in the bag with his other shirt. The old undershirt, socks, and underwear he threw away. Al put his money back where it belonged. He did so quickly and efficiently.
On his way out, he stopped by the dining room to see if there was any food. They hadn’t started lunch yet, but the ladies there liked him, so they gave him a peanut butter sandwich, an apple, and a milk carton. It was delicious.
“You look like a new man, sugar!” Debbie said, fanning herself theatrically.
“Feel like one too.”
“Now, don’t wait so long before you come back and see your girlfriend, you hear?”
“I won’t, Miss Debbie, I’ll see you very soon,” Al promised as he walked out the door. The cowbell jangled as he exited.
Al made it another two blocks before he changed his gait. He lifted his head and straightened his spine. The difference was subtle but the effect was undeniable. He no longer looked downtrodden. He looked like…well…like anybody. His steps were more sure and his bearing more erect. No one looking at him could have told you anything about him.
Al reached yet another door and set the bells jangling. Three faces looked up when he entered the barbershop.
“Hey man,” said the barber, “do for ya?”
“Can’t you tell?” said Al and gestured to his face. The three men laughed.
“Sit right here,” said the barber indicating the chair in front of him. “We’ll make you pretty in no time. I’m Mick, and this here’s Tito and Squash.” Al nodded to the men’s reflection in the mirror as he sat down.
“I’m Alex,” he said.
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“The Fourth Industrial Revolution is still in its nascent state. But with the swift pace of change and disruption to business and society, the time to join in is now.” – Gary Coleman, Global Industry and Senior Client Advisor, Deloitte Consulting
The above statement was made during the 2016 World Economic Forum meeting. We are now entering the year 2018. If you have been keeping an eye on newsfeeds, you must know that a lot has changed especially in the world of marketing technology. We are currently going through the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The age of technological approaches includes AI & ABM.
The first one used water & steam power. The second focused on electric power for mass production while the third was on electronics & information technology for automating production. The current one which is building upon the third is a fusion of technologies that are blurring the lines between physical, digital & biological spheres. Unlike its predecessors, the fourth industrial revolution is evolving at an exponential rather than a linear pace, and it’s disrupting almost every industry in every country.
The possibility of billions of people being connected through the medium of the internet, with unrivaled processing power, storage capacity & access to knowledge that too with pocket devices is seriously game-changing. Technology is meeting people where they are.
Websites remember our favorite settings, apps notify us if anyone shares our photos and the internet shows us emails that are ours. This is also why everyone is seeing different search results & more often different website content. It saves our time & makes our navigation through vast of data like a walk in the park. It is called Personalization & in the modern world as good as advertising since it makes no difference whether or not the information is of commercial nature. With all this, marketers should accept the fact that we are currently living in the future.
If you are in sales or marketing, AI & ABM are two of the buzzwords that must have been drilled into your head. The obvious things that ABM & AI have in common are the problems they solve in this era where brand promoters are finding themselves drowning in more “big data” than they can possibly process even in the B2B world.
Let’s start with Account-Based Marketing. Even though it has been around for quite some time in one form or another, no one knew it as Account-Based Marketing. What’s new are the tools & analytics that are used to measure & optimize the data. In simple terms, it is a strategy that is used to focus on prospects that truly fit ideal customer profiles.
An account is just another word for a specific client, company, or revenue stream that actually matters. ABM is the perfect answer to today’s information-fatigued consumers as well as marketers. Check out how ABM is going to change marketing in the coming year.
Communities are gonna be the influencers
The majority of the ABM marketing discussions were dominated by influencers in 2017. In 2018 we will be seeing brands building communities that will bring their customers together around a shared mission with brand powering unlike the traditional approach of dominating the conversation. These groups are gonna create a network in the digital world that’s gonna influence purchasing decisions.
This will enable ABM marketers to use conversations occurring in such communities to understand their audience & hone their strategies.
Now, this is going to be a boon for businesses. The inability of communication between marketing & sales team has been an unsolvable problem for years. In the case of ABM, marketers will have to identify targets by thinking like sales guys instead of just having a broader view of the market.
Both teams will have to break down the silos as for this transferring leads should be a cyclical process than linear ones. With tools like marketing automation, the sales team can send back the leads to the marketing team that needs nurturing. All this will enable the creation of custom content around sales opportunities & tweak the metrics to support in generating revenues.
One challenge that marketers have been facing with ABM this year has been the creation of tech sacks that hobble together a variety of tools that don’t always gel together. As more tech-savvy millennials will be entering into senior management roles by 2018, researchers are expecting smarter tech sacks from ABM developers.
Marketing Automation Software will still remain at the core with more tools being added as market grows. This will enable the marketers to keep a keener eye to solutions that are specialized to their niche industry, targeted to individual pain points & easily integrate the tools they use across the organization.
Integration of marketing
ABM enables us to send messages across to the right audience but even the right people don’t buy at the first try. ABM specialists have already adopted the technique of remarketing but it’s going to grow a lot more in 2018. Marketers will need to remarket across a wide variety of channels in order to meet consumers where they are.
Now, let’s check the facts regarding Artificial Intelligence. A technology revolution is already here as we have seen marketers incorporating AI into their strategies this year, unlike the previous ones. For companies that sell products /services to businesses, communication is crucial. AI is said to be the final frontier that’s going to solve all the problems in this case. Read on to find out How AI will be impacting marketing in the coming year.
Marketers first have to identify what the goal for guest blogging is. Knowing this can help them out in determining the right kind of blogs to submit guest posts. The main goals for guest blogging are getting exposure to the website, positioning as an authority & establishing a brand presence in the industry which can be done by finding blogs that are reasonably sized & engaging the audience thus aiding in building backlinks.
Highly targeted marketing
Marketing platforms are becoming more intelligent, which allows greater personalization which in turn will lead to Highly Targeted Marketing with AI. This will eliminate one of the biggest problems in B2B marketing which is spamming. With AI brands will have the ability to scale personalized conversations to millions of prospects. From one-to-one email & dynamic ad copies & website content that’s adaptive, AI will enable brands to identify buyers’ interests at scale so that marketers can craft messages that resonate.
It’s no secret that we humans love to chat. A chatbot is a short-for-chat robot that is nothing but an artificially built platform that engages in conversations. Artificial Intelligence has enabled chatbots to build upon the previous conversations to become smarter & smarter. Using the help of software marketers can tweak these chatbots to ask questions, troubleshoot problems & even provide humor in content as & when required. Besides all these chatbots are willing to work 24/7 without any hesitation. Chatbot technology is here to stay & forward-thinking marketers should start implementing it in their strategy.
SEO is going to be modified
AI is going to change the ways of SEO. RankBrain is Google’s AI system that sorts through search results by using a totally different blend of algorithms. Through RankBrain, Google can categorize the most important things in search results. This is because, in certain searches, the meta title will be the most important thing while in others it might be the meta tags. RankBrain will also compare backlinks across different sites to determine which all are legitimate. This has enabled Google to flag sites that are having backlinks to random websites that don’t match the backlinks used by its competitors. All this means that the one-size-fits-all approach won’t work in SEO anymore.
Analytics is the game
AI will be changing the ways of tracking the results also aiding marketers to learn from the campaigns they have run previously to perform better in the future. Traditionally marketers used to analyze customer data manually & used to make educated guesses about the campaigns which are being changed by AI. AI can identify which content can generate more engagement with the audience & which ones can drive the most interest & close deals. Marketers can take advantage of the AI tools & predict which segments & strategies to follow by scouring the huge realm of customer data. This will help in boosting the effectiveness of ongoing campaigns by identifying underperforming content & compelling alternatives.
The world is yet to see the possibilities that ABM & AI have to offer. Both are already delivering results while AI in particular is somewhat new in the B2B arena, ABM is emerging as a tactic that works well for marketers. Integration of the two will be shaping the future of B2B marketing.
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In our Gospel reading today Jesus warns his disciples, us, about three dangerous emotional responses, first the danger of anger, second the danger of unrestrained sexual desires and thoughts, and thirdly about rash promises. We don’t really have the time to cover all three areas today so we will consider the one with which most […]
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Do you feel like you could do with some insight into your users’ biggest problems, but also their biggest successes using your software? If so, then user interviews are a great way to get deep insights that can actually inform the designs and improvements that you make to your product. In this article, I’m going to discuss how to conduct great user interviews.
Recently, a client of ours asked us if we could redesign the UX of their software, Virtual Summits. Mark, the founder of Virtual Summits Software, said to me, “To inform this process of UX, we’d love it if you could do some user interviews. It would be really great. We could do with good insights, and I think it would really inform your process for design”. I thought it was a brilliant idea.
We jumped straight into this process. I’m going to explain five steps we took that produced a really great process. We got some great insight and it helped us to focus on what improvements to make on the product and it helped us to refine the ICP. In fact, there were a few profiles that we decided not to pursue anymore because the users had the most success with the product for a special kind of ideal customer profile that we decided to hone in on. Thirdly, it helped us to know what not to waste time and energy on. Here’s the process that we used.
1. Planning the logistics
The first step was planning out the logistics. I recommend having somebody who can facilitate this process. This person can reach out to users, ask them for their time, offer them an incentive or a thank you. This could be something like a voucher or a discount because they’re providing valuable insights and voluntarily giving up their time to do so.
Next, you need to set up your systems. Most of that was done with Google Sheets, Google Docs and Google Slides.
Second, you need to define user segments. Mark provided me with another great idea of splitting the interviews into three different types of users. These three user types included:
Users that have recently cancelled service or are considering it
This segmentation of users provides further insight into the unique situation and needs of each. In turn, this helps us better provide solutions to their problems and needs.
The booking consisted of using the current email system to set up Zoom calls. We recorded the calls so that we could refer back to them later.
Now, with these three segments, we did three separate questionnaires. It takes time to write great questions because you want to be as clear and concise as possible. By using specific, targeted and open-ended questions, you open yourself up to a greater wealth of knowledge in the answers provided. Using questions that provide scales and different levels of agreement can also help.
Consistency is always key, so keep in mind that it’s beneficial to use a standard question format to be able to compare and contrast answers later on.
4. Conducting your user interviews
It’s important to avoid yes/no questions. You want questions that provide context, that are open-ended. Try your best to enable your users to elaborate and explain. This could be explaining why problems occurred, difficulties they had and/or what they were trying to achieve.
You may find when you start asking questions, is that some users will easily elaborate and give detailed, long answers. With others, they may be more tight-lipped. They might not give you all the information you need, so try to ask them teaser questions that keep the conversation going. Asking for the who, what, where, why or when can help them expand their answer.
Patience is also key. Don’t worry if there is a moment of silence if the user needs to consider their thoughts or experience before answering. You want to encourage them as best you can and not rush the process, making them feel uncomfortable.
A great way to help the user throughout the interview is to share a screen on the call. This will provide visual prompts and guides to help them in answering the questions.
5. Reviewing your findings with Observations and Insights
Finally, review your findings. Spend some time going through all of the interviews. If you recorded the video calls, you may have video files in addition to your questionnaires, and any written notes/transcripts.
From all of this, you will get various observations and insights. Observations may include thoughts, feelings and/or experiences of your users. Insights will consist of key information such as statistics, data or metrics.
Personally, at the end of this process, I was able to go back to Virtual Summits and explain things such as the reason for x percentage of users cancelling, based on the information gathered.
From these calls, we got three different types of insights at different stages of the consumer lifecycle. This gave us three different areas where we can implement great product designs to improve Virtual Summits Software.
Keep in mind that some answers may be unclear, and each answer is a personal opinion or observation. They’re simply providing useful information, and it is up to you as the professional to take action or not based on that information. Consider recurring issues, or issues unique to users at different stages. Perhaps you may even want to refocus on something that is consistently a positive point amongst the users and improve upon that.
If you need any help with UX/UI design for your software just reach out to us on our Work With Us page to answer a few questions to make sure we’re a good fit for what you need. That way, you can book a free 15 minute, no-obligation consult with us. Additionally, you can book now right here. We design interfaces that are aligned with business objectives in order to drive growth.
We hope that this article has inspired you to do your own user interviews and that they can help you to improve your product, get more users and grow!
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it’s all we dream about: the hideously slim chance we’ll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls.
And now the impossible dream has come true. I’m out, we’re all out—and I didn’t even have to turn into a monstrous dark witch to make it happen. So much for my great-grandmother’s prophecy of doom and destruction. I didn’t kill enclavers, I saved them. Me and Orion and our allies. Our graduation plan worked to perfection: We saved everyone and made the world safe for all wizards and brought peace and harmony to all the enclaves everywhere.
Ha, only joking! Actually, it’s gone all wrong. Someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in my stead, and probably everyone we saved is about to get killed in the brewing enclave war. And the first thing I’ve got to do now, having miraculously gotten out of the Scholomance, is turn straight around and find a way back in.
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The last thing Orion said to me, the absolute bastard, was El, I love you so much.
And then he shoved me backwards through the gates of the Scholomance and I landed thump on my back in paradise, the soft grassy clearing in Wales that I’d last seen four years ago, ash trees in full green leaf and sunlight dappling through them, and Mum, Mum right there waiting for me. Her arms were full of flowers: poppies, for rest; anemones, for overcoming; moonwort, for forgetfulness; morning glories, for the dawn of a new day. A welcome-home bouquet for a trauma victim, meant to ease horror out of my mind and make room for healing and for rest, and as she reached to help me, I heaved myself up howling, “Orion!” and sent the whole thing scattering before me.
A few months—aeons—ago, while we’d still been in the midst of our frantic obstacle-course runs, an enclaver from Milan had given me a translocation spell in Latin, the rare kind that you can cast on yourself without splitting yourself into bits. The idea was that I’d be able to use it to hop around from one place to another in the graduation hall—all the better to save people like enclavers from Milan, which is why she’d handed me a spell worth five years of mana for free. You couldn’t normally use it to go long distances, but time was more or less the same thing as space, and I’d been in the Scholomance ten seconds before. I had the hall visualized as crisp and clear as an architectural drawing, complete with the horrific mass of Patience and the horde of maleficaria behind it, boiling its way towards us. I was placing myself at the gates, right back where I had been when Orion had given me that final shove.
But the spell didn’t want to be cast, putting up resistance like warning signs across the way: dead end, road washed out ahead. I forced it through anyway, throwing mana at it, and the casting rebounded in my face and knocked me down like I’d run straight into a concrete wall. So I got back up and tried the exact same spell again, only to get pasted flat a second time.
My head was ringing bells and noise. I crawled back to my feet. Mum was helping me up, but she was also holding me back, saying something to me, trying to slow me down, but I only snarled at her, “Patience was coming right at him!” and her hands were slack, sliding off me with her own remembered horror.
It had already been two minutes since I’d been dumped out; two minutes was forever in the graduation hall, even before I’d packed it full of all the monsters in the world. But the interruption did stop me just banging my head against the gates repeatedly. I spent a moment thinking, and then I tried to use a summoning to get Orion out, instead.
Most people can’t summon anything larger or with more willpower than a hair bobble. But the many summoning spells I’ve unwillingly collected over the years are all intended to bring me one or more hapless screaming victims, presumably to go into the sacrificial pit I’ve incomprehensibly neglected to set up. I had a dozen varieties, and one of them that let you scry someone through a reflective surface and pull them out.
It’s especially effective if you have a gigantic cursed mirror of doom to use. Sadly I’d left mine hanging on the wall of my dorm room. But I ran around the clearing and found a small puddle of water between two tree roots. That wouldn’t have been good enough ordinarily, but I had endless mana flowing into me, the supply line from graduation still open. I threw power behind the spell and forced the muddy puddle smooth as glass and staring down at it called, “Orion! Orion Lake! I call you in the—” I took a quick glance up at the first sunlight and sky I’d seen in four years of longing for them, and the only thing I could feel was desperate frustration that it wasn’t dawn or noon or midnight or anything helpful, “—waxing hours of the light, to come to me from the dark-shadowed halls, heeding my word alone,” which would very likely mean he’d be under a spell of obedience when he got here, but I’d worry about that later, later after he was here—
The spell did go through this time, and the water churned into a cloud of silver-black that slowly and grudgingly served up a ghostly image that might have been Orion from the back, barely an outline against pitch darkness. I shoved my arm into the dark anyway, reaching for him, and for a moment, I thought—I was sure—I had him. The taste of frantic relief swelled through me: I’d done it, I’d got hold of him—and then I screamed, because my fingers were sinking into the surface of a maw-mouth, with its sucking hunger turning on me.
Every part of my body wanted to let go at once. And then it got worse, as if there were any room for that to get worse, because it wasn’t just one maw-mouth, it was two, grabbing at me from both sides, as if Patience hadn’t quite finished digesting Fortitude yet: a whole century of students, a meal so large it would take a long while eating, and meanwhile Fortitude was still groping around trying to feed its own hunger even while it was being swallowed down.
And it had been blindingly obvious to me back there in the graduation hall that we couldn’t possibly kill that monstrous agglomerated horror, not even with the mana of four thousand living students fueling me. The only thing to do with Patience was the only thing to do with the Scholomance: we could only push them off into the void, and hope they vanished away forever. But apparently Orion had disagreed, since he’d turned back to fight even with the school teetering on the edge of the world behind him.
As if he’d thought Patience was going to get out, and in some part of his stupid brutalized brain imagined that he could stop it getting out, and therefore he had to stay behind and be a hero this one more time, one boy standing in front of a tidal wave. That was the only possible reason I could imagine, and it had been stupid enough without shoving me out the gates first, when I was the only one of us who’d ever actually fought a maw-mouth before. That made it so unutterably stupid that I needed him out, needed him here, so I could scream at him at length to impress upon him exactly how stupid he’d been.
I clung to that rage. Rage made it possible for me to keep holding on, despite the heaving putrescence of maw-mouth trying to envelop my fingers, sucking on my skin and my shielding like a child trying to get through a candy shell to the better sweetness inside, trying to get to me, trying to get to every last bit of me so it could devour me down to staring eyes and screaming mouth.
Rage, and horror, because it was going to do that to Orion, Orion who was still there in the hall with it. So I didn’t let go. Staring down into the scrying puddle, I hurled murder at it past his blurry, half-seen shoulder, casting my best, quickest, killing spell over and over, the feeling of a lake of rot sloughing away from around my hands each time, until I was gulping down nausea with each breath I took, and each casting of “À la mort!” went rolling off my tongue on the way out, blurring until the sound of my breathing was death. All the while I kept holding on, trying to pull Orion out. Even if it meant I’d heave Patience out into the world with him and spill that devouring horror into the cool green trees of Wales right at Mum’s feet, my place of peace I’d dreamt of in every minute I’d been in the Scholomance. All I’d have to do was kill it, after all.
That had seemed utterly impossible five minutes before, so impossible I’d just laughed at the idea, but now it was only a low and trivial hurdle, when the alternative was letting it have Orion instead. I was really good at killing things. I’d find a way. I even had a plan laying itself out in my head, the clockwork machinery of strategy ticking coolly away in the background of my mind where it never stopped after four years in the Scholomance. We’d fight Patience together. I’d kill it a few dozen lives at a time, and he could pull the mana out and feed it back to me, and together we’d create an unending killing circle between us until the thing was finally gone. It would work, it would work. I had myself convinced. I didn’t let go.
I didn’t let go. I was pushed off. Again.
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The key to having a great and successful newborn baby photoshoot is when everything is settled correctly. From the location of the newborn photoshoot to the clothing of the mother and the baby. Everything must be set correctly for a newborn shoot to be called a successful one.
If you want to have an awesome and memorable baby photoshoot, you should keep in mind these newborn photoshoot ideas we are about to show you.
Clothing is one of the main elements that can make your newborn photos look great. If you and your baby have the right type of clothing, your photos will look stunning.
Make sure to get the clothing choices right. It’s best to avoid wearing clothes with large motifs, or bold patterns like stripes and polka dots. This will only take the attention of your viewers away from your face but to your clothing instead.
It’s best to wear plain clothing with minimal to no prints at all. Make sure to choose an outfit colour that blends well with each other for better results.
It’s not easy to make a newborn look at the camera. But if you can, make sure to strive hard to get a nice shot where every family member has their eyes on the camera.
But you should also focus on interacting with your baby as it can give the perfect connection and the right intimacy with your young one. These intimate moments are when you share eye-to-eye contact with your baby or when you are kissing their cheeks. Remember that it’s always great to keep skin-to-skin contact with your little one. This does not only look good in photos but it also calms your baby knowing that you’re by their side.
Your baby’s safety is your top priority. So, it’s understandable if you want to avoid travelling and instead do a newborn shoot at home. If you’re planning to have your newborn photoshoot at home, make sure to choose a warm room where there is great lighting.
Lighting is one of the most important elements in photography. Unlike a studio where there is proper lighting equipment, your home doesn’t. That’s why you should always pick the best room with the best lighting if you want your photos to look great.
For those who are planning to travel with their newborns to go to a photo studio, make sure to prepare everything you need beforehand. Bring extra clothes in case wardrobe accidents occur. Make sure to bring your newborn wipes, diapers, and everything your newborn needs. This will help you avoid panicking in the studio once you realize you forgot to bring something.
The most important part of having a great mother and baby photoshoot is finding the right newborn photographer. A good newborn photographer should know how to handle babies well. They should know how to carry a child and place them in a comfortable and safe position.
A good newborn photographer should also know how to calm a mother down. They should know how anxious a mother can be if they see a stranger holding their baby. So, they should know better how to keep the mothers relaxed throughout the shoot.
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We have a master photographer who is a mother herself and knows how to handle babies and toddlers. Our photographer is also fully vaccinated and always makes sure that the studio is sanitized before and after a client’s session.
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Timeshare travel in America has always leaned heavily on political advantages when it comes to growth. For years now, we’ve been covering the effects of lobbyists on lawmakers and how the industry has essentially taken over major vacation destinations across the country. The capital pull is tremendous and rarely does anything get in their way. But the 2020 U.S. election is far different for timeshare resorts.
Since March, COVID-19 has slowly ended nearly all prosperity for hospitality chains. In turn, the result of the election can and will impact the way they do business in 2021 and beyond. While this article may initially seem like an attempt to sway your vote in one direction, we assure you it is not. At the end of the day, both candidates have made it rather clear what their intentions are. This makes projection rather clear.
During a time of civil unrest and a pandemic without a cure, it can be easy to assume the worst with a reopened economy. Despite a 99% survival rate, the potential for mass illness is real. But does it warrant a high level of fear? To some, a respiratory illness does permit concern. At the same time, what does reopening the economy actually mean?
At this point in time, many people have lost everything because their business has been shut down. Reopening may allow them to salvage some of what’s already been lost. If people are willing to go out in public and expose themselves, should they be able to?
If they require a mask inside, should they be scrutinized? Will there be anything holding people back from choosing to wear a mask and social distance? Will certain industries with close quarters and lots of contact still be off limits?
A Reopening May Not Benefit Timeshare Travel.
Timeshare travel, and resort life in general, is something worth keeping an eye on. Even if the economy were to reopen fully, and COVID-19 is treated like the flu, hotels and resorts may be required to take further sanitation measures that hinder the experience. Besides, it’s hard to gauge just how many people will travel. Just because the economy reopens, per se, it doesn’t necessarily mean things will be “back to normal.”
Extensive security checks could make the process excruciating for families. Continued restrictions on international travel could also pose unexpected problems. While things may quickly change in America, regulations in other countries still need to be considered. Either way, timeshare resorts can’t expect a surplus of foreign tourists filling their rooms anytime soon. So they have to find a way to salvage their losses elsewhere.
He Also Wants to Provide Pro Business Tax Cuts.
One of the most scrutinized elements of this presidential strategy is that it’s said to benefit corporations – or “the man.” While this is certainly true in a direct tax sense, it doesn’t mean the entire economy doesn’t reap the rewards. In fact, decreased taxes on resorts could be the only hope for timeshare owners to catch a break after all is said and done. In other words, a hike could result in a trickle down effect of higher annual fees for owners.
While this is somewhat of a reach, nothing in history tells us timeshares won’t fund their initiatives with owner’s money through assessment and maintenance fees. For the most part, they can charge them for almost anything they deem credible and get away with it. They’ve already proven they’ll do whatever it takes to return the business to a profitable plateau. Timeshare owners don’t own equity and are almost never involved in decision making. They’re simply contractually obligated to pay for a weekly unit or membership.
At the same time, protruding optimism for timeshare ethics can be misleading. Tax breaks could also help them pump money into advertisements to sell more intervals or even to cover legal costs for ongoing lawsuits against current owners.
Since the pandemic started, they haven’t provided much aid. A financial boost could result in arrogance and an invisible sense that they’re able to get away with skimming timeshare owners in a time of need.
So, Are Tax Cuts and a Reopening a Good Idea?
When it’s all said and done, the lifting of regulations and incentivising businesses may not be enough to alter the course of timeshare history. Travelers can definitely expect an influx in timeshare sales strategies if tourism is welcomed soon. In fact, many will more than likely fall for the product due to the euphoria of their post COVID-19 vacation. They’ve had months now to fine tune their strategies. So should we consider this a positive?
Regarding current vacation owners, a reopening will give them a chance to utilize what they’ve paid thousands for, but it doesn’t eliminate the fear of COVID-19. Matter of fact, it doesn’t eliminate the visible divide in this country. No matter what corporations do in response to an open market, the clash of the people is still a cause for concern. Even small things like conflict within the resort can ruin your vacation quickly. Who’s to say vacation owners will even be able to book their weekly interval?
On the other side of the coin, there’s a candidate that’s looking to keep things shut down until medical and scientific advancements have occurred – in order to protect the American people. Mask mandates and further distancing measures are said to be needed in order to ensure the spread of COVID-19 ceases in our country. While this is a valiant effort on his behalf, there is some pushback that’s starting to reach a tipping point.
If the economy was to remain closed for an extended period of time, thousands of businesses would fail and the people will be dependent on the government. It would be almost impossible for resorts to survive a shutdown. Even though timeshares have been able to lay off most of their employees while collecting payments from owners, they’re still losing out on billions of dollars in revenue. Extending the ban would result in a number of acquisitions and essentially a large shift in power.
He Also Wants to Increase Taxes on Corporations.
When it comes to sticking it to the man, most Americans don’t understand that this eventually comes out of their pockets. While tax hikes on large corporations may seem ideal, doing so will create inflation on consumer driven products. In the end, corporations will be able to make their money back while the average American becomes buried in their spending. Besides, tax credits always benefit the wealthy.
Most timeshare owners don’t have a lot of money laying around and an increase in taxes impacts their budget. If you consider the fact that millions of owners are currently out of work, making timeshare payments has got to be a huge hindrance. If increased taxes result in higher fees for vacation owners (in order to help timeshares balance higher taxes themselves), owners will be at the mercy of the resort.
What Could Happen to Desperate Timeshare Owners?
When this happens, most buyers look for a way to get out of their contract. In the past it’s always been binding and the resort hasn’t provided much assistance. If a travel ban is extended and higher taxes are implemented, it wouldn’t be unusual for timeshares to look into their playbook. Recently, some have already been strategically rolling their owners into new points packages, anticipating no travel opportunities in 2021.
While this may seem like a way for owners to make up for their losses, it could actually put them in a far worse position. What they’re basically doing is, telling owners they’ll buy back their deeded contract and sell them a points program that’s supposedly more exchangeable.
The problem is, availability with timeshare points is usually limited even more than a floating interval is. In turn, points members have to continuously purchase more points to compete with other owners for availability. Elderly buyers have widely been known to be victimized by these programs. Some of our clients have even signed up for more than $150K in financial obligations by accident.
While an aggressive response can definitely still occur under the other candidate’s policy (because resorts are losing money), it’s a lot more likely to happen if the economy remains closed and taxes increase. Right now, the only access to revenue is through their existing client base.
Timeshares will be desperate to regain as much capital as they can in order to satisfy their shareholders. Throughout this pandemic, they haven’t done much of anything to reassure their existing client base while doing nearly everything to protect their earnings.
The U.S. Election and Timeshares.
At VOC, we’ve spoken to thousands of people that regret their decision to purchase a timeshare. Although it can be a fruitful experience, times like these present a huge problem for most buyers. Moreover, there just isn’t always a viable escape route and many dig themselves into a deeper hole. Our goal is to help you understand what you can expect so you can make effective decisions.
Over the next few years, it could be a rough experience for vacation owners. While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how timeshares will handle the result of the 2020 U.S. election, they probably have an ideal candidate of their own. Either way, it’s safe to say they’re going to take aggressive measures to recover their losses.
If sales strategies are pressure-filled during seasons of abundance (as a history of lawsuits have proven), then they’re probably licking their chops at a season of contract-strapped owners and eager vacationers. With that being said, it’s important that consumers keep an eye on the travel industry over the next couple of months.
No matter what happens in this 2020 U.S. Election, timeshares have already lost a lot of money. Finding ways to appeal to Americans is their only way of recovering. So, be smart about your travel decisions and always research before signing anything. If you happen to run into a timeshare problem, we’re always available for a free consultation.
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Due to the current state of our country, the inability to use your timeshare may seem valid. Pandemic-driven restrictions have made it nearly impossible for anyone to enjoy any type of vacation over the past year. At the same time, it’s important that owners are able to move forward with an informed state of mind. Truth be told, there are some changes in the timeshare industry that owners ought to take note of.
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This past week, the city of St. Helena was sued after accusing a stand alone housing operation for being a timeshare entity. Pacaso, a five-home development project, claims to offer homeownership for up to 8 different tenets per each property. But the city hasn’t been buying it and on April 6th, Pacaso fired back.
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What are 6 Supposed Benefits to Purchasing a Timeshare?
After years of helping vacation owners escape the grasp of their onerous contracts, we’d like to think we know a thing or two about the pros and cons of ownership. But when you think about it, what are the benefits to purchasing a timeshare?
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At North Coast Auction Rooms we would like to make your buying experience an easy and enjoyable one. Our auction house team are always on hand to offer assistance to any query you may have. We offer a variety of ways to bid at our auctions, you can experience the auction in person, place absentee bids or bid by telephone. We also use online bidding so that you can bid from the comfort of your own armchair!
Here we explain the whole process of buying at auction:
Viewing in person
We encourage buyers to view our auctions and lots in person, if possible.
We are open from 12pm on the day of the Auction, with the auction starting at 7pm.
All our auctions are listed and fully illustrated online.
Additional images or further information and condition reports can be requested by emailing us with your request to office@northcoastauctionrooms.com
All lots are accompanied by an auction estimate as a guide to potential purchasers. Some lots will carry reserves, this is the figure which the lot cannot be sold below. Reserves will not be higher than the lower figure of the estimate, but can be set below it. Reserves are not printed in the catalogue or listed on any online auction service.
Condition reports
We recommend that potential bidders inspect lots in person.
Where this is not possible condition reports on specific lots can be requested from North Coast Auction Rooms. Condition reports are opinions to be used as a guide and are not guarantees.
Reports can be requested from office@northcoastauctionrooms.com
Please do not leave bids until you have received your requested condition report.
Please be aware that we receive a large volume of condition report requests prior to an auction and while we aim to reply to all lot enquiries as efficiently as possible, we may not be able to provide reports until closer to the auction.
Catalogue and sale room amendments
Lot estimates and descriptions are arranged prior to the auction and may be subject to change. Amendments are announced prior to the auction, a list of these is available from reception or the main office.
Buyers Premium and charges
All purchases are subject to buyers premium at 15%. The final price that you pay is the hammer price (the value you bid at the auction), plus the buyers premium.
Please note that any lots purchased via the-saleroom.com live auction service will be subject to an additional 3% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price
There is a minimum buyers premium of £1.
If you are successful in buying via the live online platform. an additional 3% (live bidding fee) will be added to the hammer price
As a general rule any cheques tendered will need to be cleared before removal of the goods is permitted.
Buyers can register to bid at any time prior to the auction. Please be aware that we recommend buyers allow ample time for this process especially on the morning of the auction which can be very busy.
North Coast Auction Rooms reserve the right to request a deposit on condition of allowing a buyer to bid or ask you to provide a bank reference. We may, at our discretion, refuse a bid(s)
Each lot shall be the purchaser's risk at the fall of the hammer and must be paid in full before collection and removal.
The purchaser's are required to collect the items as soon as possible and up to 5 working days after the sale date or unless agreed with the auctioneers.
If any lots are not collected by the purchaser's the auctioneers shall be entitled to remove the same to a place of storage and all expenses incurred in doing so will charged to the purchaser at the cost of £25.00 per week.
All items placed in storage will be at the purchaser's risk and any damage caused will not be the auctioneers responsibility.
We are happy to ship small items via Royal mail, please contact us for a quote.
We can also recommend couriers & shipping companies for larger items, worldwide. Please note however that all glazed paintings, ceramics, glassware etc are sent at the purchaser's own risk and we will not be held liable for damages in transit.
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The New York Times and Newsweek both ran long, largely admiring articles on how President Barack Obama selects individual terrorists to terminate with extreme prejudice. The administration’s “smart power” isn’t working out so well, but smart killing is a smash success.
Obama’s national-security team — as well as his top political adviser, David Axelrod — gather on “Terror Tuesdays” to go over an expanding “kill list” that the president examines with the aid of capsule biographies of the terrorists, or “baseball cards.” Then the president decides who lives and who — if we get him in our sights — dies.
Needless to say, had Dick Cheney consulted “baseball cards” to decide in weekly meetings attended by Karl Rove who deserved to have close encounters with drone-fired missiles, Nancy Pelosi would have drafted the articles of impeachment herself.
The Obama killings vindicate the core premises of the Bush war on terror: This is a war, and the protections of our criminal-justice system don’t apply to the enemy. In light of the kill list, it’s a wonder anyone ever objected to Bush-era detentions or interrogations. If we can pick someone off a roster of names and sentence him to death without due process, surely we can capture and hold that same person.
The Times notes that “Mr. Obama’s record has not drawn anything like the sweeping criticism from allies that his predecessor faced.” True enough. It hasn’t been subjected to a highly politicized assault at home and abroad by people desperate to put it in the worst possible light and even make it a war crime.
For most of the left, the highest principle of just war theory is licet si Obama id faciat (it’s OK if Obama does it). This is how Gitmo, formerly a standing repudiation of all that we hold dear as a nation, becomes an afterthought when it is owned and operated by one Barack H. Obama. As it happens, the president holds exactly the same Obama-centric view. So long as the kill list is overseen by him as judge and executioner, it’s beyond reproach.
The press tends to agree. The Newsweek article reports, “The choices he faces are brutally difficult, and he has struggled with them — sometimes turning them over in his mind again and again.” Really? He thinks about who he is deciding to kill? The Times maintains that the president parses the kill list as “a student of writings on war by Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.” If no anecdotes have yet emerged about President Obama justifying a particular kill with reference to the Summa Theologica, it’s probably only a matter of time.
In authorizing the strikes, the president is to be commended for his coldbloodedness, although no tactic is perfect or without costs. The war in Yemen is sliding the wrong way, and relations with target-rich Pakistan are at a low ebb. But there should be no doubt now that the commander in chief possesses fearsome powers in the war on terror. All it took for Democrats to accept that was for President Obama to begin exercising them.
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The Company announces the conversion of a number of Sterling Shares into Euro Shares (the "Conversion").
On the basis of the net asset values of the Company's Sterling and Euro shares as at 31 August 2017 (using spot currency exchange rates as at 1 September 2017), the current conversion ratio applicable to a conversion of Sterling Shares to Euro Shares, calculated in accordance with the Company's articles of association, is 1.106988 Euro Shares per Sterling Share.
The Company received eligible conversion notices from shareholders in respect of 294,967 Sterling Shares by the relevant closing date. Accordingly, an application has been made for the admission of 326,524 Euro Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the "Official List") and the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange plc (the "Main Market"). It is expected that such application will become effective and that dealings in the new Sterling Shares will commence on 29 September 2017. The revised number of total voting rights in the Company as adjusted for the Conversion will be announced shortly thereafter.
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This morning you received our latest newsletter summarizing legislation. Our top story was Senate Bill 323, a scary bill sitting on the Governor’s desk, awaiting his signature or veto.
We received word this morning that Governor Newsom signed SB 323, which becomes law on January 1, 2020. This is really unfortunate.
As Halloween approaches, it is a fitting backdrop for this nightmare legislation pushed by the Center for California Homeowner Association Law (CCHAL).
Increased Election Burdens. Starting January 1, SB 323:
• Limits the right of an association’s membership to set qualifications for board candidates.
• Prevents non-owners from running for the board (a blow to small associations who may want a tenant, such as a CPA, to serve on the board).
• Allows associations to only disqualify candidates who (i) have been owners for less than a year, (ii) would be on the board with a joint owner, (iii) has been convicted of a felony that jeopardizes the association’s fidelity bond insurance, or (iv) is delinquent in the payment of their assessments.
• Prohibits associations from ever suspending an owner’s right to vote.
• Requires the inspector of elections to be an entity or individual with no previous contractual relationship with the association, which disqualifies an association’s existing managers, attorneys and accountants, among others. This will increase the cost of elections for many associations.
• Requires associations to post the requirements for running for the board at least 30 days before the nomination deadline.
• Requires associations to post the list of candidates, deadline for returning ballots, time and place of the annual meeting 30 days before ballots are mailed.
• Allows owners to review the signatures of all other owners on the outside mailing envelopes, and to copy voter lists, including parcel numbers. As a condition of casting a ballot, homeowners must give up their right to keep their signatures private.
Email Addresses Made Public. SB 323 also makes your email addresses available to all members by making them part of the membership list available upon request. Members can opt out of having their email addresses included with the membership list, but the bill makes NO allowance for email addresses already provided to associations.
Costly Changes. In addition to loss of privacy, loss of control over email addresses, and loss of rights to set reasonable standards for directors, associations will need to go through costly bylaw amendments and election rule revisions to comply with SB 323.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Associations throughout the state will need to amend their election rules in order to comply with the onerous requirements of SB 323. Many associations will need to amend their bylaws. Associations utilizing member email addresses will need to develop a strategy for handling existing emails as well as for collecting new email addresses. We are developing policies and procedures to comply with SB 323. Contact us for assistance.
Boards can contact us for friendly, professional advice.
Contact us about amending your CC&Rs and Bylaws.
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Blogging isn’t always a “build it and they will come” sorta thing. You have to work hard to promote your own posts if you want them to get read. And therein lies today’s task…
I’ve shared several tips on how to promote your blog posts before. Here’s a few of them…
Link to it in your email signature. Every email is an opportunity to market your blog to someone new. Period.
Comment on other blogs. When your blog is new, this is one of the quickest ways to get noticed and bring new readers to your site. Take some time to comment on at least 5-10 blogs per day (or as often as they post new content).
Enable the right (social) sharing options. Outspoken Media has a great post on this. Basically, if you want people to share your blog via their networks (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), make it easy for them to do so. GetSocial and Sharebar are two great social sharing plugins. Can you think of any others?
Promote your url everywhere. Link to it in your Twitter profile, your Facebook profile, you LinkedIn profile and any other social network that allows you to upload a link to your blog. You never know when someone’s gonna leave a comment and say: “Hey, I found you through [insert social network name here].” P.S. Don’t forget to put your url on your business cards too.
Participate in a live twitter chat like #blogchat. It’s a great way to connect with new people, build relationships and find and share new content. Don’t hi-jack the chat with a bunch of self-promotional tweets (that’s a quick sure-fire way to get hated by the community). Danny Brown calls this being a “Twat Pirate” (it’s a great post). Focus on being helpful first. Share other people’s connect and then people will connect with your own.
You should pick at least 2-4 promotion tips and execute on promoting your post that way. Especially for a new blog, you need to get some traction by promoting your own content and reaching out to others to help you promote it as well.
Today’s action step is to spend some time promoting your post and help promote someone else’s. If you didn’t write a list post yesterday, pick another post from your blog.
Here’s a list of some of list posts that others have written…
How To Live a Life Filled with Inspiration and Avoid Groundhogs Day Redundancy
9 Quick and Healthy Snacks
9 Quick Tips to Finding a Good Loan Officer
There you have it. Get to work and get sharing!
I specialize in marketing and technology for the real estate industry. Currently: Marketing Technology Director at West (a Williston Financial Group company) West. Previously: National Trainer at W&R Studios.
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Marta Walsh says
February 3, 2011 at 7:16 pm
I decided to promote Richard Hartian's tips for finding a loan officer today.
Thanks for the idea
Ricardo Bueno says
February 3, 2011 at 8:18 pm
LOVE that you took two challenges and combined them into one!! It's an awesome list post also incidentally promoting and linking to Richard's post from the other day! Great job knocking this one out today (and I'm sure Richard is going to appreciate it)
Richard Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:25 am
Very much appreciated – Thanks Marta, I tweeted your post as well…even without my link (Smile) it was really good stuff – the biggest was about new buyers not knowing what they get with an experienced Realtor. I’ve heard the comment so many times that Realtors don’t do much…A good Realtor is worth every penny and then some. I wouldn’t go into a real estate transaction without be represented by a true Realtor professional…
Martyn Chamberlin says
February 3, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Funny, dude. You've left out what I consider the biggest promo of all – and that's guest posting. It's by far the hardest one to do in terms of time and emotional exhaustion, but the payoffs are staggering. In fact, if you listen to Jon Morrow, it's the ONLY way to go from a few hundred readers to the “big boys.”
Enable the right social sharing options – yep, that's a great one. Interestingly enough, it seems that the fewer sharing options you give someone, the easier it is to get them to share it. If you have JUST a Facebook like button and I like it, I'll walk away feeling like I did everything you asked, as opposed to having a dozen different options and feeling like you only did 1/10 of what they asked.
Ok that last part was controversial.
Ricardo Bueno says
February 3, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Heh, great point amigo! Completely slipped my mind actually. I've seen tons of Real Estate Agents partner up with Loan Officers and Stagers to create content on each other's sites. It's a great strategy and definitely a great way to get new traffic to your site.
Also, great point regarding sharing options. I think a good thing to do would be to take a close look at how people tend to share your content. Look over your post for the last 30 days. How are people sharing it? If they're not sharing it through Google Buzz for example, you probably don't need that icon enabled do you?
Thanks for raising some great points today amigo!!
Martyn Chamberlin says
February 3, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Excactly Ricardo. If no one's using a certain tool, it's just cluttering the site. That's one thing I'd change if I were Chris Brogan. The more you simplify a call to action, the more likely someone's going to respond.
Not sure why, but the Disqus notifications don't work for me on this site (I have Disqus set to email my whenever someone replies). Weird.
Ricardo Bueno says
February 3, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Re: “The more you simplify a call to action, the more likely someone's going to respond.”
P.S. You're not the only one having issues with notifications from Disqus today. I didn't even know anyone had left a comment, heh And I just got an email notification from someone who posted yesterday :-/
Martyn Chamberlin says
February 4, 2011 at 12:06 am
Well, after I wrote that, my inbox started buzzing with Disqus updates. Guess it just had the hiccups for a bit there.
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 12:42 am
Yeah totally… Me too. Just temporary delay I guess but it's all good now
Jaclyn Mullen says
February 5, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Disqus had been sending comments to my spam folder. Just an FYI for everyone.
Richard Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:21 am
I'll second that – I'm signing is as Post as… and everytime I write something I have to refill out everything…also, I've not once received an email…not sure why
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 7:16 am
Yeah, I'm sorry Richard… I sent out a quick email this evening to everyone. I think Disqus was experiencing some hiccups earlier today and hasn't been delivering posts reliably unfortunately. They're always on top of things so I'm hoping they'll have this resolved soon so that we don't experience any problems moving forward. It's a shame to not be able to be connected with folks as they post updates. But thanks for checking in!!
Jaclyn Mullen says
February 3, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Martyn, you are correct that guest posting is a great tool. I have yet to utilize this site, as it just came on my radar two weeks ago, but your comment opened up a great platform for me to share it with our group: http://myblogguest.com
Has anyone heard of this or utilized it before? I am going to check it out!
Martyn Chamberlin says
February 3, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Thanks for the tip Jaclyn. Although I've been subscribed to the MBG newsletter for a while, I've not interacted with it much. Personally, I feel that the best way to land guest posts is:
1. Chose what blog in your niche you want to guest post at.
2. Develop a casual relationship with the blog owner through comments, Twitter, etc. Get to know that blog really by subscribing to it for a while.
3. Write a post with their audience in mind, then submit it.
This is a lot more time consuming than a lot of guest blogging sites out there that just try to hook people up. But I've found it to be more rewarding and beneficial because you're developing deep relationships.
Just my thoughts. I'm by no means the expert.
Richard Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:18 am
I have 5 guest bloggers on http://www.moneypress.com and am always looking for more…very good tip, although I suspect that Ricardo has that on his list to share – after all we are on day 3 of 31:)
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 7:02 am
Speaking of which Richard, I love that you've done that with moneypress.com. Brought on guest bloggers I mean, it's a *great* way to spread the writing load!
It adds a monthly calendar format to your posts and it's a great way of organizing all of your content and posts. Gives you a real good full picture view of the content you have scheduled this week, next week, the month and the month ahead. Anyway, I'm sure you'll love it so go give it a test drive!
P.S. I shared that plugin via today's email newsletter (for people who subscribe to it). Not that you have to, but you can sign up for it on the Newsletter page. I share weekly technologies and other tasks similar to what we have here.
Kirk Fuson says
February 3, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Hi Ricardo, thanks for the tips on how to promote and reciprocate in the world of blogging. It's to easy to get caught up in yourself and forget that the whole point of blogging is to meet people, create relationships and maybe even buy/sell something of value. Digging through the web to find interesting blogs isn't a painful process. I think your recommendation of “Take some time to comment on at least 5-10 blogs per day (or as often as they post new content).” is an easy undertaking. ~Thanks again.
Ricardo Bueno says
February 3, 2011 at 8:24 pm
That's right! Too often, people lead with the product first. That's the quickest way to lose an audience (IMO). If you do the reverse, and lead with the relationship first, I think it becomes much easier to grow your audience, and build some loyal fans which ultimately, makes you referable.
Now, in regards to digging throguh the blog-o-sphere to find new content, yes, it can get over-whelming. Here's my trick:
2.) When I find a blog I find useful, I check to see if they have a blogroll. If they do, I dig through each of the blogs on there and jump from blogroll to blogroll finding new stuff
3.) and then, my last source of finding good content, is through the comments people leave on other blogs that I visit frequently.
Hope that gives you some good ideas Kirk!
Jaclyn Mullen says
February 3, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Twitter is a great tool to come across blogs as well. Just use the hashtag #blog or #blogger to search and come across new sources. I also found out via Twitter today that its #Bloggerlove month!
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 12:44 am
One of my favorite all time Twitter-Chats has got to be #blogchat (every Sunday), check it out: http://mackcollier.com/social-…
San Diego Mortgages says
February 3, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I thought you were looking for a Twitter version type of promotion so here it is:
Ricardo Bueno says
February 3, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Hey Michael, great find and completely agree with all of the points in that article! Definitely Tweetworthy
Jaclyn Mullen says
February 3, 2011 at 8:40 pm
I'm glad this topic came up today. Promoting posts is a great way to network and drive organic traffic. It can also help you re-purpose your existing content! I noticed that a “recent” post from Copyblogger regarding Richard Branson and journalism had been originally written in 2009–yet he retweeted it in January 2011. Having said that, I am going to re-purpose a post here that covers blogs, reading blogs, commenting on blogs. I'll admit that I got into blogging because I am a Blogaholic. Here you have it, Confessions of a Blogaholic http://thejaclynofalltrades.bl…
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 6:50 am
Now there's a neat post series idea! You can *easily* turn that into a weekly segment
Now yes, I've seen folks Tweet old posts. And heck, in most cases, I think it's useful. That's the great thing about evergreen content, you can always repurpose it and share it with new audiences. Copyblogger for one does an excellent job of that. Although I do have to say, I see people using automating tools like 'Tweet Old Posts' and I'm just not sure how I feel about that. I mean, how useful is it really?
Anyway, I'm all for repurposing content. But relevancy is key too. Post it and share it if it's useful to your audience.
February 4, 2011 at 7:28 am
Agreed that relevancy is key, hence why I delisted Blogaholic post today! It worked with factors you brought up. With all the sharing we participate in online, great minds often do think alike.
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 7:35 am
Well there's a fresh new avatar! I dig it
Jackie Purnell says
February 4, 2011 at 3:01 am
Would be interested to get your take on frequency of promotion. For example I post twice a week on my blog which auto feed to twitter and facebook when published. Given that facebook is more of a static animal, the once only promotion is fine. But given the dissapearing nature of tweets, what do you consider is enough promotion and when does it become too much for your twitter crowd.
Richard Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:12 am
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 6:42 am
I just left Jackie a response… Rather than copy-paste my comment here, how about you hop on by and check it out Feel free to chime in in the comments too and I”ll talk to both of you soon.
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 6:41 am
Great question Jackie! Here's a great article from Hubspot posted earlier today (well, it's more of a video interview actually): http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/t…
It's an interview with Chris Brogan. In it, he shares his technique which is: a 12 to 1 sharing ratio. In other words promote people's stuff 12x's more than you promote your own. Think about it, when you look at someone constantly self-promoting themselves, it get's kinda old doesn't it?
So, though I can't give you a specific answer, I think that's a solid idea and number to follow. Yes, you should promote your own work. But be conscious that you promote other, relevant helpful information too.
Here's a post I wrote back in May 2009: https://www.ricardobueno.com/no…. The basics of it is, nobody cares about your product. They care about how you (and/or your product) is going to help solve their problems. So when you share and promote content, ask yourself: how is this helping my audience? If it's being helpful, you've done a good job. And that's the best you can do
Hope that helps and I'd love to hear your response/ideas!!
Jackie Purnell says
February 4, 2011 at 8:32 am
Thanks Ricardo, I know of Chris's theory on ratio and I think thats fine. While I do take the time to share the luv and spotlight others, it's really more a case of when does a single tweet become repititious, given that I only post a couple of times a week.
I know from my own personal experience, it does annoy me when you click on links only to find that you've already been there 3 times before. But because the tweet has been changed you're not aware.
I suppose maybe I've answered my own question, do it in a way that I wouldnt be annoyed by?
Would be curious to get some feedback on this from others…or am I just being anal?
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 8:38 am
I definitely think that posting a Tweet twice in any one given day is fair game (especially as you said, to account for time zone). I use su.pr to do this for me. Yes, on occasion I schedule my Tweet to go out at a particular time of day. Why? Because I happen to have a fairly good idea of when my network is online and when they respond to content (su.pr also gives you some pretty good stats).
And by the way, don't think you're over-thinking it at all or being anal, lol. Totally fair question and somethings that's well worth thinking about!!
Megan Hannah says
February 4, 2011 at 3:57 am
I'm glad I stumbled upon your blog today. I am new to blogging (just started in December 2010), and I'm really interested in learning how to promote my blog and generate some traffic. Could you tell me when #blogchat is conducted on Twitter? I'd love to get involved with that! You can find me on Twitter: @MeganHannah1 and on Blogspot: http://www.beautifullypeaceful.blogsp...!
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 6:55 am
Welcome to the wonderful world that is the blogosphere!! You're gonna love it here The best way to get acclimated is to subscribe to a whole bunch of blogs and do exactly what you're doing right now… Reach out and connect with other bloggers by commenting, saying hello and well, just connecting the way you would with friends at a football game or something! Sure they might be strangers, but everyone's friendly and we're all into the same thing. I'm sure we share the same hobbies and all that good stuff even.
In regards to #blogchat, it's every Sunday night at 6pm PST/8pm CST. Although I'm not sure we'll be having one this weekend on account of the Superbowl, but alas, we shall see
Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you around here more!
lesleylambert says
February 4, 2011 at 4:05 am
Thanks for including my homework in your post! Off to do my part in the promotions department before the clock strikes 12 bells
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 6:43 am
You my good friend, are very, very welcome!
Hope you had a great evening and I look forward to seeing you around tomorrow morning!
Bonnie Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:20 am
Ricardo, this is definitely something that has helped me. I am very new to the blog world, but writing and reading. I never thought about how important it is to read other's blogs before. I see I need to start getting more connected!
Bonnie Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:22 am
That is supposed to be “both writing and reading”. Apparently typing as well! Oops!
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 7:11 am
Meh, don't worry, I'm not grading you all on spelling
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 7:10 am
Get a gmail account, open up your “reader”, and create a folder titled: “Blogs to Comment On” or “Inner Circle”. I have mine titled as the latter. Those are the blogs that I frequent (almost) daily and try to leave a comment on. Start with a small group of blogs, then, as in my suggestions above, grow you network little by little. Watch how others do things, how they write, how they connect, etc. In fact, this sorta sounds like tomorrow's lesson so I'll stop there and look forward to connecting with you then
Bonnie Hartian says
February 4, 2011 at 4:40 am
In terms of promoting your blog through commenting on other's blogs, is it better to choose ones with high readership?
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 7:08 am
You know what I did when I first started blogging? I had a small group of blogger friends then… I'd visit their blogs frequently and I'd just chum it up with them. Kinda like going to your favorite local cafe where you know everybody and you just go there to hang out and chat.
Anyway, I started going through one blogroll one someone's site and finding new blogs. I'd read. I'd introduce myself. And I'd leave a comment letting the person know how I found them. Then, I'd read through the comments and reply to other people's comments. Then I'd visit their site(s) and comment. Next thing you know, we were all just hanging out visiting each other's sites and having fun connecting.
I think that what made it all work is that we were friends, we shared a common interest, and well, we were truly just connecting on a casual level like you do with friends at the local cafe where everyone knows each others' names.
So, do I think you should focus on commenting on big blogs or small blogs? Neither one is the *right* answer. Focus on connecting with readers and bloggers by visiting and connecting over a common interest. Find other bloggers by seeing who they connect and engage with. And grow your network that way.
Might not be the answer you were looking for…sorry. But totally worth it when you invest in a genuine, quality relationship with someone. Don't you think?
February 4, 2011 at 5:42 am
Promote, promote, promote! This is a really smart blog to post early in the challenge. The more we help each other means the more we help ourselves plus it helps us to get ideas from our colleages!
Ricardo Bueno says
February 4, 2011 at 6:57 am
So how was your day today? Thanks for reaching out on Twitter about today's challenge… I have to admit, the email went out a little later than I'd hoped this morning, heh. But yes, that is correct. You can't expect for new readers to magically come read your content, you have to put it and push it out there sometimes (in moderation of course, no one likes a self-promoter if that's all they do). And the best way to promote your content with class is to help promote other people's content as well in the process!! And so on that note, thanks for participating and helping everyone around here
Bryan Thompson says
February 4, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Ricardo, great tips here! I have done the Email Signature one for a long time (and Wisestamp makes it that much easier). Also, the commenting on blogs is huge. I will have to try the #blogchat! Thanks!
Jaclyn Mullen says
February 5, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Love wisestamp! It is a great tool that we can all use: http://www.wisestamp.com/
Debbie Miller says
February 4, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Two my favorite social media sites to follow are Social Media Today and Social Media Examiner. Almost all the content they post is re-post worthy and I love reading, learning from, and sharing their posts. It's usually broad, too, and makes many universally-applicable points, so no matter the niche, anybody can take away something from most of them.
Mitchel Groter says
February 6, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I chose Leslie's blog on her 5 favorite blogs in Wester Mass. I like that she featured a Green Living Blogger. Go Leslie
Just wanted to share a blog I personally published to Ezine articles. http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-…
eileenludwig says
February 10, 2011 at 5:05 am
These are two posts I have been promoting lately while updating my blog with some Tweet buttons and trying to figure out the Like button. Got it working on one but messed up the other one not sure why or what
I will read though and visit others blogs in the next couple of days
eileenludwig says
April 8, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Starting over with another blog
John Ringgold says
July 7, 2011 at 8:52 pm
I couldn’t come up with a list post yesterday, but as I was writing a post today about an upcoming event in my area, I easily changed it up to be a LIST POST!
Ricardo Bueno says
July 7, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Now THAT sounds like a fun event! Just sayin’… All that’s missing is a margarita or two. And I’m not sure about the jalapeno eating contest. They’re good on nachos, maybe mac-n-cheese with bacon. But to eat them in mass quantities like that just isn’t for me, heh.
Love what you did to turn that into a list post! And to be honest, for readers that are skimmers, breaking up the text in that fashion makes it easier for them to read, engage and encourages people to share your content. Sometimes I’m not sure why it works that way but it just does.
Great write-up John and thanks again for being a part of the 31 Day Challenge!
Anonymous says
July 8, 2011 at 2:12 am
Here is my list blog post from the other day http://www.nextlevelinnovation.com/5-ways-to-get-more-done-with-wordpress/ Time to promote a fellow blogger in the challenge.
Anonymous says
July 8, 2011 at 12:58 pm
I have been commenting on other’s blogs for months AND you are right. it makes friends and they will in turn repost or retweet your work. It’s a small pleasure to see that others validate your work. I am careful not to be gratuitous nor argumentative; rather I view it as a community of writers who are sharing ideas and information. I have seen enough trolls to be careful when I am emotional. For years I followed “letters” to the editors of the newspapers I read. With the online overall of these media, I have just about stopped since so many of the the comments are really attacks. I guess I am still hopeful for a civil discoure and most of the blogs I follow seem to fit this mold.
Rick Manelius says
July 8, 2011 at 2:18 pm
What I like about this is it’s forcing me to better plan my actions around my blog. My biggest hangup is not overpromoting, but under promoting. I never want to be that guy that drives people nuts with ‘look at me! look at me!’ and so I do the exact opposite.
Thankfully I’m getting over that hangup and getting some good responses. So thanks for this gentle prodding. I’m really appreciating this process.
Jess says
July 8, 2011 at 2:45 pm
This one is definitely a challenge – a bit outside my comfort zone, but I have to get out of my own way and do some promoting to make some friends! I finally got my list post up on FPLF, and I’d love to share it here. (I much prefer the funnier “Cube Life” posts because I get to be a little more “me,” but I try to get a healthy dose of Jess in every post I write.)
July 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm
So – new blog post – trying to incorporate all we’ve been taught so far – let me know what you think! I went on to the sites/blogs I mentioned in the article and referenced back to mine. So far so good – I’ll let you know if i get any new comments – or any comments at all!
http://tinyurl.com/botberrycake
Anonymous says
August 18, 2011 at 6:07 am
This is certainly a challenge – a little outside my comfort zone, but I must leave my own path and do some promotion to make some friends! I finally got my list of messages FPLF and I share it here. (I prefer by far the most fun “cube life” messages, because I can be a little more “me”, but I try to get a good dose of Jess in every message I write.
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Grant can be seen as a normal on-air newspersonality on business newsoutlets such as Fox News, CNBC, Fox Company, as well as MSNBC. Grant is additionally a normal contributor for Entrepreneur.com, BusinessInsider, CNBC, AmexForum, as well as GCTV.com. Forbes named Give Cardone # 1 of the 25 Advertising Influencers to Enjoy in 2017.
Cardone spoke at one of Capitalism.com‘s previous events, Liberty Fastlane Live. His keynote covered what it appears like to10X everything in life and also company, acquiring numerous countless bucks in residential or commercial property, and also playing in the business major leagues. The whole keynote is embedded here!
From writing publications and also programs, The 10X Regulation was born. It is a extremely prominent stand-alone brand created by GrantCardone. The book is solely based on the concept that you must find outwhat you wish to do. Then you increase the effort it will take to arrive by ten. This associates with company, partnerships, family members, and money.
Give hosts a yearly three-day meeting for local business owner and alsoentrepreneurs that shows the concepts of the book. The conference asserts to alter frame of minds as well as actions that offer people the confidence to up-level their lives. This seminar covers topics suchas sales, advertising and marketing, creating adream life, branding, as well as a lot more. Itchallenges sales and marketing experts to up their game 10 times more than whatthey currently provide to their occupation.
Speakers that have actually graced the stage at thisevent are Steve Harvey, Tai Lopex, Sarah Blakely, Daymond John, Russell Brunson, BethennyFrankel, as well as much more. They inform theirstories of completing life objectives and how you, too, can do the very same.
“ Strategy every scenario with an “in-it-to-win-it-whatever-it-takes“ point of view. Sound too hostile? Sorry, however that is the expectationrequired to win nowadays.“— Give Cardone.
Personal Life of Give Cardone.
Grant Cardone is married to Spanish actress and also model, Elena Lyons. With each other they reside in Sunny Isles Coastline, Florida with their two little girls, Scarlette and also Sabrina Cardone. Grant Cardone is a widely known husband. When asked how he makes time for whatever – he always discusses his household first. It‘s evident thathe knows this inquiry is routedtoward his time with his household amongst everyone of his responsibilities spread out throughout all his services.
Domesticity Today.
Today, Grant Cardone will inform you that he makes a note of everything that he wants to be successful at and then consumes over it. His family gets on that checklist. He is dedicated to being a terrific daddy as well as spouse. Give is really imaginative in how he uses his time with his companies as well as family so he can make it help them.
Time with Wife and Kids.
As a daddy, Grant Cardone invests his early morning withhis kids. They normally hang out out of the house at a local coffeeshop or breakfast area prior to college and job. This gives his youngsters top quality time and also security with their daddy. He also takes them with him to the health club. He actively makes time for them in his life.
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