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Why Erdogan seeks fresh military mandate for Azerbaijan

At home, the media portrayed the authorization bill as a reflection of Turkey’s expanding influence from the Middle East and Africa to the Caucasus and Central Asia, emphasizing Turkey’s ethnic kinship and historical bonds with Azerbaijan. “A reunion after 102 years! Turkish soldiers off to Azerbaijan” read the identical headline that many pro-government media outlets used. The likewise identical reports read, “Turkish soldiers will once again go on a peace mission to Azerbaijan, having rescued Baku from Armenian gangs and the Bolshevik occupation 102 years ago. The historical reunion of one nation and two states will be once again demonstrated to the world. By creating a peace corridor from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean, Turkey will command strategic importance as an element of tranquility, peace and stability in the region and the world.” The reports listed 15 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe where Turkey currently has a military presence.

Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/11/turkey-russia-azerbaijan-armenia-parliament-troop-deployment.html#ixzz6eN5Rrkx7 Source: Why Erdogan seeks fresh military mandate for Azerbaijan

We must change attitudes, abide by guidelines: El Paso Times reader

This morning I woke up with a strong urge to call my mother, but as I reached for the phone, I realized that mom was no longer here with us. She left us back in 2014 at the age of 98. I then went into my art studio where I saw a picture of her and that’s when I told myself, what would I do if she was still here with us in the middle of this pandemic? I would climb the highest mountain, swim the oceans wide to protect her, so why are there so many of us so careless when It comes to protecting yourself or your loved ones.

Too often we hear and see just how many people are so careless when it comes to ignoring the guidelines set by our law officials or medical experts on what to do in combating the coronavirus.

A few weeks ago, cases were on the decline, but now they are shooting sky high and what do you think is one of the main reasons? If we don’t change our attitudes we’ll be entering into the valley of darkness with no light at the end of the tunnel.

Ramon Valenzuela

East El Paso

Source: We must change attitudes, abide by guidelines: El Paso Times reader

El Paso County officials seek help at morgue as coronavirus fatalities climb | The Texas Tribune

EL PASO — El Paso County officials sent out a plea Thursday evening for applicants to work at the county medical examiner’s office as the number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 here continues to rise.

“The Morgue Attendants will be provided maximum PPE [personal protective equipment], and will receive a COVID test prior to starting. All Morgue Attendants will be tasked with physically moving Decedents,” the notice reads. “Not only is this assignment physically taxing, but it may be emotionally taxing as well.”

The request comes as the county has resorted to using low-level offenders from the county jail to help transport the deceased. Their work will continue until there are enough new hires, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego said Thursday.

Source: El Paso County officials seek help at morgue as coronavirus fatalities climb | The Texas Tribune

Celebrate flawsomeness!

Peakspeak

Our flaws and imperfections are few of those things which we like to keep on back burner and on the bottom of our “deal with it” list. It’s human to take quick note of people’s strengths and get inspired or get jealous or feel envious. Strengths – i feel are overrated and over celebrated to a very high degree as against our flaws. We tend to admire subconsciously the strengths we hold and pity on our flaws.Totally ignoring the fact that the overall reason and presence of any strength is indeed because we chose to cross over many of our flaws around that strength.So it’s much over due that we rather appreciate the whole list of flaws we hold as this eventually will help us to attain more strengths within us.It’s about time to embrace the flaws and own them unapologetically.

Basic human nature is always a reactionary one towards…

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California COVID-19 cases hit record amid new restrictions – Los Angeles Times

Statewide, 13,422 new coronavirus cases were reported Thursday — breaking the single-day record for the second time this week. The previous high-water mark — 13,412 — was set Monday, according to an independent county-by-county tally conducted by The Times.

California has now recorded four consecutive days with at least 10,600 newly confirmed coronavirus cases, a stretch unlike any in the pandemic. Over the last week, the state has averaged 10,529 new cases per day, a 117% increase from two weeks ago.

And those skyrocketing case counts aren’t mere numbers on a spreadsheet. Authorities anticipate that roughly 12% of those who test positive will end up in hospitals two to three weeks later.

Source: California COVID-19 cases hit record amid new restrictions – Los Angeles Times

Belarus: Thousands attend funeral of killed protester Raman Bandarenka | News | DW | 20.11.2020

Pole bearers carry the coffin from the Minsk church The death of a protester has inflamed tensions in Belarus, with thousands praising the 31-year-old as a hero at his funeral. His last message — “I’m going out” — became a new slogan of the protest movement.

The attendants formed a half-kilometer (550 yards) line stretching from the church until the coffin was carried out. They occasionally chanted “We will not forget, we will not forgive,” and “Rama, you are a hero.”

The mourners also chanted “I’m going out,” the last message sent by Bandarenka to a group chat on a messaging app before he was killed.

Protesters at the funeral Raman Banderenko

Source: Belarus: Thousands attend funeral of killed protester Raman Bandarenka | News | DW | 20.11.2020

Democrats, Biden camp blast Michigan state lawmakers for Trump meeting | TheHill

Michigan Democrats and a top adviser to the Biden campaign ridiculed the meeting itself as inappropriate and part of a broader effort to subvert the will of the voters.

“This goes beyond partisan politics, and it’s an attempt to subvert our democracy and undermine the will of Michigan voters,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) told reporters on a conference call Friday morning.

Dingell and others have expressed cautious optimism that state lawmakers will not cave if Trump urges them to reverse the results in Michigan, citing Shirkey’s comments earlier this week that an electoral coup in the state is “not going to happen.”

Source: Democrats, Biden camp blast Michigan state lawmakers for Trump meeting | TheHill

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller exposed to coronavirus, but won’t quarantine – Vox

Frankly, that’s irresponsible, but it’s part for the course for Miller. When he traveled to Fort Bragg and USS Gerald Ford this week, he encouraged people to take off their masks, according to Wall Street Journal reporter Nancy Youssef. What’s more, he hugged people at both sites.

Miller didn’t know about his exposure to Covid-19 at the time, to be fair. Still, he’s shown no willingness to abide by social distancing or encourage personal protective measures since he assumed the role last week.

It’d be one thing if he were just some midlevel official. But he’s not: He’s the secretary of defense. It’s his duty to set the right example for the people under his care. At the moment, he’s grossly failing.

Source: Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller exposed to coronavirus, but won’t quarantine – Vox

The Reflection Series Part 4: What Do Coaching, Communication, and Insight Have in Common?

Develop. Inspire. Transform.

A 3-minute Reflection on Leadership and Systems Thinking

Photo by Cam Bradford on Unsplash

What do you think that coaching, communication, and insight have in common? Hm. Not sure?

Or, maybe, you’re thinking it’s that they’re interactive, and that’s what they have in common, and, yep, that is true. Yet there is one more. Yep.

They are all part of a single system. Each one, coaching, communication, and insight, all of them, is a piece of a larger whole. Let’s take a look at these pieces so we can see the whole. Ready? Here we go.

Creating Coaching

Alright, I’ve written about coaching before, and, even wrote about a developed model that works pretty well. Yet, guess what? Yep. That model has iterated. Today? Here’s what it looks like now.

  1. Creating Safety
  2. Current Reality
  3. Future Reality
  4. Define the Gap
  5. Create Next Actions
  6. Create Safety

Yep, it is a complete system…

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Steepening the Curve

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

Do you remember the parable about the little boy who cried “wolf”? He did it for attention, but the third time there really was a wolf, and no more little boy.

We talked about “flattening the curve” this year. That wasn’t to stop the virus, because we don’t have a proven way to do that, but to slow it so that medical systems could cope.

The Corona virus ran amok in the Northeastern US (especially New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts) in the Winter and Spring of this year. Shutdowns finally brought it under control, but the rest of the country didn’t react. Now the virus is surging again.

The Northeast had the advantage of a heavy concentration of hospital services. The rest of the US doesn’t, and there is a story of patients in Georgia being taken 500 miles to find a hospital with an available ICU bed. If…

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