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Councillors are meeting in the capital on Thursday to decide whether to introduce anti-social behaviour orders.
But they are concerned that such a course of action could move the problem to other parts of the city.
Edinburgh had a form of tolerance zone for prostitutes from 1985 to 2001.
But since the zone was abandoned, prostitutes have been displaced throughout the city and members of the public have complained of an increase in contraceptives, syringes and needles in parks.
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Residents in Leith have also complained that some streets have become "no-go areas" after dark.
Chairman of the local residents association Rob Kirkwood said: "Any woman out after about eight o'clock was seen by many of the kerb-crawlers as a woman on the game."
Councillors are expected to discuss the merits of anti-social behaviour orders and bringing in neighbourhood wardens to ensure women are not working in residential areas.
"People are not tolerant of this in the current environment in Leith," he said.
"Anti-social behaviour orders are not punishment, they simply state conditions that people have to adhere to, and providing people adhere to those conditions then they don't face criminal action at all."
Independent MSP Margo MacDonald is reintroducing her bill seeking to allow councils to set up prostitution tolerance zones.
'Increased danger'
Despite a parliamentary defeat in February for her Prostitute Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill, the MSP said it was time to forget ideology and start managing the problem of street prostitution with common sense.
Prostitutes' support group Scotpep said that since the tolerance zone in Edinburgh was abandoned, attacks on women had increased from 11 last year to 54 so far this year.
Scotpep's Ruth Morgan-Thomas said: "There is clear evidence from England that anti-social behaviour orders do not prevent people from engaging in sex work and street prostitution.
"And that those women will be put in even more dangerous situations and their vulnerability to violence increased."


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(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Early Childhood Intervention Program, Texas Department of Health. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Early Childhood Intervention Program came into being as a result of the studies and recommendations of the Joint Interim Study Committee on Early Childhood Intervention (created by the 66th Legislature in 1979, Senate Concurrent Resolution 96). This Committee was charged with making a comprehensive study of existing intervention programs and services available for children ages 0-3 years, and to examine the idea of implementing a comprehensive state program for early intervention services. The Committee reviewed existing programs, conducted hearings and heard testimony, and prepared legislation which incorporated the Committee's recommendations for submission to the 67th Legislature. Their recommendations were to support and expand existing intervention programs--The Crippled Children's Program (Department of Health), infant stimulation program (Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation), and Regional Day Schools for the Deaf (Texas Education Agency); establish a statewide delivery system of direct services for medical and developmental needs; and coordinate services and develop an infant program which could serve all disabilities.
The legislation drafted by the Committee was passed by the 67th Legislature in 1981 (Senate Bill 630), creating the Early Childhood Intervention Program. This Program is operated through the Department of Health and is charged with identifying and providing needed intervention services to children who have or are at risk of having developmental delays, from ages 0-3 years or until the child is eligible for special education programs for the handicapped.
The legislation also called for the creation of an Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention. This Council provides the needed coordination of state agencies which supply intervention services toward a statewide program. It serves as the interagency policy making body to administer the ECI Program. The Council is composed of one member each from the Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the Department of Human Resources (now Human Services), and the Central Education Agency. These members are chosen by their respective agency commissioners. One lay member is appointed by the Governor. The Council's responsibilities are to develop a state plan for intervention services, prepare written recommendations for carrying out the mandates of the legislation, and review grant applications from providers wishing to supply intervention services. The Council established the Advisory Committee on Early Childhood Intervention (composed of an unlimited number of parents, professionals, and advocacy group members) to support and advise the Council, to receive input from the state agencies offering intervention services, and to work toward the goal of a statewide program.
The ECI Program is operated by the Department of Health, Bureau of Crippled Children's Services. It provides intervention services to eligible children who cannot be placed in other programs. Specific duties of the program are to develop and implement a statewide strategy for early identification of children at risk; conduct a one-time series of regional training workshops; promote public awareness on the importance of prenatal care, on the early detection of developmental delay, and on the availability of state resources; and allocate funds to providers for the provision of intervention services.
Intervention services are contracted out to public and private providers. Those entities wishing to provide intervention services apply for grant funding through the ECI Program. Grant applications are reviewed and decided upon by the Interagency Council. Once grants are awarded, a contract is drawn up between the provider and the Department of Health. Program guidelines are developed by the Department of Health (TDH), and periodic evaluations of the provider are conducted to ensure compliance with the guidelines. Once cases are identified, the TDH provides parental counseling, conducts follow-up procedures, provides case management services, and monitors the overall progress of the child.
Materials present in these records include minutes of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention and the Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee; hearing files, transcripts, and legislation drafted by the Joint Interim Study Committee; grant applications and reviews; correspondence and memoranda; reports; press releases; speeches; and routine administrative files. Dates covered are 1979-1987. These records document the work of the Joint Interim Study Committee, the establishment of the Early Childhood Intervention Program, the activities of the Interagency Council and the ECI Advisory Committee, and the general operations of the ECI Program within the Texas Department of Health.
To prepare this preliminary inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
These records are organized into four series:
Laura K. Saegert, June 1990
Accession numbers: 1990/078, 1990/085
These records were transferred from the Texas Department of Health (via the Records Management Division of the State Library) to the State Archives on January 23, 1990; and from the Texas Department of Health directly to the Archives on February 20, 1990.
These are the minutes of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention and of the ECI Advisory Committee. Dates covered are 1981-1987. Some of the files in the mid to late 1980s also contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, and meeting agenda.
These records are organized into two sub-series:
These are minutes of the Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee, dating 1981-1987. Some of the files in the mid to late 1980s also contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, and meeting agenda.
The records are arranged in reverse chronological order.
These are minutes of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention, dating 1981-1987. Some of the files in the mid to late 1980s also contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, and meeting agenda.
The records are arranged in reverse chronological order.
Materials present in this series consist of testimony given before the Joint Interim Study Committee on Early Childhood Intervention in 1980; transcripts of Committee meetings and public hearings; materials gathered for reference and research purposes--reports, summations of existing programs at state/local/regional levels, etc.; correspondence and memoranda; recommendations of the Committee; copies of the legislation creating the Committee; and drafts of legislation prepared by the Committee. Dates covered are 1979-1980.
The Joint Interim Study Committee on Early Childhood Intervention was created to study existing programs and make recommendations regarding the state's involvement in early childhood intervention programs for those children at risk of medical and developmental delays. This series documents the Joint Committee's actions towards these goals. The Joint Committee gathered materials from and evaluated existing intervention programs at the state, regional, and local levels; heard testimony and evidence from state agencies, physicians, advocates, and others; and drafted legislation for the 67th Legislature to consider, incorporating the Committee's recommendations for a comprehensive state program to provide early childhood intervention services.
Files are arranged by the type of material.
These are the files of the various entities providing intervention services through the Early Childhood Intervention Program when the program was initiated, 1981-1982. Providers wishing to offer services applied to the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention for grant funding. The Council's Grants Committee reviewed the applications, which were then voted on by the Council. This series contains some statistical information regarding the number of applicants, those approved and rejected, reviews of grants, and individual files on the providers offering services. These individual files contain the grant application (applicant profile, budget information, applicant resources, etc.), grant evaluation forms (contains the recommendation of the Grant Review Committee and final Council action), contracts, financial status reports, monitoring reports, correspondence, and a summary report prepared by the provider covering the period March 1 - August 31, 1982.
Files are arranged as received, most are arranged topically.
This series consists of largely of correspondence and administrative files of the Early Childhood Intervention Program . Types of materials present include general correspondence and memoranda to/from Interagency Council members, ECI Program staff, providers, and others; files with agencies and organizations (state agencies, advocacy groups, etc.), mostly correspondence and contracts; reports; speeches; legislation; press releases; and routine administrative files.
The files are arranged in the order received.


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Corry was skipper during England's poor 2006 Six Nations and woeful autumn series but was roundly praised for his conduct during a difficult time.
However, new coach Brian Ashton has still replaced him with Vickery.
"I wasn't overly surprised by it, especially with the position that England are in," admitted Corry.
"With Robbo [Andy Robinson] going and the comments made about the leadership in the autumn series, I think when Brian called me it wasn't the biggest shock.
"It pains me to say it, but England are in a very unsatisfactory position. Brian's come in and has to lay down his marker.
"In Phil Vickery you've got a great guy who oozes leadership, and Brian's gone for a credible, world-class player."
Leicester number eight Corry insisted he is proud of having been England captain, despite the circumstances during his tenure which began with the last two matches in the 2005 Six Nations.
"I'm not going to hide behind anything. I was part of an England team that was losing," he told BBC Radio Leicester. "Obviously, I wanted to continue to be captain because I felt we could turn it around.
"It was an unbelievable honour and a huge challenge. If someone says, 'You're England captain but you have to lead through this period, do you still want it?' - of course, definitely.
"The regret is I didn't get to captain England out of it."
Corry, who will face a strong challenge to the number eight slot from the likes of Bristol's Dan Ward-Smith, said England's plight is not as bad as it may seem.
"As Vicks [Vickery] has already said, it's nothing major, it's just a lot of little things we've got to put right," he said.
"Now I just hope I can have a role behind Vicks in the team and put things right and get us back to winning ways.
"There's a fine line between success and failure and with England we were just on the other side. I don't think its going to take too much for us to cross it.
"We've shown we can dominate possession, so we can get our fair share of territory.
"Then it's just ironing out the little mistakes that allow the opposition into the game, and it's being more clinical when we get into the opposition 22 and actually coming away with points more often than not."


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Late in September one of the largest property and infrastructure investors in Australia, Brookfield Asset Management, outlined its strategy at an investor day on Madison Avenue in New York.
Brookfield has more than $US8 billion in equity – "dry powder", says senior managing partner Bruce Flatt – to invest around the globe. "We feel well capitalised and we have significant investment capital around to take advantage of opportunities, if they are there," he says.
Australia is not top of the list. The shaking in Europe and the bank and government asset sales to follow are a key focus.
The group manages $15 billion of assets in Australia, likes the resources story and, perhaps surprisingly, has enjoyed its Australian experience.
"We went to Australia six years ago and we think it's a phenomenal place to invest . . . It gives us a huge opportunity to deploy capital and that's what we like to do when we see a market," Flatt says.
Brookfield arrived with the purchase of the Multiplex Group at the peak of the market in 2007 and followed with the acquisition of the Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) assets after the collapse.
Brookfield senior managing partner and Australian chief executive
BBI was simpler, it had "great assets in a poor capital structure".
Kingston is an accountant by training, working with Ernst & Young before joining Brookfield Asset Management 12 years ago where he is one of the 17 senior managing partners.
"It is run like a partnership," he says. "It is a collaborative group of people who have been with the company for 25 years and have evolved the business over 25 to 30 years so it is not easy to replicate."
All the partners are coming to Australia in November for their first board meeting in the country.
"If you look at our global success stories, Australia is top of the list," says Kingston. "We have established great relations and a great platform. We have involved a lot of capital and this will grow over time."
The Australian business mirrors the global business, to a degree, both in structure and philosophy. It has the big real estate and infrastructure investments. There is the potential for timber lands. And it is building its advisory operation, now headed by veteran investment banker Matthew McCann. Just as important is the focus on institutional investors. "We are trying to build relationships with the superannuation funds," says Kingston.
At the moment, 12 per cent of the money in Brookfield's private funds, public securities and equity strategies worldwide comes from Australia.
Andrew Williams, a former director in the UBS real estate advisory team, was hired earlier this year to build those relationships and fund flow. The global aim is to have one large listed fund like Brookfield Office Properties in each of its sectors and a number of specialist unlisted funds. The group has merged its hydro electric and wind power assets with a renewable fund in Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners ($13 billion in assets).
In Australia the group is dealing with legacy issues of eight former Multiplex funds, listed and unlisted.
Kingston says Brookfield, with its owner-occupier background, stands out for two reasons. "One is alignment with investors; we are always the largest investor and we have more to gain from performance than fees." Fee revenue has grown strongly. Since 2008 base management fees plus transaction and investment banking fees have increased 37 per cent to an expected $US228 million this year.
"Second, we have a long-term value focus," says Kingston. "We hold long term, we finance through investment grade leverage and we work the assets hard."
(The Australian terminal and energy operations have been refinanced with $845 million of low priced US private placement debt.)
The one part of the old Multiplex business that seems not to suit the Brookfield model is construction.
Many expected it to wither away. Instead, the opposite has happened.
Australian work in hand, more than $5 billion worth, is bigger than before the financial crisis, though its nature has changed with more hospitals and fewer office towers. Margins have improved 10 per cent in the past year.
Multiplex stalwart Ross McDiven is Brookfield's global chairman of construction and development. Ashley Muldoon, the Multiplex executive who had to deal with the disaster at Wembley, is chief executive of Brookfield Construction in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
At the investor briefing, Flatt and the team laid out the opportunities in Australia, and around the world.
In Australia the group wants to leverage positions where Brookfield already has "incumbent status and benefits from barriers to entry".
The group is investing $500 million to expand Brookfield Rail into West Australia's mid west, with the aim of boosting freight by 45 per cent and deliver a 15 per cent return before leverage.
It is also working to expand the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal.
It has office developments planned, particularly City Square for BHP in Perth; it is expanding the construction business, and looking for "tuck in" office acquisitions.
Brookfield has not missed the net tangible assets gap in Australia. "There may be the opportunity to do something of a larger nature, but I suspect the probability is lower than what it was years ago," Flatt says.
Later in the investor day, Brookfield's new senior managing partner for property operations, Ric Clarke – he has just joined from CB Richard Ellis – points again to opportunities likely to come from M&A activity because REITs are trading at such discounts to NTA and because of strategic shifts in Australian capital allocation into "pure plays".
Kingston sees other possibilities in infrastructure and forestry. "On the infrastructure side there will be a lot of demand and more will fall on the private sector," he says.
In forestry, Brookfield is one of the largest owners of timber land in North America. Possibilities arise with governments like South Australia selling forestry assets.
There are a number of government plantations in Australia that are coming to market and could be of interest to us," he says. "We are not trying to buy crummy assets at the bottom of the market; it's good assets for the long term . . .".
Brookfield is combing Europe for those good assets. Flatt says forced bank sales could release €400 billion ($537 billion) in assets at a time when there is a big debt funding gap and new regulations looming that will affect lending and make some European investment vehicles less attractive. "We're expecting good opportunities in Europe over the next little while," Flatt says.
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Benign Familial Neutropenia
Benign Familial Neutropenia
- Benign – Won't kill you,
- Familial – Appearing in individuals by heredity,
- Neutropenia – Low Neutrophil count
Neutropenia is a blood disorder where an individual has a lower than normal number of neutrophils circulating in their blood. An individual affected by this disease is more susceptible to various types of infections, which can become life-threatening.
Benign Familia Neutropenia is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder which means an individual only needs one copy of the mutant gene to have the disorder. There are three classifications for the disorder based on an Absolute Neutrophil Count. An individual without this disorder will show an ANC above 1500, while someone diagnose with BFN will fit 1 of the 3 classifications:
- Mild: 1000<1500 ANC – Low risk of infection,
- Chronic: 500<1000 ANC – At risk for chronic infection,
- Severe: <500 ANC – Very high risk of infection,
Chromosome location
The location of the gene for BFN is believed to be located at 16q22, being a somewhat rare genetic disease there hasn't been a big push to research this. An extensive two year testing trial into BFN was completed in 2006 by the Department of Pathology and Department of Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Laboratory of Cytogenetics, and Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in which all patients tested for the disease showed abnormalities at this site.
Characteristics of the Disease
Though there are several types of Neutropenia the symptoms most commonly associated with all types are persistent infections, sore throat, fever, and enhanced swelling around wounds. Unlike individuals with normal neutorphil counts, BFN and the other various types for Neutropenia can be hard to detect due to the fact that individuals with Neutropenia often don't have pus formations from infections. This is due to the fact that they have a very low number of neutorphils circulating in their blood. Therefore BFN can go undetected in many patients and is usually not found until a severe infection has set in and a WBC is performed.
- WBC test showing RBC's and Platelets but no WBC
Treatment or Management of the Condition
The disease itself is often not fatal. Like AIDS and Leukemia, having severe BFN isn't what proves to be fatal but the multitude of infections an individual goes though and the inability of the immune system to suppress and clear the infection is often what leads to the mortality of the disease. There are currently two experimental drugs used to help treat patients with BFN; they are Neupogen and Neulasta and they cost on average around $4,000 per month for the injections. Both drugs are known as GCSF's (Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor), the difference between the two is that Neulasta (C845H1343N223O243S9 + PEG) has a polyethylene glycol molecule added to one end to increase it's size so that it circulates in the body for a longer period of time (apprx. 18 – 80 hrs.) compared to Neupogen's 4 to 6 hrs. These drugs are used to stimulate the bone marrow to increase the number of neutrophils circulating in the blood.
- Drug Risk! - In some patients Neupogen and Neulasta has caused the spleen to enlarge and in some cases even rupture (This can cause death!). ARDS (Acute respiratory Distress Syndrome) has also been reported in patients as well as bone pain.
Molecular Genetics
In the case study from 2004 – 2006 when the DNA was mapped from a bone marrow biopsy they found that there was a deletion (del16q22) at 16q22. They also found a rare fragile site (fra16q22) that was passed on genetically from parent to child that was expressed phenotypically and cytogenetically.
Genetic Testing
Testing is available for the disease, the test usually performed to check for neutopenia are Blood counts to check for normal levels of WBC and bone marrow biopsy. Both test are accurate in diagnosing whether or not a patient has neutropenia.
Other relevant information
- 1) Bernini JC. Diagnosis and management of chronic neutropenia
during childhood. Pediatr Clin North Am 1996;43:773–792.
- 2) Cutting HO, Lang JE. Familial benign chronic neutropenia.
Blood 1964;61:876–887.
- 3) Holmes JA, Thompson PW. Expression of fra(10)(q25) in peripheral
blood and bone marrow in familial neutropenia. J Med Genet 1988;25:238–242.
- 4) Denarier MC. The phagocyte system and disorders of granulopoiesis
and granulocyte function. In: Nathan DG, Orkin SH, Ginsburg D, Look AT, editors. Nathan and Oski's hematology of infancy and childhood. 6th edition. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2003. p 923–1005.
- 5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutropenia
- 6) Benign Chronic Neutropenia With Abnormalities Involving 16q22, Affecting Mother and Daughter
Lewis Glasser, Aurelia Meloni-Ehrig, Plakyil Joseph, and Jennifer Mendiola; American Journal of Hematology 81:262–270 (2006)
- 7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neupogen
- 8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neulasta
- 9) www.neulasta.com/patient/howcanhelp/neulasta_neupogen.html
- 10) Djaldette M, Joshua H, Kalderon M. Familial leukopenia–
neutropenia in Yemenite Jews. Observations on eleven families. Bull Res Counc Isr Sect E Exp Med 1961;9E:24–28.
- 11) Shaper AG, Lewis P. Genetic neutropenia in people of African
origin. Lancet 1971;2:1021–1023.
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the bone marrow of Yemenite Jews with genetic neutropenia. Blood 1973;41:745–751.
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Isle of Wight rocks again
The Isle of Wight held its first big music festival - Rock Island - for 32 years on Monday.
Among the bands were rock outfit Hundred Reasons, who ended their UK tour there. Guitarist Larry Hibbitt continues his festival diary.
Never has a festival had to live up to so much. The original in 1970 had the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin on the bill and pulled in a crowd of revolution-hungry punters who really thought they were changing the world.
To say 2002's offering was radically different - or even un-radically different - is definitely an understatement.
Upon arriving at the festival site, we were denied entry as we had the wrong passes (the fact we arrived in a double-decker sleeper bus full of band, crew and equipment was obviously not enough to convince them we were a band and not a bunch of chancers).
Luckily, our lighting guy Chris was a able to scale the fence and chat to one of his mates on site therefore ensuring we had bus power for the night. Good work.
On the other side sat a Travel Inn, the rooms of which were to be used as band dressing rooms.
By about 11:15 I had walked round the entire site and found myself back at the bus full of cheese and ham toasty, but £3 lighter. Not much was going on.
The first band I took notice of today were the Bees, very laid back with lots of brass and very instrumental. The crowd were into it and so was I.
Ten minutes before our set we were collected and brought to the backstage area, religiously flashing our passes every ten feet at the request of the over-enthusiastic security guards.
After a couple of songs of being pogoed and sworn at, people started getting into it. We had a good time.
Party time
After our set, we got the end-of-tour party under way with a potentially lethal mixture of champagne, vodka, whiskey, red wine and beer and things started looking a lot better.
I pointed out I could see no-one I wanted to throw it at and the luxury of hitting the stage with any projectile had been denied by the laws of physics. It seemed to make no difference, even with a valid pass.
Starsailor played, then Ash destroyed them and the sun came out.
Robert Plant played and The Charlatans were awesome.
By this point my edges were a little ruffled and the power of speech had long been my enemy.
It wasn't the summer of love, but it had a damn good time pretending to be.
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I awoke at about 5:15 this morning to the sound of the television being turned on. I grumbled at Ken, the culprit of the noise and what I thought was the reason I woke. After about 15 minutes I felt that God was calling me to get up and go spend time with him. I'm reading through a chronological Bible in the evenings, so I wasn't sure what I was going to do. I'm also not involved in a specific bible study at the moment which is what I usually do early in the mornings, so I thought maybe God just wanted me to sit quietly with Him and hear from Him.
I turned up the heat, make a cup of coffee and sat down on the couch. I sat quietly for a minute...... I glanced at the table beside the couch and saw peeking from underneath a book called Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow. A friend loaned me this book so long ago, that I am sure she thinks I have lost it. It has been in a stack for books for quite some time. I knew this was what God wanted for me to pick up today. He was going to have something to say to me through this book.
I picked it up and began reading the first chapter which discussed a lack of contentment being the reason for our anxiousness. I have mentioned before about my anxiousness and about the words that I feel God leads me to each year. I wrote about those back in early January. This year's words are faith, love, and gratitude. I knew immediately that I had a new word. A word that fit in perfectly with the original words , and one that would help me in the pursuit of the goals that God has given me for 2017.
Lately, I've been super aware of my own negativity and lack of contentment. Linda Dillow says in this book that we can learn to be content. Doing so is one step toward having more faith, more gratitude and more love. Don't you agree? In the first chapter of this book, I was asked to write down Philippians 4:11-13
11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
I was also reminded of verse 8 of the same chapter......
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
That is the web address of my blog and I have lately been so caught up in negativity that I couldn't look at the lovely or the good. All I could see was the bad. That keeps me from being grateful, it keeps me at at a standstill in this part of my faith and it keeps me from loving people well.
As the season of Lent begins on Wednesday, I've heard much talk around about what people are "giving up" for Lent. I have been thinking some on what I would do for Lent. I don't tend to give things up so much as I tend to try to grow in my walk with God in some way. Sometimes, I do nothing at all because I don't feel that God is calling me to do anything.
This morning, in the twenty minutes that read this chapter, I knew that this year, He had something for me to do during Lent. He gave me something to give up - complaining and negativity - and something to do -- learn to be content.
I really do love when God shows himself this way. It wasn't Ken turning on the TV this morning that woke me. It was God telling me that he wanted to talk to me. This is my calling for Lent. What is He calling you to do? It will not be easy for me. But it is worth doing. I am looking forward to our Shrove Tuesday Celebration and Ash Wednesday Service this week. (Don't know what all that means? I will share more here this week.)
Take time today and tomorrow to consider what your Lenten calling might be. I would love to hear all about it! Share it with me here!!


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Paris Hilton might be filthy stinking rich for no other reason than she fell out of her mother's millionaire vagina. But that doesn't mean she can't help herself to some free swag at Sundance. And by help herself I mean practically rob the place blind. Reuters reports:
Word comes to us late on a Sunday night at the Sundance Film Festival that Paris Hilton left the Hollywood Life House gifting suite with 30 bags — 30 bags — stuffed full of free merchandise from Whiting & Davis, which makes metal mesh material and accessories.
Even the publicity people representing the Hollywood Life House seemed aghast, noting in a press release that the Hilton hotel heiress did it, "without shame." And we're wondering why she's even here. It's not like she's in a movie at the festival.
I'll tell you why she was there. Because somebody said her name three times in a row. Dammit, when will you yuppies learn? Now, chopper me out there, so I can clean up your mess. And be quick about it, before all the bath oil baskets are gone.


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As was rumored, reported and speculated, long-time New York Giants guard, Chris Snee, officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday.
Montrose to Boston College, the New York Giants for 11 seasons, 2 Super Bowl Championships, Pro-Bowler, All-Pro...one of the absolute best.— Eastern Athletics (@EASagency) July 21, 2014
"He called me yesterday and told me the news," Eli Manning said via Giants.com. "I kind of knew there was a possibility with everything going on with his health. I'm obviously disappointed just because we've had a long run together. We came in the same year, were roommates for home games and away games that first year. We've won a lot of games and been through a lot together and been great pals, so I told him I'd miss him. He was the last one from our original class that came in together, but he's got to do what's best for him. I think he made a decision kind of based on how he's feeling and also based on what's best for the Giants. He's a true team player and just didn't think he was going to be able to help and wanted to put us in a situation where we kind of knew that early on. We're going to definitely miss his leadership and his presence around the locker room, around the team, but we'll still be great friends."
Snee, originally a second-round pick of the Giants in the 2004 NFL Draft, was part of what many consider to be one of the greatest offensive lines in team history alongside David Diehl, Shaun O'Hara, Rich Seubert and Kareem McKenzie. He was also one of only four remaining players from the 2007 championship team (Eli Manning, Zak DeOssie and Mathias Kiwanuka the others).
The 10-year veteran retires having started all 141 games in which he played, been named to Pro Bowl four times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012), an All-Pro Team three time (2008, 2009, 2010) and, of course, winning two Super Bowl titles (2007, 2011).
"Chris is a pro's pro," general manager Jerry Reese said. "He played the game right. He was as tough and prideful as they come. We will miss him."
Snee had hoped to play in 2014, saying early on this offseason that he felt 100%, but after experiencing some inflammation in his elbow following an earlier surgery, Snee was faced with the reality that his body could just no longer handle the grind of a full NFL season. And knowing how important it was to the Giants to have a decision made early, he opted not to wait any longer, retiring as the team arrived for the start of training camp.
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It's worth prefacing this review by saying that following up a release as great at "Arcane Rain Fell" is no easy task. And they certainly did not manage to do it, at least in my opinion. While TSW is not bad, the direction of it does worry me a little bit as a long time Draconian fan. While previous releases fit pretty neatly into the category of "Gothic Melo-doom" this record fits more neatly into the category of... "Melogoth" (yes I'm tossing genre labels together, wanna fight about it?)
I mean, it's certainly catchy. There is pretty much no denying that. But it lacks the really doomy and chunky vibe that was present in much of their previous releases. This is exponentially more 'pretty-sounding' than anything they have done so far. It also simply does not have the replay-ability that Arcane Rain or even Where Lover Mourn did. You can listen to the entire CD once, get the basic idea of what's going on, and not really feel compelled to go back and listen to it again. I would say I got bored of this CD after probably a month and have not really listened to it much since despite the fact that I still regularly listen to older releases. Where TSW succeeds in how pretty it sounds, it fails pretty strongly in implementing a haunting, chilling, or overall foreboding and dark musical experience. Often times I would liken it to teenagers hanging out in a graveyard writing the kind of poetry you'd expect to find teenagers hanging out in a graveyard writing.
Get this record if: You are fairly new to metal and want something that is accessible. This is definitely the easiest of their releases to enjoy if you are not particularly well-rounded in the realm of doom but still want something depressive that is easy to catch onto.
Do not get this record if: You like actual doom. Simply put, this is not going to do it. If you are new to Draconian I would strongly recommend Arcane Rain Fell or Where Lovers Mourn first. They are very enjoyable releases and worth giving a listen if you like hauntingly beautiful and melodic doom style metal.
Also consider getting: To explain the title to this review, Johan Ericson (Draconian guitarist) has a side project called "Doom:vs" and he also made a release in 2008 named "Dead Words Speak"... if you are looking for a true churning, powerful, and moving Doom experience that is the CD you should be going after. No elements of gothic, just mid-paced funeral style doom metal. I don't want to turn this into a review for that but I would recommend checking it out of TSW is too tame for you.


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Insisting that she is currently single, the 'Speak Now' singer explains to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres she doesn't want to be a girl who has constant stream of boyfriends all the time.
Taylor Swift makes it clear that she is single at the moment. When asked how her boyfriend likes the way her new fragrance, Wonderstruck, smells during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", the "Back to December" singer is quick to tell host Ellen DeGeneres, "I don't have one. I keep telling you that."
"I just don't," the 21-year-old goes on. "I, for real, don't have a boyfriend. I sit by myself and I watch 'Law & Order'. I don't have a boyfriend - I don't even have like kind of a boyfriend - I don't have someone that I'm texting that is a guy that someday might be my boyfriend. There's like nothing going on right now!"
When Ellen jokes, "That's pathetic!", the country singer responds, "You have to be okay with it." She elaborates, "If you're the girl that needs a boyfriend, and once she loses that boyfriend needs to replace it with a different boyfriend, it's just this constant stream of boyfriends all the time. I don't feel like I ever want to be that girl."
Taylor, who was previously linked to the likes of Taylor Lautner, Jake Gyllenhaal and Chord Overstreet, adds that she wants her relationship with her boyfriend to be a special one. "I want to be the girl that when she falls in love, it's a big deal and it's a rare thing," she gushes.


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State Worker Charged With Welfare Fraud
A Grand Rapids woman employed by the Department of Human Services has been charged with welfare fraud.
Ciara Selden-Ruffin has been charged with welfare fraud of $500 and welfare fraud - failure to inform $500 or more..
WOOD TV reports during a hearing to determine probable cause in the case, an officer testified that when Selden-Ruffin applied for benefits through the Kent County DHS in July 2012, she failed to report unearned income that consisted of checks written to her by family members. She also never reported third-party payments toward dependent care costs that were used to budget how much she would receive in food assistance.
It appears Selden-Ruffin is also the daughter of the woman in charge of children's welfare in Kent County, Savator Selden-Johnson.


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I have lost about 60lbs and although I know i'm still over weight I'm comfortable with myself the way I am now; so I am wanting to get breast implants. I'm a small B cup right now and would like to be a large D cup I'm not looking for the "Porn Star" look I just want something that will look good and natural on me. Would 550 CC Give me the look i'm looking for? I have posted a photo of my measurements and a photo of myself with all my padded bras on that's the look i'm going for.
I'm 5'2 170lbs what CC's should I get to be a large D cup? (photo)
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Hello, thank you for your question! This is definitely possible for you, but the best size for your body will probably be determined in the OR; 550's might be fine, but, because of your weight loss (that usually results in looser skin) you might need 700's that are high profile. It really depends on your physical characteristics.
D Cup?
Thank you for your question. To get the best answer to your question you should make a consultation appointment with a board certified Plastic Surgeon. That way you can get the best size and look for your frame.
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How many CC's make up a D cup size implant
Approx 100 cc = I cup size. 550 cc is a big implant and I think you need your PS to examine for loose skin post weight loss. You may need a LIFT in addition to an implant to get the result you want. A 550 cc implant supported by loose and lax skin may not be ideal given the tendency to stretch and droop with time.
Consider 100cc's increase in Breast Implant for each increase in cup size
Thank you for your question and photographs. Generally speaking each 100 cc increase in breast implant size will usually translate to an increase in one cup size. 550 cc breast implants are very large. An examination in person is necessary however I agree with other physicians thata 350 cc implant should give you a nice result.
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Breast Implant
Congrats on the weight loss, the bigger the implants the bigger the issues long term. Given your measurements and weight loss you may benefit from a smaller implant maybe around 350cc along with a lift
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Allen's "critics" of Kagan rely on distortions and stereotypes
Research ››› ››› JULIE MILLICAN
In his May 9 "Playbook," Politico's Mike Allen claimed President Obama was "poised to name" Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court and purported to characterize "what critics will say" about the nomination. However, the "critics' " arguments that Allen presented rest on baseless accusations, stereotypes and distortions of Kagan's record.
Allen's "critics": Kagan not "fair-minded, impartial" and doesn't have "proper temperament to be a judge"
Allen wrote that "critics will say" that "there is nothing in [Kagan's] record to suggest she has the proper temperament to be a judge. ... Her record is one of an advocate and an activist, not of a fair-minded, impartial judge."
In fact, numerous conservatives and legal experts have praised Kagan's "fair-minded" temperament
Hayes: "Kagan treats conservative arguments with respect." On the May 7 Special Report with Bret Baier, the Weekly Standard's Steve Hayes praised Kagan's fair-mindedness and intellect, saying, "She is by all accounts from people who have dealt with her personally and intellectually someone who can make convincing and compelling arguments and martial her arguments in a way that is persuasive to people who might not otherwise be predisposed to agree with her. And I think you're seeing that to a certain extent in the, sort of half embrace she is getting from some conservatives, particularly conservative academics. You know, it goes beyond just the fact she hired three conservatives at Harvard, and certainly that is to her credit, but it's also the fact that she treats conservative arguments with respect, that she seems to genuinely be interested in understanding where conservative jurists are coming from." [Fox News' Special Report, 5/7/2010]
Former Bush lawyer Berenson lauded Kagan's "fair-minded consideration of competing views." From a letter sent by former Bush administration assistant White House counsel Bradford Berenson supporting Kagan's solicitor general nomination:
Her legal acumen is more than equal to the task she faces, as reflected in her scholarship. The spirit of toleration and fair-minded consideration of competing views she brought to the Deanship reflect the sort of temperament and judgment that will inspire confidence in the Justices of the Supreme Court as well as the private parties with whom she will need to interact as SG. The same institutional loyalty that has enabled her to put Harvard Law School's interests ahead of her own will undoubtedly cause her to do likewise in service of the United States.
Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried praised Kagan's temperament and "ability to put aside disagreements with a candidate's political or intellectual disposition." In a letter supporting her nomination for solicitor general, Fried -- solicitor general during the Reagan administration -- said Kagan "is a superb lawyer and awesomely intelligent person." He added: "Her judgment was unerring. But more strikingly, she showed an ability to put aside disagreements with a candidate's political or intellectual disposition and to see only the quality of the candidate's intellectual ability and potential contribution. The result has been the most vibrant and intellectually diverse faculty I have know [sic] since coming to the Harvard Law School in 1961." Fried offered the following anecdote that he argued "sums up her temperament and her effect on others":
Some years ago, it came Harvard Law School's turn to host the national convention of the student chapter of the Federalist Society. There was a dinner of some 1,000 guests from all over the country and it was her duty as dean to offer the welcome to our many guests. When she rose she was greeted by prolonged and thunderous applause. Enduring it for awhile, she finally raised her hands-a big grin on her face-and said "You are not my people...." There was loud and friendly laughter in the hall, almost drowning out her next words: "But I love the Federalist Society." This was met by applause more lively and prolonged than before. I would guess she loves the American Constitution Society too, but I do not go to those meetings."
Bush judicial nominee Estrada said Kagan's time at Harvard proves she is "someone who can create consensus"; praised her for "work[ing] tirelessly to bring intellectual diversity" to the school. In a letter supporting her nominations for Solicitor General, Miguel Estrada -- who Bush nominated to be a D.C. Circuit judge - stated that Kagan's "tenure as Dean [of Harvard Law School] demonstrates that she is a uniquely gifted administrator-someone who can create consensus even in an institution that had become notorious for its fractiousness. For good measure, she has worked tirelessly to bring intellectual diversity to an institution that for too long had too little of it."
Bush official and judicial nominee Keisler praised Kagan's "way of dealing respectfully with everybody." Former Bush Justice Department official and D.C. Circuit nominee Peter Keisler wrote in support of Kagan's nomination to be Solicitor General: "I am confident that it is precisely this combination of strong intellectual capabilities, thoughtful judgment, and her way of dealing respectfully with everybody that enabled her to become such a unifying and universally respected figure at Harvard."
Bush administration assistant AG Goldsmith spoke of Kagan's ability to judge problems "without ideological suppositions." In a letter supporting Kagan's nomination for solicitor general, Jack Goldsmith -- former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration stated: "Good judgment is a hard quality to describe, but Kagan has it. She understands problems in all their dimensions, she thinks about them clearly and without ideological suppositions, and she has a knack for understanding well the consequences and ramifications of various courses of action." He added: "Her success at Harvard also resulted from her shrewd ability to bridge disagreement. Kagan does this by listening to all sides of an argument, by engaging interlocutors honestly and empathetically, and by exercising her judgment openly and with good reasons."
Laurence Tribe: Kagan "respectful of the views of others." Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe wrote: "No-one I have met at this or any other university has been better at orchestrating the abilities and energies of faculty, staff, and students without ruffling anyone's feathers or leaving hard feelings among those who cannot, by the nature of things, always get their way. That Elena Kagan was able to achieve that kind of harmony and cooperation whie creating genuine intellectual excitement as she spearheaded the expansion of the Harvard Law School faculty in size, ideological range, and substantive depth is nothing short of remarkable." He added:
Simultaneously respectful of the views of others and capable of diplomatically identifying and correcting gaps in their understanding, Elena Kagan is the ideal advocate for an administration that seeks common ground among partisan opponents and that must grapple with the most difficult domestic and foreign challenges any incoming President has had to face in many generations.
Former assistant solicitors general: "Kagan is a person of great legal and personal skills, intellect, integrity, independence, and judgment." Six former assistant solicitors general -- four of whom also served as deputy solicitors general -- wrote: "In sum, Dean Kagan is a person of great legal and personal skills, intellect, integrity, independence and judgment. We therefore believe, based on extensive personal experience, that she has all the attributes that are essential to an outstanding Solicitor General."
Allen's "critics" baseless accusation: Kagan "can become" too "emotionally involved on issues she deeply cares about"
Allen also claimed Kagan's "critics will say" that "her record shows that she can become emotionally involved on issues she deeply cares about," a completely baseless accusation.
"Emotional" is a tired gendered stereotype often used to attack women
The Handbook of Social Psychology lists as one "gender stereotype" that "women are (too) emotional." The Handbook of Social Psychology -- edited by Daniel T. Gilbert, Susan T. Fiske, and Gardner Lindzey and described by its publisher as "the standard professional reference for the field of social psychology for many years" -- cites being too "emotional" as a gender stereotype applied to women: "In addition the content of gender stereotypes is heavily prescriptive-that is, telling how men and women should behave. Men should be competent; women should be nice. Other gender stereotype content is more descriptive: Men are (too) aggressive; women are (too) emotional." [p378]
Sotomayor's intellect and temperament was attacked with use of gender and racial stereotypes. As Media Matters for America noted, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's critics frequently employed gender and racial stereotypes in attacking her temperament and intellect. Conservative media figures and others would attack Sotomayor as being an "angry" justice who is a "bully" and "not that intelligent," which many argued reflected negative stereotypes about women and Latino.
Pelosi's judgment was attacked as being "based on emotions and not good sense." Following Democratic victories in 2006 which paved the way for Nancy Pelosi to become the first female Speaker of the House, many media figures trotted out tired gender based stereotypes in discussing Pelosi's judgment and leadership. For instance, as Media Matters noted, CNN political analyst Bay Buchanan asserted that Pelosi's "judgment is based on emotions and not good sense."
During Presidential campaign, media diagnosed Clinton with "mood swings," depression and "multiple personality disorder." As Media Matters has documented, during her Presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton-often the subject of sexist attacks and commentary-- members of the media asserted that Hillary Clinton-often the subject of sexist attacks and commentary-- displayed "mood swings," "could be depressed," "[r]esembl[ed] someone with multiple personality disorder," and "has turned into Sybil," an apparent reference to a book and movie about a woman who developed multiple personality disorder after being severely abused as a child.
Allen's "critics": Harvard's "ban" on military recruiters proves Kagan "an advocate" and "activist"
Allen wrote that Kagan's "critics will say," that "[w]hen Kagan was dean of Harvard Law School, she was a tireless advocate for the university's decision to ban military recruiters from the school's campus because of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Her record is one of an advocate and an activist, not of a fair-minded, impartial judge."
In fact, Kagan followed the law and students had access to military recruiters
Kagan consistently followed the law, and Harvard students had access to military recruiters during her entire tenure as dean. Throughout Kagan's tenure as dean, Harvard law students had access to military recruiters -- either through Harvard's Office of Career Services or through the Harvard Law School Veterans Association. Moreover, Kagan consistently followed existing law regarding access to military recruiters. Kagan briefly restricted (but did not eliminate) access to recruiters only after the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that law schools could do so. As The New York Times explained in a May 6 article [emphasis added]:
[Kagan's] management of the recruiting dispute shows her to have been, above all, a pragmatist, asserting her principles but all the while following the law, so that Harvard never lost its financing.
[E]ven when she ... briefly barred the military from using the law school's main recruitment office, she continued a policy of allowing the military recruiters access to students.
Kagan allowed military recruiters access to Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services. In the 1990s, based on its anti-discrimination policy, Harvard Law School refused to allow military recruiters to use the school's Office of Career Services (OCS) because of the military's discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. In 2002, after the Bush administration threatened federal funding at Harvard, Kagan's predecessor as dean created an exception to Harvard's anti-discrimination policy and allowed military recruiters access to OCS. When Kagan became dean in 2003, she continued to allow military recruiters access to OCS.
After appellate court -- including Reagan appointee -- ruled Solomon Amendment unconstitutional, Kagan prohibited Harvard's career office from working with recruiters for one semester. In 2004, a three-judge panel of the U.S Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit held 2-1 in FAIR v. Rumsfeld that the Solomon Amendment violated First Amendment free-speech rights: "The Solomon Amendment requires law schools to express a message that is incompatible with their educational objectives, and no compelling governmental interest has been shown to deny this freedom." Judge Walter Stapleton, a Reagan appointee, joined the majority opinion in the case. Following the 3rd Circuit's ruling, Kagan reinstated the ban against military recruitment through OCS for one semester in 2005. After the Bush administration threatened to revoke Harvard's federal funding, Kagan once again granted military recruiters access to OCS. In 2006, the Supreme Court reversed the 3rd Circuit decision.
During that one semester, students still had access to military recruiters via the Harvard Law School Veterans Association. The New York Times noted on May 6 that "even when [Kagan] ... briefly barred the military from using the law school's main recruitment office, she continued a policy of allowing the military recruiters access to students." As Kagan explained in a September 20, 2005, letter to her colleagues:
The Law School's anti-discrimination policy, adopted in 1979, provides that any employer that uses the services of OCS to recruit at the school must sign a statement indicating that that it does not discriminate on various bases, including sexual orientation. As a result of this policy, the military was barred for many years from using the services of OCS. The military retained full access to our students (and vice versa) through the good offices of the Harvard Law School Veterans Association, which essentially took the place of OCS in enabling interviews to occur.
I reinstated the application of our anti-discrimination policy to the military (after appropriate consultation with University officials) in the wake of the Third Circuit's decision; as a result, the military did not receive OCS assistance during our spring 2005 recruiting season.
Kagan's actions regarding DADT and military recruiters were within the legal mainstream
Dozens of other law professors, other law schools, and the Cato Institute argued against government's interpretation of Solomon Amendment. As Media Matters for America has documented, Kagan joined a brief filed on behalf of 40 Harvard law professors arguing against the government's interpretation of the Solomon Amendment. Briefs filed on behalf of 100 other law professors also argued against the Solomon Amendment or the government's interpretation of that amendment, as did other organizations including the Cato Institute.
Numerous law schools restricted military recruiters' access because of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The Joint Appendix filed in connection with the appeal of FAIR v. Rumsfeld to the Supreme Court contains statements from numerous law professors detailing their law schools' attempts to restrict military recruiters' access to career services offices. Following the 3rd Circuit's decision, in addition to Harvard, Yale and New York Law School also reportedly reinstituted their restrictions against military recruiters.
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