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Monday report
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Hmm, 2 days in a row for the blog?? What is the world coming to?
Yesterday was, what I would call, a god food day.
Breakfast was the usual, Miso soup with tofu and wakame, a packet of oatmeal with soy milk, and two (tiny) oranges. The oranges I got at the haymarket last week are so cute! They are very small, and extremely tart,, almost like lemons. Yum!
Lunch was almost the usual, rice with meat/veggie, but this time the meat/veggie was chinese take-out broccoli and beef. Not as healthy as usual, but whatever, not bad either. I also had three clementines, and a ww yogurt.
Dinner was broken up, this time. When I got home I ate 3 clementines, a glass of soy milk, and some unknown number of cheez-its, so I could use the treadmill without feeling hungry/sick. Of course, the cheez-its are because I like them.
Then I exercised a total of about 75 minutes, 65 walking at ~3.2-3.3 mph average, and then 10 min walking backwards on the treadmill, 2mph.
Then I started cooking, for dinner and lunches this week (and Steve came over, yay!). For dinner I had a can of chicken noodle soup, and half of a yellow squash. And, and. . . I forget, what the hell did I eat? Oh, Oranged! I cut up two of my little oranges, but only ate about half of one before falling asleep, so I finished them with breakfast today.
So there!
Food and stuff, cause all I do is eat
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All I do is eat, it seems.
Last time I updated was last Tuesday it appears. Well, I certainly at up a storm since then HAHAHA. So a week ago I was 185. Ths morning I was 183 (182.6, 182.8) which is 2 pounds lost, yay!
So the pig-like eating.
So much o it has occured I can't quite remember it all.
I didn't exercise last monday or tuesday, of course. Or Saturday. I don't remember what I had Tuesday night, or really until Friday and Saturday, when I ate like a PIG ALL DAY.
Friday was this talk think at the Simches building, so I went for the afternoon. I ate the free lunch which was a chicken salad roll (ate all of it) a bag of potato chips (~1/2-2/3 of it), and a GIANT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE. I ate all of the cookie, except a bit of the edge cause it was burnt and hard. Ooohohohoh. I managed to resist the other cookies later.
Saturday Steve was over and we watched the Pride and Prejudice miniseries and I ate like, half a box of triscut and half a (big) tub of hummus, and a pack of chocolate pocky, and we got take-out chinese for dinner, of which I ate about half the beef+broccoli, a bunch of fried rice, 4 crab rangoon and a spring roll. OMG.
I DID exercise Sunday morning (what a struggle!) and ate pretty well.
So I ended reasonably.
I will probably do another weigh in before thanksgiving, rather than after. And after, of course, but knowing me I just wont update until I either get a new low, or maintain a gain for more than a week.
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So I started eating like a pig again! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Saturday morning I went to the torah service with Steve at the temple he goes to. I haven't been to a sat morning service in AGES. But it was actually pretty nicel. The synagogue we went to actually uses many of the melodies I know, unlike mine where they changed EVERYTHING. And after services there was an oneg. More like a FEAST OF INCREDIBLE PROPORTIONS. I ate half a bagel with cream cheese, and some other stuff, and a couple strawberries, and like 4 dessert things, mmmm.
Saturday night Steve and I went to the Cheesecake Factory, because I still had the gift card mom gave me for my brthday 10 1/2 months ago so it because very affordable. I got the Factory Burrito Grande and ate like, half of it, along with sour cream and quacemole. Nice that they put the beans on the side, because I didn't really like them and didn't eat them. The burrito was a MONSTER. OMGOMG. But tasty. Glad I got it instead of the Fettucinni alfredo, which I originally wanted. Then Steve and I split a strawberry shortcake, but brought home maybe a 1/3 of it (sans ice cream, it was all melty).
Then oh Sunday, what did I eat? Ugg sooooooomuuuuuchh. It was the mini event and Fenmerre and we were doing a potluck thingie and I brought crackers, hummus and these annisette thingies. I ate on the the annisette thingies, and like half the box of triscut with hummus. And some of the turkey stacey brought, and one of her turnovers, and two slices of bread slathered in honey butter. . . And THEN when we got back I ate like, half a tub of Ben and Jerries Peanut Butter cup ice cream. And All the peanut butter cups, except the ones I gave steve. hehehe.
And THEN on Monday I was all needy and called Steve to come with me while I shopped for my down blanket. So first when I got home from work I ate the OTHEr half of the GIANT BURRITO and all the sourcream and guacemole and stuff, and when we were in the Burlington we went to Brighams and split a peanut butter parfait, which basically filled a pint of ice cream size cut, but was like, only 2/3 ice cream, because the other 3rd was fudge and peanutbutter sauce, and we ate ALL OF IT hahahaha. It was our one month anniversary!!!!! YAYAYAY
Oh, and I ate 4 pieces of candy at work, because Bakhos got lots of candy as gifts for his son's birth and the lab is the dumping ground for excess food.
And then I went home to my parents house and talked to my mom for a while and weighed on the scale there and it said 184, which really means 186 on my scale, which is pretty damn good considering the amount of food sitting in my gut. EHEHEHE.
Eating like a pig isn't bad when done in moderation
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So I'd just like to say that it is quite possible to eat like a pig and still lose weight. The secret is to not eat like a pig every day, and throw in a touch of exercise here and there.
I think not eating enough all the time is the real killer for dieters, because when you do actually eat a lot at an increased frequency for a while you probably will gain weight. But if you eat a lot occasionaly (like, 2x a week, not month) and not a lot the rest of the time you will naturally adjust to that amount of food. And if you weigh yourself the day after a big meal, you didn't gain three pounds. There's just 3 pounds of feces in you that will take 2-3 days to come out the other end. And then you will miraculously lose 3 pounds in a single sitting (haha bad pun). Really.
After a 3 week plateau (filled with relatively continuous pig-like eating on the weekends and stuff) I resumed exercising, though still infrequently, and didn't eat like a pig for most of a (work) week. I went from 188-189 to 185 pounds last week with about 2.5 hours of exercise total and a bit of defecation of the last of that excess eating (sorry, but that's the reality. un-pooed poo counts). 185 is what the scale said this morning, after a weekend filled with Cheesecake Factory, excess snacking a the Fenmere event yesterday, and half a tub or so of Ben and Jerry's ice cream yesterday, from which I picked out almost all of the peanutbutter cups (except the ones I gave to Steve).
I am curious to see where I am next saturday/sunday. While I have plants to exercise tonight, Tuesday, and saturday/sunday for sure, it is hard to say if I will do all of them or sneak in other days instead, or not as much as I'd like. I definitely work harder on the treadmill than on foot during my commute, walking ~3.2-3.3 mph on a 7 degree incline, and anyone who says just walking isn't high enough intensity to lose weight is full of shit.
I am stuck somewhere slightly smaller than a size 16, but 14's are way too tight still, though maybe within the next 10 pounds I will go down a size. My waist has got to start shrinking eventually, time to catch up with my hips, which are apparantly meant for size 12s now. I also now know EXACTLY how much more than Steven I weigh. He may be skinny, but he's super tall and it just isn't right that I should weigh more than him when I am, ah, 9 inches shorter than him? Even if he is skinny? If the rest of November goes well I may re-reevaluate my 2008 goal, and if I made it it would put me at his weight by the end of the year. But only if I really crack down, which with the holidays will just be too much of a pain.
I plan of eating like a pig during the holidays. The worst than can happen is I gain like, 3 pounds or something, if all that happens after 3 weeks of somewhat irresponsible eating is a plateau. OOOOHHH SCARY. Because, 3 punds isn't a whole lot considering that I've lost 70. Or 73. The new scale weighs higher than mom's.
Eat less lose weight? NO WAY!!!
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So once again the one and only true way of losing weight has been validated.
East less, increase activity, LOSE WEIGHT
Because as soon as I stop eating like a moron for a few days, and use the treadmill a couple times, I'm down two pounds. Hahaha. Sunday should be interesting.
Food yesterday
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So now that I finished living yesterday, here is what I thought/ate. A compilation of my two LJ entries.
So for a while I should probably keep track of how much I'm eating. I hate it and am more of an estimator, but its important. I try to over estimate a little on things I know I'm slightly under on to compensate for the things I'm less sure about.
Miso(~ 2 tbsp) 60
Tofu 50
Oatmeal 130
Soy milk 70
Orange 75
Total 385
I want to find out how to have maybe half the oatmeal. I guess I need a small dry container to store the half packet in. It was a lot this morning.
Lunch (as packed)
Rice (1/4 cup) 150
Brocolli 50
Chicken 130
Yogurt 100
Total 430
I need to measure the chicken since the 130 is for 4 oz according to the daily plate, and I think i bring a bit less than that.
Dinner no plan yet
I need to eat when I get home, yet also exercise, and somehow not eat when I get back from dance. I need to reinstitute the no food after 8, 9, or 10 depending on my schedule for the day. I should allot myself an apple, or something.
Potenetial plan is:
Mashed potatoes 150
– MAKE ONLY 1 SERVING, not 2
Half can tuna 75
Zuchinni 50
I really need to bust out that scale I bought, oh, 2mos ago.
I know this makes a low daily total, but I always end up eating more. Like, cheez-its or something
Steve needs to take me to the supermarket after dance, for more soy milk, soap, yogurt and rice puddinz
2 servings mashed potatoes 160
~1/3 cup soy milk 25
1 tbsp margarine 100
The potatoes tasted weird. I thought maybe it was because my margarine had come partially unwrapped for a day, maybe drying out or something? though I didn't really think so. Turned out my soy milk was no good. It had gotten thick for a day or two which I thought was weird. Now I know.
~1/3 zuchinni 50? not much
my zuchinnis are also bad. ate very little of it, 50 is probably a way too high estimate. But its easy
1/2 can tuna 75
A bunch of cheez-its (NO!!!) 100
Total 510, but probably closer to 400-450. I didn't count the #of cheez-its I ate
And then after dance, we went to toscaninis! Mmmm. Steve and I shared a sunday, with blackberry icecream, whipped cream and hydrox cookies.
Here come some super excellent estimates!!! No you see why I over estimate???
1/2 cup ice cream 250 (NO IDEA)
4 tbsp? 30
hydrox, ~1/2 cookie? 30
Total 310
All estimates. Seriously.
So total for the day. . . . .
Breakfast 385
Lunch 430
Dinner 510
Total 1615
And likely a little less. Since I A) don't finish the rice at lunch B) seriously over estimated at dinner, the zuchinni numbers was probably more like 10
I walked the full allotment of 4 miles during my commute yesterday (not unusual) and I also used the treadmill! Woot! I only walked about 2 miles instead of the 3 I like to go on the treadmill, but that's because I got home later than I wanted, and Steve came over and waited while I finished the second mile and we went to dance class. I walked at a slightly elevated pace of 3.2-3.3 mph. Yea
Stupid Plateau
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This is very frustrating. But then, it's also my fault. I mean, I eat like a pig. I eat out, I eat in (mmm ice cream and cheez-its!) I eat out some more. . . I'm a PIG. I guess its a good sign that I don't GAIN weight haha.
I do need to start exercising again, which means Steve's gonna have to suck it up when he's over on the weekends and hang out in my room while I treadmill it up. I used it on Sunday morning, and was pleasanatly surprised to find I could walk at the same settings as 6 weeks ago or whenever it was I stopped. I would have on Monday too, but I had to go shopping which is always a traumatc experience, and figured that walking around the mall for ever would be sufficient since it was too late when i got home. Yesterday I was quite tired after my class and decided to sleep in stead and ALMOST got up early this morning, but I really needed that hour. I plan on working out before dance today, just have to let Steve know he may be bored when he shows up and we may get there late. Oh well.
Based on my failure to lose, I am revising my original goal for the end of the year. I had been steady at ~10 lbs a month which would have put me at 170 by New Years, but I have decided that my new goal is 13 pounds by Jan 1, which would put me at 175-176.T his may be revised again of course, as it is still quite ambitious, if in another week and a half I haven't made any progress at all.
I did, however, gain confirmation that I am, in fact, a size 16 and not just in the one pair of Avenue jeans I have. I tried on a couple in Macy's (calven klein, as thats what they had) and one in the gap (shocker!! they had a 16!?!?!?!?). Of course, none of them fit right, because of my stupid fat stomach and non-existen waist, but it was kinda neat. I also am more like a 15-15.5. My avenue jeans are snug yet loose at the same time, which pisses me off to no end. They don't go up to my actual waist, of course, so they slid down to my hips, which are my widest part but only by like an ince or someting, and sit in that gap between the rolls of fat, almost falling off yet still digging into my gut. Grarrrr. And I can't jump in them because they WILL fall of, methinks. Must remember the belt before going to dance tonight.


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A cartoon video is circulating the internet, showing Sarah Palin or Tina Fey dancing with a big, fat, healthy walrus
The video is for an evidentiary brief, filed in Federal court, to prevent the walrus from joining the polo bear and the Beluga whale on the Alaskan endangered species list.
Palin narrates the film footage: "Your honors, please take a good look at this immense and obviously rhythmic specimen. Todd the Enforcer, my hubbie couldn't dance like this if his free ride on my gubernatorial gravy train depended on it.
"Also please not how fit and trim I am in the dance scene...there's more where that came from , wink, wink , if you know what I mean..."
And as we all know, in Palin's Canada, "a wink is as good as a nod when a blow job is involved."

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By Prak Chan Thul
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Cambodia's main opposition party rallied on Tuesday to demand an international inquiry into the recent general election, rejecting the victory claimed by long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, who shows no sign of stepping aside.
The election revealed widespread unhappiness with his iron-fisted rule, and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) is trying to capitalise on that while emotion still runs high, especially among younger Cambodians eager for change.
CNRP leader Sam Rainsy, who returned from exile to galvanise the campaign of the newly merged opposition for the July 28 poll, has already said he should be prime minister and told the crowd in a Phnom Penh park he rejected the idea of a coalition.
"We won't get involved in the destruction of the nation with them," he said, addressing a demand to Hun Sen: "We just want you to step down as soon as possible."
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won 68 seats and the CNRP 55. The CNRP says it won 63 and the CPP 60. The official result will not be announced until Thursday at the earliest.
The CNRP also claimed 1.3 million names were missing from electoral rolls and that Hun Sen's side stuffed ballot boxes with illegal votes.
The allegations are being investigated by the National Election Committee, a state body seen as dominated by the CPP. Sam Rainsy wants the United Nations and non-governmental bodies to take part, which the government has rejected.
"It is inconceivable to me that Hun Sen would allow any investigation that he couldn't control," said Carl Thayer, a Cambodia expert at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
"This election result will not be the end of Hun Sen for the next five years. But his pledge to say in office until he is in his seventies looks shaky."
Sam Rainsy told the crowd, estimated by a Reuters reporter to number at least 10,000, that the people would no longer be intimidated and he promised more, bigger demonstrations.
However, in the short term, the campaign may lose momentum as he is leaving the country for his daughter's wedding in the United States.
Hun Sen, 61, has comfortably won every election since Cambodia returned to full democracy in 1998 after decades of turmoil that included the 1975-79 "Killing Fields" rule of the Khmer Rouge.
Analysts aren't writing off the chances of the politically ruthless leader extending his 28-year rule, but even by his government's count, the election represents a dismal performance by an Asian strongman viewed until now as all but invincible.
Many Cambodians feel CPP policies have enriched a select few and created a yawning poverty gap. Huge tracts of land have been granted to foreign companies while the poor fight eviction with little hope of justice from the police or courts.
CPP policies are "out of step with a more and more open society", said independent social analyst Kem Ley, adding Hun Sen's control of the media was less effective now that many people got news from the Internet.
Kem Ley believes a CNRP boycott of parliament could lead to mass protests. "It's going to be like Egypt," he said.
Frustration also festers in the civil service, analysts say, where low-ranking officials have watched their superiors grow rich while their own wages have stagnated. The CNRP had promised pay rises for civil servants and garment workers if it won.
Hun Sen has warned that if the opposition boycotts parliament, its seats will be redistributed to other parties.
In a recent speech he scorned U.S. lawmakers for their pre-election threats to cut financial assistance unless the election was deemed fair and suggested the generosity of China, Cambodia's biggest investor and close diplomatic ally, would compensate for any cut in $1 million of U.S. military aid.
But his hailing of close ties with Beijing could backfire with many Cambodians, who resent China's economic and political dominance of their tiny country.
He will focus on retaining power rather than addressing popular discontent, analyst Kem Ley said. "There is no way (the CPP) will reform to gain popularity," he said.
But CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun, who called the election result "a victory for our people", acknowledged his party must take heed of the youth.
"Their thinking is not the same as the old people like us, so we must turn to them ... and give young people what they want," he recently told journalists.
Despite a poor election result, Hun Sen will not face any leadership challenge from inside the CPP, said Lao Mong Hay, a veteran Cambodian human rights activist.
"He has centralised all power and prevented his colleagues from proving themselves and rising to prominence," he said.
(Writing by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Alan Raybould; Editing by Robert Birsel and Nick Macfie)


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What do I wear? No need to dust off your prom dress. Audience members run the clothing gamut. For guys, slacks with a button-down polo are standard wear. Or, if you're feeling fancy, wear your favorite suit. For the ladies, dressing up in a pair of nice jeans will do. Or if you want to channel your inner Audrey Hepburn, feel free to pull out your little black dress. Whatever you decide, choose something comfortable. You'll thank yourself later.
Kids? School-aged children are welcome. Performers and your fellow audience members just request that the child be on their "concert behavior," which means asking for quiet during the performances.
Etiquette in one breath or less: No food or drinks; turn off your cellphone; no clapping between the movements; if you must come in late, the ushers will let you in between the pieces or movements; bring cough drops if you think you will need them (quiet with the wrappers); no flash photography; and stay away from strong perfumes. Phew! A unavoidable phenomenon: I asked a performer for his thoughts on concert coughing. This was his reply: "Performers understand, but would expect the person to quietly leave if it goes on for a minute or more."
How to sound savvy: Here are some commonly used terms to use for an intermission discussion. Instead of "song," say "piece" or "work." The divisions of the piece, which are indicated in your program, are "movements." You may find Italian and French on the program, but do not fear; simply fall back on the terms first mentioned. The soloist on stage is the "performer" or "artist."
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Take me to your leader - who runs the Welsh Tories?
Who's in charge? Who leads the Welsh Conservative Party?
It's a question that has divided Tories in Wales. At last year's Welsh Conservative conference David Jones chose to introduce Cheryl Gillan - then secretary of state for Wales - as "the leader of the Welsh Conservative Party".
Eighteen months later, Mr Jones inherited her Cabinet job but appears to have lost the leadership. The prime minister told me he was happy for Andrew RT Davies, "leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the National Assembly for Wales" to be known as "the leader of the Welsh Conservative Party".
David Cameron said: "Yes, I am very happy with that. He has got a mandate and it is very important that Conservatives in Wales know that they have got a leader who sits in the Assembly, who is standing up for the Conservative Party in Wales and I am very happy for that."
Good news for Andrew RT Davies, slightly less good news for David Jones? As you might expect, I asked David Jones what he thought of this development. He explained how any change would have to go to the board of the Welsh Conservative Party before going to the "national" board of the party. If the party constitution is changed it might have to be agreed by the wider party with a two thirds vote.
"This is," said Mr Jones, "the beginning of a very long process. It amounts essentially to a label."
The question of who is in charge depended on where the question was asked - Cardiff or Westminster.
Not everyone sees it as just a label, particularly given the history of a party that opposed the setting up of the Welsh assembly.
MP and former AM Glyn Davies tweeted last night: "prime minister agrees Tory 'Assembly group leader' should be known and treated as 'leader of Welsh Conservative Party'. A significant change."


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It's 2:00 AM and you have tossed and turned for the last forty-five or so minutes. You've gotten a drink of water and made your way to the bathroom and still, there is not a sleepy bone in your body. Finally you decide to turn on the old TV and see what you can find, right? Well, good luck with that! More than likely you are stuck with watching an movie from back in 1959 or you have a mass array of infomercials to chose from. Lucky you! Nothing else to watch so even though you may be bald, for some reason you find yourself extremely intrigued by the infomercial and its amazing ability to straighten the thickest and curliest hair you have ever seen! Why is that? What is it about those things that draw you in like a magnet to metal? Is it the tone of voice? Maybe the beauty of the models they are using? Possibly the fast talking or exciting personalities? I'm not really sure and thus far I haven't been able to find an exact and proven answer. The fact that they catch your eye isn't really making a difference BUT what is really effecting us, at least some of us is that they effect our wallets!
Whether it's the persuasion that is used or you are ready to buy from the start, the question is "Does it really work"? Unlike purchasing something at your local five and dime where a return is usually as easy as 1, 2,3 , you cannot walk back to the TV and shove the product into your DVD slot and wait for your money to come spewing back out! You are forced to pack it back up, usually pay for shipping back to the consumer and you have to take your time to take it to the post office or schedule a pick up. The companies that sell you these things are more than likely expecting you to say "forget it, its just not worth the time". They even go so far now as to be nice enough to offer you a 30 day trial period for only 14.95 or some figure close to that. How nice of them! Basically what they are saying is that for a small fee you can TRY their product and if you don't like you are more than welcome to pay for it to be returned. If you do like it then they will politely charge your card the additional amount of the product on top of your "trail fee". I don't know about you but in my math book that's called ROBBERY!
But wait! There is hope yet! Nowadays the local stores such as Wal-Mart and Target have wised up. They have decided to sell those very same products in their stores. Usually they are located next to the check out or in a special "As seen on TV" section of the store. The "infomercial" items that you buy at stores like these are 100% returnable and exchangeable just as any other item bought there is! A few years back their used to be a store that was specifically for things seen on TV but as you can imagine, it didn't do well. The reason being is that it to was a seasonal and temporary store thus making it very difficult to return unwanted or broken items.
If you are still insistent upon buying products over the telephone or internet you can at least do some research first. A lot of local news stations have a portion titles "Does it really do that?" or "Does that really work". You can also take a minute to look it up on the internet. Below are a few links to places that you may be able to find some good information. Regardless of who says it, we all have to keep in mind that it is all based on someone's opinion. One man's junk is another mans treasure!


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"Our goal is for NoBLE to become the safety net that links health care providers, educators, children and families to resources at Beaumont and other organizations for bullying victims," explains Dr. Seltzer
Royal Oak, Mich. (PRWEB) May 04, 2012
Beaumont Children's Hospital has launched Michigan's first hospital-based, anti-bullying program to raise awareness, provide supportive counseling and develop research-based bullying programs.
Based at Beaumont Children's Hospital in Royal Oak, the No Bullying Live Empowered, or NoBLE program, will offer individual and group psychoeducational services for bullying victims, witnesses, perpetrators and their families, and a bullying crisis hotline operated by Common Ground.
It will serve as a resource and referral center for schools, health care providers and individual families throughout the community.
The program's launch coincides with Stand 4Change Day, a national anti-bullying event sponsored by Defeat the Label, where students in schools across the country are stopping and standing up at noon on May 4 in opposition to bullying.
"Bullying is a growing problem with significant, long-term mental health consequences for victims, bullies and witnesses," says Marlene Seltzer, M.D., medical director of the NoBLE program. "It crosses all socio-economic classes, races and age groups. It's estimated that about 10 percent of children in the U.S. are bullied, with 80 to 90 percent of preadolescents facing ongoing psychological and physical harassment at some point in their school lives."
Bullying may affect physical as well as mental health, producing symptoms such as stomachaches, headaches, dizziness, bed-wetting, as well as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating disorders and substance abuse.
A Michigan Department of Education report indicates that there were more than 34,000 bullying incidents in the state during the 2010-2011 school year, including 8,211 in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. Dr. Seltzer believes the real numbers are higher because bullying is underreported due to fear and social stigma.
Through the program, Dr. Seltzer and social work professionals will provide confidential services for children, adolescents and young adults who have been exposed to bullying, and their families or caregivers.
Program staff will work collaboratively with schools, educators, other health providers and local mental health organizations, such as Common Ground, on identifying needs and creating programs to meet those needs.
"Our goal is for NoBLE to become the safety net that links health care providers, educators, children and families to resources at Beaumont and other organizations for bullying victims," explains Dr. Seltzer.
Although many schools have bullying prevention policies in place, they do not always have the resources to provide ongoing support, counseling or behavioral health services for students who are bullied or who bully, or for witnesses.
NoBLE will also create educational material and develop programs to help give family members and caregivers the skills to address and support youth affected by bullying.
The new program is funded in part through community donations to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Beaumont Children's Hospital is the only Children's Miracle Network Hospitals affiliate in Southeast Michigan.
Located in the Medical Office Building at Beaumont, Royal Oak, you can find out more about the NoBLE program, or schedule an appointment, by calling 248-898-9951, or visit http://www.beaumontchildrenshospital.com/noble-support-for-bullied-children.
Bullying victims, witnesses and families will have 24/7 access to support through a bullying hotline, operated by Common Ground, a nonprofit crisis intervention agency dedicated to helping youths, adults and families move from crisis to hope. Through the toll-free hotline 855-URNOBLE, Common Ground will offer confidential crisis intervention, debriefing, information and referrals.
Help will also be available through Common Ground's new Online Crisis Chat, a free, confidential online service. Online Crisis Chat will be available Monday through Friday, 4 -10 p.m. by visiting http://www.commongroundhelps.org and clicking on the "online chat services" button.
About Beaumont Children's Hospital
The Beaumont Children's Hospital provides comprehensive services for children from specialized care for premature babies through an entire range of pediatric subspecialty services. Pediatric care can include immunizations and well child care, allergy testing, surgery, treatment for children with learning disabilities, heart disease, blood disorders, cancer, gastrointestinal disorders, asthma, diabetes, genetic disorders, infections and emergency care. Beaumont is an associate member of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions and the only Children's Miracle Network Hospitals affiliate in Southeast Michigan. Find out more about services of the Beaumont Children's Hospital on the web at http://www.beaumontchildrenshospital.com/.


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At 70, soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples is still going strong. She enlisted fellow Chicagoan, Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy, as the producer for her upcoming release. He penned a couple of songs just for her, and one of them is the title track and Today's Top Tune, "You Are Not Alone".
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2015
Emotional commemoration takes place in Swindon town centre
Regent Circus, Swindon
Tuesday 27 January 2015
12noon - 2pm
Passersby, dignatories and those young and old once again gathered to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - this year falling exactly 70 years on from when the Auschwitz concentration camps were liberated in 1945.
Centotaph ceremony
Organiser Matt Holland gave an emotional reading in front of over one hundred people with many from local schools attending.
Wreath were then laid ceremony at the Cenotaph in Regents Circus in Swindon at 12 noon, before a time of more reflection was spent at The Friends Meeting House on Eastcott Hill with readings and presentations by members of many of Swindons faith groups and community groups, as well as contributions from individuals.
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(KMOV) -- A St. Louis judge tosses out a red light camera ticket, calling into question every intersection in the city equipped with the technology.
The issue is the length of yellow between red lights. A viewer told me that he got a ticket because the yellow didn't last long enough, so I checked it out for myself and took my findings to the city.
You can watch the video for yourself. Rick Lamborn's car clearly cuts through the Martin Luther King and North Taylor intersection on red. But he argues, if the yellow light had been even just a second longer, he might have made it.
"I got the ticket, and the temptation is just to pay the fine," Lamborn says.
Instead he started timing lights. After all, it makes it easier for a driver to get a ticket at a shorter yellow, and that rakes in more money for the city. In December, 2010 -- the last month with data readily available -- the city issued 39 red light camera ticket violations at Martin Luther King Dr. and North Taylor. Each ticket is for $100.
"It makes you wonder what the real purpose of the cameras is -- is it for safety or is it for dollars?" Lamborn questions.
Federal guidelines suggest a minimum of three seconds for a yellow light to clear an intersection. City leaders tell me each signal in St. Louis should be set for a four-second yellow. I timed it myself and found that the light Rick ran has a yellow just shy of three seconds.
"The judge actually stop-watched it this morning at 2.8 (seconds)," Lamborn says. He adds:
"In fact, every light on this street (Martin Luther King Dr.) happens to be longer than this light (at North Taylor), which is photo enforced."
My photographer and I did a comparison with a light on the same strip of Martin Luther King Dr. -- this one at Arlington -- and found that Lamborn was right. The yellow light at Arlington is nearly a full five seconds -- not three, not even four. I showed our findings to the city and asked for an explanation.
"The newer electronic ones are all running at four seconds (for a yellow)," St. Louis Street Director Todd Waelterman says.
So what about the one at North Taylor? Waelterman says it operates on an older controller that set the timing for a yellow light at three seconds.
I asked about the perception the city faces -- one Lamborn considers fleecing its residents by making the yellow light shorter at an intersection with a camera.
"Oh absolutely there's that thought, but if you spend any time in this room and watch our video, you see this happening day in and day out," Waelterman says.
He's talking about the so-called "war room" on Hampton Avenue in South St. Louis. There, engineers constantly monitor nearly every intersection in the city -- except about 50.
Here's the problem: those 50 or so intersections operate on an old, mechanical system. It's not perfect and each of those lights need a digital upgrade. North Taylor is one intersection on the list. Waelterman tells me it too will be upgraded to a four-second yellow.
"Yes," he says. "We're actually going to put some new equipment in it."
Good news for Rick Lamborn -- out to warn other drivers until it's done.
"If it weren't for Channel 4," Lamborn says, "I'm not who would be holding the city accountable."
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empowering the
next generation
In Kenya, where only 50% of children make it to secondary school level, sand dams have a huge potential to raise the prospects of the youngest generation.
In Kenya, children who live near sand dams save an average of five hours each day that can now be invested in their education.
But sand dams not only free children's time to go to school, they also enable parents to grow more food and generate an income that can be invested in their children's future.
Improved access to water and better diets allow children to develop to their full potential.
Sand dams increase school attendance by freeing valuable time and improving health.
Children in rural Kenya are expected to bring water to school every day for cooking, cleaning and drinking. If they don't, they are often sent away. They must brave the dry and dusty heat to find water somewhere, somehow, or simply go home and miss out on a day at school. Often they have to take two hours out of the middle of their school day to collect water so they can have lunch.
This is not an act of cruelty. It is just the harsh reality of living with severe water shortages. Education is therefore one of the big winners when it comes to water harvesting solutions.
Saving time
Children in communities with sand dams save on average five hours a day for their education. That's a lot of time to invest in their future. A future, which parents like Regina hope, will be brighter than that of previous generations.
"The children, before we had the sand dam, used to use a lot of time to get the water and carry it to school. They also carried firewood. It is tedious work. But right now, because the water is available, they are using little time to get the water. So most of the hours they have, they can do quality studies at the school."
Regina Makao, Malaika Self-Help Group, Kenya
In addition to sand dams, we also support communities to build school water tanks, which capture rainwater directly at schools, saving children even more time.
Money for education
The water from Sand dams enables increased crop yields in the communities we support. Not only are parents using money earned from selling these crops to pay for their children's school fees, sometimes parents - like Charles in the film above - use the crops directly in exchange for their children's education.
In Kenya where only 50% of children make it to secondary school level, sand dams have a huge potential to raise the prospects of the youngest generation. They not only free up children's time to go to school, they also enable their parents to generate income to invest in their children's education.
Brain food
It's not just the time at school that counts. The ability to concentrate and learn is equally important. Malnutrition is a major problem in rural drylands, especially for children. The gowing brains of five year-olds require 44% of their total energy consumption. Poor diets and disease serve to steal this energy away, meaning that they may never reach their full potential.
The many diarrhoea-causing bugs are the biggest threat for children's development. They prevent the absorption of nutrients at time when they are needed most. Sand dams and school water tanks provide a safe, reliable source of water at children's schools and enable families to grow more diverse foods.
Improved diets and access to clean water are key to reducing diarrhoea and helping children to realise their full potential.
During my time [as a child] we used to go to school with jerrycans and after school we went to fetch water. I want my children to live a better life than I used to live so that they may have enough time to concentrate in class.
Albanas Kioko Musau, Self Help Group member, Kenya


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Author: Kristyn Stone
Genre: YA Fantasy
In this second book of The Resistance series Garritt's twin Baylee takes center stage. Baylee has a hard time being a leprechaun, but when she is captured, she must figure out if she wants to be a normal teenager, an elf for her people or a ruler of leprechauns and elves.
Damon is in love, and even though what he did was wrong, he did it for all the right reasons. When Baylee disappears in front of his eyes he must go the wrong way to get her back.
Review: I didn't think I would love this book as much as I did. I'll have to read it with my cousin some time (she's twelve, and I think this book would be a great choice for her). It has leprechauns and elves, and characters who behave just like teenagers are supposed to (sometimes in YA the characters are either too childish or too grown up) but here it's spot on.


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NEWPORT NEWS - Four people - Dorene Wright and her three sons - braved the cold this morning to stand in front of the city school administration building on Warwick Boulevard this morning to protest the proposed new school zones.
The new districts will mean her children will go to Huntington Middle School instead of Green Oaks, which is being built down the block from their home.
By 9:15 a.m., Wright was joined by three more parents and seven children. A larger group of protesters was predicted later in the day.
The school system will broadcast answers to questions about the proposed zone changes on cable channel 36 starting today. The program will air twice daily, at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The original broadcast outlining the proposed boundaries will air daily on channel 36 at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Both broadcasts will air through April 18.
The school division is also encouraging parents to attend the public hearings on the changes. The first will be in the auditorium at Ferguson High School at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The second will be held at the administration building at 9 a.m. April 19.
NORFOLK - A duty supervisor aboard the USS Detroit was derelict in performing his duties the night a sailor on the ship was fatally scalded because he was not at the scene overseeing cleaning operations, a prosecutor at a Navy hearing said Thursday.
"The government's position is that he should have been on the deck plates and not on the mess deck," said Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Cave, who is prosecuting the case against Boiler Technician 1st Class Danny Odell Wyman.
Wyman, 27, of East Brady, Pa., is also accused of obstructing justice for allegedly lying to officials who investigated the death of Fireman John H.E. Young, 19.
The search in the Chesapeake Bay for the missing fishing boat Miss Annette was suspended, but not before the vessel`s wooden engine covers were found Thursday afternoon.
After ending the search at 10 p.m. Thursday, Coast Guard officials said it would not be resumed unless new information turned up.
Harry Parks, 45, of Tangier Island, was the only person aboard the 40-foot fishing vessel.
HAMPTON - Former students, city residents and other well-wishers will have a chance to welcome Mary V. Bicouvaris back to Hampton on Monday after her receipt of the 1989 Teacher of the Year award.
At 8 p.m. Monday, she will be honored at a reception in the library of Bethel High School, where she teaches government and international relations.
At 4 p.m. Monday, she will give a speech on education as a profession at the Terrace Restaurant at Christopher Newport College on Shoe Lane. Bicouvaris is a part-time professor at CNC.
4th BODY IDENTIFIED
NORFOLK - Police have identified the last of the four bodies found stuffed in a Volvo last week as a 16-year-old New Yorker.
Sean D. Kendricks, 16, of the Bronx, had riden down from New York with the other victims, Llewellyn E. John, 30, Edward Delgado, 19, and Roverto Delgado, 17, police said.
According to a police press release, Kendricks was a friend of the Delgado brothers.
The four were killed March 28 in an apartment in the 6400 block of Merle Avenue, police said, and stuffed into the Volvo three days later.
Five men have been arrested in connection with the killings.
NEWPORT NEWS - The city Health Department is looking for a mixed shepherd dog that bit a man about 6:30 p.m. Monday in Newport News Park.
The dog was with two young white women on the nature trail in the park when it bit the man, who was jogging.
If the dog is not located, the man might have to undergo anti-rabies treatment. Anyone with knowledge of a dog fitting this description in that vicinity should call the Health Department at 594-7340, or the SPCA at 595-1399.
* Police charged three teen-agers Thursday with the burglary of $3,000 worth of merchendise from 11 compartments at a self-storage business March 30. The three boys, aged 13, 15 and 16, first broke into a maintanence garage at Oyster Bay Village apartments in the 11900 block of Jefferson Avenue and took a golf cart and bolt cutters, said Major J.D. Ledford of the city Police Department.
They then went to Public Storage at 11885 Jefferson, opened 11 of the storage spaces with the bolt cutters and took tennis rackets, jewelry, golf clubs, an answering machine and china, Ledford said.
When Detectives L.M. Blankenship and T.E. Bennett arrested the three they recovered $2,700 of the goods, Ledford said.
* The fire department's hazardous materials team responded to a call at a Jefferson Avenue service station about 5:30 p.m. Thursday after an employee was overcome by an unknown gas.
A special meter used by the firefighters failed to register any trace of toxic or poisonous gas at the Chevron station at 3400 Jefferson Ave., said Lorie Grim, Fire Department spokeswoman. She said the gas that apparently overcame the employee was thought to be freon.
* Property valued at more than $500 was stolen from an apartment in the 200 block of Stratford Road sometime between Sunday and Thursday, po lice Capt. Ken Middlebrook said. Robert Johnson reported that a .357 caliber handgun, a shoulder holster, an RCA brand videocassette recorder and $50 in half-dollars and silver dollars were taken from his home.


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November 2008
Since the inception of our website, the two most requested articles from our Archives are "Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare" (Dec. 1994) by Bobby Jindal and "A Case of Demonic Possession" (March 2008) by Dr. Richard E. Gallagher. It hardly seems coincidental that the commonality between these two articles is that they both address cases of possession by the devil and attempts at exorcism. This topic rarely fails to pique the interest of Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
One is, at first blush, inclined to dismiss the popularity of these two articles as being the result of the same type of voyeuristic curiosity that led to the success of such sensationalistic exploitations of this intense spiritual phenomenon as the Hollywood films The Exorcist (1973) and its various sequels, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). While interest in the former article was to a great extent driven by Mr. Jindals rapid rise in the U.S. political realm and the seemingly willful mischaracterizations of his faith and his writing (see the previous New Oxford Note), we consider the latter to be as un-sensational a treatment of the subject as possible. In fact, Dr. Gallagher discusses at length the many types of "counterfeits" of demonic possession.
Upon further consideration, we see in the enduring popularity of these two articles a more reaching need. As many NOR writers have taken pains to note, mention of sin, evil, and the reality of Satan and Hell is rarely made from the pulpits of the modern Church. Given that ours is a militant faith, and our battlefield is the spiritual realm, have our leaders not left us foot soldiers ill-equipped to win our daily confrontation with evil? How are we to defeat an adversary if we are unable to recognize him and his deceptions? Catholics have an intense hunger for proper catechesis on how to "fight the good fight."
It also seems little coincidence that the number-one religious bestseller in Italy in 2000 was a book titled The Deceiver: Our Daily Struggle With Satan. It has been translated into English and is available from Roman Catholic Books (www.booksforcatholics.com; 970-490-2735). The author, Fr. Livio Fanzaga, writes, "Many are quiet about the enemy, as if he does not exist. The militant character of the Church life is forgotten, but not for this do the enemies of man sleep. They are fiercer than ever. Against man, who is unarmed and unprepared for battle, their task has become easier than ever. The danger for souls is very grave." Who are the enemies of man? They are "our flesh, the world and the devil."
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We already heard a lot about the ZTE Nubia Z9 and there is lots of information about the smartphone available over the internet but many of them are based on the guesses but now Chinese FCC revealed useful information about the handset.
The ZTE Nubia Z9 is expected to be released on 6th May and users are already known that the ZTE Nubia Z9 has a bezel less screen. Recently the Chinese FCC revealed all the details about this Android Phone because the handset visited TENAA for approval certificate and when TENAA approved the handset at the same time the FCC revealed much information about the smartphone and according to the leaked information the handset seems to the most powerful smartphone of the company till yet.
The ZTE Nubia Z9 is 8.9mm thick and has 180 grams of weight. As the TENAA confirmed the ZE Nubia Z9 will carry a 5.15-inch display having 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The ZTE Nubia Z9 will feature with 3.5GHz octa-core CPU with a paired with 8GB of RAM inside. But this is the massive difference of the RAM and probably this RAM figure is printed by mistake. The deat vice has 16 megapixel rear and 8 megapixel front facing camera and energized by 3000mAh battery.
The ZTE Nubia Z9 is an Android phone and will run 5.0 operating system. Beside these features the handset supports dual SIM's and has latest LTE connectivity. However there is no information that what the price is if the handset but it is expected that the price of the handset is in front of us till than Stay with us.
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Windows 7 Lag - open/close apps, typing, etc. even in Safe Mode
Sony VAIO VPC series laptop w/ Core i7 Q740 w/4GB RAM working on for a client. Malwarebytes pulled up 26 infections, and I thought that was the solution to constant lag problems and lag when typing. Turned Norton features off, CHKDSK, adjusted desktop setting for Best Performance, ran in Safe Mode, no change. Even when typing in the password there is sometimes a lag. I've read numerous posts on this subject on this forum and throughout the web. Client has another laptop of this same exact model and it screams. CPU usage is very low when lag happens - 0 to 2%. Used Process Explorer and Svchost Viewer to investigate and rogue programs - everything looks legit. (I can post screenshots). I thought a svchost.exe file was running some higher than normal usage, but it was just handing more services, and even after I killed the process tree - still got lag. It is intermittent, but only with a few seconds at a time of performance.
Another tech buddy said there might be an issue with the hard drive as far as SATA issues, etc., or BIOS settings, and that some of the Sandy Bridge i7's had a SATA issue of some sort. I've tried most everything the average user might mention - I've put a few hours into this - I solve most issues without posting for help, but this is bugging me - there has to be a solution to this that doesn't involve a clean install - especially since the post at When Typing There Is a Delay shows that a clean install doesn't always solve these types of problems, which leads me to believe it's hardware related. Hard drive tested good with SeaTools. Thanks for any input.
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|22 Jan 2013
Work through the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7
starting with a Clean Boot, hardware tests, logs for repeat errors, System resources for problem solving, etc.
If the hardware tests OK then a Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 to a wiped HD will always solve such a problem absent failing mobo which isn't so far indicated. If this is the original Sony factory preinstall then it's already compromised and no tech enthusiast would run it anyway. I'd get the perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
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thanks gregrocker. Will sift through these.
Does the fact that there was lag, even on boot up, while entering the log in password, point to something, or eliminate something? If there's lag before log in, doesn't that eliminate the problem being a program, utility, or the antivirus?
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|23 Jan 2013
I picked the tests to run first from the tutorial based on your post.
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Harry Loots wrote: > Alt+ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, S and a few others are not bound to any > browser as far as I am aware? You will want to do your testing beyond just what is bound to the browser, however. Many people have other adaptive technologies in place and the default settings of other adaptive tech may use those key bindings -- I'm not sure of those in particular. I know, for example, that people frequently put into place keystroke bindings on websites (Ajax, not access key) which don't interfere with anything built-in to the browser but DO interfere with the mouseless browsing extension used by many keyboard users. (Another thing to take into account with access keys is how you expose them to non-screen reader users. Frequently lists of access keys are published via text hidden from visual display but not from screen reader via CSS, and neither zoom nor keyboard-only users ever know the list exists.) -DeborahReceived on Monday, 15 October 2012 15:31:11 UTC
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What Needs to be Done?
The task is great and the workers are few ‑ nobody can do everything, but we can all do something, and what we can do we must do, and what we must do we will do by the grace of God who gave us our life, talents, gifts and opportunities. Here are some suggestions:
STUDY THE BIBLE both personally and in a group of like‑minded believers. The objective truth of God's Word must be the inspiration and solid foundation for all our actions. Until we know God's Word we can be easily misled and deceived.
PRAY for our country, for parents, pastors, teachers and government officials. Constantly remind your church and prayer group of the urgent needs and Biblical issues for prayer and action. Pray through the Psalms.
BE INFORMED about the reality of what is going on in our world and in our churches today. Subscribe to E-updates and publications, and like the Facebook pages of ministries such as:
WRITE to your local newspaper, favourite magazine, Member of Parliament and others on the basis of the information we provide you with. Speak out against anti‑Christian, anti‑life, anti‑family, immoral or inaccurate articles or statements.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EMAIL ADDRESSES (please check the address in your local newspaper Letters section as these change regularly):
Remember ‑ when writing letters to the editor ‑ be brief, accurate, specific and polite, but firm on topical and relevant issues. Always remember to include your name, address, phone number and signature.
SPEAK UP at home, school, work, church and university - for God, for righteousness and for Biblical principles. Oppose secular humanism, fight against evolutionism, abortion, pornography and other evils. Promote and distribute Make a Difference! A Christian Action Handbook for Southern Africa, The Pink Agenda: Sexual Revolution in South Africa and the Ruin of the Family, Reformation 500 FIRE Manual, and Biblical Principles for Africa (also available in Afrikaans and French) books. Audio-visual resources include: Christian Action 6 disk Audio CD Boxset, Salt and Light MP3s, Biblical Worldview Summit MP3s and the South Africa for Christ MP3 Disk.
For any objections to Radio or TV programmes contact the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa:
For objections to advertisements contact the Advertising Standards Authority:
How does one lodge a complaint with the Film and Publications Board?
There are no special forms for the lodging of complaints about a film, video, DVD or computer game. All it takes is a letter either mailed, faxed or e-mailed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Board. It is important, if you want the FPB to follow up any complaint, to give as much information as possible. The following information is especially required:
- the title of the film or video or DVD or computer game
- the name of the cinema or theatre where the film was seen; or the name of the video outlet or retailer where the video, DVD or computer game was rented/bought
- the date and time of the exhibition in the case of a cinema or theatre, or the date of the rental or purchase of the video, DVD or computer game
- a brief summary of the complaint
In the case of a complaint about a publication, a special form is available. An original copy or scan of the publication must be submitted with the complaint. If it is not practical to submit an original copy, the full address of the place where the publication may be examined by the FPB should be specified.
For government departments go to: www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/contacts/dept.htm
For Municipality Contacts look in your local phone book or go to:
Contact details change regularly, so if the above contact details are no longer correct, try doing a search on www.google.co.za or call Enquiries: on 1023.
As a matter of principle, in all your communications: Be specific, avoid arguments, understate rather than exaggerate, and always be courteous, but firm. In your first communication give the person concerned the benefit of the doubt and assume that ‑ once informed ‑ he/she will agree with your principled stand.
BE WILLING to be active and make yourself available to Christian Action groups. We need people willing to help with artwork, translations, typing, mailings, literature distribution, hospitality for foreign guests or missionaries, letter writing campaigns, marches, counselling and other projects.
ARRANGE MEETINGS for us at your local school, church women's group and/or youth group and invite one of our speakers to spread the Word and promote the vision.
GIVE generously to support Christian workers, projects, seminars and publications.
ORGANISE prayer chains and prayer meetings. Establish or join a telephone, E-mail or SMS prayer chain to pass on urgent prayer requests, or to mobilise action.
ORDER or duplicate Christian literature, CDs and newsletters and distribute them widely to friends, family and colleagues at work (you are welcome to copy any of our tracts or CDs as long as you do not change the content).
ESTABLISH a Christian Action group in your church for prayer and study, strategy and action.
BE COMMITTED to God, to your family, to your community, to your church and to evangelism,
SEEK GOD for wisdom, for His will and His work which He wants you to do.
UPHOLD BIBLICAL STANDARDS, proclaim God's Word and fight for the right to life of the pre-born.
One person can make a difference. You are never too young, too old, too insignificant, too handicapped, or too busy that you cannot make a difference.
How do I get started? Obtain a copy of Make a Difference: A Christian Action Handbook for Southern Africa and the Christian Action Starter Pack. Join a Christ‑centred, Bible‑based church. Attend that first meeting. Write that email.
The most important thing to remember is, as long as you're sincere and polite, there is no wrong way to write a letter to a public leader or to an editor.
"Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:11
"Stand firm... contending for the Faith of the Gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you." Philippians 1:27 - 28
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We operate a range of partner programmes, from essential product certification to close collaboration, help with QA and long-term strategic alliances.
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Jacob is very verbal. The other night, I put him to bed (which is unusual as normally Scott does it) and I tucked him in and then left the room. He had shifted while he was falling asleep, so about 20 minutes later I went in to peak in and check on him, and he pops his head up and says "HI!"
He loves to throw his food or water bottle off of the high-chair while eating dinner and then shout "Ut-oh!"
Jacob LOVES being outside, especially going to the park or on wagon rides. He is obsessed with dogs (which is hard for this non-animal-lover to wrap her head around, but I'm trying!) The other day we were on a walk with my cousin Jenifer and Scott and came across an older dog who loved Jacob and licked his face. Jacob was in HEAVEN (and I was super grossed out).
Jacob is SO happy - I love taking him grocery shopping because he just adores people. He says "HI!" and "BYE BYE" to every single person we pass. It's amazing.
He loves strawberries- and whenever he gets some he'll say "mo'!" (More). Other favorite foods include grilled chicken, rice, yogurt, noodles and raspberries.
He says about 20 words - Mama, Dada, Go, Outside, Tree, Dog, Up, Cup, Ball, Balloon, More and a bunch more. He's very verbal.
Jacob, we love you more than words can say!


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Tricia Walsh-Smith, 49, is fighting a claim by her estranged husband, Philip Smith, that she engaged in "spousal abuse" by making the videos, which she says have been viewed more than four million times.
She said she made the videos after her husband, a millionaire theatre owner and producer, threatened to leave her penniless.
Several of the videos, made in the couple's Manhattan apartment, were played in court.
In them, she accused her husband and his daughters of conspiring to evict her from the apartment. She also claimed she discovered 77-year-old Mr Smith hoarding the impotence drug Viagra even though they never had sex.
"We don't live in the Middle East. I don't have to walk three steps behind my husband. I'm entitled to get angry and have an opinion," she told the court.
Mrs Walsh-Smith, who appeared in the Benny Hill Show and has written a play called Bonkers, said that she sent multiple e-mails, including one with a link to one of the YouTube videos, to "everybody in the theatre world" to ensure that friends and business associates of her husband would see it.
David Aronson, Mr Smith's lawyer, described his client as "petrified of publicity of any kind". He said that his client's wife had said "horrible, horrible" things about her husband "for all the world to see".
Mr Smith, who wore a pinstriped suit and walked with a cane, showed no emotion during his wife's testimony.
But she insisted that she was the victim. After living with her husband for 13 years, she faced immediate eviction from their apartment and believed she would not have access to any money guaranteed by a pre-nuptial agreement until after the divorce was finalised, she said.
She said she agreed to multiple interviews, for a fee, after becoming a YouTube star because she had no other income. "The press, the media saved me," she said.
Since the couple split about a year ago, she said she had earned about pounds 44,000 from newspaper and television interviews in the United States and Britain.
"I didn't know what else to do because I had no money ... I'm not just going to slink off into Central Park," she said.
The hearing continues.


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YOU can spot the glow of cellphones as the lights dim and the models ready to take to the ramp. It is not just the scribes eager to capture the "first look" but everyone with a Twitter/Facebook/Instagram account.
Even before the designer has taken a bow, images of the collection and comments find their way on to the social networking sites. So far, it has been only about individual updates scattered on the World Wide Web, accessible only to a few. With this edition of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) Autumn-Winter 2014, however, there has been a concentrated effort to bring everyone who tweets or blogs on one platform, making fashion week updates accessible to all, anywhere.
Launched on Day One, this real-time campaign syncs all happenings about the fashion week by bringing them on Facebook and Twitter accounts of Wills Lifestyle and Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). This has been made possible with the introduction of RFID campaign (Radio Frequency Identification). Every time a visitor at the WIFW swipes a red tag given out at the venue, it instantly updates the status and pictures/ selfies at the event.
Further, the RFID also allows for automatic tagging of all the photos taken at the WIFW. For those who can't make it to WIFW, this collection of updates, live streams and backstage glimpses is on view online via the Wills Lifestyle and FDCI pages.
"The idea is to celebrate fashion, make it more participative and all-inclusive," says Atul Chand, chief executive, Lifestyle Retailing Division, ITC. The selfie is also in vogue. Designers Shantanu and Nikhil Mehra kick-started the trend at Lakme Fashion Week earlier this month and at WIFW A-W 14, designer Rina Dhaka took an Oscar-inspired shot herself while models clicked selfies. Neha Dhupia, who is the official 'Twitter face' for this edition, though conspicuous with her absence at the venue on most days, has been tweeting updates as well.
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Here is what I ended up with.
I started off with a little wooden plaque and gave it two coats of Gesso - I treated myself to some the other day. I have already fallen in love with this stuff - it prepares the surface so well.
Then I got messy with some CTMH inks. I used foam sponges to apply the four colours, (clockwise) Lagoon, Gypsy, Cranberry, Autumn Terracotta. It went on so well on the prepared surface.
Next, I inked up some stamps with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and just had some fun. The Dream Believe Succeed stamp is a wooden stamp by InkaDinkaDo. The rest of the stamps are from a Recollections butterfly stamp set.
And there you have it - a little bit of messy that turns out good.
I am entering this creation in the following challenge.
Path of Positivity Challenge #2 (closes 2 June)
My inspiration for this creation was to try something different and outside my comfort zone, of sorts :-) I am hoping to delve into a few new things over the next few months and that is why I love the quote on this creation "Dream, Believe, Succeed".
I really enjoyed this little bit of me time.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Happy crafting.


text: Former junior-lightweight champion Cornelius Boza-Edwards registered a unanimous 10-round decision over John Montes Jr. in Tampa. Boza-Edwards, who held the WBC light-heavyweight title in 1981, scored a sixth-round knockdown and generally was in command. Records: Boza-Edwards 44-5; Montes 29-3. Boza- Edwards, ranked No. 5 by the WBC, awaits a title shot against Livingstone Bramble.


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What every parent needs to know
Patient safety is always the top priority in clinical trials and exceptional, rigorously developed precautions are taken to ensure children's safety. Even with this in mind, it is important to involve your child in the decision-making process about whether to join a trial.
Medical treatments that have been tested in adults often act differently in children. Medications require different dosages and sometimes produce different side effects in children than adults. This drives the need for more and more studies focusing on children's health to develop treatments, drugs and procedures specific to children.
Many different people are monitoring your child's safety in a clinical trial, just as they monitor the safety of adults in clinical trials. Clinical trials involving children must follow all the safety precautions in adult clinical trials. In addition, researchers must first collect and review safety data in adults before testing adolescents and then, finally, children.
Informed Consent
The process of learning about a clinical study or trial before deciding whether to join is called Informed Consent. Doctors and nurses involved in the trial are there to explain the study and answer your questions. The goal is to ensure that as a participant you are informed about the study or trial.
Parents must give legal consent for their child to participate in a research study. Children also can be asked to agree to participate, although some studies do not require their assent. This means that children are given basic facts about a research study and are asked to be part of the decision. Children as young as 7 years old can be asked to give assent.
If you are thinking of enrolling your child in a study – after you have given it careful consideration - ask how your child feels about it. Some children will want to be part of the process while others may not. Some may be uncertain or afraid, worried about pain or concerned about how it will affect school or friendships. Some will be interested in helping other kids.
At any age the important thing is that your child is comfortable and his or her questions are answered. When children are asked if they want to join a study, it shows that you respect them. Children understand a lot and it's important that their voices are heard.
The research team may be able to help if you and your child disagree about participating. Some studies have advocates and ethics experts involved who can help address any and all concerns you or your child may have.
Ask Questions
Your study team is prepared to answer your questions, so don't hesitate to ask the principal investigator or the research coordinator about anything that's on your mind. In fact there's no such thing as a silly question, no matter how seemingly trivial it is! Some questions you may want to ask include:
What is the purpose of the clinical trial?
Why do researchers think that this particular CF drug or treatment might work?
Who is paying for and supporting the study?
Who has reviewed and approved the study?
Who will be in charge of my child's care?
How long will the study last?
What will my responsibilities be if my child participates?
What kinds of therapies, procedures or tests will my child have during the trial?
Will any of the therapies, procedures or tests hurt, and, if so, for how long?
How do the tests in the study compare with those my child would have outside of the trial?
Will my child be able to take his or her regular medications while in the clinical trial?
What are the risks?
What are the benefits?
How do the possible risks, side effects and benefits compare with my child's current treatment?
How could being in this study affect the daily life of my child or my family?
Can I talk to other people who are participating in the study?
Will I be compensated for my child's participation in the clinical trial and/or travel expenses?
What is the time commitment for us?
Will results of the clinical trial be given to me and, if so, when?
Whom should I communicate with during the trial - the research team, my CF care team or both?
Write down your questions before you talk with your doctor or members of the research team to make sure you remember to ask them all. Also, try to write down the answers or record them with your smartphone, so that you can review them whenever you want.
Costs and Compensation
Even as a parent it's only natural to be concerned about the cost of participating in a clinical trial. The sponsor of the clinical trial typically covers costs so there are no fees to participate.
An Informed Consent document will be made available to you. This describes the rights of clinical research participants and details about the study or trial. It includes the study's purpose, length, required procedures and staff contact information. It also explains risks and potential benefits. As a participant or parent or guardian we encourage you to ask the study staff any questions you may have before signing this.
In this informed consent document a section on compensation will tell you how much money you will get to participate. The compensation is usually given to pay for your time and to help offset the costs of participating.
Some studies offer additional reimbursement for expenses such as meals, travel costs and even parking. If you anticipate other costs let your research team know ahead of time to see if they can reimburse you for those expenses.
Here are some questions you may want to ask:
Will I have to pay for travel (petrol, road tolls, parking, public transport, taxis)?
Are there funds to help me if I have to miss work without pay?
What if there is an overnight stay?
Will meals be provided?
What will the study pay for and what is my insurance expected to pay for?
What if I don't have health insurance - what will I have to pay for?
Will I need to pay for the study medication once the study is complete?
Accommodating Your Schedule
To help make participation as easy as possible for you, care centres and researchers often can work together to coordinate schedules so that regular care centre visits can take place at the same time as the research check-up. Often appointments can be moved to the beginning or end of the day to accommodate your work day.
What You Can Expect
You need to be aware of the fact that you or your child will undergo more testing than would be done during clinical care visits because researchers must document changes in your child's health status. These assessments could include blood tests and extra breathing analysis.
Your CF centre will continue to be responsible for your child's primary care. If your child experiences any problems, you should let your care team and the research coordinators know straight away.
When a study ends it may take a while for the researchers to analyse data and publish results. If your child was testing a medication, he or she may have to stop the study medication at the end of the trial unless there is an "open-label extension" to the trial or the drug becomes approved by the TGA.
An "open-label extension" study means the doctors and participants know which treatment is being provided. As a participant – or as the parent or guardian - you are invited to enrol so additional safety information can be gathered about long-term use while the relevant regulatory bodies review the treatment for approval. This option is not always available.
A clinical trial is where all parties including physicians and participants know whether they are using an investigational drug. Once the safety and effectiveness of the investigational drug has been established, participants can take it before it is formally approved.


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Whether you're a beginner or an experienced martial artist we have classes to suit your needs, including self defence and Jiu-Jitsu. Please see the links at the top of the page where we have a wealth of information available about our association and contact us any time for a free introductory class. Thanks for your visit.


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ROCHESTER, Mich - Attention Deficit Hyperactivy Disorder is very common in children, but many children feel alone and isolated because they face challenges they feel others do not.
Now a local group is offering summer camps that teach children to understand that their challenges are really gifts.
This is the second year Girls and Boys Empowered offered the camps to children with ADHD.
"These boys are in schools and classrooms and they feel isolated. They feel, 'I'm the only one that gets angry, I'm the only one that gets distracted. I'm the only one getting into trouble,'" said Drew Yanke, a psychotherapist who works with Girls and Boys Empowered.
Yanke teams up with Kevin Roberts, an author and counselor who helps people deal with ADHD.
"When you bring them together in a camp like this, what's truly amazing, you really start to see them helping each other, supporting each other, understanding that they're not alone," said Yanke.
"It's good for him to see that he's not alone," said Lisa Willcock, a mother from Rochester who enrolled her son, Mack, in the camp.
Mack was diagnosed with ADHD when he was five.
"He doesn't have a real big challenge with the attention aspect of it, he's always been able to focus. It's more of the other issues, the impulsivity, and I hope it just gives him a little more self-confidence in himself that it is okay to maybe be a little different," said Willcock.
Willcock said she saw a change in her son after he spent a couple days at the camp. She recalls what she heard him tell a friend about the camp.
"He said it's for kids who have ADHD and his friend wasn't real certain about what it is and Mack described it as, 'We're not mental by any means, but we have more energy, we're creative, and we're very smart,'" said Willcock.
"It's almost like an untapped fountain for these boys. There's a massive amount of creativity that could be tapped with these boys and it's all the positives," said Yanke.
The camp works with the children to focus on their strengths and manage their weaknesses. They teach through fun games including one called "nasty noodles."
"The idea is that we have spaghetti noodles, and in a sense, it's the brain," said Yanke. "What we're trying to teach the boys (is) everything that we do, everything that we have for our brains, affects our brains. So if we do negative behaviors, this is what it looks like, so we stir it up at the end and it looks all gooey and smells bad."
The camp reinforces the message Willcock is teaching her son at home.
"We try to tell him that there are gifts, and it is truly just different, and you're going to be OK, and you're probably going to be better at one thing than you are if you didn't have ADHD," said Willcock.
"They're learners, a lot of them are very aware of their surroundings, they understand things a lot quicker than some other people do," said Yanke.
Yanke said the group encourage parents to stay in contact after the camp so the kids can get together for play dates and the parents can help each other.
For more information: Girls and Boys Empowered
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