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The relationship that truly broke my heart was my relationship with myself. I never knew how to love myself nor be kind to it. All i did in the past was giving pieces of myself to all the people i loved, just to fill their void and make them feel good about themselves. And i ended up hollow with incurable holes in my soul, i started aching just like a flute.
Traying to love and please everyone else neglecting my needs, my self worth and most importantly, the fact that i'm a priority too.
Nasjonal bibliotekdag
The population of the entire country of Norway (less than 5.5 million) is less than NYC (8.4 million), allowing for greater oversight of resources and focus on what these resources can do. First off, have a lot of resources. Following the insight of someone who has been to Norway; (1) their libraries focus on the community and this is first highlighted in their listed priorities (2):
To argue and emphasize the importance of libraries in the democratic process and promote freedom of information and speech
To ensure the principle of the free lending right, independent of technological and political changes in society
To develop and strengthen libraries as promoters of knowledge, information and culture
To develop and strengthen libraries in building and supporting education, and as an arena for learning, research and innovation.
To promote an effective and robust library service of high quality.
To ensure development and innovation in the Norwegian library sector, amongst others promoting the realisation of a Norwegian digital library
To build alliances and co-operate with relevant national and international organisations within the fields of research, education and culture.
Their priorities are noted by strong examples of free access. While they close like all libraries, there are over 800 public libraries; therefore a minimum of one library per every 6,875 people. While that would be a lot of people to all be in one library at once, that is easily one library per small town not including University libraries that are open to the public. This access is increased as one library card gets you access to any and every library in the country including mobile libraries that increase access to those far away.
As of April 2019, the US is the highest GDP in the world, account for 23.6% of the global economy. Taking away the other top 9, the rest of the world still makes up less as 21.2% (3). While both countries have overall well educated and successful; Norway is getting a lot more bang for their buck and has tried to make sure all members of their country and communities are succeeding and have access to opportunities.
(1) https://www.lifeinnorway.net/libraries-in-norway/
(2) https://norskbibliotekforening.no/om-foreningen/about-norwegian-library-association/
(3) https://www.investopedia.com/insights/worlds-top-economies/
Robert Muller Testimony
Today's Robert Muller testimony highlights a very complicated, a long-haul change in how news and all media are shared, expressed and consumed.
Both sides don't expect more to be said that has already been divulged in the report. But with the report being 400 pages and written as a legal document, it is confusing for those who do not have experience with law documents, that style of writing and that it is too long for the average American who is working and would need more background to understand the smaller details. Immediately 3% of the US was expected to read the Muller report based on Amazon sales, but buying something off Amazon is not the same as definitely reading the report and definitely not the entire report. Separately, understanding what is written is an entirely different arena. This brings us back to the overall shift in information (both fact and fiction) and the main purpose of today's hearing-- the idea is that those who cannot or aren't interested in all the nuances of the report, be told in a form they are used to so they may understand the majority and most crucial parts of Muller's research and findings.
Breaking the hearing up and preparing it to be recorded allows us to consume the information how we're most used to it, short clips marked to become viral. But is the official line in the sand, separating the previous time of detailed, historic and verified facts from news and stories that we won't bother with until they can be easily binged; did we cross that line long ago, and if we have crossed it--how soon until we regret it