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I would first like to take the opportunity to publicly thank David Johnson for bringing my voting record to my attention. I have corrected the issue. Please feel free to check again. Oh, and the years before 2008 I was in Columbiana County. Please use the correct citation to check my voting history. ( https://trumbull.oh-vote.org/VoterView/RegistrantSearch.do ) I would like to continue to address Mr. Johnson’s assumptions and errors.
When Mr. Johnson and I were first introduced, I was a clerk at the local Dairy Mart on East State Street in Salem. At which time, Mr. Johnson tried every means available to stop my colleagues and myself from protecting the citizens of Salem from the misinformation and misleading tactics of some members of the Republican Party and members of Salem City Council. The Salem Fire District issue, the alleged violations of the Ohio Sunshine Laws, the initiative petitions, the campaign, the trip to the Ohio Election Commission (culminating in a violation of disseminating false information to the voters of the City of Salem), sparked a passion in me for politics and the law. I now have two bachelor’s degrees in political science and philosophy. Furthering my education I recently received my juris doctorate. So, to answer the question: “who would have such reference material readily at hand?” It is not having it readily at hand, it is having the education, skills and tenacity to know how to find it. With no outside help. Now to address your “record” you attempted to set straight.
In interest of time, 1-3 literally tells your readers nothing other than the process. Percentages tell us nothing. 82 percent support from 2/3 of the eligible members? Translate that into numbers and then give us the percentage of those numbers to the numbers of registered republicans in Columbiana County. That number is not going to be very impressive, just as the percentages you stated are not to anyone who is a free thinker.
Number 4, “The notion that Atty Bickerton ‘has no judiciary experience’ is ludicrous…” I would have been able to see through this claim 15 years ago. My intent is not to be condescending but, in order to have judiciary experience, would one not have to be a judge? (YES!) I am sure Atty Bickerton is an intelligent, ambitious person who has a very bright legal future. But I am starting to question why she would feel an endorsement from the Columbiana County GOP is beneficial towards her electability at this point. Who would want that endorsement when it is simply given out of dislike for the incumbent? And 16,000 cases in a little under 12 years? Embellishment makes you look desperate, not to mention less than truthful. This is a seat for a judicial position where truth and honesty are paramount.
Number 5, The State of Ohio has a statutory allowance for a “drug court” already that is available to any defendant through a judicial proceeding. (ORC 2951.041 Intervention in lieu of conviction.) If you were to read the statute, it is dependent on the request of the defendant therefore, it is the defendant’s responsibility to get the help needed to meet the requirements of the court to comply with the statute. Thus, taking the burden from the court to incur the costs of such a program that you have suggested. Drug court does not work for anyone who is not ready to make the changes necessary to beat an addiction.
And lastly, to address your post concerning “voter fraud” if a person was to request a Republican ballot. It is just a downright shame that a member of the Columbiana County Board of Elections is not educated on the primary process or the allowances of voters in an open primary. Mr. Johnson, this brings into question your qualification to be a member of the board of elections. Any registered voter in any county within the State of Ohio may request any party they wish in a primary election. I encourage every registered voter in Columbiana County to send a resounding message to David Johnson that you have the ability to think for yourselves and do not need someone who is not even knowledgeable in the voting laws in Ohio telling you how to vote.

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Actress Susan Sarandon called former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “very dangerous” Sunday — and said the United States would be at war had she won the 2016 election.
The vocal Bernie Sanders supporter slammed Clinton as”not authentic” and an “opportunist” in an interview with The Guardian.
Sarandon had said in June 2016 that she believed Clinton’s foreign-policy background made her a greater risk to national security than Trump.
Yet the 71-year-old appeared to back-pedal on that statement with The Guardian.
“Not exactly, but I don’t mind that quote,” she said when asked about the comment.

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Client homework – give your client some homework. You need to see how dedicated they are to their own case.
Have you ever been in an ambulance?
Ever been to a physical therapist?
Ever have a surgery of any kind?
Ever been put to sleep for any reason?
Ever been admitted to a hospital? (Women with children will often so “no” to this question. It is a good time to teach them how careful and literal they must be when answering questions in a lawsuit).
Ever been to an emergency room?
Ever been in a wreck?
What body shop do you use for your car? (the question assumes they use one).
Have you ever been prescribed pain medication or muscle relaxers?
More times than I can remember, the questions above revealed a forgotten injury and those medical records often uncover more forgotten injuries.
Photos – Immediately get all photos from your client and save them to your file. Otherwise, your client will drop their phone in the toilet and you will lose them forever. Tell your client to collect “before” photos and take periodic photos of visible injuries, then send them in (Homework list).
No such thing as too much information – Clients often hold information back because they do not know what to bring in. Tell your clients you cannot have too much information. You want it all!
Keep your medical appointments – Never ever “no show” and never say “cancel.” Always “reschedule.” Do not let a medical provider schedule appointments that do not work with your schedule.
Pharmacy – use only ONE pharmacy.
Calendar – record injuries, progress, pain, sleep issues, things you are able to do, things you missed out on. Record anything related to your case. Notice I do not say journal or diary, which tend to get out of hand. Calendars- that I provide- have small spaces to write in. (Homework list).
Describing injuries – Tell doctors everything that hurts every time, at every visit. Do not exaggerate, but do not leave anything out.
Pain scale – Never rate pain over 8 unless you are in the emergency room or on the way.
Social media – It is useless to tell some people to turn it off. But they must be careful.
Trial speech – Let your clients know you are preparing for trial from day one and get them used to the possibility of a trial.
Surveillance – Instead of making clients paranoid, tell them they have nothing to worry about if they always tell the truth. We should teach our clients (yes people need teaching) how to tell the truth from day one. There is nothing to worry about if you never tell anyone you cannot do something you can do or have done.

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Yes, experimentation. Coach K is probably doing a lot of it to find a line ups that will work together.
Yes, PVD looks like he is much more confident in his shot. In this offense, when he gets a clear opening, he should have the green light to take it every time.
Same for Barefield. I really liked his handle tonight. He will probably need to play the point most of the time, and take his shot when needed. I hope Hendrix or Allen can work into being a big point guard, to spell barefield a few minutes.
Hendrix and Allen are the two most impressive newcomers I see. For Freshman, they have bright futures ahead if they work hard. They are undersized for Forwards, but handle the ball really well. Which is a plus for a running team.
Jayce is just getting back, otherwise I wasn't impressed, since he has a few inches on any player he was facing. Hopefully he works hard to improve. For a junior that has been in the program for awhile, he hasn't made a lot of improvement over last year.
Novak may be serviceable, but for his height and body, he doesn't post up and score, or dominate on rebounds. He has room for a lot of improvement.
Hope this isn't too negative for the second game of the preseason.

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Medtipster.com, working with it’s employer sponsored benefit plan members, found that offering a waiver of generic drug co-payments led to more switches to generics from their brand equivalents and that plan members were more likely to remain on their generic drugs after the switch was made.
The waiver program resulted in savings of about $500,000. to the sponsor and about $750,000. to the plan members during the observation period.
To improve generic dispensing rates, Medtipster offered plan members using brand medications in 40 therapeutic classes up to two co-pay waivers if they switched to a preferred generic drug. Information about the waiver was mailed to plan members, alerting them that all they needed to do was switch within six months of receiving the communication.
Members who took advantage of the waivers early in the six-month period were able to use it twice, while members who acted later in the window were only able to use the waiver once.
The recently enacted health care reform law has a provision in it that will allow Medicare Part D plan sponsors, beginning with the 2011 plan year, to reduce or waive the first co-pay for a generic drug when a plan member switches from its corresponding brand product.
Medtipster examined how many of the plan members remained on the generic drug after receiving one or two co-pay waivers. Findings among the top four therapeutic classes (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, antihypertensive combinations, proton pump inhibitors and beta blockers cardio-selective) showed that plan members who took advantage of two co-pay waivers had higher generic dispensing rates in the fill immediately after the waivers and had higher sustained GDRs during the months after the generic dispensing conversion program began compared to those only using one waiver.
For example, 94.9 percent of members using beta blockers filled the next prescription with a generic following the use of two waivers, compared to 59.5 percent who used only one waiver. Members who used two waivers had a sustained generic dispensation rate of 89.5 percent, compared to 58.5 percent who only used one waiver.
The drug that showed the highest difference in sustained GDR between the use of two waivers and one waiver was AstraZeneca’s high blood pressure medication Toprol XL (metaprolol succinate), which had sustained GDR of 91.5 percent for members using two waivers, compared to 62.5 percent for members who used only one waiver.
Of the top 10, the drug that had the lowest difference was AstraZeneca’s cholesterol lowering drug Crestor (rosuvastatin), which had a sustained GDR of 82.7 percent for members using two waivers versus 78.1 percent for members who used one waiver.
The prices of brand-name prescription drugs most often used by Medicare beneficiaries increased nearly 10 percent over the 12-month period ending in March, an AARP report says.
While generic drug prices fell during the April 2009 to March 2010 period, the average price of top brand drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries rose 9.7 percent, continuing an upward trend in annual drug price increases, according to the AARP Public Policy Institute Rx Watchdog Report released last week.
Prices of generic drugs most widely used by Medicare beneficiaries dropped 9.7 percent while prices for widely used specialty drugs rose by 9.2 percent.
“These trends resulted in an average annual rate of increase of 5.3 percent for manufacturer drug prices during the 12 months ending with the first quarter of 2010 despite an extremely low rate of general inflation for all consumer goods and services,” the report says.
Drug companies raised the price of about two-thirds (90 of 144) of specialty drugs studied in the one-year period. Two of the 144 specialty drugs had a drop in price, and both were generics. For an individual taking one specialty medication, the average annual increase in cost of therapy rose by $2,760 during the study period.
AARP’s analysis echoes that of pharmacy benefit managerExpress Scripts’ 2009 Drug Trend Report, released last month. Prices of drugs in the most popular therapeutic classes increased 9.1 percent in 2009, according to that report.
PhRMA, however, said the AARP report is misleading and based on incomplete information. The report fails to take into account discounts and rebates generally negotiated between drug manufacturers and payers, which can significantly lower the cost of brand-name medicines, ultimately benefiting patients, Senior Vice President Ken Johnson said.
Does Your Employer Prescription Plan Cost You… Nothing At All?
Generic drugs save people hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year, but did you know you could be paying absolutely nothing out of pocket, and your employer’s cost could be significantly reduced – both at the same time.
By now you’re familiar with Medtipster.com. We encourage generic drug purchasing over brand name drugs because they are just as effective, and cost less. You also know where to find your generic prescription at the lowest cost, right in your neighborhood.
If you have insurance, the cost of a generic for you could be a $15 co-pay, and your employer eats up the remainder of the cost, which is an average of $17.00. If you’ve found your generic on a $4 generic program by using Medtipster.com, you pay $4, and your employer pays nothing. We know you love Medtipster.com, but now we want your employer to love Medtipster.com too!
Free prescriptions have been our thing lately, in case you haven’t noticed. Thousands of Michigan residents have received free prescriptions since the beginning of December 2009. We are almost ready to take this free prescription giveaway nationwide, but first, we thought of another way to encourage generic drug purchasing, and you don’t have to be a Michigan resident to take advantage of this program. It’s called the Medtipster MVP.
With this program, employers partner with Medtipster.com to essentially give their employees free prescription cards, redeemable at pharmacies that employees themselves locate on Medtipster.com. The idea is to encourage generic drug purchasing over brand name drugs, and to reduce current and future healthcare costs to the employer.
Sandy works for ABC123 Inc. and they have partnered with Medtipster.com.
ABC123 informs Sandy that her prescription is available for free if she logs on to the company website portal.
Sandy locates her generic equivalent at her neighborhood pharmacy, then prints out her custom ID card from the company’s privately labeled Medtipster.com site.
Sandy takes her ID card to this participating pharmacy and receives her prescription for Zocor generic equivalent for free.
Because the participating pharmacy has Zocor on a $4 generic program, Medtipster sends ABC123 an invoice for $4, plus a small administration fee.
Looking back at the example in the second paragraph above, this saves the employer an average of $17 per employee’s generic prescription. If you work for a company that employees 1,000 people, and half of those employees take a monthly generic prescription, they spend on average $102,000 each year covering “remaining” costs of their employees’ prescriptions. With the Medtipster MVP, the same company would spend an average of just $24,000 each year, for the SAME generic prescriptions! That’s $78,000 A YEAR!
I like to repeat myself when it sounds that good.
If you would like to see your employer save this kind of money every year, and get free prescriptions, let us know what you think. Let us know who we should talk to at your company about implementing this program. Let’s save some money, and change the way we think about prescription plans.
Just say YES to (cheaper) drugs!
Americans utilizing prescriptions could each save thousands of dollars if the senate would allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and Europe. Sounds great, so, yeah, when can we benefit from that?
Well, not today. Drugmakers win this battle. The possible influx of cheaper medicines is part of a large health care legislation, and the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 in opposition of this movement to loosen importation rules. But the war on prescription drugs isn’t over, and companies like Medtipster are accomplices to win the war.
What does this mean for us, the Americans, who feel the sting when we go to the pharmacy? It means we absolutely need to choose generic drugs over brand names. Generic drugs are the answer.
The issue is that many people do not know that their prescription may be available for even less than what they pay now, that being either their copay or $32.00, which is the average price of a generic drug. More importantly, where do they go to get that prescription on a generic program? Which pharmacy has that generic drug for just $4, or even less?
Medtipser.com has the answer to those questions.
Generic drug programs are available at most pharmacies, and most of their pharmacy websites have an available database or a download-able PDF of their generic drug lists. Medtipster understands what a hassle that can be for consumers, and created the database all in one location, www.medtipster.com. Pharmacy location, phone number, prescription price, even membership information at requiring pharmacies.
If you have trouble affording your medication, please contact us. We are here to help any way we can!
Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/medtipster.
It pays to shop around – but who has time. Many pharmacies have discount generic programs and I see new programs all the time. Although the lists are similar they are not the same with differences in prices ~ drugs ~ strengths ~ and quantities. To simplify the process and same time and money visit medtipter.com. We have compiled it all for you in a simple 1-2-3 search.

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A few days ago, I got a call from a golfer who wants to be a touring pro. He sounds like he has talent as he has won many events over his career.
He was in eighth place in the event when he called me.
I gave him two course managment tips and two mental tips.
He applied these ideas successfully.
He shot a 67 and won the event. He was delighted and so was I.


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ANOTHER Ipswich Turf Club race meeting was lost last week as the scheduled Metropolitan Wednesday program was transferred in its entirety to the BRC track Doomben.
While stakeholders were disaffected due to the early transfer on the day prior, the reputation of Racing Queensland and the ITC took another battering. It was the third time in a month that an Ipswich race meeting was affected by postponement, abandonment due to rainfall, or transfer to another track.
The abandoned Friday meeting two weeks ago was simply due to the lack of drainage that is the Ipswich racetrack. The transferred meeting last week was however linked to the outcomes of the previously postponed and abandoned meetings.
Relatively recently appointed Racing Queensland operational staff do not have the knowledge of the history of the unique ITC track.
In attempting to assist with remediation of the course following the latest refurbishment a month ago, the ITC received directions which effectively resulted in the transfer of last week's meeting.
In mid-February, the latest of a series of refurbishments of the ITC track occurred. The aims of these refurbishments are to increase turf root zone and bring back a degree of cushion to the racing surface, through heavy aerating and spreading of sand.
The equipment and materials for this project have been supplied by Racing Queensland.
Great success has been achieved over the past 18 months in terms of increased turf root zone and improving cushion in the track, despite the track surface taking several weeks to fully consolidate after each refurb.
In hindsight the ITC erred in completing this refurbishment too close to a race day on February 22. The postponement of that meeting to the following Monday was the right move with the rail moved back to true where the refurbishment was completed earlier.
The problem that followed was a series of directions from RQ to cease irrigation and aeration of parts of the track which suffered over the next few weeks in temperatures as high as 41 degrees.
The RQ direction that followed was to place turf plugs in affected areas and it was these unconsolidated plugs that were correctly deemed by QRIC as unsafe for racing last week. Hence the meeting was transferred to Doomben.
This series of events occurred just prior to a break of 16 days until the next programmed ITC race meeting on March 29 - just about enough time to revert to the ITC maintenance program, and to allow restoration of the track near to where it was in mid-February.
It was just a month ago that the industry was applauding the Ipswich track as among the best surfaces in Queensland - albeit with poor drainage.
However, a hot dry summer had all forgetting about the impact of rainfall on the Ipswich track on the morning of a race meeting.
One highly positive point to come out of the past month is a pledge by RQ to work with the ITC in coming up with a future solution to the drainage problems which have beset the Bundamba surface for 130 years.
Such a solution would be costly and necessitate months off from racing and the analysis has already commenced.
The radio TAB interview with ITC chairman Wayne Patch last week clearly described this situation and is well worth a listen.
DESPITE the issues with the track over the past month, there is as usual great interest from the Community of Ipswich in the Ipswich Cup on June 15.
Private marquees on the grandstand side have been basically sold out while infield private marquees are in strong demand as well.
Plentiful online tickets remain available for the Infield Festival, Hometurn Premium Marquee, Pimms Lawn Party, and Lazy Yak Museum Precinct as punters start working out their favoured spot for the social event of the year for the city.
The next programmed Ipswich race meeting is the last for the month on Friday, March 29.
Next month's racing commences on Thursday, April 4, followed by three Wednesday meetings on April 10, 17 and 24.


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Many of us have started new houseplants from cuttings and maybe even shrubs or perennials for the garden, but did you know that many vegetables can be started in this manner too? Tomato propagation by cuttings is a perfect example and very easy to do. Read on to find out how to root tomato cuttings in water or directly in the soil.
If you admire a neighbor’s lush tomato plant, starting tomato plants from cuttings is an excellent way to clone their plant and, hopefully, get the same vigorous result; just be polite and ask first before you snip from their prized plant. Rooting tomato cuttings is cost saving as well. You can purchase a couple of plants and then root additional ones from the cuttings.
The advantage of starting tomato cuttings in this manner is that it can take seedlings, from seed, six to eight weeks before they are of transplant size. Provided you keep tomato cuttings warm, the transplanting time is reduced to just 10-14 days! It’s also a great way of overwintering tomato cuttings.
Currently, I am starting two houseplants from cuttings, simply in glass bottles. This is very easy and rooting tomato cuttings in water is just as simple. Tomato cuttings are amazingly fast and easy root growers. To begin, look for some of the sucker shoots on the chosen tomato plant that don’t have buds on them. With sharp pruners, cut about 6-8 inches of the sucker or new growth at the tip of the branch. Then, you can simply immerse the tomato cutting in water or plant it directly into some soil medium. In water, the cutting should root within about a week and will be ready to transplant.
Roots will be stronger, however, if the cutting is allowed to root in soil. Also, rooting directly into soil medium skips the “middle man.” Since you are eventually going to transplant the cuttings to soil, you might as well start propagation there.
If you choose this route, it is also extremely easy. Take your 6- to 8-inch cutting and clip off any flowers or buds, if any, and snip off the bottom leaves, leaving only two leaves on the cutting. Put the cutting in water while you prepare the soil. You can root in peat pots, 4-inch containers filled with damp potting soil or vermiculite, or even directly into the garden. Make a hole with a dowel or pencil for the cutting to slip easily into and bury it up to where you cut off the lower leaves.
Put the cuttings in a warm, but shaded area either indoors or out. Just be sure it isn’t scorching hot and the plants are protected from sun. Keep them moist in this area for a week to acclimate and then gradually expose them to stronger light until they are finally in the sun for most of the day. At this point, if they are in containers, you can transplant them into their permanent large pot or garden plot.
Tomatoes are actually perennials and can live for years in warm climates. However, they do not produce fruit in their successive years nearly as well as the first. This is where overwintering tomato cuttings for spring clones come into play. This idea is especially useful in areas of the southern United States. Just follow the above instructions up to transplanting the cuttings into a larger pot and keep in a warm, sunny room to overwinter until the spring.
Voila! Tomato propagation couldn’t be easier. Just remember to take cuttings from plants that have the best yields and tastiest fruit, as the cuttings will be a virtual clone of the parent and, thus, retain all its characteristics.

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[India], Jan 14 (ANI): A speeding car broke barriers and ran over as many as seven people who were sleeping inside a railway station premises here on Sunday night.
All the injured have been admitted to the hospital.
Government Railroad Police (GRP) Station House Officer (SHO) Ashok Kumar, who is investigating the matter, said that they received information late Sunday night about the incident.

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How do I restore a corrupted BSA file?
I'm currently trying to download Skyrim again & it stops every time because a resolution file is corrupted. I can't get an extraction mod because the game doesn't even exist on my drive yet and I don't know what to do.

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Nutritionally important PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids) mediate some of their bioactivities through formation of oxygenated metabolites. These bioactive lipids are formed by COX (cyclo-oxygenase), LOX (lipoxygenase) and cytochrome-P450-catalysed reactions, as well as non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation. These reactions produce numerous species, some of which can be formed through more than one pathway. MS-based lipidomics offers the selectivity and sensitivity required for qualitative and quantitative analysis of multiple lipid species, in a variety of biological systems, and can facilitate the study of these mediators.
Massey, K.A. and Nicolaou, A. (2011). Lipidomics of polyunsaturated fatty acid-derived oxygenated metabolites. Biochemical Society Transactions. Vol. 39, No. 5. pp. 1240-1249.


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Scott Dunham has printed almost two dozen deep-dive industry evaluation stories for 3D printing, and developed a multitude of leading trade forecast models. Scott has also engaged in global consulting engagements with main stakeholders within the 3D-printing business throughout its largest development period, and extra. Machine Design requested Scott about a recent report suggesting how 3D printing is changing the automotive business.
As automotive design studios are increasingly placing emphasis on the driving force/passenger experience and the inside of autos, Artwork Center is nicely positioned to organize students for success in that field. Students start studying interior design as early as their third semester, using both traditional media and digital modeling. Students even have the opportunity to take classes in Artwork Center’s Interplay Design, Product Design and Environmental Design Departments and Artwork Middle’s Graduate Transportation Design Department to achieve experiences in numerous areas associated to interiors.
We expect automobile-use restrictions to grow extra stringent as the extent of urbanization will increase. Regulators are considering a more aggressive nicely to wheels” method to gauge the social impression of vehicles across the product life cycle reasonably than focusing on the cars themselves. This strategy requires authorities to make an integrated assessment of the prices and effects of extracting, processing, and delivering a fuel or power supply to vehicles (nicely to tank”) and of utilizing that gasoline or vitality source and generating emissions (tank to wheels”).

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Amalia Margarita (Eurich) Castellano and Children, Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina 1995.
L to R: Esteban, Evangelina, Amalia, Emilee.
L to R: Amelia Wagner, Mary (Wagner) Herdt, Emma Wagner.
Andreas and Ella Margheim Family, Hanover, Germany 1996.
L to R: Eria, Ella, Andreas,Maria & Elizabeth.
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Estella Leek and Kate Syers are two experienced medical nutritionists who use fresh thinking and individualised programmes to coach clients to have happier, healthier relationships with food and with their bodies.
After graduating in 2000 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics, I worked in the areas of diabetes, health promotion, childhood nutrition and in the food industry. My first role was as a dietitian with Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust delivering a nutrition course to adults working in the Maori community (I am part Maori myself). I then moved to Waitakere Hospital where I was a diabetes dietitian supporting patients to better manage their condition through nutrition.
My practice extended to include part-time work with clients with eating disorders when I joined Thrive/Tupuora in 2014 as a food service dietitian. I met Estella there and learnt more about the nutritional management of clients with eating difficulties and how psychological intervention can improve outcomes. My role expanded and I began to support Estella with her clinical caseload.
Growing up in the South Island, I was part of a family that had a very strong food and health culture. What we ate my mother made from scratch and my father led the Otago University physical education programme. I believe this is how my love of tasty, healthy food and fondness for the outdoors and exercise developed.
Every shared meal and food occasion was celebrated when I was young. Conversations often revolved around food too. My mother used to say that if she were in a shipwreck, she'd be the first to shore and would have a meal prepared from seafood and wild vegetables for her fellow passengers by the time they landed.
As child I assumed that homemade bread, yoghurt, cheese and fresh produce and meals enjoyed round the table were the norm in New Zealand families!
I’ve got a strong creative streak which has seen me at various points in my career branch out into writing for magazines, graphic and kitchen design, and marketing. These skills have actually proved useful in my dietetic work. I’ve written articles for GP Magazine, produced nutrition resources for corporates, cardiac patients and adolescents with anorexia nervosa, designed domestic and commercial kitchens and have fronted health segments on a TV show.
Currently I’m working part-time at Shelly Beach Practice with two psychologists and my colleague at Mint, Kate. The focus in that practice is more on the treatment and management of clients with eating disorders.
Kate and I founded Mint Nutrition because it enables us to see a much wider range of clients as well as expand our work within the food service and nutrition education sectors.
I’m very committed to upskilling and have in recent years attended courses on various psychology models including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution-focussed Therapy and Psychodietetics and mindfulness based therapies. I love sharing what I've learnt and have enjoyed lecturing at Auckland and Massey Universities, presenting at conferences and running workshops and training programmes throughout Aotearoa.
I have a busy life but like it that way. My husband Nigel and I have four children between us and together we love celebrating food, friends, music and the outdoors. For me, being in nature goes and in hand with good nutrition. I really enjoy biking, walking and skiing, relaxing on beaches and in the mountains, and being creative.


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There is no record of the deceased having made a Will or at least a Will that is valid. In such an event, the Estate is dealt with under the provisions of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 as subsequently amended.
If there is a Will in place - make sure it's valid!
It is in writing and signed by the Testator or by some other person in his or her presence and by his or her direction.
It appears that the Testator intended by his or her signature to give effect to the Will.
The signature is made or acknowledged by the Testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time.
Each witness either must attest and sign the Will or acknowledge his signature or her signature in the presence of the Testator.
A person who has a benefit under the Will must not be a witness nor should his or her spouse.
It is strongly recommended that witnesses are totally independent from anyone mentioned in the Will or connected with the Will.
Invalid Wills where Wills did not meet the required standard as mentioned above, adds to the figures of people who died intestate. Recent stats show only three in ten people have Wills in place and that £53m was gained by the treasury last year from people who died intestate.
Why is it important to have a Will for you and your family?
The importance here is not to allow one's self to pass away without having made a valid Will. This not only saves one's family a lot of stress during an obviously unfortunate time, but gives peace of mind as the wishes of that person are carried out within the capacity of the Will.
Please look at the Intestacy Rules 2015 as a guidance.
When a husband or wife, who have children, die intestate, the surviving partner is entitled to all the personal chattels of the deceased (this does not include money or securities for money). The spouse will then receive a fixed sum (which is currently the first £250,000 as from the 1st February 2009) plus interest on it at a rate of 6% from the date of death until the date of payment. The spouse will also receive a life interest in half of the estate. The remainder goes to the children in equal shares (in trust if they are minors). On the surviving spouses death, the fund from which the spouse was receiving the income goes to the children upon them having attained the age of eighteen years.
The spouse receives all the personal chattels.
The spouse will also receive a fixed sum (which is currently up to £450,000 as from the 1st February 2009). The remainder is divided into two, the surviving spouse take one half absolutely and the other half is divided between the deceased's relatives according to the law. However, the surviving spouse has personal rights under the Act that should be clarified further by a qualified person in this field of expertise.


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Almost three years after the Campus Avenue residence project was announced, and two years after construction began, the new dorms at Nos. 55 and 65 Campus Ave. are beginning to fulfill their primary purpose.
Since Aug. 19, some two dozen students have moved into the dorms, anticipating the rush of occupants that will start with the arrival of the first-years on Aug. 29.
Yet building work goes on. And the biggest news surrounds Bates’ collaboration with a community partner to create interior artwork for the dorms.
The college and the museum are longtime collaborators on community-engaged learning programs, art exhibitions, performances, and other initiatives. And the project team for the Campus Avenue dorms approached the museum last spring in search of materials that might inspire wall art for Nos. 55 and 65.
The “aha!” moment came during a tour of the museum when the Bates group happened upon a collection of about 200 large silkscreens used to print bedspreads and tablecloths in the 1940s and ’50s.
The collection is the result of a major rescue and preservation effort by the museum: The screens “were scattered everywhere, and we had finally gotten them all in one section of the mill,” says museum director Rachel Desgrosseilliers. Working with Robert Caron, museum project coordinator, Bates student Anna Williams ’16 had helped organize the silkscreens as a member of the Harward Center’s Short Term Action/Research Team.
“We’ve been saying for many years that these would make beautiful artwork of some kind,” Desgrosseilier says.
When the Bates contingent encountered the screens, “there was immediate interest,” says Streifel. “You could feel the history to it. You could almost see those things racked somewhere in that huge space and getting pulled” for use on the manufacturing line.
To design the wall art, Bates turned to Bergmeyer Associates, the Boston firm that designed the College Store’s new space in 65 Campus Ave. After silkscreen patterns were selected for possible adaptation, Will Ash, academic technology consultant in Bates’ Imaging and Computing Center, photographed them.
He then subjected the high-resolution images to a process called vectoring, which permits them to be reproduced at any size with no loss of image quality.
• and etch film applied to the glass walls of study lounges.
For a given space, the same pattern is used for both the wall panel and the etch film. The metal pieces are hung in groupings in the kitchen of 55 Campus, and in the lobbies of 55 and 65 — and the 65 Campus Ave. lobby is open to the public, if you’d like to see a sample for yourself.
The firm that has done other signage for the buildings, Exposé Signs & Graphics of Hopedale, Mass., fabricated and mounted the artwork.
All the artwork is in place, but the project’s not quite finished. The museum is developing wall texts for the silkscreen renderings that will not only name the original designs but, in a sequential flow from text to text, relate the story of the silkscreens to Lewiston’s heyday as a center for textile manufacturing.
Those wall plaques will likely be mounted in October.
Batting cleanup: Project manager Tim Schneider and other staff for Consigli Construction, construction management firm for the Campus Avenue dorm project, will remain at Bates for weeks to come, albeit not full-time. But scheduled to leave Bardwell Street today is the portable field office that housed the Consigli team for more than two years.
Meanwhile, during our visits to 55 and 65 this week, we saw photographers for project design firm Ann Beha Architects documenting the new buildings. On Thursday, technicians for Exposé were mounting a bold sign for the College Store on the 65 Campus Ave. canopy near Central Avenue.
We talked to Matt Phillips ’17, who just moved into a sunny fourth-floor room in 55. He had spent the summer doing an internship in Lewiston, living on campus, and being tantalized by the new building.
Even though occupancy is underway, there are still a few outstanding repairs from the punch-list inspection left to do, Streifel says — mainly items that, for whatever reason, couldn’t be fixed when they were discovered.
And what’s ahead? He anticipates that the dorms will pretty much require his full attention through September, as the occupants “load-test” the buildings. In addition, “there are a lot of close-out and final processes that we need to go through with the architect and Consigli to conclude the project formally.
So Streifel will be immersed in the Campus Avenue dorm project for some time to come — but it’s not too soon to ask how he feels about this endeavor that has occupied virtually all of his workdays since November 2013.
“It was a wonderful opportunity. The feedback, the looks on people’s faces as they look around, and just knowing how these buildings transform that area of campus — and, to a degree, the college itself.
Campus Construction Update returns on Sept. 2 with final reports on the other three projects we have followed during 2016 — Smith and Wentworth Adams dorm renovations, the Campus Avenue Field resurfacing, and the college’s new boathouse.
Can we talk? Campus Construction Update welcomes your questions and comments about current, past, future, and fictitious construction at Bates: Write to dhubley@bates.edu, putting “Campus Construction” or “Could you report on my new garage?” in the subject line. Or use the 21st-century commenting system below.

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The Central African Republic was most recently in the news when armed helicopters assigned to the United Nations mission in the country (MINUSCA) fired at a group of rebels near the town of Bambari. This was deemed necessary to protect civilians from attacks, which has been a central part of MINUSCA’s mandate since 2014, the year after an armed rebellion ousted then-President Francois Bozize. Bambari marks a frontier between two groups that were part of the Séléka—the rebels that deposed Bozize but have since faced off against each other.
Lombard presents CAR as a “limiting case”: a state whose problems are so pronounced that they draw attention to the fault lines running through the model of internationally recognized sovereign statehood itself. Lombard’s fellow anthropologist Carolyn Nordstrom coined the phrase “vanishing points” to describe the gaps that emerge when formal analysis ignores realities that would contradict normative ideals; in Lombard’s account, CAR is a vanishing point ad extremis, where Weberian-Westphalian ideals of bureaucracy, legitimacy, and sovereignty are constantly belied by reality.
The book argues that the particular patterns of dysfunction and conflict that have come to characterize Central African political and economic life are the product of a complex web of relationships. To speak of the Central African state is to claim to see coherence in what is in fact a series of entanglements, both historical and metaphorical. The state that emerges from these entanglements is “a social project among social projects,” no more than one of the ways in which individuals and groups negotiate their place in the world; it is characterized not so much by shared purpose as by contradictory and “destructive understandings.” To speak of this phenomenon in terms of state fragility or capacity is too banal; it misses the fact that, as Stephen Smith writes, “the Central African state is for most citizens a hurtful presence and a painful absence.” (Emphasis added).
Lombard argues that governance—at least as understood in UN-speak today—has been a low priority for both rulers and ruled in the region. That conclusion is based on extensive archival research in Bangui and Paris, complemented by interviews and conversations with a fascinating host of characters. She demonstrates that colonial rulers, slavers, and other raiders were concerned primarily with extraction; while ordinary people sought status, which was primarily determined by proximity to the state.
Here, Lombard invokes Cameroonian political scientist Jean-Francois Bayart’s concept of “extraversion“: the politics of Central Africa has long revolved around the manipulation of one’s relationship with “external” centers of power. While the state may appear obsessed with claims of antiquity and autochthony, it remains arbitrary to speak of its history in terms of “local” and “external” actors. Only in their relation to each other are either the “local” or “external” defined, and there would be no such “place” as Centrafrique without interaction between them.
The importance of extraversion in creating Central African identity is best illustrated by the Sango language. Speaking Sango is seen as the chief marker of being a “true Central African,” as opposed to an (Arabic-speaking) foreigner. (Or worse, Chadean—a dire accusation to level at someone in CAR.) As a trading language, Sango was reasonably familiar to many Central Africans, but it was not widespread until the French adopted it as a working language for the purposes of colonial administration. Central Africans did not learn Sango to affirm a Central African identity—they learned it to gain government salaries from the French. In so doing, they undoubtedly sought the material gains of that salary, yet the intangible gain in status is no less important.
Concern with status is indeed a recurring motif among Lombard’s interlocutors; for good reason, as status confers a measure of security against physical and supernatural threats, and introduces a measure of predictability into societal life. For instance, Lombard meets a retired tax collector who still has receipt cards to show his own taxes were paid each year, dating all the way back to the 1950s. To be found without this receipt was to risk being made to “pay” again, with whatever means were on one’s person; conversely, those who could produce a receipt received deference from petty officials and guards, who would otherwise dismiss them without a second thought.
Much like the division between card-carrying taxpayers and other “lesser” citizens, the division between local and external is also not so much one of origin as of status. It continues to be replicated in the considerable difference in salaries and amenities of expatriate and local staff of international organizations working in the country, or in UN vehicles being waved past any number of official (and less official) roadblocks.
Lombard turns to sociological theory to demonstrate what happens when the source of status is thrown into flux. She first invokes Mozambican scholar Alcinda Honwana’s theory of “waithood” to describe how Central Africans experience the state: an aspiration, toward which occasional progress is made, yet whose realization remains always distant, always in the future. She then turns to Emile Durkheim’s classic definition of anomie—a loss of hope that emerges from social dislocation. Central African society is rife with anomie; where one’s position in society is determined in relation to the state, and the aspiration for the state is evidently unattainable, what follows is a despair and dislocation—what Durkheim called “unmooring“—or a reorientation toward new goals and sources of meaning. In this context, to successfully reform state and society requires above all else the creation of new forms of relationship and meaning that restore certainty to social life.
It is in this light that Lombard speaks of “centuries of failed DDR” (disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration). The point is twofold: First, that the list of unsuccessful attempts at DDR and military reform is far older than typically acknowledged; second, that such efforts will continue to fail unless they can provide not just material but social value. Read in conjunction with Mariel Debos’ contemporary account of “war and interwar” in Chad, which notes that armed violence is for many young men almost the sole viable path to material progress and status, one comes to see the problem with DDR as more than just a failure of management, or even a flaw in its design. The failure stems from a mismatch in values, from attempting to provide a material solution to what is experienced first as an intangible dispossession: the loss of certainty that attends on knowing one’s place in the world, and having that place known by others.
This is not to say that a certainty as to one’s place is necessarily positive either. The most elegant piece of Lombard’s analysis is her application of the work of Max Gluckman, on “social bonds” in Apartheid South Africa, to the Central African context. Gluckman used the term “bond” to evoke a chain—something that binds people to each other, but also restricts them to particular roles, relations, places. Lombard argues that the state—in all its fragility and absence—has become the bond between “local,” “national,” and “external” actors in CAR. The ideal-type state defines each of their roles, constraining what is or is not legitimate for each to do; in the process, it also limits them from doing the things that might actually make an effective state appear. This is the durably dysfunctional state, the hurtful presence and painful absence.
The connection between anomie and violence as social contagion—”war as the violence of the pack” Lombard calls it—will be apparent to those familiar with Durkheim’s writings. Yet Lombard is at pains to stress that explanations for socially contingent phenomena are typically incomplete; explanations of violence cannot possibly capture the altered emotional experience of the violent moment. This book, like her previous work, is about “making sense of the Central African Republic,” but she does so by way of meta-analysis. Rather than trying to account for the behavior of various actors, she encourages the reader to (temporarily) adopt “new habits of mind”: the perspectives of those actors, including the destructive understandings they have come to hold of the country, and of each other.
That approach will be unsatisfying, perhaps, for readers who came to the book in search of explanations. Lombard offers few insights into how to solve the problems that beset CAR; if anything, this book suggests the insights run in the opposite direction—the problems of CAR reflect the fragility and contradictions of the international system. The one tentative solution she offers is to treat the state as a mechanism for distributing basic income, thus providing at least a minimal degree of material and social solace in a manner that Central Africans recognize and expect. Even this suggestion seems impractical, because donors may be unwilling to foot the bill, and because characterizing the state in this manner diverges too far from the ideal of sovereign equality written into the UN Charter. It may indeed be a solution for the problem of violence, but it is certainly not a sustainable solution to the challenges of state dysfunction, fragility, incapacity, and absence.
Nonetheless, State of Rebellion is a thought-provoking read for all those who do seek to work on those problems; as an invitation to integrity and intellectual humility, it may be one of the most outstanding examples of the ethnography of conflict since Paul Richards’ account of Sierra Leone in Fighting for the Rainforest and, indeed, Lombard herself sees the book as fitting into the genre that Richards began. State presence and stability in CAR may remain a distant goal, but Lombard’s incisive and fluent writing—leavened with flashes of dark humor—goes a long way in reducing the empathetic distance between the reader and the people whose daily struggles she so vividly captures.

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The BBC is financing the film, with Cohen Media Group closing a deal Thursday night for U.S. and Canada distribution rights.
Kristin Scott Thomas has joined Maggie Smith and Kevin Kline in My Old Lady, the directorial debut of celebrated playwright and screenwriter Israel Horovitz.
The BBC is coming on board to finance the film, with Cohen Media Group closing a deal Thursday night for U.S. and Canada distribution rights.
International sales are being handled by Protagonist Pictures.
Lady sees Kline as a down-and-out New Yorker who travels to Paris to settle affairs dealing with an inherited apartment. He discovers a refined older woman (Smith) living there with her daughter, to be played by Scott Thomas. Dominique Pinon is already on board as a real-estate agent who gets involved in the complicated dealings.
Horowitz is adapting his own award-winning play. Shooting is set to begin Sept. 26 in Paris.
Rachael Horovitz, whose credits include Moneyball and Grey Gardens, is producing with Gary Foster (Sleepless in Seattle) as are Nitsa Benchetrit and David Barro.
Charles Cohen and Daniel Battsek will executive produce for CMG while BBC Films’ Joe Oppenheimer and Christine Langan will executive produce for BBC Films. David Atrakchi, Boris Mendza and Gael Cabouat of Fulldawa Films are co-producing.


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Why You Learn About Food Nutrition Facts?
If you’re a parent then you know just how important nutrition can be to your growing child. You’ll also know just how difficult it is to get that nutrition into your child. It’s an almost impossible task these days to get your child to eat properly, and it’s probably a good bet that you don’t get too many nutrition rich foods into you either. However, you do need to be aware of what a proper diet can do for you, and for this a guide to some food nutrition facts might just be what you need. These days it’s just so difficult to get anything into your kids mouths unless it’s first been run through a vigorous treatment of processing. Anything where all the goodness has been leached out, or alternately where all the nutrition has been overwhelmed by other substances, is the type of food that you’ll find is what your kids want to eat.
And when you’re in a hurry, this is the food that you’ll resort to eating as well. Almost all processed foods are at the root of all your bad eating habits, and you should become of aware of this so as to be able to at least put a halt on it. You won’t be able to do it cold turkey, and you might not even be able to do it at all, but if you know your food nutrition facts it’ll be that much easier for you to make an informed decision. Food nutrition facts can help you decide what foods are not good for you and what foods are. You’ll even come across some food nutrition facts that target fast foods alone.
From this you should be able to decide which type of fast foods you really should stay away from, and which types are alright to eat. When you start learning about food nutrition facts there’s even a good chance that you might become so horrified to learn what you’re eating that you might even try a complete change in your diet. Even if this only lasts for a little while, it’s okay, since you’ve tried a better healthy living plan. You might lack the commitment to it now, but when you’re ready you’ll come back to it and start looking into all those food nutrition facts again. There’s really only one thing that you need to remember right now though, and that is that processed foods are bad for you. Along with artificially sweetened beverages these can become an unhealthy living style for you and your kids. So look into some food nutrition facts and find a better way of living and eating that will be healthier all around. You’ll not only be healthier for it, but ultimately you’ll be happier for it too.


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The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetime by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. Cub Scout Pack 131 is a program for boys who are at least 6 years old or in first grade through fifth grade. Boy Scout Troop 131 is for any boy who has completed the fifth grade, or who is a Cub Scout who has earned the Arrow of Light Award, or is at least 11 years old but not yet 18. The St. Philip Cub and Boy Scout program is open to any boy who is a member of the Parish, without regard to the school he attends.
Boys Scouts: two Monday night Troop meetings a month. Meetings at 7:00 p.m. in the Ministry Center Scout Room.
Cub Scouts: one Sunday Pack meeting each month.

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For other uses, see Megas.
Megas is a fictional character from the Micronauts series introduced in 1980. He was the Star Stallion partner to The Big Emperor. He can turn into a wheeled horse. He can also combine with The Big Emperor to form a centaur.
Megas is the horse (or Star Stallion) partner of The Big Emperor.
The toy for Megas was first developed as Panzeoid for the Steel Keeg series.
The Andromeda toy was designed by Iwakichi Ogawa and was filed for US patent in 1977.
Megas was one of the final toys in the Micronauts toy line. He was released in 1980 by Mego's partners El Greco, Lion Rock and Gig, but not by Mego itself.
In 2002 Palisades released Emperor with Megas as a set in 3 different color variants.
In 2018 several parts for Megas were released on Shapeways.
Lion Rock made the only release of this toy in English, as Mego never released it.
Released as a set in a variety of colors including black/gold, translucent green/silver and white/purple.
Several parts for Megas are available on Shapeways.
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A labor department in Europe was widely viewed by the public as bureaucratic, inefficient, and having little impact on the nation’s high unemployment rate. In addition to its image problem, the agency had major operational challenges. Its tens of thousands of employees operated within a highly complex and poorly defined organizational structure, and had few clear goals against which to measure their success.
As part of a larger campaign to tackle the high unemployment rate, the government asked McKinsey to help improve the labor agency’s performance. Specifically, the McKinsey team was asked to support the reform of the agency’s governance and operational model, as well as an overhaul of its IT systems.
Because the agency manages unemployment insurance benefits while also acting as a social-support organization, its mission had become cloudy. We helped the client articulate goals based on efficient and effective insurance-benefit distribution, while also incorporating its imperative to fulfill specific social-support tasks as needed.
The agency had been measuring its success according to outcomes over which it did not have complete control (for example, the number of people in the country who were unemployed at the end of each month). We helped the client create a new set of key performance indicators—such as the share of individuals who were registered as unemployed and were subsequently placed in a new job—that more directly measure its impact and performance.
We helped the client identify the data, reporting formats, and regular dialogues that would be necessary to embed a performance culture into the organization. We also worked with the agency to better distribute management responsibilities and to clarify objectives.
We helped the client develop a customer segmentation that, instead of using demographic criteria such as age or gender, focused on assessing an unemployed individual’s “market readiness” and the types of support he or she needs in order to gain employment.
The agency offered limited desk hours for walk-in appointments, and customers seeking services often faced long wait times. We helped redesign the operational setup of both the head office and the regional locations so that processes were streamlined, coordinated, and customer focused. We helped the client separate simple administrative tasks from more complicated, appointment-only services such as job counseling. We also helped establish call centers and worked with the client to improve its online service systems.
The agency had been using IT systems primarily for operational processes such as benefits calculations, and was not mining its vast reserves of data for deeper insights that could help evaluate the effectiveness of specific employment supports and interventions. We worked with the client to overhaul its IT strategy, enabling the agency to provide systematic, differentiated counseling of job seekers and a more efficient allocation of program spending. We also helped train an extensive network of “change agents” to implement improved processes and new tools at the regional and local levels.
Since the transformation effort, the agency’s reputation has improved dramatically, and its leadership has been lauded by the mainstream press. Regular surveys show greatly increased satisfaction among employees and customers, wait times for job seekers at local offices have dropped to almost zero minutes, and the agency has doubled the amount of time that counselors spend with job seekers—without increasing the number of counseling staff. The percentage of unemployed citizens reintegrated into the labor market jumped more than three percentage points in only 2 years, and unemployment benefit payments declined by 5 percent each year for 2 straight years.


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At least 13 transgenders will contest the Pakistan general elections this year. Two of them will contest for the National Assembly and the rest for provincial assemblies.
This was officially announced on Wednesday at a national consultation organised by the All Pakistan Transgender Election Network (APTEN) in collaboration with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), The Express Tribune reported on Thursday.
The national consultation was attended by all the potential candidates and representatives from their assigned constituencies where they highlighted their demands and the importance of political inclusion and empowerment of transgender persons in Pakistan.
Sharing the names of some of the potential candidates, APTEN said it includes Farzana Riaz (NA-33), Arzu Khan (PK-33), Lubna (PP-26), Komal (PP-38), Madam Bhutto (PP-189), Nayab (NA-142), Nadeem Kasish (Candidate for National Assembly), Ashee (Candidate from Punjab) and others.
The objective of this consultation was to bring all the candidates and other stakeholders at discussion table where they could share their concerns and way forward. The major concern of the candidates was regarding their identity documents such as CNIC among others. Some of them have CNIC in which they are mentioned as male in gender section but by appearance, they look like women.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Qamar Naseem, member of the Chief Minister’s Special Community on Rights of the Transgender Persons (K-P) and member of the National Task Force said the ECP Act 2017 under Article 48 A and B transgender community are included in the vulnerable community which means that they shall not be required to stand in queue and will be given priority of right to vote.
Naseem further said that the last time, four transgenders contested the general election but they could not do it in proper order. However, this year the community has constituted APTEN, which will provide them a platform from where they will contest the election in an organised manner.


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Departamento de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Instituto de Filosofía, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; mariaj.santesmases@cchs.csic.es.
In this paper I analyze the trajectory of research objects and experiments on tumor cells that led the Swedish geneticist, Albert Levan, through successive collaborations with Theodore Hauschka in Philadelphia (U.S.) and Joe Hin Tjio in Lund (Sweden), from plants to mice and from mice to human chromosomes. Tumor chromosomes were created and recreated in mice bodies by Eva Klein and Georg Klein as ascites—fluid—tumors, whereas human tumors were transplanted from the bodies of cancer patients into mice by Helene W. Toolan. The cultures of cytogenetics and microscopic observation were therefore opened up, from agricultural and botanical research to the clinical laboratory. I suggest it was research on tumors and cancer cells that led to a method for obtaining clear slides, thereby providing evidence of the new number of forty-six human chromosomes, as presented by Tjio and Levan in 1956. Along this research trajectory, the knowledge and practices of cytogenetics were medicalized—a medicalization that situated both cancer research and cytogenetics at the origins of biomedicine.


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Faithful Steward? or Easy Target?
Monetary tithing is not giving back to God. It is giving to an extortioner. A decietful pastor who has manipulated the word of Truth in such a way that he is able to rob you with your consent.
The pastor has convinced you that God requires ten percent of your monetary income and that he has the authority to receive that alleged tithe. Many pastors use Malachi 3:8-10 to guilt you into tithing. Still others will use the passage to instill the fear of a curse for not tithing. Many even take it to the extreme and say you will end up in hell for not tithing.
Considering the definition of Extortion given above, it is easy to see that these pastors who teach a monetary tithe requirement are all guilty of employing extortion tactics in order to acquire ten percent of your monetary income.
My Bible tells me that giving to God is feeding the hungry; drink to the thirsty; clothes to the naked; medical attention to the sick; and hospitality to the foreigner.
My Bible further tells me that stewards are to be found faithful. It is not faithful stewardship to give a lying preacher your money.
2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
The pastor denies the Lord that bought him.
Oh, he may argue that he does not deny the Lord,… but in reality, he does.
You see, in order to teach a god that requires monetary tithing; in order to teach a god that will curse someone for not tithing his money; in order to teach a god that calls those who do not tithe their money “robbers of God,” one has to deny the true God,… the God that said His holy tithe is agricultural crops, flocks and herds.
The Psalmist wrote in Psalms 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path”. Since there is no command or instruction in the word of God for monetary tithes to be given to Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogue or Church, in order for anyone to teach or preach a monetary tithe, that one must depart from the illumination that God has provided through His word, and walk a dark path of deception.
Monetary tithe teachers reject the true God for a god of their own greed.
Proverbs 29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
So many preachers and teachers of the monetary tithe requirement lie are guilty of ignoring the plight of the poor.
Through the tithing lie, preacher teach the poor that the way out of poverty is to submit ten percent of what little money they have into their kingdoms they call “church”.
And because many of the poor do not read their Bibles, they fall prey to these ravening wolves and their unjust taxation.
Friends and Brethren, I encourage you to be as the Berean’s of old. Don’t stop at receiving what the pastor is saying and take that for truth. Search the Scriptures to see if what you are being told is truth.
If it is not, it should be rejected.
The monetary tithe requirement doctrine is not truth. If you spent the next three years of your life writing down every single verse in your Bible from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, you would discover that there are no verses in the entire text of the Bible that teach a monetary tithe requirement doctrine.
Pastor’s have handled the word of God deceitfully. God never commanded such a tithe. Nor did He ever authorizes such a doctrine to be taught in the local assemblies of His Body.
b) remove those teachers of the monetary tithe doctrine from their teaching and preaching positions. They are leading you away from truth, not to truth.
They are even guilty of teaching a false god. They teach a god that requires tithes of one’s monetary income, when the true God never required tithes of monetary income.
In Matthew 7:15, Jesus warned of false prophets who would seem to be legit men of God but are inwardly extortioners. It’s high time the Body of Believer’s took Jesus’ warning seriously.
Taking into account the wisdom found in Proverbs 29:7, it is safe to say that God would rather you give money directly to a poor person in the congregation than to the deceiver in the pulpit.
1. What is one supposed to tithe?
Pastor’s Answer: Monetary income/ Employment wages.
2. When is one supposed to tithe?
Pastor’s Answer: Weekly or Bi-weekly, depending on your payday.
3. Who is one supposed to tithe to?
Pastor’s Answer: Your tithe is to go to the pastor of your local church.
4. Where is one supposed to tithe?
Pastor’s Answer: Your tithe is to go to the House of God, your local church.
5. Why is one supposed to tithe?
It is clear that many pastors today handle the word of God deceitfully and manipulate members of their congregation into turning their eyes and their ears away from God’s word when it comes to the doctrine of God’s holy tithe.
Do you sit under these deceitful pastors? Is the god they preach a god that requires you to tithe your monetary income and/or employment wages? If so, flee that den of iniquity.
They are more interested in your money than your soul. Otherwise, they would not be lying to you.
Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
If you are in a religious institution dba a “church” and it teaches that “God requires you to tithe your monetary income to the Church”,… you are in the wrong “church”.
The pastor that attempts to insult my intelligence by saying that God requires tithes of my monetary income, only succeeds in revealing his own ignorance of and/or rebellion against of what God’s word says concerning His holy tithe.
How I long to see the day when those who assume the office of Apostle/Prophet/Evangelist/Pastor or Teacher cease their oppression of the people they claim to be leading in the paths of righteousness.
Sadly, so many will never admit to their congregations that they have oppressed them through the false doctrine of a monetary tithe requirement and are leading them down a dark path of deception.
Many congregants who are poor suffer the most. They are accused of “robbing God,” and made to feel guilty if they do not give ten percent of their monthly Social Security checks, or of their widow’s pension, or of their hard-earned money to the local assembly they are a member of.
They are often reminded that the apostle Paul said that no thief will enter Heaven, and that if they fail to tithe their monetary income they will be denied entrance into that eternal Kingdom of rest and peace in Christ Jesus.
Still others are threatened with curses upon their families, their jobs, their finances, their vehicles, and their health if they do not submit to the command to tithe their monetary income.
The preachers will quote Malachi 3:8-10 to strengthen their oppressive tactics.
Given the facts concerning tithing from the Scriptures, we can say without reserve that New Covenant Believers in Christ Jesus need not fear the threats levied at them from the pulpit. They can ignore the accusations that are hurled at them from the platform.
God is not going to curse anyone for not tithing their monetary income. Nor will He cast them in Hell for not tithing. The only prerequisite to entering God’s eternal Kingdom is that one must be born again through faith in God’s only begotten Son Jesus Christ.
There are only a handful of instances where we find people tithing in the word of God. A true “Biblical Scholar” shouldn’t have a problem looking up those few instances.
It is very clear that you are not being taught the truth about the tithe, though the preachers claim they are teaching the truth. If you are believing these teachers of the monetary tithe requirement doctrine, you are not tithing what God said is to be tithed. Nor are you tithing to whom God said His tithe is to be given. Nor are you tithing where God said His tithe is to be given.
Actually, you are doing things the preacher’s way, since it is the preachers that have deceived you into believing that God requires you to tithe your monetary income, and into believing that they are the rightful recipient of the tithe.
God said in Leviticus 27:30-33 that His holy tithe is to come from agricultural increase. When the preachers say that God’s tithe is monetary, they call God a liar.
You are following man’s perversion of the tithe, and not God’s word.
In the Bible, #tithes were never commanded for, carried to, collected in, or controlled by the New Testament Body of Believer’s commonly known as the Ekklesia.
God’s word is laid out for you to study. You have been deceived by ravening wolves disguised as men of God, and they are extorting your money, They are teaching a doctrine that is totally foreign to the pages of God’s holy word.
Extortion: The obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.
So many today are posting the acronym D.E.B.T. on their Facebook pages. D.E.B.T. stands for Doing Everything But Tithing.
Those posting the acronym look down on those who do not imitate them and put ten percent of their monetary income, oft-times accusing them of being “stingy” with their money.
However, when one holds these people’s “tithing” practice against the mirror of God’s word, one can see that the ones who are giving ten percent of their monetary income are not tithing at all.
They insist that the Law of #tithing has not been abolished and is to be obeyed. And yet, they aren’t even obeying the Law of tithing themselves.
The Law of tithing said that God’s #tithe is to be taken from agricultural crops and livestock. (Lev. 27:30-33) They are not tithing agricultural crops and livestock as the Law demands,… They are instead attempting to tithe their money.
The Law of tithing said that God’s tithe is to be obeyed only after crossing the river Jordan and entering into the Promised Land. (Deut. 6:1-3; 12:1,10-11) They are not tithing in the Promised Land.. They are instead attempting to tithe in another geographical location.
The Law of tithing said that tithes are to be given to physical descendants of the tribe of Levi. (Num. 18:24-26; Deut. 14:27; Neh. 10:37-38) They are not giving tithes to the physical descendants of Levi as the Law demands. They are instead attempting to tithe to a pastor who isn’t even one of Levi’s descendants.
The Law of tithing said that every third year the tithe is to be given to widows, orphans and foreigners. (Deut. 14:28-29; Deut. 26:12) They are not tithing to widows, orphans and foreigners every three years as the Law demands. They are instead attempting to tithe to a religious institution.
It is very clear that they are not obeying the Law of the tithe, though they claim to be doing so. The only thing they are doing is submitting to God’s command to tithe, but ignoring God from that point forward. Instead of tithing to whom God said to tithe to, where God said to tithe, and what God said to tithe, they have chosen to do things their way and not God’s way.
Actually, they are doing things their Pastor’s way, since it is their pastor that has deceived them into believing that God requires them to tithe their monetary income, and into believing that he is the authorized recipient of “God’s holy tithe”.
They are following man in the tithe, and not God’s word.
It is abundantly clear that those using the acronym D.E.B.T. to accuse others are guilty themselves of Doing Everything But Tithing.
The monetary tithe requirement doctrine is totally foreign to the pages of God’s holy word.

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1. Excuse me! Would you mind removing your hair so that I can see my screen clearly?
2. Excuse me! Your hair is blocking my screen.
#2. The first sounds like removing the hair from the head.
Tho both are more polite than what I'd say!
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Hello all my honey pretties! It’s been about a week since we’ve all joined Crunchy Betty’s Honey Face Wash Challenge. I wanted to check-in and see how everyone is coming along! Let’s get a discussion going!
My skin feels tighter and more refreshed.
The more I got used to this method the easier it became to spread the honey on my face and use the right amount for my face.
It doesn’t take much honey at all and by working it around your face, that helps it get into the pores and your skin a bit better.
I like to use the honey as a light mask, so I leave it on my face for a few minutes. In the mornings I put it on before I get in the shower. That way it sits on my face for a few minutes while I’m dry brushing. I like the way my skin feels after having the honey on for that extra time.
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Have you been dutifully washing your face for a week with raw honey? Have you noticed any changes?
Also, Crunchy Betty posted how to remove makeup with honey so be sure to swing over and check that out!
It’s hard for me to imagine going without moisturizer! If honey could make that happen (or reduce my dependency) that would be amazing. Is it difficult / sticky to wash off?
Alyse, it’s not sticky or hard to remove at all. It actually washes away easily with warm water, leaving no residue. Just rub some on your hand and wash it off to see!
Today is my second day of doing it, although I’m only doing it once daily. So far so good! I’ve put it on my face and arms, leaving it on for about 5 minutes. Can’t wait to see my results after a week! It definitely feels better on my skin than the Neutrogena Naturals face wash I’ve been using.
YaY Nicole! I can’t wait to hear what you think after a week!
I hadn’t heard of this before – I am intrigued and may give it a try! I have pretty sensitive skin, so anytime I can switch to a natural product that isn’t too inconvenient, it’s worth a shot.
Charise, if you do give it a try, let me know what you think of it! Soon I’ll be pushing the two week mark.


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Arthur Boyle joined my Journalism class as a senior –– he had taken my AP Comp class last year, and during spring registration, I badgered him enough about taking journalism the following year that he finally gave in. I love it when AP Comp students join the journalism class as seniors –– they offer a perspective and maturity that I don’t always see right away with sophomore and junior writers, and they have a grasp of voice and narrative timing that younger writers just don’t have. They’re also used to coming up with their own ideas and challenging the status quo.
As second semester started, Arthur had an idea for a feature story that challenged one of our basic class guidelines –– he wanted to use first person. My first reaction was that while first person is fine for opinions pieces and humor columns and maybe reviews, our news, sports, and features stories should be written from an objective perspective. Then he told me more about his idea — he wanted to write about our own journalism program and give people a sense of the passion of the students on the staff. Another rule I’ve always had is that the Journalism class doesn’t write about the Journalism class, but since we were breaking one rule, I figured I might as well let him go for it.
And I’m glad I did too –– that story has opened up a whole avenue for my stronger writers. And I have to admit, this is, after all, the type of writing I most enjoy reading. Many of the articles I read in Harper’s, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, or Outside all use first person. The newspapers I read have columnists who use the first person voice as they share the stories that come across their desks about people from around the state.
I laid out a few guidelines for him –– he could use first person but the bulk of the story would need to come from interviews. We didn’t need a long narrative that was just his observations, but rather a story where his perspective could add some shape and color to the story. And I made sure that he understood the difference between good first person and bad first person. Too often, writers use first person details that are completely unneeded.
His story on the Journalism program ended up being the one the editors were most interested in publishing, and it’s the story I got the most feedback on from people around school — all positive. For his second story that uses the first person voice, he tracked down a graduate from 10 years ago who’s started multiple businesses, the latest being a comic book shop and Magic the Gathering destination in downtown Minneapolis. Another senior writer in the class who was just named valedictorian wanted to write about the experience of being a valedictorian, and she tracked down valedictorians from the last five years to get their perspective and blend it in with her own. When I checked our Google Analytics traffic for the last month — these three stories were in the top ten most-read stories.
We have another story in progress about some freshmen who formed their own band, and the writer of this story had a good enough draft, but it felt like it didn’t quite have enough life to it. When we were talking about the story, she told me that she was the first audience this band had ever had –– it struck me as an interesting detail that could only be included if she embraced the first-person perspective for the story. She’s now reworking the story to include her own experiences being the band’s first audience, and this first-person voice is allowing her to capture details that otherwise would have gone unreported.
There are times when stories need to maintain an objective distance, but there are a lot of stories in the high-school journalism world that could be made so much more engaging when the writer embraces that experience. I’m glad that this year’s writers have been willing to try something new. They’ve proven to me that old writing teacher’s adage: in order for student writing to be good, students have to write what they know about.
Reading this piece provides me with some validation with what we have done with some stories this year. It actually began last year; one student wanted to write about her mother’s working relationship with Chuck Colson, one of the President’s men.
As Colson passed away last year, my writer, Haley Vaughn, along with her mother, attended his funeral. Haley’s mother co-wrote several books with Colson; this provided the need for that first person slant. I inititally hesitated, but soon realized the potential for first person voice in journalism beyond the OpEd page.
This year, one of my writers, Jakob Weizman, wrote a first person piece on having a cochlear implant and interviewed his mother about the day he discovered sound for the first time. It was quite powerful- leading our staff to build coverage around his first person piece.
I see myself using this methods of writing more and more- afterall, many of my writers have become excellent storytellers, and their stories should be revealed without the traditional weight of objectivity.


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Buying tip: Hold the umbrella up against a light source - defects can readily be seen.
The appearance of the frame tells much about its "expiration date". In ascending order of durability are black painted, nickel, and brass. In order to stand up to wind, the frame must be strong yet flexible. The rib material should be able to quickly give, but then spring back to its original form. The future belongs to frames made of fibreglass as they are ultralight and flexible. Frames made of tempered spring steel are even more stable, but also heavier.
Buying tip: Even though aluminium frames are feather-light, they can quickly become bent in strong winds.
On an umbrella rivets are located at all nexus points where the ribs are attached, and where the stretcher and joints allow for frame mobility. With metal frames rivets should be solid, not hollow. These are the most difficult to work with, but offer the greatest durability. That is not such a big problem with carbon or fibreglass ribs. A compromise, but not an optimal solution, is achieved with partially solid rivets (which have a hole only on one side).
Buying tip: Look for solid metal joints.
The right length is a key factor to consider with non-telescoping umbrellas. When standing straight the umbrella should reach your wrist, otherwise you may well have problems with your shoulders and arms. In terms of material, wood remains as before the first choice. But only if the handle and shaft are made of one continuous turned or natural piece. Steel shafts with attached handles are far superior to wooden shafts with attached handles. Steel shafts should have a nylon bumper on the end of the shaft. This prevents a sharp burr from being formed on the end of the shaft.
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