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NFL Seattle Seahawks Watch and Wallet Set
When someone talks about Seahawks swag, they're probably talking about normal NFL gear and accessories. Like a player jersey, game used football, and oh yeah, a Lombardi Trophy here or there too! But, for the classy fan who's already got all of the above, well, they'd probably like some slick daily stuff to add a classy touch of Seahawks style to their everyday life.
Well, look no further than this NFL Seattle Seahawks Watch and Wallet Set. Any cool dude is sure to feel like a Seahawks superfan when they bust out their wallet and it matches their slick watch. Get your favorite fan this cool watch set as a gift, and when you travel to the game together, not only will you be sure to be getting to the game on time, but they might even pay for the trip to the concession stand too!
- Wallet
- Wristwatch
- Seahawks Watch and Wallet Set
- Wallet and watch band are genuine leather
- Trifold wallet measures 4" x 2.75" x 1" when folded, 9" x 4" unfolded
- Inner slots for cash, receipts, and up to 7 cards
- Seattle Seahawks name and logo embossed on outside of wallet
- Watch case and band buckle are stainless steel
- Big, easy-to-read numbers
- Seahawks logo on watch face
- Officially licensed
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Written By Ugochi Obiajunwa
There is a cool makeup trend really making waves in the beauty world and that is, the 'cut crease' eye makeup. Just as the name implies, it is a technique used to define the crease by cutting across it with a contrasting eyeshadow colour and little to no blending. A cut crease is a great thing for those of us with extra small, deep-set or hooded eyes. A cut crease can make these shapes appear to be bigger and brighter. Even if you have large eyes, you can play them up and show them off in a grander way with a cut crease.
Creating a cut crease isn't terribly complicated. Simply put, it's a way of applying shadow that creates depth and dimension to your eyes. You don't need a special tool or expensive product, just your go-to eyeshadow palette, a blending brush, and some patience.
Achieving this look, involves going through the following steps:
1. Apply A Primer
Applying a primer before your eyeshadow is a super important step you should be doing all the time. A primer will help the shadow go on smooth and pigmented.
2. Apply A Transition Shade
A light matte brown, warm or cool, serves as great transition shade. You want to ease the transition from skin to shadow, and something a little darker than your skin tone helps do that in a way that looks blended and natural.
3. Stick To Mattes When Creating A Crease
When you're creating a crease, mattes are the most natural shades to use. After your transition shade, you can use darker browns and neutrals to deepen your crease.
4. Use A Fluffy Brush
A soft, rounded blending brush is the best tool for creating the illusion of a natural cut crease. When in doubt, just keep blending!
5. Hold Your Brush At An Angle
Instead of holding your brush upright, which can cause a harsher line, hold the brush upward and at an angle for a softer application.
6. Blend Out With A Transition Shade
Once you've created a deeper crease using a darker shadow, you can go back over it with a little bit of the transition shade to soften.
7. Do The Lid Last
If you want to apply shimmering shadows to your lid, do that last. That way, the color looks applied to a natural crease. Otherwise, your shadows may blend too much together and drown out the crease.
This look suits all types of hairstyles most especially any hairstyle that doesn't cover the beauty of the look yet enhances the makeup. When pairing this look with your fashion pieces, it's important to know that this look plays cool with every fashion trend and thanks to it being able to grace every event, you are sure set to go!
Now try to achieve any of these cut crease looks below:

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Your Mind And Its Mysteries
YOUR MIND and ITS MYSTERIES: Human beings are the sum total of there thinking…but the question lies, but do we think, and why? This pamphlet describes the process through which we may unfold the mysteries of our mind – to unleash the forces inherent within us that would revolutionize our lives.
It reveals: The Different Minds of Man, The Power of the Subconscious, Tapping into the Divine Spirit of Infinite Wisdom, A Study of Our Emotional Life


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NewsRadio KLBJ Podcasts: Update!
Apr. 20, 2017
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If you listen to NewsRadio KLBJ podcasts on your iPhone through the Podcasts app, then this update is for you.
Our podcasts are moving to a new home on iTunes! Click here to subscribe to the NEW Todd & Don Show and click here to subscribe to the NEW Jeff Ward & Ed Clements Show on iTunes. We'll stop updating the old podcasts on May 1st, so make sure you subscribe to the new one.
Again, this only applies to iPhone users who use the Podcasts app. If you listen on your Android or through newsradioklbj.com, then you don't need to re-subscribe.


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Small 5/8 inch Swing Locket Necklace
Small 5/8 inch Swing Locket Necklace
Part of the Your Story Collection, our Small 5/8 inch Locket Necklace is great way to capture children's birthdays, tiny hand written inscription, wedding anniversary, monogram or a memorial keepsake for a loved one. This locket can be customized both inside and out with a cross motif, names, dates, actual foot prints, handwriting or word on the inside or outside. We will work with you to create it any way you like and we supply a proof of your piece before it is made so you can make alterations or changes as needed. Options include: All Silver or a Silver and Gold Combination as well as with or without birthstone or diamond. Each locket has your choice of chain in 18" chains in both silver and gold. The diamond is a stunning .10 carat VS quality diamond in a gold setting. The swing mechanism is truly a work of art and completely hand crafted one at a time.
All of our custom pieces are created in reclaimed metals resulting in an eco-friendly design. DeAnna Cochran Jewelry is committed to environmental friendly design.
CUSTOM FEET PRINT OR WRITING SUBMISSIONS: Once your order is submitted we will send you instructions within 48 hours regarding submitting your foot prints, written word or name electronically. A DIGITAL PROOF OF YOUR PIECE WILL BE PROVIDED BEFORE CREATING YOUR PIECE.
PLEASE NOTE: CUSTOM DESIGN ORDERS ARE NOT RETURNABLE. If you have questions regarding the custom piece, prior to ordering, please contact us through our "Contact" page. We will be happy to answer any questions regarding custom designs.


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Mine as well accept it. When your hot, your hot? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah…nah, nah, nah, nah, nah! My definition of hot and your definition of hot may differ slightly. You see, our family is in the process of writing one amazing story. Yet, I have been under some type of allusion for the past 5-10 years closure was on the horizon. I have had a desire to compile all of our life experiences into one collection, but for some reason, I have hesitated. Today, I think i have had an epiphany of the rationale for why I have not written any of it to a book form yet.
I was waiting.
Yep, that's the truth. I was waiting for a lull in the chaos that would be indicative of the closing of the book so that I could write beginning to end. There is where the foolishness sneaks into the picture. It is never over. Most of you have already come to that great awareness in your life, but I guess I am little more hard headed. IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER.
The story is constantly in script revisions and is being added onto. Your story, too. Right now, the Powells are living through at least Volume 5 or 6 of the story of our life. So with that awareness I must also confess that recent events in our story are what caused me to see that the lull will never be long enough. You must simply take the moments and capture them, trusting that the true author is writing a best seller.
Why? Because God wants glory. Because God wants to use our family to make Him famous. Because God wants others to know what He does and will do. Because God is God and I am not. That is why I say we are hot. Not because we are cover model worthy, well maybe my hunky husband. We are constantly under the Refiner's fire. Every once in a while, we come out of the fire to see what parts of our lives are still in need of improvement and then back into the fire we go.
So where does that bring comfort when things seem disastrous or at least challenging? God has never let me down. When I am under fire, He is holding me. He provides for me necessities even greater than the basics (food, water, shelter). He provides me with access to medical wisdom. He provides for me relationships with people to help me or to comfort me or to inform me. He has given me rest when I will take it. And if you truly look back over challenges and storms in your life, you will see how He has provided for you.
Thus far, I have been able to have the joy of looking back over events in our life and see God's providence, deliverance, and sovereignty. The chapters that have already been written are precious and vital, but they are not the end. If we are to continue to live for the Lord, than we will continue to experience persecution and strife. Our world is changing in morals and ethics every day. We also have to combine the external change with the every day challenges of raising children, paying bills, managing a home, and maintaining healthy relationships. We are turning the page. I pray this chapter brings honor to His name and look forward to seeing His provisions along the way.


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A sketch of my darling little sister who is turning 18 (!) this week.
I have submitted my digital stamp/image to the following challenges:
Craft My life: Anything but a card
Craft your Passion: No coloured in images
The Paper Girls: Make your own stamp (I made a digital stamp)
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Using Object-Orientation in ASP.NET : EncapsulationBy Ian Stallings
Encapsulation (Information Hiding). A principle, used when developing an overall program structure, that each component of a program should encapsulate or hide a single design decision... The interface to each module is defined in such a way as to reveal as little as possible about its inner workings. [Oxford, 1986]
- Peter Coad and Edward Yourdon. Object-Oriented Analysis, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall
This article attempts to explain the concept of Encapsulation in a OO environment. It assumes you have some understanding of OO (if you've not yet read my earlier article, Using Object-Orientation in ASP.NET : Overview, you might wish to do so before continuing with this article). For more information on OO you can also visit the OO FAQ at http://www.cyberdyne-object-sys.com/oofaq2/.
What is Encapsulation?
Encapsulation is the ability to hide the internal workings of an object's behavior and its data. For instance, let's say you have a object named
Car and this object has a method (another word for behavior)
start(). When you create an instance of a car object and call its
method you are not worried about what happens to accomplish this, you just want to make sure the state of the
car is changed to 'running' afterwards. This kind of behavior hiding is encapsulation and it makes programming
much easier. When you want your car object to be in a 'running' state, instead of calling:
starter.on(), etc., you just call
start(). This not only makes it easier to work
with, but if the internal workings of this start() method have to change, the results will be the same.
Encapsulation goes hand in hand with placing your code into a component and using this component when needed. By placing the logic we need for similar processes into a component, we eliminate the need to rewrite that code throughout an application every time the process has to be modified. When we need to make a change to that process, we simply modify that component and the change is propagated throughout the application wherever you used the component.
How Do We Apply This?
Ok, so now we have a general idea of what encapsulation means. But how do we apply this? With code of course.
For this article I have decided to use C#/ASP.NET. This is primarily because of ASP.NET's ability to use Object-Oriented languages like C#. C# is very Java-like so it's pretty easy to pick up by someone like myself, who has some experience with Java. If you have no experience with Java, C#, or C++, don't worry, I tried to write the code examples as simple as possible, so hopefully you can pick it up quickly. To try and avoid confusion I haven't tapped into the full power of C#, sacrificing efficiency for simplicity. So don't take the example as the end all be all in coding. Simply recognize the use of encapsulation and our mission is accomplished. (To help learn C#, be sure to read the articles in the C# Article Index!)
Here's our fictional
Foo class below. It has a private String variable named
which we can set via the method
setPhoneNumber(). We have no idea what is going on behind the
scenes when we call this method. It could be parsing the string data we entered and validating it. It could be
verifying it as correct in a Database. It doesn't matter because the internal logic for setting the phone
number is hidden from the developer. They simply create an object instance of this foo class and call the
setPhoneNumber(), passing in a phone number as an argument.
Foo class below:
Notice that we could have made a public property named
.phoneNumber, but we chose not to. Instead
we use a method to alter the state of the object. Why you ask? What if instead of just setting a
phoneNumber property, we now have to also change a property named
.hasPhone to TRUE
before the
.phoneNumber property can be set. Everywhere this code was called from would have to
be changed. But we control the properties (state) by using our methods (behaviors). Behaviors should change/control
state of the object. This is good encapsulation.
In Part 2 we'll look at using the
Foo class through
an ASP.NET page. By seeing how we'd use this class, we can see what benefits encapsulation brings to the table!


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In Time for Spring: Bike Law 101
What lawyers should know about the rules of the road and bike-relevant insurance law
Springtime is finally around the corner. The melting of snow triggers a typical Minnesotan desire in both young and old to put some air in the tires, find a helmet, and jump on our bicycles for a ride. This makes perfectly good sense in that Minnesota boasts more bike trails than any other state around (especially more than our neighbors to the east!).1
Speaking from experience as a son who watched his dad ride his bicycle nearly year-round to and from work each day and then later grew up to become a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer litigating cases on behalf of injured bike riders, I have some information for you to consider this spring prior to taking that first ride. It will be especially helpful if your experiences are similar to my dad's, who in his over 30 years of riding has encountered everything from quicksand (so he claims) to erratic drivers to run-ins with parked cars.
Rules of the road
It will come as news to some that Minn. Stat. §169.222 (2017) governs how we ride our bicycles.2 The Legislature has granted these riders all the same rights—and duties—applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles and motorcycles.3 That's both good and bad. It means bike riders can use the same roadways as motor vehicles, but also that bicycles need to obey all the same traffic laws, such as stopping at stop signs (even when no one is watching!). Additionally, here are some other specific, yet often forgotten, rules for riders:
- In most situations, the bicyclist "shall ride as close as practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway" (assuming no designated bicycle lane or other exception, such as preparing for a left turn at an intersection).4
- No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local authorities.5 In Minneapolis, sidewalk riding in business districts is prohibited, and that includes Downtown, Uptown, and the University of Minnesota/Dinkytown.6
- A person operating a bicycle (lawfully) upon a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal when necessary before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.7
- Carrying anything that prohibits the driver of the bicycle from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bar is not allowed.8
- Although it's a wise decision, Minnesota law does not mandate that a rider wear a helmet.
Insurance claims
Even assuming that, like my dad, you are a considerate and law-abiding rider, there is still probably going to come a time when you are going to have an adversarial experience with a motor vehicle. In St. Paul during 2017, for example, there were 99 bicycle/motor vehicle crashes with 72 causing injury and one resulting in a fatality.9 These crashes could have been caused by a variety of circumstances: It might be a car door being opened right in front of you as you are riding in a bike lane; it could be a situation where a motor vehicle attempts to make a U-turn, doesn't see you, and knocks you off your bike; or it could be a situation where a driver rolls down his or her window and yells at the bicyclist for riding in the road (always a personal favorite of mine).
Whatever the cause, if you are injured by a motor vehicle while riding your bicycle, there are two important and applicable types of insurance coverage to be aware of:
• No-fault benefits. Since January 1, 1975 the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act, Minn. Stat. §65B.41 – 65B.71, has governed all motor vehicle insurance policies. As such, a bicyclist suffering physical injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident, regardless of whether he or she was at fault, will have access to no-fault benefits.10 That carries with it medical coverage and wage loss benefits, among others, from any policy under which the bicyclist is an insured.11 However, what happens if the injured bicyclist is not an insured under a motor vehicle policy? For example, what if someone relies solely on a bicycle for transportation (as is becoming more and more common) and does not own (or for that matter insure) a motor vehicle? What then?
Fortunately, subdivision 4 of Minn. Stat. §65B.47 states that a person without insurance who is not the driver or occupant of a motor vehicle at the time of the injury (i.e., a pedestrian, bicyclist, etc.) may go to the insurance policy covering any involved motor vehicle.12 Even assuming the bicyclist is at fault, that rider can access no-fault benefits from any of the policies covering the involved vehicles. This means, for example, that even if you turn your bike directly into the path of a motor vehicle simply because you are not paying attention and thereby cause an accident, your medicals will still be paid.
However, what if all the involved vehicles are uninsured? Is the bicyclist out of luck? No. For such bicyclists, Minn. Stat. §65B.63 and 65B.64 may come to the rescue, as they require an insurance company be assigned to provide basic no-fault benefits. This "Assigned Claims Plan," however, does exclude no-fault coverage for certain uninsured claimants. So it's not applicable in all situations, but is certainly a viable option to many who do not own a motor vehicle or reside with someone who does.13
• UM (uninsured motorist) and UIM (underinsured motorist) benefits. These types of coverage are triggered when a motor vehicle operator negligently injures a bicyclist and either has no liability coverage (uninsured) or not enough coverage to cover the harm caused (underinsured). Unlike no-fault benefits, these types of coverage are only available to riders who are named in an auto policy of their own or who reside with a relative who is an insured.14 Furthermore, consumers can purchase different sums of these types of coverage. It goes without saying that no one—including pedestrians, bicyclists, or other motor vehicle operators—can depend on the tortfeasor to either have insurance or to have enough. By purchasing adequate coverage (the state minimum UM/UIM coverage is $25,000/$50,000, but we recommend purchasing much more), the injured party is able to elect the amount of coverage that will be available to him or her if injured due to the negligence of a motor vehicle operator.15
The importance of bicyclists having proper UM and UIM coverage is three-fold:
First, a bicyclist injured by a motor vehicle is more likely to sustain serious physical injuries than occupants of a motor vehicle due to the lack of physical protection. In other words, bikers don't simply get hurt, they get really hurt.
Second, UM coverage provides specific insurance coverage for "hit-and-run" accidents and even "phantom vehicle" situations, which occur when a bicyclist is injured even though no physical contact occurred between the vehicle and the bicyclist and the driver of the vehicle subsequently fled the scene.16 That means, in theory, that if someone is riding lawfully and is run off the road by a negligent driver who fails to stop, the injured biker would have a viable UM claim.
Third, as any avid rider will tell you, our driving culture in Minnesota has not evolved enough for us to expect drivers to be consistently looking for riders and pedestrians. As such, bicyclists are at risk for injury. At least for now, that's just the reality. While that risk cannot be avoided, at least a person can provide himself or herself with an opportunity to be appropriately compensated should that risk come to fruition. This, of course, is done by having proper UM and UIM coverage. (If you don't know your coverage, a conversation with an insurance professional about coverage options is a must.)
Enjoy the season
In a place where a blizzard can come on Halloween and snow can last until early May, we Minnesotans cherish our outdoor time. Maybe that's why our bike- riding community has grown so much in recent years and our beloved state continues to be a national leader regarding ridership and accessibility. So enjoy it! But whether it's around the Minneapolis lakes, on Highway 61 along the North Shore, or even in your own neighborhood, be safe. Obey the rules of the road. Be attentive. And most importantly, prepare yourself for those occasions when things don't go your way. And finally, if you come across my dad, tell him that the statute of limitations has expired on his claim against the quicksand he encountered riding home to 21st Avenue in St. Cloud all those years ago.
ANDREW RORVIG is a trial lawyer at McEllistrem Fargione Landy Rorvig & Eken P.A. He tries cases, teaches at UST law school, and is raising two boys in the Crocus Hill neighborhood of St. Paul (his adopted hometown). He is the co-editor of the Minnesota State Bar Association Minnesota Motor Vehicle Deskbook.
1 Dan Gunderson, Peddling Minnesota's bike trails, Minnesota Public Radio (9/5/2001).
2 Minn. Stat. §169.222 (2017).
3 Id.
4 Id. subd. 4(a).
5 Id. subd. 4(d).
6 Minneapolis Ordinance § 490.140.
7 Minn. Stat. §169.222, subd. 4(d).
8 Id. subd. 5.
9 Pedestrian and Bike Crash Data – City of St. Paul (last visited 2/12/2018), available at https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/police/pedestrian-and-bike-crash-data-city-st-paul.
10 Minn. Stat. §65B.41 – 65B.71.
11 Id.
12 Minn. Stat. §65B.47 subd. 4(c).
13 See Minn. Stat. §65B.64, subd. 3.
14 The no-fault statute defines the term "insured" at Minn. Stat. §65B.43 subd. 5. Generally, an "insured" under the statutory definition includes both the named insured in the policy and any resident relative of the named insured unless that relative is "identified by name in any other contract" of motor vehicle insurance complying with the No-Fault Act.
15 Minn. Stat. §65B.49, subd. 3a.
16 Halseth v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 268 N.W.2d 730 (Minn. 1978); Heldt v. Truck Ins. Exch., No. C7-94-1009, 1995 WL 1496 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995).


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In rendering the statement set forth in clause (a) and making the statement set forth in subclause (b)(i) of the immediately preceding paragraph, such counsel may assume that February 1, 2018 was the earlier of the date on which the Prospectus was first used and the time of the first contract of sale of the Securities within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(1) of the Rules and Regulations.
In rendering such opinions, such counsel may, among other things, (A) rely in respect of matters of fact material to such opinions upon (i) oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities and (ii) statements and certifications of public officials, the transfer agent of the Partnership and others (to the extent such counsel deems it appropriate), (B) assume the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted as certified or photostatic copies, (C) state that their opinion is limited to the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the applicable laws of the State of Texas, the applicable laws of the State of New York, the applicable laws of the United States of America, with respect to the opinion set forth in paragraph 16 above, United States federal income tax law, and with respect to the opinion set forth in paragraph 17 above, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (D) state that they express no opinion with respect to state securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction or with respect to the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, (E) with respect to the opinion expressed in paragraphs 1 and 2 above as to the valid existence, good standing and due qualification or registration of the General Partner, the Partnership, EPO and EPOGP, state that such opinions are based solely upon its review of certificates and other communications from the appropriate public officials, (F) state that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to (i) any permits to own or operate any real or personal property or (ii) state or local tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Enterprise Parties or the General Partner may be subject, and (G) with respect to enforceability of agreements or instruments, include reasonable and customary qualifications for such agreements or instruments.


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Eat garlic to fight chronic infections
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 28 : Garlic can help you fight chronic infections, a study suggests.
The researchers from the University of Copenhagen show that the garlic compound is able to destroy important components in the bacteria's communication systems, which involve regulatory RNA molecules.
'We really believe this method can lead to treatment of patients, who otherwise have poor prospects. Because chronic infections like cystic fibrosis can be very robust. But now we, together with a private company, have enough knowledge to further develop the garlic drug and test it on patients', says Assistant Professor Tim Holm Jakobsen from the Costerton Biofilm Center at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology.
The study is the latest addition from a research group headed by Professor Michael Givskov, which since 2005 has focussed on garlic's effect on bacteria. At the time they learned that garlic extract is able to inhibit bacteria, and in 2012 they showed that the sulphurous compound ajoene found in garlic is responsible for the effect.
The new study takes an even closer look and documents ajoene's ability to inhibit small regulatory RNA molecules in two types of bacteria.
'The two types of bacteria we have studied are very important. They are called Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. They actually belong to two very different bacteria families and are normally fought using different methods. But the garlic compound is able to fight both at once and therefore may prove an effective drug when used together with antibiotics', says Tim Holm Jakobsen.
Previous studies have shown that garlic appears to offer the most powerful, naturally occurring resistance to bacteria. In addition to inhibiting the bacteria's RNA molecules, the active garlic compound also damages the protective slimy matrix surrounding the bacteria, the so-called biofilm. When the biofilm is destroyed or weakened, both antibiotics and the body's own immune system are able to attack the bacteria more directly and thus remove the infection.
The findings have been published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Police caught on camera assaulting youth outside his residence
Maintaining a positive image has always been a challenge for the police department, but it is not always possible for every official to maintain it. The latest incident has come to light is from Dindoshi, where a sub-inspector (SI) was caught on camera assaulting a youth outside his residence.
SI Vijay Motling, attached to the Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region), was found assaulting a youth, Shahid Shifaat, outside his bungalow over some borrowed money. The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera installed in Shahid's bungalow.
Shahid has lodged a complaint against the PSI and ACP Dyaneshwar Jawalkar, Dindhoshi, is investigating the case. In his letter to the police, Shahid says that, ''In 2016 his mother Anis Fatma Khan had taken Rs 3.5 lakh loan from Motling on an interest of 5 to 10 per cent, which we had paid already. Also three cheques issued by us is still with him. Motling is unofficially a money lender, which is his side business."
Shahid said that the SI went to his house and started abusing his mother and assaulting him. He took Shahid's tempo's key and handed it to one of the society members Ajit Jathar.
Shahid says the society member and Motling has planned this together as they wanted to implicate him and his brother Aman Khan in a false case. Because of these threats they shifted residence as his mother and sister are scared of Motling and Ajit who have good contacts and resources.
Motling said he had given Rs 3.5 lakhs to Shahid's mother a year ago on interest and they were not paying him back. He says they have taken money on interest from several people, and make excuses when asked to return it. He says he came to know that the family is trying to abscond and that's when he accosted them. Senior Police Inspector from Dindoshi, Rajaram Whanmane, said the parties have filed complaints against each other and the ACP of Dindoshi Division, Dyaneshwar Jawalkar, is investigating the case.


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Week In Review
A Weekly Column by Bill Onasch
February 9, 2009
Usually when I miss my unofficial deadline of Sunday evening for these columns it's because I've been involved in meetings or other events during the weekend. There was in fact a major union-sponsored jobs rally in Kansas City Sunday afternoon–but I slept through it, along with the rest of the weekend, because of a "bug." While still not yet hitting on all four cylinders the combination of sleep, and fortification with home-made Irish soda bread and hot tea, is making me feel like Mickey Rourke–the morning after a match.
A Good Question
In addition to making a four-star soda bread my wife Mary sometimes challenges me with seemingly simple questions. Last night, as she monitored my response to Irish ambrosia, she asked, "So, are you for a stimulus package?"
If she hadn't chosen engineering she could have made a good lawyer. While the query was I'm sure innocently put it's sort of like asking a baseball player if he's stopped using designer steroids. Often a simple yes or no is inadequate and sometimes, even if honest, misleading.
The only outright opponents of the Democrat stimulus efforts recognized by the media are the Republicans. They argue for tax cuts at all times with patronizing declarations that tax-payers know better how to spend our money than bloated government.
As a matter of fact, I do believe I know how to better spend money than the politicians of each party. But I also believe that society urgently requires collective spending that is far beyond the capacity or control of individual tax-payers. That is why we have institutions such as government.
The problem is not that the government spends too much of our money but rather how it is spent and who benefits from the spending. I look at the congressional debate and administration compromises over stimulus not as a trained economist, which I'm certainly not, but from the viewpoint of Them and Us–the bankers and bosses versus the working class and our allies.
The administration's package serves Them, not Us. Doing nothing will serve Them more than Us. It's not unlike the debate over healthcare. Tinkering with the way the health insurance robber barons get their profits is not worthy of support. We should settle for nothing less than single-payer. We need to develop such a plan of our own for the economic crisis as well. So, my convoluted answer to the original simple question is that I support a stimulus that benefits workers and tackles the global warming crisis–and oppose all others.
In a session entitled "Lessons From Past Crises," at the April 3-4 conference in Kansas City, I will be speaking on "The World War II Mobilization." That–not the New Deal–is what brought an end to the Great Depression. As interesting as that period is I will spend relatively little time on its history. My emphasis will be on lessons to avoid, certainly, but more importantly positive lessons that can be applied and expanded from a working class perspective today to the twin economic and global warming crises.
The speakers at the conference, even including me, won't claim to have all the solutions to our problems. The gathering will be a modest step in promoting honest questions and frank answers in the wide dialogue needed for working class recovery. If you're one of Us I hope you'll join us in the discussion.
The Four Rs R.I.P.?
Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle was coined by the modern environmental movement. Actually these principles worked best during World War II when most Americans pitched in to make do with limited wartime resources. Recent generations have become more conscious about the need to recycle for environmental reasons.
Unlike during the Second World War however recycling has become integrated in to the market economy. Recycling works–when it is profitable. The global economic crisis has trashed the recycling market. Over the past six months the price of aluminum cans has plunged fifty percent, reusable cardboard has plummeted from 140 dollars a ton to twenty, and you literally can't give away mixed paper. More and more of these items find their way in to landfills–or yards of abandoned houses.
Kansas City will likely soon abandon our limited curbside recycling–joining many other towns across the country.
Kids Healthcare Depends On
Smoke Filled Rooms
SCHIP, providing money to states for health insurance coverage to children living in low income homes was signed in to law last week. The program, which doesn't include parents, is expected to reduce the number of uninsured kids of the poor by about half over the next four years.
The primary funding source for this half-loaf program is a 61-cent per pack increase in cigarette tax. Of course, it is public health policy to discourage smoking and the number of smokers has long been on the decline. Is it just me or does anyone else see a serious inconsistency here?
A similar problem is confounding many transit agencies. In states such as Minnesota, for example, much state transit assistance comes from fuel and other car related taxes and fees. Many Minnesotans have greatly reduced driving and are now using mass transit. But reduced revenue from these dedicated car tax sources threatens major cuts in transit service.
Long Honeymoon Quick Divorce?
Five years ago the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union to form UNITE-HERE. Just a few months away from the first scheduled post-merger convention their president, Bruce Raynor, has declared, "This union is engaged in a civil war."
The divisions are pretty much along pre-unity lines. The HERE side, headed by John Wilhelm, is bigger and seemed poised to take control at the convention. Raynor has shown he is ready to defend turf–and the Amalgamated Bank, which he chairs.
There appear to be few principled differences between these two Ivy League grads who found rewarding careers leading workers. Yet another Ivy Leaguer, SEIU president Andy Stern, has offered a peace gesture of bringing one or both of the combatants in to his union.
Maybe A Glass Floor
Women now hold 49.1 percent of all jobs and it's expected they will soon become a majority of the U.S. workforce. As Catherine Rampell commented in the New York Times,
"The reason has less to do with gender equality than with where the ax is falling."
The economic collapse has hit hardest in male dominated industries such as manufacturing, construction, trucking and rail and men have received an astounding 82 percent of the pink slips. Female dominated occupations such as education and healthcare have so far been spared from massive cuts.
Lest we celebrate too much Rampell reminds us,
"Women may be safer in their jobs, but tend to find it harder to support a family. For one thing, they work fewer overall hours than men. Women are much more likely to be in part-time jobs without health insurance or unemployment insurance. Even in full-time jobs, women earn 80 cents for each dollar of their male counterparts' income, according to the government data."
That's all for this week.
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Pearl Jam's Mike McCready & 5 Treehouse Youth - "Try So Hard"
Treehouse arranged for 5 youth who have experienced foster care to meet Pearl Jam's Mike McCready. Franky, Rickardo, Sergio, Joseph and Logan had never played together. With Mike, they created "Try So Hard." Follow Treehouse: https://www.facebook.com/treehousefor... More About Us: http://www.treehouseforkids.org Only 49 percent of youth in foster care graduate from high school. Without a diploma, they face high rates of poverty, homelessness, incarceration, early parenting and substance abuse. Through Treehouse's Graduation Success program (http://bit.ly/graduation-success), youth are invested in goals and plans for the future that they develop themselves. Treehouse has raised the extended graduation rate from 49 to 89 percent for their youth. That rate includes on-time and fifth-year graduations. Founded in 1988 by social workers, Treehouse addresses the academic and other essential support needs of kids in foster care. Treehouse helps more than 7,500 youth each year through programs that focus on their academic success, fulfill key material needs and provide important childhood experiences every child deserves. Donate: http://bit.ly/donate-to-treehouse
See Pearl Jam's Mike McCready Record New Song With Foster Kids
Guitarist invited five young musicians into band's studio to record "Try So Hard"See Pearl Jam's Mike McCready work with youth in foster care on recording a song, "Try So Hard," in Pearl Jam's studio.
Last fall, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready welcomed five young men who lived in foster care as children into his band's studio with the intention of making a song. The thing was, recording in a professional studio was a new experience for everyone except McCready. "This was a bunch of guys that had never met each other, so you never know how that's going to go," he tells Rolling Stone. Together, they created "Try So Hard," a mellow, uplifting song about rising strong above a rough past.
For McCready, the process has been an enlightening experience. He met the musicians, aged between 15 and 20, through the non-profit organization Treehouse, which helps foster kids in Washington State graduate high school and prepare for adulthood. A decade ago, McCready volunteered to wrap presents for the organization ("I'm a terrible wrapper, too, so I probably just handed them the tape," he says) and was struck by what the facility offered. "They help foster kids that are in dire need of finishing their education, providing funding for summer camps and lessons, even new clothes – all the things a lot of us take for granted," he says. Impressed, he agreed to "play a show in front of a shoe rack there" (in the organization's free store for youth in foster care) and participated in donation drives and the kids' soccer games.
"There's nothing more important than helping kids," the guitarist says. "If we can do that in grassroots organizations, hopefully that'll spill over into the larger picture. You act locally, and it grows globally."
The recording session was especially meaningful for Franky Price. The 20 year old, who was in foster care for two years and has been heavily involved with Treehouse, provided much of the rapping on "Try So Hard." When he previously told a Treehouse employee that he struggled with depression, she suggested he participate in the session. He has his own home recording setup with a microphone and computer, but the experience with McCready was his first time in what he describes as "a legit studio of that caliber."
Price tells Rolling Stone he's not a big Pearl Jam fan per se ("I enjoy their music, obviously," he says), but meeting McCready taught him "not everyone in the music business is an ass, not everyone is self-serving." And connecting with the rocker on a fundamentally human level inspired him. When he learned that McCready struggles with Crohn's disease it struck home with him, since he, too, has health issues, including a major heart condition that required him to get heart and back surgery last March. "I found it inspiring to learn that he was somebody who had been through health scares and suffered from a lot of depression but that he's still here today making music," Price says.
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready (second from left) with Rickardo Mendiola (left), Franky Price (right of McCready) and the other Treehouse kids who recorded "Try So Hard." Treehouse
The session lasted four hours, but Price says he came up with his part in about 45 minutes. He asked one of the foster children, Rickardo Mendiola, 17, to play some chords on his guitar for inspiration and after a few tries they landed on something everyone liked. Mendiola came up with the "Try So Hard" line and a freestyle verse, and Price reflected on all he'd been through in his verses. "I carry a lot of weight upon my back," he rapped. "I've been to hell and back ... and I've yet to crack." The lyrics just made sense to him.
"I wanted to make it personal, but also relatable for everyone else," says the rapper.
"The song just organically happened," McCready says. "We were sitting around, and it was amazing that it came together the way it did. The guys had some rap going on, beat boxing, some guitars, bass and drums. They created a song, and I got to play along with it. It generally doesn't happen that way, and it was really cool."
The sense of excitement and eagerness that everyone shared about the song made a big impression on McCready. "People will respond to your honesty in terms of the music you're creating," he says. "I could see that in the guys. They all got together for the first time that day, so everybody was on the line a little bit. It's very nerve-racking, especially for the guys who are still learning. But everybody gave it a shot."For Price, who has pressed pause on his rap career while he recovers from his surgeries, making "Try So Hard" with McCready was a powerful experience. "It sounds corny or cliché," he says, "but the music really can bring people who don't know each other together and still create something wonderful."
Mike invited 5 students, who'd never previously met, to Pearl Jam's studio for an evening of songwriting and recording. Franky, Sergio, Logan, Rickardo, and Joseph are all current students or alumni of Treehouse, a Seattle-based non-profit dedicated to providing youth in foster care with opportunities to pursue their dreams.
PJ's touring techs walked the students through setting up the instruments and gear and the sound engineers gave them a step-by-step tutorial of the recording process. Then, Mike handed each student an instrument. Within 2 hours, the group wrote and recorded a song called "Try So Hard," to be released by HockeyTalkter Records later this year with proceeds benefiting Treehouse for Kids.
Photo Credit: Catherine Krummey, Treehouse Communications Specialist
ckrummey - My job is pretty awesome. Head over to @treehouseforkids to learn more about the once-in-a-lifetime experience some of our youth had job shadowing Mike McCready, @pearljam's guitarist. And follow us while you're at it!
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MSL's Seattle office consulted pro bono with Treehouse, a Seattle-based nonprofit, to support the development of a video series highlighting the many ways the nonprofit enables youth who have experienced foster care to turn their dreams into reality.
Treehouse's Graduation Success program works one-on-one with students who are in/have experienced foster care to help them set and achieve goals. Through this program, Treehouse has raised the extended graduation rate from 49 to 89 percent for the youth they serve. In the next five years, Treehouse plans to expand the program throughout Washington. To do so, they need the community's support.
Here, our Seattle colleagues discuss the importance of organizations like Treehouse and how the idea for a video series was born.
curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capitalPosts: 2,505So cool! I remember Treehouse from way back when we lived in Seattle. It's a great organization.
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After AUBG scored an all-time high in the eighth edition of the Bulgarian University Rankings at the end of 2018, AUBG President Steven Sullivan received the award at an official ceremony Feb. 12. AUBG's Business Administration, Economics, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Political Science and International Relations programs have been rated as the best in the country.


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The Role of the Regimental Officer in the Maintaining Morale, and Discipline of the BEF, 1914-1919. Gary Sheffield.
An organism, whose well-being depends on the interplay of human relationships.
Tony Ashworth (1980) a substitute family for the soldiers NOT monolithic and imposed from above.
Common Experience?
What kinds of things create a military experience?
Very difficult to generalise about soldiers experiences: things in common, but things that were very different.
Industrialised and bureaucratised warfare (Ashford). Early 1915 getting a grip.
Active and cushy fronts depends on where you are talking about.
Where soldiers come from:
- Regular
- New Army
- Territorial Army
- Conscripts
Each unit had its own ethos.
Arm of service : gunner compared to infantry.
Rank – Class – Education
Rhythms of Trench Warfare
Front Line, Support Line, Reserve (average 4 days of each) then 'rest' – which could be hard work 'humping and dumping'.
Charles Carrington, 48th Division, 1916. 101 days under fire, 65 in FL, 120 Reserve, 73 in Rest. Remainder on leave, instructional schools, travelling or in depot.
Day to day
Stand To Arms!
Prepare to repulse an attack.
Twice a day.
Day: sentries, inspections, rum, working in trenches, sleeping.
Night: working parties in No Man's land, patrolling, raiding. Finding out what is going on. Or a small scale battle to capture enemy, or simply to duff up the enemy.
Danger: Jan-Jun 1916 BEF's 108,000 casualties in absence of major battles.
Shelling (planes and trenches) sniping, patrolling, raiding.
The Role of Leadership – above all else.
Regular paternal ethos – Temp Gents
Bureaucracy of paternalism
'The paternal deferential relationship' – behaving in a fatherly way.
Deference given in return.
Country house values looking after his servants and staff.
The relationship is a reciprocal one.
Good at looking after their men so the men were willing to follow them.
Compared to the French where the officer / infantry relationship was poor.
By 1918 43% of officers are working or lower-middle class.
Leadership: you put your men before yourself.
Noblesse oblige.
Taught how to behave towards your men.
The need to display gentlemanly qualities.
Posh twit put back, dustmen sent on a 'knife and fork' programme.
Bureaucracy of paternalism. – it did its job.
So important they were checked up on.
Trying to ensure that the men are being well looked after.
Role in prevention/treatment of shell-shock.
Love for men – rarely homoerotic.
Some of it probably was, it mostly a deep affection for their men.
Some even 'motherly' love.
A subaltern's war : Carrington
Accused falsely of being a homosexual.
Role of the ordinary junior officer in keeping moral high.
Men expected their leaders to be:
- Paternal
- Brave
- Competent
Offer-Man Relations
- Regular strand – distant, but cordial.
Once in the trenches this broke down.
- Auxiliary- strand. Could be quite informal.
- TF 'class corps'
- Regular came to predominate. Importance of contents.
Starting to bring down the barriers between classes.
What if it goes wrong?
Trade union ethos
Leadership by negotiation
Fragging – throwing a cigarette into an officer's dugout.
Strike/mutiny – collective bargaining in khaki. Julian Putkowski. Two /three men refusing to leave a cook out, to a large body of men breaking out of Etaples and and going to Paris Plage.
Demob problems.
E.g. 'Counting down then blowing a raspberry'
Officers listen to their sergeant to ensure that they can a conduit to 'talk to the boss'.
Officers do not command in a vacuum.
If leadership by negotiation went wrong it could lead to mutiny.
Army very good at containing these problems and resolving them.
Unlike the FR and D, though had demob problems.
Demob problems – we've finished the war, we want to go home.
Military discipline was always flimsy -Richard Watt. but they believed in the cause
Military Moloch – faceless bureaucracy.
On parade, on parade … off parade, off parade.
Reactions based on class/education.
Executions 346 – for military offences, only 11% so 89% condemned to execution were let off.
Military justice to justice is like military music to music.
Harry Farr shot because they didn't want to give men a golden ticket to disobey orders and desert. Not the purpose of disciplinary system during WW1.
Pte Skelton, 22nd RF executed Boxing Day 1916
Repeated deserter, last time from Andre.
Battleline Narratives H E Harvey – he let his mates down.
British deserted in drove at time during WW2 and had wanted to re-instate the death penalty.
Battle Police
Posted to point stragglers in the right direction.
BEF well disciplined.
Cohesive. Belief in Empire, King and Country.
Strong local allegiances and 'belonging' to societies and clubs that translated into the army.
Yet Ireland, strikes, and politics.
So below the surface, very cohesive.


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The start of 2014 isn't just the first month of the year ─ it's also a time to reflect back on 2013 and see where your team excelled
and where there's room for improvement. There's no better time than the beginning of a new year to get together with your team and find ways to increase your efficiency and productivity as a whole.
Getting Your Team Together to Strategize
To devise the best plan for improvement in 2014, you need all members of your team present. The thoughts and ideas of each individual are necessary to build the most comprehensive strategy.
There's a number of ways to go about planning your meeting, including:
- Series of brief meetings.
If January is a busy time for your company and you don't have a full day to contribute to planning, it's okay. Schedule a series of hourly meetings for your team to get together. Schedule all meetings as soon as possible, before calendars start to fill up. Try to get all planning completed by the end of January.
- Off-site strategizing day.
Sometimes a change of scenery can do wonders for productivity. Rent a meeting space out near your office and invite your entire team to spend the day with you. Without the distractions of daily work tasks to get in the way, you should be able to focus on the issue at hand and end the day with an amazing plan for success in 2014.
- Team building weekend.
If your company has the budget, holding team building weekend can be a great way to strengthen your workforce and build a comprehensive plan for the future. You'll come back refreshed and ready to take on anything the new year has in store for you.
Regardless of the type of meeting you choose, it's important to give your team members adequate notice of the meaning, so everyone has time to reflect and prepare their thoughts. Ask each person to bring two examples of inefficiency they observed in 2013 and a way to resolve each issue in this new year. Not only does this ensure everyone is involved in the planning process, it also allows you access to an abundance of ideas for improvement, from the prospective of a diverse group of people, sure to make your company more efficient and productive in 2014.
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1. Food plastic bags should be marked with Chinese logo, marked factory name, site, product name, and clearly marked "food" words. Products are shipped with product inspection certificate.
2. Food with plastic bags factory is no smell, no smell, a special smell of plastic bags, can not be used for food packaging.
3. Colorful plastic bags can not be used for food packaging.
4. Try to use non-coated, coated materials. Modern packaging design, in order to make the packaging more beautiful, corrosion, extensive use of the material with the coating. This is not only to the product after the scrapped material recovery, re-use has brought difficulties, and most of the paint itself is toxic, if people eat these packaged food, people will have a great harm to the body. Another coating, plating process to the environment has brought great pollution. Such as paint volatile toxic solvent gas, plating and other heavy metals containing chromium and other waste, waste pollution.
5. When purchasing food, it is best to use green packaging materials, choose the original paper packaging is appropriate or biodegradable plastic.
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O'Mulvihill of Connacht – Ó Maoilmhichil Connachta
O'Mulvihill Ó Maoilmhichil means "devotee of St. Michael" and originates in Connacht where they were an important clan. The name has also evolved over the years to Mitchell.
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I promised you a peek this week into what we eat, so here is a midweek snapshot. Again, remember I prepped everything over the weekend so now we can just grab and go or reheat. I was especially thankful for this last night, as I was able to go for a run when I got home from work and not worry about having to cook dinner.
Let me start with our brunch on Saturday- I made a veggie hash (cauliflower, shredded Brussels sprouts, diced red, yellow and green peppers, onion and garlic) with fried eggs and bacon. A healthy and well-deserved meal after a six mile run. I was famished!
On Sunday, a few favorites I prepped were "corn" bread, chocolate zucchini muffins and applesauce. The "corn" bread is from Danielle Walker's Celebrations cookbook and is gluten and corn free but tastes amazingly like the real thing. I made the applesauce in my instant pot and I can never wait for it to cool down; I love it when it's still warm. And I shared the recipe for the chocolate zucchini muffins with you on Sunday. OMG they are so good and taste like a chocolate cupcake. These are gluten, nut and dairy free and let me just say I'm in total love and, once again, my family is none the wiser!
We are early risers and are at the gym by 5 a.m. so need to have a portable breakfast to heat up. I like making steel cut oats in my instant pot but I also make an egg bake every Sunday as well, filled with whatever veggies I have on hand and even add a diced sweet potato now and again. Each week, the egg bake is a little different so we never grow tired of it.
One of the things I prepped for the week was a giant batch of shredded buffalo chicken in my instant pot. During the week it'll be used in salads and GF street tacos. I also made a batch of GF, dairy free ranch dressing using avocado mayo, coconut milk, dill, salt, onion powder, garlic powder and celery salt.
The fried chicken meatballs? They were a hit! Our granddaughter thought they were good chicken "nuggets." I served them with mashed sweet potato, homemade applesauce and a salad with the dijon mustard vinaigrette I make (honey, dijon mustard and champagne vinegar). Also, note the gravy on the potatoes. Instead of using flour as a thickener, I used arrowroot powder. The stock was left over from the whole chicken I made and I seasoned it with some salt, a little pepper, sage and dill.
One of my favorite finds was the crispy "swoodles" from Nom Nom Paleo. I was craving a waffle and tried her experiment by adding one egg and then cooking in the waffle iron. I was really craving a waffle and this not only took care of that craving, but it was fantastic. I'm thinking I need to make a batch of these this weekend.
And finally, my dinner last night. I went for a run after work so was again thankful to be able to quickly reheat. Last night's feast was chicken and apple sausage, "swoodles," leftover green beans and my homemade applesauce.
As you can see, we don't eat cardboard. Sometimes eating this way means having to be creative but creative doesn't equal bad or tasteless. In fact, what we eat is quite the opposite of tasteless or weird. Danielle Walker shared a video yesterday on her lasagna.( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53urdKo55rA&t=6s ) I can't wait to make that, as I've been craving her lasagna for a while. Again, something I made for unsuspecting family and they practically licked the pan clean. I'll keep sharing my meals with you and posting recipes and links. I know you are wondering about snacks and what to do in the middle of the day when you are famished but know you shouldn't hit the vending machine – because you shouldn't. I always carry food with me and next time will share ways to beat that mid-afternoon slump. Until then, happy eating.


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- High Court judge Luka Kimaru said the government erred in deporting Miguna Miguna to Canada
- While declaring the deportation illegal,the judge revoked the deportation and ordered the government to surrender Miguna's passport
- Miguna was deported after five days of high drama which saw him detained in five police stations
- He was arrested for allegedly declaring himself the general of NRM which was previously banned by the government but later that ban lifted by the court
- Miguna was also accused of participating in the illegal oathing of NASA leader Raila Odinga
Self-styled National Resistance Movement Secretary General Miguna Miguna has been handed the go-ahead to return to Kenya after the High Court revoked his deportation.
Justice Luka Kimaru on Thursday, February 15, said the order by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi was illegal, hence making the deportation null and void.
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The court has now given the government seven days to surrender Miguna's revoked passport to facilitate his return to the country.
Miguna was deported on the night of Tuesday, Febraury 6 after spending five days behind bars.
He had initially been arrested for the hand he had in the outlawed swearing in ceremony of NASA leader Raila Odinga.
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Government claimed the barrister had denounced his Kenyan citizenship and never bothered to disclose that he was a citizen of another country contrary to the law.
The court's decision to invalidate Miguna's deportation comes after the vocal NRM Secretary General filed a high voltage suit seeking reinstatement of his Kenyan passport and citizenship.
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Miguna filed the suit on Monday, February 12 through his lawyer, Nelson Havi who also swore an affidavit on Miguna's behalf.
He wants the court to force the government to clear Miguna of allegations labeled against him and which led to his deportation to Canada.
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In addition, the petition demanded the court to compel the government to provide him with security after expunging his name from the criminal records.
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Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove is southern Florida's oldest settlement, established in 1825 - long before Miami existed - with the opening of the Cape Florida Lighthouse. The first hotel on the South Florida mainland was located in Coconut Grove, called the Bay View Inn (later known as the Peacock Inn); it was built in 1882, on the site of present-day Peacock Park. Today Coconut Grove is a district of Miami - south of Brickell and east of Coral Gables. It is referred to as a variegated mosaic and the centre is very compact and walkable.
The following is driving / walking tour of Coconut Grove - from downtown Miami take US1 south to SW 27th Avenue and follow this south, turn right into McFarlane Road, left on to Main Highway then turn right into Devon Road about half a mile away, to get to Plymouth Congregational Church. This was opened in 1917, made from coral rock. The front door is hand-carved walnut and oak with original wrought iron fittings, which came from an early 17th century monastery. Even more amazing is that it was built by one man, Felix Rebom, a Spaniard whose only tools were a hatchet, a trowel, a plumb line and a T-square.
Head back northeast on Main Highway to the historic Village of Coconut Grove, with red brick sidewalks, restaurants, galleries and shops. Parking is not great so be prepared to park and walk a few blocks. On the corner of Main Highway and Charles Avenue you will find the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Although this closed down in 2006 it is worth stopping by to admire the building, opened in 1927 by Paramount as a movie theatre and had the largest Wurlitzer organ in the US. The Playhouse presented the world premiere of Fame: The Musical. On November 22, 1996, Late Show with David Letterman originated from the theatre before it finally closed in 2006.
Opposite the Playhouse is the entrance to the Barnacle Historic State Park. This is a 5 acre park built in 1891 and The Barnacle was the home of Ralph Middleton Munroe, one of Coconut Grove's founders, as well as founder and Commodore of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew heavily damaged the boathouse, destroyed one of the last surviving Munroe boats, the "Micco", but house received only very minor damage.
Across the road, head up Commodore Plaza via one of the many cafes of this street, to Grand Avenue. Here you will find Cocowalk - a multi level open mall with brick courtyards and terraces. From here walk along McFarlane Road east to Peacock Park, the site of the first hotel in Florida. The park is 9.5 acres and includes a baseball field, basketball court, tennis court, playground, and skate park. The adjacent Kenneth M. Myers Park hosts the Coconut Grove Sailing Club. Coconut Grove Convention Centre has been used in the US TV series "Burn Notice". Across the parking lot on the east you will find Miami City Hall, built in 1934. Originally used by Pan-AM as the terminal for its seaplane based at Dinner Key.
Back in the car now, head north to Kirk Street and on the right, Kennedy Park. This will give you an unobstructed view across Biscayne Bay to Key Biscayne. Carry on further South Bayshore, past Mercy Hospital; turn right on to a private road to Ermita de La Caridad. This is a conical building, 90 feet high and 80 feet wide, which overlooks the bay enabling worshipers to face towards Cuba. Less than half a mile further north on Bayshore you will find the Miami Museum of Science. Across from here is the Vizcaya museum and Gardens - an estate with an Italian style villa built in 1912.
Next stop on South Bayshore is Simpson Park - a dense tropical jungle that once covered 5 miles from downtown Miami to Coconut Grove. That completes the tour of Coconut Grove.
Links to places mentioned -
Plymouth Congregational Church
Coconut Grove Playhouse
Barnacle Historic State Park
Peacock Park
Kennedy Park
Ermita de La Caridad.
Miami Museum of Science
Vizcaya museum
Simpson Park


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You may not know this, but the very makeup you've been wearing to help your skin look better could actually be making it worse. Acne caused or aggravated by makeup is also known as acne cosmetica.
When you go to the cosmetics counter to get your makeup, moisturizer, or any other product for your skin, be sure to check out the label. Don't fall for the terms "hypoallergenic" or "non-comedogenic." Many of the products that use this marketing ploy have ingredients that can clog pores or exacerbate skin conditions.
You may not see the effects of pore-clogging ingredients for many months—it has a cumulative effect and it may take up to six months to see the acne fallout from them. So, you have no way of knowing whether or not a certain makeup is a problem or not; you just have to make CERTAIN it does not contain comedogenic (pore-clogging) ingredients!
Here are just a few foundations from some of the most well-known cosmetic companies with ingredients proven to make acne worse:
- Bare Minerals SPF 15 Matte Foundation
- MAC Studio Fix
- Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer
- Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder
- Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup
- Clinique Acne Solutions Liquid Makeup
Note that although some of these products claim to be "acne solutions," "natural," for "healthy skin," and say they're "oil free," this doesn't mean that they are a safe choice for acne-prone skin.
To determine whether that foundation you've had your eye on won't break you out, check the ingredients against our Pore-Clogging Ingredients List. If you are local, we custom-blend a mineral makeup called Minerologie that covers up the redness of acne while you are getting clear. Other safe mineral makeup brands are the Original Bare Minerals formula (not the matte!), and Priia Mineral Makeup. There are others, but too many to list here.
End the vicious cycle of your makeup breakouts. Take charge of getting clear so you can stop covering up and let your skin shine!