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|People change and forget to tell eachother.
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|People come back to places that send them away.
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|People come to poverty in two ways accumulating debts and paying them off.
– Jewish Proverb
|People come up to me and say, "Emo, do people really come up to you?"
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|People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.
– Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
|People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.
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|People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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|People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
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|People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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|People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
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|People do not want words-they want the sound of battle ... the battle of destiny.
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|People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.
– Robert Keith Leavitt
|People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
– Louisa May Alcott
|People don't have to like or support you, so you always have to say thank you.
– Ruben Studdard
|People don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.
– Dr. Jose P. Rizal
|People don't see the world as it is, rather we impose our beliefs on what we experience.
– William J. Starkey
|People don't start wars, governments do.
– Ronald Reagan
|People don't understand the virtue of time, until their clock stops ticking.
– Steve Goodman
|People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.
– Chuck Palahniuk
|People don't desire their future, they decide their habits and their habits decide their future.
– Vikrant Parsai
|People don't like you because they don't see in you the things they like or there is something in you they don't have
– The Omani shed
|People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.
– Margaret Cho
|People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
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Citizen Staff Reports 10/01/12
The University of Richmond has named seven professors as 2012 Distinguished Educators. The award recognizes excellence in teaching at the university. Those honored were: Bertram D. Ashe, associate professor of English and American studies; Henry L. Chambers Jr., professor of law; Dean Croushore, professor of economics; Jennifer Erkulwater, associate professor of political science; Lidia Radi, associate professor of Italian and French and director of the Italian Studies Program; Patricia B. Strait, associate professor of human resource management; and Thad M. Williamson, associate professor of leadership studies.
Willie Green-Ferguson, an employee at Hermitage Enterprises, has been recognized for her excellence in service by the Virginia Association of Community Rehabilitation Programs. Green-Ferguson, who lives in Eastern Henrico, has worked at Hermitage Enterprises for over 15 years. The program is operated by the Henrico County Department of Mental Health and Developmental Services. The Virginia Association of Community Rehabilitation Programs is made up of over 30 organizations across the Commonwealth who provide employment services to individuals with disabilities.
Navy Seaman Patrick B. Ledlum recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Ledlum completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, shipboard and aircraft safety and physical fitness. The capstone event of boot camp is "Battle Stations," an exercise that gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. "Battle Stations" is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly ''Navy'' flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a Sailor. Ledlum is a 2005 graduate of Varina High School.
Douglas Edwards, of Richmond, recently was named to the dean's list for the summer 2012 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must earn a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
The following students have enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the fall semester: Charlotte Hawkins, of Richmond; and Tae Lee and Brendan McGarry, of Glen Allen. Hawkins and Lee are majoring in biomedical engineering. McGarry is majoring in computer science.
Bloomberg Businessweek has named Joe Hoyle, professor of accounting at University of Richmond's Robins School of Business, one of America's favorite undergraduate business professors for the second time. The magazine selected 10 professors most often mentioned as favorites by students in a recent survey. Hoyle also has been named "One of the 100 Most Influential Members of the Accounting Profession in the United States" by Accounting Today and the 2007 Virginia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Famed for his Socratic teaching style, Hoyle has received the Distinguished Educator Award at Richmond numerous times. To read the Businessweek article, visit http://tinyurl.com/98r4awb
Holidays will delay some CVWMA collections
Citizen Staff Reports 12/15/2014
CVWMA curbside recycling collection and trash collections will have a one day delay in collections Dec. 25-26 and Jan. 1-2. There will be no collections on Dec. 25 or Jan. 1.
Curbside recycling collections Monday through Wednesday will be on regular schedule. Red Thursday and Red Friday curbside recyclers will have a one day delay in collection services Dec. 25-26. Blue Thursday and Blue Friday curbside recyclers will have one day delay in collection services Jan. 1-2. Containers should be placed at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day. All Friday collections will take place on Saturday. > Read more.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will host a candlelight vigil of remembrance and hope Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the University of Richmond, outside the Cannon Chapel. The public is invited to attend and join MADD to honor victims of impaired driving crashes, while helping to remind the community to be safe during the holidays. > Read more.
Tournament supports adoption efforts
Among participants at the Seventh Annual Coordinators2Inc Golf Tournament and awards luncheon Oct. 3 were (from left) Rebecca Ricardo, C2 Inc executive director; Kevin Derr, member of the winning foursome; Sharon Richardson, C2 Inc founder; and Frank Ridgway and Jon King, members of the winning foursome.
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One of the most unique holiday traditions in Henrico, the James River Parade of Lights, takes place tomorrow. The viewing spot in Henrico will be at Osborne Park in Varina. Another annual event in the east end is the Eastern Henrico Holiday Extravaganza, taking place this year at The Armour House & Gardens and the Dabbs House Museum. In the West End, the Glorious Christmas Nights' production of "Under the Same Stars" at West End Assembly of God will conclude its run on Sunday. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Halligan blends local theme with tasty classics
A Halligan fan for years, I regularly patronized the Shockoe Bottom location before the roomier Short Pump site opened. Call me cornball, but I am a sucker for the decor – dominated by a fire engine with beer taps extending from the sides – as well as the story behind it.
Owner Shawn Gregory, a retired Henrico firefighter, outfitted the Halligan West location with a 1967 fire truck that his own father rode in his early career at the Highland Springs station.
Among other firefighter memorabilia incorporated into the theme are buckets and firefighter helmets suspended from the ceiling to serve as lamps, and fire hoses wound into the railing of the patio. The walls are covered with tools, photos, badges, and memorabilia from fire companies around the country, and Gregory rents a small "VIP" party deck on top of the fire engine and donates proceeds to charity, including a burn foundation. > Read more.
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By Pat Rizzuto
March 21 --A draft House bill that would modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act needs to make its requirements on the Environmental Protection Agency more practicable if it wants the EPA to improve its oversight of chemicals, two former agency officials told Bloomberg BNA.
The cumulative effect of the requirements that different sections of the bill would impose on the agency--to establish criteria to evaluate the quality of information, to make legal determinations concerning the proportionality and net benefits of managing risks and to determine the technical and economic feasibility of alternative chemicals and the likelihood that they would be used, for example--could make the agency's authority to manage chemicals as unwieldy as it has been under TSCA, or more so, the officials said.
Yet, apparently small changes to the language could make the draft bill more workable, they said.
Charles Auer, a private consultant who worked on chemicals assessment and management for 32 years at the EPA and directed the agency's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, and Steve Owens, an attorney with Squire Sanders LLP who served under President Barack Obama as the EPA's assistant administrator of chemical safety and pollution prevention, discussed the proposed Chemicals in Commerce Act.
Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), chairman of the Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, began to circulate in February a discussion draft of legislation that would modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act. The subcommittee held a hearing on the draft March 12 .
Shimkus repeatedly has said he is open to suggestions to improve the draft. The subcommittee is likely to hold a second hearing on the draft in early April before introducing a bill, committee staff told Bloomberg BNA March 20.
Democrats raised many concerns about the draft during the March 12 hearing.
The proposal would allow the agency to reduce exposures to dangerous chemicals only if substitutes were available; it would require numerous analyses before the agency could act; and it would give the agency the authority to require toxicity, exposure and other information on chemicals only in a limited set of circumstances, said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
In interviews with Bloomberg BNA, Auer and Owens focused on the workability of the discussion draft for the agency.
The discussion draft has many core elements that would improve the agency's ability to manage chemicals, both former EPA officials said. Nonetheless, they said revisions could help the agency achieve the goal of better managing chemicals.
Jim Jones, the assistant administrator of chemical safety and pollution prevention, had told the subcommittee in November 2013 that any TSCA-reform bill should include deadlines for certain agency actions .
Auer and Owens also said a bill revising TSCA should include deadlines, but the discussion draft doesn't include deadlines for the agency to prioritize chemicals or evaluate them for safety.
Section 6 of the discussion draft directs the agency "as soon as feasible" to designate all chemicals active in commerce as either low or high priorities for safety determinations. The draft does not enumerate deadlines for the safety determinations.
Deadlines that set out the period of time Congress would give the agency to complete all of its prioritizations and safety determinations--and perhaps interim deadlines for portions of that work--would help, Auer said.
They would enumerate Congress's expectations as to when the EPA is to complete the jobs, he said.
Having congressional deadlines also would help ensure that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completes its reviews in a timely manner, Auer said.
Additional deadline-related challenges that the discussion draft would present include its provision that the agency develop "information quality" policies and procedures and the requirement, in Section 22, that all policies, procedures and guidance necessary to implement the act would need to undergo public notice and comment, they said.
The EPA is directed to develop, provide notice of and offer an opportunity to comment on a risk-based process for setting priorities and to have that process in place within one year of the law's enactment, Owens said.
Yet that process, as well as all the policies, procedures and guidances needed for its implementation, would probably have to be reviewed by the OMB, he said.
It would be difficult for the EPA to have the priority-setting process developed, commented on and cleared by OMB within one year, Owens said.
Indeed, having the OMB clear all policies, procedures and guidance will create a challenge for the agency, he said.
Auer said other aspects of Section 22's requirements also could be difficult to implement.
For example, the EPA would be required to establish criteria for ensuring the "high quality" of information it considered in making decisions, he said.
Criteria implies the agency would have some numerically specific way to distinguish high- and low-quality information, Auer said.
The discussion draft would be more workable if the language, for example, directed the EPA to establish "guidance and where appropriate criteria," Auer said.
Other parts of the discussion draft need to be revised if the intent is to give the agency the authority and flexibility it needs to achieve the goal of effectively managing chemicals, Auer and Owens said.
In general, Section 4 of the discussion draft, which would provide the agency authority to obtain toxicity, exposure and other test data on chemicals, would be easier to apply than its equivalent in TSCA's Section 4, Auer said.
Whereas TSCA requires the agency to make certain legal findings before it can compel the submission of data, the discussion draft would require the agency to issue a statement of need explaining its reasoning, he said.
"It's perfectly reasonable to have EPA explain its thinking," Auer said.
It is, however, a procedural step that might be challenged in court, Auer and Owens said.
For example, the discussion draft would require the agency to explain the basis for any testing order that would require the use of vertebrate animals. Opponents of animal tests might be able to challenge the agency's position that the test data are needed, Auer said.
There may be a way to have Congress direct the agency to make clear why existing data are inadequate to determine safety in a manner that limits the possibility of legal challenges to test orders, he said.
Section 6, which would provide the EPA authority to regulate chemicals in commerce, would impose many new requirements on the agency, they said.
For example, Section 6 of the discussion draft would require the EPA to make many determinations--or legal findings--before it could restrict a chemical that causes a health or environmental risk, Auer said.
In contrast, Section 6 of TSCA merely requires that the EPA "consider and publish a statement" concerning such aspects, Auer said.
Some of the determinations that the discussion draft would require are phrased using concepts that are entirely new to TSCA and thus unclear, he said.
The determinations include an EPA finding, backed by evidence, that any requirement or restriction the agency would impose is "proportional to the risks of the chemical substance" and result in "net benefits," Auer said.
Restrictions imposed also would have to be "cost-effective," under the discussion draft.
The proposed bill would authorize the EPA to impose requirements or restrictions that prohibit specific uses of a chemical only "when technically and economically feasible alternatives that materially reduce risk to human health or the environment" are "available and likely to be used."
Auer questioned how the agency could make a legal determination that showed it had knowledge that an alternative would likely be used.
Owens said it is beyond the EPA's ability to determine what alternative chemical would work for each company's particular use.
Further, the chemicals of concern could continue to be used because the agency might not be able to demonstrate the availability of technically and economically feasible alternatives, Owens said.
Thus safer chemicals might have a harder time getting markets, he said.
The analytic requirements would increase as the uses of a chemical of concern increase, Auer said.
If a chemical has multiple uses, then the agency would have to make separate determinations for each use. That would include analyzing the alternatives for each of the uses, Auer said.
The need to comply with all the requirements in Sections 4, 6 and 22 would make the agency's authority to manage chemical risks as or even more unwieldy to exercise than TSCA has proven to be, Owens said.
Legislators could direct the EPA to "consider" the various factors the discussion draft wants it to, Auer said.
The word "consider" still would impose burdens on the EPA but not require it to legally conclude it has sufficient information to determine characteristics such as a rule imposing restrictions that would be proportional to the risks of the chemical substance while also providing net cost-effective benefits, he said.
Auer and Owens discussed a strategy for giving the agency more flexibility in determining when test data are needed for one or more chemicals.
As drafted, Owens said it appears the agency would not have the authority to require test data to screen chemicals, precluding any prioritization (low to high) for safety determinations.
The draft would allow "limited data" to be a factor the agency could use in deciding a chemical would be a high priority, Auer said, describing that as an indirect way to obtain test data for chemicals with limited information.
The draft would be more workable if it gave the agency clearer authority to require screening testing when needed for prioritization, Auer and Owens said.
While at the agency, Auer oversaw a multiyear effort through which the EPA tried to obtain information voluntarily about chemicals produced in volumes greater than 1 million pounds annually.
The agency announced its intent to launch that voluntary initiative, the High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge, in 1998 .
The EPA recently told Bloomberg BNA it currently cannot determine the number of HPV chemicals for which it has obtained sufficient data to screen for potential concerns .
The discussion draft would help the EPA better prioritize chemicals if it allowed the agency to use factors such as high production volume, or exposure potential for lower-volume chemicals, and authorize the agency to get basic screening-level data for those chemicals, Auer said.
Notwithstanding their concerns, Auer and Owens said core elements within the discussion draft would increase the tools the agency could use to obtain toxicity, exposure and other data on chemicals.
Under TSCA, the only authority the agency has to compel the submission of test data is to issue a regulation mandating it.
The proposed Chemicals in Commerce Act, like its Senate counterpart, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (S. 1009), would authorize the agency to obtain needed test data by issuing administrative orders, negotiating consent agreements or issuing regulations.
Another improvement, they said, would be the requirements in both the House discussion draft and S. 1009 that the agency develop a list of chemicals that are in commerce and a list of those that are not currently in commerce.
"An inventory reset would be very useful," Owens said. That would enable the agency to focus its resources on chemicals actively used in commerce, he said.
The House's proposed Chemicals in Commerce Act and the Senate's Chemical Safety Improvement Act each have some strengths and weaknesses, Auer and Owens said.
The discussion draft and bill have more in common than they have differences, the two former EPA officials said.
"I'm optimistic that TSCA reform can be achieved," Owens said. "There is a good chance of some agreement being reached."
That chance depends, however, on legislators addressing state concerns about preemption, Auer and Owens said.
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IUPUI second degree BSN?
- 0Jul 2, '08 by dizze98765A few questions if you don't mind! I have a feeling nobody will know, but thought I'd give it a shot! I cannot get a hold of anyone in the nursing dept. at IUPUI so feel kind of clueless right now.
Is anyone in this program or have gone through it already?
How many students are accepted each semester?
Do you know the admissions statistics as far as gpa, how many applicants, etc.?
Do they factor in your entire academic record or just certain classes like Ivy Tech?
Thanks for any help.
- 0Jul 2, '08 by dizze98765Sorry... just following up to my own message since I don't know how to edit... I am correct in my info that IUPUI doesn't look favorably at Ivy Tech pre-reqs correct? I know it's competitive enough to begin with so I wouldn't want to do anything else to jeopardize!
- 0Jul 6, '08 by KacyLynnRNI had a good friend who went through that program. She had a 3.98 GPA and said she almost didn't get in! I think you pretty much have to have a 4.0 to make it. Also she said there were only 30 spots per year. That was in 2005, so it may have changed since then. Good luck!
- 0Jul 8, '08 by roadrunrThere are now 3 classes per year for the accelerated program. I would think that with more than one class per year it would make it a little less competitive. Below is a link to the website which should answer a lot your questions.


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Adrienne R. 'Adie' Hounsell, 83
LACONIA — Adrienne "Adie" Roselyn Hounsell, formerly of 15 Chestnut St, Lakeport, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 26, 2013 at Golden View Health Care Center, Meredith.
Adrienne was born November 11, 1929 in Concord, N.H. The daughter of Joseph and Laura Landry, she moved with her family to the Lincoln area where she met her future husband and lifelong companion Gordon "Buster" Hounsell. She lived most of her life in Lakeport before moving to Edgewater, Florida in 1984, then returning to New Hampshire in 2008.
Adrienne was well known as a waitress for over 30 years at St. Pierre's Restaurant in Laconia. She enjoyed most, her family, her pets, and music. She could often be found around the card table and enjoyed music. She had an infectious laugh and a beautiful smile that could light up any room.
Adrienne was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Gordon Hounsell Jr. She is survived by two sons, Gordon C. Hounsell, III and his wife, Cheryl , of Laconia and Kent L. Hounsell and his wife, Carolyn, of Edgewater, Florida; two daughters, Charlotte E. Wood of Port Orange, Florida and Johnna-Dee Davis and her husband, Greg, of Gilford; her grandchildren who she held dear, Chari Szepanski and her husband, Joe, and daughters, Tabatha, Sabrina, and Leeza of Northfield, Clifford Hounsell and his children, Caleb, Taylor, and Felicity of Laconia, Jennifer Perkins and her husband, Max, and daughter, Lily, of Laconia, Danielle Berry and daughter, Brynn, of Winnisquam, Christina Hounsell of Nashua, Julia Davis of Gilford, Second Class Petty Officer Andrew Hounsell, his wife, Cindi Blackman, and children, Aurora Rose-Marie Hounsell, William Patrick Hounsell and Andrew Leon Hounsell Jr. stationed in Bahrain, Second Class Petty Officer Jonathon Hounsell stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia and Joshua Hounsell of Lynchburg, Virginia. She also leaves behind three sisters, Rose Roy of Edgewater, Florida, Marie Gilbert of Portsmouth, N.H. and Lorraine Millette of Micco, Florida. In addition to her parents and husband, Adrienne was predeceased by her brother, Raymond Landry.
According to Adrienne's wishes, there will be no calling hours. There will be a graveside service held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N H 03247 or the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl., New York, NY 10001.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is in charge of the arrangements. For more information and to view an on line memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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David T. Barry, 84
MEREDITH — David Thomas Barry, 84, of Meredith, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2013 at Golden View Health Care Center, after a lengthy illness.
Born on September 13, 1928, in Providence, RI, he was the son of Philip C. and Celeste (Cinq-Mars) Barry. David was raised in Providence, attending local schools. After graduating high school he joined the U.S. Navy and served with honor and courage during World War II. Upon returning from the war he entered Brown University and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
Throughout his career, David worked in a variety of positions primarily on the design and testing of weapons systems, particularly those associated with nuclear submarines. He worked for the Ordinance Research Lab at Penn State University, the Federal Product Company, of RI, the Naval Underwater Systems Center, in Newport, RI, the Geosciences Department at Texas Instruments, in Dallas, he ran a small defense contracting firm, and worked for Martin Marietta's Navy Systems Department, in Baltimore.
He retired in 1991 to Houston, TX with his wife Ruth and oldest son. In 1996, they moved to Bandera, TX where he resided until 2007. With the passing of his son Philip, and his deteriorating health, David was forced to move to Meredith to be closer to his surviving family members.
David was an avid reader of history, politics, military strategy and tactics, and he liked to research genealogy.
He is predeceased by his beloved wife of 29 years, Ruth E. (Tullgren), in January, 1997; his son Philip, in 2007, and his daughter, Pamela, in 2013.
David is survived by his six children, Susan Black and her husband Doug, of Coos Bay, OR, Allison, of Cranston, RI, Theodore and his wife Patty, of Milford, NH, Dennis and his wife Janet, of Newport News, VA, Christine of Chesapeake, VA, and Jonathan and his wife Ann, of Meredith, NH; 11 grandchildren, Adrienne, Sam, Patrick, Kyle, Derek, Samantha, Donovan, Patrick, Jessica, Elizabeth, and Victoria, and four great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in David's memory to the Wounded Warrior Project: www.woundedwarriorproject.org, or to Central NH VNA & Hospice, 780 N. Main St., Laconia, 03246.
Calling Hours will be held at Mayhew Funeral Home (Rtes. 3&104), Meredith, on Saturday, August 31, 2013 from 10 a.m. to noon. A prayer service with military honors will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. Rev. Edward J. Charest, Pastor Emeritus of the Plymouth United Methodist Church will officiate. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.
Mayhew Funeral Homes & Crematorium of Meredith and Plymouth are handling the arrangements. For David's Book of Memories: www.mayhewfuneralhomes.com
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Jeannine C. Dutile, 79
BEDFORD — Jeannine C. (Dutil) Dutile, 79, of 17 Privet Hedge Lane, formerly of 36 Rowell Street, Laconia, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 after a period of declining health.
Jeannine was born May 12, 1934 in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of the late Emile and Generia (Gilbert) Dutil.
Jeannine was raised in Lewiston and graduated from St. Mary's General Hospital School of Nursing. She had been a longtime resident of Laconia before moving to Bedford six years ago.
Jeannine was a registered nurse for over forty years and had been employed at Lakes Region General Hospital and at Lakes Region OB-GYN Professional Association, retiring in 2001.
Jeannine was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and was a former member of the Ladies Guild of Sacred Heart. She was also a member of the Graduate Nurses' Association of Lakes Region General Hospital.
Jeannine loved and enjoyed being with her grandchildren and family gatherings. She enjoyed flower gardening, reading and keeping up with new developments in nursing and medicine.
Survivors include her husband of 58 years, J. Norman Dutile, of Bedford; three sons, David Dutile and his wife Kathleen of Greenville, SC , Donald Dutile and his wife Noreen of Merrimack and Thomas Dutile and his wife Linda of Manchester; a daughter, Deborah Plante, and her husband, John, of Barre, VT; six grandchildren, Matthew, Kevin, Michael, Emily and Rebecca Dutile and Monika Plante; a brother, Maurice Dutil and his wife, Monique, of Lewiston, ME ; three nieces and six nephews. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Dutile was predeceased by a son, Michael Dutile, in 1965.
Visiting hours will be held on Friday, August 30, 2013 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Wilkinson-BeaneSimoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia using the Carriage House entrance.
Following the visiting hours, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Andre Bessette Parish at Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Manchester VNA/Hospice, 1070 Holt Avenue, Suite 1400, Manchester, NH 03109.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family of Jeannine. For more information and to view an online memorial please visit www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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Adam P. Andrews, 30
GILFORD — Adam P. Andrews, 30, of Gilford, died on Saturday, August 24, 2013. He was born November 20, 1982, in Concord, NH., the middle son of Phil and Sharon (Barker) Andrews. He was raised in Lochmere with his siblings and attended the schools of Winnisquam Regional School District.
He was employed by Lakes Region Heating & Air Conditioning and also worked for Puckett Heating & Cooling. Adam enjoyed fishing, and was an avid sports fan, attending many Red Sox & Bruin's games and also was at the infamous, "Snow-Bowl," at Foxboro Stadium, Patriots – Raiders, January 2002. He loved annual camping trips on the Saco River with his best friend Kevin. Adam also loved teaching his nieces Alyzabeth and Molly how to hone their softball skills.
Adam was quick witted, full of energy, always willing to help anyone. He had an infectious smile and sense of humor that did include pranks. His greatest enjoyment came from being with his family and best friends or just petting a dog.
Adam took great pride in his family and had a devoted circle of friends.
Adam is survived by his parents, Phil and Sharon Andrews of Gilford, NH., fiancee' Katie LaPlante of Lochmere, daughters, Kalina and Alyna. Sisters; Susan Andrews and Kevin O'Connell, their children, Alyzabeth, Molly and Maximus of Gilford. Allison and Ryan Constant and their son Ryan of Dover, Carol McIntyre of Diamond Bar, CA. Brothers; Craig Andrews of Ohio and his children, Seth Decato of Canterbury, Kailey Andrews of FL. and Matthew Andrews of Gilford. He is also survived by many aunts and uncles and his grandmother Nicky Stavros Barker of Concord.
Adam has taken his final journey to join with his departed family and catch the "Big one" with his grampa, Robert Barker, Sr. You'll be in our heart forever and missed so very much. We will see you again, our precious son.
Calling hours are Thursday, August 29, 2013 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St,
Laconia, NH. Bring a favorite memory to share.
There will be no funeral service.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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TOPEKA Many uninsured Kansans who Congress assumed would get coverage under the health reform law are instead falling in to what is being called the "Medicaid gap."
They make too much money or don't meet other criteria to qualify for the state's Medicaid program – called KanCare – but don't earn enough to be eligible for federal tax credits to offset the cost of private insurance.
Those credits are available only to people with incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of federal poverty guidelines. The federal poverty level is $11,490 a year for an individual and $19,530 for a family of three.
As many as an estimated 85,000 uninsured Kansans fall in the eligibility gap, according to researchers at the Kansas Health Institute, a nonprofit policy and research organization that includes the editorially independent KHI News Service.
These Kansans have incomes that are 33 percent or more of the federal poverty threshold — $6,445 for a family of three — but below 100 percent of poverty guidelines.
Katelyn Winrick, a 26-year-old nursing student from Topeka, recently discovered she falls in the gap.
She had come to the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library to get help purchasing health insurance on Healthcare.gov. But after entering information about the income she earns from a part-time job, Winrick and the navigator assisting her concluded she didn't make enough to qualify for a federal tax credit. That and the fact that she would have been eligible for Medicaid if Kansas officials had opted to expand the program as originally intended by the authors of the Affordable Care Act were "real eye openers," Winrick said.
"I'm going to school and that really would have helped me given my income situation," she said.
The Affordable Care Act, as signed into law in 2010, was written to include a nationwide expansion of Medicaid to cover everyone earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level — $15,282 for an individual and $25,975 for a family of three. But the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the law held that Medicaid expansion was an option for each state to decide. Policy makers in Kansas and 23 other Republican dominated states so far have chosen against expansion.
The Kansas Hospital Association and a growing coalition of more than 50 organizations are preparing to push Gov. Sam Brownback and leaders in the Republican-controlled Legislature to change their minds and broaden the program.
"It is the only priority," said Sean Gatewood, the interim director of the Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition. "All we care about is getting the state to accept the money and to cover more Kansans."
An analysis done for the hospital association concluded that expanding Medicaid eligibility starting this year would have injected another $3 billion into the state economy and create 4,000 jobs by 2020.
Rejecting expansion will cost Kansas an estimated $5.3 billion in federal aid between 2013 and 2022, according to a report released last summer by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
In an effort to get the issue of expansion back in front of legislators, the hospital association has hired Mike Leavitt, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to help it craft an alternative plan — perhaps similar to those being advanced by Republican governors in Iowa, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Michigan, which would use federal Medicaid dollars to help low-income people buy private coverage.
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"We ought to as a state be having a conversation about whether we can come up with a plan like that and the reality is that conversation just hasn't happened yet," said Tom Bell, the hospital association's chief executive.
Bell said he hopes that Leavitt, a Republican who served under President George W. Bush's and is a former Utah governor, can help convince Kansas Republicans to seriously consider Medicaid expansion options.
"My sense is that he (Leavitt) is somebody that's not a big fan of the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, but he also knows that whether we like it or not we're all in the implementation business right now," Bell said.
Rep. Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat, who pushed unsuccessfully last year for Medicaid expansion, said he welcomes the attempt to revive the policy debate by focusing on an approach that relies more on private-sector insurance.
"If that helps some of our more extreme conservative folks to support it, I'm OK with that," Ward said. "I'm all for anything that gets us an opportunity to participate in Medicaid expansion."
Time will tell whether the new approach will be the game changer Bell and others seek.
Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., a conservative Republican from Olathe and chairman of the House Social Services Budget Committee, said any sort of Medicaid expansion likely would be a tough sell unless Gov. Brownback changes his mind and decides to play an active role in the debate.
"I haven't spent a lot of time researching what other states have done, but it seems to me that the governor has taken the lead in states that have expanded (Medicaid) or that are having these discussions," Ryckman Jr. said.
Last year, Brownback did not explicitly rule out expansion. But he expressed reservations about the potential cost to the state and said it would be up to the Legislature. The Legislature subsequently passed a budget proviso saying the state could not expand its Medicaid program without explicit legislative support.
Brownback officials recently said they continue to study what other states are doing.
Bell said he was optimistic the governor eventually would support some form of expansion.
"From the very beginning, Gov. Brownback has been very interested in taking a hard look at this — and I think partly because of his concern for those who are less fortunate. I've heard him talk about that often, and I do think that it's a factor for him. There are lots of factors, I'm sure, but I think how we treat those who are the least fortunate among us is something that's important to the governor — very important to him."
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Ed Sheeran - Same Love (w/ Macklemore) (Live @ iHeartRadio 2014)
During his recent performance at iHeartRadio, Ed Sheeran brought out Macklemore to perform a special rendition of the Seattle-born rapper's infectious single 'Same Love'.
During his recent performance at iHeartRadio, Ed Sheeran brought out Macklemore to perform a special rendition of the Seattle-born rapper's infectious single 'Same Love'.
Todd Terje performs 'Inspector Norse' live at Øya Festival in Oslo and teaches the electronic community a thing or two about live performance in the process. Pure wizardy.
Premiered by Line Of Best Fit, here is a trailer for the live Residency session at Maida Vale, which is set to air tomorrow night on BBC Radio 1 (9-10pm & 12-2am). Featuring performances from Mount Kimbie, Machinedrum, Martyn and other great Electronic artists, this is one not to miss.
Filmed during a recent live performance at the Nottingham Contemporary, up and coming singer-songwriter Joel Baker performs a brand new and previously unheard track entitled 'Fall From Here'. I talk up a lot of very talented singer-songwriters on this blog, but as I believe this video proves, I honestly thinks Joel Baker is the real deal. Future megastar in the making.
Premiered last night on Jools Holland, here is a brand new track from Ed Sheeran's highly anticipated sophmore album 'X', which is set to be released on June 23rd. Pre-order your copy HERE.
Only Ed could spend so long away and then bless us with 3 brand new tracks all in the space of a week. While one may have been a Beyoncé cover, his latest offering 'Don't', as performed live on SNL last night, is very much the real deal and you can expect to hear it in full featured alongside 'Sing', his new collaboration with Pharrell, on his highly anticipated sophmore album X, due out June 23rd. Mark my words, Sheeran-mania is about to take over the world.
A cool performance from M+A, who this weekend won the Emerging Talent competition for Glastonbury 2014, which means they will be playing on one of the main stages at Worthy Farm this June. Check out more from M+A HERE, and be on the lookout for Glasto re-sale, which will be April 24th & 27th.
MNEK, the fucking boss, just casually comes through with the best song of 2014 so far. Speechless.
Too much talent on one stage - Daft Punk need to sort that tour out, ASAP!


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After Death of Radical Mayor, Mississippi's Capital Wrestles With His Economic Vision
Jackson rises
The immediate threat poor blacks face today in Jackson comes from outside developers and speculators with the resources to move in and take over their neighborhoods.
Nia Umoja belongs to the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. She moved to West Jackson last year with her husband. For just $1,500 they were able to purchase a single family home a couple of blocks off Capitol Street (a major east-west thoroughfare), within walking distance of the city zoo and Jackson State University.
Like the majority of the homes around hers, Umoja's house needs work. When she moved in, the empty plots on two sides of hers were overgrown with high, scrubby trees and bushes. According to recent surveys, some 40 percent of the lots nearby are abandoned or vacant. Eighty-eight percent of the population lives in poverty. Payday lending stores outnumber groceries 10 to one.
"You have to start with what you have to get what you want," community organizers say. What West Jackson has is a lot of overgrown land, a lot of underemployed labor, and a good amount of (albeit rusty) farming experience.
"The people here have lost their voice, but they're not resource-less," Umoja told me. When she surveyed her neighbors about their assets, she found that while they may not have considered themselves "skilled," they had talents. "They grew up on farms," explained Umoja. "They know how to grow things."
In August 2013, Umoja helped establish the Cooperative Community of New West Jackson with the hope of establishing a cooperative farm. Under Mayor Lumumba, the group was able to clear 1.5 acres of vacant city-owned land just off Capitol Street. Near the north end of the plot sits an abandoned Dairy Queen whose forecourt would make a great green market, she says, if only she could get the long-absentee owner to agree to sell, or the city to take it over.
Umoja and her colleagues have grand plans for what they are calling the Grenada Street Folk Garden, but private developers are already coming around and just a few blocks away, lots are already selling for $40,000 to $80,000.
Some would like to see gentrification come to West Jackson, like it came to the city's North Midtown section. That area too, was a high crime, low income, low-property-price area not long ago. Now it's one of the city's leading neighborhoods, thanks to development funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. With help from Habitat for Humanity and private "green" developers, the Jackson Housing Authority demolished dilapidated houses, retrofitted others, and watched rents and property prices rise.
In 2012, a group of institutional stakeholders in West Jackson—a group including Jackson State University, the Center for Social Entrepreneurship, the Jackson Zoo, Jackson-Evers Municipal Airport, and the Voice of Jackson Calvary Ministries (a church group)—hired Duvall Decker Architects, the same firm that worked on North Midtown, to draw up a master plan for West Jackson. Some are already calling it the "Capitol Street Corridor."
At a community meeting convened by architect Roy Decker this February, Umoja and Akuno were shown half a dozen colorful maps, detailing "assets" and "concerns" in the West Jackson neighborhood. On Decker's maps, the Cooperative Community of New West Jackson sits on plots featuring almost no assets and many "concerns," including homelessness, crime, a high proportion of vacant properties, and few businesses or public services. Still, when Umoja got a chance to describe her garden plan, the response was mostly positive.
"Sounds good. Like hog-killing time in the old days," said one resident.
"We just have to work harder to get the word out," Umoja said.
Whether change is driven by worker owned co-ops or outside speculators, it's going to take some doing to achieve "revolutionary transformation" in Jackson. Investment is driven by demand, says Mukesh Kumar, professor of urban planning at Jackson State University, and right now, Jackson has very little of that. Downtown is already circled by a big sticky suburban ring, sucking shoppers, contractors, and prime business out of the city's center.
The Greater Jackson Chamber of Commerce, which backed the North Midtown plan, is setting its hopes for growth on further development of the city's "medical corridor," the building of a 1,500-acre downtown lake, and an arts and culture expansion to "attract talent."
It's hard to see how any of those plans will work. Several major hospitals (including Baptist Health Systems, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and St. Dominic's) and as many major colleges have left the inner-city core poor up to this point. For tourists, Jackson's competing with Nashville and New Orleans.
At least Mayor Lumumba's plan to stimulate internal demand through local employment in public works has a proven track record. Federal public works programs helped recovery after the Great Depression, just as reconstruction projects helped rebuild the south after the Civil War (until they fell victim to Jim Crow). As civil rights organizers learned, for people to participate in the political process, their economic necessities need to be seen to. After years of ineffective government, Jackson needs both political, as well as economic revival.
Bronx Community Wins Big on Development Project Committed to Living Wages and Local Economy
Lumumba had the vision of a radical, but the manners of a movement-builder. He reached across political lines to build support for his plan. One of his first calls after his election was to Duane O'Neal, head of the Jackson Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Before Lumumba's death, O'Neal said he'd already had more and "more meaningful" meetings with the new mayor than he did with the preceding administration in all the 16 years they had been in office. Lumumba won respect because, as O'Neal put it to me, "he's shown himself to be a man of action."
Lumumba's mission was "development together." He understood his goal was, as much as anything else, to re-engage the city.
"The job is not a single individual affair but a collective affair, and the creation of jobs is not an individual affair but a collective [one.]"
Cooperation in the handful of urban gardens currently in Jackson, has already brought people together, says Akuno. What Jackson does not yet have are any worker, producer or housing cooperatives. Only a few cooperative Credit Unions operate within the city limits. Jackson Rising seeks to change that.
With only a few months to go, organizers of the Jackson Rising conference were struggling this February with how to appeal simultaneously to entrepreneurially minded students and Nia Umoja's hard-up neighbors. Charlotte and Luke Landemeaux, founders of Jackson's one existing food co-op, Rainbow Foods, (incorporated in Delaware), were feeling anxious about competition from Jackson's first Whole Foods, which has just opened its doors. But everyone's immediate problem was a good one. The first in a series of "Grassroots Economics" meetings, intended to build to the May conference, was filled to capacity.
In the 1960s, when they were fighting for bottom-up democracy, Fannie Lou Hamer and the members of SNCC used to say "The people must decide."
Chokwe Lumumba and the Jackson Peoples Assembly used this phrase over and over during his campaign. Even though he's gone, it's hard not to hear those words echoing around Jackson more loudly than ever.
As they ask themselves which way forward for Jackson and Jacksonians, the answer comes: "The people must decide."
Laura Flanders wrote this article for YES! Magazine's Commonomics project. Laura is YES! Magazine's 2014 Local Economies Reporting Fellow and is executive producer and founder and host of "GRITtv with Laura Flanders." Follow her on Twitter @GRITlaura.
Natalie Lubsen contributed research to this article.
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Packing for VacationJuly 27th, 2004 , by admin
Soon we will be leaving for a week in the mountains. I can hardly wait!! Right now I'm starting to pack. On vacation, our family picnics two meals a day. We always eat breakfast in our room, unless our motel has a healthy complementary continental breakfast. We always have one meal in a restaurant. That's when we eat salads, cooked meat, and other things that are difficult to picnic. We have one meal out of the ice chest and food box.
Last year on vacation I had been on the Type O diet for less than two months. How, I asked myself, would I picnic without bread? I bought small cans of vegetables - spinach, peas, lima beans. Every day I opened one can of vegetables and mixed it in a bowl with tuna or sardines. I ate that while the rest of the family ate sandwiches. I'm planning similar meals for myself this year.
The rest of the family is following the BTD a little more closely this year. I've already packed soy milk, and my daughter will take the portable blender she bought for last spring's mission trip. She will have her morning soy shake. My husband has requested soy cheese for his sandwiches. I'll be taking two packages in the ice chest in case we can't buy it locally.
Before the BTD, I took several varieties of trail mix. This year I think it will be better if I pack walnuts, almonds, peanuts, and several dried fruits separately. I'll take zipper sandwich bags, and let everyone create their own trail mix day to day. I'm also taking soy protein bars for backpacks.
There is a nice grocery store near where we will be staying so I can buy fruit and carrots locally. Three years ago there was also a small, but nice health food store. Businesses come and go in resort villages, so I can't assume it will still be there.
Packing clothes is easy: shorts for daytime hiking, jeans for horseback riding, a light jacket for mountain thunderstorms. It's the food that takes the planning.
Pyramid problemsJuly 24th, 2004 , by admin
Hidden in the middle of a news story I found this interesting sentence, "Current government dietary guidelines recommend that 45 % to 65% of daily calories come from carbohydrates. An updated USDA pyramid is slated for release in 2005."
How many revisions is this of the food pyramid? At least the 3rd that I can remember.
Sometimes people send me comments asking what I think about one of the other popular diets, or whether I think they could combine another diet with the BTD. To me the big difference between the BTD and all the other diet plans (South Beach, Adkins, Pritican, Weight Watchers, etc, etc) is that all the others assume that people are all the same. The food lists are the same, the exercise requirements are the same. When I look around I can see for myself that that is simply not true. Some people feel great as vegetarians; other people get sick. Some people thrive on red meat, other people get sick. Some people love aerobic exercise, some people do better stretching. The BTD not only explains the differences, but it helps you identify which plan will really work for you.
If there was a "one size fits all" diet that really worked, ask yourself why they need another revision to the food pyramid.
Freshman 15July 23rd, 2004 , by admin
For years I have read that muscle weighs more than fat. I never believed it until now.
I can remember in high school watching friends issue each other a challenge to see who could lose weight the fastest. At the end of a week or two, whichever one had lost the least would say, "I've been exercising more, so I'm converting muscle to fat, and muscle weighs more." It sounded to me like an excuse for why the diet wasn't working. When by the end of a month both friends were back to looking and eating just as they had before, I was convinced I was right.
At Christmas last year we picked up our college son for the holidays. His roommate's mom said, "Don't the boys look great. No freshman 15 for our guys." The boys gave us an ear full. They had observed that dorm food didn't cause the notorious 15 pound weight gain for college freshmen. In their opinion it was binge drinking. "Too many carbs from pizza and beer," my son said bluntly, "that's the cause of the freshman 15."
That fall he had become interested in the weight room at the student rec center. In the spring he became serious about weight training. This summer he used some of his life guard money to join a gym.
He has gained 9 pounds - up to 164 from 155. He appears to be the same size. His clothes all still fit, and his waist is the same. He has noticeably added muscle, especially to his shoulders and chest. Even at that when I look at him, I think where is he hiding 9 pounds?
The only explanation is that muscle really is heavier than fat. It makes me want to join a gym. But don't let it be an excuse to fudge on the BTD!
Mushroom soup (or Tofu II)July 22nd, 2004 , by admin
My husband loves casseroles. Probably the thing he likes least about the BTD is that I fix fewer casseroles. In a mixed Type O/Type A household it is just hard to get all the ingredients compliant for both blood types. It's easier cook single ingredient foods and let everyone pick and choose.
But I have made a quantum leap forward by finding an adequate substitute for Cream of Mushroom Soup.
A couple of months ago I blogged about trying to use silken tofu as a casserole ingredient. My first effort was an abysmal failure, but I promised to keep trying.
I finally got up the nerve to buy another carton of silken tofu. I was going to make my husband's 2nd favorite casserole, "Five Spice Beef 'n Rice. I substituted ground turkey for the ground beef and a tofu sauce for the cream of mushroom soup. It tasted good to me, but the real test was my family. I just served the casserole with no word of explanation. My husband and son gobbled it up, without noticing any difference.
Here is the link to the sauce - http://www.tofu.com/rec2/recipe1.html
I made it with lemon juice and miso. I halved the recipe, and that seemed to equal 1 can of cream of mushroom soup.
I should be clear that by itself, this sauce does not taste like mushroom soup. It has the creamy texture of the soup, and that is what is usually called for in a casserole. If I was making a recipe where the taste of mushrooms was important, I would buy compliant mushrooms, sauté them in some butter, and stir them into the sauce.
America's changing shapeJuly 19th, 2004 , by admin
When I shop and a sales person asks, "What size are you?" I answer, "I have no clue, I'll have to try it on." I'm not trying to be difficult. In my closet I have clothes in sizes 12, 10, 8, and 6. All of them fit me. I have tops that I am wearing this summer in sizes small, medium AND large.
So I was fascinated when I came across a magazine article about how women's clothes are sized. It turns out that in the 1940s, they measured 10,000 women in the military. They then assigned sizes 2 through 20 based on those women. At that time, they determined that the average woman in America was 5'2" tall and weighed 129 pounds. Today the average American woman is 5'4" tall and weighs 142 pounds.
Is it any wonder we are getting taller and wider when you look at the most popular take out foods? Hamburgers - wheat is an avoid for Os and Bs; beef is an avoid for As and ABs. Hamburgers are good for no one. Pizza - tomatoes are avoids for As and Bs; wheat is an avoid for Os and Bs. Only ABs could consider pizza, and no pepperoni for them as pork is an avoid for all types. Fries - potatoes are avoids for Os and As, but foods fried in hydrogenated fat should be shunned by all.


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