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MEHWAR: Challenges Ahead Of Faryab Police Discussed
Naqibullah Faiq Faryab governor says a number of security forces have resigned because of the government's neglect for solving their problems.
He warned of the negative consequences of these defections and said that if this trend continues, a number of security forces in this province will be significantly reduced.
Governor confirms the problem of police in the province and adds that this has led to the spread of insecurity in Faryab.
In this episode host Zarmina Mohammadi discusses the topic with Jamal Nasir Farahmand political activist and resident of Faryab province.

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Welcome to the Support4Change Blog!
I have had a continuous online presence for more than sixteen years with four websites, the last of which was Support4Change. Now I am in the process of bringing many of my previous articles here to my blog.
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Deadline.com reports that WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena will be starring in Tina Fey & Amy Poehler's comedy movie The Nest, about two sisters who throw one last party in their parents' soon-to-be-sold house. Cena will reportedly be playing a villain role.
In addition to Fey and Poehler, the movie will also star James Brolin, Ike Barinholtz, Maya Rudolph and John Leguizamo.
Cena is currently filming Judd Apatow's Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck. Cena is being represented by ICM Partners in filming for The Nest, which is scheduled for a December 18th, 2015 release.
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The well is question is GOLSON 32 H 001 HARASUC. This well has been producing 22-28M and for the past 2 months the production is almost nil. For September, it shows production of 5.88. It looks like it may be shut down, I don't know. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about why the sudden drop. I know a few years back, they had to re pipe it because they used some cheap pipe. All help would be appreciated. This section is in South Bienville Parish, right on the Red River Parish line.
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The well is still producing but it's over seven years old. It has experienced a decline that is quite normal. It looks like it was re-worked in June and placed back on production in late July. It's currently producing about a half mill a day.
QEP is in the process of obtaining a ROW for 2 10,000 foot laterals that will service sections 31 & 30-15-9 in Bienville Parish. Have no idea when they will start, but think it will be soon.
I suspect that you are referring a notice letter for an alternate unit well application. QEP does not have well permits for the two HC wells you mention. The spacing application is separate from the permit to drill which usually comes along later. QEP has one rig currently drilling in DeSoto Parish and 2 more well with permits waiting on that rig (30&19 - 15-9)). If the company drills the wells in order, the wells you mention may spud around the end of the year.
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I am NOT a morning person
Never have been. Even as a kid, night time was my time. My years with the carnival were great (except for Saturday matinees, that is) and in the winter I'd always try to get a job that started at 4pm at the earliest. Work till 2am and then go out to the after hours clubs. Can't do that any more but I have lots of fond memories.
Which should have kicked in this morning when I tried to cook. I got black beans. Of course they started out as limas but they just totally left my mind and the smoke woke my husband. They were going to be the basis of lima bean hummus for him, which he loves. (I try to do nice things for him occasionally)
I even told myself to set a timer so I wouldn't forget the beans. So I forgot the timer.
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If you haven't heard by now, the Women's Health Conference is coming to Fargo on Monday, May 19th. This conference focuses on wellness, nutrition and fitness for women of all ages. And we're excited to announce that we are giving away 4 free tickets!
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NAWBO Cleveland Past Events
See all the events going on now
May 15, 2020
Communicating for Optimal Performance
May 6, 2020
How to Hire "A" Players:
Learn the best practices when it comes to hiring the best people for your business.
April 21, 2020
Strategies to Pivot and Thrive - VIRTUAL
April 1, 2020
"What turned your business around? "
Learn how other women business owners were able to pivot their business when times got rough.
East/West Breakfast
March 10, 2020
Women Helping Women In Business & In Life
March 4, 2020 Effective Leadership Styles:
Learn about various effective leadership
styles for women
February 5, 2020
Best Practices for Classifying Staff:
Learn how to properly distinguish between independent contractors and employees
January 21, 2020
Mastering the Art of Failure
January 8, 2020
January East/West Breakfast
Topic: Creating qualified leads and successful sales conversation
December 11, 2019
Holiday Luncheon and Book Exchange
November 19, 2019
The Leadership Brand
October 22, 2019
Your Future is Created by What You Do Today, Not Tomorrow
Learn the importance of business valuation and transition planning at any stage
October 2, 2019
Be the Entrepreneurial You
September 13, 2019
Mike Michalowicz
How to Design Your Business to Run Itself August 20, 2019
Summer Soiree
June 18, 2019
"The Power Of Us"
Board Installation & Celebration
May 17, 2019
Building Your Sales Funnel – How to Drive Traffic and Make More Sales
May 1, 2019
All City Luncheon
Topic: "Financial Planning: How confidence in your plan can alleviate your fears"
April 16, 2019
In Advertising,In Advertising, It's All About the Message
March 19, 2019
NAWBO Spring Member Rally
March 6, 2019
How can a virtual assistant grow your business?
February 19, 2019
Surviving vs. Thriving
January 22, 2019
The Power of Vision
December 12, 2018
Holiday Luncheon & Book Exchange
November 7, 2018
Luncheon- East/West
Onboarding Clients October 16, 2018
WBENC Certification
Learn what it means to have your business certified and how you can achieve certification
October 11, 2018
NAWBO Fall Member Rally
Calling all Women Business Owners and Professionals who want to learn more about NAWBO Cleveland, an amazing organization that provides a great support system, insight, and opportunities for growth! NAWBO Cleveland is a powerful community for networking with like-minded business owners, gaining access to business
tools and resources, and great education, including National webinars and local events.
October 3, 2018
Cyber Protecting Your Business – Learn how methods to reduce risk and protect your data
Living in the digital age has brought so much advantage, convenient and opportunity however having so much of our information available in cyberspace has also left us vulnerable to having that information breached and stolen. This can have a crippling effect on both our personal and business life. It is often said that it is not a question of IF but rather WHEN a breach will occur. However, you can take steps to mitigate your risk and protect yourself and your data. Our panel experts will teach you the steps you need to take to minimize your risk of cyber attacks and tools available to protect yourself if a breach were to occur.
September 18, 2018
Selling as a Service
Here's an important reality: no matter the business, selling is essential. Whether you're selling products or services, it's essential to know how to share your offerings with clarity and service. During our evening together, Success Strategist, Eryn Morgan will share with you how to create a process for selling that fuels your entire business with energy. Having a simple sales system that feels good and converts is totally possible for you.
September 7, 2018
Dorie Clark Presents "Entrepreneurial You" a Workshop
In today's disruption-prone economy, the key to thriving professionally is learning to think more entrepreneurially. In her new book Entrepreneurial You.. Harvard Business Review author and Duke University Fuqua School of Business adjunct professor, Dorie Clark, shares insights gleaned from interviews with hundreds of today's most successful entrepreneurs that will enable you to out-think the competition, monetize your ideas effectively, and create more freedom and security in your life.
August 21, 2018
Summer Soiree
Come join us for our summer soiree of fun, food and drink. We will also be joined by members of Dress For Success to celebrate the Cleveland Chapter's 20th anniversary. We will be raffling off several baskets filled with goodies for both work and play. Tickets will be $5 each or $20 for 5 tickets. 100% of all proceeds will go to benefit Dress For Success.
July 24, 2018
Story-Tell to Sell: Promote, Engage and Persuade without feeling salesy At Eli Dagostino's "Story-Tell to Sell: Promote, Engage and Persuade Without Feeling Salesy" talk, creative entrepreneurs are reminded that their unique stories (including the vulnerable, mundane and triumphant) are worthy of recognition, and will leave confident in their stories' power to convert sales.
May 15, 2018
Who you are...really?
Aristotle once said, "We are what we repeatedly do. EXCELLENCE, then, is not an act but a habit." If that's true, then EXCELLENCE is not just an act of DOing but it's also a state of BEing. In this energetic and thought-provoking presentation, you will be provided tools that will help you create success through EXCELLENCE in all areas of your life.
December 6, 2017
The Year in Review & Inspirational Book Exchange Luncheon
This event featured a full buffet lunch and book exchange/sharing session where members bring a wrapped book from their personal library that they have found to be of value to themselves either personally or professionally. Attendees shared what they felt was beneficial or inspirational about the book and why they recommend it. [It was not intended for attendees to go out and buy a book, these were books from their personal collection that they were ready to pass on or to re-gift to someone else.]
November 14, 2017
Zap the Gap: From Boomers to Linksters, Working with Multiple Generations For the first time in history, there are five generations working side by side: the Traditional Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X (born 1965-1980), Millennial Generation (1981-1995), and the Linkster Generation. Each generation has been influenced by the major historical events, social trends, and cultural phenomena of their time, and in this highly charged, participatory presentation, Meagan Johnson outlines the dominant generational forces in the workplace and how each generation's signpost drives motivation, influences company loyalty, delivery of customer service and communication between coworkers. Learn from Meagan what you can do now to make the most of each generation in your workplace!
September 15, 2017
Must-Know Legal Strategies for Women Business Owners
What questions to ask when retaining a lawyer, contract basics, what to know when doing business with a partner, protecting your secret sauce, and information on succession planning. Trademarking, Branding & Copyrighting - What you need to know about protecting your intellectual property, as well as avoiding litigation risks concerning your intellectual property.
August 22, 2017
Deepening Your Business Relationships w/ Referral Partners
Culinary delights will be provided by The Perfect Catering Company, Trish Koodrich's catering company, along with her signature desserts! Get ready to expand your referral base through networking activities.
July 18, 2017
Cooking Up Relationships
NAWBO members gathered around the table at Kitchen216 for delicious food and fantastic round-table discussions on business challenges, recommendations and solutions.
June 7, 2017
All City Luncheon
We kicked off a new "Ask the Expert" Series for our joint lunches; this luncheon is themed: "Ask the Health Coach." Our diverse panel includes our members: Moderator: Debbie Jones with The Ideal Method; Energy Practitioner and Reiki Master Barbara Toman with BodyWise, LLC & Juice Plus; Wellness Strategist Chris Evans with Christina Evans Insurance; Health Insurance & Wellness Strategist A roundtable format was used for quick and easy health questions. Discussion followed the panel on "How do you maintain your energy throughout the day?"
May 16, 2017
"Growing Your Business Through Networking and Referrals"
Diane Helbig of Seize This Day shared a multitude of ways to create, implement, and monitor individualized strategies that result in better communication, increased performance, and greater results through networking and referrals. Diane has been guiding business success for over 20 years and has helped a plethera of business owners to see great success and profit through networking and relationship building.
April 28, 2017
"Distinctive Leaders Conference"
NAWBO Cleveland invited attendees to embrace their inner distinctive leader! Have you ever wondered how to tap into your true potential? This seminar brought together like-minded business professionals who explored what it means to be a leader and an influencer. In this half-day conference, three amazing speakers explored the topics of personal branding; leveraging your most important resources; creating a defining vision that helps drive revenue; and accelerating your impact. All attendees received a copy of JJ DiGeronimo's new book, Accelerate Your Impact.
March 21, 2017
"A Taste of NAWBO"
Membership Rally
Our Taste of NAWBO event is the perfect opportunity to connect with women business owners over wine, appetizers and desserts in a luxurious, exclusive setting, while learning about the many benefits and programs our national organization and local chapter will be introducing in the coming year! There will even be some friendly competitions to help you make some new contacts and renew acquaintances with existing ones. All the ingredients for personal success are right here, and our upcoming Taste of NAWBO. It's the perfect opportunity to explore them together!
February 21, 2017
Mastering Casual Friday
Tips, advice and live examples of effortlessly having a relaxed yet polished image on Casual Fridays or any more casual work setting. Over the years the translation of what "Casual Friday"really means has gotten out of control in a negative direction at many businesses. Getting it right in your industry is key to elevating in your career. Even solo-entrepreneurs need direction on how to create a wardrobe that supports you 24/7/365. Hint: it isn't two separate wardrobes. Sprinkle in some fun trends while honoring your personal style and you too can have effortless style.
January 17, 2017
Do You Inspire Growth in Your Business?
Jennifer Downey, President of Ambiance, The Store for Lovers, will share her experience with how to inspire growth in business - how to inspire leaders and employees of all skill levels, how to better relate to customers to inspire growth and how to keep yourself motivated to inspire growth personally.
December 13, 2016
Winter Social & Charity Accessory Swap Party!
We will swap among our group and anything not swapped will be donated to the women of Dress for Success Cleveland. Take a tour of a very special boutique that supports women in need of a hand up at Dress for Success Cleveland. You can actually "feel" the wonderful energy that lifts and enhances and encourages everyone that walks through their doors. Be a part of the celebration of women.
July 21, 2016
How Fit Are Your Problem Solving Skills: Roundtable Discussions
What's Your Problem? As women business owners we focus on all the "positives" at networking events. ie. "Leave your problems at the door; they will be there when you leave." Yet, the reality is, we all face obstacles, challenges and roadblocks. Running a business can be challenging and stressful, but having a place to brainstorm ideas, solutions and learning ways around these obstacles is a key to your success. We invite you to allow your NAWBO peers in your network to provide support for you as, together, we conquer the world (or at least create solutions to s ome common business challenges). What's your takeaway? Get ideas to help overcome your specific business related challenges and receive support from fellow members.
June 21, 2016
How Fit Is Your Marketing?
Learn how to be UNIQUELY YOU when dealing with customers, on social media, and creating video. This ½ day workshop will included the following speakers:
Liz Hersh, President of Hersh PR and Marketing LLC will present "Stand Out on Social Media in the RIGHT Way!"
Pat Altvater, NAWBO Cleveland Corporate Partner and President of AFP Marketing LLC, will share "Growing Your Business Using Online Content Video Marketing."
Lisa Ryan, President of NSA–Ohio, owner of Grategy , speaking on T.H.A.N.K. and Grow Rich: Five Strategies to Escalate Employee and Customer Engagement, Recognition and Retention
May 17, 2016
How Fit Is Your Space?
Lose Your Stress - Improve your quality of life through organization.Everyone has their own style and habits for completing tasks. Some habits may work for you, while others may actually be working against you. Focusing on your office space, we will review several styles, determine your personal style preference, and teach you how to make your style work for you. This will be an interactive event and you will be immediately able to step right onto the path of success. You will learn: How to make your style preferences work for you, not against you; Reduce your stress level by increasing your organizational skills;Gain extra time for things you enjoy!
Upcoming Program:
"Lettuce" Grow Together
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Well, 'I' can be very destructive. I realized this while coming across people who behaved completely opposite of my hidden expectations from them. It made me very upset. It made me think 'Why me?' This I is so destructive, that it always wants people to behave as per our convenience. And when something surprisingly opposite happens, it enforces us to feel heartbroken.
Very recently, one such incident took with me.In seconds of time, the hurricane of 'expectations broken' type of highly judgmental thoughts filled my mind. I kept noticing the waves of thoughts rising within me. In the meanwhile, I went to take bath. I ate my breakfast then and I listened to music too. After doing these three activities, everything evaporated. The fog of stupid thoughts was gone in the quiet light of 'pause'
I understood the magnificence and power of a pause.
Taking a pause brings the clarity that – we are not our thoughts! And Life is much more than accumulating the baggage of others!


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Get the following error when starting Forecast 5 Verison 3:
This may be caused due to installing the incorrect version of Forecast 5 for your operating system. In this case 64-bit files were involved on a 32-bit only Windows installation.
- Uninstall Forecast 5.
- Delete the program folder, located under C:\Program Files\ (Or C:\Program Files (x86)).
- Download the latest release for your version of Windows from https://forecast5.com/release.
- Reinstall the latest version of Forecast 5 (Ensure you run the installation as Administrator).
- Should be working.
- Please note this error has only occurred on Windows 7 32-bit to date. Please advise if other Operating Systems are being effected.


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All floor frames and their associated system components, (including brackets, stump packs, post tube and tek screws) are custom made and assembled to suit each order specifically, from non-stocked items.
Therefore, the frames and their associated components are subject to Bunnings' standard policy for custom made items of being non-returnable.
Please check all order details carefully prior to placing your order with Bunnings as we cannot accept returns or provide refunds for any part of the floor frame system, once it has been supplied.
Please report any fault or discrepancy to Bunnings. Please also qualify with digital photos or other clear evidence to help Steel-MAX and/or Stramit investigate, verify and rectify if necessary.
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Welcome to the official website of Coreas Distribution Limited, Kingstown and St. Vincent & The Grenadines.
Coreas Distribution Limited -Leading distributors of premium liquors, fine wines, grocery, cigarettes, and pharmaceuticals in Kingstown and St. Vincent & The Grenadines. We supply to hotels, restaurants, institutions, yachts, cargo and military ships. In addition, an experienced team of brand managers and sales personnel provide quality service to supermarkets, mini marts, shops, wholesalers, vendors and bars.
Coreas Distribution Limited (CDL) is a subsidiary of Caribbean Distribution Partners Limited (CDPL).
The history of Coreas Distribution Ltd, which was separated from Coreas Hazells Inc. in July 2015, to become part of the Goddard's and Agostini's joint venture, Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd, is a complex one as it has evolved from the amalgamation of several companies over the past 170 years.


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Marty Good - BurialPlanning.com
June 7, 2016
When it comes to choosing where you want to be laid to rest, there are many factors to consider – one consideration is of historic cemeteries.
For most people considering historic grave sites today, the draw may not be what founding fathers or famous celebrities are buried there, but more about what family members have been laid to rest in a particular place over the years, or what services the property provides to Veteran members of our nation's military. But for now, let's take a look at some of the unique properties you can find through the Burial Advisor:
Once you have your historic cemetery selected, one of the ways that you can always make sure that your loved ones are properly decorated is to purchase a cemetery floral arrangement package. With these, our professional ground staff will decorate sites with fresh flowers on a seasonal and holiday basis. Ultimately, when selecting a cemetery you should consider many factors such as location, cost, and proximity to loved ones and of course, if burial in a historic place is important to you.
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Sophia, is a mother of two. She have stayed home to take care of her baby for many years. Now, she thinks just stay home to take care of children is so boring and as a woman, we should have our own career and worth lifetime pursuit of the goal. So she want to do some business which in accordance with her interest. And she is interested in doing some business about the entertainment project. Therefore, she has been looking for a good project.
Finally, she met the 9D cinema equipment while she travelling in Hong Kong. She queued for 15 minutes to experience the 9D cinema equipment. After experienced, she thought the 9D cinema equipment was so exciting and it let him have an immersive feeling. At that time, he was determined to open a 9D cinema equipment experience center.
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Jeffrey Whitman feels he got a raw deal.
It's true that Whitman, a contractor in central Ohio, has had a rough last few days. His life, he says, has been "completely and thoroughly ruined." He doubts he'll ever work in Columbus again.
That may be an accurate prediction, given the scalding scorn his name engenders online. He is reviled on Twitter, loathed on YouTube and his Yelp reviews have become simply brutal, including images of the Nazi swastika and the battle flag of the Confederacy. "Service was amazing," one person snarked. "He brought his own cross, lighter fluid and hood."
It seems that Whitman, who is white, followed an African-American driver, Charles Lovett, for almost 2 miles after a traffic dispute, parked at the end of Lovett's driveway and told him, "I just want to let you know what a n----- you are." It went on like that for three minutes, Whitman dropping N-bombs, Lovett calmly defending himself while capturing it all on cellphone video, including the name and phone number of Whitman's heating, cooling and refrigeration business on the side of his van.
One viral video later, that business was facing a PR firestorm and Whitman was leaving weepy voicemails for Columbus Dispatch columnist Theodore Decker:
"It was an awful mistake," he said, which is true if, by "mistake" you mean "deliberate action." But Whitman wasn't done yet. "I don't know how to explain it, and it's ruined my life and it's ruined my family's life." He insisted he's not a bigot which is, of course, something white people often say when caught being bigoted.
Whitman seemed bewildered at the suddenness with which his life has turned to poo. "I just don't understand the intensity of the hate," he complained. Whereupon irony turned a triple somersault, straightened like an exclamation point and fell stone dead.
If Whitman is confused, though, it may be because America has been sending mixed messages. After all, these are boom times for bigots. One of their own is in the White House and they are well represented in the Republican Party. The judiciary has sapped black voting rights. In Fox, they have their very own "news" network. And, perhaps most importantly, so long as you remember to use approved language — gripe about "political correctness," for example — you can express bigotry again in polite company for the first time in years.
But the boom in bigotry has come simultaneously with a boom in social media raising virtual mobs to shame the shameful. Bigots are being outed and confronted as never before. Demand that strangers speak English, ask for a permit to use the pool, commit a little innocent racism at the foot of a black guy's driveway and suddenly everybody, everywhere is calling you out.
There's a word for this, a word once thought to have all but disappeared from the English language: "consequences." Not that seeing the speak-English guy running from cameras, the pool permit Nazi out of work or Whitman's business in trouble is any substitute for a national commitment to root out systemic bias in media, government, business, finance, education and law. And granted, maybe there is something a little facile about fighting for equality via Yelp review.
But as the White House, the GOP, the judiciary and Fox "News" try to make a world safe for racism, it is gratifying to see consequences arrive in real time for bigots, if only as a reminder that the world those folks seek is one the rest of us will never accept. We have long memories. We stand millions strong.
And we're pretty picky about who provides our heating, cooling and refrigeration services.
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Right to Treatment-Civil Rights Battle of our Times
In 2016, the demand for an equal RIGHT TO TREATMENT of serious mental illness is becoming a central force for positive change.
OUR PRIMARY MISSION: California Must Budget Equal Access and Quality in Public Health Care for both mental and physical illnesses. End the separate and unequal system. MediCal Insurance Must Guarantee access to the same "medically necessary treatment" for mental and physical illnesses. EQUAL & UNIFIED
- California does not recognize serious mental illness as a legitimate medical condition.
- Medicaid insurance in public health guarantees "medically necessary treatment"for physical illnesses–and denies this right for serious mental illnesses.
- The state obtains a "waiver" from the federal government that allows county systems to deny equal treatment for serious mental illnesses. There are no guarantees.
- Medicaid/MediCal insurance isolates serious mental illness from mainstream medicine –and creates an artificial divide between mental and physical Health Care.
- Prop 63 annual revenue of $1.5 billion must fund full parity to expand programs required by MHSA law, serve individuals required by law, and end the crisis-driven system.
FACTS is a partnership with families, consumers, and direct providers who are fighting for mental health parity, which means equal rights to treatment for physical and mental illnesses, equal access, and equal standards of care.
PROP 63 REVENUE MUST NOW TARGET EXPANSION OF EQUALITY–and the state must enforce provisions of the law enacted by voters.
SEE OUR WEBSITE –ACTION ON RIGHT TO TREATMENT right2treatment.org
A FACT of "Societal Neglect"
Our beautiful brilliant son now roams the streets in a free box wardrobe, eats from dumpsters, and sleeps on the grates outside the University of California at Berkeley buildings where he once attended classes. Despite our increasingly more desperate attempts to get him into treatment for Schizoaffective Disorder, with which he was diagnosed eight years ago, and despite what doctors confirm is a deteriorating mental condition, we have found that the current system of laws have thwarted every best attempt to get our son the care he needs. Although we now have highly effective medications and other treatment modalities that can restore people to a life of sanity, we are told we must not violate their civil liberties by giving them these remedies unless they are sane enough to realize they need them. A tragic Catch 22 that guarantees the right to be psychotic, delusional, haunted, homeless. Over the past ten years my son has been in and out of the hospital dozens of times. His typical stay is of two weeks duration or less. During the last of my son's 7 short hospitalizations this past year, the doctor told me his prognosis for full recovery was excellent if he would stay in treatment but that, given the way our system works, that would probably never happen. Because my son responds to the medicine very quickly, he would likely be released very soon; once released he goes off the medicine, refuses to engage in any type of treatment, and deteriorates till he can be rehospitalized, and the cycle repeats endlessly, futilely. Despite the profound losses over the past ten years, he does not believe he has a mental illness.
I can't tell you the desperation of families like mine, the horror and helplessness we deal with every waking hour. Families are the frontline of support and sustenance for the mentally ill, but without the support of our institutions and laws we are helpless to protect our loved ones, and our family members become society's problems- the dangerous or simply deluded lost souls that populate our jails or wander our streets. When tragedies occur, families are the first to get blamed.
The passage of Proposition 63 in 2002 funneled millions of needed dollars into the Mental Health Care System, but little of that has trickled down to those in the gravest need: those with Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Bipolar Disorder. Our Mental Health System needs to offer services that are sustained long enough to address the chronicity of these illnesses. That means switching from a crisis management mode, and instead intervening before people are in crisis. We need to adopt AB1421 to offer community-based intensive services. Doing so will prevent many from deteriorating to the point that they wind up in Psychiatric Emergency Rooms, and will free hospital beds for those in need of more sustained treatment. We also need Mental Health Parity Laws so that these medical conditions will receive the same reimbursement from insurers as other illnesses. We need to acknowledge that people in the throes of psychosis may not be competent to make medical decisions for their own care, and to fail to intervene is not compassion, it is societal neglect.
Right to Treatment for All-A Rally Cry for Equality
Opening Comments by Teresa Pasquini—Thursday June 19 – West Steps Capitol
Rally for equality for mental illness in MediCal
My name is Teresa Pasquini. I am a Contra Costa County Mental Health Commissioner and Chair of the Behavioral Healthcare Partnership of Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. I am here today as the proud mom of a 31 years old son who has lived heroically with schizoaffective disorder. I am also very proud to be a founding partner of Mental Illness FACTS, Family and Consume True Stories. Welcome and thank you for joining our fight for a right 2 treatment -For ALL! And, "All means All," as Don Berwick, a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts and the former head of CMS said recently.
We are here today to call for local change and statewide change to end prejudice in funding of public mental health. We will tell the FACTS of the Mental Illness Community through the stories of those who have experienced the discrimination first hand, both the users and providers of the system. We are joined by people from across the state to demand Mental Health Parity-Equal Funding for Mental Illness in a whole health system.
We are told that healthcare is now a right. We are told that there is justice for all. We are told that the disabled are protected from discrimination. I know for sure that this is untrue. I know for sure that our California healthcare delivery system denies equitable access to treatment for mental illness and that today we are redesigning systems that will maintain the status quo. I refuse to accept the status quo. I refuse to accept that my family does not deserve equal access to medical care.
Systems are designed to get the outcomes that they achieve. I believe we have achieved chaos. We have good people working in a broken, underfunded system. We have good people trying to survive in that system and they are suffering. The outcomes being celebrated by the highly paid key stakeholders are not representative of the many poor and disabled who depend on the public mental health system. This is by design. This is legal. This is unacceptable.
The California legislators and Governor Brown have supported legal discrimination in access to health for ALL diagnosed with a mental illness whether it is mild, moderate or severe. Right 2 Treatment, a campaign of Mental Illness FACTS expects change for all, not for the few, not for the lucky, not for those who are well enough to navigate the chaotic system, not only for the privately insured or for those who are not yet disabled …but for all.
Mental Illness FACTS refuses to settle for less than equality. We refuse to settle like other state and national stakeholder organizations who are supposed to be fighting for all. They are NOT! They are fighting to protect the status quo. These are the groups being paid to end stigma and discrimination and they are failing without a Right 2 Treatment.
We don't have pretty green colored ribbon or bumper stickers to hand out today. We don't have a big screen TV behind us showing slick, Hollywood video production. But we do have a force to be reckoned with behind us and it is building across this state and across the country. That force is a partnership of consumers, families and provider and it is inviting the policy makers and politicians to pay attention to our demand for a Right 2 Treatment before tragedy, jail time, suicide and harm.
Last Sunday the California legislature approved a budget and 18 trailer bills allocating more than $150 billion—but- no funds to extend parity in public mental health. State and federal governments guarantee equal access and quality of treatment for every insured person except those with a diagnosed mental illness.
With the Isla Vista tragedy still fresh in our minds and hearts but fading from front pages and memory, we are here to agree with the victim's father who said, " –NOT ONE MORE!" Before Another preventable tragedy that reminds the world of California's failed mental illness system, we call for Change that Matters NOW…no more waiting. Not another day, another month another year.
Today is the 50th Anniversary of U.S. Senate approval of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; we recall Martin Luther King's wisdom:
"Justice too long delayed is justice denied." We will not be denied a Right 2 Treatment for our families, our communities. Waiting is no longer an option!
OUR PURPOSE today is as follows:
- We will spell out the benefits of parity and the results of denying a right to treatment. We want politicians and public to know that we are lifting the veil of secrecy that covers up conditions in mental health.
- We want the governor to initiate a plan to allocate Prop 63 taxes to expand parity, as anticipated by provisions of the law and the voters, to integrate all MHSA programs into one coherent county system, thus reducing bureaucracies and funding more direct service providers.
- We are calling upon the governor to place a moratorium on all Prop 63 expenditures that are not treatment focused and are not in demand by consumers, including conferences, unnecessary travel, public relations, brochures, movies, billboards, and "swag" claiming to encourage people to seek treatment — when there is no access to treatment.
Teach-Touch-Transform-Change That Matters- a sample of mitruestories
Mental Illness FACTS-Right 2 Treatment –Change That Matters
Storytelling Event-Guidelines
Califorinia's Medicaid population is denied a guarantee of medically necessary care for mental illness. On June 19th we will gather at State Capital to describe the personal or professional consequences of California's official discrimination. California"s Mental Health system does not meet national quality standards of Safe, Effective, Efficient, Timely, Patient/Family Centered, Equitable care. In a maximum of 600 words/3 minutes, tell your story, your FACTS, of mental illness treatment discrimination. Respectfully, "Teach-Touch-Transform " with your truth and use your story to shatter the system's shameful and legal neglect. Without a Right 2 Treatment, mental Illness is life threatening whether it is stage 1, 2, 3 or 4.
There are many ways to tell a story. But all good stories have this in common: Something has to happen. The world has to change. Below is an example by Teresa Pasquini.
"I am the proud mother of a 31-year-old son with schizzoaffective disorder who has spent the majority of the past 15 years in California's psychiatric facilities behind locked doors. My son has been hospitalized over 40 times. He has never received "whatever it takes" although he was surely a candidate for the often-touted Full Service Partnerships. His failed care is a case study of inhumanity and suffering. Yet California's MHSA funds movies and parities instead of parity.
His first involuntary hold occurred at the age of 15. It was a suicide by cop type event. He was psychotic, high or drunk and was running from a sheriff deputy and when caught, he begged to be killed. We received a call that he was being taken to the psychiatric hospital in Walnut Creek, CA, which like many psychiatric hospitals, has since closed. Although I had experienced the mental health system, with my brother, many years before, nothing would prepare my husband or I, for what was to come into our lives.
The past 15 years have been a blur of suicide attempts, over 70 involuntary holds, revolving hospitalizations, and a permanent conservatorship which has lasted for the past 13 years. With a diagnosis at age 16, we began to navigate a maze of services in one of the most integrated healthcare systems in California. It was a nightmare. I had been a soccer mom, a room mom and a stay at home mom but I didn't know how to be a mom to a child with a serious psychiatric illness.
There is absolutely no way to prepare for the chaos and continuous crisis that this medical illness brings into a family home. Some people fear those with mental illnesses but what they should fear is the California mental health system, with all of its inequities, complexity and discrimination, which prevents appropriate medical and recovery supports. It was the health system, not our son, who became the monster in our family.
I reflected on our family experience during a visit to our son while my husband and I drove a total of 5 hours round trip. Psychiatric patients are often not treated near their home, but in out of county placements. When we arrived, our son, who was 29 at the time, came running with such happiness at the sight of our car and stopped at a high wire fence, waving to us. It reminded me of when he was in kindergarten and he used to run to the schoolyard fence to greet me. The fence reminded my husband of a prison and it took him a while to get out of the car and head into the visit.
My husband still struggles with his inability to rescue his son from his symptoms and the system. They have stolen his son's freedom, dignity, and often the will to live. How do we hold on to hope when our son continues to suffer by a broken, fragmented, under funded mental health system? I choose to fight for a Right 2 Treatment for all families like mine to end the fiscal and human waste of mental illness and to possibly save our souls.
Recovery has escaped my son and he has had little joy in his adult life. He sits today in the Napa County jail following an arrest at Napa State Hospital. He was placed there on a civil commitment but now faces criminal charges. He is awaiting an Incompetent to Stand Trial hearing in July. I contend that the California mental health system should be on trial for incompetence. "
A Shameful California Reality Check
Ventura County Client writes to mitruestories:
The following MHSA policy statement comment/emergency room testimony is as about as compelling as it gets- don't take it only from me. I am a MHSA stakeholder doing systems transformation since 2004:
"We treat over twenty two hundred individuals each year on our inpatient unit but that is only a small portion of the five thousand plus individuals who come to our Emergency Department seeking help for the most severe psychiatric symptoms. Our unit is always full and we send many more patients away to other hospitals or community programs than we can serve. Our medical emergency department is impacted with psychiatric patients who are denied services supported by MHSA funds because they on an involuntary hold. They are too acutely ill to receive psychiatric services from the Agencies that are the recipients of these funds. By default these acutely ill psychiatric patients become the responsibility of medical community, not psychiatrists or anyone with psychiatric experience. They are held without treatment in our medical emergency rooms. This is the story of the misuse of these resources and the lack of psychiatric services for the mentally ill in the majority of communities. Because of unfunded mandates like EMTALA it becomes the responsibility of our medical emergency departments across the State to house these individuals even though they have no services to offer them and the vast majority of the individuals have no medical issues. Yet the money from the Mental Health Services Act continues to be sent to the Counties where these funds are diverted from providing any care for these, our most acutely ill neighbors. The funds are used to provide new, very low yield services such as anti-stigma campaigns to grade school children or art shows in the park. Shame on all of us who claim to be advocates for the mentally ill. "
The Fight for the Right to Treatment
Mary Palofox, Family member, nurse, Advocate-Orange County writes:
The "right to medical treatment" is based on the FACTS that the brain diseases of bipolar and schizophrenia manifest PHYSICAL symptoms. They are not "made up" or "all in someone's head". Lumping all human behaviors into the category of "mental illness" confuses the hell out of everyone. The right to medical treatment is BECAUSE certain ILLNESSES are physical NOT mental. The NIMH knows this! Based on their own brain research>>>they should be called upon to lead the way to pull these brain illnesses out of behavioral health care (which has ZERO liability and a full shield of immunity under the LPS act-which keeps the system broken)
There will never be true parity when we segregate health into two streams of health care delivery>mental and physical
If we cant fully integrate these two systems>then at least lets drawn the line and relocate the brain diseases of bipolar and schizophrenia under physical health
Many physical health conditions (like lung cancer) need "psychosocial/behavioral "services -like a stop smoking program.
The disparity is in the label and federal oversight.its time to reclassify brain illness under physical…and behavioral health can "treat"conditions within their "scope of practice" >like cognitive behavioral therapy, counseling, relaxation techniques. They have "contracted" with Medicine long enough. They policies and procedures are extremely inadequate to manage ILLNESS. They are essentially "practicing medicine without a license"
Families in crisis are screaming for help>when they see the physical symptoms of psychosis, hallucination, delusions, and agitation medically ignored. They see these physical symptoms treated for conditions of sepsis, electrolyte imbalances, other neurological brain/CNS disorders, etc….
Brain disease is not "human experience" and their reaction to stress in their environment (behavioral health care/science)
Every illness has "environmental" factors (like diabetes with obesity) but we FIRST treat and acknowledge it medically >not behaviorally
And that's the problem…
Behavioral health care is an extremely substandard health care system to set policy and procedure for complex diseases of the brain
if i had my way, BHCD's would be demolished and money given to medicine to provide medical care and treatment based on genetics, neuroscience, cytology, biology, immunology, radiology, laboratory testing, and physical exams. Behavioral health is based on human behaviors with an emphasis on counseling, recovery and therapy. Its akin to "cardiac rehab" after coronary bypass surgery>> But here we are heavy on the rehab side with out providing the surgery.
Behavioral health needs to be a "service" like occupational health…an adjunct to Medicine>>not a whole separate health care delivery system
^^^^^That's the fight^^^^ for "right to treatment
True Story of Treatment Inequality and Tragedy
July 16, 2014; Right 2 Treatment
We are the proud parents of a 25 year old who first became ill with paranoid schizophrenia just after high school The disease and our inability to get help for him through our mental health system robbed our young son of a quality life and lead to great suffering. This is the same boy that loved fishing as a young boy, that played endlessly in the fields catching lizards and making forts and later was an all-league football player, a talented writer and had a passion for music. Today, our young son sits at Napa state hospital incompetent to stand trial for a crime that he never could have committed in his right mind and another family has lost a loved one. Our son's life and two families now will not ever be the same.
If you do not have someone in your life with mental illness, it would be hard for you to sit helplessly as he or she loses their life to such a devastating disease as paranoid schizophrenia without any ability to make a difference given our current mental health system and laws. Our son had been in and out of the hospital over four years, a situation known by all as the revolving door for the chronically ill. No matter what we did, we could not get any sustained help. And although we met wonderful and dedicated staff and health professional along the way, their hands were most often tied by the laws and qualifications for treatment and insurance company's requirements for medically necessary treatment.
The tragedies we read about in our newspaper headlines need to stop and the many silent tragedies of our most severely ill that end up on our streets living homeless, in back rooms or in jail because they are unable to get sustained treatment needs to stop. We can no longer sit by and pretend this ineffective and inefficient system is ok. We need equality of treatment and accountability. We have a mental health crisis in our communities and there needs to be change now.
We need to adopt AB1421, Laura's Law that compels engagement but ensures that personal human rights are respected. This law helps an individual stay stable and out of crisis and the revolving doors or jail and is one more tool in the toolbox in addition to the many voluntary programs. Laura's Law can help reach a population of people we have not been able to reach in hopes to keep them out of forced 5150s, jail and homelessness.
We need to end discrimination against treatment of mental illness and demand that Pro 63 funds support programs that help our most severely ill and integrate physical and mental health systems that are effective and accountable.
We believe members of our community stricken with debilitating disorders deserve the compassion to someday choose a path to wellness. These are not the few but the many with bipolar illness and schizophrenia and they are not just slipping through the cracks but are falling into a chasm. They need our help and they deserve mental health parity.
As a society, we are cruelly turning our backs on these individuals by not providing appropriate care and we should no longer tolerate this discrimination.
Please yell, scream, advocate, don't stop calling for change that matters, for Right 2 Treatment for all.
Hans and Candy DeWitt
A FACT of Inequality
For the past twenty years the system has failed my son. He is now 39 years old and suffers from severe and persistent schizoaffective disorder. He is not getting effective care, is not functional nor stabilized and he is costing a fortune. In the past two months his cost to Medicare in ER visits and short term inpatient stays has been more than $33,000. He is now homeless, delusional and has persistent homicidal ideations, yet he does not meet grave disability standards in San Francisco. The residential treatment programs repeatedly send him back to the hospital because they say that he needs a higher level of care and upon release they refuse to take him back. He is considered too much of a liability and too dangerous to be in their care yet the higher level of care turns out to be a homeless shelter!! The medications no longer work, he keeps begging to be readmitted to a locked facility but there is no room at the Inn. The officers who repeatedly come to my home are kind, understanding and very frustrated because they know that this cycle will just keep repeating itself. He is homeless for the first time in his life and it is a direct result of DPH policy.
In 2000 SFGH had approximately 150 acute in patient beds. Today they have 19 and our director of public health is not promising to keep them open!! The claim is that they are not needed, that people are not sick enough to meet criteria to be inpatients and that voluntary outpatient care is more than adequate. Case manager loads are increasing and the number of community residential treatment beds is rapidly declining. People with severe psychosis are rushed through a system that expects them to "recover" in a month and uses single room occupancy hotels and so called stabilization beds for psychotic people released from the hospital before they are at all stable enough to care for themselves. The city has adopted the tough love let them hit bottom mantra of AA and those with severe schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders that do not quickly respond to medication are said to "not want to get well." No one who works for the department of health is allowed to talk to the press. It is almost impossible to track where the money goes.
Anonymous to protect from retaliation
Right to Treatment–Civil rights battle of our time.
The Campaign for a RIGHT TO TREATMENT of mental illnesses is a central force for positive change.
OUR PRIMARY MISSION: California Must Budget Equal Access and Quality in Public Health Care for both mental and physical illnesses. End the separate and unequal system. MediCal Insurance Must Guarantee access to the same "medically essential treatment" for mental and physical illnesses. EQUAL & UNIFIED
- California does not recognize mental illnesses as a legitimate medical condition.
- MediCal coverage in public health systems guarantees "medically necessary treatment" only for physical illnesses–and denies this right for mental illnesses.
- The state obtains a "waiver" from the federal government that allows county systems to deny equal treatment for mental illnesses. There are no guarantees.
- MediCal insurance isolates mental health care from the mainstream medical system—and creates an artificial divide between mental and physical Health Care.
FACTS is a partnership with families, consumers, and direct providers who are fighting for mental health parity, which means equal rights to treatment for physical and mental illnesses, equal access, and equal standards of care.
PROP 63 REVENUE MUST NOW TARGET EXPANSION OF EQUALITY–and the state must enforce provisions of the law enacted by voters.
What Are MHSA Systems of Care?
The proven model developed over decades with extensive stakeholder review and contributions.
SYSTEMS OF CARE — the model programs tested in the field for 20 years, reviews by stakeholders over period of years.
These model programs for children and youth, adults and older adults have standards of care described in law. The code sections describe the range of treatment options that should be offered in a model program — counties and stakeholders can set priorities within the active model.
MHSA law allocates 95% of all tax revenue to these systems of care, which are supposed to have integrated, new prevention program. The Oversight and Accountability Commission, Chaired by Senator Steinberg for the first three and half years, and the Dept of Mental Health Director agreed upon a different, private plan. The STATE DMH AND OAC changed the law through regulations, proclamations, and public relations campaigns. MISINFORMATION continues to be repaid today. Clear language in the law requires that the money be held in "TRUST FUND" and used only to expand and upgrade quality of care in the model programs.
Requirements were tossed out.
Spending and policy-making is invented to suit ideas of the people running the show–politicians and bureaucrats are still operating an Ad-Hoc strategy, unknown to the public.
The multi-billion dollar program has no rules in the law.
In 2008, NAMI Ca reported to the OAC:
NAMI MHSA Survey Cover Letter Nov 2008
WE WERE ROBBED! PROP 63 Amendments Authorize Diversion of Prevention $$
SFGate.com July 8, 2012 San Francisco Chronicle
By Rose King
Updated 12:10 a.m., Saturday, July 7, 2012
In 2004, voters approved Proposition 63, which levied a 1 percent tax on millionaires to expand mental health services, and created a state plan to ensure progress toward providing them. Before we passed the law, the official ballot pamphlet told us "how the money would be spent." New tax revenue would:
— Expand existing county mental health Systems of Care for children, adults and older adults, based upon a proven model of service; and
— Create prevention and early intervention programs within the model systems to help prevent mental illnesses from becoming more severe and disabling.
As one of several co-authors of the Mental Health Services Act, the official name of Prop. 63, I thought the purpose and intent provisions spelled out a clear path to implementation. The Systems of Care model that would receive 75 percent of the Prop. 63 revenue was fully explained in legal codes; government couldn't screw this up.
I was wrong. Incompetence and politics led the state Department of Mental Health to change the law for private reasons and required counties to follow a different path altogether.
In 2007, the director of the department explained to me that we now were prioritizing services to "those most in need." To do so, the department tossed the proven model to begin anew, with startups, and a new costly and endless stakeholder, planning and training process. This generated a bonanza for the consulting and contracting industry.
Mental health care in California is provided through a partnership of the state with each county. The new state regulations directed counties to spend the majority of Prop. 63 revenues on new programs for new clients. Counties were told to ignore the existing mental health programs, which, while underfunded and understaffed, are the primary source of treatment for mental illness.
Twenty percent of Prop. 63 funds are to be spent for prevention and early intervention so as to keep mental illnesses from becoming "severe and disabling." But few such programs exist because state regulations prohibit counties from spending this prevention money to serve those "diagnosed with a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance." Continue reading →


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Michael McPhearson
Michael McPhearson is the executive director of Veterans For Peace and veteran of the Persian Gulf War also known as the First Iraq War. Michael's military career includes 6 years of reserve and 5 years active duty service. He separated from active duty in 1992 as a Captain. He is a member of Military Families Speak out and Co-Chair of the St. Louis Don't Shoot Coalition formed in the aftermath of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Gene Colan: Update
Adrienne asks that people don't bother her today; she's exhausted and has too much on her plate.
4 comments:
Cliff, thanks for being as diligent as you can be in keeping us Geneophiles updated. It's greatly appreciated.
- August 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Unknown said...
Cliff, please let Gene & his family know a lot of people are thinking about him. Thanks for the update.
- August 12, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- DOuG pRATt said...
Last November, when I was at the Big Apple show (aka: the National), I needed to talk to Adrienne to make sure something had arrived.
I told Steranko I'd be talking to Gene later in the day. Steranko knew Gene was ill, and he was very very concerned. He wanted me to tell Gene that he's the world's #1 Gene Colan fan. We all know Steranko, and if he said it he meant it. Gene was genuinely touched by what Steranko said.
Please let Adrienne know that my thoughts and prayers are with her and Gene. Thanks.
DOuG pRATt
- August 13, 2009 at 11:22 PM
- CLIFFORD METH said...
Doug--Please send my best regards to Jim S. Tell him I'm still his biggest fan.
- August 14, 2009 at 3:48 AM


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Living the LCM SpiritRead our stories
Thank God always for the happiness and beauty of life - it is beautiful.
Venerable Mary Potter's Last Words.
Addressing our future for LCM Associates and Affiliates
16 August 2017 | General Interest
Little Company of Mary Associates and Affiliates
From inception, the Little Company of Mary, Province of the Southern Cross Associates and Affiliates have been formed, developed and led by an LCM Sister. As this is a time when the Province is seeking future directions and more empowerment of lay people associated with them it has become necessary to begin a transitional time of lay leadership for the LCM Associates and Affiliates, Province of the Southern Cross. In July 2017, the leadership and development of the LCM Associates and Affiliates, Province of the Southern Cross, has been transitioned to lay leadership. It is also a time to begin to develop further leadership opportunities within the LCM Associates in general with a longer term view.
During this transitional time the role is a shared role with the 2 key areas of:
1. Spiritual Formation, Relationships and Pastoral Care of Associates and
Affiliates (Anne Doyle)
2. Strategic Vision, Implementation of New Pathways and Resource Development
(Suzanne Sherry)
There will be times when the 2 components of the role work collaboratively as one to achieve an integrated approach with optimum outcomes of development and growth for sustainability in the future.
Profiles: Suzanne Sherry
Suzanne grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. Suzanne has an extensive and diverse background in education, healthcare, leadership and management and formation. Her entire work focus has been within catholic ministry in both employment and volunteer roles.
Her initial years were as a teacher and school Principal in Catholic Schools across Australia. Suzanne completed her Masters in Welfare and took up key roles in schools to support students with particular needs. Following this she became interested in the living of the mission within organisations and pursued extensive post graduate studies in this area. Suzanne then moved into a Director of Mission role in Catholic Health Care where she worked for the following 10 years in both pathology and a large catholic hospital in Perth for St John of God Health Care. She was a member of the Executive team in both these roles. Following this, Suzanne then took on a role with St Vincent's Health Australia to develop policy, strategy and formation programs for all staff within the St Vincent's National Health group.
In January 2017, Suzanne came to the Little Company of Mary as the new Pathways Co-ordinator to explore ways in which the charism and spirituality of the Little Company of Mary can be expressed and lived into the future. Suzanne has a passion for seeing our mission enlivened in the everyday moment. Suzanne has now added to her Pathways role this shared role of co-ordination of the LCM Associates and Affiliates.
The key part of Suzanne's role with the Associates and Affiliates is to review it through strategic eyes for future success and to review and revitalise all resources for the contemporary world in which we live today, while honouring tradition.
Anne Doyle
Anne has been married for 44 years has a son and three daughters and is a grandmother of two. Her career pathway was secretarial background, volunteer involvement in local schools, Parish Ministry, co-ordinating a reach-out program for Parishioners requiring support. Committee member Wellsprings for Women Inc., Dandenong
In 1996, Anne was appointed as a Pastoral Care worker at Bethlehem Hospital Calvary. Under the guidance of the Director of Mission, working with the Pastoral Care team and supporting patients, family and staff has been an ongoing and valuable formation of her spiritual development. Anne transferred to the Community Palliative Care Department as a bereavement counsellor, until 2003. Additional training with Grief-Line, Counselling Phone Service provided extensive learning and compassion for many grieving the death of loved ones. Co-ordinated Carer's Support group and the bereavement group for men.
On husband's relocation to Perth in 2003, Anne was employed in Pastoral Care at Mercy Hospital, Mount Lawley (now SJOG) and Catholic Chaplain Royal Perth Hospital. On return to Melbourne, reconnected with Bethlehem Hospital, Calvary in the Pastoral Care role. Joined St. John of God, Berwick Hospital and end February 2017 retired as Pastoral Practitioner. Through career at Bethlehem Health Care has had involvement with the Affiliates and commissioned as a Melbourne Associate in May 2010.
Anne has experienced the role of a National Team representative for Melbourne. My passion is living out the LCM mission of love, healing and hope. To companion, support the spiritual formation and relationships within our groups.
In July 2017, Anne commenced the shared role of Little Company of Mary Associates and Affiliates Co-Ordination.


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Monday, January 25, 2010
Pray For Christian Unity
From my atheist perspective, I couldn't help but think "Wouldn't it be better if we worked towards the unity of all humanity?" Of course, by that, I don't mean that we all become part of some Borg collective with identical thoughts and aims. Rather, for me, the best we can aspire to is a unity that embraces pluralism.
As for the idea of Christian unity. Yeah, sure, why not? However, I would miss not reading stories like this one anymore.
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- Spanish Inquisitor said...
Well, it's kind of obvious for me, (one who doesn't believe in prayer), that praying for anything is futile.
Those signs are just attempts at reinforcing belief amongst the believers who, as a matter of human nature, would stray otherwise.
To be fair, one could read the sign as saying "Pray for people to work for Christian Unity", but then, what good is that?
- 12:16 PM, January 29, 2010
I agree that prayer is futile. Still, too many of the people who believe that it works are the kind of people who, let lose in the world, wreak havoc. If prayer meetings keep those people off the streets, they can have at it. In the meantime, reasonable people can run things.
- 10:41 AM, January 31, 2010
As usual, I'm both pleased and intrigued by your constant references to a religion so foreign to American soil as my own.
- 9:07 PM, March 21, 2010


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RNA degradation in collagen gels - (Nov/09/2010 )
Hi there, i have been trying to extract total RNA from collagen gels and no matter which way i disrupt the membrane i get degraded RNA, i have tried liquid N2 disruption, gentleMACS dissociation and simply cutting it up and putting it in TRIZOL. my cell line positive control done at the same time, equipment etc is absolutely fine with ribosomal bands on agarose gel. Was wandering if anyone had any similar experience or suggestions?
My first suggestion is going to be to make sure you're using proper RNA handling technique - Try to do everything at 4*C, make sure everything that will be touching your sample is RNase-free or cleaned with RNase-away / RNaseZap before use, wear gloves, try not to move your hands or clothing above open samples, don't breathe on them, etc...
And also, if I'm reading you correctly, you're assaying for total RNA in your sample but looking for rRNA in your control? Why would you treat the two differently? You should assay for the same type of RNA in both.


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If you don't know how to be a hipster this 2018, then I am here to share with you some of best women's hipster 2018 looks that are here to stay all year round. Before we move on, talking about this year's must-haves I want you to know the reasons for buying this style clothing. This subculture (which is already a pop culture fashion) people enjoy wearing individual clothing in an individual way. Most of the looks are combined with different styles providing individual touches to its wearer.
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Wright Out of the Gate – Family and Friends As I write this blog, I can't help but notice how fortunate I am to have spent some good quality time with family, friends and my girlfriend. When I had last checked in with the previous blog, I was getting ready to go pick up my girlfriend from the airport in Los Angeles. When you are down south all alone for an extended period of time, I do have to admit it does get a little lonely without the close friends and family that I would normally see on a regular basis.
Last week I was fortunate enough that my girlfriend was able to get some time off work and come visit me in the Golden State for five days. When I am there alone, all I do is focus on riding, training and bike work, making sure I am on top of everything. This means I haven't made any time to do anything too touristic or get the chance to see the great sights Southern California has to offer. Let me tell you, the five days that Jayme was able to come down and see me, we filled each day and were constantly on the go. Let me tell you a little bit of what we did!
On Friday morning we woke up to a colder rainy day and all I could think of was that there couldn't have been a better day to head over to the Fox Head headquarters. It was the perfect opportunity to head out to the headquarters, pick up the items I needed and meet the amazing people at Fox. Such an awesome experience at Fox, I felt so welcomed and proud to be a Fox athlete.
After we got our shopping done we tried to check out the beach, but it was cold and rainy therefore that was a bit of a write off. The next day was also a little cooler in temperature, raining off and on. Jayme and I decided to take advantage of this weather by going hiking in the hills, which always leads to some pretty cool waterfalls. It truly is a great place for hiking because of the beautiful scenery and the change in elevation. To top that day off we did the famous Palm Springs aerial tram ride up Mt. San Jacinto. This is the largest aerial rotating tram ride in the world. From the bottom to the top it climbs a total of 1,790 meters and you end up at an elevation of 8,500 feet. Our ears could not stop popping. At the top it was more of a familiar site to back home with bigger trees and snow, whereas at the bottom it is all desert land for miles.
The following day was time to check out Los Angeles and Hollywood. We did the walk of fame, which I find to be a little overrated, but it is something you have to do when visiting SoCal. Shortly after we finished that walk, it was time to head up to the Griffith Observatory and do the popular hike over to the Hollywood sign. This has been on my bucket list for a long time and I couldn't be happier to finally cross it off. I do have to admit it was quite a hike to get there. It took us over two and a half hours to get the whole hike done. The hike is so deceiving, as it looks much closer than you think.
The following day, the moto tracks finally opened and we headed to Milestone to get some riding in. It is always soo much better going riding when you have a loved one with you. Going to the track is also so eventful… especially when Jayme locks your keys in the truck. It just so happened that the nice gentleman parked beside us was able to help us out. We were welcomed to use his AAA membership and in a quick 45 minutes my truck was unlocked. People like him are what makes the moto community so unique and awesome! When the day of riding was over we decided to head to Laguna Beach where we spent the rest of our afternoon and evening. We also met up with Hayden and Megan for dinner on the beach at an Italian restaurant that was to die for.
On the Tuesday, I went back out and got some riding in at Perris Raceway. The track was a little muddy, which is a sight you never see here in SoCal. It was awesome being able to ride some muddier and rutty conditions. Later on that day, it was off the Santa Monica pier and Venice Beach before Jayme headed home that evening. It was such an amazing time that we had and I can't wait to do more touristic stuff in the future! I was very fortunate to be able to get down to work, as well as fitting in some fun.
As I continued on with my week I went riding again Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday night I got a lot of needed bike work done because I had to catch an early flight out of Los Angeles the following morning to head to Montreal for the motorcycle show. My flight to Montreal went very smoothly. When I arrived I checked into the hotel and went straight over to the show to meet the amazing people from Honda. I then ended up staying there until the show closed.
The following day I headed back to the Montreal Motorcycle Show where I met a lot of amazing people. It was a great experience to be able to give all the people my personal opinion on the new bikes and share my expertise in the sport with the public. Also, my parents and some family surprised me by showing up at the show. It was very pleasant to see them as I hadn't seen them in a while. My parents stayed the night with me, as it was great to spend some time with them. I headed back to the show on Sunday for the third and final day. I had never been to a motorcycle show before, I was surprised by the amount of people that were in attendance and that came through the Honda booth while I was there. When the show ended I do have to admit I was pretty tired, but all the new people I was able to meet and the familiar faces I got to see made it a very enjoyable weekend. I then headed back home to Ottawa for Monday where I was lucky to see a few good friends before heading to Toronto to see my girlfriend and get ready for the Toronto Supercross this weekend. It will be great to see everybody at the Supercross and I cannot wait to attend this event. For all that don't know Colt, Cole Seely and I will be doing an autograph signing in the afternoon, so don't be shy to stop by and chat with us or even get an autograph!


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Statement of the National Union of People's Lawyers on the relaunched Oplan Double Barrel
There's been no restraint or second thoughts at all about Duterte's war on drugs, relaunched this week as "Oplan Double Barrel, Reloaded". Intensely marked by illegal practices and human rights violations, the campaign has literally become "tok-bang" from "tokhang".
Experts and experience, here and abroad, have all pointed to a balanced approach of medical, psycho-social, community and police engagement to defeat the scourge of illegal drugs.
Despite so, Duterte has insisted on a brutal method combining excessive force, extrajudicial killings, and disregard of law or reason.
The bloody war has irrationally claimed 7,000 dead, mostly poor and underprivileged, and chaotically terrorized the general public. Though the police claim the revamped campaign will exclude police "scalawags" and involve – to much horror and with its laden history– the military, the subsisting policy of mercenary viciousness, and overkill will ensure more deaths, graver rights violations, and deeper fear. Duterte's opus Oplan won't likely the problem with drugs in the near future.
There is no choice for the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers from the National Capital Region but to go lock, stock, and barrel in against rampant abuses and illegalities.
We have consistently advised against 1) mandatory drug tests in certain instances as invalid exercise of police power, 2) "tokhang" searches that are constitutionally unreasonable, 3) discriminatory and arbitrary tagging of surrenderees as threat to security, 4) issuance of "classified" drug personalities list, and 4) dubious police "zoning" operations and raids, among others.
As the victims, survivors, and their families gather their wits and courage, we are ready to provide legal services and representation in tandem with support groups that can give security, complementary, and holistic services.
For the deaths that have solved nothing, we will try to exact accountability and ultimately, give meaning.
We will continually support the reclaiming of dignity, and the rehabilitation of lives towards transformation into more productive forces of society.
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I knew you, says the Father, and I called you before you were ever born. When you were cocooned as an unformed substance in the womb of eternity, I wrote all your days in My book. Know then, that a page is turning today where you are concerned. A new page and a new chapter in the book of My timelessness is turning to reveal destiny and to redefine what victory looks like in your life completely. My covenant now unfolds in new dimensions for you, and My promises now are realized beyond all your expectations. I call you a child of the covenants of Calvary. Not one provision of the Cross will be found lacking in your life. I am here to cleanse, heal and deliver you and it all begins afresh and anew this very moment.
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The entry-level hatchback segment is the biggest contributor in the overall car sales in India. Its share in the total four-wheeler sales is almost 25 percent, and the country's top-selling model – Maruti Alto – belongs to this very segment. Taking on a giant like Maruti Suzuki India in this category is no piece of cake, many tried and failed miserably. The only product that could do a little (just) against the Maruti Alto was the Hyundai Eon, but that too couldn't even clock half the sales of the former.
Also Read: Datsun rediGo – Specifications, Mileage, Pictures & Other Details
I believe the reason why most players failed was due to the wrong approach and the product offering they came up with. You cannot beat the Alto 800 in its game with a car that has almost same dimensions, specifications, features, and the same price range. And even if you somehow manage to do that, can you honestly beat the country's oldest carmaker in the after-sales – OF COURSE NOT. Having said that, if you have a product that has the X Factor and offers what others could not – you still have a chance to fight and that's exactly Renault Kwid did. It had the design of a crossover, fuel economy & performance of a budget car and the price lower than the lowest in the segment – a really rare combination. Thanks to the aforementioned attributes, the car became an instant hit and currently sells over 9,500 units per month despite the production issues at Renault's end.
Read: Datsun GO-Cross – Launch Details, Estimated Price & Pictures Gallery
Following the same footprints, Nissan's low-cost car brand Datsun is now ready to enter the entry-level hatchback segment with the redi-GO. The Datsun rediGO too has a crossover-ish design and is expected to be the most affordable offering in its category. But can this be another hurdle, like Renault Kwid, for the Maruti Alto 800, and help Datsun reach masses that GO and GO+ failed to do? We test drove the car to find out all of it.
Comparison – Datsun Redi Go Vs Renault Kwid Vs Maruti Alto 800
Datsun rediGO Review – Design
The redi-GO surely looks unique and just like the Renault Kwid the design would be its USP. During our drive in Kolkata, the car made most people turn their heads and many of them approached us asking about its pricing and launch details. This proves that it has a universally acceptable design which might just work in its favour.
Hailed as 'India's first urban-cross' in the budget segment, the Datsun rediGO looks largely identical to its concept that was first unveiled at the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo. High ground clearance, tall-boy stance and prominent creases on either sides give Datsun's new small car a crossover-ish look. It features the company's familiar D-Cut honeycomb grille with chromed surround and Datsun logo positioned right at the centre. Other features that make the car's front-fascia look sporty are – sweptback headlamps with chrome bezels, sporty bumper with a set of daytime running lights at the lower portion of it.
The Datsun rediGO's side profile looks good with minimal front over-hang, two prominent character lines, low-to-high waistline and chunky wheel arches. Blackened pillars add more to its sporty quotient. Coming to the rear profile, it features a sculpted bonnet, vertical tail-lamp cluster, contoured tail-gate and round-shaped reflectors on the lower bumper.
Though the redi-GO is shorter and narrower than the Kwid, it offers the best-in-class ground clearance of 185mm.
Datsun rediGO Review – Interior
While the rediGO looks quite sporty from outside, its cabin is no non-sense and plain. You get an all-grey interior with plain dashboard, GO-like three-spoke steering wheel and a single DIN audio unit with USB connectivity. Since the front power-window buttons are awkwardly placed right ahead of the gearbox, it might take so much time to get used to of it.
The plastic quality of the dashboard is quite solid, but the one used on the door panels look compromised. Though that's a common thing in all budget cars, you don't get quality material in a car that costs around Rs 2.5 lakh – Rs 3.5 lakh. What's awkward, however, is to see almost half of the inside door panels without any plastic cover thus exposing the metal.
What impressed me most about the vehicle's cabin is its seats, they are probably one of the most comfortable ones in its league with decent thigh support and fairly good fabric. Though the rear seats offer best-in-class knee room to its passengers, it could be congested for three adults.
Datsun rediGO Review – Performance
Since the Datsun redi-GO shares its platform (CMF-A) and engine (799cc, 3-cylinder, petrol) with the Renault Kwid, I sat in the car with a preconceived notion that it would drive just like its cousin. To my shock, it actually felt quite different in nature than the Kwid. It surely is noisier than the Kwid (and others in the segment), but accelerates faster and feels slightly peppier than the latter thanks to its lighter weight. The car weighs almost 25kg less in weight than the Kwid with a kerb weight of 635kg, hence is the lightest car in its segment. As a matter of fact, the redi-GO accelerates to 100kmph mark from zero in 15.98 seconds which makes it the fastest car in its category.
The Renault Kwid, Maruti Alto 800 and Hyundai Eon do it in 16.87 seconds, 18.41 seconds and 18.63 seconds respectively. But I would still urge people to keep it around 90-100 as it's slightly bouncy on ride and doesn't give the stability one requires for high speeds. But then no car in its segment is meant for highways and long drives.
The Datsun redi-Go is the second product based on the Renault-Nissan Alliance's CMF-A platform; the first one was the Renault Kwid. Besides the platform, it also shares its engine with the Kwid i.e. 799cc, three-cylinder petrol that churns out 53bhp at 5678rpm and 72Nm at 4386rpm.
Though the company claims that the car's braking performance is best-in-class and is progressive in nature, I felt that you need to press hard on the pedal for the car to stop in sudden braking situations. So the pedal pressure calibration could have been better.
You can hear the engine noise even when you are at idle, and it gets more vocal at higher RPMs specially if you are in the same gear and trying to speed up. While it's a common problem with most three pot small engines, Datsun's new small car feels noisy even when you are cruising at around 40kmph in the third gear. The vehicle's 5-speed manual transmission too could have been better as it's not quite a smooth-to-shift gearbox, and it may take time for you to get used to it.
What impressed me most about the car is its suspension setup, it's slightly on firmer side but handles almost all sorts of potholes and bad patches with ease. The class-leading ground clearance of 185mm further helps it handle bad roads quite well. Interestingly, the redi-GO offers more ground clearance than several pseudo SUVs and crossovers out there in the market including the Hyundai Creta and the Maruti Suzuki S-Cross. With higher centre of gravity (due to high ground clearance), I expected the car to not handle corners (obviously the regular ones) well, but it proved me wrong again. It in fact handles corners and sharp turns better than the Maruti WagonR and other tall cars.
The vehicle's steering is light and is apt for city driving, you'll not have to make much efforts to drive it in heavy traffic. Though it lacks feedback, and there's a gap between the input and the actual directional change. You'll have to put slightly more efforts for the steering to respond.
Datsun rediGo safety
Just like most cars in its category, this one too comes with an optional driver airbag and receives no other advanced features. However, it gets a strong safety shell and is claimed to offer the best-in-class braking performance.
Datsun rediGO Review – Verdict
With a unique design, best-in-class performance and fairly comfortable seats, the Datsun redi GO surely is a strong contender in the highly competitive budget hatchback segment. Priced between Rs 2.38 lakh – Rs 3.34 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), this surely is a great value-for-money product.
Datsun rediGO Specifications & Dimensions
Engine – 799cc, three-cylinder, petrol
Max Power – 53bhp @ 5678rpm
Max Torque – 72Nm at 4386rpm
Mileage – 25.17kmpl
Length – 3429mm
Width – 1560mm
Height – 1541mm
Wheelbase – 2348mm
Ground Clearance – 185mm
Turning Radius – 4.73m
Boot space – 222-litres
Tyres – 155/80R13


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Oodles Of Doodles CCXCI
I know it's getting late in the day, but I wanted to make sure I get a doodle or two up for you today. This pair of doodles is from another record in Capitol's Capitol Of The World series. I believe they were in cahoots with EMI at the time, which gave them access to music from pretty much everywhere in the world, so they covered their bases pretty well in this series. This record, featuring Italy, is Italy Dances! by Gigi Stok's Orchestra (Capitol T10184). I can't tell you much about it, other than it has a nice dancing doodle.


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Israelis have many things to say about Palestinians, none of them humanising or related to reality. They continue to create their false narrative making Orwellian words their allies. From 1948 to today, words have been a weapon as important as their army, their navy and their air force.
Their words and their machinery of death have created a situation in Gaza today that defies description. The lack of water and electricity, the inability to find bodies under massive piles of rubble because bare hands can only do so much, the barbarism of targeting children. Words are so inadequate to express the anger and trauma, the resilience and the solidarity.