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Every now and again, the other side likes to claim President Obama doesn't have a record to run on. They're wrong. Here's a taste of why:
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Every now and again, the other side likes to claim President Obama doesn't have a record to run on. They're wrong. Here's a taste of why:
http://thehill.comPresident Obama is ahead in the two crucial swing-states of Ohio and Virginia, according to a survey from Public Policy Polling (PPP).
On the final weekend of a fiercely fought presidential campaign, President Obama holds a narrow advantage over Mitt Romney in the crucial contest for the electoral votes needed to win the White House, even as national polls continue to show the candidates in a virtual tie for the popular vote. In Congress, despite record levels of disapproval with the institution, voters seem likely to opt for the status quo — Democrats in charge of the Senate and Republicans in the House. Democrats are expected to gain seats in the House but not the 25 needed to recapture the majority lost in the Republican sweep of 2010. In the Senate, Democrats hold a 53-47 majority, including two independents who caucus with them. Although 10 or more races were considered too close to call through much of the fall, Democrats are now in a position to maintain their majority, although perhaps barely. This election assessment, along with reports on all the states, is based on interviews by a team of Washington Post reporters with strategists in the two parties and both presidential campaigns, as well as state and local officials and independent analysts. The assessment includes an analysis of polls on individual states and races that have poured forth over the final weeks before the election. In the presidential campaign, the biggest and most consequential unknowns at this point are the size and shape of the voting population. An electorate that resembles or even slightly exceeds 2008 in terms of the share of minority voters vs. white voters would clearly benefit Obama. A slight decline in the minority share of the electorate and a more even split between Democrats and Republicans — closer to the 2004 electorate than 2008 — would greatly help Romney. Obama, however, may do better among white voters in some of the battleground states than he will do nationally. The latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll shows a dead heat this weekend, with Obama and Romney both at 48 percent among likely voters. The survey has barely fluctuated. Obama spent part of this past week in his official capacity as commander in chief as Hurricane Sandy devastated the Atlantic Coast, pummeling New Jersey and New York the hardest. His attention to the cleanup earned praise from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Romney supporter who delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Almost half of all Americans said Obama's hurricane response would be a factor in their vote, according to the latest Post-ABC tracking poll. An earlier survey found that 79 percent rated his handling of the situation excellent or good. Another wild card is whether the latest jobs report will have a demonstrable effect on an electorate deeply polarized and with few undecided voters left. The report, released Friday, showed that 171,000 jobs were added while the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent. Presidential Through much of the fall campaign, nine states have defined the presidential battleground: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Obama began the general-election race with a base of 18 states plus the District, totaling 237 electoral votes. Romney began with a base of 23 states, totaling 191 electoral votes. North Carolina is tipping toward Romney and Nevada toward Obama, putting the president at 243 and Romney at 206. Romney is making a late play in Pennsylvania and Minnesota and will campaign in the Keystone State on Sunday. Both states continue to lean toward the president, but Obama's campaign has decided to send former president Bill Clinton to Pennsylvania on Sunday for extra measure. Assuming those states continue to stay in Obama's column, the president would need only 27 of the remaining 89 electoral votes to win. Romney would need 64 of the 89, which explains why Obama still has an easier — but by no means certain — path to an Electoral College majority. For example, he could win a second term simply by winning Florida, which remains competitive. If the Sunshine State goes for Romney, then much will depend on Ohio, which is why it is the focus of so much campaign activity in the final days. Its 18 electoral votes represent the bulwark of Obama's Midwestern line of defense against Romney. If the president were to carry Ohio — and he continues to hold a narrow lead in public polls there — he could win an electoral majority by adding Virginia (13 electoral votes) or Wisconsin (10) or Colorado (nine), or by winning Iowa (six) and New Hampshire (four). If Romney does not win Ohio, his path to victory would have to include Colorado, Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin and either Iowa or New Hampshire. But if he does capture the Buckeye State, he could become president by taking Florida and Virginia and then just one other contested state. Poll The Post-ABC tracking survey underscored the closeness of the race nationally. During two weeks of polling, the largest lead by either candidate was 50 percent to 47 percent, favoring Romney. Obama's biggest was one point. Neither was statistically significant. Obama's job approval rating continues to hold at 50 percent, with 34 percent saying they strongly approve and 39 percent saying they strongly disapprove. Romney holds a statistically insignificant three-point edge on who is trusted more to handle the economy. Obama has a six-point advantage on who better understands Americans' economic problems. Through most of the campaign and as recently as October, more voters offered unfavorable than favorable impressions of Romney. Today a majority of likely voters has a favorable view. In fact, he and Obama are virtually tied on this measure: 54 percent say they have a favorable impression of the president, while 53 percent say the same of Romney. For the first time in the Post-ABC poll, independent voters are evenly split between the two candidates, at 46 percent each. Until now, Romney has held an advantage ranging from three to 20 points. Obama leads among women by six points, Romney among men by seven points. Obama is winning 38 percent of white voters and 78 percent of non-whites. He gets 33 percent of whites without college degrees and 44 percent of whites with college degrees. Campaign Obama's hopes for a second term rest on his ability to reassemble and motivate a coalition of African Americans, Hispanics, young voters and women, despite disappointment and diminished enthusiasm since his historic 2008 victory. In Ohio, he is aided by the success of the auto-industry bailout and the campaign's attacks on Romney's business background, which have bolstered the president's support among white working-class voters. Beyond that, Romney has been hammered in Ohio for an ad suggesting that Chrysler's new owners plan to shift production of Jeeps to China, which the chief executive denied. Romney has a motivated base, with Republicans eager to defeat a president they think is taking the country in the wrong direction. But he needs both a turnout that is large enough to make the GOP share of the electorate almost equal to that of the Democrats. He also needs an edge among independent voters. For the past week, Obama's advisers have expressed confidence that the race is theirs to lose and that they will not lose it. "The economic debate has crystallized," campaign manager Jim Messina said Saturday. "We have picked up steam and now what we have to do is turn out our vote. We continue to lead or are tied in every battleground state and have the ability to get to 270 electoral votes in a variety of ways." Romney advisers have said their polls show that the battlegrounds, particularly Ohio, are closer than public surveys suggest. They also say that an incumbent who is not above 50 percent in the polls in the final days is in a precarious position. "When you take a look at the big three — Florida, Virginia and Ohio — we feel very good," said Romney senior adviser Russ Schriefer. "Ohio is tight but it's tied and I think we've got some advantages there. I think then you look at the rest of the map that, in a million years, the Obama campaign never thought they would be campaigning in these states the weekend before the election." He added: "We're going to win this thing." Senate Democrats appear poised to hold on to their narrow Senate majority on Tuesday, a prospect that as recently as a year ago seemed far more difficult, given the disparity in the number of seats Democrats (23) and Republicans (10) had to defend. The turning point for Democrats may have been the surprise decision by Republican Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (Maine) not to seek another term. Snowe was considered a shoo-in for reelection but in her absence, former governor Angus King, an independent who would caucus with Democrats, has emerged as a favorite. Then Republicans made a series of self-inflicted mistakes, two centering on the subject of rape. Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who ousted longtime Sen. Richard G. Lugar in the GOP primary, gave Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly an opening. Then Mourdock's comments at a late October debate — where he said a woman who becomes pregnant by rape is carrying a "gift from God" and therefore must have the child — turned the race from a tossup to one that favors Donnelly. In Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin won the GOP nomination and days later made a comment about "legitimate rape" rarely causing pregnancy that created a national firestorm. Much of the party establishment abandoned Akin, but he refused to drop out of the race. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) is favored to win reelection. Democrats have growing confidence that former Obama administration official Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor, will beat Sen. Scott Brown (R) in Massachusetts. The contest is the premier Senate race in the country for the seat long held by the late Edward M. Kennedy (D). Republicans have a number of opportunities to pick up seats held by retiring Democrats. Races in Nebraska and North Dakota, where Democrats are retiring, seem likely to fall for Republicans. Virginia has a very tight race between two former governors: Democrat Timothy M. Kaine and Republican George Allen. In Montana, Sen. Jon Tester (D) and Rep. Denny Rehberg (R) have been tied for months. Even if several of those races tip to Republicans in the final hours, it still seems unlikely that the GOP will add the four seats it would need to control the Senate if Obama is reelected or the three it would would need if Romney wins. The most likely outcome is no net change, or Republican gains of one or two seats. House In the battle for control of the House, it has become clear over the past few months that the wave of elections that roiled the chamber in 2006, 2008 and 2010 will not be repeated Tuesday. Democrats need 25 seats to regain the majority. Not even their most optimistic strategists think that is anything more than a remote possibility. Because of the decennial redistricting process, both parties will score heavy gains in certain states. Republicans look poised to pick up at least three and maybe four seats in North Carolina. Democrats could take five seats from Republicans in Illinois. After taking control of more governorships and state legislatures in 2010, Republicans had the political muscle to carve up new congressional districts to their advantage. They shored up some of their most vulnerable incumbents and drew difficult districts for Democrats. The result: Republicans are now likely to gain at least 10 Democratic seats simply because of the partisanship of redrawn districts, and Democrats are fighting from behind in their effort to win back the House. That is why overall Democratic gains may be held to the mid-single digits. Aaron Blake, Sean Sullivan, Jon Cohen and Scott Clement contributed to this report.
By Greg SargentYesterday in Springfield, Ohio, the crowd listening to Barack Obama booed when the President brought up Mitt Romney and the Republican Congress. That prompted Obama to say: "No, no, no — don't boo, vote. Vote! Voting is the best revenge." Romney promptly pretended to be very outraged by this. He told his supporters: "Yesterday, the President said something you may have heard by now. That I think surprised a lot of people. Speaking to an audience, he said, 'voting is the best revenge.' He told his supporters — voting for revenge. Vote for revenge? Let me tell you what I'd like to tell you. Vote for love of country." Romney picked up that refrain a second time: "Did you see what President Obama said today? He asked his supporters to vote for revenge — for revenge...Instead, I ask the American people to vote for love of country." Of course, Obama was only encouraging people to vote. He was telling them that the real way to express opposition to GOP policies is to vote against them, rather than to merely boo them. And guess what: You may have forgotten about this one, but this isn't the first time Romney has attacked Obama for encouraging people to get more engaged in the political process. In September, Romney blasted Obama for saying that "you can't change Washington from the inside." That September quote from Obama, however, also constituted urging people to get more involved in politics: "The most important lesson I've learned is that you can't change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside. And that's how the big accomplishments, like health care, got done, was because we mobilized the American people to speak out...something that I'd really like to concentrate on in my second term is being in a much more constant conversation with the American people, so they can put pressure on Congress to move some of these issues forward." Romney pretended to be very outraged about that, too, just as he is doing with regard to Obama's perfectly innocuous "revenge" quote. The important thing to remember here is that the GOP argument for a Romney victory rests explicitly on the hope that those who turned out to vote for Obama last time won't be quite as engaged this time around. Republicans are hoping the electorate is not as diverse as it was in 2008, and they are arguing that the GOP base's enthusiasm is much higher than that of core Dem constituencies. The Romney camp seems to think it will help whip GOP base voters into a frenzy — and perhaps boost turnout — if Romney casts the way Obama is urging Democratic base voters to get more involved in the process as something sininster and threatening. This is beyond idiotic; it is insulting to people's intelligence. The Post editorial board, in a widely cited piece, has claimed that the one constant about the Romney campaign has been that it is driven by "contempt for the electorate." To make this case, the editorial cites Romney's nonstop flip flops, his evasions about his own proposals, his refusal to share basic information about his finances and bundlers, and his monumental Jeep falsehood and all his other big lies. It's fitting that Romney's closing argument rests heavily on one last sustained expression of that contempt for the electorate — one focused squarely on a call for more engagement in the political process, i.e., on something that is fundamental to democracy itself.
By:ABID S. MUSTIKHANNO doubt the situation in Balochistan today is quite horrendous. Tariq Khosa in his article 'Blueprint for Balochistan' (Oct 26) has given a good account of problems, but they are limited to administrative perspective. The problems in Balochistan are multifaceted and should be so addressed. The issues that need also to be considered before addressing them are authentic historical facts, regional geopolitical situation, corruption, wrong administrative decisions, policies and misdemeanours of successive governments right from the day when Pakistan acquired independence. Policies are made to protect self-interests and the government rather than strengthening the foundation of the country. The question is not about small or large groups which are antagonised, but how the largest province of the country reached the present state. The circumstances, which are the result of events during more than 60 years, cannot be reversed in a few days and that too through the barrel of the gun. It rather needs the government's firm, long-term and stable policies and decisions in the right direction, honest and trusted people (not necessarily parliamentarians) who should be involved in pacifying the angered Baloch. I say the Baloch and do not name the tribes deliberately as the present uprising is quite different from what Balochistan has witnessed earlier. It may not be forgotten that these angered Baloch are Pakistanis and should be treated as such. Unfortunately, the government has no writ and political will. All the funds given to the provincial government hardly reach the people at the grassroots level. Jobs created are sold and the most cognisable development in the province is a competition between most of the parliamentarians and bureaucrats of owning a number of expensive four-wheel drive vehicles parked in front of their houses. Having no writ, various law-enforcement agencies are taking unilateral actions without any check, without realising that such actions create a state of anarchy which is detrimental to the very existence of the country. Since two wrongs never make a right, it is time those at the helm of affairs woke up to address the issues before more valuable lives are lost.
The Express Tribune
By Sonia MalikPublished: August 12, 2012Speakers and the audience at a seminar Jinnah ka Pakistan (Jinnah's Pakistan) on Saturday agreed that the Quaid had wanted to keep religion and state separate. The seminar was organised by the Awami Party in Model Town to mark Mohammad Ali Jinnah's August 11, 1947 speech. Jamil Omar, the party's general secretary, compared Jinnah's August 11 speech with the Gettysburg address by Abraham Lincoln and Jawaharal Nehru's August 15 speech. Every child in the United States and India knows these speeches by heart since it is part of their syllabi, Omar said, but in Pakistan this speech has been censored from the press and never included in school syllabi. The people of Pakistan should know the speech by heart, he said, but the few who know about it have seen only a censored version of it. Omar said the speech had touched upon four important points: that nepotism will not be tolerated; that the government's "first, second and last" responsibility is the people's welfare; that citizens of all faiths will be treated equally; and that Pakistan is an independent and a self-sufficient country. He said it was the third point which had led to the speech being blacked out. Jinnah had reiterated secularism and wanted to keep state and religion apart, said Omar. If these four points had been adhered to, he said, Pakistan could have been the best country in the world. Wajahat Masood cited references from several books quoting from Jinnah's speeches that promote a tolerant Pakistan where religious minorities had equal rights. He said the Quaid had objected to slogan Pakistan ka matlab kia, La ilaha illallah. Quoting from Malik Ghulam Nabi's book Daghon ki Bahar he said during his last address to All India Muslim League in December, 1947, a man had asked the Quaid if the slogan was the foundation of Pakistan's ideology. The Quaid had told him that was not what Pakistan stood for, Masood said. He said three articles of the national constitution needed to be expunged – Article 2 (a) upholding the Objectives Resolution; Article 227, which says that no law can be repugnant to Quran or Sunnah and Article 203 that gives the Federal Shariat Court the power to strike down any law passed by the parliament that is repugnant to Quran or Sunnah. He also quoted Thomas Jefferson who had warned that if church was not separated from the state half the people will be hypocrites and the other half stupid. "We should not care if Jinnah was a mullah, a secularist or a pluralist; a nation-state by definition is a secular entity," he said. He ended his speech by quoting Jinnah, "In the course of time, Muslims will cease being Muslims; Hindus will cease being Hindus, not religiously, but politically." IA Rehman urged the participants to reflect on Jinnah's views. He said Jinnah had wanted a government that worked for the citizens' welfare and a country where everyone had equal rights. After the speeches, the participants asked the party to demand that the clauses added to constitution during General Zia's rule be removed and the Objectives Resolution declaring Pakistan an Islamic state be denounced. They also demanded that the federation should retain minimal authority and give more powers to the provinces.
The MQM has announced that the national referendum asking Pakistanis if they wanted Quaid-e-Azam's Pakistan or Taliban's Pakistan will be held on November 8. Booths for citizens to answer this question will be set up across the country and will be operational from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. MQM leader Farooq Sattar said Sunday that Pakistan was faced with both internal and external threats. Sattar added that terrorists were targeting innocent people, children and were destroying schools. "The attack on Malala was a wake up call for the nation," Sattar said. According to the MQM leader, drone attacks had put the nation's sovereignty into question. MQM chief Altaf Hussain last week on Thursday had asked the party's coordination committee to start preparing for the national referendum.
http://www.dw.deThe recent attack on a shrine in Pakistan's northwestern district of Nowshera is proof that the Taliban consider pluralistic Islam a big ideological threat, say experts. On Sunday, a bomb blast outside the shrine of Kaka Sahib - a 16th century Sunni Muslim saint - in the district Nowshera of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, killed at least three devotees of the saint and wounding 25 people. "It was a remote-controlled bomb that killed three people at the site," local police chief Muhammad Hussain told the media. Some Pakistani newspapers have put the death toll higher. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban militants have been known to attack shrines in the region in the past.Pakistan is facing a protracted insurgency in its troubled northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents have killed thousands of people over the years and attacked places of worship of minorities and followers of other Islamic denominations. Pluralism The militants - most of whom belong to the Saudi-Wahhabi sect of Islam - have attacked a number of Sufi shrines in many Pakistani cities in the past, killing scores of devotees, who mostly belong to the minority Shiite Islamic group or the majority Sunni Barelvi sect. Historians say that both Shiites and Barelvis believe in a wide cultural interpretation of Islam and seek inspiration from the Persian and Arabic saints, who played a role in spreading Islam throughout the Indian subcontinent. Many Shiites and Barelvis also revere mystics of Indian origin and regularly visit their shrines which are spread throughout India and Pakistan. These Muslims saints are equally loved by Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Jews in South Asia.On the contrary, the Wahhabis, which are a relatively smaller group among the Sunnis, believe in "puritan Islam" and consider pilgrimages to shrines outside of the Islamic faith to be against the teachings of Muhammad. Dr. Mubarak Ali, a renowned Pakistani historian, told DW that the Taliban were against cultural variation. "Wahhabis are against any cultural plurality so they attack shrines, music festivals and other cultural centers that are not Islamic in their view," he said. The historian said that the influence of Saudi Arabia had seeped into the psyche of many Pakistanis, causing an "Arabization" of their many traditions. Many Pakistani analysts, including Ali, say that the zealot Wahhabi groups and political parties not only frown upon pilgrimages to non-Islamic shrines, they also endorse the demolition of historical Muslim sites, and emulate Saudi Arabia in this regard. A recent article in The Independent newspaper titled "Media: Saudis take a bulldozer to Islam's history" claims that the Saudi regime had destroyed a number of graves of known Islamic figures and historical sites such as the prophet of Islam's birthplace and the house of the prophet's first wife Khadija for the fear that people might convert them into places of worship. An ideological battle Shoaib Ashraf, a lawyer and rights activist in Karachi, told DW that the Taliban were bent on destroying the diverse cultural fabric of Pakistani society. "Pakistan cannot afford this kind of extremism. It is facing several crises at the moment but this is going to do an irreparable damage to the country. Pakistan will not survive if a minority forcefully imposes its extremist agenda on majority," Ashraf said.Attiya Dawood, a writer and peace activist, told DW that the love for saints ran deep in hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan and that a big number of Pakistanis went to the shrines and listened to qawwali, or Sufi music. "The Taliban want to create fear among the people by attacking their sacred places so that they can restrict their social mobility and freedom," she said. Many Pakistani analysts are of the opinion that the main reason behind the attacks on shrines and followers of the saints is more political than religious. They say that the mystical Islam provides a counter-narrative to extremist Islam and is probably the biggest ideological threat to the Wahhabis. Some believe that mystical Islam could be more effective in defeating the Taliban than any military operation. State support Experts, however, say that the policies of the Pakistani state are not in favor of the proponents of Sufi Islam and are thus emboldening fanatics. "As long as the Pakistani state and security agencies continue to use Wahhabism as a dominant state narrative, attacks on shrines and their devotees will not cease," said Ashraf. Ali also pointed out that Wahhabi groups and organizations enjoyed state patronage and flourished at the expense of other groups, which in the past had been snubbed by the government. "It is a bit strange though because Wahhabism is a minority Sunni sect in Pakistan," Ali said. Ashraf demanded that the Pakistani government not only abandon its support to zealot Wahhabis, but also promote pluralistic Islam. This, he said, would not only be beneficial to Pakistani society in the long run but would also improve the international community's image of Pakistan.
http://www.rferl.orgThe U.S. Representative to the UN Human Rights Council has expressed "serious concern" over Pakistan's violent response to separatists in southwestern Balochistan Province. Ambassador Eileen Donahoe told the council in Geneva on October 30 that Washington has serious reservations about human rights situation in Balochistan. She said Pakistan Army operations there are "aimed at silencing dissent." She said Pakistan should ensure that those guilty of torture, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings must be prosecuted. Donahoe made the remarks during Pakistan's Universal Periodic Review. All UN members are expect to undergo such a review of their human rights record every four years. Thousands of civilians, soldiers, and guerillas have been killed in eight years of unrest in the vast desert region where numerous ethnic Balochi factions are fighting for independence from Pakistan.
The Express TribuneCommonly used drugs are fast disappearing from Peshawar markets as the 'medicine mafia' is hoarding medicines and selling them in black markets for considerable profit. A number of medicines such as Actifid, including Actifed DM syrup and Actifed cold, Sancos cough syrup and Augmentin injections are no longer available. Meanwhile, prices for medicines such as Hydraline, Augmentin, and Palmonale, which had disappeared from markets for some time, have increased by 30%. Silicose used by blood pressure patients is only available in the black market on double the retail price. Thyrosin (a tablet which most patients have to take for life once prescribed), Lexotanil and Thioredoxin are also nowhere to be found. Chief Drug Inspector of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sabir Ali, told The Express Tribune that a drug pricing committee has been formed at the federal level to stipulate and approve the prices of medicines. The price of a particular product depends on its availability, he said. The inspector said that pharmaceutical companies are being encouraged to sell their products directly to the retailers in an attempt to prevent hoarding, which creates an artificial shortage in the market. Waheed Ullah Wazir, a medicine retailer, said: "Pharmaceutical companies have contracts with wholesalers who hoard products." He also alleged that "Doctors prescribe foreign medicines that are not usually available in the market. This creates a problem for patients.' Dr Saoodul Islam, a general physician at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), acknowledged that doctors prescribe medicines that are often not locally available. "International brands provide doctors with benefits to sponsor their products so they prescribe them instead of their local alternatives." Islam too, said that a 'medicine mafia' is responsible for the shortage of medicines in the city. Nasirullah, a medicine wholesaler, refused to accept the blame. "The government imposes taxes and prevents us from increasing the retail price," he said, adding "That is why many of us stop supplies." He claimed that pharmaceuticals are responsible for hiking up prices and withdrawing products.
The Express TribuneMuttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker Iqbal Qadri has filed an application with the Supreme Court Karachi registry asking the court to declare Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif ineligible to contest elections, Express News reported. The application filed on Saturday stated that Nawaz was responsible for the extra-judicial killing of MQM workers in Karachi during the 1992 operation. The petition further added that the PML chief had assets abroad and that he was a loan defaulter. Earlier Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon had also requested the Election Commission of Pakistan to disqualify the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, saying that Nawaz was the 'brainchild of dictatorship' and his propaganda and conspiracies against the present government have failed. Memon said that the Asghar Khan case has revealed Nawaz Sharif's true nature.
EDITORIALTax evasion is one of the most commonly use practice is Pakistan where the taxation system itself is overwhelmed with anomalies if all sorts, the most glaring of them being not charging the powerful elite, predominantly the landed aristocracy, with tax encumbrance. In the past men and women associated with cinema in Pakistan, more prominently top actors and actresses, not paying their taxes used to attract the mind of the common person. Now that the film industry has collapsed, the focus has shifted the top cricketers not fulfilling their national obligation, is the focus of attention. Recent media reports suggest that the income tax department has issued notices 21 top cricketers who were found to have evaded taxes of more than Rs100 million over the past two years. This is the first time that the Federal Board of Revenue has issued notices to cricket celebrities who will be grilled about tax liabilities. The investigation department has already compiled the tax profiles of these cricketers on the basis of information collected by the income tax intelligence directorate of the FBR. The Regional Tax Office (RTO), Lahore, had issued notices to Umer Akmal, Misbahul Haq, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Rana Naveedul Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Taufiq Umar and Wahab Riaz. RTO Karachi issued notices to Shahid Afridi, Younus Khan, Abdul Rahman, Asad Shafiq and Tanvir Ahmad; RTO Sialkot to former captain Shoaib Malik, RTO Peshawar to Umar Gul and RTO Rawalpindi has finalized notices to be served on Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanveer and Yassir Arafat. Umar Akmal alone owes to the national exchequer Rs7.5 million, the highest among his colleagues because he is the busiest cricketer at present with a number of international engagements.May they be cricketers or people from other walks of life, the FBR's revenue collecting machinery has always shown flexibility over and above the law and consequently bing unable to meet targets stipulated at the beginning of every fiscal year. Every time it sets targets that are ambitious rather than being objective and in the end it has to lower them to demonstrate that it has achieved revenue collection targets. The very recent example is the shortfall of nearly Rs 66 billion during the first four months (July-October) 2012-13. So far, the FBR has not revised downward the ambitious revenue collection target of Rs 2,381 billion for the current fiscal. However, there seems a little improvement for the month of October when the FBR provisionally collected Rs 138 billion against Rs 126 billion in the corresponding period of last fiscal, reflecting an increase of Rs 12 billion.Some other FBR targets can also materialize to portray a rosy picture of revenue collection in Pakistan for the fiscal year 2012-13. For example, Islamabad is highly more or less sure of receiving $680 million from the United States on account of coalition support prgramme. The country's economic manager also hope to realize around $800 million upon the auction of the third generation telecom licences. But this proposition, which remained unfulfilled even last year, seems difficult to be realized this year also because the team working on this has not so far been able to appoint a consultant despite the lapse of five months. Almost similar is the status of the FBR's tax amnesty scheme that proposes whitening the black money amounting to around Rs170 billion, because the FBR has not so far whetted it with a cover of a legal regime. Thus the has not yet been submitted to the government.Pakistan's economic survival lies in collecting taxes wherever due by abandoning the policy of appeasement towards the powerful and the rich, spending the funds prudently by right-sizing gigantic government machinery, benefits of civil servants and public office holders, investing in long-term productive projects, and catering for basic needs of the citizens. An unshakable determination, consistency in policies and political will are required to curb the years-old habit of defying tax laws with the purge in tax machinery and spending tax money for the welfare of the entire population and not merely a handful of people.
The Frontier PostGovernor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Barrister Masood Kausar has said that economic development guarantees lasting prosperity of a nation and tribal female could improve their socio-economic conditions learning by various skills. He stated while addressing a certificate distribution ceremony held at Governor\'s house on Saturday on conclusion of a training workshop for the internally displaced tribal female. MNA Munir Orakzai and Officials of FATA Development Authority were present on the occasion. The Governor gave away certificates and sewing machines to 60 IDPs female for successfully completing the training conducted by FATA Development Authority (FDA). Barrister Masood Kausar said that skills are not only used for the benefits of the country but also used for participants to bread earn. Shedding light upon FATA Skills Development Programmme, he said that this programme was based on National Skills Development Strategy. He said that this strategy has been made in view of the socio-economic conditions in FATA and the prime objective of the plan was to give skill development training to the tribal youth that would help them earn their livelihoods. The Governor appreciated the efforts of FDA and said that the authority has set up 42 women business centers in the tribal areas, which was a commendable step towards economic empowerment of tribal female. He said that the government was taking all possible steps to provide education and technical skills training to the tribesmen and the internally displaced persons so as to remove the lingering sense of deprivation among them and bring them in the main stream of life. The Governor asked media to highlights development projects initiated by government in tribal areas.
RADIO PAKISTANInformation Minister says more facts will be revealed in Asghar Khan case in the days to come.Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira says the people will take action through vote against those who had robbed their mandate in the past. Talking to newsmen in Lala Musa on Saturday' he said Supreme Court verdict in Asghar Khan Case has turned the first page of the political history of the country. He said more facts will be revealed in the days to come. Qamar Zaman Kaira said mandate of the people was stolen with the connivance of establishment and politicians.


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_ _ replied to RicardoKaká's topic in University of Toronto Medical SchoolMuch better approach, in my opinion. Restating the clusters wastes characters and it looks more professional and mature to leave it for the reader to decide. The clusters are distinct enough, it should be clear regardless. Plus, you need to cover the 4 over 3 essays, which I've always thought was purposefully done to force people to be more subtle about it
The Future Of Dentistry Is Cr*p...
_ _ replied to member_225's topic in Dental Student General DiscussionsDon't kid yourself. The AVERAGE family billings might be 300K, but that is halved by overhead. Averages are called averages for a reason, and you'd be looking at around 150k take-home in FM, generally. Other specialties pay more, but you're giving up 5 years making low wages working long, long hours. Your concerns about autonomy, lifestyle, etc., would be even less addressed than in something privately run, like dentistry. And the employment outlook with most specialities is not too great, from what I've gathered
The Future Of Dentistry Is Cr*p...
_ _ replied to member_225's topic in Dental Student General DiscussionsThere's no shortage anymore. A mild distribution problem, but absolutely no shortage. Its very oversaturated in many areas, particularly surgical. The jobs literally do not exist in some areas
Bill 210 Impact
_ _ replied to Harvestpro's topic in The LoungeWhat I got from it, was that it essentially gives any and all control to the Minister of Health/LHINs and that basically any policy, and investigation, and fee they choose to enact happens, as long as it can be considered in 'public interest' to do so. Kind of like a dictatorship, in a way. Maybe I read it wrong, but that's what my interpretation was. I'm also very sure I don't understand any of the details so hopefully someone else can give you a better answer
Ok, so it's even higher than what those stats show? You know it's at least an ~15% acceptance rate, but realistically higher for ON applicants. Which is pretty much comparable to most other provinces as well.
Look for statistics on the OMSAS website. It's around there
Good luck! I'm just saying that as someone who took that approach in my last year as well, and I ended up very overwhelmed and need to drop things. Looking back, I without a doubt went overboard on the 'do as much as I can in case I don't get in' side of things, and if I hadn't cut back, I don't think I would have had the time to prepare properly. I ended up switching out of the honours project (like your directed studies), but that was just simplest for me. It's a time consuming thing, for sure
Oop Chances
_ _ replied to mia1234's topic in Dalhousie University Medical SchoolCan't remember, but it's on the website somewhere. As far as chances, no one can give you anything, but it's not going to change your chances so just focus on the maritime essay
40? I counted 15-20. If you're getting credit for the directed studies, that's school not ECs so it changes things. Still looks like a lot, and I wouldn't recommend doing that much though. Are you applying this year? If so, I'd even more strongly recommend against doing so much. You want time for interviews, to practice lots, and be rested and do your best. After all, it really all comes down to the interviews. Dropping a course can't be undone. It'll affect your eligibility for some schools, and it's not a choice to make if you don't have to. I would certainly not suggest it if it's just for more ECs. It's about priorities
FAQ: What are my chances?
_ _ replied to register's topic in General Premed DiscussionsYour GPA and MCAT are great. You're good to go (as good as anyone can be) for all ON schools but Western, unless your SWOMEN and Northern, unless you're rural, etc. Now, about your money concerns, My advice as well is to spend time now making your UofT essays as genuine and articulate/concise and personal as you can. Then, apply for the Admissions Bursary (they'll tell you about it if you interview). The bursary covers virtually the entire tuition, and theres at least 10 given per year....and keep in mind that the average med applicant doesn't exactly come from an average income family. My family made slightly more, although I have several siblings which may influence things, but you would (I think) have a good shot at the bursary, which I'm sure you would agree is pretty close to life-changing. Sounds cheesy, but it is. Even if you don't get the UofT bursary, my experience has been that once you're in, finances are not a worry for most. You'll be ok. So work hard on your essays, practice like crazy for interviews with anyone who will listen (even better if they aren't all other med applicants! Perspective is good) and you have the potential to be in the clear from needing to re-apply. I get that the fees to apply are scary, and applying 2 years in a row would be challenging, but just worry about that if it happens
From what I've interpreted, It's not about you-it's about the rest of the population who needs medial care. Ontario is by far the least rural of all provinces. And Ontario, in most southern areas, isn't exactly lacking in physicians. Manitoba? Newfoundland? How likely is it that you're going to pack up and move out there? Not too likely, I'm guessing. Which is fine. And exactly what most students/residents will want. The seats in med schools aren't allocated to make things better or worse for the applicants, it's about training people from certain provinces, in those provinces, with the hope at least some of them will stay and practice in those areas. Toronto doesn't have that problem, plain and simple.
Sorry, it depends on the school and I really don't know the specifics for UBC. There is a UBC forum here that might be able to help you more
No, I mean Ottawa will require it. But look at the UBC med website. There's no science pre-reqs and they don't place huge emphasis on the MCAT. You'd have just a good a chance as anyone
What province? Many schools don't require any science, but worst case you could just take a few distance courses. The MCAT now actually has just as much psyc as chem, so I'm sure you'd be fine. All schools do require it as of next year though
Length Of Ec's
_ _ replied to member_225's topic in General Premed DiscussionsI avoided this problem by choosing a university in my hometown, enabling me to keep all the jobs/ECs I had in high school, throughout university. It got a bit overwhelming by the end of 4 years, never ever quitting things and only adding more and more and more, but I persevered. I do apologize for the sarcasm....but I do sincerely encourage you to take a deep breath, and then go to something with your friends and not think about applying to med school at all. Then come back, re-read your post, and I think you'll find the answer to your question is quite clear.
Attn: Message From Admissions
_ _ replied to xcon2run's topic in Dalhousie University Medical SchoolLook up...
Tpr Fls And Mcat Practice Tests
_ _ replied to Wannabedoctorzab's topic in MCAT PreparationYes. Big differences. Remember, prep companies are for-profit organizations that aren't writing the exam.The AAMC is, and the companies are trying to guess what will be on it. Base your studying on the AAMC content outlines, question banks, and practice exams, using other companies materials as a supplement. If you aren't knowing terms on the AAMC questions, then learn them, even if the prep companies don't teach them
Advice - Low Gpa, Lots Of Ecs - 2Nd Degree, 5Th Year, Master's?
_ _ replied to iWizard's topic in General Premed DiscussionsTo be perfectly honest, no. I think that's still too much. If time management is the issue, but those things still matter to you, you need to think long and hard about what matters more to you: going to med school (without doing 2-3 more years of undergrad, assuming you're in ON) or doing those extra-circulars. It's possible for some people to balance that much, but not everyone. Again, reference letters and 'enough' ECs mean nothing at all without at least 2 strong GPA years. Generally, 3-4.
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_ _ replied to xcon2run's topic in Dalhousie University Medical SchoolReceived
OMSAS Autobiographical Sketch: Research
_ _ replied to m1428's topic in General Ontario Discussions (OMSAS)1. Yes. Absolutely list them 2. No one knows. Some people put them on, others don't. I didn't, but either way it's not going to make or break I'd assume. It's a for-credit project, and you'd be about 2 weeks in when the application is submitted, so I'm not sure that it really says much of anything about you. Who knows. 3. A few hours? I wouldn't include this, unless you did more. I think I might be missing the point of this question
Course-Based Graduate Application Deadline
_ _ replied to green11's topic in University of Toronto Medical SchoolI distinctly remember talking to someone who had done a full year course-based masters the year they applied during the interview day. They were a current student, and had no issues. I asked because I had applied to the same masters program as a plan-b for next year
Advice - Low Gpa, Lots Of Ecs - 2Nd Degree, 5Th Year, Master's?
_ _ replied to iWizard's topic in General Premed DiscussionsCut down on ECs (by a lot, it looks like) and focus on your GPA. Aim for 3.9+ It's not fun, I'm guessing it's not what you want to hear, but it's the one thing you need to do before worrying about anything else. All the ECs in the world won't matter if they screen you out automatically. You need to be doing less, not more, next year. Time management is cutting back, saying 'no', and making sacrifices to get what is most important, done. There is no magic tricks, you just need to put more hours in. Then the grades will come
What Are My Chances?
_ _ replied to Ajapai's topic in Non-Traditional Applicants/Grad StudentsYep. I missed that last part about them having 3 years left in the new program
Hobbies On The Abs
_ _ replied to cookacola's topic in General Ontario Discussions (OMSAS)There is no 'right' way to classify (most) things on OMSAS, it's intentionally vague from what I gathered. What you consider a 'hobby' will vary from others, so it could fall under either. It's essentially a judgement call where you think it fits best, so make the decision that you think best demonstrates the activity. I went against what some say and didn't really include any unstructured hobbies so I felt mine fit best under extra-cirricular, but it seems some people put things like jogging, reading, or writing, etc. on the app so they might have classified those otherwise. I wouldn't stress over little things like classifications, just focus on the descriptions the most
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Bruce Jenner and My Story
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Bruce Jenner told us his story. But what did he say? Do we remember more about him saying he has the soul of a woman, or do we hear the heart of a person who has struggled terribly for most of their life and is seeking peace with themselves? (I'll refer to Bruce using pronouns of the male gender in this writing because at the time of life he is addressing, he presented as a man.)
As I've read commentaries on the interview by Diane Sawyer there are certainly diverse views and opinions, and that is to be expected. But the comments that strike me the most are those who have made judgments and criticisms about Bruce's search and answers that have come from the intense seeking done for over fifty years of his life.
I can so totally relate to Bruce. He spoke of a childhood where he did things in secret that were part of a pursuit of finding himself in a culture that seemed to not understand. He didn't believe he could be honest about his questions. He spoke of marriages to three women that he entered hiding part of his personal truth and the way these women were hurt by his eventual honesty. I can relate to a life long quest to find peace with an identity that for most of his life seemed so fragmented.
As I listened I saw some sarcasm, and some cynicism that is to be expected when someone is exposing such a deeply personal part of themselves. He knew those seeing the interview would have diverse reactions. He knows there will be critics who will hate what he is saying. He knows there will be a religious community that will say his faith isn't valid and that all he needs is Jesus. He is fully aware that there will be those who will say that if he would just trust more, submit more, and follow the Bible; his unsettled gender will find itself aligning with his body.
But, how many listeners will do so with no agenda at all but to hear his heart? Who will hear this story and say, "I'm so sorry you've been going through this for to long, how can I walk alongside you?" Does Bruce have those kinds of friends?
I was thrilled to hear that his children have been as honest as they can be and still love the person they call "Dad." Sure they're troubled! Of course this is challenging for them to walk through. Yes, they will consider their friends, their culture's response. They'll ponder the future of their family and their children as this man called Dad, Grandpa, will not look at all like dads, or grandpas they've always known. That's really hard to accept for anyone regardless of their love for the person. But they sat right beside their Dad, and are choosing to love while they walk through their questions seeking resolution with this intimate relationship they've known for their entire life.
Bruce talked about entering a marriage with some honesty, but still hiding the crux of the matter he was really dealing with. He spoke of beginning his transition thirty years earlier and stopping out of fear and personal concerns. I can also totally relate to that. I came out in my twenties I began to accept myself with a deeper honesty than I ever had before. But there were unanswered questions that had now come from a deeper faith in God. In those questions some people gave me answers that brought fear into my heart. Fear of what God would do if I continued to allow myself to be gay. So, I went back into the closet. It was a different closet this time. Everyone knew I had attractions to men. But the closet was built out of the fabric of fear of what would happen if I continued to live in that authenticity.
Bruce came out to his first wife to a point. He was honest about his struggle but he didn't go deep enough for her to truly understand. She knew there were problems, but without Bruce being fully honest she believed in solutions that could not go to the deeper places because she just didn't know all the facts.
When I entered my second marriage, I believed I was honest. I tried to reveal the deeper things in my heart and my sexuality. But that wasn't deep enough. I was scared to be totally honest because I believed it would harm my relationship with God and would ruin the marriage. I thought what I had found could be satisfying and intimate in other ways. I believed my fears and my inner honesty could be kept hidden away while I trusted God to resolve them in secret places.
Bruce spoke of a time when he knew he finally had to deal with this fully with authenticity. Based upon his love for his children, his wife, and filtered through his fears, can you imagine what this may have been like for him? Can you for one second just open your heart to hear his? Can you compassionately, and empathetically get into his shoes for a moment? What would that feel like? Think about the anxiety that would press into his chest as he began to expose himself to the entire world through this very public interview. Why do you think he wanted to do this?
When I decided to come out again it wasn't based on personal pleasure. It wasn't a desire to make a big splash in the pond of ExGay ministry and conservative Christian culture. I was scared to death! I was afraid I would burn all of my bridges in all of the relationships I knew. I've been fearful of abandonment all of my life. Would my honesty bring all of my loved ones and friends to a place of abandoning me forever?
I'm sure Bruce went through all of these feelings. His children, his mom, his friends and the entire culture of people he's known his entire life. What would they say, what would they do? But he was motivated to walk it through regardless. He just had to do it. Why?
I was scared, but I came to the place where I had to say, no matter what, I must be honest, I must be authentic, or I'll die. Bruce spoke of the day he truly thought it would be easier if he just died. He pondered how that may bring it all to an end and his life would finally find peace. I thought many, many times about what it would be like if my life just ended. That would be a way to walk this out with at least some integrity. And yes, my own narcissism thought, "Maybe now, they'll hear me." I'm sure Bruce thought those same things.
But like Bruce, I picked myself up by the bootstraps and said, "I've just got to do this." I had to work it through. I knew the answers didn't lie in suicide. Somehow I knew I had to deal with this in this life. Bruce described how he believed his life had a purpose. He was given a challenge to walk through and he hopes his challenge will bring hope to others.
My life has always been a very public one. Somehow I have always hoped that my honesty, and authenticity would bring others hope through knowing they aren't alone. I'm positive that Bruce's story will reach into the hearts of thousands of transgendered people and their loved ones with a breath of hope. Answers to lifelong questions may bring comfort to many people.
I stepped out there in a very public way. Writing openly through blogs and publishing a book were my action of choice. Many have found me and exhaled with peace as we've talked. I no longer have answers for them, but I have a story that may be one they can relate to and not feel so alone.
Bruce will have critics. They will post, blog, and personally share with him how much they disagree with his choices. They will have advice and attempt to push him back into his closet with the belief he's not being truthful with himself. Some will attempt to force him back into the façade of his former male existence. He'll hurt as they chose to not listen to his heart. While he has now moved into authenticity, no question there will be painful days ahead. I hope there will be burden bearers who will not try to fix him, or change him, but will merely listen to him with compassion.
During my own transition of coming out and living more authentically, I've had those who have criticized me. I've had those who have moved away, some quietly, others very boldly. It hurts my heart deeply. But who am I if I'm not honest with myself? Did they ever ask what it may have been like to have lived my entire life hiding my personal truth? I didn't feel fully connected to them anyway because I wasn't fully connected to myself.
Sitting at a table with someone across from me was one of the most healing moments I can remember. This lady was someone I've known since childhood. Our paths have come and gone through the years. But several years prior to this moment she shared with me she had developed a deep faith in Christ. Her faith is now the most important thing to her in her life. I had known many people like that over the years. I am one of those whose faith is deep. But when I decided to come out and live as an openly gay man I avoided her. I began to shut out people I feared would completely reject me, or chastise me for making this choice.
I feared deeper conversation and only talked about surface things as we shared our meal together. But the moment I feared presented itself. Sitting anxiously across the table from her she took my hands into hers. For a fleeting moment I gasped, what now? She became honest with me. "John, why in the world do you think I would hate you? Why do you believe for one moment I would reject you? I've known you since we were kids. I know your heart. I know your soul. Do you believe any of this has come as a surprise to me? I know you were hurting. I know you were lacking intimacy within your marriage. I know you were anxious and unsettled there. I could see it with my own eyes, my soul. I love you. I believe in the grace of a very big and loving God. Don't you think God has seen all of this too?
You've entered a more honest life. I can see that in you. I see the peace in your heart. I see the deep connection you now have with Larry. I know it's deep, honest, and true for you. I would never want to rob you of the life you have found today. I support you fully. I may not always understand or agree, but that's not for me to judge. I'm merely here to love you unconditionally.
This, my friends, is an example to me of the love of God. It is my hope there will be good people who will grab Bruce's hands, as she becomes who she is. I hope that she will find the love of God, the true grace of compassion and empathy. I hope that she'll shed the same kind of tears I shed that day across the table from my lifelong friend. I hope those tears will continue to flow as mine do today as I write these words.
That's the kind of transformation I believe comes from the spirit of love. The heart transformation, far more important than what someone does with their body, or whom they chose to love.
Our culture has a tough road ahead that will be rocky to say the least. It'll be some time before we all learn to accept those who are different from us. But in listening to the heart, this road will smooth out for some.


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Truth Warped
[Episode 35 of a spin-off from my novels The Hitch-hiker and Mission of the Unwilling.]
Our friends in blue ushered Günter and me from the car and then we walked over to the morgue.
Günter shuffled a few steps behind us. He kept muttering, 'Vat a vaste of das zeit (time)'. Not a happy camper!
My curiosity got the better of me. The last time I saw my sister was 1995, with her two little girls. We were never close. Why was Dan Hooper here? Alone? I turned to Hooper. 'How's Kate, my sister?'
'Your sister?'
'Yes, I thought you knew. I'm Holly. I joined the IGSF—I hope I didn't cause too much—I just wanted to know how Kate is—'
Delaney cut in. 'Don't ask. That bitch.'
Dan looked away.
'Is she okay?'
'Oh, she's doing fine—living the life in Switzerland, with all Dan's money,' Delaney snarled. 'Why do you think he's here in the middle of nowhere?'
Dan Hooper spoke in a low voice. 'We're divorced.'
'Looks like I don't have to worry about you reading my mind,' Günter said.
I whipped around, hands on my hips. 'I only do, when I'm invited.' I then faced Dan. 'I'm sorry to hear about you and Kate.'
'Don't worry about Dan,' Delaney spoke up for Hooper, 'he's fine now he's got Jemima.'
Günter pushed past us and into the morgue. 'Enough of that social chit chat, we get going must—we have Driver to get to, remember?' He fiddled with the device causing a rainbow-coloured ring, large enough to fit two people, to materialise.
Günter stepped into the ring and then beckoned to me.
I held up my hand. 'Wait!' I then grasped Hooper's arm. 'When you see Kate, or any of my family, tell them I'm okay.'
'I'll tell them Holly Mueller is just fine.' Delaney lifted the bag of melons. 'And I'll go to Adelaide and see what we can do with these.'
I pulled on my helmet, then jumped into the rainbow circle, and watched Delaney and Hooper pixelate into nothingness.
I hit the sand, head first, then picked myself up and dusted the fine grains from my visor.
Günter leaned against the wall of the cave and gazed out at the light shining through the entrance. 'You your time took.'
'What do you mean?'
'I've been waiting here half an hour, why so long? Were you in the worm hole lost?'
'I don't know, I can't remember. One minute I'm in the old morgue, jumping in the ring with you, and the next I'm here. I wasn't aware of any detours.'
Günter avoided eye-contact. 'You say so.'
I made a mental note: In one of his grumpy moods, I'll deal with that…later…In the meantime, I'll ignore it…hopefully he'll get over whatever's bothering him.
I trod towards the entrance. 'I suppose we must start hiking to the Convent.'
'I suppose we must,' Günter said. 'What a shemozzle! I cannot believe you come up with ridiculous story. Now again we are stuck on this terrible planet.'
'Hey, it's not all bad. At least we know what's really happening on Earth and we have a chance to do something about it.'
Günter sighed. 'You do not have any idea what you have done. It is not going to plan. It is a mess.'
'It'll work out. We've a few weeks of hiking to come up with a better plan. Have a little faith.'
I tightened the straps of my backpack and strode into the open and along the mountainside. Günter made a few grumbling sounds and then trailed after me.
© Lee-Anne Marie Kling 2019
Feature Photo: Living the Dream, Murton, Switzerland © L.M. Kling 2014
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Click on the links to my novels below and learn how this war on the alien cockroach Boris began and will continue…


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I'm a notebook junkie. I love writing my 'to-do' list down in my pocked-sized notebook, and the sense of satisfaction I get from crossing things off that list. I thought it'd be nice to share a tutorial on how to make your own mini embossed notebook. The embossing part is fun, and allows you to customize each notebook. And these are cheap to make, so you can have one for your every whim!
Supplies for your own mini embossed notebook craft:
- Multi-purpose Heat Tool
- Bead Thread
- Stamps (I made mine out of erasers)
- Embossing Powder
- Embossing Pad
- 4″ x 5″ Kraft Notecards
- White Printer Paper
- Ruler
- X-acto Knife
- Small Hole Punch
- Needle
Emboss your kraft cards. These will be the notebook covers.1. Take your rubber stamp, and stamp it onto the embossing pad.
2 & 3. Then stamp it onto your kraft card. The embossing ink has a long drying time, so you don't need to rush too much to the next step.
4. Apply the embossing powder. You probably want to spread out newspaper under your working surface because the powder gets everywhere. Sprinkle a generous amount onto the stamped part of the card, and shift it around so that the powder coats the inked part evenly. Make sure your stamped and powdered lines are crisp (i.e. no stray powder).
5. Turn on your heat tool, and let it warm up for one minute. Then hold it at a 45-degree angle to the card and heat the area with the embossing powder. Once the powder turns solid, move on to the next area.
I did a couple variations with the different stamps I had.
I also had an embossing pen, which allowed me to write custom messages on my notebook cover. You can do something similar with a thin paintbrush and the emboss refill.
Next, it's time to create the notebook.
1. Take 4 sheets of printer paper (8.5″ x 11″), and fold them in half twice. Your paper will have 2 fold lines and 4 quadrants. Stack all 4 pieces of folded paper on top of each other so that the folded edges are all on the same side.
2. Trim away the folds in the paper. Place your kraft card on top of the folded paper, lining it up to the side of paper without the folds. Use your X-acto knife and ruler to trim the excess paper off on the top side of the card (this is the right side in the photo above). Only trim the top side; you will be trimming the long side of the notebook in the last step.
3. Take one sheet of paper, mark off 1.5″ from each end. Punch a semi-circle on the marked parts. Use this as a guide to mark the other pages and the kraft card, then punch holes in each of those.
4. Open up the cover, and then all the pages and stack them on top of each other. Sew your book together using your needle and bead thread. I looped the needle through each hole twice.
5. Double knot the thread in the center of the book. Lastly, trim off the remaining edge of white paper (the long side of the notebook).
And you're done!
I love how fun these notebooks came out.
Since the kraft cards came with matching envelopes, I think it'd be a terrific idea to send one of these notebooks to a friend. You could exchange notes and send the notebook back and forth. How fun would that be?
What will you use your notebook for?


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Allegedly, Cargo Cults sprang up in and around the remote islands of the South Pacific during WW2 when Allied troops dropped food and other necessary supplies such as medicine (along with armaments) from Cargo planes, though some believe Cargo Cults have been round much longer than that. For the purposes of this illustration we'll stick with WW2.
To the native inhabitants of these islands who had probably never seen a plane before, let alone one dropping 'gifts' from the sky, these events were regarded as miraculous. When the war ended and these 'gifts' from the sky stopped the myth arose that they must have come from the gods. Needless to say, these remote islanders kept hoping these generous sky gods would return with some more goodies.
They had presumably seen soldiers clearing paths on beaches for landing strips and doing military drills etc and many of these islanders took it into their heads that these must be the rituals necessary to preempt a visit.
Its easy to see how new religions are created 😉
Perhaps the most widely known is the 'John Frum' cargo cult.
See this article for more about John Frum http://www.nthposition.com/thelastcargo.php
© think-and-discern.com 2014


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Sounds cliché, but its true, children really are our future. It's our responsibility to ensure we give them as much knowledge as we can, to help ensure their success and ability to survive in today's world.
Sustainability is a wisdom we now recognize as essential to long term survival.
TWD has embraced education support as a way to give back to the communities that so generously support our charity fundraising efforts. We started the journey by commissioning the cartoon character Enviroman, and creating our Kid's Corner where small children can begin learning about the environment and recycling.
We are proud to announce that TWD is now available to visit any school in Southern Ontario to share our knowledge with students. We have presentations customized for learners at every level, from elementary school to university.
At the elementary school level we discuss the recycling process with kid-friendly information about the benefits for the community. We bring visual samples to illustrate our information.
At the high school level we discuss the history of the textile industry in Canada and the economy behind the trade. We delve into sustainability, technological advancements and scientific breakthroughs where textile and medicine compliment one another through technical textile development.
For university students, we discuss the politics of trade and corporate responsibility, we delve into globalization, resource based economic evolution, the textile and related waste industry, it's history and evolution.
Additionally, we're currently running a really fun contest for schools. The Southern Ontario school that collects the most textile waste (by population) wins $600 towards a green initiative! Find out all the details here.


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Join Barbara Delgleize at the Senior Saturday event hosted by the Huntington Beach Council on Aging.
All seniors are invited to the 10th annual Senior Saturday featuring live entertainment and over 70 sponsor booths with information, products and services for seniors in Huntington Beach.
Breakfast and lunch will be available for a nominal fee of $2.
[wpezmap width="300 px" height="300 px"]325 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648[/wpezmap]
Senior Saturday
Pier Plaza
325 Pacific Coast Hwy
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone: 714-536-8595
Dates & Times
September 10, 2011 (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
The event is hosted by The Huntington Beach Council on Aging.
Be sure to take advantage of the free shuttle service running every 15 minutes from City Hall and Rodgers Senior Center directly to the festival. Free parking will be available at both City Hall and Rodgers Senior Center.
Cost: Free
Parking: Beach parking; free shuttle


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Adding a load balancer to an existing network is easy. You just open the vendor's quick start guide, connect some cables to the server segment, maybe some to the core network. Load balancer configuration includes assigning IP addresses, defining virtual servers and adding server pools. Practically you are done, all the rest you need to do is adding some static routes to some servers or tweaking some NAT setting on the load balancer.
Actually, I don't say this is evil. Such setups can work for long times with moderate risks and operation principles may be well defined and documented. Even if it can cause problems for network redesign or firewall projects and I estimate slightly higher opex as the tricky load balancer topology most be considered at all changes, still, I can accept such a method in some cases.
However, I am a networker and I prefer creating a design that reflects general best practice of networking.
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And I forgot to tell you, I had a strange thought to try to log in to my Xbox account on Mother's Day, and surprisingly my password had been changed back. Like, thanks psycho for giving me my games back for Mother's Day. What a pal.
P apparently has a new girlfriend. All I can say is, have fun girl.


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It's time for Minor Enterprise, which celebrates Minor League baseball and all else that is good and great about America. And now, please rise as William Hung sings his rendition of our National Anthem ...
May 15 was Totally Rad '80s Night with the Fresno Grizzlies, and by all accounts it did not disappoint. Front and center was Cobra Kai menace Johnny Lawrence (aka Billy Zabka), in the middle in this picture here, taken on Thursday with his new gang. Johnny really hasn't changed all that much from the looks of this photo. Bobby; I want him out of commission! Looks like he could still grab your boom box at the beach and throw it violently into the sand.
Here's a report on the festivities by Grizzlies director of media relations Paul Kennedy:
First of all, Billy was awesome, just an extremely cool guy. We had our best Thirsty Thursday crowd of the year, tons of people got into it and dressed up in 80's outfits, and Zabka signed autographs for what seemed like forever. For the past three weeks, to hype the event, we've done an in-game contest where we bring someone on top of the dugout to answer trivia questions about Zabka. He was cool enough that we were able to do "Zabka on Zabka" last night and ask him trivia about himself, which the crowd loved.
Get him a body bag, yeah!
Taking a look at upcoming promotions and other swell stuff:
• Indiana Jones Night. Tonight, Ft. Myers Miracle (Class A Florida State League). One of many such promotions tonight around the minors, fans will, oh, I don't know, maybe punch a Nazi. Got your tickets for the midnight showing of Crystal Skull?
• Internet Safety Night With Erik Estrada. Saturday, May 24. Potomac Nationals (Class A Carolina League). You'll be pleased to know that Poncherello is now a spokesman for the Safe Surfin' campaign, which educates youngsters on the dangers of surfing the Internet. Of course the fact that you're here means that Ponch has already failed. They're also giving away "Internet safety-themed literature," which seems like an oxymoron.
• Tap Dance Day. Sunday, May 25. St. Paul Saints (Independent American Association). The Saints break new bobble ground when 2,500 lucky fans will receive the Sen. Larry Craig Bobblefoot doll. The toy features a bobbing foot extended below the partition of a bathroom stall, meant to commemorate the day that Sen. Craig was arrested for tapping his foot at an undercover police officer in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. I can hear Robert Klein singing I Can't Stop My Leg as clear as anything.
• Soybean Night. Monday, May 26. Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks (Independent Northern League). The glory. The pageantry. (Plenty of seats still available).
• We Love The Drake. June 12. Ft. Myers Miracle (Class A Florida State League). Help the Miracle celebrate the TV sitcom Seinifeld, which left the air 10 years ago this month. Serenity now!
• The Modesto Nuts Reprise Great Baseball Movie Scenes. Members of the Modesto Nuts (Class A California League) reenact a scene from The Sandlot. That one guy has Squints pretty much nailed.
• Bobblehead Of The Moment. Pat Sajak Bobblehead Giveaway. Sunday, May 25. Bowie Baysox (Class AA Eastern League). I must have this item! Mr. Wheel of Fortune himself makes his first public appearance at Prince George's Stadium, and will sign autographs. Pat Sajak will sign body parts!
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Update (11:56 a.m. EDT): All the tsunami warnings have been lifted, the Associated Press reports, but not before a one-inch tsunami wave hit the Philippines east coast. Unfortunately not everyone escaped this quake unscathed. One person was killed when her house collapsed in Cagayan de Oro city, on the island of Mindanao.
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There's a lot I can't take credit for at Boswell Book Company. After all, I moved into a space that was mostly conceived by the folks at Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, particularly Carol Grossmeyer, our store designer in those days, and John Eklund, the first manager of the Downer Avenue branch of Schwartz.
For many years a sales rep for the university presses of Harvard, Yale, and M.I.T., John remains a good friend to me, and a regular visitor of the store. We retrieved one of his brainchilds, the wooden entry display bench with slots to display books in the window on the back, from storage. They certainly have a pew quality about them, and that seems appropriate to me.
Mr. Eklund's always been a wonderful writer, and here's a link to his periodic blog entries in Convolutes. I like that the design he picked reminds me of his fondness for Converse sneakers.
John's also been reviewing books for my good friends at Seminary Coop in Chicago. Here are some recent write ups he's done:
That Mad Ache, by Francois Sagan, translated by Douglas Hofstadter.
Praise for a recent translation of a 1960's novel by a notable French writer. Let's just say that if Douglas Hofstadter wrote a cookbook, Mr. Eklund would host a dinner party.
The Post Office Girl, by Stefan Dweig
The Anita Brookner of Austria (that's high praise, by the way) writes of the meeting of two very different types who discover how the other half lives.
I would normally quip that nobody is a bigger fan of the NYRB Classics, the perfect match of smart editorial and beautiful package, but I know so many folks obsessed by this series that I think we'd have to host a tournament to determine the winner.
There are new reviews to come for Seminary's front table. I can vouch for this because I watched some being written in a nearby coffee shop. Watch for them on their blog.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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Last year I published this post on how to Make Your Own Christmas Wreath. To date it has been my most viewed blog post - with people reading it on an almost daily basis throughout the past year!
With Christmas 2012 only a little over a month away, I thought it was time I wrote another crafty DIY post - and this time I wanted to give you some ideas about how to make your own novelty Christmas jumper!
I do love a Christmas jumper.
I love chunky knits and fair isle patterns and have a fair few in my wardrobe, but last year I was invited to a Christmas jumper party and decided to go all out with a creation of my own.
I bought a cheap baggy jumper (with pockets) from Primark (a bargain at £12!), some battery operated fairy lights from Poundland and a whole heap of crafty stuff from Hobbicraft and got cracking.
I opted for a Christmas tree theme and stitched (badly) a green felt tree (in red felt bucket) onto the front of the jumper. I decorated it with silver and gold glittery pipe cleaners as tinsel and a gold star parcel label on the top of the tree (I glued all these on - using UHU) and also cut out snowflakes from white felt and made pom poms out of wool for a 'snowy' backdrop. Other ideas I had was to sew tiny baubles onto the tree (for sale in Paperchase) or to use one of the Innnocent smoothie woollie hats (there was an angel one in circulation last year) as a Christmas fairy. The piece de resistance was the fairy lights which I poked through the chunky knit from the inside on each point of the Christmas tree. The battery pack then went into the pocket.
I literally CANNOT WAIT to crack this bad boy out at Christmas and am contemplating making some for the rest of the family this year. I think you lot should give making one a go too! Snowmen, reindeer, Christmas puddings, robins.... these are but a few of the designs you could come up with!
If you do get all festive and creative and make one PLEASE email/tweet me a picture! I would love to see them! xoxox
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Make Your Own Christmas Jumper
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Yes. You NEED to make one for every member of your family. It is Divine. I notices at Primark in the mens section there are lots of interesting jumpers this year.But yours is better!ReplyDelete
Haa haa! Brilliant... I was googling with almost the exact same idea in mind, but wanted to know how to attach the lights! We are going to the Jedward panto this year in Crimbo jumpers and I definately don't want to be wearing the generic "primark" jumper... this is almost what I would be doing!ReplyDelete
I hope to make my jumper next week! can't wait to get started!xReplies
Oh please let me see a pic when you've finished!!! :) xDelete
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[London 15 March 2018] The finalists for the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2018 (www.iteawards.com) - the leading pan-European awards for channels, ISVs, Solution Providers, Systems Integrators and their vendor and distributor partners
A total of 43 solution providers, 36 ISVs and 57 suppliers from 29 countries have made the finals. The winners will be announced at the European IT & Software Excellence 2018 Awards Dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel, on 19 April 2018.
Now in their 10th year, the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2018 attracted more than 400 entries from across the region. The awards are given for IT solutions that get to the heart of customer issues, delivering better business, a clearer understanding of data, and more efficient and profitable outcomes. The judges, with many decades of experience of IT industry involvement between them, have arrived at a list of finalists that they believe truly reflects both the strength of Europe''s IT industry and many of the changes in direction occurring within it.
John Garratt, Editor of IT Europa, who heads the judges'' panel says: "We are proud to have carried the flag for European IT for the last ten years. We continue to push out the core message about just what the IT industry is capable of doing in changing how people, businesses and organisations function. This year, to celebrate the 10th anniversary, we will use the wealth of good stories from these finalists to promote IT to a wider audience by highlighting the successes contained in these awards."
The award winners will be announced on 19th April 2018 at a gala dinner and presentation ceremony.
Finalists 2018:
Solution Provider Finalists 2018
Big Data, IoT or Analytics Solution of the Year
- Northdoor plc
- Pure Clarity
- Tech Mahindra Ltd
Connected/Mobility Solution of the Year
- SAS Global Communications
- Cisilion
- certgate GmbH
Data/Storage/Document-management based Solution of the Year
- CloudAlly
- BULPROS Consulting
- Northdoor plc
- Maximise IT Solutions Ltd
- Cognizant Worldwide Limited
Datacentre Solution of the Year
- TechMahindra Ltd
- APC by Schneider Electric
Enterprise Solution of the Year
- Infinity IT Solutions
- Cisilion
- Software Group
- IBA Group
- Godel Technologies Europe Ltd
- SIVECO Romania
- Sequel Business Solutions
Managed Service Solution of the Year
- IT Lab Limited
- Databarracks
- Ancoris
- Managed 24/7
- Agilitas IT Solutions Limited
- Kaseya
- SolarWinds MSP
Public Sector or Utilities Solution of the Year
- Azeus Convene
- Unit4
- SIVECO Romania
Security Solution of the Year
- N2W Software
- certgate GmbH
- Parker Software
SME Solution of the Year
- 123 Insight Limited
- CAS Software AG
- clever bridge
- CloudAlly
- SAS Global Communications
- ProspectSoft Ltd
- Escape Motions
Vertical Solution of the Year
- Northdoor plc
- Accedia
- MRM Meteorite
- BULPROS Consulting
- Content Guru
- Essence
ISV Finalists 2017
Big Data, IoT or Analytics Solution of the Year
- digiterre
- Next Best Target
- Storagecraft
Connected/Mobility Application Solution of the Year
- Equisys
- Miratech
- Omnico Group
Government/Utilities Solution of the Year
- Intersys Ltd
- SIVECO Romania
Information & Document Management Solution of the Year
- SIVECO Romania
- Intersys Ltd
- Equisys
- Celaton
New Tech Solution of the Year
- Celaton
- Omnico Group
- Equisys
- Mendix
SaaS SMB Solution of the Year
- OnePageCRM
- SIVECO Romania
- Equisys
- ConnectWise
- Ordorite Software
SaaS Enterprise Solution of the Year
- Azeus Convene
- Qualsys
- Northdoor plc
- Celaton
- Channel Tools
Software Innovation Solution of the Year
- IBA Group
- Integro Construction Software
- Omnico Group
- Mendix
- Escape Motions
- Software Group
Vertical Market Solution of the Year
- NetSupport Ltd
- Intersys Ltd
- Frontline Consultancy
- Perceptive Engineering
- Kamarin Computers
Supplier Finalists 2018
Finance/Support Services Provider of the Year
- BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions
- Sprinet Financials
- DLL Group
Distributor of the Year (Services)
- Arrow
- Ingram Micro
- Tech Data
- ABC Data
- Exclusive Distribution
- Westcon-Comstor
Distributor of the Year (Specialist)
- IntY
- Hammer PLC
- Nuvias
- Value Licensing
- Vuzion
Security Vendor of the Year
- Avast/AVG
- Kaspersky
- Trend Micro
- Palo Alto
- Symantec
- Webroot
- Mimecast
Software Vendor of the Year
- Netwrix Corporation
- CAS Software AG
- Microsoft
- Oracle
- Red Hat
- Veeam
- Slack
Connected Technologies Vendor of the Year
- Avaya
- Broadsoft
- Cisco
- Daisy Group
- Verizon
Channel Innovator of the Year
- Agilitas IT Solutions
- Barracuda MSP
- Channel Tools
- CAS Software AG
- Datto/Autotask
Service Provider of the Year
- Spitfire Technology Group
- OnePageCRM
- Microsoft Azure
- SolarWinds MSP
- Datto/Autotask
Technology Vendor of the Year
- Ruckus
- Dell EMC
- Lenovo
- Huawei
- Google
Channel Programme of the Year
- Netwrix Corporation
- Microsoft
- Juniper Networks
- Oracle
- Veeam
The European IT & Software Excellence Awards are the only pan-European awards which recognise the crucial role that Channel Partners, distributors, ISVs, Solution Providers and Systems Integrators play in the delivery of real world solutions. Entries were submitted by the channel, ISVs, Solution Providers and Integrators themselves describing the solution provided. Each entry had to be supported by an endorsement by the client.
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NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party, which has been alleging that EVMs were being tampered with to favour BJP in February 7 Assembly election, today said they will urge the Election Commission to allow them to put banners outside polling booths educating the voters about the machines.
"We urge CEC to allow us to put banners outside each booth educating voters abt EVMs," AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal said on micro-blogging site Twitter.
"We suspect EVM tampering. Tried to meet CEC yesterday. He was busy. Hope we will be able to meet him today," he said in another tweet.
Kejriwal had claimed yesterday that discrepancies were found during an inspection of four such machines at Delhi Cantonment area yesterday. He alleged that whatever button was pressed on the machines, the light against the BJP symbol lit up.
AAP leaders had also approached the Election Commission last week to know what is the procedure if a voter finds such a discrepancy in an EVM.
"They told us that if a voter observes that he pressed the button of Party A and the bulb lit against Party B's name. They should bring it to notice of the officers on duty. The problem will be cross checked and if the machine is found to be faulty, it will be sealed and replaced and if required re-polling will be held on particular booth," Kejriwal had said.
AAP leader Ashutosh today said the party wants to put these banners on polling booths to make the voters aware.
"We have received some complaints and there is some apprehension in the minds of people. Since BJP is desperate and they don't want to lose at any cost, they might resort to tampering.
"Hence, we will approach EC today to allow us to put the banners so that voters know that if there are any such problems, what steps they are supposed to follow," he told reporters.


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Bryant Dope's now on the fifth week of his #RawDopeWednesdays series, and along the way, we've seen him wear many different hats. "The Best Part" had him playing the passion-struck, infatuation-addicted lover boy, while "Dark Days" saw him venting, stressing and rapping that his spirit was poisoned.
His latest, "Is It Real," is a remake of Les Nubians' 1998 track "Makeda," and it sees Dope questioning a lover's legitimacy. He's still as smooth as he's been on his more romantic tracks, but his eyes are taking in the sights with a grain of salt this time.
Keep up with #RawDopeWednesdays here.
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Write down the healthy and unhealthy audiences in your life. Decide who you ultimately want your audience to be. (If you have the 2018 BEST LENT EVER Journal, you can write your thoughts in the space provided.)
If you're reading Perfectly Yourself, read pages 34–39 (paperback version) or pages 36–41 (hardcover version).
Jesus, take my desire to serve and please, and use it to glorify you.
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