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Zim Online
Fri 16 December 2005
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government has begun deploying hundreds of
soldiers on state farms as part of a new Stalinist-style command agriculture
drive that President Robert Mugabe says is necessary to boost farm output
and end food shortages in the country.
Addressing Parliament last week, Mugabe said the new farm exercise,
codenamed Operation Food Security, would see selected privately-owned farms
required to produce specific quantities of strategic crops such as maize,
wheat and tobacco.
Zimbabwe army soldiers would also be deployed on farms owned by the
state Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (ARDA) to produce food under
the plan.
Investigations by ZimOnline revealed that the government has since
last week been moving soldiers from various army camps to more than 50 ARDA
farms dotted across the country to grow crops there.
For example, our reporters were this week able to witness hundreds of
soldiers being transported from the army's 3 Brigade headquarters near
Mutare city in Manicaland province to various ARDA farms in the province,
which is one of the country's prime agricultural regions.
Senior army officers, who spoke on condition that they were not named,
said that the movement of soldiers to farms was being carried out
"Our men will cover farms in Manicaland but the operation is
countrywide and each brigade will focus on farms in its zone," said one
colonel, who agreed to talk to our reporters.
At most of the farms where soldiers have moved in thousands of
workers, except managers and those with special skills, have been dismissed
to allow the army men to take control of operations, our investigations
It was not possible to get comment from Defence Minister Sydney
Sekeramayi or from Agriculture Minister Joseph Made on the government's
latest farming initiative that agricultural experts have said is certain to
fail simply because soldiers are trained to fight and not to grow crops or
milk cows.
The experts also say that shortages of fuel and farm inputs that have
hampered civilian farmers would also hinder the soldiers from producing
adequate food to end severe hunger gripping Zimbabwe over the past five
But State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa, who is also in charge of
land reform and food aid distribution, defended the use of soldiers to try
and revive Zimbabwe's collapsed agricultural sector.
"They (the army) have been helping in other government operations. The
army has agricultural experts and the manpower and we are sure they will
come in handy," Mutasa said.
On a visit to ARDA Odzi farm, formerly known as Kondozi farm and one
of Zimbabwe's biggest agro-export projects before it was seized by the state
last year, our reporters could see soldiers already taking run operations at
the farm that is located less than 50km west of Mutare.
Some workers at the farm that had become near derelict since being
taken over by the state said they had been told to leave because the
soldiers would now be doing all the farm work.
"They (soldiers) just sent us home without giving us our pay. They
said they were taking over everything at the farm," said Mavis Matongwe, a
former worker at ARDA Odzi. She said many of her colleagues had already left
the farm for their rural homes or to look for alternative jobs at
neighbouring farms.
Zimbabwe has grappled severe food shortages after Mugabe's
controversial farm seizure programme destabilised the mainstay agricultural
sector, knocking down food production by about 60 percent.
Once a regional bread basket, Zimbabwe has largely survived on food
handouts from international relief agencies for the past five years. An
estimated three million people or a quarter of the 12 million Zimbabweans
require more than one million tonnes of food aid between now and the next
harvest around March/April 2006 or they will starve. - ZimOnline
Zim online
Fri 16 December 2005
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government is frantically working to introduce
legislation to enable it to withdraw passports from political opponents and
critics, authoritative sources told ZimOnline on Thursday.
President Robert Mugabe's government last August controversially
amended Zimbabwe's constitution to give itself powers to seize citizens'
passports. But the lack of an Act of Parliament empowering the state to
exercise the powers granted it under the constitution saw immigration
authorities this week being forced to return the passports of three
government critics they had seized.
A senior legal officer at the government Attorney General (AG)'s
office told ZimOnline that state Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede was among
senior government officials pushing for legislation to enable the seizure of
"Since Mudede was told by the AG's office that it is illegal for him
to just take away people's passports he has been agitating for the required
legislation to be put in place and I can tell that the government is now
focusing on this issue as a matter of urgency," said the legal officer, who
spoke anonymously for professional reasons.
The officer said it was however impractical that the government could
enact such legislation, which he said had not even been drafted, this year.
But he would not rule out the possibility of a decree by Mugabe to allow
seizure of passports while awaiting the required law to be passed by
Under the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act, Mugabe is
allowed to decree laws for a limited period after which such legislation
either lapses or is endorsed by Parliament.
Efforts to reach both Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and AG Sobuza
Gula-Ndebele yesterday for comment on the matter were fruitless.
Immigration officers last week seized the passports of newspaper
publisher Trevor Ncube and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
politician Paul Themba Nyathi saying their names appeared on a list of
people whose travel documents should be impounded.
But they had to return Ncube's passport after conceding that they had
no legal right to impound it while Nyathi's passport was only returned when
a court ruled that the immigration department had acted without the required
legal backing.
The government was still holding onto trade unionist's Raymond
Majongwe's passport which they seized on Wednesday but was expected to
return it.
The Harare government says it needs to ban several leaders of the
opposition, journalists and officials of civic society groups from
travelling abroad to prevent them from campaigning for international
sanctions against Mugabe and top officials of his government.
The Zimbabwean leader and his top officials are already under special
visa and financial sanctions from the United States, European Union
countries, New Zealand, Switzerland and Australia for failing to uphold
human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Political analysts say the seizure of passports of critics and
political opponents suggested Mugabe and ZANU PF, who boosted their hold on
power with a landslide victory in a controversial election last month, were
panicking in the face of swelling public discontent because of worsening
economic hardships. - ZimOnline
Zim online
Fri 16 December 2005
HARARE - Police and officials from the Broadcasting Authority of
Zimbabwe (BAZ) on Thursday raided the offices of a private broadcasting
company in Harare, seized computers and arrested three of the broadcaster's
A lawyer of the broadcasting company, Voice of the People (VOP), who
spoke to ZimOnline by phone from Harare central police station, said the
reporters were to spend the night at the police station. But the lawyer said
it was unclear yet what charges if any the police would prefer against the
"We are still at the police station . . . they said they want to
interview our journalists," said VOP lawyer, Jacob Mafume.
The government's draconian Broadcasting Act requires radio and
television firms to obtain licences from the BAZ to be allowed to broadcast
from the southern African nation.
VOP does not broadcast from Zimbabwe although it maintains offices and
reporters in the country. The station broadcasts into the southern African
country from the Netherlands and is one of several radio stations
broadcasting into Zimbabwe from outside the country.
The foreign-based radio stations were set up by Zimbabwean
broadcasters unable to set up their studios in the country because of
stringent conditions under the Broadcasting Act.
The VOP offices were once bombed by unknown assailants five years ago.
Yesterday, about 10 plain clothes police and two BAZ officials stormed
the offices of the radio company saying they wanted to search for
broadcasting equipment. The police, who had a search warrant, ordered
everyone at the office to switch off their mobile phones and not to leave
the building until they were through with their search.
The police also attempted to seize documents from the offices but were
stopped by the VOP lawyers who pointed out that the search warrant allowed
police to look for broadcasting equipment only. The raid on the private
broadcaster comes barely 48 hours after a vitriolic attack by government
Information Minister Tichaona Jokonya against the privately-owned media
which he accused of being paid by Western countries to tarnish the image of
President Robert Mugabe and his government.
Jokonya threatened to take unspecified but tough measures against the
small but vibrant privately-owned media. - ZimOnline
Zim online
Fri 16 December 2005
HARARE - A lawyer representing a Chegutu farmer who was arrested
earlier this week for allegedly destroying a neighbour's seed maize crop on
Thursday turned on the complainant accusing him of extortion and blackmail.
Thomas Beattie was arrested on Monday in the small farming town of
Chegutu, about 100km west of Harare, after he was accused by a resettled
black farmer, Mashava Mugwagwa, of destroying his maize seed crop.
But Beattie, who spent two days in custody, was released on Wednesday
after Mugwagwa withdrew charges in the "spirit of good neighbourliness".
A lawyer who represented Beattie in court, Ozias Musamirapamwe, told
ZimOnline that contrary to state media reports that Beattie had sabotaged
the resettled farmer's crop, Mugwagwa had sought to use blackmail to force
his client to prepare 60 hectares of seed maize contrary to their initial
Beattie had entered into an agreement with Mugwagwa whereby the
resettled farmer would cede 10 hectares on an adjacent piece of land to
allow Beattie to increase his seed maize crop. In return Beattie would
provide seed, equipment and prepare a similar portion of land on the other
side of the farm for Mugwagwa.
"Mugwagwa turned round and demanded that Beattie prepare 60 hectares
instead of the 10 they had agreed upon," the lawyer said.
"Even the magistrate rapped Mugwagwa in court for trying to extort his
Newly resettled black farmers have had an uneasy relationship with the
few remaining white farmers whom the government accuses of failing to accept
the new realities on land ownership in Zimbabwe.
President Robert Mugabe five years ago violently seized large swathes
of commercial farmland for redistribution to landless blacks in a campaign
he said was necessary to correct historical imbalances in land allocation.
But the farm seizures slashed food production by 60 percent as the new black
farmers lack sufficient skills and experience to maintain production on the
farms. - ZimOnline
Andrew Meldrum in Pretoria
Friday December 16, 2005
The Guardian
President Robert Mugabe is aiming to be top of the pops in Zimbabwe
with a CD of speeches that will be promoted as "good home entertainment".
Mugabe Speaks, a compilation, will also "be useful to scholars", said
Webster Shamu, minister of policy implementation and a former disc jockey.
Some of the speeches are from the late-1970s, when Mr Mugabe was leading the
nationalist war against Rhodesia's white minority rule.
It is not known how much the disc will cost: with inflation above
500%, shops increase their prices at least once a week.
This Day, Nigeria
From Tunde Sanni in Ilorin, 12.15.2005
Impressed by the success of the commercial farming initiative of Governor
Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, President Olusegun Obasanjo would today hold a
retreat with all the state governors in Kaduna to explore the possibility of
replicating the initiative in other states.
Already, two states, Nassarawa and Oyo have expressed willingness to embrace
the commercial farming idea and have directed the pioneers of the programme
in Tsonga, Kwara State, the Commercial Farmers Union {CFU} to come over to
their respective states to commence the programme.
The Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Adamu Bello who led Governor Adamu
Abdullahi of Nassarawa State and the Deputy Governors of Oyo, Kaduna and
Kogi, Mr. Adebayo Alao Akala, Mr. Patrick Yakoha and Mr. Phillips Salawu
told newsmen at the end of a day summit to understudy the Zimbabwean Farmers
in Tsonga hinted that the retreat with Obasanjo and the governors would
discuss among other things explore funding/interest rates as well as the
problems confronting the white farmers.
Prior to the retreat, Adamu had disclosed that the Presidency after his
visit to the state to assess the progress of the Zimbabwe Farmers had met
with the expatriate farmers at Aso Rock where he had recommended the
commercial farming initiative to 12 states and had directed them come to
Kwara to see things for themselves.
The minister who was fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the
meeting stated that the retreat would also involve the governor of the
Central Bank of Nigeria and other bank chiefs in the country with a view to
securing formal official interest ceiling on all agric loans.
He stressed that in its determination to ensure the success of the White
Farmers programme, the federal government had set up a technical committee
to advise and added that funding would play critical roles in the success of
the programme.
Bello admitted the problem poor power supply can generate for the
agriculture policy of the government and added that a federal government
committee is now at work to look into how the current power supply
generation in the country can be improved upon.
On the embrace of the commercial farmers initiative by the governments of
Nassarawa and Oyo, the minister assured that the Zimbabweans currently in
Kwara shall not be dislocated to any other state but rather shall invite
their fellow displaced countrymen to the interested states.
Bello praised the white farmers for putting the nation on the world map of
agriculture revolution and added that agriculture remained the mainstay of
the nation's economy, "it is growing at a faster rate because it holds the
key to job creation and poverty reduction."
Visiting Nassarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Adamu expressed excitement at
the prospects of the commercial farming initiative and said, "from today, I
wish to announce to you that the government and people of Nassarawa State
having come and seen the good efforts of these farmers and what they have
done within 10months which we cannot do in 10 years we are on board."
He assured that all the obstacles that may impede the successful take off of
the programme in his state shall be taken out, "and I want to promise that
we will be there in the next planting season.
Host governor, Bukola Saraki exuded happiness that the commercial farming
initiative was now being embraced by the country and assured that his
government shall not disappoint in playing leading role in the economic
development of the country.
Zim Daily
Friday, December 16 2005 @ 12:05 AM GMT
Contributed by: correspondent
Acting President Joseph Msika, pressured from Pretoria, summoned
Attorney General Sobusa Ndebele to his offices Thursday for a strong
dressing down on the illegal seizure of Trevor Ncube's passport. Official
sources told zimdaily that an irate Msika, who has received generous
coverage in Ncube's Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, was pressured from
President Thabo Mbeki's office to return the seized passport on grounds that
the issue had attracted unnecessary international hostility and would negate
efforts made by Harare to end its isolation in the community of nations.
Government's dramatic climbdown shocked observers, more-so as
government moved in to seize the passport of firebrand activist Raymond
Majongwe. Ncube's passport was released before an application for its return
lodged by his lawyer was heard by the High Court. The attorney general said
he was not contesting his application to the court.
Although the official line was that it was illegal to impound
the passport in the absence of an Act of Parliament empowering the state to
withdraw citizens' travel documents, zimdaily heard that pressure had been
brought to bear on Msika from South Africa, prompting the release of the
travel document. Ncube remains a major player in the South African media
industry and his M&G has been shaping events in South Africa recently.
Ncube bought into South Africa's leading independent newspaper,
the Mail&Guardian in 2002 and relocated to Johannesburg where he took over
as chairman and chief executive of the newspaper from Chief Executive Govin
Reddy. Ncube snapped up a a majority share of 87,5% in the Mail&Guardian's
publishing company MG Media from London-based Guardian Newspapers Limited.
The Guardian continues to hold a 10% stake in the newspaper. As part of the
deal, Ncube also acquire 35% of the Mail&Guardian Online, the internet
publication of the Mail&Guardian newspaper. The other 65% is owned by
internet service provider M-Web, the largest player in the South African
dial-up subscriber market.
The M&G has recently taken a sympathetic line to Jacob Zuma's
rape allegations and sources said this attracted sympathy from Pretoria.
Although Ncube denied lobbying anyone for the release of his passport,
zimdaily heard that there was intense lobbying behind the scenes to have the
passport returned.
The Herald (Harare)
December 14, 2005
Posted to the web December 15, 2005
ZIMBABWE, facing astronomical increases in prices of basic commodities, has
one clear escape route -- massive food production.
This was highlighted by President Mugabe in his State of the Nation Address
in Parliament two weeks ago when he said:
"Resuscitation of agriculture to ensure food security, generation of foreign
currency, increased industrial productivity, infrastructure development and
sustainable growth in energy supplies, remains the priority of Government.
"Let us go into the New Year with renewed vigour, firstly to guarantee our
nation food self-sufficiency and a surplus for export; and secondly to work
hard to grow our economy to commanding heights. We have the natural
resources in abundance. Let our energies as indeed our virtues also be
abundant and operate under the bond of unity!"
Despite recurrent droughts, the country has the land, vast quantities of
dammed water for irrigation, both on the surface and underground, and a
committed Government that has tirelessly sought to oil the agricultural
sector through funding.
The usually marginalised communal and A1 (small-scale) farmers were, for
instance, allocated $1 trillion for inputs, irrigation, horticulture, dairy
farming, cropping and livestock rearing.
President Mugabe's call for "renewed vigour" is a rallying call to arms for
dedicated economic revolutionaries who are prepared to sweat for the
prosperity of the nation and not that of individuals.
The selfless revolutionary cadres should have the zeal to develop the
country equal to that of freedom fighters who took up arms to liberate the
country from the yoke of colonialism and political oppression.
Because the benefits of this new revolution will accrue to every individual
in the form of more food, jobs and general development, all are called to
play their role, however small.
Indeed, some progress has been made, but the battle for economic
independence is being retarded by some individuals who are still bogged down
in a political fight that has very little to do with Zimbabwe's
consolidation of its sovereignty.
As brothers, this is not the time to tear each other's throats to lay claim
to the seat of power whose inheritor shall come from the resolve of the
combined masses of Zimbabwe under a democratic process of the ballot box.
If the people of Zimbabwe shall agree to disagree and unite their energies
to feed their families, communities and the nation as a whole, then the
problems that plague them would be easier to solve.
Appeals for unity of purpose have been too numerous to mention that it is
surely high time the people of Zimbabwe set sight on their development.
President Mugabe has re-emphasised that accountability by various
ministries -- for example, as expounded in the 2006 Budget -- is also
another critical component to the country's economic revival.
"United we stand, divided we fall," says an old adage that has spurred many
people to various political and socio-economic victories over the centuries.
Because Zimbabwe's strength and source of prosperity lies in agriculture, it
is important that, as President Mugabe rightly points out, this sector be
revived as a matter of urgency.
It is only that vigour that seems to be lacking in many Zimbabweans -- the
vigour of dedicated patriots eager to stand out and be counted.
Many great nations that one many of us find admirable have all come from a
strong unity of purpose to stand up and be counted.
Japan, for instance, despite being completely devastated by two atomic bombs
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War, rose from the ashes
to become one of the world's most advanced nations.
Horst Kohler, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund,
acknowledges that: "The economic performance of this country (Japan) over
the past 50 years has been a remarkable tribute to the energy and creativity
of the Japanese people.
"At the time Japan joined the IMF, it was still recovering from the
devastation of World War II. In subsequent decades it grew and prospered,
transforming itself into an industrial and technological powerhouse.
"Now Japan is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, and the second
largest shareholder in both the IMF and the World Bank.
"At a time when there sometimes seems to be too much pessimism, Japan's
accomplishments during 50 years of membership in the IMF should be a source
of pride, and of confidence that this country has the capacity to respond to
the challenges of the future."
Zimbabwe, which starts off from a much firmer footing than Japan, has a
brighter chance to be among Africa's highly developed nations.
But this is only possible if, like the Japanese, Zimbabweans unite their
energy and creativity to develop the country.
The Herald (Harare)
December 14, 2005
Posted to the web December 15, 2005
MANY farmers may find it difficult to cope with the new water tariffs which
the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) introduced from November 1,
2005 given the fact that they have been struggling to pay their bills even
before the increases.
Zinwa assistant public relations officer Mr Nicholas Mukarakate recently
revealed that the water tariffs rose from $55 000 per megalitre to $190 000
(about 19 cents per litre) for the same volume of water for those farmers
who use the water on a commercial basis.
"The communal pump scheme price also rose from $30 000 per megalitre to $104
000 per megalitre while the communal gravity class (comprising the water
that flows naturally by gravity) rose from $25 000 per megalitre to $86 300
per megalitre.
"The increase is designed to enable Zinwa to remain operational while making
sure that water, as a social and economic good, is stored, used properly and
sparingly and distributed evenly to all users in a manner that ensures that
everybody gets the right quality of the commodity," Mr Mukarakate said.
Nonetheless, farmers feel otherwise.
In recent interviews in some of the country's top farming provinces of
Mashonaland East, West and Central, the Midlands and Manicaland, farmers
confessed that the water bills they were paying to the water authority were
just astronomic and unsustainable.
The Member of Parliament for Chipinge South in Manicaland, Cde Enock
Porusingazi, who is farming in the Chipangayi area of the Middle Sabi
Valley, said other farmers in the area were finding it difficult to pay
their water bills, which usually came at irregular intervals.
He said the prospects of Zinwa stopping some of the farmers from using the
water until they made their payments were firming by the day and that would
affect production.
Other farmers from Mashonaland highlighted that the costs of running an
irrigation system including the electricity and maintenance costs were
generally too high to leave the farmer with reasonable profit margins to
fund further farming projects.
In fact, their general impression is that electricity and water charges
needed to be reviewed downwards for the benefit of agriculture lest there
would be no continuity in the industry.
Most farmers were fortunate to inherit irrigation infrastructure when the
land resettlement programme was implemented but the costs of rehabilitating
the pipes, pumps, sprinklers and even engines have been prohibitive.
Those who managed to have them operational have found it difficult to pay
the bills they accumulate throughout months of crop irrigation.
As a result, many water bodies have been left unused on farms that used to
have irrigation with farmers cowering from the expenses that accompany
Some farmers have even stopped irrigating because they are afraid they may
continue piling debts that may later attract legal battles with Zinwa.
Most farmers contend that the water they use for irrigating and watering
their animals and other domestic activities on their farms is raw and not
treated and should therefore be cheaper than what Zinwa is charging.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror Reporter
issue date :2005-Dec-16
THE "ghost" of former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo is strolling in the
official media organisations following calls at the just-ended 8th Zanu PF
national people's conference in Esigodini that employees perceivably linked
to him be sniffed out.
There were strong feelings from the conference's information and publicity
committee that the government should get rid of all those thrust into employ
and strategic positions by Moyo.
The committee said Moyo made the appointments for personal gain and at the
expense of national interests and development.
Presenting recommendations after a meeting of the committee, Zanu PF deputy
national spokesperson Ephraim Masawi called on the government to clean up
the State media and other government-run information structures.
"Your Excellency and delegates, we feel there is need for the government to
revisit all party and government structures and weed out all elements that
supported former minister of information Jonathan Moyo," Masawi, the
Governor and Resident Minister of Mashonaland Central, said.
"There is need to restructure these organs of information dissemination and
rid them of these elements because they are the greatest undoing to the
current efforts to turnaround the party and government revamping exercise of
the information dissemination.
"Jonathan Moyo was doing things for his personal gain at the expense of the
government and people of Zimbabwe. We believe the elements that he left
behind could be doing the same and prejudicing the State. That is why we
urge the government to revisit all those organs and clean them up."
Masawi then stressed the need for the information ministry and Zanu PF's
information department to work together in countering bad reportage by the
international press.
"We also believe that the ministry of information and the party's
information and publicity department should work together to counter adverse
media publicity by the international media," he said.
Masawi said it had also been resolved to appoint a spokesperson for the
party Presidium, saying this would assist in updating members on decisions
made by political hierarchy.
"This is the person who would be responsible for linking party members with
the presidium as well as releasing relevant information from the presidium,"
he said.
Moyo was dismissed as Information and Publicity minister early this year
after defying Zanu PF regulations not to stand in Tsholotsho as the party
had reserved that seat for a woman candidate.
Moyo stood and won the seat as an independent.
The anti-Moyo sentiments have been gathering momentum of late.
Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Makonde MP and chairman of the
parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Communication Leo Mugabe,
fired a broadside at Moyo, lambasting him for the manner in which he
embarked on the unbundling of ZBC
and created Strategic Business Units with several chief executive officers
under the a new Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH).
Contributing to the national budget debate presented to the House of
Assembly by Finance minister Herbert Murerwa on December 1, Mugabe accused
Moyo of disbanding the ZBC into nine companies without providing seed
finance for their operations.
At the same venue, the governor for Matabeleland North, Thokozile Mathuthu,
presented a report on deliberations regarding social services saying party
members were concerned about the operations of a number of parastatals.
"The committee expressed dissatisfaction on the operations of Air Zimbabwe
and a number of parastatals. The national airliner has been performing badly
of late. It is understood that this is due to the shortage of foreign
currency," Mathuthu said.
"We, however, call on the government to look into this issue and come up
with a solution as soon as possible."
The national airline has in the past been forced to ground its fleet due to
lack of fuel blamed on the management's lack of planning.
She also suggested that the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) should
stop selling fuel to Air Zimbabwe in foreign currency.
"BP/Shell and other companies are procuring fuel from NOCZIM using the
Zimbabwean dollar. We wonder, as a committee, why Air Zimbabwe buys its
fuel in foreign currency," Mathuthu said.
Also blasted was the manner in which the National Railways of Zimbabwe was
being run.
The committee indicated the need for the government to allocate more funds
to the railways.
"NRZ should be allocated more funds to purchase coaches and also revamp its
coaches. We urge the government to make sure that all other parastatals that
owe the NRZ pay back as this would improve its operations," she said.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror Reporter
issue date :2005-Dec-16
THE Morgan Tsvangirai led faction within the MDC is continuing with its
restructuring exercise and recently reshuffled the leadership of the
dormitory town of Chitungwiza as preparations for the opposition party's
second congress gather momentum.
That faction's spokesperson and Kuwadzana legislator Nelson Chamisa told The
Daily Mirror: "Martin Magaya and Edward Musumbu have been elected chairman
and deputy chairman of the MDC in Chitungwiza province while Moses Tsikwa
and Tineyi Munetsi were also voted secretary-general and deputy
Wiseman Mutero is the new treasurer while Greenbert Dongo was elected
organising secretary with councillor Phineas Mushaya as his deputy.
Briton Manyonga was voted secretary for information and publicity, while
Thabani Mlambo and Evelyn Chinyerere were selected youths and women assembly
However, information reaching this newspaper is that the other faction led
by vice president Gibson Sibanda is set to meet next week to elect their
provincial leadership for Chitungwiza.
"We are meeting next week as the provincial council to elect the new
leadership into office. We do not recognise the so-called new Chitungwiza
provincial leadership. That is nonsense," said MP Job Sikhala of St Marys'
Last week, the Tsvangirai led faction elected Tapiwa Mashakada, Willas
Madzimure - legislators for Hatfield and Kambuzuma respectively and Tichaona
Munyanyi, former Mbare East MP to top positions in Harare.
Morgan Femai retained his post as Harare province chairperson.
Mashakada deputises Femai, while Munyanyi and Madzimure were elected
organising secretary and secretary for information and publicity.
Budiriro legislator and out-going chair of MDC Harare province, Gilbert
Shoko, is the new treasurer- general.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror Reporter
issue date :2005-Dec-16
EMBATTLED Chitungwiza City Council's health department is failing to procure
drugs from National Pharmaceutical Company (NATPHARM) because of funding
crisis bedevilling the municipality, the city's director for health
services, Mike Simoyi has said. "We (Chitungwiza health department) have
been handicapped by the fact that we do not have enough funding to procure
the necessary drugs from Natpharm for our clinics," said Simoyi.
Asked what his department had done to ease the drug shortages at the
clinics, Simoyi said the council had approached non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) for assistance.
The council has been facing financial problems for the past year.
Employees of late went for months without salaries, while council projects
were suspended because of the financial crisis.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror Reporter
issue date :2005-Dec-16
HARARE City Council has failed to attract takers for vacant managerial posts
within its new Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and Utilities department
created under the turnaround programme because of poor incentives, insiders
have said.
A highly-placed source said there had been "insignificant" responses to the
vacancies after council flighted adverts in the Press two weeks ago.
"The responses have been very poor and it's likely going to affect the
implementation of the programme. Besides those posts, council has also been
finding it difficult to fill other vacant posts in the past mainly due to
poor remuneration," the source said.
He added that this was likely to affect the programme's implementation if
competent and qualified staff were not hired to fill the void.
"Council has always been facing problems in retaining competent staff and I
don't know if the same problem will not affect the programme," the source
Harare strategist Chester Mhende, however, refused to comment on the vacant
posts, saying the issue was internal. He pointed out that council was not
only looking for personnel from outside, but also from within.
"Those are internal matters, but you also have to know that posts are open
to all even those that are currently there. We are also very particular
about competence and ability to deliver," he said.
SBUs head Alois Masepe said the issue was not whether council would afford
the perks for the new positions, but on creating a new start for the
"These SBUs and utilities are there to generate revenue and as you know
there will always be that resistance to change," he said.
The city has set March 2006 as the deadline for the full implementation of
the turnaround strategy expected to bring back the sunshine status.
In August, city directors were earning a net salary of approximately $33
million excluding other perks like vehicles and cellphone allowances.
The municipality suspended its chamber secretary Josephine Ncube, director
of works Psychology Chiwanga, director of housing and community services
Numero Mubayiwa, and four senior police officers for various offences.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
From Our Correspondent in Bulawayo
issue date :2005-Dec-16
AS a result of a spate of thefts and vandalism of signalling equipment on
the country's railways, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been
forced to delay trains.
NRZ public relations manager, Fanuel Masikati said vandalism of signal
equipment is rampant particularly along Dabuka-Harare and Bulawayo-Dete
sections where the perpetrators target equipment such as transformers,
copper cables, location boxes, circuit breakers and booster return
"Theft and vandalism of signal equipment - which amounts to economic
sabotage - is causing train delays, cancellations and even derailments
during this critical period of coal, fuel and grain movements. Equipment
replacement has significantly affected NRZ's ability to timeously move
freight between Gweru and Harare as the normal turnaround times can no
longer be achieved," Masikati said.
He added that theft and vandalism of signalling equipment contributed 45
percent of the total train delays in the past six months.
Masikati said because of the increasing thefts, the parastatal set up a
whistleblower fund meant to reward all persons who report cases of property
abuse, theft and destruction to the parastatal.
"The reward is given to the first person who provides information of theft,
which may lead to the recovery of stolen railway property. The whistleblower
shall receive a reward equivalent to 2.5 percent of the value of the
property stolen," he said.


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Kullar v. Foot Locker generating more precedent, this time on a disqualification issue/
So, I'm back after a vacation, and just in time. Luckily, nothing at all happened while I was gone. Today, however, we receive a new nugget of precedent from one of those cases that keeps on giving. In Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc. (January 18, 2011), the Court of Appeal (First Appellate District, Division Three) reviewed a denial of a motion to disqualify counsel representing the objectors to a proposed class action settlement in Kullar. If this doesn't ring a bell for you, let me recap. Kullar (the 2008 opinion: Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc., 168 Cal. App. 4th 116 (2008)) reversed an order granting approval to a proposed class action settlement after concluding that the information provided to the trial court was insufficient to permit the court to conclude that the settlement was fair, adequate and reasonable.
How does this lead to a motion to disqualify? Glad you asked. The Court sums up as well as I could the procedural maneuvering leading to the motion to disqualify:
Prior to the trial court's approval of the settlement in the Kullar action (Kullar v. Footlocker, No. CGC-05-447044 (Kullar)), Echeverria, represented by the same attorneys, had filed a partially overlapping putative class action against Foot Locker and others in the Alameda County Superior Court (Echeverria v. Footlocker, No. RG07317036 (Echeverria I)). Because of the pendency of the settlement in the Kullar action, the Alameda court entered an order staying Echeverria I, which remained in effect through the pendency of the Kullar appeal. On April 15, 2009, one month after issuance of the remittitur in Kullar, Echeverria and the two other objectors represented by Q&W filed an action in the San Francisco Superior Court, where Kullar was pending, asserting the same claims as were alleged in the stayed Alameda action (Echeverria v. Footlocker, No. CGC-09-487345 (Echeverria II)). Based on the pendency of identical claims in Echeverria I, the San Francisco court on July 29, 2009, stayed proceedings in Echeverria II. In subsequent proceedings in Kullar, the court considered the additional showing made to establish the fairness of the proposed settlement, the three objectors' renewed objections to settlement approval, and on October 22, 2009, the court again granted final approval of the class settlement. Echeverria dismissed the Alameda action and on November 17, 2009, the San Francisco court lifted the stay in Echeverria II.
Slip op., at 2-3. The Court then describes the motion to disqualify filed by Foot Locker, which argued that representation of objectors on the one hand and potential class members on the other created a conflict. The trial court rejected that argument as did the Court of Appeal. I don't find the outcome surprising. But the opinion does offer some interesting comments, where the Court briefly discusses the obligations of counsel to putative class members prior to certification:
Initially, since no class has yet been certified in Echeverria II (and no class was ever certified in Echeverria I), no attorney-client relationship has yet arisen between Q&W and the members of the putative class. (Atari, Inc. v. Superior Court (1985) 166 Cal.App.3d 867, 873 ["We cannot accept the suggestion that a potential (but as yet unapproached) class member should be deemed 'a party . . . represented by counsel' even before the class is certified; we respectfully disagree to this extent with the federal courts which apparently would accept it."]; Sharp v. Next Entertainment, Inc. (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 410, 433, citing comment 25 to rule 1.7 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct ["When a lawyer represents or seeks to represent a class of plaintiffs or defendants in a class-action lawsuit, unnamed members of the class are ordinarily not considered to be clients of the lawyer for purposes of applying paragraph (a)(1) of this Rule [that restricts representation when there are concurrent conflicts of interest] . . ."]; In re McKesson HBOC, Inc. Securities Litigation (N.D.Cal. 2000) 126 F.Supp.2d 1239, 1245; Cal. Compendium on Prof. Responsibility, L.A. County Bar Assn. Formal Opn. No. 481 (March 20, 1995).)
Foot Locker cites cases that clearly are inapposite to establish that an attorney may incur fiduciary obligations to an individual even though an attorney-client relationship has not arisen. Most involve situations where there were preliminary consultations between the individual and the attorney looking to the retention of the attorney but the potential client did not hire the attorney. (People ex rel. Dept. of Corporations v. Speedee Oil Change Systems, Inc. (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1135; Beery v. State Bar (1987) 43 Cal.3d 802.) Closer to the mark is the court's statement in In re GMC Pick-up Truck Fuel Tank Prod. Liab. Litig. (3rd Cir. 1995) 55 F.3d 768, 801: "Beyond their ethical obligations to their clients, class attorneys, purporting to represent a class, also owe the entire class a fiduciary duty once the class complaint is filed." This statement—which, it should be noted, recognizes that putative class members are not clients of the attorney—was made in the context of considering the propriety of certifying a settlement class, with little application to the present situation. Moreover, assuming that Q&W assumed some fiduciary obligations to members of the putative class they seek to represent, no authority has been cited suggesting that those obligations preclude the attorneys from urging that a proposed settlement in related litigation is not in the best interests of the class. (Compare Schick v. Berg (2004) U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6842, *19 (S.D.N.Y. 2004, affd. (2d Cir. 2005) 430 F.3d 112 [attorney owed putative class member a duty not to prejudice putative class member's rights in the action in which class certification was sought, but duty did not extend to refraining from advising a third party to sue putative class member].)
Slip op., at 5-6. After reading these remarks, I now believe that it is unclear in California whether the majority approach follows or diverges from the federal cases suggesting a fiduciary obligation extends to putative class members prior to certification. It seems likely, however, that regardless of the answer as to where California is on the issue, the obligations to the unknown putative class members do not rise to the same level as that of the obligations to a represented client. The ability to harmonize this question is complicated by authority indicating that class counsel can replace a proposed class representative for the good of the class, which, in one way of looking at it, suggests that the interests of the putative class can rise high enough to squeeze the initial client to the sidelines.


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Are you stuck on what you should do this summer? Well, me too! I get so excited about the Summer Holidays and then just get bored to death half way through as i have already ran out of all these things to do that i dreamed about in the last few weeks of school! So, i thought i would make a list of all the amazing things you can do this summer! Here we are.....
- Go to the park with your friends and buy a giant tub of ice cream (all take spoons) and eat it all and just chat and mess about!
- Go shopping with your mates and eat lots of greggs! (Pic from 'Confessions of a shopaholic' if you haven't seen the film, go watch it!).
- On those rainy days go to the cinema with your mates and then go get dinner at a restaurant nearby!
- Get a job at a cafe or somewhere, this will earn you money and will fill your spare time!
- Go round all the charity shops and try on all wacky clothes!
- Go on a walk and soak up that sun!
- Go to the beach for the day and go in the sea!
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- Play golf (it may sound boring) but it's actually really relaxing and quite fun if you go with the right people and the right attitude and if its sunny!
- Go camping with your besties!! Even if it's just in your garden, you will have a great time, remember to stock up on those sweets too!
- Get away for a few days, go to the city, the beach, the countryside, wherever, it will just clear your mind and get you ready for going back to school and will be fun!
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Descriptions of Ivory-billed Woodpecker Flight
Relevant to our analysis of the Luneau video are the following descriptions from numerous naturalists and ornithologists who described the flight of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Most of these first-hand accounts describe the Ivory-bill's flight as powerful and direct, in comparison with the typical swooping or undulating flight of a Pileated Woodpecker. Indeed the bird in the Luneau video flies with rapid wingbeats in a direct path for the entire time it is in view, completing 10 wingbeats in roughly 1.2 seconds before going behind the tree. Its flight pattern remains rapid and direct as it moves off to the left and eventually disappears amidst the tupelo trunks.
"In flight, the Ivory-bill looks surprisingly like a Pintail duck. Its neck is long and slender, its tail long and tapering. The position of the white on the wing is by far the best field character at all times. The white is on the rear half of the wing, conspicuous in flight, and visible on the back when the bird is perched."
-Tanner, James T. "Three Years with the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, America's Rarest Bird," Audubon. January-February 1941. Vol. 43, no. 1.
"The manner of flight cannot be used as a reliable field character. Much has been said and written on how the Ivory-bill flies directly and straight; while the Pileated's flight undulates, but I have frequently seen Pileateds fly directly, in no way different from the flight of the larger bird. In fact, both birds vary considerably in their manner of flight. Nor can the amount of white visible on the wing of a flying bird be used as a character, as the open wing of a Pileated shows as much white from beneath as does the wing of an ivory-bill.
In flight the Ivory-bill looks surprisingly like a Pintail; its neck is long and slender, its tail long and tapering, and the wings rather narrow. The important field character is that the white on the wing is on the rear half. By comparison a Pileated is stocky and with shorter wings, the tail is slightly forked, and the white is on the front half of the wing.
To summarize, the position of the white on the wing is by far the most reliable field character at all times. In the Ivory-bill the white is on the rear half of the wing and is visible on the back when the bird is perched and its wings folded. In the Pileated the white is on the front half of the wing and is hidden when its wings are folded. (page 1)
-Tanner, James T. 1942. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Res. Rep. no. 1, Natl. Audubon Soc., New York
"When they rose in the air, they flapped their wings in deep and rapid strokes after the manner of a crow or a duck, and they flew in a direct line, not in the undulating way that woodpeckers generally use. . . . Beneath they were blacker than Pileated Woodpeckers, but the dorsal side of the flying bird was broadly and conspicuously white. For no other bird could it be mistaken." (page 102)
-Christy, Bayard. "The Vanishing Ivory-bill," Audubon. March-April 1943. Vol. 46, no. 2.
"They're big birds, I tell you, big and black and white; and they fly through the woods like Pintail Ducks." (Mason Spencer describing the ivory-bill's flight to George Miksch Sutton; page 191.)
"Her flight was swift and direct--somewhat, indeed, like a Pintail Duck, though her wings did not beat as rapidly as a duck's." (page 195) – George M. Sutton
- Sutton, G. M., 1935. ("Kints" - pps. 185-96) "Kints" – Birds in the Wilderness, MacMillan Co., New York.
"When they flew, they pitched off on a straight line, like ducks, their wings making a wooden sound." (pps. 156-57)
-Peterson, R. T., and James Fisher, 1955. "Ivory-bill Quest," Wild America, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
"After resting quietly for a time she suddenly flew off in straight ducklike flight in which there seemed to be very little movement of the 'inner wing'—the secondaries—most of the action being beyond the wrist." – Don Eckelberry (page 206)
-Eckelberry, Don R. 1961. "Search for the Rare Ivorybill," In Discovery: Great Moments in the Lives of Outstanding Naturalists, John K. Terres, ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, pp.195-207.
"The uniform direct flight of the ivorybill resembles that of the Red-headed Woodpecker more than it does the swooping undulating flight of the Pileated, and this general resemblance is emphasized by the large amount of white in the wings. . . . [I]t is remarkable how ducklike the bird can appear as it flies swiftly and directly up a lagoon, so much so in fact that certain Louisiana hunters have told me that they have even shot at them under such circumstances, mistaking them for ducks." (page 12)
-Bent, A. C. 1939. "Ivory-billed Woodpecker," Life Histories of Familiar North American Birds, Smithsonian Inst. National Museum Bulletin 174: 13-24, U.S. Govt. Printing Office.
"His tail was always closed and pointed in flight, his head and bill straight out; his wings looked much more pointed than a Pileated's, and narrower, but this might be an illusion on account of the large amount of white." (page 176)
"The tail is kept closed in flight, and owing to the large amount of white in the wings they appear much narrower than the Pileated's. The head is carried straight forward so the impression given by the bird at a distance is much more that of a duck than of a large woodpecker." (page 183)
-Allen, A. A., Kellogg, P. P. 1937. "Recent observations on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker," Auk 54: 164-184.
"When they fly, you see the white on the trailing edge of the wing feathers distinctly--much more white than you see on a Pileated Woodpecker's wings when it flies. It stands out quite clearly. They fly with their head and neck straight out, like a pintail duck, going fast and straight--they don't undulate. And they make a wooden sound with their wings, because they keep them flat and hit the air. Most artists who paint the ivory-bill have it bent in the wrist, but these birds keep their wings very flat. And their tails are pointed." --Nancy Tanner (page 42)
-Gallagher, Tim. 2005. The Grail Bird, Houghton Mifflin.
"From [Tanner] we learn that ivory-bills have a strong direct flight similar to that of a northern pintail (Anas acuta), with steady, rapid wing beats. . .Tanner described ivory-bill flight as noisy, the wings producing a 'loud, wooden, fluttering' sound as an ivory-bill took flight and beat its wings strongly, and a 'swishing whistle' as one flew past." (pages 15-16)
-Jackson, Jerome A. 2004. In Search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.
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The last 60 days have been amazing. No doubt about that.
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Well, here goes nothing. (deep breath)
I think I've been a secret admirer of too many pretty stylish fashionistas on this site for too long, so I figured I'd come out and try my hand at this (ahh…I'm quite intimidated doing this since I know how freaking GLAM some of these other girls and guys are). I know that I'm not as chic or fashion-conscious as the top chictopians, but I can hope to reach their caliber someday.
Anyway, just an intro so I'm no stranger: I'm Julianne and I'm a second year English lit and Music university student from California. I hope to fully define my sense of style, since I've always never really focused on it before. In high school, when I used to go shopping with my friends, I would struggle with forming an outfit and I always had to get a second opinion. The fact that I went to an all girls' Catholic high school didn't help much either since we wore uniforms. My mom always took the chance to dress me and I never really started to develop any fashion consciousness until now.
Now that I'm in college, I've had my brush with a lot of different styles, but I hope to evolve more. I really don't want to copy…I want to develop my own fashion sense.
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What is Coeliac Disease?
Coeliac or celiac disease is NOT a food allergy or a food intolerance. Coeliac disease is a condition that causes inflammation in the lining of the small intestine resulting in damage to the villi (in the gut). It is an autoimmune response to gluten, which means that the immune system (which normally protects the body from infections) mistakenly attacks itself. The lining of the small intestine contains millions of tiny tube-shaped structures called villi. These help food and nutrients to be digested more effectively into the body. In Coeliac disease, thes villi are flattened due to the inflammation of the lining of the gut and therefore food and nutrients are not readily digested into the body.
Who gets Coeliac Disease?
Anyone can get Coeliac disease, adults or children, though it is thought that genetic predisposition is a factor. Coeliac disease can be triggered at a time of stress, viral infection or traumatic event.
Dermatitis herpetiformis is a rash found on the skin and is associated with Coeliac disease.
If I have a wheat allergy, do i have Coeliac disease?
NO. A wheat allergy is very different to Coeliac disease, though may display similar symptoms. Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease and therefore uf gluten is consumed antibodies are produced and attack the body..
What is gluten?
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. For some people oat gluten can also cause an autoimmune response. It is also worth noting that oats are often used on a production line or in a factory where wheat is used and therefore cross contamination can occur.
What happens if i get 'glutened'?
Eating gluten by mistake or eating something that ha been cross contaminated can have a different effect on different people. The reaction will never be anaphylatic shock but symptoms can be bloating for a few hours or sickness or diarrhoea and lethargy. Symptoms can last a few hours or several days. Being 'glutened' once is not going to destry the villi in your intestines, this happens over a sustained period of time
How will I know what foods are safe to eat?
Food packing is increasingly becoming more Coeliac-friendly. Look for 'gluten' free on packaging or 'suitable for Coeliacs/celiacs'
Who is funding CoeliacKids.co.uk?
The website Coeliackids.co.uk is run for non-profit. The website has a few useful links to manufacturers and book sellers of useful Coeliac related useful. Any purchases made from links to other websites results in a small cash back to us at no cost to you. So feel free to follow links and purchase if of use or ignore if not wanted.
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What is Coeliac Disease?
Coeliac Disease or Celiac Disease is an auto immune disease. The auto immune reaction is triggered by gluten, gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and oats (some ceoliacs (celiacs) may be able to tolerate oats that have not been cross contaminated in the production of foods). Eating foods that contain gluten causes the body to attack itself resulting in damage to the intestines and interferes with the absorption of nutrients into the body. Some professionals suggest children should not eat oats at all.
The Effects of Coeliac Disease
When people eat products containing gluten their immune system responds by damaging the villi in their intestines. Villi are tiny protrusions within the intestines which are responsible for absorbing nutrients through the intestinal wall into the blood stream. This leads to the person becoming malnourished.
Celiac Disease is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
Is Coeliac Disease hereditary?
Evidence suggests that Celiac Disease is hereditary and runs in families, but it can also be triggered by surgery, viral infection, stress, pregnancy or child birth.
Symptoms can be acute or few and far between. Symptoms vary from one person to another, with some having cronic symptoms and others having none.
Children often display digestive problems or growth problems. Symptoms may cause failure to thrive, delayed growth, shortness in stature. In children the malnutrition may lead to problems later in life such as irritable bowel syndrome, bowel cancer or osteoporosis, but early detection and correction of the diet can reduce these risks. Some symptoms may include:
abdominal bloating and paindiarrheavomitingconstipationpale, foul-smelling, or fatty stoolweight loss
Adults may live without symptoms but it is important to be diagnosed to ensure enough nutrients are absorbed. Adults who have had celiac disease for many years may have an increased risk of osteoporosis, anemia, intestinal cancer, liver disease and even liver disease.
unexplained iron-deficiency anemiafatigue / excessive tirednessbone or joint painarthritisbone loss or osteoporosisdepression / anxietytingling numbness in the hands and feetseizuresulcers inside the mouthan itchy skin rash called dermatitis herpetiformis (usually with small blisters)missed menstrual periodsinfertility or recurrent miscarriage
How is Coeliac Disease Diagnosed?
Coeliac Disease is not easily diagnosed as many symptoms are similar to other conditions. Doctors are becoming more aware of the varied symptoms Coeliac Disease presents and blood tests have become very accurate in diagnosing the condition.
A blood test will be taken to identify high levels of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) or anti-endomysium antibodies (EMA). It is important to eat your normal diet before any blood tests as the antibodies are only produced when the gluten is eaten.
If the blood tests indicate there is a possibility of Coeliac Disease, then it will be suggested that an intestinal biopsy is taken to assess the damage to the intestines. During the biopsy a small sample of the intestinal lining will be taken. Again, it is important to continue with your normal diet prior to the biopsy as the intestines will start to repair once the antibodies are not being produced by the body. It is important to get a correct diagnosis.
Dermatitis Herpetiformis is a small itchy rash with small blisters. Often people with Dermatitis Herpetiformis do not experience digestive symptoms of and Coeliac Disease. The rash can be treated but it is important that a gluten free diet is still followed.
In the UK and US, Coeliac Screening is not taken routinely but if there is a family history or direct connection with someone who has Coeliac Disease, it is worth having the blood test. It is thought that there is a one in ten chance of having Coeliac Disease if there is a direct family member with the condition.
There is only one treatment for Coeliac Disease and it is the complete abstinence of foods, medicines and cosmetics containing gluten. This will be mean checking every product, used or digested.
Why are celiac disease symptoms so varied?
There is extensive research going on into why some people develop coeliac diseae. People and children display a range of symptoms but don't necessarily experience all of them.
Research is studying how long a person was breastfed, they feel there are three key factors - How long a person was breastfed, the age a person was weaned, the quantity of gluten contained food is consumed.
Some studies have shown, that the longer a person was breastfed, the later the symptoms of celiac disease actually appear.
Older people may have had the disease for decades and this may influence the damage of the intestine. It is thought the longer a person has undiagnosed Coeliac disease the more risk of other complications arising!
Living With Coeliac (Celiac) Disease
The good news
... about having Coeliac Disease is that it is controllable, it maybe inconvinient, and the damage caused to the intestines will repair. The sooner the diagnosis, the sooner the diet can be changed and long term damage avoided. It is however, a total abstainance of all foods and products that contain gluten - cereals include wheat, barley, rye and oats.
The bad news
... about having Coeliac Disease is that you will be forever checking ingredients on packaging, asking restaurant waitresses if the chips are coated in flour and scouring your cosmetics boxes for the dreaded contents
And for children with Coeliac Disease
... going to a friend's house for tea, will always need to be catered for and possibly planned in advance BUT with the more and more products appearing at supermarkets, gluten free fish fingers and twirly pasta is easily stored.
Checkout our forums for great recipes and store cupboard essentials!
Branded products suitable for Coeliacs
More and more well known supermarkets and brands are claiming the Coeliac-friendly status, it's no longer a special trip to the health shop.
Coeliac (Celiac) Kids
Welcome to the Coeliac Kids website, we help site for parents of children and teenagers with Coeliac Disease. Whilst CD can be a worrying diagnosis, following a strict gulten free diet, Coeliacs can be lead happy, healthy lives without symptoms.
If you have anything to add to our website, then please email us, we'd love to receive your recipes and share them in our Recipes pages.
The Gluten Free Ingredients Lists are produced by manufacturers and give you guidance on foods that are gluten free or/and wheat free. From Heinz to Galaxy, simply print the lists so when you are out and about you know what is safe!


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Today's Everyday Fashion: The Blue Skirt/
This skirt was my favorite purchase last summer. I love this shade of blue and had never seen anything quite like it before (thanks to the colorblocking trend this color is everywhere now but that wasn't the case last year!). I wore it for a couple nights out last summer, but I haven't found anything to wear it with this year. I decided to try it with a graphic tee (recently picked up at H&M and not sure if I'm keeping it yet) for a casual look with sandals. I also tried it with fun heels, but I'm still not 100% sure I love either one. Tell me, what would you wear with this blue skirt?
Inspiration photo: Bloomingdale's
Shirt: H&M, $15 (recent)
Skirt: Express, $30
Sandals (left): Diba via Nordstrom Rack, $30
Heels (right): Aldo, $50
Long necklace: Forever 21, $6
Short necklace (right): American Eagle, $5
Watch: Michael Kors, family gift
Bracelets: Forever 21, $8


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N.Y. officials ID body as victim in Angel Flight crash
EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) — Officials have confirmed the body of a cancer patient who was in a small plane crash last month in Upstate New York has been found.
Authorities told local media outlets an autopsy Thursday determined that remains found Wednesday near an ice cream stand a mile from the main wreck site are those of Frank Amerosa.
Amerosa, 64, was on the Angel Flight with wife Evelyn, 58. They were returning to Rome, N.Y., after treatment in the Boston area when the plane crashed west of Albany in rural Ephratah on May 24.
The bodies of Evelyn Amerosa, 58, and volunteer pilot John Campbell, 70, of Stamford, Conn., were found the next day.
A preliminary federal aviation safety report says the plane broke up in flight. The cause remains under investigation.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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15"H x 24"W x 7.5"D


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~~Kim Hyun Joong at Fresh DK Party Video+ Pics~~
December 17, 2009
At the Fresh DK Party, SS501's Kim Hyun Joong performed Rain / Bi's Rainism for 450 lucky fans
He said, "I practiced hard on this. I'm going to try my best so I hope you can at least see that." He always did well, and for us the fans he always look great!!
KingHyunjoong [[Video]]
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text: Raden Adjeng Kartini is a Javanese noblewoman and is known as a pioneer in the area of women's rights for native Indonesians. For a young girl at that period of time (1879-1904) her thinking was quite progressive. She protested the gender inequality of Javanese traditions such as forced marriages at a young age, which denied women the freedom to pursue an education. In 1903 she opened the first Indonesian primary school for native girls that did not discriminate the students on the basis of their social status. To Kartini, the ideal education for a young woman should encourage empowerment and enlightenment. She died at a very young age. To honor her progressive idea, her birthday, April 21st, is celebrated through out Indonesia, by wearing traditional clothing such as kebaya. - hollit.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartini


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What story lies behind those hard earned medals and what sweat goes in every day to become a sports champion is worth sharing with the fans. Biopics are very much trending in Bollywood and after the critically acclaimed and immensely loved biopics on Milkha Singh, Mary Kom, M.S.Dhoni, and Pan Singh Tomar now it is Shraddha's turn to paint the reel picture of a sports personality.
The big news is that Shraddha will be playing the role of badminton champion Saina Nehwal in the upcoming biopic.
Director Amol Gupte has been working for years to build a story around Saina's life and present it onscreen. The upcoming biopic will be produced by Bhushan Kumar.
The movie is expected to release in 2018 and will narrate the coming of age story of Saina.
"Whoa! That's news to me. I was aware of the film, yes, but I didn't know about the casting. It's great if Shraddha plays me because she is a very talented actress and very hardworking. I am sure she will do justice to the role. The best part is, she is a good friend as well. So it will be easier to teach her some badminton skills (laughs!). A lot of people did tell me that we do look similar and I think that's a huge compliment because Shraddha is very good looking," said Saina Nehwal in an interview to Times of India.
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We tackled "Burnin' Out" first for little to no reason at all. Compared to the demo, the beginning has a longer intro section and and the end has a more decisive resolution.
After changing a cymbal and adding a rack tom, we set a few levels and ripped out three takes of "Cashing" with the third being the best. The second take was great and we were gonna use it so we decided to record one more without the "stress" of it having to be "the one" and it turned out better. Funny how that happens.
It's crazy to think that the drums are all recorded. Jim and I set a goal of having the majority of recording done by the end of January and that is now a possibility. Being unemployed has definitely made it possible for me to give the project so much of my attention. That being said, I have to go back to work so I can pay for quality mastering!


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JACKSON, Miss. -- Trustmark Corp. says profit in the third quarter of 2012 rose 10.9 percent from the same three months of 2011, as it paid less interest on deposits and set aside less money to cover future bad loans.
The regional bank said Tuesday it posted quarterly profit of $29.9 million, or 46 cents per share, up from $27 million, or 42 cents per share, in 2011's third quarter.
Analysts polled by FactSet had forecast 46 cents per share, on average.
Trustmark's return on assets, one measure of profitability, rose to 1.21 percent. That remains well above the 0.85 percent return posted by all federally insured banks in the second quarter.
The bank made $1.4 million more from originating mortgages, as mortgage production rose 50 percent over 2011's third quarter. Trustmark spent $4 million less to take care of foreclosed real estate than in the year-ago period.
The set-aside for future loan losses was $3.4 million in the quarter. That's above the $650,000 the bank set aside in 2012's second quarter, but less than half the $8 million that Trustmark set aside in 2011's third quarter.
"We continued to experience meaningful improvement in credit quality," CEO Gerard Host said in a statement.
Total loans fell slightly, and the company's net interest margin _ the profit it makes on loans after it pays interest to depositors _ shrank a bit.
The company said it wrote off $400,000 in improvements it made to leased property in connection with a "pending branch office consolidation." The company completed its $1.2 million sale of its proprietary mutual fund business.
Based in Jackson, Miss., the $9.9 billion bank has offices in Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and Florida. Trustmark plans to buy BancTrust Financial Group, based in Mobile, Ala., in early 2013.


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Owners Mike and Missy Kline both grew up in the artist colony of Nashville Indiana surrounded by folks whose livelihood was creating fine art and handcrafts. Fascinated by a hand crafted leather store in town, Mike asked the owner Bill Dillon if he would teach him leather working and let him work in the store. Bill said he could not pay him, but offered him a traditional apprenticeship. The apprenticeship worked well for both of them. In 1992, the Kline's purchased the store from the retiring owner and opened Moonshine Leather Company.
Mike wanted a business dedicated to fine USA hand crafted goods so he purchased the leather and other raw materials from USA companies. He had learned from Bill that the strength and longevity gained from using "all" leather construction and quality brass hardware, although more costly, would allow them to guarantee their work. They would make any repairs free of charge for the life of the leather. With that quality and dedication, Moonshine Leather Co. developed an avid customer base.
In their small shop in Antique Alley, they made such items as handbags, wallets, pouches, and coin purses. They set up a studio at their home where they cut and finished their own leather belts. They also sold leather and leather working tools and supplies to other artisans in the area.
As the business grew Moonshine Leather Co. hired its first employees to help with the customers, and make belts. After a few years he found workers that he trained to work on the industrial machines. In 2003 they opened their online store with the help of Mike's Uncle and Aunt, Russ and Sharon Whitmore, www.moonshineleather.com .
With the success of the store and the growing website business it was time open a new store. They needed a location whose main season was opposite the popular fall season in Indiana. They had visited Arizona years earlier and remembered an intriguing small artist town. In 2005 they opened their second store, Altai Leather Designs in Jerome Arizona.
After 14 years in business a store space opened up in the busiest part of Nashville. Having just opened their second store the previous year the timing was not great, but knowing if they passed it up they may not get another chance, so in 2006 they moved Moonshine Leather Co. to Van Buren Street.
The old location in Antique Alley had served the them well so they decided to keep the store. With the help of longtime friend and leather worker Mikiko Kory they renamed the shop K. Bellum Leather Goods. They wanted each store to be unique so K. Bellum remains the supplier of leather and supplies. They sell their own private label designs and offer products from other USA leather goods manufactures. Moonshine Leather Company became the primary location for the company's handcrafted goods.
In 2010 after outgrowing the second floor workshop on Van Buren Street in Nashville, the workshop moved into a 900 square foot house on Jefferson Street,. This was followed by another move to a larger building just outside of town in 2014. It supplies leather goods to all three brick and mortar stores and the online store. They offer private label manufacturing and wholesale. With the help of a tremendous crew of store & production managers, clerks, sewers, machinists, ecommerce and office staff, Moonshine Leather Co., Inc is a thriving "Made in the USA" small business. The same principles that Moonshine Leather Co. started out with in 1992 hold true today. They are dedicated to making guaranteed fine quality handmade leather goods.


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Cause of Rihanna basically. Here's @badgalriri thanking Miuccia Prada for her latest gift of sexy S&M thigh high garter belted boots (yes, they exist).
And here's John Legend's fiancée Chrissy Teigen (who is amazing and hilarious btw and if you don't follow her you should go NOW and follow her on Twitter, Instagram and her blog www.sodelushious.com) having someone spray her down (with water, oil, self tanner? This is my brother's DREAM JOB btw. Every time I am involved in a fashion show he asks if I need extra "oilers" backstage.) in what I can only presume is preparation for a photoshoot.
Now we've all seen Rihanna naked so many times that it's no longer headline news. Now it's more about her new creative ways to be naked. But fully naked Chrissy shocked me a little, and yet didn't shock me at all (she's a friend in my head so I feel like I know her).
As a human when I see pics like this my first instinct is always to judge. But as Kathryn, my second instinct is always, "Damn I wish I could do that." Lol. Yes full on envy and not of these ladies' amazing bodies either.
I think Rihanna herself said in a recent interview, "I'm posting pictures of myself ... To tell the truth about myself. I've got so much to think about, why bring all this extra shit by being dishonest?"
Social media has let us into celebrities' lives in ways that no one could ever have conceived even 10 years ago and I think it's refreshing to see an honest representation, even if it's a little crazy ... or naked.
So, if you had an amazing body, a kajillion dollars and could never be fired would you be on Instagram naked too? I sure know I would...lol


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Suppose a "journalist" wrote a book featuring a candidate she was covering. How objective do you think her coverage would be? Not very. At least you could avoid reading or watching her reports. But what if she was chosen to moderate a debate — in this case, the vice presidential debate — where she already has shown open scorn for one of the candidates? Not very fair — and it wouldn't, couldn't happen in America, despite how openly biased the Mainstream Media is. That's just one step too far. Oh yeah? Thing on this: Gwen Ifill of PBS never disclosed to the Commission on Presidential Debates that she was writing a book about a new generation of black politicians, featuring Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama (and highlighting only Democrat pols), when they selected her to moderate tomorrow night's vice presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin. The news broke today only because of people like syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin (read here).
Another good commentary on "moderator-gate" comes from digitaljournal.com, although it posted Ifill's video plug of the book. (I viewed it for you. Nothing important, so skip it). Bob Unruh of WorldNetDaily wrote a great report as well (click here).
Ifill, of course, should recuse herself. Her book, which hits the bookstores on inauguration day, can only benefit from an Obama victory. Liberal columnists are countering that now Ifill will have to be fair because everyone is on to her. Right. So why wasn't this exposed before so we could all get excited about how fair she is? Then explain how she was hoping to get away with it and why liberals aren't raising basic ethical complaints.
No, none of that matters apparently. Forget all the pre-debate hype. That the moderator will have a massive conflict of interest, if not outright bias, and that no one is doing anything about it, is all you need to know before tomorrow night's big show.