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By Joseph Mihangwa
In the liberal theory, the constitution is both a power – map as well as a terrain of constructing political legitimacy. In this case, a constitution is not only a fundamental legal but primarily a political document. In other words, the rulers (the executive) derive both the exercise of power and its legitimation from the Constitution.
The making and application of the constitution does not only signify the putting in place a certain constitutional and legal structure, but the process of constructing consensus; that is, making the political rule and the exercise of power acceptable and respectable.
Legitimacy can be defined simply as the quality of right to rule, and a legitimate regime is one whose subjects accept its right to govern.
The value of legitimacy is that, such a regime need not maintain itself primarily by force. History suggests that governments founded on force are unstable and short – lived. Their fragile equilibrium encourages increasing resort to repression, which inhibits constructive effort both by government and the governed.
Democracy, good governance and constitution are three inseparable institutions with symbiotic relationship in society, short of this will result in crisis of governance.
This raises the question as to the nature of the constitution we need at the moment. Firstly, it should be a constitution which acknowledges the irresistible pressure for change inherent in human society. Change is nurtured by ideas and man's desire for justice and freedom. The constitution should not interfere with these basic developments. People must have the ultimate say.
Secondly, the constitution should honestly define "ab initio" its own boundaries, implicitly and explicitly as a human document. It should not elevate itself to building castles in the air by arrogating to its unattainable powers and attributes.
This is why, for obvious reasons, the question regarding the need for a new constitutional dispensation and electoral system continues to raise a great deal of passion and heat. Two strands of opinion dominate the national debate:
On the one hand, there is a view that our country has quite successfully gone through multi-party elections based on the constitution and the electoral law as they presently exist, therefore there is no need to review or write a new constitution. Proponents of this view argue that what is required is just incremental improvements on the existing framework, as opposed to throwing it out of the window and starting all over, may be more practical approach to take.
The opposing view premised on the recommendations of the Nyalali Commission, holds that, the underlying value systems which underpin the present constitution and electoral law suffer from deep – seated one party cultural and ideological trait.
This debate is not only interesting, but it goes to the root of our new organized pluralism. We can argue for or against the need for a new constitution and a new electoral law. What is not debatable, however, is that a new political reality has dawned on our nation; namely that the traditional concept of democracy anchored in representativeness through political parties inside and outside electoral organs is inadequate and outmoded.
We believe that, social movements within our civil society have an important task of influencing the extent and nature of social, economic and political change in our country.
A viable civil society can be defined as a non-political organization which is capable of carrying out its responsibility under the terms of the objectives for which it is established. The basic human problems, such as poverty, health, education, shelter, environment and the method of dealing with these problems should not be allowed to fall into the hands of the government alone. It is just as wrong for the government to assume sole responsibility for the people's welfare as it is for civil leaders to abandon their social responsibility to the communities.
Viable civil leaders and societies operate with emotional and intellectual commitment to their cause. They would form pressure groups to ensure that whatever has to be done by the state is actually done and vice-versa.
Viability of civil society in any country is driven by dialogue of the people. In fact, dialogue is the essence of the democratic process. But it is a dialogue based on voluntarism. In other words, it is a dialogue that widens the arena of politics beyond electoral and legislative politics which the latter, have led to a virtual exclusion of the masses.
But even at the broader societal level, our country needs an engaged community of thinking citizens. Unfortunately, what multi-party politics is doing now, as it were during the one-party politics, is to reduce politics to the number of parties and the number of votes.
It is for this reason that such politics are elitist in character, since their assumption is that people do not and are incapable of thinking, and therefore, they must be represented; and further that, people are incapable of making their own history, that it is only the parties and the state which are capable of doing so. Here the attempt is to even deny (and we have abolished) the existence of politics outside the parties.
Indeed, it is high time now to think beyond current party politics. Is it possible for parties which are organically linked to the working people to emerge? What mode of politics will make such a possibility a reality? These are some of the questions which remain hanging, given the current political liberalization.
One of the tragedies of our political transformation is that our country still suffers from very strong political impulses and even illusions conditioned by priorities of our polity as it is rather than it ought to be. Whether it be over socio-economic issues, politics or the constitution, we seem to lack the mindset and the courage to dare and to accept change; not change for its own sake, but change for a better dispensation.
In my view, fundamentalist beliefs, of whatever origin or character, always foreclose honest and genuine debate and dialogue and therefore, the anti-thesis of democracy. The tendency to view any challenge or criticism against a political party or the government in power by a honest citizen as anti-party or anti-government, and therefore he or she must be ridiculed, does not create a healthy climate for democracy and good governance.
Change is the litmus test for democracy. Even Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, who had believed that change "causes disturbances" and upsets stability, was also quick to admit that stability itself was impossible to achieve without change (Read, Nyerere: Stability and change in Africa).
And this is the challenge which must form genuine democratic debate about a new constitution and electoral law in our country today.
The constitution is the fundamental law of the country. Our country's development is importantly influenced by the nature and content of the constitution.
The importance of these two legal pinnacles of our country demands that they be put to public scrutiny. Hence, political systems need to be understood by the people (the Civil Society) they serve and be suited to their own value systems.
Periodic elections, however free and fair, are insufficient criteria for pursuing genuine development, and that, it is the continual questioning of citizens, whose freedom of expression must be total to stimulate the reforms essential for maintaining the country's democratic effectiveness as the society transforms.
A constitution is at its best if it is the product of a social change, ushering in for the people a fresh breath of life, fresh ideals, and a sense of destiny: and if only it is inspired by intelligent, conscientious, far-sighted leaders, visionary of the highest order.
The constitution, when made under such favourable conditions, when the nation is in a confident, triumphant mood, becomes an embodiment of the natural will of the people, the consensus of the nation, and acquires an enduring value.
We must move away from politics of confrontation and polarization to politics of consensus. The challenging starting point is for Tanzanians, leaders and followers alike, to jettison their shibboleths and illusions about the need for a comprehensive, as opposed to an incremental, constitutional and electoral reform.
The sad story about multipartism today is that the existing and the emerging parties, without exception, have confined themselves to the realm of fighting to remain in or to enter the State House. As far as popular politics are concerned, the broad masses are only mobilized for support, knowingly or blindly.
This type of democracy does not address itself to the issues of redressing imbalances, inequalities, exploitation, etc, and all the talk is about capturing state power, no less, no more. Clearly, multi-party politics is still imprisoned in the state controlled conception of politics.
In fact, political liberalization which continues currently is taking the form of another monopolization of political participation by very narrow circles of elites. This process is also increasingly accompanied by further weakening of the civil society's organizational capacities. This is because it does not preclude the dominance of state repressive relations to the civil society.
The advent of pluralism and of market economy have, moreover, brought to the fore new challenges which the legal regime has to respond to. Take the case of corruption: this cancer is not only destroying the moral fabric, it is also undermining our very democratic institutions. Corruption, at social, economic and political levels stems from the resort to unprincipled means and abuse of administrative authority. We must thus quickly move towards an environment where corruption, inefficiency and lack of accountability by every citizen and leaders are effectively checked and sanctioned through legal means.
There is no democracy in a corrupt state. Here, democracy is seen just as a form of rule which includes the right of representation only. It is a matter of the ballot box, and it does not matter what means one uses to get the votes. This is what is taking place in our country today, where political corruption has been legalized, making leadership the right only of the worthy, backed by a discriminative electoral law.
Democracy as a process of transforming the state, requires one to focus on the politics of social and political emancipation of the people. It is necessary to deal with issues such as; in which way is production organized? Who is producing? Who is appropriating the surplus? What forms of accumulation are taking place – in sum the relations of subordination and resistance at the level of production?
It is therefore imperative now, that our nation must resolve to take the ultimate decision as to what constitution she needs on her own without involvement of external forces or interests.
We want a constitution that puts the nation's interests above all other in a spirit of realism, in which problems, obstacles and possibilities are assessed in their true nature. The legitimacy of the constitution shall derive solely from its acceptance as a writ of accord as to how the people want to be governed and how they want to co-exist in the spirit of harmony, cooperation and reciprocal obligations.
The constitution must view the nation as a trust. Under this principle, it is enjoined that the nation herself should be treated as a trust to be managed well with all sense of responsibility so that she can provide all that her people need in terms of happiness, comfort and decent living and at the same time be healthy enough to meet the needs of the generations to come.
Under this principle is the connotation that, society is the primary owner of all natural resources, in which, consequently, all people have equal rights of access.
Constitutional provisions are also needed to institutionalize a coordinated national strategy to preserve nature and environment. There is an inseparable link between man and nature and therefore, misuse of or abuse of nature must be made a serious breach of the constitution.
Policy makers must be made to understand that, the constitution we advocate for is not one for CUF, CHADEMA, CCM or TLP, nor shall it be meant to satisfy interests of political heavyweights. Rather, the constitution we want shall be for all the people – politicians and non-politicians and the civil society in general.
Democratic elections make governments more accountable to the people. We need electoral laws that will facilitate smooth elections that will be free and fair, instead of encouraging violence, corruption and use of state organs in the electoral process, hence defeating the whole idea of integrity, transparency and good governance.
Any one seeking a legal remedy in elections should be enabled to knock on the doors of justice and be heard without unnecessary restrictions, like depositing 5m/-, or to cry for mercy and discretion of the court.
Indeed, we must now all come forward with the will, creativity and a readiness to struggle for the required transformation through the desired constitutional means.
Source:http://www.thisday.co.tz/?l=11018 (accessed on 8 Sept 2013)


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24 carrot kid
5 comments:
- Penny said...
Oh, this is so cute! Love the take on the sketch, the papers & colors, the sweet image, and fab sentiment! :^)
Hugs, Penny
- March 5, 2013 at 1:33 PM
- Stephanie said...
This is so cute, thanks for playing along in our Anything Goes Challenge at Catch The Bug.
- March 7, 2013 at 10:11 AM
- Shirley said...
Pretty papers and cute image. Thanks for joining in with us at Friday Sketch Challenge.
Shirley xx
- March 7, 2013 at 1:24 PM
- Lori said...
Oh my gosh, this is ADORABLE! Somehow I missed getting this guy in my Bugaboo collection...will have to remedy that immediately! I love the image and the papers you used, GREAT...no PERFECT sentiment too. Thanks for sharing at Bugaboo this week!
Bugaboo DT
- March 8, 2013 at 7:11 AM
- Tammy Miller said...
What a great project, very cutet!! Thanks so much for joining our March Anything goes at CTB! We appreciate you taking the time to join our challenge! Hope to see you again very soon! Thanks for using a Bugaboo Image!
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I've been gardening in the same places for 20 years and once had to defend my knowledge that Japanese magnolias bloom in February, not March! The earliest, pinkest flowers sometimes bloom only to suffer icing right away. Although it doesn't affect the trees, the ruined flowers are a sad and nasty sight. On the first day of February, 2012, I'm looking for enough rain to knock their petals right off but no freezing weather. Here's what else I've already seen in bloom before their usual February appearance. Ok, flowering quince usually leads the show and the hedge I watch for each year started up weeks ago. That old hedge has already popped out some leaves to signal the end of the precious salmon blooms and I'm sure the owner will prune it into neat gumballs very soon. Ditto on witch hazel. I usually pick some to force in the house, but was too late and it bloomed out in my neighbor's yard. Kwanzan flowering cherry tree is a favorite because it blooms in rhythm with the mildest winter and it sure has done that this year. I love the flowers, brilliant hot pink against my blue house and the sometimes gray sky. That color repeats in the lorapetalum that has put on its earliest flowers ever, too. Last year, it bloomed several weeks later with the tulips but they have not put up the first leaf yet and it flowered alone. The daffodils I have so carefully collected for their early, midseason, and late flowers seem to be in a quite a confused state this year. The tiny, early Tete-a-Tetes bloomed right after Christmas, almost before the earliest paperwhites instead of right after them. Daffodil leaves came up all over the garden in the course of one week and are blooming sporadically now. I fear there will be no succession of daffodils blooming up the borders, since some of all but a few are already flowering or in bud, altogether, at once. So, what does this mean? Yes, the statistics tell us that the climate is changing relative to the last 100 years or so and the forecasters' predictions for this one seem to be holding up. Many have written that our coldest weather of this winter would be short-lived and spread out over the season. So far that's been true, but it might be possible that the daffodils and other early bloomers are finishing up before a very cold patch hits them and us. More likely, it's simple botany. Lots of plants, particularly those that survive long term in climates where dormancy is but a dream, are able to grow a bit and then shut down again in response to changing soil temperatures. When enough cold and/or warm growing hours have accumulated to satisfy the species need, the plant blooms. Everybody wants to know what's up with the wild weather, including me and every other gardener. We're not accustomed to really severe weather in January and, although tornadoes have been confirmed, were more fortunate than our neighbors to the East and West in the recent outbreaks. I learned a few years ago that not every 'truth' is true. For my entire life, I have been told that Native Americans built their settlements in the bends of rivers because tornadoes avoid those geographies. I have even said that the tribes moved until they found places that were undisturbed, like my hometown on the Ouachita River and my current homestead on the Pearl River. The tornado that tore through my neighborhood a few years ago and topped my beloved red oak, not to mention subsequent storms, disabused me of that notion in a heartbeat. I don't keep records, but fortunately others do. Last week, temperatures plunged to 29 one night and rebounded quickly to nearly70 degrees in 36 hours. The Gulf of Mexico keeps pumping warm air northward, Arctic ice is limited to the Polar Region and Alaska, and in between we're all catching front after front. Twice this week, we're predicted to cool off, warm up, rain, and then cool off again because Pacific storms are sailing smoothly over the Rockies and down the Plains to us here in the Deep South. You can check the scientific references for a dozen rationales for this weather pattern, but my take is this: garden today as if it could be freezing or springtime in two weeks. And send me your bloom sightings in the comments section of this blog.
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With Nestle Toll House, your favorite goodies are easily accessible all across Kuwait. Because it was a beautiful afternoon, we opted for the Marina Crescent location to end our day in the most indulgent of ways. Upon walking through the doors of Nestle Toll House, you're instantly hit by a warm and fuzzy feeling. Perhaps it's the mouthwatering scent of desserts that wafts through the entire space, or the comfortable sofas that make for the perfect quiet recluse. All in all, the Nestle Toll House Cafe offers the perfect morning, afternoon or evening escape where you can also grab your laptop or favorite book to get some much needed 'me' time. Imagine all of this goodness, with a wide array of incredible sweets to complete the experience.
The mood beckoned for a dessert-filled experience so we decided to go all-out and sample almost everything at the cafe. Nothing was about to stop us! Custom everything: With the Nestle Toll House Café you can customize your giant cookie, regular cookies, cakes and any of their refreshing drinks. Yes, you can totally add cookies, brownies or cupcakes to your drinks – YUM! Taking their customization game to another level, Nestle Toll House Café have packages for you to choose from. They even provide catering kiosks for parties! You can now have freshly baked Nestle Toll House cookies and desserts at any event you're hosting straight from their catering kiosks.
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|I didn't taste one drop, but the meal
sure tasted delicious.
I made the batch pictured while in Gérardmer, France and felt right at home.
This meal instantly takes me back to playing in the pile of sawdust in the shed while my father fixed mowers for other people.
Gigantic, orange flowered wall paper, even in the kitchen.
|Look at all that gelatin and animal fat.
So delicious warmed
and served with green beans and quinoa.
Playing down the river, walking past 'Haggy's' house to get there (as in 'The old hag' - she was probably only 33, but to us kids..... you get the idea).
And then sitting at the mosaic tiled kitchen bench with my brother and sisters and a steaming bowl of this in front of you.


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Peaches In Prosciutto Over Lemony Ricotta And Herb Salad
The Local Palate Magazine …Food Culture Of The South
I made this fabulous salad for dinner this evening. The recipe is in one of my favorite food magazines…find the recipe using this link:
Of course, as usual, I did not have all of the exact ingredients that the recipe called for so I substituted Marcona almonds for the hazelnuts and honey for the maple syrup. I drizzled a bit of honey over the completed dish also…and the mint is fresh pineapple mint from my herb garden.
To pair this lovely peach and prosciutto salad I turn to my "go to" wine and food pairing book What To Drink With What You Eat by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page and they suggest a rosé champagne…may I suggest Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut NV
Notes from The Champagne Guide 2014-2015:
Laurent-Perrier macarates its rosé for 12-72 hours, depending on fruit ripeness, until the color is fixed and the aroma resembles freshly picked raspberries. So crucial is timing, legend has it that the first Chef de Cave, Edouard Leclerc, slept by the tank to stop it just in time! This wine has achieved that elusive ideal of volume and finesse, the world's best-selling rosé champagne epitomizes the ultra-restraint of rosé's finest expressions. All the more remarkable for the challenging saignée method.
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He has been the Chairman of Sfinks Polska since August 2011. He runs the company for the second time. Previously, he held the position of the President in Sfinks from June 2009 to April 2010, and then he moved to the Supervisory Board of the company. Before he engaged himself as a manager and investor in Sfinks Polska, for many years he co-created and ran from a position of the President Dominet capital group, within which all-Poland Dominet Bank was developed through the franchise model,. Dominet SA together with Dominet Bank were successfully sold to the international group Fortis in 2007. During his career Sylwester Cacek was a member of the Supervisory Boards of such companies as: Dominet Bank SA, Impel SA, OrsNet Sp. z o.o., SportLive24 SA and KS Widzew Łódź SA. He is also a co-owner of the Polish professional football club RTS Widzew Łódź SA and an active capital investor - apart from Sfinks he has a significant share in Canadian biotechnological company Helix BioPharma. Sylwester Cacek graduated from the International Management School. He also studied in the Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Mechanical and Technological and in Military University of Technology in Warsaw.
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The man is pure talent. These creations are mind-blowing. What a loss in the fashion world.
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Absolutely beautiful! i think this collection is great overall and i like the ones in 6th n 8th photos... too bad this is going to b the last collection of his masterpiece...
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Exxon will reimburse affected customers for legitimate and reasonable alternative travel expenses in excess of the expenses they would have incurred on previously planned travel where such additional expenses are a direct result of the product recall. Such customers will need documentation supporting all such expenses. Exxon will notify you shortly as to where such documentation should be submitted.
Instructions for affected aircraft
Following are instructions on actions that should be taken for aircraft that were fueled with the recalled avgas for you to provide to your affected customers.
If possible, all off-spec product (defuel, and refueler inventory) should be returned to your storage tanks prior to the arrival of the pump-out truck. Any product defueled after receipt of a fresh load of avgas should be stored separately and labeled as off-spec aviation gasoline. Please retain all documentation of defuel operations such as aircraft number, volume defueled, and expenses associated with the defuel operation.
Sincerely,D.L. Thibodeau
There is no need to flush the aircraft fuel system or change any fuel system components.
Defuel product should be stored separately from other avgas and labeled as off-spec aviation gasoline. The FBO who dispensed the off-spec avgas should be notified of the location and amount of the off-spec fuel.
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Jamelia has sparked fierce debate after a film on This Morning in which she investigated the lack of ethnically diverse dolls available for children.The Punisher's Jon Bernthal 'at peace' at idea of series ending after season 2
The pop star turned TV presenter took on the toy industry on Wednesday's show, visiting several shops in which dolls with non-white skin tones were less visible on the shelves than others.
She also spoke to two black families who claimed to be under-represented by the industry, and who said they found it hard to find dolls that represented their daughters.
'I've spent years searching,' one mother told her – adding: 'It's self-representation, if you see yourself then you're part of the world.'
However some viewers were left wondering what kind of issue Jamelia was trying to raise with the film.
Some suggested she was off the mark:
@thismorning @Jamelia Moana, Pocahontas, princess Tiana, princess Jasmin there's a few off the top of my head.... t… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Adur Taxis Co. (@adurtaxis) May 03, 2017
Others maintained she was making an issue where none existed:
@therealdeekelly @thismorning @Jamelia I agree!! I think she's just trying to make issues where there aren't any!!!!!—
Mark Byron (@MrMarkByron) May 03, 2017
@thismorning @Jamelia I gotta say how pathetic this! Making a racist issue out of nothing! #thismorning—
Lewis-Joe Michaels (@LewisYiddo) May 03, 2017
@thismorning @Jamelia Ah yes, I forgot how much children are offended by the lack of black dolls. Stop making race… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Josie Georgie (@JosieOM08) May 03, 2017
There were those who suggested that appearance was irrelevant:
ON NOW! @Jamelia asks... why are most toys aimed at white children? twitter.com/Jamelia/status…—
This Morning (@thismorning) May 03, 2017
But people did agree with Jamelia too
Thx u @Jamelia @thismorning for this! An issue many BAME parents unfortunately have to deal. Great to knw mainstrea… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Ronke Oke (@RonkeIgeBEM) May 03, 2017
@Jamelia @thismorning @Jamelia, I have two girls 3 & 4 yrs. I strongly believe there aren't enough Black toys avail… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Marcia MC (@thelove_thinguk) May 03, 2017
@Jamelia @thismorning Good woman! More diversity and less gender specificity needed. The latter has only become a… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
P (@JustMissP) May 03, 2017
It's not the first time Jamelia has tackled issues of race head-on – having previously launched into an epic rant on social media in which she called out a train passenger who had asked her if she had a first class ticket, but had said nothing to a white passenger in the same carriage.
'I'm done not calling people out,' she said at the time – going on to suggest her daughters would follow in her footsteps.
'I am also raising two wonderful young women who will grow up to call you out too…you have been warned.'
This Morning continues on ITV on Thursday morning at 10.30am.
MORE: Plus-sized trainer on This Morning divides viewers as she insists fat can be healthy too
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Monday, 05 August 2013 05:14 PM
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. tumbled in late trading Monday after the clothing retailer said second-quarter profit was less than it forecast because of disappointing sales of women's clothing and weak shopper traffic.
The shares slid 16 percent to $16.80 at 4:46 p.m. in New York and earlier dropped as low as $16.62. The Pittsburgh-based company's shares had declined 2.6 percent this year through the close of regular trading Monday, compared with a 20 percent gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Earnings in the quarter ended Aug. 3 were about 10 cents a share, less than the forecast of 19 cents to 21 cents, the company said in a statement today. Revenue decreased about 2 percent.
"We are not at all happy with our second-quarter results, which were impacted primarily by a disappointing performance of our American Eagle Outfitters women's assortment and weak traffic," Chief Executive Officer Robert Hanson said in the statement.
Preliminary same-store sales, including online transactions, declined 7 percent in the second quarter, compared with an 8 percent increase in the same period a year earlier.
American Eagle will report full second-quarter results Aug. 21.
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Hi there ! Actually I am a beginner in c++ and i have a problem to convert pseudocode to c++. Hope that anyone can help me
Input : number of people, height of persons
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number of people,
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You may have read recently that 8Bitdo released a major firmware update for their controllers that allows full compatibility with the Nintendo Switch. Unsure on how to go about updating the firmware on your controller? Don't worry – I've got your back! What you'll need! The controller, ideally charged. Micro
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Mother tells the story of her son Mateo was born vía C-Section at 37 weeks. The baby developed normally reaching milestones until the age of nine months. But then, Mateo lost all meaningful sounds and made no eye contact. Assuming every kid develops at a different pace, and getting no feedback regarding this from his pediatrician, my husband and I decided to let time do its job. By the age of 18 months, crowds overwhelmed Mateo, he had no words of speech, he did not respond to his name, he made no eye contact and he developed repetitive movements.Read more
His mother explains, "From the beginning I was mentally making excuses for Adam without even realizing it; Maybe he was a little busier than other three-year-olds, his speech is just a little immature, all kids are destructive from time to time." One day, while observing Adam in day care his mother realized that there were obvious differences between Adam and the other children. He didn't draw on paper, answer questions, or seem to be paying attention to the teacher.Read more
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I have minimalist tastes, and I share another love I will simply describe as "modest stateliness". But today, I repainted my bedroom "Ultra White", and my mother was not shy to share her brash opinions of my minimalist approach to my bedroom. Minimalism is clearly not for everyone. But if you have a small bedroom, do not enjoy clutter, have anxiety, or simply love minimalism, there is something beautiful in going back to the basics.
I have a small bedroom, a 10×12' bedroom not including the closet. I chose to occupy the space with a single lamp, a bookcase with a television incorporated into it, and a queen size bed. Every single item is either oak or white (minus the television). The bookcase matches the floor perfectly, as do the whites. I have such few items in my bedroom they receive extreme scrutiny and therefore are nice, and I have a basket in the bookshelf for miscellaneous items that will inevitably occupy your life.
A minimalist bedroom works best if you choose grays, whites, and blacks, a white and beige, or a white, black, and a primary color. Bright colors in general do not work well with minimalism. This does not mean that in a completely white room you cannot have a bright piece of art, or a vase as a focal point.
"Minimalist" does not equal "bareness". While my walls are basically bare, it is simply a preference. My walls are all white. I am considering designing a small grey headboard, but if I do I will not add anything else. But, I digress. Minimalist simply means if you don't need something, get rid of it. If you have a plush reading chair and it is your bedroom, move it to your library. Arguably, my books are extremely unnecessary but I find myself lost without my old friends. My books are my color and my company. Personally, you do not need more than one lamp, storage is necessary, and if you are truly a minimalist and love books like I do, stack them. It is the look of perfection.
I think minimalism makes life more personal. It allows you to get to know the person intimately in a few pieces of furniture, artwork, and what is on their surfaces. It allows me to feel more connected to what few things I have in my bedroom, my own universe with the relevant on display and nothing more.


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There are times when I indulge in a bit of Northampton bashing. I like the place but is is just so chock full of "cool" people, it can get annoying. And by "cool" I mean: hipster dad with sleeves and primitive bling in both ears wearing vegan shoes and carrying mohawked baby in $200 sling while he sips his soy latte and buys 7 hardcover books for his daughter in the independent bookstore. And by "cool" I mean baristas who spend way too much deciding what will make them look toughest and not enough time deciding how to be friendly. And by "cool" I mean, maybe I am a bit jealous that I am not as fancy as them, and also maybe I am a bit smug that I just throw clothes on in the morn, without a thought. Moving on...Amherst is way more lo-fi, and I like that about Amherst. And yet, Amherst does not have the Tunnel Bar or Paradiso Pizza or Herrels ice cream. And I gotta say, I sort of like walking down the street and seeing girls with closely cropped hair holding hands and kids with mohawks and spikes and other folks with dreads. Amherst just has a much smaller portion of that brand of diversity.
With the heat reaching 96+ today, and Matty and Hen. on their mini-break in the Finger Lakes, I decided to treat Ez. to a matinee. Amhersts' theatres were only offering G-Force, and in consideration of Ezra's personality, I thought it best if we left any movie about a renegade band of violent guinea pigs alone. Northampton, here we come. Our first stop? Local Burger. Only, it was way too hot for me to sample one of their locally grown beef burgers so I settled for some of their amazing fresh cut fries. Ez. ate half a hot dog. You know it is hot when I can't finish delicious food. Then we scooted over to the Pleasant street theater: Amherst Cinema's sister theater and Noho's independent cinema. Miyazaki's latest creation, Ponyo was playing at 2:30. It was excellent; beautiful, sweet and a little weird, of course. It may be one of his kid-friendliest flicks but parents will love i just as much. The mother is fabulous. Afterwards...How could we be in Noho on a hot day without eating some Herrels? I got the grapenut raison (if you have not had grapenut ice cream, shame on you, although that is hardly fair of me). Ezra got chocolate. And if you think for a moment that is a boring choice than you don't know Herrels (and yet, maybe I should have suggested the chocolate hostess cupcake). I couldn't even finish my cone, which is pathetic I know, especially since it costs as much as one of my textbooks. But Ez finished it. Then we walked back to the parking garage (which always gives you a FREE first hour) and came home. WOoohoo.


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I realise as I re-read my "beginning" that my attitude is one of someone defeated, beaten before I've begun, you see there have been so many new beginnings, new leaves, already and so I do feel deflated, but I press on...
To help counteract my defeatist attitude I shall begin with a baby step, a small goal easily achieved, a box that can be ticked.
Today I shall drink two litres of water and be refreshed.
Praise the Lord for the blessing of clean water and the ability to hydrate as I feel the need. I say this with such zeal as my depressive lack of vitality and care for myself can often leave me thirsting with only a short walk to the kitchen required to satisfy this thirst (and sometimes only the need to reach out for the drink beside me). In truth of course my thirst runs so much deeper, I need to drink more from that fountain of God's grace and be refreshed eternally in the living waters of his mercies, new each morning praise be to God.
With all this in mind, the theme of my first few challenges will be thirst, quenching the needs of body and soul but for today body takes preference and tap water will fit the bill.


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Ajokey tease from a member of her family sparked years of worry for Yasmin Smedley.
The 24-year-old legal advisor's thoughts were dominated by the fact that her ears stuck out.
It affected her so badly that it stopped her applying for certain jobs.
But all that changed when she had an operation to pin back her ears and transform her appearance.
Yasmin, of Kensington Road, Copnor, says: 'It seems like I've spent my life worrying about my ears.
'But it began just before secondary school – and I remember it as clear as day.
This is going to sound dramatic, but I feel like a different person completelyYasmin Smedley
'I was messing about with my uncle, taking the mickey out of him, and he called me "big ears" back.
'I remember thinking, "I haven't got big ears".
'I walked over to the mirror and realised it was true.
'They stuck out so much, but I had never noticed it before.'
She adds: 'From that moment on I was paranoid and it really affected me.
'I would not wear my hair up again.
'My boyfriend and family would tell me not to be silly, that my ears were part of my character, what made me special but it didn't make any difference to me.'
Yasmin, a legal advisor, could not relax. She thought about her ears constantly.
'I know this sounds ridiculous but it restricted me so much.
'On windy days I was on edge that my hair would blow out and people would see my big ears.
'If I was out running I wouldn't put my hair up as I thought people would look at my ears.
'It affected what jobs I went for. For example, I didn't want to be a waitress as I thought I'd have to wear my hair up.
'And at one stage I thought about being an air hostess as it seemed so glamorous, but I couldn't bear having my ears out.'
Negative thoughts about her protruding ears dominated Yasmin's every day life.
It almost stopped her being a bridesmaid at her mum's wedding.
In the end her mum changed the hairstyle of another bridesmaid from an up do to accommodate Yasmin.
She says: 'I've been with my boyfriend a long time and the next natural step is to marry.
'But I worried constantly about it. My ears actually put me off the thought of marrying because I didn't want everyone to look at me.'
In 2011 Yasmin's mum paid for her to have a breast enlargement for her 21st birthday.
It took her breasts from an AA to a DD cup.
She was so pleased with the results she asked her surgeon if he could do something with her ears.
She says: 'He actually said to me, "I was wondering when you'd ask me about your ears".
'I booked in to have an operation in 2013 but I bottled out because it was quite a big procedure.'
Nevertheless, paranoia over them grew and Yasmin would scour the internet for alternatives to major surgery.
Earlier this year she found out about earfold which involves putting an implant inside the ear and reshaping it.
It is done under local anaesthetic and takes less than two hours.
Yasmin had the procedure done through the Changes Clinic, in Portsmouth.
The surgeon was able to pin Yasmin's ears back by 1cm.
'I wasn't nervous at all,' says Yasmin.
'All I could think of was the end result. It didn't even occur to me that I might be in pain –but there was hardly any anyway.'
Yasmin was delighted with the new shape of her ears.
She says: 'This is going to sound dramatic, but I feel like a different person completely.
'Going from not being able to wear my hair up, ever, to being able to do what I want after such a long time is such a nice feeling.
'My friends have noticed a huge difference in me. I was a really outgoing person anyway, but now I'm much happier because I'm not constantly thinking about my ears.'
Yasmin's 18-year-old sister Ellie, a trainee hairdresser, says the whole family are delighted for her.
'Yasmin is a very bubbly person but she really didn't feel confident inside because of her ears.
'She had a real complex about it, but now she is much more confident.'
Yasmin is a great advocate of cosmetic surgery and says both the procedures she has had carried out have had a huge effect on her self-esteem.
Yasmin says: 'I would like lots of things done, but I'm not vain. I will go out without make-up.'
'The procedures I've had were because things really worried me.
'I was an AA cup and my boobs were in line with my stomach. I hated them. Having them enlarged made me feel more womanly.
'I believe cosmetic surgery is a good thing if there is something that really affects your life.
You don't realise how much your image can get you down. I feel so much happier now.'
How earfold works
Earfold works by inserting a small implant made of metal alloy.
It is coated with 24-carat gold to reduce its visibility under the skin.
The implant is in a preset shape and when released it grips the cartilage and folds the ear into its desired new shape.
The position of the implant is then marked on the skin.
Local anaesthetic is used to numb the ear and a small incision is made to create a tunnel, the skin is pulled back and the implant is released.
It corrects the prominence of the ear.
Yasmin's procedure took less than an hour.
Her earfold surgery was carried out by surgeon Dr Edward Bal and was booked through the Changes Clinic in Portsmouth.
Changes is one of the only clinics in Europe to offer nonsurgical pinnaplasty – pinning the ears back.
It costs around £2,000.
For more information go to changesclinic.co.uk.
The latest statistics from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons show that cosmetic surgery is booming.
In 2013 50,122 procedures were performed, a rise of 16.5 per cent on average overall.
There was a 41 per cent rise in liposuction procedures.
Breast augmentation was up 13 per cent and male surgery rose by 16 per cent overall. But the proportion held steady from 2012, with men still accounting for one in 10 procedures.