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Are KCR's reservations for backward Muslims legally, politically correct?
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has brought reservations for socially and economically-backward Muslims to the centrestage of the national political narrative.
This is not the first time such a sensitive issue has been made the nucleus of political acrimony, nor is it expected to be the last.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government hasn't stopped there. It has provided additional reservation for Scheduled Tribes, and has promised to further enhance the quota for Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes.
What's more, it hasn't classified the Muslim reservation as 'on the basis of religion', something to which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is vehemently opposed. In a bid to make it easier for the Narendra Modi government at the Centre to endorse the move, KCR has placed them in the supernumerary category of 'E' amongst the Backward Classes – which already has A, B, C and D classification based on the socio-economic conditions of the people of those castes and sub-castes.
Both Houses of the Telangana state legislature on Sunday passed the Bills meant to increase the reservations for Muslims from 4% to 12%, and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) from 6% to 10% for educational institutions and government jobs. The total percentage of reservations now stands at 62, while the state proposes to increase further.
KCR wants the Centre to delegate the authority of deciding reservations to the state, based on the local socio-economic conditions of different sections of the society.
This move has not only bolstered the confidence of the TRS government to make a proud proclamation that it is implementing its electoral promise, but has apparently turned out to be a political masterstroke that surreptitiously shatters BJP chief Amit Shah's Telangana dream.
Throwing PM's words in BJP's face
On Sunday, at the BJP national convention in Bhubaneswar, PM Modi had said: "There are backwards in the Muslim community. We must reach out to them. These welfare measures are for those who have been deprived of benefits of government policies."
Interestingly, Modi's candid remarks in Bhubaneshwar came exactly when the BJP members, who found themselves singled out in voicing their opposition to the reservations, raised a hue and cry and were suspended from the Assembly.
State IT Minister and KCR's son, KT Rama Rao, took the transcribed portions of the Prime Minister's remarks and handed them to the Chief Minister, who was speaking on the Bill in the Legislative Council.
KCR aptly brandished the Prime Minister's statement like a sharp-edged sword against the BJP member in the Council, N Ramachandra Rao, and said: "You should support the Bill when the Prime Minister himself called for reaching out to the Muslims. It is a sheer coincidence that the Prime Minister's remarks came when a debate is underway on the historic Bill."
He exuded confidence that the Prime Minister's statement obviously cleared the decks for it crossing the procedural hurdles before it became an Act.
Feeble opposition
The Congress put up a feeble opposition, but couldn't vehemently oppose the move. The Left and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehaadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), naturally, rallied behind the government.
The MIM's legislators and also Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi came out in support, with a rider that the state's move should not prove detrimental to the existing 4% Muslim reservations.
KCR's assertion that the Bill was intended at 'inclusive development' of marginalised population among weaker sections and minorities, after the formation of separate Telangana, seemed an effort to tighten the loose ends.
The Chief Minister said that the Muslim population went up from 9.56% in undivided Andhra Pradesh to 12.68% in separate Telangana. The Muslim population growth is put at 44.64 lakh after the formation of Telangana. Similarly, population of STs grew to become 9.08% after the bifurcation, from 7.11% earlier.
The state government had constituted two committees, with retired IAS officers G Sudhir and S Chellappa as chairpersons, to study and recommend steps, including the hike in reservation that would help the backward communities defeat their social, economic and educational backwardness.
The committees recommended enhancement of reservations – suggesting that the backward sections among Muslims be treated as BC-E category and the ST reservation be raised to 10%.
He said the Government would work on increasing the quota for scheduled castes. The Government has also constituted BC Commission with specific terms of reference to study the conditions of backward classes and make recommendations within six months.
Does it stand legal scrutiny?
This please-all move of the state government has far-reaching political consequences.
Legally speaking, the Supreme Court judgement in the Indira Sawhney and others vs Union of India case banned religion-based reservations, and capped the total reservation at 50%. However, KCR said the same judgement allowed higher percentage of reservations, in the event of the availability of 'quantifiable and impeccable' data.
The Chief Minister said in the Assembly that the government had followed all procedures, so that the enhancement of reservations would not get mired in legal wrangles.
Stating that the Tamil Nadu model, where reservations were enhanced to 69% and were incorporated in the Schedule IX of the Constitution, KCR extensively quoted the examples of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Haryana and Gujarat, apart from the Northeastern states.
Veiled threat to Centre
KCR also issued a veiled threat to the Centre, emphatically stating that if the Centre doesn't take it up favourably and incorporate it in Schedule IX of the Constitution, Telangana would take legal recourse by approaching the Supreme Court. "We will not beg the Centre, but will fight to get the new reservation policy incorporated in the IXth schedule."
He played to the gallery perfectly, as if taking potshots at the BJP, by asking: "Why can't we give them reservation? Why should they be denied reservation just because they are Muslims? Are they not part of this country?"
KCR did not spare any opportunity to nurse the Muslim vote bank, saying India had the largest Muslim population in the world (it's actually second behind Indonesia).
"I am not hoping that things will happen overnight, as the legislation enhancing quota for Muslims and STs will have procedural aspects involved in it," he said. The Bill has to pass through the Union Home and Law ministries, and thorough scrutiny by the Union government is mandatory.
Working president of the Telangana Congress Committee and senior legislator Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the BJP might not allow the incorporation of the Bill in the IX Schedule of the Constitution, for, the BJP is guided by the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh. He doubted the Telangana government's commitment to implementing the enhanced reservations.

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My favorite dice come from the first game that I ever played which resembled an RPG:
Hero Quest was the first dungeon-crawl experience that I'd ever had: even before the Fighting Fantasy game-books. My family had spend countless hours playing this adventure game.
Sadly, I only have four dice left out of the original six.
They were very light: made of wood, painted white with black symbols (which were "dug into" the sides). Sadly the Black Die Symbol tended to wear off.
Hero Quest was quite simple, really. A little too simple, sometimes. Here's a breakdown:
On three sides of the dice were skulls (3 in 6 chance). When these came up it meant how much damage was dealt. The more skulls that you rolled on an attack, whether by weapon strike or by spell, the better. However, you dreaded them when Zargon (the proto-Game Master) would roll a bunch of these. It was pretty easy for your hero to die in Hero Quest.
Luckily, one could roll White Shields to defend your little plastic hero or heroine from Death by Skulls. These symbols were on two sides of the die (2 in 6 chance). Each one cancelled out a Skull. You only got to roll "defense" dice if you had protection: armor or benevolent spells. Such a beautiful symbol, eh?
When the Heroes attack Zargon's minions, then Zargon tries to roll Black Shields. These are only on one side of the die (1 in 6 chance). They seemed to only rarely appear except when it was really of bad timing for the protagonists. Ominous symbol, eh?
I'm pretty sure that I'll keep these forever. They will eventually end up in my nostalgia box along with old birthday cards, gifts from my deceased grandparents and such. They hold a special place in my heart.


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When I first joined the film and TV industry I was 19 years old and had never traveled abroad.
I hadn't once been away on holiday, not even to Bognor Regis! (for those of you who don't know, Bognor Regis is a seaside resort in West Sussex, on the south coast of England. Typical weather; always raining! Well it is in the UK what do you expect?!).
Little did I know that when I finally managed to wedge my foot into the iron clad industry door how things would change.
Within less than 12 months of joining the industry as an assistant cameraman, I was assigned to a BBC documentary that was to be shot in the Gulf of Mexico. Before I knew it I was jabbed in the butt with every inoculation under the sun and found myself on a Boeing 747 drinking Margaritas in First Class with the rest of the film crew bound for Miami, USA. Not bad for my first trip abroad!…
When we landed at Miami International Airport I remember being in the plane, sitting on the tarmac thinking, "I can't wait to get out of this plane, to get some fresh air", it seemed so hot and humid in there. I shuffled my way to the door, desperate for a blast of cool oxygen, but to my surprise was met with a wall of immense heat and humidity… suddenly the plane wasn't looking so bad! I'd never experienced anything like it.
After staying in the Miami Hilton for a few days (that in itself an amazing experience for me at the time), we caught a connecting flight down to Mexico. We stayed one sleepless mosquito bitten night in Mexico, before we boarded a light aircraft to take us on the last leg of our journey. Almost there.
The six seater light aircraft had defiantly seen better days, but her worn out seats, ripped upholstery and dog-eared carpets where the least of my worries. The aluminum outer skin of the
aircraft looked wrinkled and creased like scrunched up tin foil. The pilot, who wouldn't have looked out of place in a Spaghetti Western, invaded my personal space with his sweaty face, looked at me through a half opened eye and in a rather charming native Mexican drawl mentioned the plane's damage was something to do with "flying through tropical thunder storms!". After stowing his huge guitar away in what appeared to be the engine compartment, he squeezed in next to his co pilot and fired up the engine. We spluttered down the runway, the limping aircraft weighed down by the camera crew, numerous boxes of heavy camera equipment and two overweight bandito aviators. But despite it all we somehow lumbered into the air.
Our two hour flight south took us over the Yucatan Peninsula across dense jungle which was dappled with serine turquoise waters of hidden lagoons. I couldn't help but think what would happen if the engine should fail, nowhere to land and no one to find us. But even worse… being stranded with two overweight, tooth-pick-chewing desperado pilots, serenading us every night with Latin American music played on an out of tune guitar and improvised maracas! Gulp.
Thankfully those fleeting thoughts were interrupted by the breathtaking scenery. The cloudless sky, the lush green jungle below… I had never seen anything so incredible before in my entire life and it's something I'll never forget. Eventually a small makeshift landing strip came into view and we descended to our final destination; Boca Paila, an unsurpassed tropical paradise located where the Gulf of Mexico meets the Caribbean.
It was midday when the aircraft came to a standstill on the dusty airstrip and as we disembarked we suddenly realized the intensity of the tropical sun, talk about out of the frying pan into the fire.
After loading up the camera kit onto an open-back, beaten up old truck, we trundled off to our hotel. There were just four of us on the crew, Director, Cameraman, Soundman and myself. The Soundman and I decided it would be adventurous to stand on the back of the truck, it seemed like a great idea at the time. The cool breeze was welcome as we drove down the potholed track, what wasn't so welcome was being occasionally slapped in the face by razor sharp leaves from overhanging palm trees… "Welcome to Mexico!"
Finally we arrived at the hotel, which in fact wasn't a hotel at all. Something far more incredible; a few small mud huts dotted along a white sandy beach. After unloading all the camera kit we all decided it would be a good idea to take a dip in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean, before a spot of sun bathing! Yes, we weren't going to be filming here for two weeks without retuning to the UK with a good sun tan! Not for us the usual ashen white pelt that befits most Englishman typically starved of sunlight 365 days a year! No, we needed to get started right away! One of the locals rather sadistically suggested Coca Cola would be a good sun tan lotion, so after taking a dip in the sea we dutifully covered ourselves in the dark brown sugar concoction and lay sprawled out on the beach in the midday sun (once again, all this seemed perfectly normal to me at the time… what could possibly go wrong?). It was 45 degrees but it took less than ten minutes before we had all had enough! Better to be safe than sorry anyway right?
It was 3am when I suddenly woke up in searing pain. That midday tropical sun had taken its toll. If you can imagine a lobster with stubble, wearing white shorts and flip flops, then you have a rough idea of what I looked like at the time. I could hardly touch my skin let alone move my extremities. My legs had swollen and I could even witness water blisters forming before my very eyes! But I wasn't alone, before long I could hear the pathetic whimpering of my colleagues from the other huts along the beach as they succumbed to the same fate.
So there I was, my first time abroad, burnt to a crisp in the Gulf of Mexico. My skin felt like sandpaper, my head was throbbing and tomorrow's shoot beckoned. The filming schedule was about to fly out of the window…
…to be continued.
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Poll closes on the 25th October 2O1O
They're all gorgeous! Well done, girls!
Yay, first comment!
PopStarKizzle got my vote.
Really got me in a Halloween mood! Haha
Second this time ^^ ;]
Gorgeous outfits!
iArmanda got my vote, her makeup is just magnificent(:
These really got me feeling halloween-y, looool.
OMG! I am actually in! Yay!
Aw-some outfits girls!
I am so jealous! xDD
xoxo ♥
Congratulations girls ! Unfortunaltely I didn't pass to the finals ... :( but I wanna wish good luck to all of the girls :)Btw love all the entries and they're sure better than my ;)
Good luck girls!... and great outfits
I'm in? Thanks! ;D
My vote goes to iarmanda. I just absoloutly love her entry.
Good luck everyone!♥
yey! i'm one of the finalist! we all look gorgeous! good luck!
what about mentioning new HB sweater for 1SD in StarPlaza???
PunkMishella from StarDoll :)
it's already been mentioned...twice :P
Congratz! Hard to pick but i voted someone xD
I voted for Crsina10 :D
Good luck!
i like all!
I never got in, but it's ok, tht was my first time entering a comp, and im proud of my self!
All looks great, but since we can vote for one only I'm giving mine vote to newborn_vamp09. ^^
All of the outfits are amazing!
Congratulations guys! They're all really cool and creative :D
great job .. good luck girls =)
Good Job too Everyone everyone did great but mii vote goes to jelizaveta123 . Good Luck Everyonee!;)
They look kinda spooky but they are all pretty.
I have news for ya. Underneath stardoll is a fake. Yes its a popular blog we all like to read, but did you ever notice how they got so big so fast? Well hundreds of their accounts are fake! They created these just so they could be biggest stardoll blog and beat Stardoll i my, stardoll insiders and stardolls most wanted. people should stop reading these fakers now!
not fair to the blogs who work hard to have real followers!
wow!! :D
the coustumes aren't that halloweenish.
I voted for Eleanor ( elligrig13 ) .
FA'ers FTW :D


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Review: 'Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros'
opinion byADRIENNE THOMAS
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros refuse to subdue their musical pep, despite the increasingly heavy topics that their lyrics casually confess. A band with ten members and endless instrumental varieties is their tangible means to an honest and upbeat, anthem-bellowed sound. Frontman Alexander Ebert's robust vocals and his band's harmonies in unison declare a state of satisfaction within the world and inside themselves. We have the pleasure to indulge their constructive expressions of this in the band's third release, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, just as we shared their declarations of love in 2009's "Home" and their innocent atheism in 2012's "I Don't Wanna Pray." Psychedelic backdrops and big-band sounds found a captivating musical journey into the head of Ebert, an old and supremely liberated soul.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros hop styles with the playful ambition of kids in search of adventure on a summer night. The freedom of expression and thematic irregularity that we hear while listening to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is a fabulous release from the traditionally despised contract that constrained Ebert's first and former band, Ima Robot. With transient arrangements and free voices guiding this album's sound, earnest listeners can expect to feel at each sonic juncture.
Every moment of sun-hearted tuning is met with a subtly expressed, but ever-present sadness. Ebert's energy is weathered and complex, conveying a triumph of strength over what seems to be a dormant internal struggle throughout life and periods of career. Perhaps sadness might also originate within the listener; Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros offers a distinguishable retro recording quality, which coupled with tracks coated in 1960's and 70's inspiration can entice a melancholy nostalgia for the Righteous Brothers "old days"- a reminiscent, grass-is-always-greener kind of complex.
"Country Calling" is a unique treat, divulging the laidback distortion of a Black Keys track, the spontaneity of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and a distinct underlying twang. Wildly apparent Abbey Road/Sgt Pepper-era Beatles musings promise amusement and on-repeat listeners. "Let's Get High" is the epitome of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' 1960's pop-rock influence - goofy, freely uplifting and impulsively driven. Even the lyrics of "If I Were Free" bounce with the melody and lyrical silliness of "Octopus's Garden": "Yes, if I were free I'd be the 'U' that crossed the 'I' to simply 'B'/Minding our reflections at the bottom of the sea."
"Please!" and "Life Is Hard" are tuneful efforts to motivate the choirful masses with powerful, arpeggiated momentum. Bandmate Jade Castrinos' soaring voice celebrates, "You will not be called a weakling nor a fraud/For feeling the pain of the whole wide world/Life is sunny, life is cool/Life is even easy too/Come celebrate/Life is hard!" Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is complete with a full range of feeling and passion that rarely, if ever, feels insincere. To quote Camus, a philosopher that Ebert would likely relate to, "There is scarcely any passion without struggle. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty."
Ebert claims "This Life" to be one of his favorite recordings of all time. Its opening lines, "I've been trying to pretend that death is my friend/I've been lying to myself, not to nobody else," suggest a revelatory liberation within Ebert's process of self-reflection. Whether it's dedicated to his Gestalt therapist father and the candid, existential upbringing that ensued or to an unrelated inner quest overcame, "This Life" is the album's cumulative triumph of emotion, beauty and luscious, shut-eyed wonder. The song's spacious vocal reverb soaks right into the goosebumps that its choruses confidently craft. It's a heartfelt conclusion that is only strengthened by knowing Ebert's affinity for the song. [B]
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros:
01. Better Days
02. Let's Get High
03. Two
04. Please!
05. Life is Hard
06. If I Were Free
07. In The Lion
08. Country Calling
09. They Were Wrong
10. In The Summer
11. Remember To Remember
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Since I found out on Shelterrfic that Martha Stewart has designated this week "Cupcake Week," I figured now was as good a time as any to post my chocolate cherry cupcakes I made on Sunday in celebration of the cherry blossoms. The recipe is from Nigella Lawson. Not surprisingly, her version looks much cuter. Something to do with the chocolate icing and little cherry on top. Mine were as nude on top as exotic dancers, but no less delicious.
First are the ingredients: butter, bittersweet chocolate, eggs, sugar, flour, and cherry jam. The cupcakes are actually easy to make.
Everything can be mixed in the pot you melt the butter and chocolate in. Now, I'm warning you, at this point, you may be tempted to eat it all, but be patient. Though, I can't blame you if you at least taste it.
The finished product. Mine sunk a bit, but tasted great. I tried making an icing out of just confectioners sugar and water, but it did nothing for the cakes, so I left them go as is.


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Marcos It also occurred to me that we should have a link to the Best Practices document from XML Signature, so people are aware of it. Thanks for the excellent suggestion. We will follow up on this in the XML Security WG. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Jun 28, 2011, at 6:16 PM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: > HI Fredrick, XML Sec WG, > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:43 PM, <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> Marcos >> >> The XML Security WG discussed your proposed addition regarding certificate ordering at our teleconference today [1]. >> >> The Working Group does not agree to change the core XML Signature specification as these would not be normative changes to that specification. The XML Signature specification focuses on the details of signing but as a design choice does not detail generic PKI considerations (or details related to the various KeyInfo materials that have schema places in the specification) [2]. >> > > Understood. > >> The sense of the Working Group is that a profile of XML Signature, such as Widget SIgnature would be an appropriate place to note practices or restrictions important to that specification. >> > > I will add this non-normative note to the Widget Signature specification. > >> However, the XML Security WG does have a non-normative XML Signature Best Practices document [3] and could add material such as this to it, which would probably also make sense. Would you be able to craft language for a best practice (the document uses a format of expressing the issue, a short statement of the practice and then details). >> > > I'd be happy to proposed some text. I'll just send you whatever ends > up in the Widget Sig specification. > > Additionally, it is great that the XML Security Working Group has > created a best practices document. I would encourage the Working Group > to link to the best practices from the Introduction of the > specification or as a non-normative reference. Or add it under the > Editors as a link in the header of the document, so it can be quickly > and easily found. > > Again, I speak from having dealt with numerous (~7) companies trying > to implement XML Dig Sig 1.1 + the Widgets Signature spec. There is *a > lot* of confusion about this stuff out there and a lot of frustration > because its super hard to find any useful guidance or information > easily. > > I urge the working group, please: this is a pretty good technology and > it's not that hard to use once you understand what is going on. The > more guidance this working group can provide, the better. I'll do my > bit on the Widget Dig Sig side, but you guys also have a > responsibility to make XML Dig Sigs a pleasant experience to use (from > a specification, implementation, and author perspective). At least > linking to the best practices guide from the spec is a step in the > right direction, even if you don't include a non-normative note about > it. > > Kind regards, > Marcos > -- > Marcos Caceres > http://datadriven.com.auReceived on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:56:16 UTC
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Re: st: confirmatory factor analysis programs [was: RE: Stata support]
Nick Cox <email@example.com>
Re: st: confirmatory factor analysis programs [was: RE: Stata support]
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:32:27 +0000
Not so. -confa- on SSC still uses -listutil-.
Don asked where -listutil- files are stored. As I said earlier, the
files are on SSC. --ssc desc listutil- gives the details. I think it
is Stas's job to explain which files are needed as the particular
files are named within -confa-'s code.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Stas Kolenikov <email@example.com> wrote:
> In fact, the version on SSC uses only the official commands, and does
> not depend on -listuil- package. Please download that version and see
> if it runs OK.
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Stas Kolenikov <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Nick is right. I programmed -confa- using his -listutil-
>> (unfortunately for disconnected Statas), and I've been planning to
>> refactor it using the official -local : list- for some while now. May
>> be it is time to finally do it!
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> Stas Kolenikov has quite different versions of his programs of different vintages under different names in at least three different places. -confa- (SSC, SJ) is evidently what you are trying to install. There is also -cfa1- from http://web.missouri.edu/~kolenikovs/stata.
>>> -listutil- is a quite different (and ancient) package on SSC. As it happens, it's mine.
>>> The help file for -confa- does explain for you exactly what is going on:
>>> "confa relies on listutil for some parsing tasks. If listutil is not installed in your Stata, confa will try to install it from the SSC (ssc install listutil). If the installation is unsuccessful, confa will issue an error message and stop."
>>> So, you also need to copy across the -listutil- files that -confa- uses from SSC. The automated -ssc- call won't work in your case, as you discovered. You don't need them all but evidently -confa- uses several.
>>> Nick
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>>> Don Stryker [edited]
>>> I am trying to add the CFA programs produced by Stanislav Kolenikov to a machine running Stata 10 w/out an internet connection. I have downloaded the files on one computer and transferred them to "ado" folder under the v10 machine's Stata directory. Something is amuck as when I try to run confa response is "unknown command: confa". I have opened the .ado files from Stata directly and then confa is recognized, but now I get a different error: "listutil not found...trying to install from ssc..."
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Stussy "Year of the Horse" Capsule Collection
It seems like everyone is excited for the upcoming Year of the Horse with Chinese New Year-themed releases from adidas, Puma, Nike, Vans, and now Stussy. Their Year of the Horse capsule collection includes a series of graphic T-shirts and a hoodie with plenty of horse imagery. You can cop these limited edition items from Stussy retailers and stores this week.


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The Kellie is the perfect accessory to securely carrying your essentials. It is large enough to carry alone, yet still small enough to be tossed inside a larger tote. The Kellie is not only great to use as a wristlet, but is a great way to carry your makeup and other small items for travel.
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This bag is handmade in South Carolina. Actual pattern placement on each bag may vary from photo. Each bag is unique! Display items are not included.


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Classic Cabs & Logistics is a Transportation company established in Gulbarga city. We provide all kind of transport services with competitive rates. Classic Cabs pledge to serve the mankind by brining comfort to every segment of society, with premier quality service at competitive rates. We offer faster and reliable service to demanding needs of the corporate and individual customers.
In our quest for constantly seeking new ways to respond today's challenges. A well established infrastructure and manpower to support and provide the turn key solutions to the customers. Classic Cabs always pursued the goal of "to pursue excellent to perfect quality service, to pioneer in transport industry and to be first class enterprise"
Classic Cab is backed by a large team of hardworking, highly skilled and committed employees. Our team is led by a professional and dedicated management group, backed by trained and highly professional staff.
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We strive to continually improve all our processes to achieve the goal of improving the Quality Management Systems.
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The concern for safety of the passengers using our cars is the mantra for our service quality. This is the reason why our cars are equipped with Fire extinguishers, First-Aid kits, tool kits and other in-built safety options. Our drivers are trained for safe-drive and meet all legal requirements by the RTA .
We at Classic Cabs give prime importance to the safety of our clients and hence our vehicles are equipped with Fire Extinguishers, First-Aid Kits and our drivers are trained in using these equipments at times of need. All our drivers are trained for safe driving and carry a legal permit from the RTA for plying on the roads.
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Day In The Life... of Video Specs
Apr 17, 2015
My slaves are such a narcissistic lot, always wanting to see themselves in the mirror as I fix them in strict bondage and attach various of my devices that bring them pleasure or pain to various parts of their anatomy. I think that's why my video specs have proved such a hit of late, allowing my subbies to watch me and themselves from a fixed outside camera as their sessions unfold through all the different rooms in my Hanwell dungeon complex.
Just one day in the life of those video specs reveals the true depth of depravity and kinkiness that keeps you all queuing at my door to be dominated, humiliated, hurt and (just occasionally) treated more nicely than ever before and allowed a little sexual release to wash away the discomfort and frustration that I delight in giving you.
The day started in my suspension room with a client who was fascinated to see himself, even though I had locked him away in a heavy rubber hood which left the video specs as his only means of watching the world outside. It's a disorientating experience, seeing yourself naked as others see you, trying to find your way to the bondage throne to be fixed in place with some of my endless supply of ropes. With his legs spread wide and thighs strapped to the sides of the throne, I could get on with the detail of wrapping his cock and balls suitably and stretching them upwards to allow easy access for anything I might want to try. Suffice it to say that the anticipation of seeing the bondage and the pain to come adds a whole new dimension to my subbie's session – and to my fun!
The video specs' next outing was in the medical room with another client who delighted in watching me in glorious colour and close-up as I strapped him down to the medical bench and prepared for a thorough and unrelenting medical exam. I can position the camera wherever I like and so, naturally, I chose a close up that would allow him to see my hands clearly as I lubed up my long latex gloves and prepared to penetrate his rear.
It was fingers first to open up his hole a little before the camera caught me opening up the glass-fronted equipment cabinet to select one of my new metal, electric butt-plugs to increase the stimulation my client was already experiencing in that area. I've recently purchased a while new batch of shiny, stainless-steel plugs which now ensure that I always have a suitable size for any occasion.
The finale was for him to watch as I inserted a series of sounds down the shaft of his cock: exciting and disturbing for a man in equal measure as the metal shaft gives whole new sensations whilst I am gently wanking the outside with my latex gloves. It's a sensation that few of my ciients can resist, a delicious prelude to a full milking and the production of one of the male samples I always need to further the extensive sexual research programme of my Hanwell Clinic.


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He called her teacher's pet. Pulled her pigtails. Picked her last in dodge ball. Drowned out her flute with his trombone in the Memorial Day parade.
He sat behind her in algebra and told his buddies it was because he wanted to copy her answers, but he secretly wanted to touch, with the tip of his pencil, her long brown braid.
He slow danced with her at prom even though she wasn't his date. His hand grazed her loose hair. The dance felt so good, so right, he did it with her again at their wedding.
He had four children with her. Good times, hard times. Her hair grew shorter and grayer, until there came the day when it fell out in clumps. He kept a lock of it, fastened together at the top with scotch tape, neat and tidy as a whiskbroom, to remember her by.
Now when the kids take it out of his dresser drawer and show it to him, he vaguely remembers a trombone. He wonders if the dodge ball game is still going on and if he's the last one standing. Only one thing seems certain: this must be the pigtail of the teacher's pet. And his fingers hang onto it for dear life.
About the Author
Meg West is a former science writer and teacher who lives on the west coast of Florida with her husband, daughter, and two golden retrievers. Her heartwarming romance, Love on Longboat Key, is forthcoming from Champagne Books in Summer 2017.
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Group Youth Summer Camp Exhibition
Jul 28 - Oct 30, 2012
Boca Raton Museum of Art
The Art School's Youth Summer Camp is celebrating the completion of another year inspiring artistic talent with a special exhibition of camper creations.
Eighteen art projects are on display in the Museum Auditorium, showcasing both camper creativity and an appreciation for art history. Artworks range from a collection of self-portraits; assemblage created by recycled materials; a Claes Oldenburg-inspired giant banana split; a Louise Nevelson esque relief sculpture; and flowers designed in oil pastel and watercolor in the vein of Georgia O'Keeffe


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Making Great Coffee at Home (with Cocktails)
- 12/08/2017
- £10
A chance to learn more about your cup of Joe, with cocktails on the side by James Wise, Coffee Master Champion!
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- Date
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Coffee is something we all rely on, but – how much do you really know?
James Wise – recently crowned Coffee Masters Champion 2017 – will be hosting an interactive session at Treves & Hyde to explain more on the humble bean – from flavour profiles and exactly how you should be sampling… This session will help you make the most of the coffee you make at home. Assembly Roast in Brixton will be providing the coffee and there'll be Mr Black cocktails to finish… A wonderful way to spend an afternoon.


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Homeowners looking to simplify their lives are realizing that minimalist living has so many advantages: it's cheaper, more eco-friendly, and allows them more time to do the things they want to do.
Some of the reasons homeowners want to simplify their lives are: their children have grown up and moved out, they are relocating, they are retiring, or they want to downsize to save money or reduce stress. Living simply brings more relaxation into your life and can allow you to focus on what's really important to you.
Moving from a larger home to a smaller one makes minimalist living much easier. With a smaller home there are fewer maintenance costs, lower taxes and utilities, allowing more flexibility to do the things you want.
Start your minimalist lifestyle by following these steps:
1. Reduce your to-do list
Is it 3 pages long? Then it's time to prioritize. Go through each item and ask yourself: Can it be done right now? Should you delegate it to someone else? Can you put it off until another time? Is it necessary? If the answer is yes then take the appropriate action until your list is cut in half.
2. Say no to major home projects
Draw the line when starting too many home projects, especially if you're thinking of moving. Don't spend time and money on expensive or unnecessary renovations. The idea is to simplify your living environment.
3. Downsize your home
Moving to a smaller house gives you more time since you won't be spending it on cleaning rooms you don't use. It can also save you money on heating and cooling, landscaping, property taxes, and upkeep costs.
4. Tackle the junk drawer!
A disorganized junk drawer will aggravate you every time you open it. Group like items together: rubber bands, change, batteries. Toss manuals or take out menus you never use. Use drawer cubes or a silverware tray to keep items organized and easy to find.
5. De-clutter your home
The more stuff you have the more space you need to store it, either with more rooms in your house or renting storage space. Beginning the de-clutter process can be overwhelming at first, so take baby steps. Start with one room, one closet, or even one file cabinet. Minimizing clutter in your home will make it a more relaxing place to live.
6. De-clutter your workspace
Simplifying your workspace will make you more productive. Get into the habit of clearing off your desk—and emails—at the end of each day. Organize both paper and desktop documents into folders so they'll be easier to find when you need them.
Moving to a smaller home gives you more time and more money for what matters to you. Try these easy steps to start preparing for your move and simplifying your life.


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Washington (CNN) - If members of the media are wondering what to get Sarah Palin on her birthday, they should look no further than the former Alaska governor's Twitter account.
Palin, who turns 47 today, wrote tonight "Media: ask "Will Obama Admin exert as much 'constructive' pressure on Iranian govt to change & allow freedom ~ as they just did for Egypt?"
Tonight isn't the first time Palin has criticized the Obama administration's handling of Iran. In December, Palin penned an op-ed in USA Today chastising the president's actions in halting Iran's nuclear program.
She wrote, "President Obama once said a nuclear-armed Iran would be "unacceptable." Yet, Iran's nuclear progress still continues unchecked."
This also isn't the first time the potential 2012 Republican presidential contender has weighed in on the unrest in Egypt. Palin told the Christian Broadcasting Network last week that the situation was Obama's 3 a.m. phone call, and that "It seems the call went right to the answering machine."
She went on to explain that she was "not real enthused about what it is that's being done on a national level and from (Washington) in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt."
47? Well at leasr she's too old to keep having children and populating the world with her idiot spawn.
Hmm she needs a MUZZLE. Hey Srah you can spout hate towards Obama but wondering when you are going to unveil any ideas to add Jobs? When are you going to go on MSNBC? THE VIEW? Oh thats right all you can do is preach to white rednecks in jerkwater Texas, W. Virgina, Kansas, Alabama etc...
Um, it would be difficult to exert the same kind of pressure because we don't have any diplomatic ties with Iran, period. We also don't give Iran aid money like we do Egypt, thus we have very little leverage. But way to oversimplify the situation, Sarah. You can always be counted upon to miss or completely ignore the subtleties.
Is she a mean girl. a grifter, a harpy, an no-nothing or the next republican nominee for POTUS?
This, once again, exemplifies how little Sarah Palin understands about foreign policy. God help us all if she were to
ever become President 😦
wow...She has no clue, just like I dont about what is going on with the state department and so on behind the scenes. I am sure a bunch of information is being held back, so how can you comment on how someone handles the situations based on facts only provided by the media?
Can this woman EVER say anything original, constructive, or positive? Every last one of her well thought-out and well-spoken comments is a negative reaction to a personal attack, or to a world situation she can barely grasp.
blah blah blah.. This woman only criticizes and nothing else. The administration walked a razors edge and came out with flying colors. What did the Bush-Cheney do in the 8 years in office when Iran actually advanced most towards its nuclear ambitions ? I did not agree with many of Reagan's policies but at least he was an optimist and believed that our best days are ahead not like Ms Palin, the doomsayer. There is no comparison. She along with all the RW critics have been nagging about the Muslim Brotherhood but not one of them suggested a way to handle the situation as it developed in Egypt. Obama and his team did a great job.
This woman is no longer a "politician" – she abandoned that position when she quit on the good people of Alaska. She also has some of the poorest gramatical skills I've ever heard: "not real enthused about what it is that's being done on a national level and from (Washington) in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt." I think she meant to say "I'm not very happy with the way the Egypt situation is being handled in Washington".
Maybe in Palins eyes, we should just bomb them into submission like that other idiot thought. Don't these people even think before spewing out the stupid nonsense that they do. Egypt did a fine job of handling things without us interfering. Iran's people will take care of that government when they finally get some sense. we are not the world's police Mrs. Palin.
People often say that with age comes wisdom – too bad that's not the case with Sarah. She remains the same simple-minded, babbling idiot she's always been and will always be.
Oh, so this dimwit's grand plan is to march into every sovereign country and tell them what to do? Yeah, I suppose that is the republican way. Idiots, the entire lot of 'em.
She doesn't listen she only speak
Today Joe Biden and Robert Gibbs send a message to Iran
Many people call her Idiot starting today I will join with them to call Palin an idiot
This dunce wouldn't understand if someone drew her a picture. This is way over your head, Sarah.
Maybe quitter-Governor Palin should ask conservatives, who installed and maintained the dictator Shah for years, which led to the current predicament in Iran.
But wait, that would require she know something about history, which obviously is a little outside her expertise in, um...what exactly does Palin have any talents in?
This woman is clueless and has no concept of what is really happening in the real world outside of her imagination. We can thank God that she has no responsibility for anything. If she and the other right wing nuts had their way we would have invaded Egypt on more borrowed money from China She needs to go back to Alaska, take away her Twitter and Facebook accounts so that she is quiet and we don't have to here from her again.
Palin is angry cause President Obama and his diplomacy earned the US a Win in Egypt.
Whatever Obama comments were on Egypt, it must have had some positive effects..
This woman is an idiot!
give her condom...
The last sentence/paragraph in the article above says it all. The woman is an incoherent buffoon.
Moron. What she is proposing is counterproductive. Republicans are upset because how Obama dealt with the Egyptian situation has been excellent. He for the most part let the people of their country OWN the collapse of Mubarak.
Real big news story there CNN. Sarah Palin made a tweet. STOP THE PRESSES!!!
What? Sarah Palin is no more entitled to know what the President may know as a result of intelligence and diplomatic efforts than I am. She's a private citizen, and one that has little understanding of foreign affairs anyway.
What it is that she may be talking about Egypt>
He a gift for you Palin..A dog muzzle for your mouth. Happy Bday


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During the spring we headed out to Himos for a day of skiing and hiking. Traditionally the department has also headed for the summer holidays with a social event. In its previous meeting, the Pervasive Computing development forum came up with suggestions for the upcoming event in June. Previously we have been to Majaranta, with food, sauna and mosquitoes. Together with the sauna there has been geocaching and a pervasive olympics –yard games as activities in the recent events.
The current idea list is:
- Summer sauna as before, but with fun activities prior and possibly at another location besides Majaranta. For example, Kaupinoja with UKK institute. Some of the activities listed here could be combined with the traditional dinner and sauna format.
- A day at Särkänniemi. TUT is however offering this already on 2.5. 10-13.
- Vihreä Polku offers a range of activities (and sauna facilities). For example, there is canoeing, archery, forest golf and frisbee golf and a climbing
- Golf at Vuohenoja
- Frisbee golf (for example Vihioja, Epilä)
- Visiting the Rantatunneli construction is possible
- A dance class (for example: salsa, samba)
- Taiji or Kendo class. Taiji could be done outside for example at Sorsapuisto
- Varala with possibilities ranging from kayaking or rowing a kirkkovene (a boat used to get to church in Finland in the old times, offers a good team effort exercise) to climbing and loads more.
- Day trip to Tallinn
- Day trip to Jämi. There are loads of activities by several different organisers in Jämi.
As this is an event for the entire department feel free to leave a reply to pitch in your own suggestions and discuss the possibilities!


text: our interns are clueless about our office dress code by Alison Green on August 8, 2017 A reader writes: I'm a new manager. Each year, the company I work for brings on college students as interns. One thing I have noticed is the lack of following the dress code and unprofessional outfits from the interns. Our industry is on the conservative side and wearing suits and button-downs is expected for everyone, from the receptionist right up the C-suite. I've seen the odd issue with the male interns (one had swear words shaved into his hair and another would wear bright colored undershirts and t-shirts under his button-down shirt), but the problems I have noticed are almost exclusively from the female interns. As a woman who has worked my way up to management in a field that is still male dominated, I want to guide these young women so their clothes don't hold them back. In a perfect world, clothing and dress would not matter but in the current world it does matter immensely. I understand most interns don't have a large, functional work wardrobe yet, but some of the clothing I have seen is atrocious and definitely unprofessional. Some examples are skirts that are well above mid-thigh, visible thongs, sheer blouses or tank tops under jackets instead of button-down shirts, full smoky eye shadow with false lashes, and non-natural lip or hair colors. One of the interns we have this year wore a jacket and tank top that had pieces missing and showed the skin of her lower back and under her arms. Our policy is to send someone home if they are not conforming to the dress code and can't change whatever it is that is breaking the code, and to escalate to write-ups and beyond if it happens several times. This is my first year as a manager and I have had to send several interns home for not following the code. I feel bad doing this because they are here to learn, but not dressing professionally could lead to them not being taken seriously once they start working after college. I figure it is better for them to find out now rather than once they're in post-college jobs. The dress code does state clearly that suits must be worn and employees must look professional, but I'm thinking that these interns are new to the working world and might not know what professional means, or they might have a different idea of it. How do I guide them without seeming condescending? How do I explain to them what is and is not professional? I don't want to make them self-conscious when I talk to them, or have them think that they are in trouble and I'm upset with them. How would you handle this if you were in my shoes? You can read my answer to this letter at New York Magazine today. Head over there to read it. You may also like:about those interns fired for petitioning for a more casual dress code...how to tell an intern her skirt is too short for the officeI was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code { 736 comments }


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Declassified CIA and military documents tell the story of America's botched invasion of Castro's Cuba.
Archive for the 'caribbean' Category
Bay of Pigs – Declassified
Posted by Dave (The Void) on April 21, 2008
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Beyond Surburbia – Surviving Peak Oil
Posted by Dave (The Void) on October 15, 2007
The oil boom of the 20th century allowed millions of Westerners to flee the cities and spread out over miles of countryside. That boom is now over and, with oil becoming ever more scarce, that sprawl is looking less and less sustainable.
The End Of Suburbia
This documentary (79 mins) focuses almost entirely on North America, where the oil boom and the attendant rise in car culture and consumerist suburbia took of more than anywhere else. However, we face similar problems in Britain, Europe and elsewhere, and could do much worse for an watchable and informative introduction to the socioeconomic implications of what's become known as "Peak Oil".
(This is just a trailer; click here to watch the full film on Yahoo! video)
The Power Of Community
The island republic of Cuba has already weathered a severe energy famine, when trade with the USSR was cut off by the latter's collapse in 1991. In this sequel (53 mins) to The End Of Suburbia looks at the community networks and structures which allow the Cubans to survive on a fraction of their previous fossil fuel consumption.
Posted in america, canada, capitalism, car culture, caribbean, community, consumerism, cuba, documentary, economics, energy, history, oil, peak oil, suburbia, sustainability, urbanism, USA, video | 5 Comments »
The Agronomist
Posted by Dave (The Void) on September 21, 2007
A dramatic portrait (87 mins) of radical broadcaster and human rights activist Jean Dominique, and of the political struggle in Haïti. (h/t Fanonite)
Speaking of Haiti, here's a shocking piece of news conveniently buried by the disappearance of Madeleine McCann a few months ago.
Posted in america, caribbean, cinema, colonialism, democracy, documentary, film, free speech, haiti, human rights, media, politics, protest, radio, resistance, video | Leave a Comment »
Coolies – How Britain Reinvented Slavery
Posted by Dave (The Void) on August 18, 2007
The abolition of the slave trade should have put an end to the slave economies of Britain's colonies. Instead, as this BBC documentary (58 mins) shows, indentured Indian coolies were transported by slave-ship across the far-flung corners of the Empire. (h/t SmashingTelly.com)
Posted in british empire, capitalism, caribbean, colonialism, documentary, empire, history, india, slavery, trade, uk, video | 7 Comments »
Life And Debt – Globalisation and Jamaica
Posted by Dave (The Void) on July 16, 2007
An informative and very human look at what neoliberal neocolonialism is doing to this island paradise. Narration based on Jamaica Arcaid's A Small Place.
(h/t RickB)
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Jandon Business of the Arts Lecture
The Jandon Business of the Arts Lecture took place in the Humanities Theatre on Monday, April 3, 2017.
Cheyenne Myrie Hutchinson '17 is this year's Jandon Business of the Arts Award recipient.
The speaker, Risë Wilson, serves as the Director of Philanthropy for the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and is the founder of The Laundromat Project.
Her presentation included many examples of how artists are using creative ways to shape opinion and impact decision making in the world. A lively question and answer session followed.
Following the event, a reception provided an opportunity to continue the discussion.
This event was made possible by the generosity of the Jandon Foundation.


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what do you like in ice-creame flavours?
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YUUUUMMM want all three now! XD
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Atheism is not a religion, it's lack of one. I don't believe anyone needs to be 'saved'. We have morals and reasons to live just like Christians do.
I HATE Twilight, its crazy fans and author with a burning passion. It is the biggest cash cow franchise on the planet.
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That's what everybody does every hour of his life.
If I asked you to keep your soul -
would you understand why that's much harder?"
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"It's better to say too much, then never to say what you need to say again. " - John Mayer
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praline and cream
and dulche de leche
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and I love McDonalds' McFlurry
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I love cookies and cream and buko pandan with a little bit of grenadine syrup on it.
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Plain old vanilla is good enough for me. Depending on the brand, I also like strawberry.
If I want something fancy, I like tiger tail (which is orange and black licorice. I know, that's weird. I hate licorice in general. But it's a flavour that I've liked since I was small) and mint chip.
Posted 21 September 2013 - 10:52 AM
Chocolate and strawberry.
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I love cookies and cream and buko pandan with a little bit of grenadine syrup on it.
And also Cheese ice cream.
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Posted 24 May 2014 - 12:33 AM
1st- Chicle (bubble gum)
2nd- Soursop, purple yam
3rd- Vanilla, strawberry
Posted 15 June 2014 - 07:15 AM
Chocolate all the way!
The AR Family: Chris (husband) ; Arie (daughter) ; Sarah (pet penguin) ; Jade (niece) ; Jon (father)
Posted 19 June 2014 - 11:45 AM
I only like Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough. And I'm obsessed with it. Yet other ice cream makes me cringe!
I only like Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough. And I'm obsessed with it. Yet other ice cream makes me cringe!
Loooooove it !
And also Cheese ice cream.
Wow, I love cheese, I gotta try that one !
I've always been and will always be a fan of vanilla xD
Yes it's plain and common, but I love so much vanilla !
I also like caramel, "crème brulée" (burnt cream ?), coffee.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
Max Ehrmann
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Don't you hate getting frustrated when things just aren't working as you expected them to?
So why do some people succeed while others don't?
It's all the little things that they are doing right.
And successful people all tend to say the same thing when asked about the secret to success.
"The closest I can come to the one secret of success is this: a lot of little things done well." – Coach John Wooden
"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals." – Jim Rhon
So if you aren't having success.
It's time to take a closer look and focus on the little things.
Are you focusing on the fundamentals?
Here a few things you can take some time to focus on:
- Are you eating the right amounts of the different types (protein, fat , carbs) of foods?
- Are you spreading out your meals throughout the day?
- Are you eating too many or not enough calories?
- Are you getting enough sleep?
- Are you prepared for your workout with suitable clothing?
- Are you wearing the right shoes?
- Is your warm-up warming up the right muscles?
- Are you using proper form for the exercises you are doing?
- Do you stretch after your workout?
- Is your recovery drink maximizing your workout results?
- Are you taking enough time to recover from your workouts?
- Are you preparing your mind so you get the best results?
- Does your workout include a recovery day with stretching, yoga, Pilates or foam rolling?
Those are a few little things you can focus on that will add up to success.
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SCRANTON — Jeff Zick gathered little piles of bud from his students into a bright green silicone tray and popped them in a toaster oven.
Before infusing butter with cannabis, he had to decarboxylate the cannabinoids.
Translation: He activated the stuff that gives cannabis its psychoactive effects.
Then it was time to wait.
The monthly class at Zick's Big Yield Hydroponics in North Scranton included about a dozen card-carrying medical cannabis patients, those among tens of thousands recently cleared by the state to use the once-contraband drug to treat symptoms of 21 chronic illnesses and conditions.
Three years ago, passing a plastic balloon filled with cannabis vapor would have been done secretly, but at work tables set up inside the organic and hydro gardening shop that Zick runs with his wife, Mandy, patients inhaled with indemnity while their little piles of bud baked.
There was a concerned mom from Swoyersville, an engaged couple from Stroudsburg and a man from Mahanoy City who recently left state prison.
Looking for a doctor to help you decide whether to use medical cannabis? See the database of state-approved physicians who are certifying patients.
An elderly man attended with his wife, who smiled and said she was his designated driver.
He asked not to be identified, but pulled out his cellphone to show X-ray pictures of the bolts fusing his lower spine together. He also has crippling nerve pain and prostate cancer.
He uses cannabis now instead of the Vicodin he used for years, always abiding by his prescription, and the booze he got drunk on every night, which no doctor ever prescribed.
The students and their teacher shared knowledge with each other in a loose roundtable setting. They talked about new products and what works for them to treat certain symptoms. The more seasoned users coached the freshmen.
Few people at Zick's class on how to incorporate cannabis into food wanted to speak on the record.
Cannabis is legal for patients, who first get cleared by a doctor to use it, then certified by the state health department. A crippling fear persists among most who worry they will be ostracized by their families, kicked out of Alcoholics Anonymous groups, or lose their jobs and federal benefits.
Despite the unlocked door and welcoming atmosphere at Big Yield that Sunday afternoon, to some extent, these patients still use cannabis in the shadows.
On April 17, 2016, Gov. Tom Wolf signed Act 16, the sweeping state law that created the Medical Marijuana Program. It established an advisory board to steer policy decisions and revised a host of regulations allowing patients to treat symptoms without fear.
Pennsylvania became the 24th state to pass medical cannabis legislation. Now, 33 have made its use legal.
Grower/processors, the companies that cultivate the cannabis and turn it into medicine, started to go online at the tail end of 2017. The first patients began shopping at dispensaries in February the next year.
Since it started, close to 110,000 patients statewide registered, and more than 76,000 of them have taken the process through to the end.
They carry a plain blue ID card; it resembles a simplified drivers license, and it confirms they have the state's OK to medicate.
'It just gets to you'
The lawmakers who spearheaded medical marijuana still hear from their constituents, but their faith in the drug was cemented long before it became law.
"Going across the state meeting at various town halls that I was invited to by the moms who had children suffering from epilepsy, that was the main focus at first," said state Sen. Mike Folmer, a Republican from Lebanon County who was the conservative half of a bipartisan team that pushed through Act 16.
Sen. Daylin Leach, D-17, Montgomery County, was the other half.
"I met all these children, man. I'm just telling you," Folmer said, his voice cracking a bit. "It just gets to you."
While touring the state and hearing from thousands of citizens, he saw many were using prescription drugs for pain or neurological disease or psychological disorders that they said made them feel "like zombies," he said.
Then they confessed to him that they were self-medicating with cannabis bought on the black market, and it made them feel better without the mind-numbing effects.
Reported improvements
Dr. John Brady signed up to recommend cannabis because he needed continuing education credits to keep his medical license current. The four-hour class was a convenient way to rack up a couple.
A few weeks later, he was certifying his first patients — confirming for the state that they have conditions cleared for cannabis as a treatment.
Since then, more than 500 patients seeking the treatment have walked through the door of his Luzerne office. Some drive more than an hour.
Many patients report improvements. Cannabis is approved for chronic pain, treating seizures, reducing nausea in cancer patients and helping people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
It has been less effective for autism and for some elderly patients with chronic pain, for whom side effects have been more pronounced.
When patients come to him complaining of an ailment, he starts with their medical records. Physicians who are not part of the state's program refer many patients to him.
Brady looks at medical history to confirm their ailment is on the state's list of qualifying conditions and performs his own examination. With his approval and a medical marijuana identification card, patients can visit a dispensary to buy cannabis.
Dispensary staff members, which by law must include a doctor, pharmacist, physician assistant or a certified registered nurse practitioner, can offer guidance on how to dose, but unlike the pharmaceutical industry, doctors do not have direct control over how much they use or what strains they buy.
Navigating complex medicine menus — filled with curious names, like Kurple Fantasy, Blue Cheese or Alien Duchess Sugar, after the cannabis strains with which they are made — can get hairy if patients do not take ownership of their own treatment and study up.
Brady asks patients to come back after about a month for a follow-up visit. He wants to see how the treatment is working and makes them take a drug test to see if they are using other drugs or, more insidiously, selling the cannabis he cleared them for on the black market.
"We want the program clean because it is a benefit," he said. "We don't want the state going back and saying, 'This isn't working and we're going to terminate the program' just because of a few bad apples."
No silver bullet
Many, if not most, doctors still approach cannabis with a degree of skepticism.
"I wasn't 100 percent skeptical, there are a few conditions — cerebral palsy, spasm conditions and unrelenting seizures — that it's shown some promise for," said Dr. Richard Silbert, a psychiatrist and senior medical director for the Community Care Behavioral Health Organization.
He went on to say the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association have yet to stand behind it arguing that it lacks exhaustive research to prove efficacy.
He suggested that Harrisburg was too quick to approve some conditions, for example autism, based on anecdotal evidence.
Heart-wrenching, viral YouTube videos show parents treating their kids with severe autism.
Kids with bruised faces from self-harm, nonverbal children who rock back and forth in relentless, protracted episodes, finally find calm. Their expressions soften. They claim their voices and speak, sometimes for the first time ever, affectionately to their parents, who weep in ecstasy.
However, it doesn't work like that for everyone, which worries many doctors, Silbert said.
Dr. Vithalbhai Dhaduk, a neurologist in Dickson City, was the first Lackawanna County physician to join the program and begin certifying patients.
"It's very important that we as doctors take a responsibility to certify those who can truly benefit from medical marijuana," he said.
A significant number of his first-time patients ask for certification right out of the gate, and he said he has to turn down some of them because he doesn't believe it will help. They get angry. He said less than 1 percent of his patients use medical marijuana.
The big health systems typically do not allow their employed doctors to recommend marijuana. Dhaduk is independent and self-employed.
The most common conditions for which he recommends it include chronic pain syndrome, opioid addiction and fibromyalgia in that order, he said.
Then come neurological diseases including Parkinson's, degenerative brain disease, tremors and multiple sclerosis, among others.
He is quick to note that it's no silver bullet.
Patients have been able to cut down on prescriptions, but he typically sees only a 25 to 75 percent improvement of symptoms.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency considers marijuana a Schedule I drug, which means that, according to the agency, it has no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
That is not an accurate characterization, Brady said. He sees the potential.
"I can see it by the follow-up with the patients," he said. "There's legitimacy. It needs to be studied. They need to just get over this 1960s hippie stuff and look at it as a safer alternative to opiates."
More hurdles
Once a patient is certified and ready to buy, they face new hurdles.
Not all dispensaries permitted by the health department, even many from the Phase I permit round, are open.
Patients travel long distances only to find limited supply because grower/processors are not yet running at full speed.
All 12 Phase I grower/processors are considered operational, health department spokesman Nate Wardle said.
However, that does not mean they are producing everything they plan to, and some only just started shipping product this month.
The 13 Phase II grower/processors, which were given a Jan. 31 operational deadline "are actively working with the Office of Medical Marijuana to become operational," he said in an email. "Any permittee not meeting the six-month operational time frame is required to submit a plan of correction."
Folmer said it is easy to armchair quarterback, but he thinks regulators could have handled the permitting process differently, and that perhaps some companies needed more prep work than they let on.
"Some of these folks who wrote good permits, maybe they weren't as ready as they thought they were," he said.
Not to be overlooked, the state gave growers roughly six months to build out high-tech cultivation centers and labs, recruit scientists and horticulturists and be ready to grow a plant that the federal government still says is illegal.
"I think they gave some very ambitious timelines," said Peter Marcus, a spokesman for Terrapin Pennsylvania, which has a grower/processor plant in Clinton County. "That being said, it was doable. We did it.
"It's an agricultural business, and when you're talking about an agricultural business a lot of it is dependent on, in the case of our indoor grows, recreating Mother Nature."
Terrapin always has inventory from all categories, for example vaporization cartridges, tinctures and dry leaf, ready to ship, he said.
"You might not see a specific strain that's available at the time, but you'll find another product within the category," he said.
Both patients and doctors say strain consistency is essential.
A strain high in the cannabinoid THC has different effects than one high in CBD, which is different from a blend of the two.
That's why, Marcus said, getting all growers up and running is essential.
If dispensaries have robust and well-stocked menus, patients can more easily find alternatives when their preferred brand is out.
Uncovered treatment
A typical month's supply can cost between $40 to $80 on the low end and up to around $200 to $300 on the high end.
Insurance companies balk at the idea of covering it for the same reasons many doctors balk — the research isn't sound enough.
"Right now the jury is still out on marijuana as medicine," Dr. Charles DeShazer, chief medical officer at the state's largest insurer, Highmark, said in recent interview.
He made an example of other non-drug treatments that insurance covers, for example physical therapy, chiropractic and cognitive behavioral therapy for pain.
"Where there's good evidence, we do cover those interventions," he said.
Others without such comprehensive research, for example massage therapy, do not get covered.
Dhaduk, the Dickson City neurologist, grins when he says that might be part of it, but there is more.
"The insurance company wants to pull every possible thread, if they can, not to pay," he said, explaining recently some insurance companies pulled gabapentin, a generic drug widely used for seizures and migraines, from their formularies, thus requiring a preapproval.
"And, for a preapproval, it's like you're talking to the wall," Dhaduk said.
Insurers likely are waiting for the federal government to clear the way and remove the Schedule I label before they start seriously considering how to cover it, he said.
Until then, patients will pay out of pocket, and "many of them live on a week-to-week basis with income, and it's very difficult," Dhaduk said. "I sympathize fully with them."
Cannabis companies have some wiggle room to discount prices, and at least one is promising to help poorer patients with the cost.
"It is our goal to provide, to the extent possible, products at an affordable price," said Pennsylvania Medical Solutions Chief Operating Officer Ari Hoffnung. "The dispensaries that we are opening will offer compassionate discounts to folks who need a little extra help."
Pennsylvania Medical Solutions owns the grower/processor facility in Scranton, and the state awarded its affiliate, Pennsylvania Dispensary Solutions, with a permit to build dispensaries in Scranton and Bethlehem.
Stigmas remain
Despite all the progress, stereotypes exist.
For Folmer, the stoner archetype will not die anytime soon, which he said is a shame.
"Let's be honest, before medical cannabis was in Pennsylvania you can't tell me there wasn't pot in Pennsylvania," he said chuckling. "If anybody believes that, I've got some land just south of Florida to sell to you."
He recalls the yearslong fight in Harrisburg, with medical associations and drug companies leading up to that day in April 2016.
It was a fight with an old stigma, one fueled by a misinformed "Reefer Madness" generation that demonized the drug.
It still persists, he said, and making sure the program remains focused on patients was why he ran for a fourth term. He did not plan to run again.
"We've come a long way, but we have a long way to go," he said.
BILL WELLOCK, staff writer, contributed to this report
Contact the writers: email@example.com;
@jon_oc on Twitter
Looking for a doctor to help you decide whether to use medical cannabis? See the database of state-approved physicians who are certifying patients.
21 conditions
The state government approved cannabis for treating these chronic conditions and illnesses:
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gherig's disease)
• Autism
• Cancer
• Crohn's disease
• Some types of damage to the central nervous system tissue
• Dyskinetic and spastic movement disorders
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma
• Huntington's disease
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Intractable seizures
• Multiple sclerosis
• Neurodegenerative diseases
• Neuropathy
• Opioid use disorder, with some conditions for allowing cannabis
• Parkinson's disease
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Chronic or intractable pain from neuropathy
• Sickle cell anemia
• Terminal illness
This is the first in a three-part series on marijuana. The project is a joint effort by the The Sunday Times and The Citizens' Voice of Wilkes-Barre.


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My comments first: Bishops have allowed Catholic institutions to slip into non-Catholic secularism, especially those of higher education, so much so, many Catholic parents having sent their children to these Catholic institution thinking this would reinforce their children's Catholic faith, find out subsequently and hundreds of thousands of dollars later that their children lost their Catholic faith at these centers of higher learning but came out pretty good polemicists for a secularized church that confirms secularized society's standards. The loss of Catholic identity, bishops unwilling or fearful to take disciplinary action and outright dissent against the revealed faith and morals of the Church is met often times with a ho hum attitude by many in the hierarchy which would include priests and deacons of the lowerarchy. Thank goodness that something in our secular society is beginning to galvanize them!
January 27, 2012 From Catholic World News: Bishop blasts secularist intolerance, calls for 'assertive action' to defend Church
Noting that "American Catholics have in recent decades become remarkably passive even in the face of relentless hostility from the media, the entertainment industry, and now from some politicians," Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria has issued a pastoral letter on secularism.
The letter, issued on January 8, received a wider audience when it was published in the January 26 issue of Origins.
"The Catholic Diocese of Peoria now exists in a political reality that is increasingly secular in outlook and today is often specifically hostile to the convictions of our Faith," the bishop wrote. "Atheists and secularists have long realized that the Church of Rome is perhaps the largest single institution that still stands in the way of a completely secularized society. In Illinois where politics are notoriously corrupt and whose governmental agenda is so singularly ineffective, intrenched political power happens to be concentrated in a single region that for generations has been immune to reform. This situation has given determined special interest groups a unique opportunity to impose their views on everyone else as they endeavor to exclude faith from any role in the public forum."
Bishop Jenky continued:
As your Bishop, I now believe it is critically necessary to raise an alarm among the faithful regarding growing threats to our religious freedom due to the increasing steps toward radical secularization taking place in Illinois. Beside the abrupt exclusion of Catholic Charities from childcare and adoption services and increasing attempts to intimidate Catholic healthcare, I am also concerned about possible future moves that could be made against the independence of our Catholic schools and other public ministries of our Diocese. Eventually it may come to pass that our fidelity to the Gospel of Christ and to Catholic tradition may place us in direct conflict with recent legal definitions of the State of Illinois. There are certainly some in our state whose commitment to [atheistic] secularism is so intense that they may well try to restrict the Church's role only to the sacristy and sanctuary.
I am especially scandalized by some "Catholic" politicians who willingly collaborate with efforts to restrict the civil liberty of the faith tradition from which they were originally sprung. Many of those in office who were taught to read and write in Catholic schools, now seem entirely indifferent to the consciences of those Catholics who live their faith. On Ash Wednesday, they like to be conspicuous with crosses on their foreheads, but the true Cross of Christ seems far from their hearts and minds. They enjoy parties on March the 17th and wearing green sweaters but in effect are ashamed of Saint Patrick's unwavering zeal for the Catholic Christianity. They like photo opportunities with the hierarchy, but break their word to them without a moment's hesitation. They may still use the rituals of Catholicism to mark their happy and sad occasions, but apparently would sell their soul for a vote or a dollar. What does it benefit a person to gain the whole world but lose their soul (Mark 8:36), but eternal loss for the sake of public office in Illinois is an extraordinarily foolish deal with the devil. Such people certainly need our prayers, but they should no longer be able to take our friendship or our support for granted …
Even when our institutions are attacked and our most sacred beliefs held up for scorn, many Catholics sadly remain silent. As your Bishop, it is therefore my duty before God to call faithful Catholics into more assertive action in defense of our religion and those public ministries which we hold to be the work of Christ.
"Loyal believers are called upon not only to defend the Faith but even to defend the very concept of faith in the face of aggressive secularism and increasingly intolerant atheism," Bishop Jenky concluded. "It now seems to be the unbelievers who apparently hope to initiate some new kind of inquisition designed to entirely exclude God from the public forum. In the face of growing hostility, practicing Catholics need to recognize that the choices we make and the witness we either offer or withhold will have both temporal and eternal consequences for each one of us. Christ the Lord has promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church he founded on the rock of Peter's faith (Matthew 16:1), but he also warned that at the end of time he will deny those who deny him (cf. Matthew 10:33)."
"Catholicism is filled with enormous spiritual richness, a cohesive intellectual tradition, and a remarkable commitment to charity and service. It is the Faith for which we should be ready and willing to give our hearts and even to offer up our lives. It is also the Faith by which we all certainly will be judged before the throne of Almighty God."


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Plans of Redevelopment in District 7 Spark Excitement Citywide
The recent announcement concerning revitalization plans in the Wildwood Shopping Center has sparked a huge wave of excitement by both residents and retailers who currently operate businesses within the shopping center. Tuesday Birmingham City Councilors voted to approve a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a project agreement with Lakeshore Parkway Retail, LP to develop approximately 156,000 square feet of new commercial and retail space in the Wildwood Shopping Center on Lakeshore Parkway. This expansion includes the development of two new retail pads along the south side of Lakeshore Parkway, at an estimated cost of $30 million. The City of Birmingham will provide financial incentives to Lakeshore Parkway Retail, LP of up to $4,800,000.00, payable over five years in installments equal to fifty percent of the sales tax revenue generated from the new businesses, not to exceed $960,000.00 annually.
District 7 Councilor Jay Roberson, whose district includes the Birmingham portion of the retail property, called it the largest economic development project in his district in years.
The development of the project site and implementation of the project are expected to result in the creation of approximately 300 jobs in the City of Birmingham and generate an estimated $1.9 million in sales tax revenue in addition to occupational tax revenue, business license revenue and increased ad valorem tax revenue to the City.
While the anticipation of future development has potential merchants excited, current retailers are also looking forward to new customers that may soon be attracted to the area, now that revitalization efforts is underway. Representatives for K & G Retail stores said even though sales had been down over the last couple of months, they were optimistic about new tenants coming back into the area.
"We're definitely excited about new retail development in this area," a K & G Representative said. "This will help increase traffic coming into our store as well as create a steady flow of sales for all businesses."
Construction of the project is expected to begin early next year with a completion date slated for 2018.
This article is a contribution from Chiara Perry (firstname.lastname@example.com) in the Birmingham City Council Public Information Office. For more information please contact 205.254.2294.


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Fridays At Cafe Caprice
This is the place to be on Friday afternoons, it's the perfect combination… Picture it: beach, sunsets, cocktails and a little bit of dress up to complete the fun!
Caprice has long been the hang out of choice in Camps Bay – and with the views they offer it's quite obvious why. And on Friday afternoons they've teamed up with Tanqueray for the Cafe Caprice Mad Hatters Tea Parties.
From their press release:
Tanqueray No. 10 and Café Caprice bring you Tanqueray Tea Parties with Dean Fuel for a summer sunset residency every Friday from 12 December 2014. Dean Fuel will be on hand to compliment the sunset with a unique set designed to unwind, relax and get you into the summer groove. Unique two-for-one Tanqueray cocktails will be on offer to add to the perfect sunset experience.
We joined them on a warm summer evening with DJ Dean Fuel in the background and were given a bottle of Tanqueray and mixers to get into the weekend mood.
Want to know more?
Facebook: /cafecapriceCT
Twitter: @CafeCaprice
Instagram: @CafeCaprice
Thanks for having us Cafe Caprice – we'll be back!
*Images courtesy of the Cafe Caprice photographers with the exception of the first image.
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