For some time now the dieting world has been dictated by the dreaded calorie, with most food fads involving us restricting how many we consume in a day. Cut the calories and reduce your waistline - this was the motivational mantra that was, until recently, heralded by promoters of a healthier and happier lifestyle.
However, increasing evidence now suggests that we should be focusing more on the food types we're eating, rather than the calories they contain.
Looking to kick of our 2015 with a #StartBetter boost, we reached out to GTG expert and nutritionist Vicki Edgson, to get the skinny on exactly why calorie counting is now longer the order of the day and what we should be doing instead to keep us looking trim and toned.
1. It is an old fashioned, man-made evaluation of individual foods, which has become outmoded by the advent of the greatest misunderstanding of all: that eating fat doesn't necessarily make you fat.
2. Low-fat products which apparently have less calories have now been found to have higher levels of sugar - this is because when the fat is removed from food such as yoghurt or cheese, the product needs to be stabilised.
3. It has now been scientifically established that eating sugars (derived naturally or man-made) actually contribute more rapidly to weight gain than protein-rich/fat-rich foods. This is because when sugar laden food is ingested it is converted into fat that is easily stored in the body.
4. It is now considered more important to measure the glycemic index (e.g. how rapidly a food is converted into glucose) than to measure the calorific content.
5. Food scientists are now realising the potential damage of the plethora of 0% calorie fizzy drinks - these are simply laden with a multitude of chemicals that can alter mood, attention, memory and may even be responsible for ADHD as well as obsessive compulsive behaviour.
6. Research is repeatedly finding that food products that are aligned with specifically dietary plans are often deficient in essential nutrients that are required for satiety.
7. Some natural foods that are high in calories e.g. pork, beef and lamb are so, not because they are fattening but because they are nutrient rich. E.g. a 6-ounce fillet steak with a side salad may appear to be high calorie but is a totally satisfying whole meal.
8. It is more important to eat fresh, good quality food on a regular basis that to consistently limit what your eating to stay under a calorific total.
9. The success of the 5:2 diet has come not from limiting calories but instead to giving your digestion a break. If a woman is limited to 500 calories a day while on the 5:2, those foods should be lean protein with plenty of green vegetables that supply the body with all the nutrients it needs for healing and repair.
10. The saying 'eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a Queen and supper like a pauper' makes perfect scientific sense - your digestion is at its most effective at the beginning of the day when it can convert your food into energy more readily, and not store it as fat - so technically having a high calorific breakfast is preferable.
Have you got any tips and tricks that help you stay on the healthy straight and narrow? If so, send us a picture on Instagram or tell us your motivational mantras on Twitter using the #StartBetter.
Day 24: Superfoods- fad or fantastic?


Learning about ADHD late in life has taught me a few things about how I'd like to be treated. There were many times in the past (before my diagnosis) that things might have gone more smoothly if I'd understood myself better, and what I needed from others.
This got me thinking: maybe the way I'd like to be treated would work for others too.
Here are some ways you too can apply your own ADHD Golden Rule. First figure out what works for you, then see if you can apply the same considerations to others. It might just make your life (and others') a whole lot easier.
In my pre-diagnosis days, I lost friends because of behavior that was overbearing or even seemed aggressive to them. When they ended our friendship, I didn't understand why. In hindsight, I realize I'd been feeling emotionally overwhelmed, but like many with ADHD, I hadn't internalized the appropriate social skills to respond well.
Decades later, after my ADHD diagnosis, I was in a situation where I felt someone was way too far in my personal space. I felt emotionally threatened and overwhelmed. My first reaction was to consider severing ties altogether. Then, I decided to test-drive the ADHD Golden Rule.
Based on our history and what I knew about this person, I was sure they hadn't intended to bully me. The relationship was very valuable to me, not unlike my close friendships in the past.
Instead of rejecting them, I explained how I felt. I was afraid to share, but I did. I also let them know what approach would work better for me. As a result, the relationship survived and flourishes.
So now that we understand how our ADHD memories work (or, more to the point, don't) we can cut others some slack in this regard too, right? And we can also save ourselves emotional pain by not taking it personally. Just like you wish others hadn't done in the past. See how this works?
If your loved one, friend, or anyone else acts lame in public, how about graciously ignoring it or better, finding a way to ease them out of the situation? After all, then at least they can stay in blissful ignorance rather than feeling humiliated when they learn that their behavior has gone several blocks south of the norm.
This one's a corollary of Example #3. If you have ADHD, you know you're different. If you're smart, you'll learn to embrace your differences. Decades before my diagnosis, I told myself that my goal was to become the youngest eccentric in my city. I tried to embrace it by putting a positive spin on it, making it seem like a worthy goal (even though I knew it was just that I couldn't change, no matter how hard I tried).
So, while we're embracing our own quirkiness, we need to embrace and enjoy the quirkiness of others. Why not? It would be such a boring world if we were all the same.
When I learned that I was inherently, irrevocably more sensitive than 80% of the population, again, I learned to accept it and appreciate it, rather than try to hide or overcome it out of shame as I had in the past.
Instead of wondering why no one else felt assaulted by the volume or level of violence at a movie, for example, I realized if I want others to accept my hypersensitivity, I need to respect their more typical (statistically speaking) level.
Those are just a few of the ways that you can apply the ADHD Golden Rule.
In what ways would you like to be treated that others might appreciate as well? Has having ADHD taught you new ways to be understanding or compassionate toward others? I'd love it if you could share your ideas to expand our ADHD Golden Rule.


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Francesca Belmonte / Interview on HungerTV
Read it on HUNGER
Photography / Fabio Esposito
Location / Rough Luxe Hotel
For the past five years Francesca Belmonte has been the lead singer for trip hop legend Tricky, co-writing and performing on his latest album 'False Idols' and the critically acclaimed 'Mixed Race'.
Born in London, to an Irish mother and Italian father, Francesca was raised in Ireland surrounded by music and poetry, elements that shaped her future approach to making music. 'Anima' (meaning 'soul' in Italian) is not only the working title of her album but also reflects her soulful, gentle, introspective and somehow esoteric music and persona. Entirely produced by Tricky and also featuring eclectic rapper Mykki Blanco on one track, the album fuses melancholia with electronic and, just like a poem by a poète maudit, it feels intense, layered and organic even when a heavy bass or a twisted 70s vibe kicks in. In Ahead of the release we caught up with Francesca to talk Patti Smith, Carl Jung and why creativity needs to be handled with care.
Listen + Free Download of 'I Could' here
WHEN ASKED ABOUT YOU, TRICKY ONCE SAID: "SHE'S VERY YOUNG BUT OLD SCHOOL. SHE MANAGES TO MAKE SOULFUL MUSIC IN HER OWN AUTHENTIC WAY. SHE'S A SOUL, BLUES SINGER". HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS STATEMENT?
That's a wicked thing to have said about you by someone like Tricky who is one of the most authentic artists out there. I would say that I am a soul and blues singer but not necessarily in the style of music. It's not the kind of Joss Stone's modern soul for example but lots of my melodies are blues. I think he was referring to the way I deliver vocally. If you are not sharing something and if you haven't got a bit of 'soul' then what is the point, right? Some singers out there have got the most incredible voice, technically very good, but sometimes you just can't feel it, even though they are doing really well. I really believe you always have to go through something in life in order to be authentic.
HOW DIFFERENT WAS IT TO WORK WITH TRICKY AS A PRODUCER COMPARED TO WORKING FOR HIM AS A VOCALIST?
Tricky is Tricky whether you are on stage with him or in the studio. You can always feel a high level of energy just being around him. When I work with him I usually listen to the music and I write whatever he needs, from a verse to a chorus.
For my album I chose a lot of the instruments, the lyrics, melodies and the sound that I wanted, so in that respect I felt like I had more freedom. Tricky would still kind of have the last word though but it's fine because we have a strong chemistry and we know how we work by now. It pretty much always starts with the music. I brought to him some tracks and he would 'take them apart' and put them back together kind of wrong. That's what he does in a way but that's how you get Tricky's sound!
I love the album and I'm very proud of it, especially the lyrics. I wrote about real experiences and ideas I have about people and everything. I've started writing poetry when I was nine so I have lots of books where I wrote down many lyrics, poems or simply something in a stream of consciousness. Lyrics are already there somehow, and depending on the music or instrument I would be flicking through my books as a reference. A whole new song could come from a sentence so there are no set ways of working. Sometimes I think that all of the songs I have ever written were just floating in the ether, without sounding wanky, and I sort of channeled them. Tricky writes a lot like that, he pays attention to what the music is trying to tell him rather than thinking "what shall I put here?"
"I COULD" IS THE FIRST SONG THAT YOU ARE RELEASING. DOES IT HAVE ANY SPECIAL MEANING TO YOU?
I adore the music on it, every time I hear it the violins get me. It is quite airy and yet so strong. There is also a story behind the first verse of the song, it is actually Tricky's lyrics. I'd only known him for about two months and we were on tour. Before a show in Estonia we started writing and making music when he told me "why don't you try this over that?". My answer was that I was not sure if that was going to work and the moment I said that the whole session stopped! "You completely killed the vibe, you have to try things out but do not bother now, it's gone" I remember him saying. I thought that he hated me already and that I was going to lose my job because of my negative vibe. I didn't see him anymore until half an hour before the show. He handed me a piece of paper with the first verse of 'I Could' written on it, "My Spirit hangs on a piece of thread, don't wear me down with a heavy head" and to me it is about the fragility of his creativity and how it needs to be handled with care. I've learnt a lot from that and I realized I was just feeling the same. It was a turning point, I wish I wasn't that emotional but I am.
DURING THE ALBUM LISTENING YOU SAID THAT ONE SONG WAS ABOUT "A SUBCONSCIOUS PLAY OF GETTING AWAY FROM TRICKY". WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED AND SCARED ABOUT IN THIS VERY MOMENT?
I am really excited to go on my own after five years. I learned a lot from him spiritually, creatively and musically. It's cool to perform with him but he's my boss in the end of the day so I'm ready to call the shots for a little bit and grow as Francesca on stage. It is a great feeling to choose your own setlist and band. I suppose I'm a little scared, but not of failure, there is no such a thing, all the best people have failed. Failing for me would be not being able to keep touring and working on my music. I will be happy as long as I can do that.
THERE IS AN OVERALL MELANCHOLIC ATMOSPHERE IN YOUR MUSIC, WHY ARE YOU DRAWN TO THIS VIBE?
I have been singing inside of Tricky's music and atmosphere for so long and it definitely influenced me. He can also be hugely uplifting at times but always with a dark and sad under edge. I think I've also been subconsciously influenced by Martina Topley-Bird and Costanza Francavilla because they were there before me and I've been singing their words on stage. I had to find my own voice. I have always been drawn to sad music or extremely hard music with a rumbling base, in fact a few tracks on my album feature strong drums. I suppose I can't stand the middle of the road because it doesn't make me feel anything. The album is also quite melancholic because many sad things happened in my life. My brother nearly died in a horrible accident and that put a huge strain on my family. He's fine now but after three years I still feel the repercussions of it so I haven't really been in a constant happy mood, let's say.
DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHEN WRITING MORE UPLIFTING TRACKS?
No, not at all. I never sit down and think about what I'm going to write. I am not a planner who tries to get the most out of a day in the studio. If I can't write something to an instrumental then I'll just move on and come back to it, I never really change my writing style. I do feel like I have to work harder though when I'm writing more uplifting stuff, definitely. It doesn't come as naturally but that happens to everyone who doesn't plan like me. Everything has to be fluid for me, in fact it took only four weeks to have the album done. I'm really looking forward to the next one already!
MYKKI BLANCO AND YOUR 10-YEAR-OLD GODDAUGHTER MAKE AN APPEARANCE ON YOUR ALBUM, TELL US ABOUT IT!
We were playing in Berlin and Mykki was supporting us. I was in my dressing room doing my makeup and this six foot black guy came in wearing a mini skirt and blue lipstick. Let's say he doesn't go unnoticed! We watched the show and it blew us away, he's incredible. Tricky was really taken by him as well, we started watching his videos and they ended up talking about a collaboration in the dressing room, it was a mutual thing. When asked about doing something on my record, Mykki was up for it and so it happened.
My granddaughter Daisy sings in one of my favourite tracks, it is very haunting and moving. She spoke to Tricky over the phone to thank him for a pair of trainers he gave her as a present and he was so impressed by her husky voice with that thick cockney accent. We brought her to the studio one day to sing a little rap and the result was fantastic. She sings "Look at you shop, look at you spend. Watch them rob, look at you lend. Love me now and I will grow. I'll let you swim, you'll let me row" and it has a lot of sense when sung from a child because you think that maybe her generation will look like that. It will be left picking up the pieces or at least continuing to deal with all the shit going on in the world.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE ALBUM TITLE 'ANIMA'?
It is only a working title but it came to me because I've just started reading more into psychology and what people think, why they behave in certain ways and their body language. I came across the word 'anima' while I was reading the work of Carl Jung. Everyone has a male and female part in their psyche, within their brain, and Jung basically refers to the female psyche within a male brain as 'anima'. I was intrigued by this concept since I have been a singer for a male artist, it just felt right and there is also the Italian connection.
YOU GREW UP IN A VERY CREATIVE FAMILY, I GUESS THIS SHAPED YOUR ARTISTIC VISION?
I had a very chilled environment back home and there were always materials to paint, draw and sculpt. My dad loves music and he is also a photographer while my mother had a modeling career for many years. It is difficult to talk about artistic vision because it goes across many boards. My vision at the moment is to be very natural but at the same time I definitely want to experiment with the character within me. I think you need to keep exercising your brain more than your image and think about what you want to say. Nevertheless the 'character' has the right to do what she feels like doing and believes in artistically. In the end it comes down to the individual. Who can say what art is? It is hard to define. I see it as a growing process but I know myself well enough to say that you are never going to see me on stage wearing a thong and a foam finger for example.
WHAT'S AN ALBUM, A BOOK, AND A FILM THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS GO BACK TO…
Angel-A by Luc Besson is a beautiful black and white film I always love to watch. The music is amazing and every time I see it I notice something new. Also the visual is everything in that film.
A book would be The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis. Bowie played in the film adaptation but I thought it was crap because the relationship between the alien and the girl in the book is not sexual at all, and for a specific reason. There is a lot of significance into that and this is why the film pissed me off. I don't think I even watched the end.
An album would have to be Patti Smith's "Horses", I simply love her. I always strive and look up to her because I know I'll never be like Patti! As a little girl I was more interested in the voices rather than the sound or style of music. Mary Weiss from The Shangri-Las, Carole King, Ronnie from The Ronettes, but also Van Morrison, Roy Orbison and all of those really thick soulful vocals. I wasn't really into Patti Smith for the voice at first but now I love it. It was more about the lyrics and that fuck off attitude she has. Listening to her makes you feel free, she kind of gives you the permission to relax and that is strange, at least that's what it does to me. Her lyrics are beautiful and cryptic at times, I still don't know what she's banging on about on most of them!
WHAT ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR?
I suppose I'm hungry for everything that's happening, I really am! I am hungry for saying something and using this opportunity to make a bit of a difference. I know how it comes across when people read these things but I suppose that making a difference is what all artists hope for. I'm hungry to keep working, learning and also for a glass of Merlot right now!
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Lebanese restaurant Al Andalus, in a magnificent 17th-century colonial building downtown, makes some of the best Arabic food in the capital. Proximity to La Merced, the city's biggest and best market, means that the numerous menu options are made with the freshest ingredients. If you don't want to choose, order the mesa libanesa, a mixed platter with everything from hummus and kebbeh to lamb shwarmas.


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Teal Lace Forever 21 Skirt ADORABLE skirt that is perfect for dressy or business casual.
🌼NWT Lux pleated Satin Maxi Skirt!
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(If you get a Birchbox every month you may recognize the tissue paper behind the cards, I use old Birchboxes to store my style cards).
Move over little black dress. A grey dress, like this one worn by Afreen, becomes an open canvas to accessorize a different way each time.
Then you take your maxi skirt and pattern home with you, ready to make more maxi skirts!
This is not technically a maternity item, but it worked great for my second trimester bump. Very soft and comfortable, perfect for my stretching belly.


• Renounce the option of using nuclear weapons first.
• End the President's sole, unchecked authority to launch a nuclear attack (the Markey-Lieu bill presently proposed in Congress).
• Take U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert.
• Cancel the 1.2 trillion-dollar plan over 30 years (1.7 trillion with inflation) to replace the entire U.S. arsenal with enhanced weapons.
• Require the U.S. to pursue a verifiable agreement among nuclear armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.
This resolution will be sent to the mayor and to the Maryland delegation of the 115th United States Congress.
Baltimore collectively paid over $107.5 million in taxes on the nuclear weapons enterprise for this past year. As president of the Chesapeake chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Dr. Gwen Dubois, states, "This is especially troubling for a city with major problems and limited funds: problems with crime, police corruption, aging infrastructure in constant need of repairs, a shortage of decent low-income housing, and shortfalls in funding for public education."
Read more about the resolution here, and see the full text of the resolution here.


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New Auburn AD Allen Greene Emphasizes the "Student-Athlete Experience"
Carlo Vellandi
The office of new Auburn University athletics director Allen Greene overlooks the 87,451-seat Jordan-Hare Football Stadium. The facility does right by football. That's important, as the Southeastern Conference is nothing if not football crazy.
"The success of football is very important to us," Greene said, "because we utilize the success of football to help support all our other student-athletes."
Greene is hoping his athletes get more than titles and trophies. He's bringing a new focus to Auburn: "the student-athlete experience." Greene wants students to work hard on their academics and, after that, their athletics. Could that jeopardize on-field success?
"I think focusing on the student-athlete experience and winning work really well together," Green said. "Winning is the outcome."
Greene is certain that his student-athlete emphasis will help Auburn reach a level of success that the university has never had. While football is critical to Auburn—and the Tigers went 7–1 in the SEC last season—Auburn has earned national championships across all sports. Auburn athletics seemed to be on the right track. Yet quickly after he was hired, Greene fired five administrators from his department. That's big change for a winning department
"Sometimes you have to make changes that are in the best interests of the organization," Greene said.
Full of surprises, Greene asserts what those best interests are with his three overarching principles. His first goal is to make sure students are as dedicated to their studies as they are to their athletic pursuits. Secondly, he wants to win championships. And finally, he wants to help young people develop into being productive members of society.
Kid Reporter Carlo Vellandi and Allen Greene
But how can students and coaches really achieve academic goals when aiming for athletic championships? Greene, who expects his coaches to stay in touch with athletes' academic advisors, admits it's a challenge.
"It's very hard for my coaches and our athletes to focus on academics and athletics," Greene said. "But that's what makes student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics unique."
Just as Greene's new idea of the student-athlete experience at Auburn may be unique, Greene's hiring broke new ground. He is the third African-American AD in the SEC and the very first at Auburn.
"In 2018, I wish my skin color wasn't an issue," Greene said. "However, it is a tremendous honor to be in the role that I am, and at a place that the rest of the country traditionally sees as not-progressive."
Whether or not Greene's ideas deliever championships, it will likely be good time to play sports at Auburn University. And if Greene's "student-athlete experience" experiment is successful, it could spark a trend for college athletics everywhere.
Photo credits: Courtesy of Auburn Athletics (Greene at press conference); Courtesy of Carlo Vellandi (Carlo and Greene)
Kid ReporterSI KIDS


For bankers and credit institutions, CRBs (credit reference bureaus) such as metropol crb has brought a bucketful of joy since they can now easily catch notorious defaulters. But for borrowers, CRB has been a mess.
No lender will touch you even with a ten foot pole is you have been listed on the CRB website.
Indeed, you can as well forget about accessing loans in Kenya once reported to the CRB.
A CRB (credit reference bureau) is an independent firm that collects credit information from a multitude of sources and shares such details on individual consumers with interested parties for various uses.
In America, they call them credit bureaus while in the UK, they are credit reference agencies.
CRB or simply credit reference bureaus and are licensed by the central bank.
Which are the registered CRBs in Kenya?
In Kenya, credit reference services are not that old..the first CRB was licensed around 2009.
There were others at the start but they disappeared from the radar soon after launch.
Who can list you on CRB?
Now, if you don't pay your debts, the you should be very worried because practically every other institution can list you.
From saccos, helb, all banks, mshwari, kcb mpesa loan, your employer…name it!
So, if you don't want to suffer the ignominy of being turned away by creditors at the very last moment on the basis of an adverse CRB listing, contact your creditors- one by one- and clear your name!
Can the CRB information help me access a loan?
Incredibly, you can use your credit report- if you have a healthy score- to negotiate lower interest rates with any lending company.
Actually, if you have an awesome credit score and have never been on the CRB list of defaulters, then you can rest assured that you can easily access an advance from any institution you think of.
Which information can I get from a CRB firm?
Many Kenyans just worry about how to clear with CRB ignoring the fact that there's a lot of useful details you can obtain from the CRB Kenya.
This score will then be used by banks (and other borrowers) to award and also cost loans. People who pay promptly paying less interest and vice versa.
Metropol awards a score of between 200 and 900 points with those going below 400 regarded as serial defaulters. Conversely, a score of 400 means you are fair so banks can give you a loan though they're usually very cautious.
A Good credit score is approximately 900 and prompts lenders to advance you cheaper loans.
This is a certificate you obtain from either transunion CRB or metropol stating that you don't have a negative listing on the CRB database.
Unfortunately, since your credit information is updated daily, the certificate is only valid for one day- the day it was issued.
That's why you see many employers and financial institution rejecting an older CRB report.
That being said, a certificate of clearance will set you back around shs.2200.
This is the report generated by the CRB Company containing information on an individual's credit history.
Bounced cheques (you have issued).
If you have been referred by a CRB agent, enter the agent number. If not, enter zero (0).
Read and confirm your details as displayed to complete the initial registration steps.
Reply with the right number to confirm.
An SMS comes to your phone from metropol(Crytobol) with your PIN, Reference Number, and a link.
The first report is free so just follow the instructions sent via SMS and go to the Metropol website to download it by entering the reference number and mobile number.
An SMS comes to your phone from metropol(Crytobol) with your PIN, Reference Number, and the all-important link to your credit report.
Visit Metropol website, type your phone number and the reference number you were issued with to download the credit report.
Remember that you have to make all payments through metropol's PayBill number 220388 while the Account number is your ID number before trying to access any other service.
Visit Metropol website, type your phone number and the reference number you were issued with to download the requesated report.
If you are stuck, don't hesitate to call metropol CRB kenya contacts on 0709 834 000.
Send your three names to 21272(you will need enough airtime- at least 20/=)..
You will be asked to pay 50/= via mpesa for the registration to proceed.
An SMS comes to your phone confirming registration.
Your CRB status is sent via sms.
You have to register your email on the transunion website.
You will also be forced to send your Mpesa message after paying to cert@transunion.co.ke to have your clearance certificate sent to you via email.
The Transunion Nipashe app carries these plus many other services.
You can file a dispute with them if you feel that the report is erroneous.
If you had been listed, you will need to pay all your loans before applying for a certificate of clearance.
As we had seen in the steps, it will cost you shs.2200/-.
If wrongfully blacklisted, talk to the creditor who listed you and try to resolve the issue amicably.
They may however need you to repay your loan(s).
In case you had been listed wrongly, explain that you had never loaned any amounts from them.
Once you agree, ask for a clearance document, scan and then email it to the relevant CRB.
Q: I found that the lender has shared the wrong information. What should I do?
A: If you feel that the lender who listed you gave the wrong information, contact and file a dispute immediately with the CRB that gave you the report. And If the dispute is not solved within 21 days from the date if filing, that bit of information should be removed from your profile.
A: The negative details on metropol crb and elsewhere will remain on your profile for 5 years.


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Mitcham was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1993. The district was based in the south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide.

Mitcham was one of just three metropolitan seats (with Burnside and Torrens) won by the Liberal and Country League in 1965 and 1968.

Mitcham is the only single-member lower house seat in any Parliament in Australia to be won by the Australian Democrats.

Mitcham was superseded by Waite at the 1993 state election.

Location
At the 1938 election, the polling places for the district of Mitcham were: Belair, Blackwood, Colonel Light Gardens, Cottonville, Eden Hills, Hawthorn, the Home for Incurables at Fullarton, Mitcham, Rosefield, Unley Park, Upper Sturt, Westbourne Park and West Mitcham.

Members for Mitcham

Election results

See also
 1982 Mitcham state by-election

References

External links
1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19

Former electoral districts of South Australia
1938 establishments in Australia
1993 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1938
Constituencies disestablished in 1993

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Why DeMar DeRozan Should Be An All-Star
by: Warren Shaw January 17, 2014
Not since the days of Chris Bosh have the Toronto Raptors had anyone worthy of getting an All-Star nod. Enter DeMar DeRozan, who is making a strong case to represent Canada in New Orleans come February.
His raw averages in the standard categories are all career-highs: 21.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists in a staggering 37.9 minutes per game put him in the argument as one of the best shooting guards in the league. Granted that position isn't incredibly deep, but his averages don't lie.
His shooting percentages hurt his case slightly because the increase in production hasn't been followed by a subsequent increase in his percentages this season. But a closer look into those numbers show he has another career-high in terms of usage percentage with the 15th highest rate in the league at 27.5 percent. That increased workload has led to defenses keying in on him, which in turn provides some explanation for the lower field goal percentage this season when compared to the season prior.
Like most good scorers, DeRozan gets a good amount of points from the free throw line. He has learned to use his slashing ability more, instead of relying on his still-developing jumper. The USC product makes great use of the ball fake off the bounce, luring clumsy defenders into the air to help him get to the line where he shoots a reliable 78.5 percent. He takes the eighth most attempts from the charity stripe in the league and eases in 5.3 of his 21.3 points each game.
He has become a better playmaker in the days since Rudy Gay was sent to the Sacramento Kings, which has led to a surprising surge for his team. He has averaged 4.5 dimes per game since December 8, as well as getting more "hockey assists" as a ball-mover in the Raptors offense. His plus/minus rating is a very solid plus 6.1 during that span compared to his overall plus 1.9 for the season.
Defensively, he still has a ways to go, but his overall production against his counterparts each game swings heavily in his favor. According to 82Games.com, DeRozan bests his opponents with a plus 3.7 PER rating when at the shooting guard position. In a smaller sample size at the small forward position, he crushes his opponents with a plus 10.2 in the same rating. It is one thing to be the better player and have the talent, but it's another thing to actually go out and prove it each night.
Regarding his case for All-Star, he will face stiff competition from guys like Jeff Teague, Arron Afflalo and Lance Stephenson's Sir-Lance-Alot campaign for a reserve spot in the east. That's forgetting to mention that his own teammate, Kyle Lowry, is also making a reasonable bid to represent Toronto. However, given that the Raptors are the undisputed leader in the Atlantic division, largely in part to DeRozan, he has a strong case for his first All-Star appearance.
In NBA circles there is this mystical force called "the leap" that is assigned to promising players who suddenly figure things out to become great. While DeRozan might not have taken that leap towards the NBA elite just yet, he has certainly taken strides in leadership, efficiency and dependability as a feature player. And that should be rewarded with a trip to New Orleans.
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Retained Overpayments Change the FCA Ball Game
Posted on May 5, 2013 in Case Analysis, Reverse False Claims
False Claims Act defense attorneys have been warning government contractors, particularly Medicare and Medicaid providers, of increased risks and a reduced ability to defend against whistleblower complaints since the passage of the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA"). The greatest risk comes from FERA's addition of a new kind of reverse false claim: the "retained overpayment." 1 The predictions came true recently in a Wisconsin qui tam case. US ex rel. Keltner v. Lakeshore Medical Clinic, Ltd. 2 should serve as a warning to all government contractors. It can also, more constructively, offer guidelines for how health care providers should proceed in the future.
Old Rule
Prior to the passage of FERA, there was a simple baseline rule in FCA cases: the sine qua non of a False Claims Act case is a claim that is false. 3 Since FERA, though, a new type of claimless FCA case exists: the retained-overpayment false claim. Once a government contractor "knows" of an overpayment, as "knowledge" is defined in the FCA, it must repay the money within 60 days. On the 61st day the retained overpayment becomes a false claim, even if the error that originally led to the overpayment was perfectly innocent.
"Knowledge" is defined in the FCA as "actual knowledge . . . deliberate ignorance of the truth [or] reckless disregard of the truth." 4 When exactly an overpayment is known for purposes of a retained-overpayment FCA case is an issue that may be hotly litigated for years to come. A whistleblower, usually a former employee, will argue the overpayment is known the first time he/she brought it to the attention of the defendant, even with as innocuous a comment as, "I think we might be billing this incorrectly." A defendant, on the other hand, will argue it could not know of an overpayment until it got credible and detailed reports of an error, and then determined the error actually led to an overpayment after consulting with its auditors and attorneys.
The real risk arises when these allegations are brought in qui tam cases. These are cases filed by whistleblowers, on behalf of the government, seeking a bounty out of the recovery. The FCA has substantial penalties, $5,500 to $11,000 per claim, plus treble the amount of the claim. Penalties mount up quickly. In a case with a large number of small claims at issue (e.g., a hospital with thousands of $5.00 lab tests), the risk of being penalized $11,000 for every $5.00 test is overwhelming. In a case with a smaller number of large claims (e.g., defense contractors with million-dollar weapon systems) the treble damages are astronomical. The upshot of these penalties is that most FCA defendants fight their cases at the motion to dismiss and summary judgment phases of litigation. Faced with a trial, in almost every case, they choose settlement over risk, even when they have a strong defense.
Where a whistleblower alleges a retained overpayment, the preliminary question will be: when did the defendant know of the overpayment? It is in the whistleblower's interest to allege the defendant knew for more than 60 days before money was repaid, making it a violation of the FCA. It is in the defendant's interest to argue it never knew, or that it did not know until immediately before repayment. Absent a clear and indisputable set of facts, though, the issue is one that is not easily determined at the dismissal or summary-judgment phase of a case, meaning it is destined for trial or, more likely, a very expensive settlement.
Health care and FCA attorneys have been warning providers of these risks since the passage of FERA. Until very recently, though, the risks have been mostly hypothetical, not enough to convince clients that the risks justify a hard look at how they do business, and perhaps even costly changes to avoid these lawsuits. A recent case in Wisconsin, though, shows just how these risks can play out, to the detriment of the contractor.
U.S. ex rel. Keltner v. Lakeshore Medical Clinic, Ltd.
Lakeshore Medical Clinic, Ltd. ("Lakeshore") is a multi-specialty medical group based in Milwaukee that employs over 100 physicians. Elizabeth Keltner worked in its billing department. Ms. Keltner, after being fired, brought a qui tam case against Lakeshore, alleging multiple violations of the FCA.
Ms. Keltner alleged that Lakeshore did annual audits of its doctors' billing from 2002 through 2010, reviewing samples of their claims. For two doctors, the audits identified an overpayment rate of more than 10%, where the doctors billed office visits at a higher intensity 5 than justified in a patient's chart, leading to a higher reimbursement from Medicare or Medicaid. The practice repaid the specific overpayments identified in the sample audits, but it did not go back and review all those doctors' other claims to identify and repay any other upcoded claims. Ms. Keltner also alleged the audits stopped altogether in 2011 without changing how those physicians practiced, leading to another year of upcoded claims.
Lakeshore moved to dismiss Ms. Keltner's complaint, arguing it failed to state a claim and failed to plead fraud with the requisite particularity. Although Keltner did not allege Lakeshore knew the specific claims were false, the trial court found she adequately pleaded her case because she "plausibly suggest[ed] that [Lakeshore] acted with reckless disregard for the truth and submitted some false claims." The Court separately determined Keltner adequately pleaded a retained-overpayment false claim for the same claims because, in failing to review 100% of the claims after the negative audit and in terminating the audits in 2011, Lakeshore "intentionally refused to investigate the possibility that it was overpaid," and therefore "it may have unlawfully avoided an obligation to pay money to the government."
Ms. Keltner also alleged Lakeshore submitted false claims by misrepresenting that a physician's assistant was supervised by a physician. The trial court rejected that claim by Keltner, finding she failed to provide sufficient details to plead fraud with particularity, as required by Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Curiously, the Court said those same allegations, combined with Keltner's statement that she notified Lakeshore of the error, were sufficient to plead a retained-overpayment false claim. Even though the Court determined the claims themselves were so poorly pleaded they could not meet the Rule 9(b) requirement, it found the very same claims were sufficiently pleaded to state a retained-overpayment false claim. The apparent distinction for the Court was that Keltner failed to plead who submitted the allegedly false claims, but did plead who was informed of the alleged overpayments.
The Keltner case is still in its earliest stages. Lakeshore may still prevail on a motion for summary judgment. It is clear, though, that Lakeshore faces a far greater risk of being forced to trial or settlement because of the new retained-overpayment false claim.
What lessons can health care providers take from the Keltner case?
First, the retained-overpayment false claim places a far greater affirmative burden on providers to follow through on any hints of billing errors. Any indication of an overpayment should be treated as an immediate call to action, for a determination and repayment must be completed within 60 days. The contractor may not enjoy the luxury of taking its time to "know" if there was actually an overpayment, lest it be accused of reckless disregard for the truth and unlawfully avoiding an obligation to repay the government within 60 days.
Second, providers should train their employees and supervisors on the importance of acting quickly in response to any questions about billing errors. They should also have a procedure in place to immediately involve necessary professional assistance, from auditors to attorneys, to triage the accusations and deal with the problematic ones within the limited time permitted for repayment.
Third, part of the affirmative burden should include working with the accusing employee, who must always be considered a potential whistleblower, to assure her that the matter has been properly handled. Sometimes this can be done by showing that the accusations have been taken seriously and the claims repaid. Other times, the employee might need to be shown that the accusations are erroneous and the billing proper. Outside professionals can be of assistance here, too, as they are often able to work with the accusing employee to explain to them how the bills were correct. Most of these whistleblowers are former employees saying, "I said they were doing it wrong, and nobody listened to me." Paying attention to the allegations and assuring the employee that their concerns have been taken seriously is one of the most important actions in preventing the filing of a False Claims Act lawsuit.
Fourth, another way to avoid retained-overpayment risk is to delay the 60-day clock from starting to run until the provider is fully satisfied that there were actual overpayments. This can be done by involiving outside counsel and reviewing these matters under the attorney-client privilege. The goal is not to prevent the contractor from ever identifying an overpayment. That, in its own right, might be considered falsity through willful ignorance or reckless disregard for the truth. Rather, it is to ensure that the provider gets the full 60 days to conclusively identify and reimburse an overpayment, rather than having to frantically chase down every question from every auditor and billing clerk.
Auditing functions can be moved from the provider to a protected relationship. In such a relationship, the provider would retain counsel to conduct audits and review them for overpayments and legal risks. Counsel would subcontract the work under its own work-product privilege. The auditor would identity risks to counsel, counsel would do a legal analysis of the client's repayment obligations, and the first time the client "knows" of the obligation, it already has a fully completed review of the issue and a plan for repayment. The 60-day repayment requirement creates lower risk. Further, potential whistleblowers, usually disgruntled or fired employees, understand that the provider is taking the matter seriously.
Keltner also suggests that one remedy considered by some contractors, cutting back on audits as much as possible to avoid "knowing" of overpayments, also creates new risk. In the Keltner case, the Court found that audit termination, perhaps done to avoid the retained-overpayment risk, in itself was reckless disregard of false claims when it was done with knowledge of prior billing errors and without first correcting existing problems.
Another issue arises for hospitals, which are required to conduct peer review. Much as the Court in Keltner found a false claim where Lakeshore failed to follow up on a sample audit, a hospital identifying individual cases of a physician providing care of a substandard quality that Medicare might find nonpayable may have a duty to review all the physician's cases for similar failures.
The retained overpayment amendment to the False Claims Act is opening additional avenues for potential qui tam lawsuits by whistleblowers. Keltner is an early case that gives hints of how courts will treat these actions. Health care providers are well-advised to learn its lessons now, rather than after they get served with their own FCA suit.
Should you have any questions, please contact David B. Honig at dhonig@hallrender.com or 317-977-1447.
31 U.S.C. § 3729(b)(3). ↩
US ex rel. Keltner v. Lakeshore Medical Clinic Ltd. ↩
U.S. ex rel. Aflatooni v. Kitsap Physician Services, 314 F.3d. 995, 1002 (9th Cir. 2002). ↩
Billing E/M codes as level five rather than level four. ↩
US ex rel. Keltner v. Lakeshore Medical Clinic Ltd.
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Q: Определить, какие значения столбца не входят во второй столбец У меня есть DataFrame из двух стобцов.
Как мне автоматизированно проверить, какие из значений левого столбца есть в правом?
Чтобы было:
Элемент1 - False
Элемент2 - True

Были попытки создать цикл, но получилась ерунда полная.
Пытаюсь проверить перебором наличие всех элементов из первого столбца во втором столбце, но что-то не работает:
df = pd.read_excel('Motiv_sferi.xlsx', sheet_name='Лист4')
list = df['Столбец2']
for elem in df['Столбец1']:
    print(elem, elem in list)

A: Есть такая функция isin:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({'Столбец1': list(range(10)), 'Столбец2': list(range(5,15))})
df

    Столбец1    Столбец2
0   0   5
1   1   6
2   2   7
3   3   8
4   4   9
5   5   10
6   6   11
7   7   12
8   8   13
9   9   14

df['Столбец1'].isin(df['Столбец2'])

0    False
1    False
2    False
3    False
4    False
5     True
6     True
7     True
8     True
9     True
Name: Столбец1, dtype: bool

df.loc[df['Столбец1'].isin(df['Столбец2']), 'Столбец1'].values

array([5, 6, 7, 8, 9])

A: Ещё один вариант решения:
res = df.query("Столбец1 in Столбец2")["Столбец1"]

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Ronald completed his Master of Arts from the University of Glasgow. Since the year 1968 Ronald has played the role of Non-Executive director at CLP Holdings.
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Opera and lyrical music
Antigone • Operas
Intimations • (1982) • Operas
Symphonic music
Symphony 2 • (1983) • Symphonie
Symphonie 6 "Céleste" • Symphonie
Composition: strings • (1968) • Pièces
Concerto: orchestra • (1997) • Concerto grosso
China I "Shangaï, songs of departure" • (1991) • Cycle de mélodies : voix-orchestre
Concertante music
Threne de Creon: English horn-string orchestra • (1993) • Autres pièces concertantes pour cor anglais
Concerto: 4 saxophones-chamber orchestra • (2001) • Concertos pour 4 saxophone
Concerto: bassoon-orchestra • (2006) • Concertos pour basson
Concerto: violin-clarinet-orchestra • (1999) • Concertos pour Corde et vent
Concerto 3: saxophone-orchestra • (1989) • Concertos pour saxophone
Concerto "Fantaisie de minuit II": saxophone-orchestra • (1989) • Concertos pour saxophone
Concerto "Hommag"' saxophone-orchestre • (1988) • Concertos pour saxophone
Concerto 1: violin-orchestra • Lrc 142b • (1994) • Concertos pour violon
Concerto 2: violin-orchestra • Concertos pour violon
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Fantasy for Solo Euphonium
Euphonium solo, unaccompanied - Grade 6 - Digital Download
Composed by Dinos Constantinides (1929-). Solo music. 5 pages. Published by Cimarron Music Press - Digital (CX.CM0152).
Concertino: Mountains of Epirus
Euphonium Solo with Piano - Digital Download
Composed by Dinos Constantinides (1929-). Solo music. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cimarron Music Press (CX.CM106).
Euphonium solo with piano - Grade 5 - Digital Download
Composed by Dinos Constantinides (1929-). Solo music. 18 pages. Published by Cimarron Music Press - Digital (CX.CM0106).
Euphonium solo, unaccompanied - Grade 6
Composed by Dinos Constantinides (1929-). Published by Cimarron Music Press (BV.152).
Sonata for Guitar
Guitar Solo
Composed by Dinos Constantinides (1929-). Chamber Music. Part. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SS.50004730).
I Never Saw a Moor
SATB Choir & Piano (or Organ)
Composed by Dinos Constantinides (1929-). Choral. Choral Octavo. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SS.50004620).
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The music of Dinos Constantinides has been performed throughout the world. He is the recipient of many grants, commissions, and awards, including first prize in the 1981 Brooklyn College International Chamber Opera Competition and the 1985 First Midwest Chamber Opera Conference. He also received the 1985 American New Music Consortium Distringuished Service Award, the 1989 Glen Award of L'Ensemble of New York, several Meet the Composer grants and numerous ASCAP Standard Awards. In 1994 he was honored with a Distinguished Teacher Award by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. He currently resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many of his works are available through Conners Publications.
[From his page at http://music.lsu.edu]
Dinos has written over 230 compositions, most of them published, for all mediums including his opera Intimations winner of two Awards, his opera Antigone and six symphonies of which the 2nd Symphony earned him the Artist of the Year Award of Louisiana.
Constantinides has served on the Board of Directors of many national societies in the USA, including the Society of Composers (SCI), College Music Society, National Composers of USA and Music Teacher National Association (MTNA). He is a member of ASCAP and has been an evaluator for the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
He was educated in Greece at the Ioannina, Greek, and Athens Conservatories and in the USA at the universities of Indiana, Michigan State and the Juilliard School. His teachers included Tony Schultze, Marios Varvoglis, Yannis Papaioannou, Leda Kouroukli, Olga Menjou, George Lykoudis, Ivan Galamian, Dorothy DeLay and Josef Gingold. Constantinides was a member of the violin section of the State Orchestra of Athens in Greece for over 10 years, and played in the Indianapolis Symphony and Baton Rouge Symphony (Concertmaster) in the USA for many years.
He is presently Boyd Professor, the highest academic rank at Louisiana State University, head of the Composition area, and Music Director of the Louisiana Sinfonietta.
(Contribution by <smonds1@lsu.edu>)
Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2006-09-11 11:20.
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Tea Parties and Eye Shadow — Should Little Girls Play with Makeup?
August 24, 2012 by Janice
My four year old daughter, Olivia, is a riot. She loves to laugh and finds fun in every little nook and cranny of life. She is tough enough to take on her ten year old brother in a light saber battle and tender enough for tea parties and princess dresses.
Yes, my sweet girl loves all things pink and sparkly. And that includes lip gloss and eye shadow.
Olivia loves to play with my makeup and has lots of "play makeup" too. But I am careful to ensure that the makeup she's using is safe… sadly much of the girls' makeup sold to younger kids is such poor quality that it has harmful chemicals. If you want to use safer makeup for your girls and yourself, you can see our Beautycounter reviews. It's more expensive to buy natural makeup and skincare, but you can start teacher your daughter that makeup quality is more important than quantity. And that lesson applies to how much she applies to her face. Even when she's playing, you can start showing her how to apply makeup in small amounts instead of wasting it.
Whether she is making up Mommy, her cousins, or herself, applying makeup is one of her favorite forms of play. I have even kept her busy giving her little make-overs while we spend long hours at the hockey rink for her brother. Not much makes my very active little girl sit still for long like the soft brush of glittery shadow on her eyelid.
For me, I am okay with Olivia playing with makeup. I see it as part of her role playing as a "Mommy" just like when she puts on heels, or ties an apron around her waist, or holds a bottle for her baby dolls.
This isn't Toddlers and Tiaras. I am not applying coats of makeup and fake hair to make my daughter look like a miniature (over made-up) adult.
But I wondered what other parents do about their little girls playing with makeup. What do they think?
So, I asked my good friend Ciaran Blumenfeld, aka Momfluential, how she handled makeup with her girls. (Her oldest is now fifteen.)
Me: What do you think about little girls playing with makeup?.
Ciaran: I think it's totally normal and fun for them – just like trying on mommy's clothes and heels..
Me: How do you transition between the four year old playing with makeup and the older child who isn't quite old enough to actually wear makeup?
Ciaran: Playtime is playtime – kids don't wear princess costumes to school. It's usually not an issue if the makeup has been experimented with as a part of dress up & playtime and not as "what we wear to go out in public."
Me: So how old were your daughters when they started wearing makeup as makeup?
Ciaran: My girls started to use tinted lip balm at 11 or so. By 12 they asked to wear mascara for a photo or special occasion. My policy was to let them, as long as they were applying the makeup tastefully, as a subtle enhancement and not trying to look older. By 15 the eyeliner got a little thicker than I was comfortable with but we're still negotiating about that. I don't feel like I can dictate as much now that my oldest is in highschool. I'll make her take it off if it is offensive to me, but fortunately she's learned to not offend me!
What do you think? Do you let your little girls play with makeup?
At what age do you let them start wearing makeup as makeup?
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Jullia says
My 4 almost 5 year old loves to watch the makeup tutorials on youtube. (Mostly the ones where they cover their whole face as charachters). I only wear makeup every once in a while and you best believe she is right there with me wanting to put some on. I will put a little eyeshadow, and let her pretend to put the powder foundation stuff . Even though daddy doesnt think she should mess or play with it. I am thinking about finding a fake face to let her play with but i am not sure about it. I have a ton of makeup ive collected through the years. I just want her to play with stuff ahe has a growing passion for. Who knows maybe she will be a famous makeup artist. 🙂
When I was little I know I got in all kinds of trouble for the many times I got in my mama's makeup, my aunt's makeup and my grandmother's makeup. I had play makeup of my own and also barrettes, headbands, ribbons, perm rods, clips, and my favorite was those foam rubber curlers you made tight curls with. Every time someone would sit still they were playing "mommy". Even my daddy oh yes he did. Wish my mama had taken pics of that! Tried to do khat brother's hair but for some reason he didn't like it. I had one of those heads they use in cosmetology school except mine was a toy. Found that thing and the hair which I'm sure I was the one who did it must have had 15-20 of those rollers wrapped up and half clipped in that head full of plastic hair! I could still see traces of my last makeup masterpiece which appeared to be some bright sunny day blue sky eyeshadow, hot electric neon pink blush, and the brightest red hot lipstick! It's a wonder it wasn't radioactive. I never was one to wear heavy makeup except when like one of you mentioned performing, yes I too was a "ghost" back then and still am! I've done pageants but nothing other than to help raise money for my class. Not the big ones like state pageants with official titles other than our school name and definitely nothing anywhere near the caliber of Toddlers and Tiaras. I will keep my opinion about that show to myself since I was raised that if you can't say something nice not to say anything at all. Other than that the only other time I've really worn makeup was when I was married. If I could have gotten away with not wearing a white dress and my mama and daddy not disowning me I sure would have! Wearing ivory didn't help much. Neither did the gallon of shellac they put on my face with a putty knife. Y'all I couldn't get that stuff off! Had to wash and scrub my face 3x! Can't imagine what that does to people who wear it everyday like that! I just turned 39, and yes I am still tooky about my hair looking a certain way but I don't wear a drop of makeup at all! I think it's MORE THAN OK to let the child play like you described. Then when she is a preteen you can revisit the subject again and have boundaries and privileges to getting to wear it. Forgot which one said it but the mother that said her daughter was wearing more than she would like in high school. You've done a fine job in other areas I'm sure. Don't beat yourself up, like they say pick your battles because this is just a phase. All of you are correct though in starting when your daughters are young to set boundaries of what is and isn't appropriate for her age. By the time she's older it's too late. Of course you want to try but your daughter's practically grown now. Rules, discipline and self respect are all things that you have to get in those precious short years while they're young…. and still will talk to you lol. Don't worry. That's just a phase too. Just give them a couple of years until college and then they will realize you know EVERYTHING again! 🙂
Claire says
Mia played with my make-up all the time and grew up just fine, she wears very little make-up now (well, she did do two years in a boot camp school, so maybe I shoulda' just kept my Lancome locked up all those years.)
Jamie and Lindsi says
My 3 and 6 year old play with make-up ALL the time. Most of it is play make-up meant for kids. They are allowed to wear it around the house but not out in public. I will let them wear lightly tinted lip gloss out in public on occasion.
Linda Ramos says
I have some amazing pictures of my girl after putting on makeup at 3 or 4. They are hilarious to look at. What girl doesn't like to pretend they are grown up mommies, with makeup, babies and pretty clothes. Now my girl is 11 and whenever her cousins come over (12, 14) they love to practice makeup with her. She also loves makeup for dance performances and we let her practice here at home. However, outside the house she has to at least look natural. light makeup is fine (brown shadow, maybe light blush). She is too young to go all out with eyeliner unless she is in a performance or dance pics. Thankfully, she has practiced enough to actually be able to do her own makeup for performance. I love that she is growing up. My niece was allowed to start wearing makeup to school in middle school. Sounds fine to me but since we homeschool, that isn't really an issue.
My Baby Pajamas says
I think it's totally normal for little girls to want to play with makeup. However, I am a mom of all boys :)) I know my friends that have girls let them start to wear a little make up in middle school but not before. Plus, wearing make up as make up too early can not be good for their skin.
Brandy Gomez-Duplessis says
Being a professional industry makeup artist and a mother of a 20yr old I think it's ok. When my daughter was young and had her tea parties with her friends she would style her hair with my accessories. They would polish their nails, and explore my closet. Now, she is a natural girl. She'a not a fashionista or a makeup junkie. I allowed her to be a child and not force hair, fashion, and makeup on her. The only thing I shared with her about makeup was that if she want to wear makeup that she has to be responsible in wash her face morning & night. She made the decision that she wasn't ready.
Eva says
My daughter doesn't have access to it. We had a battle of sorts when she was five because the girls in her dance class were going to wear makeup for a recital, and daddy had said no makeup. It was an African dance performance, and we both thought full face makeup was a little much – if not ridiculous. We told her that makeup was more appropriate for her spring ballet recital. As a compromise, I put some clear lip gloss in her bag, and since she was dancing barefooted, I told her we'd polish her toenails is her favorite pink. She was fine with that until one of the girls told her backstage that she could not BE beautiful without makeup, and proceeded to tell her that she couldn't be with her little circle of friends without wearing makeup.
I thought this was a little early for peer pressure – these girls were five – but there it was, and my daughter was in tears. The teacher (who was also performing) came to her and whispered, "Look, I don't have makeup on either – Love your nail polish!" Tears dried up almost instantly.
Come spring recital, she was happy that she got her makeup (red lip gloss and eyeshadow), and under the blazing lights, it was appropriate, but she didn't feel like she NEEDED it.
She sees me put it on, but on her dressing table, she has lot of perfumes, clear lip gloss in various flavors, and her "piggy paint" nail polish. She doesn't have playing in my makeup as an option… we do have plenty of girly time though!
Amy from Resourceful Mommy says
My mom gave me her old make-up to play with, which became everything from my dress up tools to the way I created bloody bandages for my brother's G.I. Joes. But the make-up play time that I loved the most was sitting in the car on the way to the roller rink on Sunday afternoons when my aunt would turn me into her own personal doll and make me glam before I'd clip my feathers into my hair and skate to Michael Jackson all afternoon. I love those memories and agree that it's all just harmless fun and a natural part of play.
Nichole says
At first as a parent I was a no make-up mom. However when my daughter started dance classes make-up was required for competing. We had to lay it on fairly think so their little faces didn't look white on stage. I also allowed her to wear it at home and try new ways of applying it. I've learned from this that possibly no make-up leads to that teen experimentation where the kids draw black lines around their eyes. Instead my daughter learned light tactful beauty. Now the daughter I talk about is 20 and she does the barely there look and its lovely. My 15 year old seems to have no desire to learn the art. Perhaps that will change in the furture. Experimentation leads to lessons learned. 🙂
Tarasview says
my Olivia plays with makeup- she had to ask for some for Christmas though because I don't wear makeup and didn't have any for her to borrow! So yes, I let her. But no, she doesn't wear it out or to school or anything. She has lip balm that has some sparkles in it that she calls lipstick that she can wear when she wants to dress "fancy" to go out somewhere 🙂
I think it's fine for a little girl to play with makeup as you described. I loved doing it when I was little, and it didn't do me any harm at all. I have fond memories of my late Mom letting me 'borrow' a spritz of her perfume!
Cat Davis - Food Family Finds says
I don't think I could stop my daughter from playing with makeup if I tried. She loves exploring the colors and since it's only at home, never outside of the house, it doesn't bother me or her father.
CoffeeJitters says
I think it's awesome to let them play with makeup – it takes a lot of play time and practice to get over the infatuation with saturated color and glitter everywhere, and to learn how to apply it artfully. If they're allowed to play and practice before they start wearing it in public, they're less likely to look like clowns when they want to be taken seriously.
I am all for my daughter playing with make up at home. She won't wear it out, except maybe for a little lip gloss here and there. My husband and I haven't really talked about what age she can start really wearing it. I think I was 13 when I was allowed to leave the house with make up. I'd be inclined to let that be her age, but only if she wants to. I think it's one of those things we will end up playing by ear. 🙂
QueenMomJen says
My little girls love to do makeovers on any willing person. I kind of draw the line though when they want to wear blue eyeshadow smeared across their own forehead to the store, but they can wear their princess dress and heels out 🙂 Other than that pretend play, whimsy and all of those wonderful things only last for a short while. Let them have fun and be little girls.


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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has been found dead in her London flat at the age of 45, after revealing she was battling a brain tumour.
The socialite's sister has confirmed she died due to a perforated ulcer.
Palmer-Tomkinson had previously confirmed she been receiving treatment for a non-malignant growth in her brain since January 2016.
The former "It girl" was known for her party-loving lifestyle in the 1990s, including her cocaine problem, as well as her close ties to the British Royal family.
Palmer-Tomkinson was born on 23 December 1971 in Hampshire to parents Patricia and Charles and was educated at a girls school in Dorset. After leaving school she worked for Rothchilds bank in London for a short period.
The socialite is descended from landowners and Olympians, with her paternal great-great-grandfather the Liberal politician James Tomkinson. His wife, Emily Frances, was the daughter of 3rd Baronet Sir George Palmer. Palmer-Tomkinson's father represented the country as an Olympic skier.
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